UFC Fight Night Condit vs. Kampmann

The next UFC event scheduled is a Fight Night event featuring Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann. The event is scheduled for April 1st and will air live from the Sommet Center in Nasville on Spike TV at 8:00 ET.

I think that this is a very exciting card especially for a Fight Night event. It features many well known UFC names as well as some up and comers. Here are some of my predictions for the card...

Main Event

Martin Kampmann vs Carlos Condit

I must say I am a little bit biased because I have always been a huge Martin Kampmann fan and his submission win over Drew McFedries (link) still ranks as one of my favorite fights of all time.

Kampmann boasts a 5-1 overall record in the UFC with his only lost coming from Middleweight title contender Nate Marquardt. This will be Kampmann's second fight since moving dropping down to the welterweight division. So far the cut has served 'the hitman' very well, he won his debut at 170 against Alexandre Barros at UFC 93 via TKO. He has exceptional Standup ( a former Danish Thai Boxing Champion) but is also dangerous on the ground, with 3 of his 5 UFC wins coming by way of submission. Condit also has the advantage of Training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, which has many distinguished fighters, known for their strategic fight plans.

Carlos Condit is making his UFC debut, with an overall mma record of 23-4, including a 5-0 record in UFC's sister promotion WEC. Carlos was the final WEC welter weight Champion before the organization eliminated the division. He is known for finishing hiw fights with none of his 23 victories going to the judges scorecards. Like Kampmann he has proven himself to be a well rounded fighter with 10 of his victories due to strikes and 13 by way of submission.

Condit has clearly not been facing the same level of competition, which leaves some to question his ability. However I believe that he does belong in the UFC, the only question is, will be ready to face a rising star like Kampmann. I think that Kampmann will dominate the standup, and after wearing Condit down in the first, will finish the fight via TKO in the 2nd. However if the fight goes to the ground I give the adv. to Condit and think that he could possibly pull off a submission win.

I will continue this post with more predictions later, for now I have to work on a group project for class.

First Post!

(My cousin and I: summer 2008)

I am the oldest of 5 kids in my family with 3 younger brothers and a younger sister. I am originally from Seattle, WA but moved out to Missoula to go to college. I have a very strong interest in technology. I love most sports with Seattle teams dominating my favorites, but my favorite sport is Mixed Martial Arts. I love the challenge, the competition and the strategy behind 2 people stepping in to the ring or cage to fight. I am also very interested in real estate opportunities and hope that one day my real estate investments will support myself and my family. The summer after freshman year I purchased a home near the University. The house was definitely one of my biggest decisions but has turned out to be a great situation for me. I love Missoula and am very happy about my choice to go to UM. However, right up until the point that I visited UM it was not even on my radar of places to attend school.

I originally wanted to go to the University of Washington but ended up changing my decision after visiting and seeing class sizes of over 900 students. After deciding that the UW undergrad program was not right for me I was left with little direction on where I wanted to go. I had never been to the state of Montana before and was slightly skeptical when my friends parents convinced us to go and visit UM. After seeing the campus and visiting a few classes I knew right away that it was the place for me. I am extremely thankful to this day that they convinced us to visit Missoula.

Initially when coming to school I was not sure what I was going to major in. I knew that I would end up at the business school but was not sure exactly what I would specialize in. First I was thinking either Management or Marketing, however after acing my first accounting test I changed my major on a whim to accounting. I have done a Management internship and a finance internship and am hopefully going to be doing an IS internship with KPMG this summer. Everything changed after I took IS270 with Dr. Firth. Before 270 I really hadno clue what IS was, however after hearing about the goals of the program and seeing that the IS faculty were really geared towards applying concepts to the real world I did not have any more doubts about the choice of my major. I think that IS really fits me, because I enjoy learning about technology and seeing how its trends affect the direction of the business world.