(Hey buddy, if it gets tough in there just remind that limey about how we saved their asses in WW II.  Works every time.)

After one of us floundered and one of us totally fucking ruled with our UFC 99 picks, we’re giving it another shot for tomorrow night’s “Ultimate Fighter” 9 Finale, just to make sure last week wasn’t some fluke.  Obviously, we’re ineligible to win Lyoto Machida’s “Karate for MMA” DVD set, which explains why our footsweeps haven’t been coming along like we’d hoped, but you can still get your picks in to our forums for round two of the first phase of this contest.  

In the meantime, take a glance at how we see it going down.  And while we’re on the subject of fight predictions, one of us is now all alone in first place atop at the CBS Sports Head-to-Head panel of MMA writers.  So take that, high school guidance counselor who advised me to “marry well.”

Ben Goldstein
Diego Sanchez def. Clay Guida via T/KO, R3
DaMarques Johnson def. James Wilks via decision
Andre Winner def. Ross Pearson via T/KO, R2
Nate Diaz def. Joe Stevenson via submission, R2
Chris Lytle def. Kevin Burns via decision
Gleison Tibau def. Melvin Guillard via submission, R1
Mike Ciesnolevicz def. Tomasz Drwal via submission, R2
Brad Blackburn def. Edgar Garcia via decision
Jason Dent def. Cameron Dollar via submission, R3
Nick Osipczak def. Frank Lester via T/KO, R3

Ben Fowlkes
Diego Sanchez def. Clay Guida via T/KO, R2
DaMarques Johnson def. James Wilks via T/KO, R1
Andre Winner def. Ross Pearson via submission, R2
Nate Diaz def. Joe Stevenson via submission, R3
Chris Lytle def. Kevin Burns via T/KO, R3
Gleison Tibau def. Melvin Guillard via submission, R2
Mike Ciesnolevicz def. Tomasz Drwal via submission, R3
Brad Blackburn def. Edgar Garcia via T/KO, R1
Jason Dent def. Cameron Dollar via submission, R2
Nick Osipczak def. Frank Lester via decision

Well, looks like this Ben vs. Ben pick-off is going to be decided by the slimmest of margins.  Dammit.  There’s nothing we hate more than mostly agreeing with each other.