Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 111. (Read 100821 times)

Sure, he lost some of the speed due to age and more muscle mass, but his performance against Gane was very impressive and it's fair to say that he did way better than anyone expected.
Every fighter will face a defeat eventually if they carry on fighting past their prime and don't know when to quit, but Jones is definitely not there yet. I think him mentioning retirement in the past was either due to slight mental burn-out (rather than loss of physical abilities) or just a negotiation tactic, to force UFC to give him more profitable fights.

Aspinall Vs Blaydes makes no sense. Blaydes is not there yet to fight for the belt and Aspinall has nothing to win there and nothing to prove - he lost to the injury not to Blaydes.

No, Jamahal Hill is not avoiding Magomed Ankalaev because what Hill is hoping for now is to be able to fight again soon and get approval to challenge Pereira with the aim of fighting for the championship title.
Moreover, when he finally faces Jiri or Ankalaev it still depends on the UFC decision because every fight schedule must be approved by the UFC so it is not problem if Hill fights Pereira for the light heavyweight championship belt.

Not only does he rarely smile, but because he is fighter who often causes controversy, I would say that he will probably end up like Conor who looks so strong and arrogant but in the end falls.
Look at some of the great fighters who are so arrogant and think they are the rulers of the class they live in, but instead experience truly embarrassing destruction, just like Conor.

I don't know what Pereira words meant, but Adesanya said that this expression was mockery made.
He also stated that he would prefer to rest for some time before deciding to return to fighting and fight for the light heavyweight title again.

a second chance Aspinal against Blaydes would be good to see if the knee surgeon did well. It is risky unless Dana puts Aspinaal back in the surgery room.
one thing is for sure: Aspinal is gonna get good fights he might be able to win if he fights with Cyril Gane or the new breed Jailton Almeida who doesn't move like a heavyweight. Iff Aspinal wants a fight he should insist Dana be active otherwise this is gonna be like the LHW too.

Well, I believed you from a marketing standpoint for sure the UFC and Dana White would still go with the Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic kind of fight and yeah maybe they are milking Jon Jones's popularity now and the UFC thinks the better way to milk him is to let him fight with an older fighter and a fighter that would likely be defeated easily and for sure Stipe Miocic is something like that and for sure many is believing that Jon Jones will easily defeat Miocic for sure, and I also think the same but what if Stipe Miocic win this what will happen with Jon Jones, and what will happen to Miocic do you guys think he would still fight or retire from there,

After seeing Tom Aspinall fight for sure because of Jon Jones's age and Tom Aspinall is now still in his prime this will be a hard fight for Jon Jones for sure, I really wish that Tom Aspinall would not get injured anymore,


For sure the UFC is moving in such mysterious ways that they still want the canceled fight to be rescheduled after Jon Jones's Recovers, but for now, I think Tom Aspinall is the king in the Heavyweight division, and for sure next fight for the Heavyweight to challenge the Interim Champion will be the winner of Ciryl Gane or Sergei Pavlovich or maybe even Curtis Blaydes for sure, I can not wait for Tom Aspinall to fight again,

No, fight between them doesn't look unreal, it just looks unethical for my eyes to view how weird looking Elon Musk and robot like Zuckerberg fights. It would be a hella fun, that's why I think it's stupid to make them fight in colosseum.

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Did anyone notice that Adesanya is afraid to fight against Alex Pereira? Pereira called him out for another match but it's easy to say that Adesanya is afraid to lose against him because he almost lose in last rematch, he simply won it luckily, unexpectedly and if Pereira wins again against him, his career will end. Pereira is Adesanya's one of the most terrible opponent, Pereira is just his nightmare.
Pereira's call out: https://youtube.com/shorts/IGy0d1G8Etc?si=zGQ00SHdCZHyTntt
Adesanya's reaction: https://youtube.com/shorts/JI2ZPFIwe9E?si=aZpLQzw-A2AQz49M
I swear to God he is scared to fight him, he just pretends he isn't.

I know that a fight between Zukerberg and Musk looks unreal, but I would pay more attention on a planning of their event. If Dana already pulled some tiny strings to organize it, then it means that there is chance it could be organized for other UFC event.


Hard to pay attention or concentrate on upcoming event, when there are Dariush vs Tsarukyan, Edwards vs Covington, Puddle vs Vera rematch, Volk vs Topuria (seriously? Volk just fought recently:D), Ankalaev vs Walker rematch (this gonna answer lots of questions) on the horizon

Weigh ins are gonna be live in 4 hours guys...  For those of you who care for the event.  Lol.    Seriously it's not that bad, there are good match ups in here.

UFC Fight Night:  Allen vs Craig - Live Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedojRc1Kfc

I got Allen to win but there's something about Craig.  He's like the luckiest fighter in the UFC.  He seems to get in favorable spots to use his grappling and get a sub.  :/

Some vids...

UFC Free Fight:  Allen vs Silva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xskRoqCg8

UFC Free Fight:  Craig vs Shogun Rua 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xskRoqCg8

Oh C'mon, Zukerberg vs Musk fight in colosseum? Elon Musk looks like a weird daddy and Zukerberg looks like a trained robot. Their clash doesn't worth to be done in colosseum, I would only see there someone like Jon Jones.

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Did anyone see that Tony Ferguson trains with David Goggins? This is insane, man, he threw up during training and we all know how brutal Goggins is when it comes to training, he is willing to sacrifice himself absolutely every time he trains, here you watch highlight of Ferguson training with Goggins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9Jfqh3qYQ

You made me google that In the morning... Before I got my coffee...Yikes.

https://www.mmamania.com/2023/8/10/23827024/colossal-clash-dana-white-met-italian-officials-to-discuss-using-colosseum-for-musk-vs-zuckerberg <--- I was a bit wrong by saying that he planned to organize a UFC event; turns out he was planning it for possible Musk vs Zukerberg fight (btw Zuker got injured recently during his mma/bjj training). But if he was planning this for their fight, that nothing stops him from planning UFC event there. For UFC 300 special for example.

The world's most entertaining fight of all time? What fight is he talking about? I can't imagine clash of any two fighters at the moment that will be the most entertaining to watch. One could probably be Jon Jones but another one, I can't imagine being more entertaining than Mike Tyson which is too old for this fight. Probably he means Conor McGregor but I can't imagine anyone in Conor's weight division to be one of the best to watch. Did Khabib agree with rematch? Wait, probably it's Ngannou vs Jon Jones? That would be great to watch.

Wait, does he really plan to make a fight in colosseum? Maybe he plans to make a fight on Verona’s Arena and that might be possible. Regular UFC fight will be boring in colosseum, I would only watch fight without rules. I know it sounds brutal but it's colosseum after all. Okay, I'm joking of course, it will be great to see Jon Jones vs Ngannou there.

The problem is, Adesanya lost his title to Strickland. He would have to get the middleweight belt back before even thinking about fighting for the second one.
Currently it's not even clear whether he would get the rematch against Strickland if he was ready to fight, so it's even less likely that he would get a chance to fight Pereira for the LW belt. Pereira surely wouldn't mind that, as he would be a favourite given the latest performances of both and the fact that he wouldn't have to go through such drastic weight cutting.


Jones Vs Aspinall won't happen unless there's a big pressure from the community (fans/reporters) combined with small interest in Jones Vs. Stipe bout. Jones cares about 2 things: money and securing his legacy. If he got more by fighting Tom and if the community was clear that they see Aspinall as the real challenge, then who knows, he could change his mind.

I'd much rather see Stipe Vs Aspinall fight soon and then the winner of it fighting Jon, than just watch no action for 8-12 months until Jon recovers.

But it's just weird that the interim title holder isn't next in line to take on the champ when he returns.  I guess the UFC wanted both the legacy fight between Jones and Miocic and also earmark either Aspinall or Pav for the next shot at the title.  It's going to be a very intriguing match up between Jones and Aspinall.  I'd bet on the underdog whoever it may be.  If it's close to a coin flip then it's Jon Jones.

Anyway here's a short vid for 296.  Can't wait to see Pantoja back in there again. 

UFC 296:  Edwards vs Convington - Shots Fired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFN1Tb_tkM

Dana White doing business moves rather than the normal way. And as much as hardcore fight fans wanted an Aspinall-Jones fight, it's the casuals who will buy the bulk of PPVs and they will definitely buy the GOAT versus GOAT marketing. They don't even know Miocic is already past 40, came from a brutal defeat, and is years inactive.

Anyways, even before Jones won the heavyweight belt, I was doubtful of his ability to stay undefeated. His main assets which are his speed and length are no longer that advantageous at his age and in this division. So as much as possible Dana White will try to milk Jones before he loses or retires. Maybe we can see an Aspinall-Blaydes first before the interim belt holder gets his shot at the real title.

I also heard that. That looks like a crazy fantasy, then reality. I have also read somewhere that Dana wanted to run UFC event in real coliseum and tried to have negotiations with authorities. Or something like that, dont remember clearly right now, but it was about an event in Italy or in a historical place/structure were gladiators previously fought. (reminder, in past, the entrance video to all UFC events were gladiator preparing for the fight (putting on armour and helmet).

But, that Las Vegas Sphere looks more real. However, it might really be costly, because according to this, it cost 450k per day just to put an ad there.

It was just an interim Heavyweight title and not the main Heavyweight title there for after the Stipe Miocic fight Jon Jones will surely fight Tom Aspinall next so they can unify the heavyweight belt when Jon Jones is all healed up for sure it will be in favor for Stipe Miocic, in getting him another shot and a cash money for the fight but the question is what if Stipe Miocic did win the fight,

But I really don't want to see the fight actually after Jon Jones recovered I want to see a Tom Aspinal VS Jon Jones fight instantly, and not get into Jon Jones VS Stipe Miocic but what can we do if the UFC really wants to give the guy a fight, well I think all we can do is just accept the fact that it is for a legend Stipe Miocic and for his last fight in the UFC,


He decided to take a break after he lost his belt again and now to Sean Strickland in my opinion, he underestimated so much for sure, just because Sean Strickland got beaten by Alex Pereira that he has beaten doesn't mean that he will have the same thing and he will beat Sean Strickland with no problem which is not what he had in mind, for sure Israel Adesanya was shocked by the result,

didn't Jahamal avoid Ankalaev? challenging Alex will pull his rank down and finally face Jiri or Ankalaev.

a lot of ufc fans will really see Alex as not a warm person because he rarely smile. i saw a video comparing him to the character of Javier Bardem in the movie No Country for Old Men. Alex looks like a psycho who can murder using his bare hands.

but i think we just misinterpreted that Come to Daddy to something else but i think Rousimar Palhares is the worse since this bone cracker doesn't stop even when the opponent taps. Alex stopped hitting Jiri already after seeing the ref run towards him.

What’s this I hear about Dana White renting the Las Vegas Sphere sometime late next year for what he’s saying will be the world’s most entertaining fight of all time? Is this a rumor or is it actually going to happen? I can only imagine if they put a UFC fight on the outside of the Sphere that Vegas will be absolutely insane that night like never before.

In this time off, I sure Adesanya is preparing everything, starting from what he has to do to win the title and also silencing Pereira mouth as has happened before.
Even though maybe this fight will happen in the future, I believe Adesanya will return to fight for the UFC title and he is not child who can just go home by giving up.

After Pereira victory over Jiri Prochazka in the light heavyweight fight, he looked quite arrogant and words to say to Adesanya.
From what Pereira has done, we can be sure that Adesanya will never remain silent in the future when the time comes.

For now, it looks like Jamahal Hill will be tough and difficult challenger for Pereira because he is former light heavyweight champion and he stated that when he returns he will show how the champion really fights.
From here we see that Jamahal Hill really intends to stop Pereira in the light heavyweight class.

^  Don't think so...  I think it's cool that the UFC is giving Miocic some respect and not throwing him aside.  And sure it's the match up Jones wants but to be fair to both fighters it was already planned and should have already happened if not for Jones' injury.  And from what we've seen from Jon Jones over the years, I don't think he's is trying to dodge a match up vs Aspinall.  I'm pretty sure he will come next after Miocic.

Anyway Brendan Allen just got his line smashed from around 1.50 down to 1.25.  Should've pulled the trigger early.  But doesn't really matter for me as I bet small.  I'll just put him in a parlay.

UFC Free Fight:  Allen vs Muniz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPL1GkJf-8

UFC Free Fight:  Craig vs Muniz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQD1NxEJzk

^ Enjoy these matches.  Lol.  Poor Muniz.

To bad Bones will try to dictate his own rules and theory wouldnt be proved Imho Dana cant force Bones to fight Aspinall. Neither Bones is willing to fight Aspinall Imho he seeks for an easy fight, easy money and finish his UFC career. A fight between Stepe and Aspinall also is not what fans would like to watch. I would personally watch his fight against Blaydes, as they have unfinished business. But Blaydes cant have a title fight right now, as he has lost to Pavlovich.