Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole's picks for the fight weekend. (audio)

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Dear somebody with more time: please transcribe the picks so we can all have a good laugh without the suffering.

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by jemaleddin on Jul 18, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Iole picks...

Josh Barnett def. Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell def. Andrei Arlovski
Fedor Emelianenko def. Tim Sylvia (with the caveat that Tim “has a legitimate chance”)

Jesse Taylor def. CB Dollaway
Cain Velasquez def. Jake O’Brien
Hermes Franca def. Frankie Edgar (Iole suggests Edgar move to the WEC)
Brandon Vera def. Reese Andy
Anderson Silva def. James Irvin

by Chris Nelson on Jul 18, 2008 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow. Why should Edgar move to the WEC? Can he fight at 145 or something?

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by Richard Wade on Jul 18, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that was Iole’s reasoning, since Edgar looked undersized in the Gray Maynard fight.
If he loses to Franca, depending on how he loses, I think you could make that case. But I don’t think he’ll lose to Franca.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 18, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i’m going back and forth on the edgar/franca fight..I’m thinkin franca might K.O. edgar. I know edgar has the more polished striking but franca dropped bombs on spencer fisher & edgar relied mostly on the takedown/ground & pound. I dont know if edgar will try taking franca down but franca has good subs.

by asmiley420 on Jul 18, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs