A Few UFC 97 Predictions

UFC 97 has some exciting fights coming up. With Anderson Silva on the card it’s always going to be a good fight. You have Chuck Liddell, but some are wondering what he has left in him. Then there is UFC newcomer Krzystoc Soszynski pitted against Brian Stann.

So here are my simple win/lose predictions for those three fights.

Anderson Silva Vs. Thales Leites

• I would not bet money against Anderson Silva. Not right now anyway. I know that he’s going to lose a fight sooner or later, but I don’t think it’s going to happen at UFC 97.

Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell Vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

• Chuck Liddell hasn’t had the best MMA record in his last 5 fights only winning 3 of his last 5 and getting KO’s by Rashad Evans at his last fight. However, if Mauricio Rua performs at UFC 97 anything like he did at UFC 93, then Chuck could very well beat Rua.

Krzystof Soszynski Vs. Brian Stann

• Both of these fighters match up pretty well as far as height and weight go. Krystof has more fights under his belt, but he also has more losses. Brian Stann is a pretty fierce fighter and some would say that he kind of got lucky when he beat Doug Marshall, but this fight could really go either way. I’ve never seen Stann go to the ground, he’s always won by strikes or knockout so this one is almost hard to call. Krystof has a little ground game that Stann needs to be careful of. If I had to predict this fight by rounded fighters, I would have to say that Krzystof Soszynski has a huge chance of winning this one.

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