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The judging was shady and there should be some sort of investigation into how they scored the bout as there is no way Alexa Grasso is winning the 5th round 10 - 8 and if not for that stupid judging decision Valentina Shevchenko would have retained the title. Now the UFC needs to reschedule the fight once again as it was a really close fight and i was surprised with the striking of Alexa Grasso and overall it is one of the best fights in Women MMA.

It was a decent event from top to bottom except for the JDM vs Holland match which I thought was gonna be fight of the night.  :/  Not sure why Holland didn't get some grappling in.  

A couple of take aways from the event...  I think Blanchfield could own both Shev's and Grasso's asses and JDM could lose his next match vs another ranked guy.  He'll prolly fight Geoff Neal next..?  

Noche UFC:  Results

Alexa Grasso vs Valentina Shevchenko ruled a spit draw (48-47, 47-48, 47-47)
Jack Della Maddalena def Kevin Holland via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Raul Rosas Jr. def Terrence Mitchell via TKO (punches) at 0:54 of Round 1
Daniel Zellhuber def Christos Giagos via submission (anaconda choke) at 3:26 of Round 2
Kyle Nelson def Fernando Padilla via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Loopy Godinez def Elise Reed via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:38 of Round 2
Roman Kopylov vs Josh Fremd def. via KO (punch) at 4:44 of Round 2
Edgar Chairez vs Daniel Lacerda ruled a no-contest at 3:47 of Round 1 (referee error)
Tracy Cortez def Jasmine Jasudavicius via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Charlie Campbell def Alex Reyes via TKO (punches) at 3:38 of Round 1
Josefine Knutsson def Marnic Mann via unanimous decision (30-24, 30-25, 30-27)

Noche UFC:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJrM6yp2r-M

That fight was clear as day and for sure Adesanya was not ready with those takedowns of Jan Błachowicz but we are talking about the Sean Strickland fight for sure his takedowns and wrestling are more refined now and he hasn't used it at all,

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The result of the UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 was really unexpected I never thought that it would end up in a draw I really thought that one of them could win this well even Shevchenko could likely win this fight it was really a close one for sure Valentina Shevchenko did her best in getting the belt but actually the fight was really close

Here are the results of my bet

Alexa Grasso (2.37) VS Valentina Shevchenko (1.57) - DRAW

Well, the fight was a draw and Alexa Grasso was still the champion but even though I liked that Alexa Grasso was still the champion I was really confused about the result surely Shevchenko also did a great job in getting those takedowns and those heavy hits she even got 1 round for herself but I am not really an expert in analyzing the fight but for sure it was really a close one and they say that Mike Bell had a controversial judging because he gave a 10 - 8  score on the 5th round for Alexa Grasso but if he gives a 10 - 9 score the championship belt will definitely go to Valentina Shevchenko for sure Shevchenko will have another complaint about the result and she should have won the fight but for sure that sparring with guys are real for Shevchenko  because she got a pretty muscular physique right now,



Kevin Holland (2.20) VS Jack Della Maddalena (1.65) - LOST

Actually, this is pure action but for sure Jack Della Maddalena has more explosive strikes and has pressured Kevin Holland in this fight and those 2 takedown attempts of Holland were not effective the takedown defense of Della Madalena was very effective and Kevin Holland can not do a thing but it was a very close fight and Kevin Holland should have tried another takedown until he can make one, but because it was not effective he give up on that he will feel the strikes of Madalena for sure



Raul Rosas Jr. (1.13) VS Terrence Mitchell (5.80) - WIN

In the 1st round just like that Raul Rosas Jr. defeated Terrence Mitchell you can see from his furious face that he was really upset with his loss in his last fight and in this fight he has surely got it done now, it was really a great KO, his strike Mitchell was backing down in this kids punches there are no much things that I got to say about this fight because Raul Rosas Jr. is a monster that finishes the fight so fast that I really don't know what had happened,

Do you still remember the first Adesanya vs Blachowiz and Perreire fight? Adesanya is a pure striker who was born into the world of stand-up fighting. Against Blachowiz he had difficulty defending against Takedowns which resulted in his dream of becoming a double champion to fail. Then in the fight against Perreire where the two of them showed a bottom level fight. I'm not saying they're not great fighters. However, there we can see that Adesanye has not really been able to master the ground game such as takedown and takedown defense.

Surely all those dramas and hardship still remains with him he is still the Israel Adesanya people known and love for sure he will come the 2nd time good as well but that journey was cut short by an unexpected man who only uses basic boxing for their fight for sure there is an option for Izzy in that octagon but I was wondering why he didn't take it as to stop that he needs to take down Sean Strickland but he never made even just 1 bit of a takedown for this fight and for me it look like his signature ego in striking was also hurt when he can not take down the defense of Strickland,


For sure 1 wrong move and Alexa Grasso can capitalize on that so she really needs to be careful in this rematch as for me Grasso can see even the slightest error when she has an opportunity to take it she will surely take it, without hesitation, but for sure Valentina Shevchenko now knows that she can not underestimate her opponent in this rematch, but for not realizing her 1st lost to her I doubted that she in thinking that way,


Everybody is not wrong in making their prediction actually everything can surely happen inside the Octagon we will never know until the fight is over, let's say every can happen again but at least we made a bet on it,

After reading alot of opinions on reddit and twitter , for me the best plays for grasso vs shevchenko is 

Fight to go the distance @  1.69 (nice) odds  

and a little sprinkle on Grasso by submission @ 6.2 odds

alot more inclined towards FTGD bet as it should hit 

Shevchenko losing by Submission will make her try another. It was frustrating for her when she couldn't carry out kicks against Grasso. It really was effective to switch southpaw against her.

As long as Grasso can prevent Shevchenko from taking her down and keep the fight in boxing, Grasso will still win the fight. Same strategy as the first I think but they both are just going to wait for a mistake and jump right into it.

Valentina Shevchenko will be really careful in her rematch as she was really winning the fight when they fought the first time until that kick she threw and Alexa Grasso was waiting for that mistake so that she could take advantage of the situation where she might have drilled a thousand times. I expect the fight to go the distance as both the fighters will be cautious but expecting Valentina Shevchenko to regain her belt.

I see that there are a lot of women's fights, Tracy Cortez is 29 years old and was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. She started her professional career in 2017, she has had 6 years of professional career and in those 6 years of her professional career she had 11 fights of which she won 10 fights, in other words, Tracy Cortez only lost once in her entire professional career, she won the Melissa Gatto at UFC 274. On the other side of this fight we have Jasmine Jasudavicius who is 34 years old and was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She has 4 years of professional career and in these 4 years of professional career she had 11 fights of which she won in 9 fights and lost in only 2 fights. She achieved 6 victories by decision, 1 by submission and 2 by knockout. In my opinion, she will win this fight

Lupita Godínez who is 30 years old and was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She has 5 years of professional career, in these 5 years of professional career she had 13 fights of which she won 10 fights and lost 3 fights. Lupita Godínez beat Emily Ducote at UFC Fight Night 223 and then at UFC 287 she beat Cynthia Calvillo. On the other side we have your opponent in this fight, Elise Reed, who is also 30 years old and was born in Sacramento, California, United States. She has 4 years of professional career in which she had 10 fights of which she won 7 fights and lost in 3 fights, at UFC 284 she lost in the fight against Konklak Suphisara. In my opinion, Lupita Godínez would win this fight

Alexa Grasso is 30 years old and was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She has been a professional fighter for 11 years, and in those 11 years as a professional fighter she had 19 fights of which she won 16 fights and only lost 3 fights. she achieved 10 victories by decision, 4 victories by knockout, 2 victories by submission. at UFC 285 she won the fight against Valentina Shevchenkvo. And speaking of Valentina Shevchenko, she is 35 years old and was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She has 20 years of professional career, something quite unbelievable, she is very old in the world of fights and at this age of 35, chasing revenge shouldn't be a good way, maybe it would make you think about retiring, but in recent times fighters they no longer think about retiring so early, because they have already seen that they can live by drinking a lot, living with great intensity and posting on social media and with little training and they will still be fighting and will be the center of attention because today the fights are accompanied by the big marketing. In my opinion, I see Valentina Shevchenko winning this time and regaining her belt

^  Rofl...  Vital statistics?  Like a beauty pageant?  


Lmao.  Those vids are funny...  Post more from time to time and lighten the mood up.  Sometimes I get too serious about all this stuff and forget it's all about for shts and gigs.  I still do enjoy it tho.  I still love my weekly UFC fix.  

As for you not really watching all of the weigh ins, I think it's good to see how these guys look one last time if you haven't made your bets yet.  Sometimes there are very close match ups that you need to see how these guys look on the scale before dropping some money into them.  And it's a process for making better bets.  So...  All good.

Here are the face offs.

Noche UFC:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpjPPGtcS3I

Here are the weigh in results.  Everybody made weight.

Alexa Grasso (124.5) vs Valentina Shevchenko (124.5)
Jack Della Maddalena (171) vs Kevin Holland (170.5)
Terrence Mitchell (135.5) vs Raul Rosas Jr. (135)
Christos Giagos (156) vs Daniel Zellhuber (156)
Kyle Nelson (146) vs Fernando Padilla (145.5)
Loopy Godinez (116) vs Elise Reed (115.5)
Josh Fremd (185.5) vs Roman Kopylov (185.5)
Edgar Chairez (126) vs Daniel Lacerda (125.5)
Tracy Cortez (126) vs Jasmine Jasudavicius (125.5)
Charlie Campbell (155) vs Alex Reyes (155.5)
Josefine Knutsson (115.5) vs. Marnic Mann (115)

And last call for jeremypwr's Multi Master...

UFC Fight Night 227 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-227-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5466450

Valentina Shevchenko                 Alexa Grasso
Fight style: Muay Thai                Fighting style: Mexican boxing
Vital stastics: 34-24-36              Vital statistics: 34-23-24
Special move: Flamenco dance    Special move: Cute smile



My prediction, this will be a difficult split decision victory for Valentina Shevchenko and uncle Dana will approve an immediate trilogy, I reckon. He also likes the sexy fighting kittens hehehehee.

I think he is actually starting to enjoy life because he is getting old. And you know he has achieved a lot of things in his career. At 34 years of age, he is definitely going to enjoy life a little more. He has done the hard work till now in his life. I think we cannot bash him for enjoying life a little at this point.

But at the same time, he's not going to be at the peak of his physical condition for a long period of time from now. So probably it will be better for him to try really hard for 2/3 more years and then enjoy life. But when we look at the achievements that he had in his career, I don't think we can say that he will achieve those kind of things again.

Adesanya's journey in the UFC has been like a Roller Coaster. Emerged as a fighter who is considered to have the highest fight IQ in striking in the UFC today. Won the title from Whittaker, broke Borrachinha's undefeated record, once crushed his entire division, then moved up to LHW to fight for the Double Champ title but was unsuccessful, beat Whittaker and Vettori 2 times, faced an old rival who became his nightmare and lost the title, then succeeded take it back. I think this will shape the mentality of a champion from Adesanya and it won't take long for Izzy to return to being king in this middle class

Great fight for sure I wish I could be it live for sure maybe later if I am not busy because I got something to do right now, but wish I could be the main fights for this event, well good luck with all of your picks and bets for this event,

Alexa Grasso (2.37) VS Valentina Shevchenko (1.57)

For this fight, Valentina Shevchenko clearly wants to get her belt back and she already said that she still doesn't recognize the loss to Alexa Grasso as her loss, so for sure I want Grasso to beat her up again, I surely never thought that Alexa Grasso will become this good and become champion I always see her as a fighting kitten but because of that fight her technique and fighting style is truly hone so much for her to get that belt surely she listen to her corner pretty well that is why I think that she will still be winning this so my pick is clearly Alexa Grasso,



Kevin Holland (2.20) VS Jack Della Maddalena (1.65)

For this fight for sure, Jack Della Maddalena is really durable and his striking could be big trouble for Holland but for sure Kevin Holland still got a decent ground game so sure I think it is a weakness for Jack Della Maddalena for this fight I think Kevin Holland has a technicality with his striking as well for me because he got a well-rounded style my pick is Kevin Holland,



Raul Rosas Jr. (1.13) VS Terrence Mitchell (5.80)

For this fight, I really don't know Terrence Mitchell for sure but seeing him on paper for sure he got a weakness on the ground game so sure Raul Rosas Jr. got some advantage in this fight, and Rosas Jr. is also well-rounded in this fight clearly I have nothing to say, that is why Raul Rosas Jr. is the favorite to win in this fight,

I am quite surprised that the fight will be this early for this event as for my time zone it really is but for sure it is just OK so for this event this is my bet and prediction for the UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2

Alexa Grasso VS Valentina Shevchenko

The stake odds for this fight are 2.37 for Grasso and 1.57 for Shevchenko it is a very interesting fight for sure actually Valentina Shevchenko still has the essence of being a champion which is why this fight is really hard to predict it could be a win and the return of a champion Valentina Shevchenko but for me if Alexa Grasso can still defend this title and replicate what she did against Shevchenko that means she is the real champion so for this fight I am still going with Alexa Grasso, for me striking wise Alexa Grasso has a round that she is dominant in the striking so yeah my bet if for Alexa Grasso,

Kevin Holland VS Jack Della Maddalena

The stake odds for this fight are 2.20 for Holland and 1.65 for Della Maddalena, for this fight Kevin Holland is fairly enough to get a decent ground game while Jack Della Maddalena's advantage is his punching power if he can catch Kevin Holland with this fight is over because Maddalena can surely hit like a Heavyweight for sure but for me, Kevin Holland can control this with his ground game so for sure I am going with Kevin Holland,

Raul Rosas Jr. VS Terrence Mitchell

The stake odds for this fight are 1.13 for Rosas and 5.80 for Mitchell, for this fight Terrence Mitchell looks more powerful than the young Raul Rosas Jr., and on the 1st loss of Raul Rosas for sure he knows what they will do and what Rosas is lacking and right now heading towards this fight for me Rosas Jr. because of his young age he doesn't have the proper strength so he needs to go into a Strict heavy lifting, to fill that lack of power getting on his last fight lost, so my pick is Raul Rosas Jr.

I don't know. On one hand, if Adesanya's dip in the form turns out to be permanent, the UFC will lose a massive cash-cow, so he that's not something he would be happy about. But, on the other hand, Adesanya's loss massively propped up Strickland, so now they have more stars in the division which opens up new opportunities for more high-profit fights (incl. potential re-match). Looking at things money-wise, it's best when there's a lot of drama and unexpected events. Dominant champion beating up everyone is probably not Dana White's most desired scenario.

That is the kind of weigh ins and face off we deserve https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c25z82ApjOk and on first glance on the instagram, it does not look that Cherneka Johnson is MMA or boxing fighter, or anywhere around fighting

With years, I feel somehow sorry for not taking a lot of attention to link to weigh-ins you post. So I decided to click few keys on my keyboard and search youtube for more of them. Found pretty funny compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_u1R9JmxI + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_j1H5p_-m8.

^  Lol yeah...  That's why the books won't commit to making very low lines to the favorite as it could bite them in the ass.  But they did go below the 1.30 chalk in one rare occassion...  And as we saw, the rest is history.    I guess they'll put Adesanaya and Strickland as a coin flip in the rematch..? 

Ceremonial weigh ins in around 9 hours folks.  One last time to see these guys face off and gauge the fighters.

Noche UFC:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkai1JvmhFM

Official weigh ins in around three hours.

Noche UFC:  Official Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKxKcudyZeg

Enjoy...

Yeap, if miracle wont happen, Strickland gonna lose his belt next fight. And it does not even look that he carries a lot about it. Somewhere in the interviews he has told that he went to UFC to earn money, so he could have funds to pay for gym and sparring He just loves to kick ass and to get his ass kicked


He has said recently also, that this is what UFC is all about - you never know what can happen and how the fight would go. I think if we compare number of cases when underdogs beat favourites with other sports, lets say boxing, than MMA seems to be very unpredictable sport

Adasenya carried the belt for a long time at middleweight and did not put much effort into it because there was no one equal to him at welterweight. Then Alex Perreria came and took his belt. If he was a really good wrestler, he wouldn't even have waited for Perreria in this weight class, he wouldn't have been able to hold the belt for long. Strickland didn't seem to be very well prepared for his match, or he tried to look very relaxed during the match because he knew he would win, but he couldn't find the right time. I think a rematch will be arranged, but even if he gets the belt again, I don't think he can keep it. The middleweight ranking will be determined again.