Edson Barboza's windmill kick, first successfully wielded at UFC Rio de Janeiro, is just one of the attractions at UFC 146 this Saturday. Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa.
“Boss, boss!” panted the Trainee, with that excited and frightening look his face betrays every time he thinks he came up with something fantastic. “I had a brilliant idea! Remember that story idea about Grandmaster Carlson Gracie I suggested? The one about the ugliest fighters in the world?”
It’s Friday. On Friday you can put up with anything. So I said, “I remember. You want to do one about the handsomest ones now?”
“No, boss… The cockiest ones in the UFC! Don’t you think Frank Mir would win it easy?” he said as he stepped into my personal space, like only really annoying people do.
Well I had to come up with an answer quick, and the only thing I could think of was: “Weren’t you going to submit your predictions for UFC 146?”
So there you have it, our picks for tomorrow’s UFC.
UFC 146
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA
MAY 26, 2012
Junior Cigano vs Frank Mir
Pick: Junior Cigano
Cain Velasquez vs Antônio Pezão
Pick: Cain Velasquez
Dave Herman vs Roy Nelson
Pick: Roy Nelson
Shane Del Rosario vs Stipe Miocic
Pick: Shane Del Rosario
Lavar Johnson vs Stefan Struve
Pick: Stefan Struve
Darren Elkins vs Diego Brandão
Pick: Diego Brandão
Edson Barboza vs Jamie Varner
Pick: Edson Barboza
Jason Miller vs C.B. Dollaway
Pick: Jason Miller
Jacob Volkmann vs Paul Sass
Pick: Jacob Volkmann
Dan Hardy vs Duane Ludwig
Pick: Duane Ludwig
Kyle Kingsbury vs Glover Teixeira
Pick: Glover Teixeira
Mike Brown vs Daniel Pineda
Pick: Mike Brown