Ya.....so....I have had zero to none time to write last 2 months due work, extensive work travel, excellent paying part time work that I wanted but just couldn't get until, of course, I started to get into regular MMA blogging posting and actually getting a few readers. I mean it's been over a month since my really good picks for UFC 82 and I didn't even get a chance to pat my back in writing for them.  I've got a lot to catch up on and as soon as my part time gig's money well will run dry I'll be back on here spouting opinions.

It's old news of course in the fast moving blogging game, but I gotta say... how freaking dumb and clueless Heath Herring's after fight comments at UFC 82 were? If the fight was in Pride he'd kill Kongo? WTF are you smoking Herring? If it was in Pride, Kongo would have made Herring bleed his own blood with all the knees he would have pummeled into him before he either got tired of tooling a supposedly experienced Herring on the ground and though he did enough for a win or just was tired to escape side mount/north south. Whatever, point is Kongo tooled Herring on the ground, kudos to him for improving, and had knees been allowed would've destroyed him completely. As for Herring, I've said that before, he sucks. Even if he didn't train ground supposedly, he still shouldn't have been tooled on the ground by Kongo.

Anyways, back to Lauzon vs Florian. It's a little tough to pick for me, but I think Lauzon will be a bit stronger and more aggressive on the ground, cause that's where this fight will go if Lauzon has any say, and Florian will be on defensive hoping to cut Lauzon from the bottom. I pick Lauzon