UFC Fight Night 103 is right around the corner. The card is the first of 2017 and I think I speak for most MMA fans when I say: we’re craving a show! It will have been only 16 days since the last event, UFC 207, when this one happens, but it feels like an age!
This Saturday, January 15, BJ Penn returns once again, as he faces Yair Rodriguez in the main event of the show in Phoenix.
Selected members of Team Sprawl will be tallying their picks throughout the year. Here are our predictions for UFC Fight Night 103:
JJ Saddington (0-0)
Jack Sear (0-0)
John King (0-0)
James Pearson (0-0)
Thomas Young (0-0)
Main Card
Yair Rodriguez vs. BJ Penn – Featherweight (145lbs)
JJ Saddington: Yair Rodriguez via TKO, Round One
Jack Sear: Yair Rodriguez via KO, Round One
John King: Yair Rodriguez via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Yair Rodriguez via KO, Round Two
Thomas Young: Yair Rodriguez via KO, Round Two
Joe Lauzon vs. Marcin Held – Lightweight (155lbs)
JJ Saddington: Joe Lauzon via TKO, Round Two
Jack Sear: Joe Lauzon via Unanimous Decision
John King: Marcin Held via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Marcin Held via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Joe Lauzon via Unanimous Decision
Court McGee vs. Ben Saunders – Welterweight (170lbs)
JJ Saddington: Court McGee via Unanimous Decision
Jack Sear: Ben Saunders via Submission, Round One
John King: Ben Saunders via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Ben Saunders via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Court McGee via Unanimous Decision
John Moraga vs. Sergio Pettis – Flyweight (125lbs)
JJ Saddington: John Moraga via Unanimous Decision
Jack Sear: Sergio Pettis via Unanimous Decision
John King: Sergio Pettis via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Sergio Pettis via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: John Moraga via Submission, Round Two
Televised Preliminary Card
Frankie Saenz vs. Augusto Mendes – Bantamweight (135lbs)
JJ Saddington: Frankie Saenz via Unanimous Decision
Jack Sear: Frankie Saenz via Unanimous Decision
John King: Frankie Saenz via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Frankie Saenz via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Frankie Saenz via Unanimous Decision
Oleksiy Oliynyk vs. Viktor Pesta – Heavyweight (265lbs)
JJ Saddington: Oleksiy Oliynyk via Submission, Round Two
Jack Sear: Viktor Pesta via Unanimous Decision
John King: Oleksiy Oliynyk via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Oleksiy Oliynyk via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Oleksiy Oliynyk via Submission; Round Two
Alex White vs. Tony Martin – Lightweight (155lbs)
JJ Saddington: Alex White via KO, Round Two
Jack Sear: Tony Martin via Submission, Round One
John King: Tony Martin via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Alex White via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Alex White via Unanimous Decision
Devin Powell vs. Drakkar Klose – Lightweight (155lbs)
JJ Saddington: Drakkar Klose via TKO, Round Three
Jack Sear: Drakkar Klose via Unanimous Decision
John King: Devin Powell via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Drakkar Klose via KO, Round One
Thomas Young: Drakkar Klose via TKO, Round Two
UFC Fight Pass Preliminary Card
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger vs. Nina Ansaroff – Women’s Strawweight (115lbs)
JJ Saddington: Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger via Unanimous Decision
Jack Sear: Nina Ansaroff via Unanimous Decision
John King: Nina Ansaroff via Unanimous Decision
James Pearson: Nina Ansaroff via TKO, Round Two
Thomas Young: Nina Ansaroff via Unanimous Decision
Walt Harris vs. Chase Sherman – Heavyweight (265lbs)
JJ Saddington: Chase Sherman via KO, Round One
Jack Sear: Walt Harris via TKO, Round One
John King: Walt Harris via TKO, Round One
James Pearson: Chase Sherman via Unanimous Decision
Thomas Young: Walt Harris via KO, Round One
Joachim Christensen vs. Bojan Mihajlovic – Light Heavyweight (205lbs)
JJ Saddington: Joachim Christensen via Unanimous Decision
Jack Sear: Joachim Christensen via Unanimous Decision
John King: Bojan Mihajlovic via TKO, Round Two
James Pearson: Joachim Christensen via Submission, Round One
Thomas Young: Bojan Mihajlovic via Unanimous Decision
Dmitri Smoliakov vs. Cyril Asker – Heavyweight (265lbs)
JJ Saddington: Dmitri Smoliakov via TKO, Round Two
Jack Sear: Cyril Asker via TKO; Round Two
John King: Dmitri Smoliakov via TKO, Round One
James Pearson: Dmitri Smoliakov via TKO, Round One
Thomas Young: Dmitri Smoliakov via Submission, Round One
