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YAMMA Pit Fighting Predictions
By Matt D. | April 11, 2008
YAMMA Pit Fighting has their inaugural event tonight. Here are my quick predictions
Oleg Taktarov vs. Mark Kerr
Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov has had one fight in the last decade, but he won that fight. Mark Kerr is an ex UFC champion and PRIDE veteran who has lost five of his last seven fights. I know Kerr has had a great career, but all I can think of when I hear his name is this fight (fast forward to 45 seconds if you’re really impatient):
Sherdog lists that loss as a TKO by strikes. I guess you can call it that.
My prediction: Oleg Taktarov by submission
Patrick Smith vs. Eric “ Butterbean” Esch
Patrick Smith is 45 years old and the peak of his career came when he lost in the finals of UFC 2 to Royce Gracie. One of Smith’s losses came from a DQ caused by fan interference. I had to find that fight, and here it is. But it’s no where close to as entertaining as I thought it would be:
Butterbean is a Tough Man competition champion who weighed in at 416 pounds. Wikipedia lists him as 379 pounds, so I guess that means he is almost 40 pounds over his “ideal” weight.
My prediction: Smith by submission.
Eight man tournament prediction:
I like Marcelo Pereira as a good dark horse pick. He’s the lightest fighter in the tournament at 219 pounds. My second favorite fighter would be Travis Wiuff. His experience (49-11-0), and relative youth (he is only 30 years old) give him a good chance.
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