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The UFC 294 was a blast and for sure many are just galloping with excitement seeing the fight I was at the edge of my seat seeing Bruno Silva and Sharabutdin Magomedov fight it was really that good to watch the striking and mostly the kicks of Sharabutdin Magomedov was really accurate but not seeing him take the fight to the ground how I really wish he can be mixed things up or perhaps bring some new receipt to the table, but anyway here is the result for my bet and prediction the only one that didn't make a win was the Magomed Ankalaev VS Johnny Walker if my bet would be parlay I would lose this all,

Islam Makhachev VS Alexander Volkanovski ROUND 1 KO/TKO - WIN

For sure the camp of Islam Makhachev knows Volkanovski's weakness and that was the head kicks and it was seen in the past Alexander Volkanovski has some serious weakness from head kicks, and this is what Makhachev has done, and for sure Alexander Volkanovski doesn't have any answer to that head kick and he is blocking that with just 1 hand for sure we see a much stronger Islam Makhachev right now maybe because Volk doesn't have much training going into this fight,

Kamaru Usman VS Khamzat Chimaev ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

This was truly a close match and for sure my though was Khamzat Chimaev will be in an advantage for this fight because Kamaru Usman was a short notice fighter for sure if Paulo Costa will fight Khamzat Chimaev maybe he can destroy Costa but this is Kamaru Usman he is fighting and for sure it was a close match, well Brett Okamoto have said Khamzat Chimaev told him that he broke his wrist in the 1st round which is for me he is only making excusses,

Magomed Ankalaev VS Johnny Walker ROUND 1 ILLEGAL KNEE - NO CONTEST

Dissapointing for sure that is why Johnny Walker was upset and wants to fight and for sure the Doctor and the referee was the one that needs to be blame for sure and I really don't want what Dana White have said that he wil fixed this they should restart the fight and the fight was just on the round 1 and both fighters doesn't have any damage so they can surely continue, or they could bring in translator because for sure both fighters is in the heat of the fight and the fight was called off because Walker didn't answer the doctor for sure he doesn't understand or maybe hear what he was trying to say, and for sure if the fight continue Magomed Ankalaev could win this but Johnny Walker was looking good aswell so maybe a rematch would be great,

Ikram Aliskerov VS Warlley Alves ROUND 1 KO/TKO - WIN

For sure Ikram Aliskelrov is winning the standing aswell and for sure Warlley Alves know how dangerous Aliskerov on the ground that is why Alves was cautious in getting this on the ground but Ikram Aliskerov doesn't really needed to bring the fight to the ground and make a submission hold into him because Aliskerov with a flying knockout Warlley Alves

Said Nurmagomedov VS Muin Gafurov ROUND 1 SUBMISSION - WIN

For sure from start to finish Said Nurmagomedov is the majority winning the fight from the stand-up and going on the ground Said Nurmagomedov looked crisp in this fight but for sure Muin Gafurov is not really looking good with his recent fight so this is really to improve Said Nurmagomedov's confidence,

Tim Elliott VS Muhammad Mokaev ROUND 3 SUBMISSION - WIN

That was Nasty Muhammad Mokaev who pulled a head and arm choke at the end of the round, Mokaev got 6 takedowns and 3 were successful but he only had 1 submission attempt that was successful for sure and Mokaev also got a great stand-up going with the fight so for sure he majority won the fight,

Jinh Yu Frey VS Victoria Dudakova ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Dang! Just as I thought Victoria Dudakova was really awesome in getting many shots at Jinh Yu Frey I really feel bad for Jinh Yu Frey  but fighting an undefeated woman much younger than her means that she will be having a hard time for both shot 3 takedowns but Jinh Yu Frey have gotten 1 successful takedown but even though Victoria Dudakova output in her striking was was really amazing,

Bruno Silva VS Sharabutdin Magomedov ROUND 3 DECISION -WIN

I was on the edge of my seat while watching this and Bruno Silva was also great in this fight shooting 7 takedowns but 3 were successful because Shara has a decent takedown defense, and he also has great wrestling defense, but the thing that I was amazed was his accurate kicks Sharabutdin Magomedov was great at kicking and if he enhanced his power for sure he can knockout anyone with it,

Everyone knew from the start that Islam Makhachev would easily beat Volkanovski and you could see what the result would be.
I agree with @OgNasty that Volkanovski is actually not ready for his fight against Islam who is the defending champion and great fighter.
All this is thanks to Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov who previously taught Islam and what Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov has done has created two tough fighters for the UFC namely Khabib and Islam.

UFC President Dana White will prepare the fighter to challenge Islam in his next fight.
But he hopes to achieve rematch that failed namely against Charles Oliveira.

The outcome of the second fight doesn't decide the reality that we see in first fight. But it's true that in this fight, Makhachev definitely hammered Volkanovski but we have to admit that his finishing kicks were illegal and Makhachev should probably be disqualified for that. That illegal shots ruined Prichard Colon's life.
By the way, it was a huge mistake that he took this fight so quickly without preparing but this is the price of his mistake, now he has to wait years to fight Makhachev again.

Jon Jones is probably the only exception. This man will murder anyone at any time at any age. We will see a good fight in November 11, 2023.

UFC 294 used to be a great event with near 50/50 match-ups until replacements happened in the main and co-main event. Unexpected injuries ruined the exciting match-ups where Volk and Usman came in as substitutes for Olivera and Costa. There's no way someone can be at his best in a week of training. It is not even enough for them to have the usual safe way of losing weight which should happen gradually.

Nonetheless, Ankalaev-Walker is a great match-up but I thought I could just watch it in a replay so I just canceled my alarm and had a good sleep. It turned out disappointing as the fight was called off in the very first round. Not blaming the doctor though as he was there for a reason and Walker answered he was in the desert when asked which country he was fighting.

Nope, he never did. I've seen the comparison of his weight before cutting weight and after and I thought he was so drained. There's no way he'll be in top condition after shedding too much and too fast.

Brutal end for Volk. Noticed how Islam made him appear like getting up by preventing Volk's head from dropping using his knee so he could pound more of his hammer.

It really a late stoppage. He was out the moment that headkick hit. I don't think Volk could ever stand quickly with it. This short notice I think shouldn't be practised anymore.

Islam definitely caught him with a good kick that put him out. His cuts and the blood afterward looked gnarly. Seemed like Volkanovski just wasn’t ready for that.

A similar story with Usman and Khamzat. I think the fighters we’ve grown to love over the years have just gotten too old and now there is a new generation of fighters ready to own all the belts.

So true mate, it was a hard day for Volkanovski, KO in the first round was just brutal for a guy like him, but I totally understand why Islam attacked that way, he just wanted to avoid what happened in the past fight, so, this time he has to go all in.

And my prediction about the Russian guy on his debut was right, it was an easy x1.4 as I mentioned before, too bad I missed the fight, it was too early morning for me, but I will search for the replay. For sure it was a crazy one.

What a day for Islam Makhachev!
It is not easy to beat Volkanovski and it is even harder to do it with a KO, but Makhachev proved he is better fighter after beating him again, and he made Khabib proud.

After another fight loss it is clear to everyone that Kamaru Usman era is now finished, that is his third fight lost in a row.
I dont really like Khamzat Chimaev style in and out of octagon, but I will give him credit for his perfect 13-0 record.
Maybe next fight for Chimaev is going to be for championship belt against Leon Edwards.

I guess there are going to be no more questions about judging and who really won first fight between Volk and Makhachev. I would say that Makhachev has beateb Volk on his field. There were only 1 take down attempt. Almost no wrestling in this fight. Islam connected that high kick on first minute and that was already a *ding* for Volk. Second high kick ended everything.

Kamaru Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev is the only fight I’m really interested in watching. Usman is a beast but Khamzat has been on a tear making his opponents look like unskilled children out there. The odds don’t make this an interesting bet unless you’re going for Usman, and I think he has a decent shot at winning, but I think I’ll just enjoy watching this one.

He is a remarkable fighter. Some of his fights are pretty much you can remember how they end. While he can deliver great KOs, he also gave us one of his funniest KO lol https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpDfM8gR_uo

But anyway, he always has a place in my mind whoever he fights with. Crazy why he agreed to fight Magomed but he may be inactive for a while if he ever pulls this out. Or fight whoever wins between Jiri and Alex.

Vote for him in my ufc 294 Multi Master Challenge.
13. Islam Makhachev
12. Khamzat Chimaev
11. Johnny Walker

There are a lot of fights as always, but I'm going to watch Johnny Walker's fight against Magomed Ankalaev. That's because I've been watching videos of Johnny Walker's fights, as strange as it may seem, I watch it unintentionally, but leaving that aside. Johnny Walker is 31 years old and was born in Brazil, he is a fighter who has been working as a professional fighter for 10 years. This means that he has a 10-year career and in those 10 years of his career he had 28 fights, and of the 28 fights he managed to win 21 fights and lost in 7 fights. Johnny Walker's strong point is in striking. he has already managed to have 16 victories by knockout, this means that of the 28 fights he has had, more than 50% were victories by knockout.

he also has a detail that should not be forgotten, which is that 14 victories by knockout were in the first round, and he also had 3 victories by submission. on the other side we have Magomed Ankalaev who is being seen as the favorite for this fight, he has odds of @1.30 if he wins the fight, and as if everything points to his victory. He is 31 years old and was born in Russia. He has 9 years of professional career, and during these 9 years of professional career he managed to have 19 fights of which he managed to obtain 17 victories and lost once and drew once. He is also strong in striking. and he managed to obtain 9 victories by knockout, 8 victories were by decision.

my guess would go against the bookmakers, generally it's very difficult to beat the bookmakers in fights where the favorite fighter's scenario has odds below 1.35, but in this case I think it's Johnny Walker who, despite having odds of 4.00 and not being the favorite to win this fight, I still think he can win the fight. It won't be an easy task for him, but he might still be able to win.

Ok guys...  The event starts in 1.5 hours.  Earlier than the usual schedule.  Just dropping by to post thr weigh in results and the last couple of vids from Embedded.  Good luck to all your bets and let's have some fun watching these matches boys...  Leeeezzzz gooooo!

UFC 294:  Embedded Episode 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQLqx3XEtuo

UFC 294:  Embedded Episode 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfv0W7KJUio

Champ Islam Makhachev (155) vs Alexander Volkanovski (154.5)
Khamzat Chimaev (185.5) vs Kamaru Usman (184.5)
Magomed Ankalaev (206) vs Johnny Walker (205)
Ikram Aliskerov (186) vs Warlley Alves (185.5)
Muin Gafurov (135.5) vs Said Nurmagomedov (136)
Tim Elliott (126) vs Muhammad Mokaev (126)
Trevor Peek (155.5) vs Mohammad Yahya (156)
Javid Basharat (136) vs Victor Henry (136)
Abu Azaitar (186) vs Sedriques Dumas (186)
Mike Breeden (159.5)* vs Anshul Jubli (155.5)
Muhammad Naimov (145.5) vs Nathaniel Wood (146)
Victoria Dudakova (116.6)* vs Jinh Yu Frey (116)
Shara Magomedov (186) vs Bruno Silva (186)

*Missed weight

Actually, I never really put so much thought into Dillon Danis defeating Logan Paul, but I never imagined a boring fight at the beginning but at the end it was chaos, but I surely enjoyed the last thing that happen with this event, the fight might be boring but the Drama is really interesting, for me,


This is the 1st boxing fight for Dillon Danis, and this is really expected this is just like the Manny Pacquaio VS DK Yoo fight DK Yoo was really exposed in that fight and it was not an interesting fight aswell,


I really think the place is not going to change the outcome of the fight but Alexander Volkanovski's lack of training will, because Volk admitted that he was not really training much for this fight and I am concerned about this, so for this fight I will be going with Islam for sure


I surely did not forget the two fighting Kittens that are fighting in this event for we have two beautiful Kittens fighting and the only fighting kittens for this event, and look at that stunning beauty of Victoria Dudakova, and while Jinh Yu Frey is open wide and ready to fight well for me this is an interesting fight so I have made my bet for this one, aswell,

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This is my 1st time betting for so many cards in the UFC and because the event was really juicy I was really excited if most of my Bets would win because if they did I would be very happy with it, and because this is a great Epic event and so this is my Bet and Prediction for the UFC 294

Islam Makhachev VS Alexander Volkanovski

The Odds for this fight are 1.43 for Makhachev and 3.10 for Volkanovski, For me if Alexander Volkanovski didn't say that he lacks training and he doesn't have his full camp in this fight while Islam Makhachev looks huge, and Makhachev also said that he will be focusing more on wrestling just to say he wants to dominate the wrestling for sure, and my bet is for Islam Makhachev,

Kamaru Usman VS Khamzat Chimaev

The Odds for this fight are 3.70 for Usman and 1.33 for Chimaev, For this fight Kamaru Usman is the replacement fighter for me he is really going into this Division so he really needs a fight but against Khamzat Chimaev I really think that he will be having a hard time against Chimaev for sure so my bet is Khamzat Chimaev,

Magomed Ankalaev VS Johnny Walker

The Odds for this fight are 1.30 for Ankalaev and 3.95 for Walker, In this fight Johnny Walker could be dangerous but he is not that technical in the feat Magomed Ankalaev has some technicality and for sure the wrestling is there to back him up in this fight so my bet is Magomed Ankalaev,

Ikram Aliskerov VS Warlley Alves

The Odds for this fight are 1.18 for Aliskerov and 5.80 for Werlley, for this fight Warlley Alves came from 2 losses while Aliskerov came from a great 6 wins, from his loss to Khamzat Chimaev, for he will eventually get his rematch because Khamzat is now on the Middleweight division so my bet is for Ikram Aliskerov,

Said Nurmagomedov VS Muin Gafurov

The Odds for this fight are 1.46 for Nurmagomedov and 3.00 for Gafurov, both came from a loss but for this fight, Said Nurmagomedov is pretty much great with striking so I really don't know how he was defeated in the fight against Jonathan Martinez, while Muin Gafurov to John Castañeda, but for me, I think that Said Nurmagomedov will win this, so my bet is Said Nurmagomedov,

Tim Elliott VS Muhammad Mokaev

The Odds for this fight are 4.50 for Elliott and 1.25 for Mokaev, For this fight Tim Elliott is a dangerous fighter and a test for Muhammad Mokaev, for sure Mokaev will have a hard time against Tim Eliott, but for this fight, I like Muhammad Mokaev and because he is younger for sure he is still gaining to get well, so my bet is Muhammad Mokaev,

Jinh Yu Frey VS Victoria Dudakova

The Odds for this fight are Yu Frey and 1.21 for Dudakova, In this fight the fighting Kitty Victoria Dudakov is such a beauty, indeed but that Beauty is pretty much Dangerous for sure, and against Jinh Yu Frey I really think Yu Frey is just old right now that Victoria Dudakov, is still getting better so my bet is Victoria Dudakov,

Bruno Silva VS Sharabutdin Magomedov

The Odds for this fight are 3.60 for Silva and 1.35 for Magomedov, now this is an interesting fight and the debut for Bullet Sharabutdin Magomedov, while Bruno Silva is a true veteran and a great test for Sharabutdin Magomedov, Sharabutdin Magomedov has the speed and power for sure so my bet is Sharabutdin Magomedov,

You are very much overestimating this one eye samurai Shara Mogomedov. Blindado Silva will kick or punch him on the side where he is blind and he might win by a knockout hehehe. Blinadado has good experiences with Russian fighters because he also has fought in Russian promotions.

In any case, @YuginKadoya it appears everyone has also forgotten that we have sexy fighting kittens for this event hehe. Who is your prediction? Jihn Yu Frey might also be very underestimated for this fight similar to Blinadado.

Here are my picks and predictions for the UFC 294 Event

Islam Makhachev (1.43) VS Alexander Volkanovski (3.10)

This fight is going to be a rematch and their 1st fight was super close as Makhachev surprised Volkanovski with his striking and Volkanovski surprised Makhachev with his wrestling defense for sure both guys did an amazing job in their 1st fight but this is going to be different and right now Islam Makhachev Said he will change his approach against Volkanovski and instead of exchanging stand-up with him he will be more focus in wrestling this time while Alexander Volkanovski admits he is not training much and this is my concern for him he is not training much and for sure he also said that he is ready Mentally and even Physically but I had my doubts so my pick is Islam Makhachev,



Kamaru Usman (3.70) VS Khamzat Chimaev (1.33)

This fight should have been Paulo Costa versus Kahmzat Chimaev but because of the injury reason for sure Dana White was surely pulling him from the event so Kamaru Usman came in on short notice for the Belt in the Middleweight Division for this fight Kamaru Usman came with 2 consecutive losses from Leon Edwards and this is what Khamzat Chimaev is talking about and so in this fight, Kamaru Usman is having a hard time with Leon Edwards and even having a hard time getting him into the ground which Khamzat Chimaev Strength is very different and  for me he can rog dolled Kamaru Usman inside the cage, so my pick is Khamzat Chimaev,



Ikram Aliskerov (1.18) VS Warlley Alves (5.80)

For this fight, Ikram Aliskerov has a crisp striking and is very technical he surely has speed, power and we can not forget his wrestling while Warlley Alves doesn't have technical striking having a hard time with James Krause, Randy Brown, Jeremiah Wells, and Nicolas Dalby he came with 2 consecutive losses, while Ikram Aliskerov came into the fight with 6 consecutive wins, so definitely I am going with Ikram Aliskerov,

Thanks. I didn't expect that. If anything, I expected he'd be pushing for an immediate rematch, at least that's what his coach, Eugene Bareman, said in the post-fight interview. Oh well, that's his choice and we should respect that. If he takes, say, 2 years off, I don't think it will be easy for him to return to the top. But whatever happens, he already had an impressive career.


It's going to be hard for both of them, Islam also has short notice to come up with a tactic against Volk. But I don't think neither of them is satisfied with the last fight, so they'll likely to come up with something new. I expect Volk to push hard from the start and look for a knockout.

The octagon arena anywhere does not make fighters pessimistic about the results of their fights, all spectators can count the number of punches and can even count points during the fight, so there is no reason for that and they have to prove that great fighters can do it without complaining under any conditions, they always train because It doesn't rule out the possibility that they will replace the injured fighter, Islam doesn't even know he will be paired again with Volks, so we have to be objective in looking at the second fight and hopefully Islam can complete the TKO so he doesn't complain for any reason after the fight.

Anyone who thought Dillan would knockout anyone out in any fight have no idea why they are watching the fight, he got decent control on the ground and i saw one fight in Bellator and for a moment expected him to gas out punching the opponent on the ground.

Dillion Danis was able to throw 16 punches the entire fight and it was not entertaining at all, trying to pull the guard in a boxing ring is just stupid because he does not know how to fight  .

Alexander Volkanovski displayed great defense in the first fight and he showed it is impossible to hold him down for a short guy it is impressive, unfortunately the rematch is a short notice one and hence it will be a difficult fight for Alexander Volkanovski as the fight is taking place in Dubai.