[Mark]

I went 3/5 for UFC 86 winners, getting Griffin v Jackson wrong and Cote v Almedia wrong. I scored the griffin match as a draw when I watched it... but what do I know

It's a big weekend for MMA with UFC fight night, and Affliction: Banned, both taking place.

UFC Fight Night Predictions:

James Irvin > Anderson Silva. This is against all betting sites, and public opinion... but this is Anderson's first fight at 205 and Irvin is a tough man, with a hard punch. I am going for the underdog, because I can see Irvin getting a KO, maybe even quite early on in the fight.

Brandon Vera > Reese Andy. Coming off a double loss, Vera NEEDS this win. He's dropped down to 205 too, and I can see his winning comfortably.

Frank Edgar > Hermes Franca. This one's a biased decision, because I really like Edgar. I know Hermes is super tough and will put up a strong fight, but I think Edgar has better stamina, and that's probably what this fight will come down too.

Jake O'Brien > Cain Velasquez. Don't know much about these guys, but OBrien has more experience, so I have to go with that.

C.B Dolway > Jesse Taylor. Not sure if Taylor has got his life back in order after trouble with alcohol fairly recently.

Kevin Burns > Anthony Johnson. I saw Burns at UFC 85 in London and he was quite impressive. He was so persistent in trying to get a triangle choke on his opponent, and even got it after it was obvious he was trying for it all the time. I think he will get the better of this fight.

Affliction Banned: Predicitions

Fedor Emelianenko > Tim Sylvia. This might be the one of the biggest upsets in MMA history if Sylvia wins this. Fedor is the best pound for pound fighter right now, and even though he hasn't had a proper fight forever I still think he is leagues ahead of Tim. I think submission by arm bar will be the way it ends.

Andrei Arlovski > Ben Rothwell. Have to go for the experience here. Arlovski is probably the tougher of the two, but saying that Rothwell is on a 12 fight win streak. This one might go to decision.

Josh Barnett > Pedro Rizzo. Barnett is bigger, stronger and just all around better. I think this one won't last long.

Renato "Babalu" Sobral > Mike Whitehead. Whitehead hasn't really beaten anyone good, and Renato is a solid fighter. I expect him to win this fairly comfortably.

Matt Lindland > Fabio Nascimento. Don't know much about these guys, but I've seen a few Lindland fights so I'm going for him.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira > Edwin Dewees. Brother of the UFC heavyweight champion, I can see him winning this one.

I guess watching both these events is going to take up my Sunday evening