KarateForums.com MMA Picks 2008: UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben

[pittbullJudoka]

Hello,

Please post your picks for this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below.

You may choose both the match winner and the method of winning (either submission, knockout/technical knockout or decision). For example, if you'd like to select Bruce Lee to win by submission, you could say "Bruce Lee, Submission" or "Bruce Lee, Sub". "Sub" or "S" can be used as shorthand for submission, KO can be used for knockout/technical knockout, which are considered the same thing as far as these picks are concerned and "Dec" or "D" can be used for a win by decision. Even if you don't know much about a fighter or have no idea about the method, you are encouraged to pick a winner and method in all matches to maximize your chances of winning.

For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 12:00 AM ET on October 18, 2008. Here are the fights that you may pick:

Main Card Bouts:

Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Chris "The Crippler" Leben

Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera

Rameau "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou vs. Luiz "Banha" Cane

Paul "Relentless" Taylor vs. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle

Preliminary Bouts:

Paul "The Outlaw" Kelly vs. Akihiro "The Japanese Sensation" Gono

Shane Carwin vs. Neil "Old Skool" Wain

Jess "The Joker" Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden

Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs. Terry Etim

David Baron vs. Jim Miller

Per Eklund vs. Samy "The Dog" Schiavo

Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-2008-standings-vt34777.html

Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment.

Thank you for participating.

[pittbullJudoka]

Hey all just foour days left to get the picks in. This event takes place Saturday.

[ShoriKid]

Main Card Bouts:

Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Chris "The Crippler" Leben = Michael Bisping, TKO

Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera = Brandon Vera, TKO

Rameau "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou vs. Luiz "Banha" Cane = Luiz Cane, TKO

Paul "Relentless" Taylor vs. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle = Chris Lytle, Sub

Preliminary Bouts:

Paul "The Outlaw" Kelly vs. Akihiro "The Japanese Sensation" Gono =Akihiro Gono, Sub

Shane Carwin vs. Neil "Old Skool" Wain =Shane Carwin, TKO

Jess "The Joker" Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden= David Bielkheden, Dec

Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs. Terry Etim = Sam Stout, Dec

David Baron vs. Jim Miller = David Baron, Dec

Per Eklund vs. Samy "The Dog" Schiavo =Per Eklund, Sub

[pittbullJudoka]

Main Card Bouts:

Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Chris "The Crippler" Leben.. Bisping T/KO

Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera...Vera T/KO

Rameau "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou vs. Luiz "Banha" Cane... Cane sub

Paul "Relentless" Taylor vs. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle..Lytle Sub

Preliminary Bouts:

Paul "The Outlaw" Kelly vs. Akihiro "The Japanese Sensation" Gono...Gono Sub

Shane Carwin vs. Neil "Old Skool" Wain...Carwin T/KO

Jess "The Joker" Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden... Liaudin sub

Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs. Terry Etim..Stout Dec

David Baron vs. Jim Miller..Miller Sub

Per Eklund vs. Samy "The Dog" Schiavo...Schiavo Dec

[bushido_man96]

Main Card Bouts:

Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Chris "The Crippler" Leben...Bisping KO

Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera...Vera Sub

Rameau "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou vs. Luiz "Banha" Cane...Sokoudjou KO

Paul "Relentless" Taylor vs. Chris "Lights Out" Lytle...Taylor Dec

Preliminary Bouts:

Paul "The Outlaw" Kelly vs. Akihiro "The Japanese Sensation" Gono...Gono Sub

Shane Carwin vs. Neil "Old Skool" Wain...Wain KO

Jess "The Joker" Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden...Bielkheden Dec

Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs. Terry Etim...Stout KO

David Baron vs. Jim Miller...Miller Dec

Per Eklund vs. Samy "The Dog" Schiavo...Eklund KO

[pittbullJudoka]

Hello,

This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches:

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben

Main Card:

Michael Bisping defeated Chris Leben by Unan. Decision

Keith Jardine defeated Brandon Vera by Split Decision

Luiz Cane defeated Rameau Sokoudjou by TKO

Chris Lytle defeated Paul Taylor by Unan. Decision

Preliminary Bouts:

Dan Hardy defeated Akihiro Gono by Split Decision

Shane Carwin defeated Neil Wain by TKO

David Bielkheden defeated Jess Liaudin by Unan. Decision

Terry Etim defeated Sam Stout by Unan. Decision

Jim Miller defeated David Baron by Submission

Per Eklund defeated Samy Schiavo by Submission

With these results in mind, here are the final standings:

1. Shorikid - 23 (6-5)

2. pittbullJudoka - 18 (5-5)

3. bushido_man96 - 15 (4-6)

Congratulations to Shorikid!

Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-2008-standings-vt34777.html

Thank you to everyone who participated.