Bellator 87 Predictions

Dave’s Picks

Main Card

David Rickels vs. Lloyd Woodard = Rickels by unanimous decision.

Guillaume DeLorenzi vs. Saad Awad= DeLorenzi by split decision.

Will Brooks vs. Ricardo Tirloni = Tirloni by submission in round 2.

Thiago Michel vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy = Sarnavskiy by TKO in round 2.

Prelims

Sevak Magakian vs. Jason Fischer = Fischer by unanimous decision.

Ben Lagman vs. Sam Quito = Quito by split decision.

James Reese vs. David Shepherd = Reese by unanimous decision.

Justin Houghton vs. Cody Stamann = Houghton by split decision.

Karl Etherington vs. Jason Fish = Fish by submission in round 3.

Amir Khillah vs. John Schulz = Khillah by submission in round 2.

Nick Kirk vs. Tony Zelinski =  Kirk by unanimous decision.

Sam's Picks

Main Card

Guillaume DeLorenzi vs. Saad Awad = DeLorenzi via unanimous decision.

David Rickels vs. Lloyd Woodard = Rickels via unanimous decision.

Will Brooks vs. Ricardo Tirloni = Brooks via 3rd round TKO.

Thiago Michel vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy = Sarnavskiy via 1st round TKO.

Prelims

Sevak Magakian vs. Jason Fischer = Fischer via 2nd round submission.

Ben Lagman vs. Sam Quito = Quito via split decision.

James Reese vs. David Shepherd = Shepherd via 3rd round submission.

Justin Houghton vs. Cody Stamann = Houghton via unanimous decision.

Karl Etherington vs. Jason Fish = Etherington via 1st round submission.

Amir Khillah vs. John Schulz = Khillah via 2nd round TKO.

Nick Kirk vs. Tony Zelinski = Kirk via unanimous decision.

Bellator 82 Predictions

Sam’s Picks

Main Card

Lyman Good vs. Andrey Koreshkov: This is an extremely difficult fight to predict. Koreshkov is, in my opinion, the brightest young star at welterweight aside from Erick Silva. At only 22 years old, Koreshkov holds an undefeated record of 12-0 with 11 T/KO finishes and 7 in the first round. That's mighty impressive, but in his fights with tougher competition (minus Marius Zaromskis) he's been having more trouble in those fights. Lyman Good is easily the hardest fight of his career being the first and former welterweight champion for Bellator, Good is a tough fight for anyone at 170. He has incredible strength and a solid chin with his only two losses being a unanimous decision loss to Ben Askren and split decision loss to Rick Hawn. I don't see Koreshkov being able to finish Good. I have a feeling that Good will win this fight an it will be a great learning experience for Koreshkov = Good via unanimous decision.

Tony Hervey vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy = Sarnavskiy via 1st round submission (choke).

Kala Hose vs. Doug Marshall = Marshall via split decision.

David Rickels vs. Jason Fischer = Rickels via 3rd round TKO.

Prelims

Mario Navarra vs. Anthony Bain = Navarro via split decision.

Chad Coon vs. Shawn Bunch = Bunch via 1st round TKO (ground and pound).

Brandon Seguin vs. Giva Santana = Santana via 3rd round submission.

Terry Davinney vs. Matt van Buren = Davinney via unanimous decision.

Jeremy Czarnecki vs. Justin Houghton = Houghton via split decision.

Dave’s Picks

Main Card

Lyman Good vs. Andrey Koreshkov: Koreshkov has a bright future but Good is too much too soon. Good is not especially great at anything one thing but he is well rounded and will be far too strong for Koreshkov. I see Good controlling the pace of this fight and making it an ugly clinch war up against the fence for 15 minutes.= Good via unanimous decision.

Tony Hervey vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy = Sarnavskiy via 1st round submission.

Kala Hose vs. Doug Marshall = Marshall via split decision.

David Rickels vs. Jason Fischer = Rickels via 2^nd round submission.

Prelims

Mario Navarra vs. Anthony Bain = Navarro via split decision.

Chad Coon vs. Shawn Bunch = Bunch via 1st round TKO.

Brandon Seguin vs. Giva Santana = Santana via 1^st round submission.

Terry Davinney vs. Matt van Buren = Davinney via split decision.

Jeremy Czarnecki vs. Justin Houghton = Houghton via split decision.