Two more bouts added to March UFC cards, according to MMA Junkie and MMA Weekly:
-Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola @ UFC 128 in Newark
-Aaron Simpson vs. Mario Miranda @ UFN 24 in Seattle
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Cane should beat Vemola and his worthless striking technique
Simpson/Miranda might be a very good fight.
UFN 24 = Most stacked Fight Night ever?
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Vemola’s probably able to rag-doll Cane around and beat him up, leading to a TKO.
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by Renny on Dec 29, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Definitely think Cane goes
If he loses. His head movement is non-existent.
Accustomed to mediocrity.
Vemola Vs Cane has FOTN written all over it.
How has Cane improved since his ass whooping. Is Vemola for real or can he take a crack to the chin?
Mmmmmm
Vemola came across as sloppy to me, and I can’t imagine that his style is made for more than one round. If Vemola fights like he did against Petruzelli, while exciting, I can imagine him gassing pretty bad by round two. Cane has terrible standup defense though, but I am going with him to get the win.
Simpson vs Miranda is very interesting. I am curious to see how Simpson handles the height difference. Simpson does have a tendency to abandon his offensive wrestling and strike with his opponents, and that could be a big mistake against Miranda. This one is actually pretty tough for me to call.
I won't jump off the bandwagon just because you lost.
Even though he got smothered by a much bigger Jon Madsen in his UFC debut, Vemola never really seemed to tire in that fight. He just got lay ‘n prayed by a much bigger experienced wrestler. If he has the cardio to go 15 minutes the way he fought in the Petruzelli fight, he’s definitely got a bright future. Also, he needs to have worked on not getting himself in a position where he can be submitted. Petruzelli almost caught him with an armbar and a triangle, I believe. A better BJJ guy could have subbed Vemola in that fight.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
If Vemola could keep up that pace for the whole fight, then he would be a beast for sure. I don’t think that the Madsen fight (or smothering) is a good barometer for Vemola’s gas tank in that it isn’t Vemola committing the offense and him just getting neutralized (not really getting struck or anything). I think that Vemola vs Cane is a good fight to see where both of these Light Heavyweights are at though.
I won't jump off the bandwagon just because you lost.
by chrisbboy82 on Dec 29, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Because he has a winning record, he's entertaining,
and the last loss to Munoz was at least competitive.
by Scott Haber on Dec 30, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
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