Your predictions for the Jan 28th Its Showtime card

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki
Hari is too big for Saki, and like they say about a great big man and a great little man. Badr himself predicted a first round knockout but I think Saki has the skills to survive to the second but eventually succumbs unlike the first match. Badr KO round 2

Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges (IT’S SHOWTIME world title heavyweight)
Very tough one to call. I give Gerges the edge with the hands and Ghita the edge with the lowkicks. I believe Ghita has confidence in having stood with his hands down and already taken Hesdys best shots, and only losing due to a dodgy knockdown call. Ghita UD.

Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef
Whoa! Two of my favorite fighters of all time! Tyrone Spong should win this via being too slick and techincal and picking Melvin apart.. but I have to go with my boy, the underdog, Manhoef. I think he will out power Spong and dump him like he did Karaev. Manhoef KO round 2.

Errol Zimmerman vs Rico Verhoeven
Verhoeven is a big young physical specimen, but I dont think hes ready for this step up in class. Errol TKO round 2

Ben Edwards vs Ricardo van den Bos
Havent seen Bos in action (Or at least that I remember). Going to go with an uniformed pick of Ben Edwards. Edwards can apply pressure I say he gets the stoppage.

Murat Direkçi vs Robin van Roosmalen
Great fight. Robin is on so much momentum now, I have been declaring him the next big thing for a little over a year now. RAGING BULL as I call him wins this by a clean KO.

Lhoucine ‘Aussie’ Ouzgni vs Yohan Lidon (IT’S SHOWTIME world title 73kg max)
I love Aussie! I think he is the future of the div despite his wierd fight against Levin and then losing to souwer after cutting to 70 kg. Lidon had a nice upset to win the title in Lyon on the Badr undercard but I think it will be short lived. Aussie stops him.

Gago Drago vs Hinata Watanabe
Hinata picks Drago apart.

Chahid Oulad El Hadj vs Harut Grigorian
Didnt Chahid break his jaw and lose his teeth? Assuming this is still on I will go with Grigorian, he looked absolutely fantastic against SOuwer in a fight I thought he was going to be blown out in.

Danyo Ilunga vs Mourad Bouzidi
Ilunga via being the reincarnation of Remy Bonjesky. Bouzidis tough but Ilunga is too skilled.

Michael Duut vs Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva
Havent seen Duut fight.. Braddocks been around the circuit he should win

Henry van Opstal vs Hafid el Boustati
BOustati.

Chahid Oulad El Hadj vs Harut Grigorian : Really impressive at fast and furious. Chahid always comes to fight though. It will be good

Gago Drago vs Hinata Watanabe : KO by Drago, or Watanabe by decision. I'm going with Drago

Murat Direkçi vs Robin van Roosmalen : I'm going to stay on this RVR bandwagon

Errol Zimmerman vs Rico Verhoeven : I'm with you here. Rico is goofy. Impressive size, but either it's because he's young or he just lacks experience. Errol is going to win

Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef : Spong by TKO

Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges : Another one for the Judges. Another win for Gerges. BUt i'm hoping Ghita will pull it off

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki : Saki just for the fucks of it. Badr should win this no problem, but I would love to see Saki send Badr away with a nice loss.

For the other fights, either i'm not sure, or I just don't know the fighter

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki

Badr weighs in at 250+lbs and goes after Saki's chin like a laser guided Hellfire missile. Badr by shockingly brutal 1st round knockout.

Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges

I'm going with Hesdy by UD, mostly due to bad judging.

Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef

Tyrone by KO in the 1st, and he makes it look easy.

Errol Zimmerman vs Rico Verhoeven

I'm going with Errol by TKO, 2nd round.

Ben Edwards vs Ricardo van den Bos

These dudes are going to WAR! Ben weathers the storm and gets the TKO in round 3.

I didn't know him either but this is Ricardo Van Den Bos..there's a few fights of him on there too

This card is the greatest thing ive ever seen

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki
Hari KO RD 1

Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges (IT’S SHOWTIME world title heavyweight)
Ghita KO RD 3

Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef
Spong KO RD 1

Errol Zimmerman vs Rico Verhoeven
Zimmerman KO RD 2

Murat Direkçi vs Robin van Roosmalen
van Roosmalen KO RD 2

Gago Drago vs Hinata Watanabe
Drago KO RD 3

People actullay think Drago is going to beat Hinata?? Did you guys not watch him pick apart Askerov and Zambidis...destroy Dida and ko Kyshenko?

That fight is pretty much the only one that I am completely sure on...Drago has absolutely no chance...and is way way to slow to fight a fast tall southpaw with excellent kicks like Hinata...Hinata may even stop him if he goes all out.

If much faster brawlers like Zambidis and Askerov could not do it....No way in hell is Drago( who has lost 6 of his last 8 fights) going to...Hinata by domination and maybe KO round 3.....Drago is way to slow and is perfectly suited to Hinata's style.


As for the others I have

Badr
Ghita( he was robbed in the 1st fight)
Spong
Zimmerman
Robin
Grigorian

By the way has anyone seen the Dida vs Hinata fight? It's not online but the guy who works for Feg on sherdog said Hinata had 2 knockdowns on Dida( from a head and body kick) and completely dominated him....Where as Buakaw failed to get any knockdowns on Dida....I want to watch it myself...


Petrosyan in an interview also said that Hinata may be the hardest kicker he has ever faced and that he kicks alot harder than Buakaw.

I think Hinata would outpoint Kraus easily and beat alot of top guys.

There's no way Drago is beating Hinata. He's looked TERRIBLE in his past 5 fights.

RVB vs Edwards is going to be the fight of the night barring a flash knockout. I've been following RVB for quite some time now, and it's good to finally see him back on a big card against legit competition. This could be his big break if he performs like I think he's going to. The only holes in his game are that he gasses early and sometimes gets a little to aggressive and opens up. Other than that he's a fucking beast that hit's like a Mac truck and moves very well for his size. Also, I cosign Senor Chingon's statement about Drago.

Soy Chingon wrote:There's no way Drago is beating Hinata. He's looked TERRIBLE in his past 5 fights.

Hinata despite being a fag...is pretty damn good and hard to fight...He was tooling Askerov pretty badly with his kicks and should have won a decision( he got robbed) and then beat Zambidis( abit in a very gay way)...beat Kyshenko and destroyed Andre Dida( Dida went down 2 times from kicks)... Ko'ed Woo Yong Choi with kicks( Panjonsuk could not finish him).......than he gives Petrosyan a pretty hard fight


Conclusion....Drago is fucked and he may even get stopped.