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Alex Periera ruined him. The psychological effects on Israel Adesanya made him a different guy. His confidence is no longer the same while his opponents are getting confident after seeing that he is not really invincible. The way Sean Strickland is pressuring him and acting like he is not afraid that much of getting hit because he wants to be the hunter and wants to land his bombs badly, made Adesanya uncomfortable.

I don't know what's next for Adesanya. I wonder if they can demand a rematch clause on their contracts or the UFC is totally the one deciding their next fights. But hopefully, Strickland can defend his belt against other contenders before a possible rematch.

Yes, of course before Fight Week we will have several UFC Fight Nights which I think are also interesting to watch. And after this I agree with you. The fight between Grasso and Shevchenko is definitely worth watching. 2 of the best female flyweight fighters currently. For some reason, I think I still favor Shevchenko who will become queen again in this class. 

Clean win for Strickland over Izzy. I don’t think many people were expecting that. Drake lost half a million dollars on the fight but I guess that probably doesn’t mean very much to him. I’m surprised the way it looked like Izzy prettt much accepted his fate and threw in the towel towards the end. It didn’t look like he left it all out there.

From the first Round where Strickland landed a straight blow to Israel which followed by plenty Rapid blows, his confidence increased in the fight and he realized that he could actually win the fight and went all out for it. He was nor scared and he fought with courage, He won the fight and the tears of joy followed, he deserved this win.

I never saw Strickland as the winner for this fight, I did not bet on it, if I did I would have put Israel as my choice, good I did not because I would have lost just as many people who bet on this fight lost their bets too.

@Rampagoe004. Agreed and what has just occurred might be the biggest upset in the history of UFC championship fights in Australia, near where Izzy lives and resides. The Australian fans accepted it and cheered for Sean Strickland when he made his speech.

Also, no it is not yet UFC 294. What awaits us on next fight week is much bigger. It will be 2 sexy fighting kittens and for this @pawel7777 cannot do anything if I post their sexy pictures hehehe.

This result is very surprising. But what awaits us next Fight week is the biggest event of the year! 
Main event is something big. But the co-main event and even the entire main fight make UFC 294 the biggest UFC event this year which is really worth watching!
I want to see Chimaev after not fighting in over 300 days since his last fight against Kevin Holland.

The sad thing happened and Sean Strickland won the fight It was a crucial thing indeed his defense has proven that he is the real deal for sure If Alex Pereira can conquer the Light Heavyweight division he will surely go back to the Middleweight and get the belt from Sean Strickland for sure Strickland has gotten into Israel Adesanya's head so much that he is just focused in winning with a knockout and I think this is what Sean Strickland would like for Izzy to keep on attacking him but yeah it was a lost I just got to watch the fight again for sure


I was really shocked for sure Sean Strickland had gotten into his head, One thing for sure I really thought that Philly's defense would not work against a technical fighter and would just work against a regular fighter like Abus Magomedov but I was proven wrong as Israel Adesanya is having a hard time against Sean Strickland the 1st round was proven that Izzy needs to adjust quickly and result to kicks but even that Strickland can also see to it and can catch the kicks of Israel Adesanya I though I would win this and get the double winnings on stake but I surely lost my bet, as we have a new middleweight champion,

Holy Shit, one of the biggest upsets once again in Australia, Sean Strickland just upset Israel Adesanya with just boxing clinic, straight one two and no other fancy stuff and the first round was crazy as Sean Strickland dropped Israel Adesanya and was on the verge of stoppage and any other referee would have stopped the fight and then to win the fight by decision deserves a huge respect as Adesanya could not do anything offensive to counter.

Only Chael Sonnen predicted Sean Strickland could win here and now we have a new champion  .

If Arnold Schwarzenegger who is famous for lifting weights can become the Governor of California and Kane Aka Glenn Jacobs can become the Mayor of Knox County, why not Mirko Cro Cop or Fedor Emelianenko turn into politics  .

Majority of the fighters are forced to talk trash to stand out from the crowd, either you should have the skills set to stand out naturally or you need to come out with something else to stand out from the crowd because only the fighters with big mouth are earning big money and hence i can understand what Sean Strickland or Colby Covington does.

There are some fights that I see that I could bet on, for example Mike Mathetha's fight against Charles Radtke, this is a fight in which Charles arrives as the favorite to win the fight, he is 33 years old and is 11 years old as a professional wrestler, he was born in Illinois, United States. but despite being a professional fighter for 11 years he only had 10 fights, it seems like the guy only had 1 fight a year, something strange. but anyway, of the 10 fights he had throughout his career, he won in 7 fights and lost in 3 fights. 3 wins by knockout, 2 by submission. while on the other side we have Mike Mathetha, he is 35 years old and has a professional career of 6 years, strange that he only had 5 fights, it seems like he only had 1 fight each year, of the 5 fights he had, he managed to win in 3 fights and lost in 2 fights

Another interesting fight in that it would make it easier for me to bet would be Carlos Ulberg's fight against Jung Da Un. Carlos Ulberg comes into this fight as the favourite, he was born in New Zealand, is 32 years old, and has a 12 year professional career, and in these 12 years of professional career he had 9 fights and won 8 fights and only lost in 1 fight. Of the 8 wins he had, 6 wins were by knockout and 2 by decision. on the other side we have Jung Da Un, who is 29 years old and has 8 years of professional career, and in these 8 years of his professional career he had 20 fights, of which he won 15 fights and lost in 4 fights. surprisingly he won 11 fights by knockout.

looking at these two fights, I see that betting on the two favorites is the best option, especially if it is a multi bet, in the case of Jung Da Un, it comes from two defeats in the ufc, so betting on the favorite, which is Carlos Ulberg, seems like a good bet option. It could be that Jung Da Un recovers from consecutive defeats and tries to surprise us in this fight, but I doubt he will be able to win the fight

A character like that with all his nasty promotions, idk Strickland will not be welcomed with smileys by Aussies. He must have thought because he beat Abus by surprise he got merits that he'll get away doing just about anything. If Conor didn't escape that fate, he sure wouldn't as well.

The co-main event is indeed quite not interesting. But it would be fun to see Tai win again, I still would love to see beers flowing from a shoe.

For sure because of the last Press Conference when Sean Strickland was fighting Alex Pereira I think that was UFC 276 Israel Adesanya VS Jared Cannonier and instead of Sean Strickland's trash-talking Alex Pereira he set his target to Israel Adesanya I think the UFC has seen the potential for Strickland to be loved by many when he is doing this kind of stuff which is the UFC think it is a best Pay per view of a fight and not the Dricus Du Plessis fight I think this is all a collaboration of the UFC because the fight of Adesanya and Du Plessis is getting more below the belt about races they need to kill the fire first and bring in the Trash talking fighter back on UFC 276, for sure The UFC is getting a lot of money in this fight now, and about Izzy acting Like a king for me a lot of people do make mistake and his status as a champion you could say that he is a king, and I think along the way typically he surely made mistakes for sure, and using his status as a champion in somewhat weird way,

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Now here are my predictions for the UFC 293

Israel Adesanya VS Sean Strickland

The stake odds for this fight are 1.16 for Adesanya and 6.00 for Strickland, For this fight I see Sean Strickland has a great defense his boxing defense now is mad great, and against Abus Magomedov it was a one-sided fight for sure because Abus Magomedov lacks technicality in his game plan he doesn't know what to do and he doesn't know how Strickland defended his punches, for sure this is very effective against Abus Magomedov but for Israel Adesanya this is a different story because Izzy can surely see this and Strickland defense has a side effect and that is he can not defend kicks he doesn't have any answer when it comes to kicks, so for sure Israel Adesanya can still win here and Adesanya didn't loose sight on Sean Strickland he is lock on to his target for sure he is more focus than he did with Alex Pereira, and thanks to Strickland's trash talking he will surely murder him inside the octagon,  but my bet for this fight is Israel Adesanya will be winning with KO or Decision,

Tai Tuivasa VS Alexander Volkov

The stake odds for this fight are 3.00 for Tuivasa and 1.44 for Volkov, For this fight I have seen that Tai Tuivasa is having great fun in the press conference I really think he is a cool dude and I like his energy Well I really love him to win this but against Alexander Volkov, I feel that Volkov still has the chance in winning this but I really wish I am wrong about this after watching the Tuivasa fight I just want to change my bet to Tuivasa but I already lock it down to Alexander Volkov and because I have seen that Tuivasa now is training with Grappling so this is going to be interesting, because Alexander Volkov is surely technical and I am going with Alexander Volkov,

Justin Tafa VS Austen Lane

The stake odds for this fight are 1.47 for Tafa and 2.85 for Lane, for this fight This is a rematch because the 1st fight was a No Contest because of an unintentional eye poke We can not see much on who is winning the fight but for me, Justin Tafa has a strong punch for sure he can knock out cold Lane if he hits him with that devastating punch of his but because Austen Lane has a good combination of punches and kicks this is an interesting fight and Lane also can go on the ground and get this on a submission even though we don't see it quite often but he can mixed with striking and submission for sure so this is an interesting fight for me but I am going with Austen Lane for this fight,

Dana White lambasts Aljamain Sterling, Merab Dvalishvili for putting friendship above UFC title aspirations.
Guys, what are your thoughts about Dvalishvili vs Sterling? They say that they don't fight because of friendship but is that actually true? Is it common for Caucasian people to romanticize friendship at that level? Btw Sterling is Jamaican-American, so I don't think he 100% shares that romanticize of friendship that Dvalishvili carries but to my mind they just want to get as much money from fight as possible. Merab even said that he would fight against Sterling for 10 Billion dollars.
What are your thoughts about that?

Yeah exactly...  Still the thing is everyone was expecting DDP to fight for the title vs Adesanya esp after the way DDP demolished Robert Whittaker at the second round in UFC 290.  But since DDP backed off like you pointed out and Adesanya still wanted to fight at 293, the UFC gave Strickland an opponent in Magomedov and made that as some sort of 'winner gets a title shot'.  :/  So here we are...  In a weak PPV. 

Anyway, an event is still an event and these ones that we think are weak sometimes turn out to be bangers.

That was really an Exciting Press-Conference I was really at the edge of my seat that talking was a banger and I think Israel Adesanya has handled all the negativity and all of Sean Strickland's nonsense thrown at him for sure

Now here is my picks and prediction for the UFC 293

Israel Adesanya (1.16) VS Sean Strickland (6.00)

For this fight, the stage is set for another banger, and at Adesanaya 1st opponent was Dricus Du Plessis who was changed to Sean Strickland after Dricus blackout the fight because of unresolved injury, watching the Press Conference it was a different feeling all Strickland did was to Trash talk While Adesanya is answering the press plain and simple and after that Stare of Israel Adesnaya to Sean Strickland he never back it away for sure you can see the intense atmosphere, for this fight, we all know how technical Adesanya can become unfortunately Strickland had a good defense but it will just work on strikers that have a one pattern punch and can easily land a blow but for this fight, the Technical strategy here is to win so I am going with Israel Adesanya, and for sure I will risk that he will do an unexpected win here which is Maybe a Submission win, so my bet is Adesanya winning a KO or Submission,



Tai Tuivasa (3.00) VS Alexander Volkov (1.44)

Now for this fight for sure, Alexander Volkov is one of the best and has the deadliest strike and he is up against a great fighter as well if you look at the Ciryl Gane VS Tai Tuivasa fight and this could also have the same manner as that fight but for me I think this is going to be different Alexander Volkov is a different fighter than Ciryl Gane if you look at the speed different Volkov is an easy target for Tuivasa and Tai Tuivasa landed a clean punch to Ciryl Gane and Gane instantly drop by that punch while this is a different story is because of Tai Tuivasa's chin he has a durable chin that he can not be KO'ed so this is going to be a different fight for sure so I am going for Tai Tuivasa,



Tyson Pedro (1.94) VS Anton Turkalj (1.95)

For this fight, Anton Turkalj has great striking and can also get the fight in-ground and punch takedown but Tyson Pedro has a different approach and can capitalize in that situation to get a submission win, For this fight I think that Turkalj had a one-dimensional striking and takedown while Pedro likely has a great number of ways to win this fight we can say he can be technical in his fight so for me I am going with the non-favorite Tyson Pedro,

Maybe UFC 293 will just be a regular weekly UFC. If you're talking about not being big enough to make it to PPV, I think that was Dana White's plan. UFC 294 will be the biggest fight of the year on the UFC Fight Week calendar. If UFC 293 is made too big it will be difficult because there are a lot of interesting fights at UFC 294 next month.

I wouldn't say the main event is weak, but maybe not just big enough on its own to justify selling it as pay-per-view. Adding one more high-profile fight would do the trick, as currently it indeed looks a bit lacking.
For the middleweight title fight, they had no other option than to pick Strickland. Adesanya has already fought everyone in the top 5, some of them twice, except for Du Plessis, but he refused to fight on such short notice (and can't blame him).

Agree, there are only 3 exciting fighters in heavyweight right now: Jones, Aspinall and Pavlovich, who doesn't have a great style but has been incredibly effective so far.
However, if Miocic manages to get back to a decent form and can cause some trouble to Jones, he might be back in the game.

Nah man really...  Main event is weak, the co main event is weak and there's def no title implication for Volkov vs Tuivasa imho.  After Miocic, it could either be Aspinall or Pavlovich.  But I prefer Aspinall take a shot at it first before Jones retires.  I think he's the best UFC HW fighter behind Jon Jones.

Anyway, everything is happening earlier for this event.  Lol.  Weigh ins are already done.

UFC 293:  Ceremonial Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENYGdojAUIw

Here are the weigh in results...

Israel Adesanya (184. vs Sean Strickland (184.9)
Tai Tuivasa (265.6) vs Alexander Volkov (262.95)
Felipe dos Santos (125.4) vs Manel Kape (126)
Austen Lane (242.3) vs Justin Tafa (265.2)
Tyson Pedro (205.45) vs Anton Turkalj (205.35)
Da Woon Jung (205.3) vs Carlos Ulberg (204.7)
Jack Jenkins (145.85) vs Chepe Mariscal (145.85)
John Makdessi (155.1) vs Jamie Mullarkey (155.35)
Nasrat Haqparast (155.85) vs Landon Quinones (155.75)
Blood Diamond (170.25) vs Charlie Radtke (170.3)
Gabriel Miranda (144.95) vs Shane Young (149.75)*
Kiefer Crosbie (170.85) vs Kevin Jousset (170.5)

*Missed weight

Strickland has no chance against Izzy. Izzy is the division's best counter-attacking striker. Strickland will be very slow, he is a clown a bit, as you said, he is spreading smiles around and trying to entertain the audience because he got the best contract so far. I can't say that Izzy wins 100% during the fight. After all, you are in a cage made with small gloves and you can be knocked out with a single punch. Izzy is very experienced in this regard and will play whatever game he wants. Izzy seems pretty comfortable for this fight anyway, confident that he will win.

Not a true UFC fan, get out

Imho co-main event deserves proper attention. Who do we have in heavyweight today. Jon Jones who I think is about to retire. Miocic is somewhere around him also. So we have Gane, Pavlovich, Aspinall who seems to be the next champion. The winner of Tuivasa and Volkov imho are next to have either a title shot in next fight or in one fight. Imho Volkov gonna win, as the fight looks like a copy of Gane vs Tuivasa fight. Volkov gonna feed tons of front kicks to Tuivasa body, and Tuivasa does not plan to become a champ (he just likes to smash faces), so he wont push much. Either a TKO in round 2 or 3, or decision by Volkov.