My friend Jonny T offered his seasoned MMA opinion on three fights for tomorrow night’s UFC Ultimate Fight Night installment 15. His analysis:

Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer

Josh Neer is a tough Militech Fighter with good hands and a solid ground game. He has submitted some very dangerous fighters in Joe Stevenson and Melvin Guillard. Unfortunately, has been decisioned by the bigger breed of fighters such as Josh Burkman. This has ultimately led to sliding down into the Lightweight division where BJ Penn is king (if he can stay away from the buffet). Unfortunately for Josh, Nick Diaz has paved the way for younger brother Nate (submitting Josh by Kimura in the 3rd back in ‘06), with using a good stand up game to force the fight to go to the ground. Here is where the Diaz brothers’ shine and will commence to put on a submission clinic. Nate will be too much for Josh ont he ground and has proved it with his submissions over Alvin Robinson, Kurt Pelligrino, Gray Maynard, and Corey Hill. Nate Diaz by submission in the 3rd (Nate’s a slow starter).

Mac Danzig vs. Clay Guida

Mac Danzig has shown a lot of poise and full arsenal with good hands, good wrestling, and solid submissions. The only thing in question has been the quality of opponents that he’s put down. On the other side of the cage is guy who always puts on a show and has no problem taking the fight to the opposition and brawling it out. If your not a believer, just ask Roger Huerta. Guida has good hands and solid wrestling, but most important, he embraces thewarrior spirit. If there’s a fight, he’s in the middle of it, making a war out of it and letting it all hang out. I see Guida by decision because he’ll be too much for Danzig. Danzig will have enough skills to go the distance, but Guida will be just too much for the TUF winner.

Houston Alexander vs. Eric Schafer

Houston Alexander is going to obliterate Eric Schafer. This fight is going to be short and violent with Alexander pounding out the back of Schafer’s head. Houston is coming off of two loses and is desperately looking to revive his career and get MMA fans buzzing about his power and viciousness in thwarting up and comers. Schafer’s wrestling skills are not good enough to take Alexander down to the ground, leaving the fight on it’s feet. This is a recipe for disaster for Schafer. Houston Alexander by KO in the 1st.

What are your thoughts?

I’ve been having difficulty getting into this year’s Olympic Boxing events. I have officially been jaded by mixed martial arts no doubt. So my question today is, would MMA make for a legitimate replacement to Boxing in the Olympic? The pro is that as oldie Goldie from the UFC will tell you 100 times a PPV, MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world. The con is that it may not yet be ready for the world’s stage. Let’s admit, mixed martial arts doesn’t have the traditional roots as other Olympic contact sports such as Judo, Karate, or Boxing.

The second question. If MMA was an Olympic sport this time around in China, how would the USA stack up?

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Geez, after the bitching and moaning this guy did after his loss to Amir Sadollah at last night’s The Ultimate Fighter Finale, it’s a bit of a surprise how easily he admitted to tapping post fight. Obviously he had a chance to look at the video and knew there was no use in denying it further. UFC.com has a short video clip of CB getting interviewed after the fight where he says he made a mistake and needs to learn some more jiu-jitsu.

UPDATE: View latest UFC Video Game trailer here!

Video game website 1Up.com has posted a preview and some screen shots of the new UFC game slated for launch in 2009. The graphics looks sick and if the popularity of the sport is any indication of how the game will fair in the market, chances are this will be flying off the shelves.

Here is what 1UP has to say about UFC Undisputed:

Sure, we’ve seen some decent UFC games in the past, but this is the first time that THQ (known for publishing the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw games) is entering the eight-sided cage. The in-ring experience of making the SmackDown vs. Raw games will certainly help, too — the developer of those games, Yuke’s, will be making Undisputed. And it seems to be taking its first UFC fight seriously: Yuke’s is constructing a brand-new fighting engine for the game, which is great to hear because Undisputed is already kicking ass graphically. UFC Undisputed will be available for PS3 and XBox 360. The official release date is still TBD.

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