The Bloggin Guaty wants to hear from you

Usually by now I would have already posted my thoughts and predictions for the upcoming fights at UFC 129, however, I will not be doing that this time. Due to the fact that I take pride in only posting fair and unbiased opinions on here, I am afraid that I cannot be unbiased when it comes to my boy GSP. So what I want to hear from everyone what they think tonight's fights will bring, upsets, business as usual? Let me hear your predictions.

Bueno Diaz

On Saturday April 9th, Nick Diaz will defend his Strikeforce Welterweight title vs Paul "Semtex" Daley in what is set up to be an interesting match-up . Semtex is a knock out artist with very heavy hands but I feel that Diaz is too crafty and patient for him. Diaz will be more than willing to sit back and dodge all the haymakers that Daley has to throw at him in an attempt to land the knockout blow. Even if he lands one or two, Diaz has proved again and again that he has a solid chin. Diaz is a beast!He can pick Daley appart with his pin point accuracy and superior boxing skills or finish him on the ground with his high level jiu-jitsu. Paul Daley is a good fighter but Nick Diaz, love him or hate him, is a true martial artist.

Officially, Nick Diaz will be stepping into the cage carrying a nine fight winning streak, however, his last loss came in late 07 vs KJ Noons.In that fight he lost due to a cut he suffered and the ringside doctor stopped the contest. Few years later they had a rematch and Diaz went on to beat KJ in a 5 round decision. Earlier that same year, his record shows a no contest vs Takanori Gomi, he actually destroyed Gomi but the athletic commission later changed it to a no contest due to a failed drug test(weed not P.E.D's)What I'm getting to is that his last true loss came in 2006 at the hands of Sean Sherk, that's a pretty good run if i say so myself. If he goes on to beat "Semtex" on April 9th he should be considered the No. 2 Welterweight in the world and should challenge GSP for the UFC title. Diaz is the only welterweight out there that poses a threat to GSP's reign of terror over the division. Search your feelings you know it be true!

Is Vitor really a threat to Anderson's Crown?

It has been called Anderson's toughest test yet. At UFC 126 Anderson Silva is scheduled to defend his title once again versus Vitor Belfort. The fight has been talked up more than any non Brock fight in recent memory but what i cant understand is how the media brainwashed everyone into thinking that Vitor is going to put up a good fight. Can someone please remind me who he has beat that should make me think he's dangerous.Lets see...his last fight (which was over 1yr ago) he beat Rich Franklin by TKO, that would be impressive if Anderson hadn't already made Franklin his girlfriend....twice. Before that he almost killed a 40 year old Matt Lindland, before that he knocked out Terry Martin who's glass jaw is only second to Glass Joe. Vitor has not beat a legit middle weight, or a legit light heavy for that matter. When they guy's highlights on the promo leading up to the fight consist of him still wearing shoes in the octagon, you know he hasn't done anything in a long time. Everyone has a chance and he may very well win tonight but there has not been any evidence of him putting up a good fight.

How do you kill a Zombie? Go for the head

At WEC 51: Aldo vs Gamburyan, without a doubt the knock out of the night was George Roop's destruction of "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung at the 1:30 mark of the 2nd round. The first round was a bit slow with Roop keeping Jung at bay with his long reach and landing some hard straight jabs. Staying true to his nickname, The Korean Zombie just kept coming straight forward flat footed determined to eat Roop's brain. Only throwing a few haymakers and rarely landing, Jung had no response for the 6'1 featherweight's one-two,  leg kick combo. In the 2nd frame Jung picked it up a bit by charging forward and trying to get into a fire fight. While bobbing, weaving, and swinging back, Roop used an old zombie killing technique he learned by watching the 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead. Head shot. Following a crisp punching combo came a text book switch kick that landed perfectly on The Zombie's chin putting him to sleep and giving George Roop the 11th win of his career.

TORRES' RETURN

After having a 17 fight win streak and having a reign of terror as the WEC Bantamweight Champion, Miguel Angel Torres had lost 2 fights in a row and it seem as if he was out the door and could not compete in this fast paced weight class anymore. Torres proved all the naysayer wrong, he switched camps and moved up north to Montreal to train under Firas Zahabi at the Tristar Gym along side #1 pound for pound fighter in the world Georges St Pierre. Tonight Miguel came out looking like the old champion we grew to love, overwhelming Charlie Valencia on his feat and on the ground as he submitted him Valencia via rear naked choke near the half way point of the 2nd round.


COWBOY'S REDEMPTION

The bad blood between Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Jamie Varner continued Thursday night as their long anticipated rematch took place. Back in January of '09 Varner earned a controversial decision over Cerrone and the smack talking hasn't stopped since. Cerrone completely dominated the fight by starting off aggressive and opening up the fight with a charge of punches followed by a flying knee. After rocking Varner with a sneaky left, Cowboy surprised every one by taking down the highly decorated wrestler with relative ease. Cerrone continued the fast pace throughout the fight, however, it seemed like Jamie Varner had lost the fight before he even stepped in the cage. At the prefight stare down, Varner would not look up at his opponent. As the fight unfolded it became clear that Varner wasnt fighting to win. It appeared as if Varner's goal was to not get finished. He would throw hard punches when Cowboy would start charging him, he would scramble back up when he got taken down but he never made moves to gain an advantage. Needless to say all 3 judges scored the bout 30-27 for Donald Cerrone.


AND STILL CHAMPION

There were no surprises in the evening's main event when Bantamweight Champion Jose Aldo put his title on the line against Manny Gamburyan. Aldo came out looking like Paco (the muay thai guy) from blood sport with his hand high and bouncing his left leg. Manny came out landing a left hook knocking the champ off balance, Aldo recovered quickly. Both fighters were feeling their opponents out as they were tentative to let their hands go, Aldo landed some hard leg kicks but no big action in the first stanza. The 2nd round was a different story both fighters picking up the pace, Manny went for a take-down but was not successful as Aldo slipped out. Aldo then landed a solid right hand that buckled Gamburyan, seeing that his opponent was hurt, Aldo landed a vicious uppercut that dropped Manny and the insuing barrage of punches was just the icing on the cake. Aldo retains his title and improves his record to 18-1.

Over rated............AGAIN!!

Since 2007, the Cowboys have been ranked in the top 10 in the NFL preseason rankings and they have finished 13-3, 9-7, and 11-5, respectively,  and in those 3 years they have won only 1 playoff game. The Dallas Cowboys have had the most talent on their roster through those years but it seems like they are too busy reading their newspaper clippings and not enough time working on their offense. From Wade Phillips' soft coaching approach to Jason "Red Jesus" Garrett's horrible play calling, it seems like they cant get it together. This year they were ranked as high as #4 and they have started the year 0-2. Since 1978 only 26teams that started the season 0-2 made the playoffs. Only 3 went on to win the Superbowl. The good news is that one of those teams was the 1993 Dallas Cowboys, however this aint your daddy's cowboys. What we know so far is that so far the Texans, Bears, Panthers, Raiders, Seahawks, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Browns, Bills, Lions, and even the god awful Rams have more offensive points than the Cowboys do. So although there still is a slim chance of them making playoffs and making it to the big game, keep in mind that no team has ever hosted the Superbowl in their home stadium.