Anyone like MATT BROWN over ALMEIDA for the UPSET?

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Dissection by Dallas: Matt Brown x Ricardo Almeida



Friday, 26 March 2010 13:14 | Written by Dallas Winston







Ricardo Almeida hails from New Jersey and will enjoy the honor of being the hometown favorite in his virgin run at 170 pounds.  The "Big Dog" began his career at the turn of the millenium but has accumulated only 15 fights in the last decade on account of a four-year absence from the sport from 2004-2008.


Almeida had a 1-2 stint during the UFC 30's, and proceeded to make his mark in MMA after he joined the Pancrase organization and unseated middleweight champ Nate "The Great" Marquardt with a guillotine choke.  Despite snaring the belt away from Marquardt's grasp, this would be Almeida's last fight in Pancrase, and he eventually left the title up for grabs and had one fight in Pride, a decision win over Ryo Chonan, before dropping off the map.


Almeida re-emerged in the UFC in 2008, where the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt stacked up three wins (Yundt, Horwich, Grove) with one loss to Patrick Cote before deciding his frame could be squeezed into that of a welterweight's.


Scrapper, spartan, no-nonsense, and naturally talented all describe his foe on Saturday night, Matt Brown.  "The Immortal" is a feisty competitor that has endeared himself to hardcore fans with gritty and exciting performances, namely in his spirited clash with heralded overseas product Dong Hyun Kim, whom many expected would flatten Brown.  Brown ended up losing a tight decision, but earned oodles of respect for his hardnosed resilience.



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If he cant take brown down in rd 1 hes gonna take a loss, imo.

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no and NO!!!!!

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NO

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On paper Almeida is a bad matchup for Matt in some respects because Brown has been willing to fight anywhere in the past and Almeida has shown that he's more willing than ever to outpoint people with takedowns and position over three rounds. I think Ricardo will always be vulnerable to big shots standing (moreso if he gets tired, as he has in the past) but Brown hasn't shown enough consistency (especially with executing a strategy and sticking to it) up to this point for me to be really confident that he'll finish the fight.

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No way. Almeida is going to make him pay for calling out Renzo.

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I'm definitely rooting for Brown!  He will make this fight exciting... win or lose.

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me likey!

pulling for the Immortal

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Porkchop - 
jmmz - No way. Almeida is going to make him pay for calling out Renzo.


Brown called out Renzo?
Brown said he would be honored to fight Renzo if that fight was offered to him.  

 

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yup! Like both guys as fighters, but Brown trains with Hume and Beecher, who are the best trainers I've ever had. Brown seems like a genuinely good dude, too (not that Almeida isn't, but I've never met him).

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"but earned oodles of respect for his hardnosed resilience"

Oodles of respect - what every fighter craves.

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 Even with his inactivty, I wouldnt vote against Big Dog unless there was some real stacked odds to motivate me otherwise.

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I'm taking Brown via TKO

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I always like Matt Brown in a fight

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Brown. When the fuck did Almeida become a world beater?

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grafzep - When the fuck did Almeida become a world beater?


Couldn't you say the same thing about Matt?

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 No.

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yes,,, i think cardio will be a disadvantage for the Big Dog

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 Matt's wrestling doesn't seem so hot and Almeida had no problems taking down and controlling Kendall, who has shown good takedown defense in the last couple years. I'm afraid Almeida will win by decision in a less than great fight. Hoping Matt's aggression gets him the win.

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nope, don't like it. Going with Almeida