UFC 74

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Here are the MMA girls UFC 74 Predictions...enjoy!

Before I start into my UFC 74 predictions lets look at the UFC 74 Fight Card:

Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga (for the UFC heavyweight title)
Georges St Pierre vs Josh Koscheck (for a title shot at welterweight)
Roger Heurta vs Alberto Crane
Kurt Pellegrino vs Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs Kendall Grove
Ryan Jensen vs Travis Lutter
Renalto Sobral vs David Heath
Frank Mir vs Antoni Hardonk
Clay Guida vs Marcus Aurelio

A strong card featuring at least 4 good fights. I'm going to keep my UFC 74 predictions short and sweet for now. Visit back soon and I will fill in my reasoning for each fight in more detail as the UFC 74 event (August 25th) draws closer.

Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga
If Gabriel Gonzaga doesn't put Randy on his back early then I expect Randy Couture to grind out a victory in this one. This is solely based on his experience and wrestling.
UFC 74 Prediction : Randy Couture by decision

Georges St Pierre vs Josh Koscheck
Kos isn't ready. Josh Koscheck is young and will someday dominate the 170lb division, but not yet. GSP will win with superior striking and submission skills.
UFC 74 Prediction : Georges St Pierre

Roger Heurta vs Alberto Crane
UFC 74 Prediction : Roger Heurta

Kurt Pellegrino vs Joe Stevenson
Joe Stevenson was stellar against Melvin Guillard. I expect him to be just as dominant in this fight, but this fight will not end in the first round.
UFC 74 Prediction : Joe Stevenson (I also expect Stevenson to meet BJ Penn for some sort of interm title..but that's stricly my opinion).

Patrick Cote vs Kendall Grove
Patrick Cote is the best of the TKO organization, but he's probably not top 10 or even top 15 in the UFC.
UFC 74 Precition : Kendall Grove

Ryan Jensen vs Travis Lutter
Fight cancelled due to injury to Lutter.

Renalto Sobral vs David Heath
Renalto is a very accomplished fighter, he just hasn't shown it recently. I expect him to return to form in this match, if not, I don't know if we'll see Babalu in the octagon again.
UFC 74 Prediction : Renalto Sobral

Frank Mir vs Antoni Hardonk
UFC 74 Prediction : Frank Mir...welcome to the ground game Mr Hardonk.

Clay Guida vs Marcus Aurelio
If any fighter is due for a decision to go his way it's Clay Guida. He's been on the wrong end of too many close decisions. If Aurelio doesn't submit Guida early I expect Guida's conditioning to be the difference.
UFC 74 Prediction : Clay Guida

Frank Mir vs Antoni Hardonk has been added to UFC 74 - Respect!

This is the same card which is featuring Georges St Pierre vs Josh Koscheck and of course Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga. I think that Mir has a good chance against Hardonk, but not standing. Mir needs to take this fight to the ground at the first opportunity and keep it there.

Here is the official UFC 74 fight card. Expect this card to be updated as more fights are officially announced.

• Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga
  
• Josh Koscheck vs Georges St Pierre
  
• Kurt Pellegrino vs Joe Stevenson
  
• Kendall Grove vs Patrick Cote
  

Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga is for the heavyweight title. Couture won the belt by defeating Tim Sylvia in a 5 round decision, while Gabriel Gonzaga KO'd Mirko Cro Cop near the end of the first round of their bout.

Josh Koshcheck vs Georges St Pierre is a title eliminator, in other words the guy who wins this fight will fight the eventual winner of Matt Serra and Matt Hughes. Serra is the current welterweight champion, he won the belt with a first round TKO victory of Georges St Pierre. St Pierre was heavily favoured in that match.

If Joe "Big Daddy" Stevenson wins his bout with Kurt Pellegrino you can expect some title shot talk afterwards, but he'll have to wait until BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk is over with...this assuming that BJ Penn wants a shot at the lightweight title.

Patrick Cote is looking to work his way back into contention while undefeated (in the UFC) Grove is working toward the exact same goal. I expect this fight to be a close match.

UFC.com has finally announced UFC 74 "Respect".

The feature bouts are of course Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga and Georges St Pierre vs Josh Koscheck.

No other fights have been "officially" announced.

Couture vs Gonzaga is a very interesting match up. Randy Couture obviously has the experience advantage, but like all of Randy's fights the question is "Is he too small, and or too old?". Never ever count Randy Couture out. Gonzaga has that big high kick win over Mirko Cro Cop, but that was preceded by some brutal ground and pound action. I don't expect that Gonzaga will put Randy on his back as easily as he did Mirko, so it will be a totally different fight.

Josh Koscheck vs Georges St Pierre is also an interesting fight. I doubt that Kos will be able to pot shot GSP the same way he did against Diego Sanchez. Also, I'm guessing that GSP is going to be very fired up for this one after his upset loss to Matt Serra. Look for GSP to strike and Kos to try to take it to the ground.

It looks like the Sean Sherk vs Hermes Franca match will take place as part of UFC 74. This according to UFCJunkie.com. Also mentioned on junkie was Randy Couture vs (probably Mirko Cro Cop), expected to be on the same card.

For more, see UFCJukie.com