Stefan Struve wins via KO vs Matt Mitrione in the 3rd round. Struve is more experienced, accomplished and well rounded. Mitrione will most likely weather the storm early, but then receive a good boot to the head.
Urijah Faber will face Alex Caceras, an opponent with great potential. While Caseras has surprised people with many of his wins, he will have a very hard time overcoming a powerful veteran like Faber. I'd like to see Caseras pull some tricky awkward surprise and get the win, but Faber wins via decision.
Chael Sonnen vs Wanderlei Silva will be violent. Chael has very little chance of loosing. I see Wanderlei struggling to land strikes, while Chael earns takedowns and does damage on the ground and clinch. I wouldn't be surprised if it goes to a long bloody decision, but I think the ref will step in before that and Sonnen wins via TKO in the 2nd round.
Ronda Rousey should not have any trouble dispatching Alexis Davis in the same manner as usual. A first round arm bar is certainly in the cards, but I like the tenacity that Davis displays and her ability to see a fight all the way through. She may have many wins via decision, but that makes her dangerous because she doesn't take too many risks. Davis can defend the arm bar, if she does, she may push Rousey into the championship rounds. By the 4th round Rousey will overpower Davis with positioning and strikes and the ref will step in to call TKO victory for Rousey.
Chris Weidman vs Lyoto Machida is the fight I have been waiting for. I'm not impressed with Weidman, it's a shame that he was the one who dethroned Anderson Silva. It's also unfortunate that he won his last fight due to a horrible injury. Machida will overcome the efforts of Weidman. Machida will stuff takedowns and use footwork to evade strikes while landing accurate combos. Machida has proven to be methodical and took a 5 round decision over Gegard Mousasi recently. I'd love to see Weidman get knocked out with a boot to the head, but Machida wins this fight carefully, via decision.
