UFC 128 PREDICTIONS WITH THE MMA ANALYST

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UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

This event was expected to take place in Abu Dhabi, the promotions first return to the United Arab Emirates since UFC 112. However, the organization scrapped the idea after a suitable location for the event could not be finalized in time, since the temporary venue that hosted UFC 112 had been dismantled.

A bout between Tito Ortiz and Antônio Rogério Nogueira, was linked to this event, but was moved to headline UFC Fight Night 24.

a bout between Brendan Schaub and Frank Mir was expected for this event. However, Schaub will now fight Mirko Filipović.

A bout between Chael Sonnen and Yoshihiro Akiyama was briefly reported but Sonnen plead guilty to federal charges of money laundering and had his contract placed on hold by the UFC. Nate Marquardt has been now been sign to compete against Akiyama.

During Jon Jones' post-fight interview, following his victory over Ryan Bader at UFC 126, Joe Rogan announced that Rashad Evans had injured his knee during training. Jones was then informed that the UFC wanted him to replace Evans in a fight against Mauricio Rua in the main event for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Jones accepted, and the fight is now set for this event.

Quinton Jackson was originally offered the fight before Jon Jones. He declined the fight saying he would never take a fight with only a four week notice. He also stated that he currently weighed 250 pounds and would have to lose 45 pounds in that four week time period and would not have time to actually train.
Karlos Vemola was scheduled to face Luiz Cane on the card, but Vemola was forced out of the fight with an injury. Eliot Marshall will step in and replace Vemola.

Manvel Gamburyan was scheduled to take on Raphael Assunção, but withdrew due to a back injury on February 25. Erik Koch is scheduled to step in and face Assunção, as Koch's original opponent for the UFC on Versus 3 event two weeks prior to UFC 128, Cub Swanson, pulled out due to injury around the same time as Gamburyan.

UFC 128 will feature two preliminary fights live on Spike TV, and on March 7, it was announced that the Almeida/Pyle and Pellegrino/Tibau fights will stream live on the UFC's official Facebook page.

On March 12th, it was announced that Yoshihiro Akiyama had to pull out of his fight with Nate Marquardt due to the tragedy in Japan. Dana White announced via Twitter that Dan Miller would be stepping up from the prelims to replace Akiyama on the main card. Miller's original opponent Nick Catone will now face UFC newcomer Costantinos Philippou in a 195 pound catchweight bout.

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[mgxmagic]

wow this guy has no idea what he's talking about....

[TheMaTaTa212]

this guy is a weener dog he has no idea what hes talking about

[bigj1028]

you don't know much huh?

[UFCritical]

@examinfo If he stays out of the way of the fists of any fighter with a known knock out punch - he will reign for as long as he feels like. I say this cos, lets not muck around - he has improved by about 25% with every fight!

God knows what he will cunjer up in his next fight - a spinning back elbow with a twist and a dash of superman? Who knows BUT HE MUST KEEP HIS CHIN REAL TUCKED AND HANDS UP!!

His next fight should be massive for the UFC and I hope the purse is fair??

Who got paid what ?

[tmxman23]

a guy commenting on mma that doesnt understand mma..... how funny is that shit

[9xxxxxxxxx]

@justthebestgolfer THAT'S CAUSE THEY ARE TO BUSY DOMINATING PRO BASKETBALL FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL WHY TAKE A SALARY CUT TO FIGHT WHEN U R TRULY AN ELITE ATHLETE GROW UP.

[9xxxxxxxxx]

@justthebestgolfer NO JUST STUPID.