UFC 86 Predictions

UFC 86 poses several tempting predictions, though I think most fights will go expected. I'm open to big surprises. I just don't expect anything unusual to happen here. On the other hand, what I view as "expected" may not agree with your view.

Will Griffin clock Jackson with a perfect, fight-ending right hook? Will Lytle best Kos? Will elite-level BJJ fighter Gurgel lay aside his penchant for stand-and-bang and actually use his elite-level BJJ? Has Guillard learned any defense off his back? We shall see.

[As usual, I will come back and mark my correctly-guessed predictions in blue, and my bad guesses in red.]

Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin - Rampage by stoppage, R2

      (actual result, Griffin by decision - new LHW champion)
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida - Almeida by stoppage, R2

      (actual result, Cote by split decision)
Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau - Stevenson by decision

      (actual result, Stevenson by guillotine R2)
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle - Lytle by stoppage, R3

      (actual result, Koscheck by decision)
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio - Griffin by decision

      (actual result, Griffin by decision)
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully - Gonzaga by stoppage, R3

      (actual result, Gonzaga by kimura R1)
Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller - Gurgel by stoppage, R2

      (actual result, Miller by triangle R3)
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver - Siver by stoppage, R3

      (actual result, Guillard by KO R1)
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz - Hill by stoppage, R2

      (actual result, Buchholz by rear naked choke R2)