UFC 111 Matt "The Immortal" Brown v. Ricardo "The Big Dog" Almeida

Matt Brown is part of the new wave of MMA fighters. Ricardo Almeida is one of the old school BJJ fighters that can claim to be part of the founders of the MMA movement. Matt Brown is a rounded striker and grappler. Almeida has submitted strong competitors like Nate Marquardt. But Matt Brown is more than a strong MMA fighter, he has determination to win and powers through pain and adversity. While Brown has lost by arm bar to Amir Sadollah, he has had 2 years of training to get out of that trap. Brown's best tactics are to keep this on the feet and look for the KO, and if that fails grind out a win in top position while keeping out of the submission. Almeida's best chance is using his BJJ grappling to a submission if he doesn't want to end up like Pete Sell - dazed and confused. Brown has the rounded skill advantage, I predict Brown with a TKO or long hard decision.