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Eric Lawson (9-2-0) vs. Wayne Phillips (3-3-0)
Eric Lawson is currently undefeated in Strikeforce competition, having defeated Josh Neal, Jesse Gillespie, Kenneth Seegrist, Tony Johnson and Waylon Kennell. Besides competing in Strikeforce, Eric Lawson has also competed in the Gladiator Challenge promotion, where he defeated Brandon Gallo, Atilla Bodor, Chris Werner and Marcus Gaines, while suffering defeats to Nik Theotikas and Raul Castillo. Eric Lawson will be entering the fight riding a five fight winning streak, which has currently lasted nearly two years. Eric Lawson will be looking to put the fight on the ground, with five victories coming by way of submission. Wayne Phillips will be making his Strikeforce debut in this fight, but he is a veteran of the Melee On The Mountain promotion. While in the Melee On The Mountain promotion, Wayne Phillips defeated both Rocky Molina and Anthony Alves. In an interesting career note for Wayne Phillips, the fighter began his career with a three fight undefeated streak and has since lost three straight fights in a row. Despite starting off his career with the aforementioned three fight undefeated streak, it has been over two years since Wayne Phillips achieved an MMA victory. Wayne Phillips will be looking to put the fight on the ground, with two victories coming by way of submission.
My Prediction: Eric Lawson
Since the remaining fights on the preliminary card are amateur MMA fights, I will not give full fledged previews to those particular fights, but here are my quick picks for each fight…
* Anthony De Los Santos over Ronald Carillo
* Steve Dickie over Alan Lummel
* Lilia Salas over Renee Robinson
* Phil Balducci over Jesse Tobar
* George Miller over Tristan Arenal
* Chris Stewart over Samuel Bracamnonte
(Note: I will be providing live coverage of Strikeforce Challengers Series VI on Friday February 26th at 11pm EST., right here on PWInsiderXtra.com)
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