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This is not the first time Trump visited UFC events. I think that he even helped UFC to get through the law and start airing on TV, as previosly, first UFC events were counted ad barbaric and were live only. Congress and some politics were strongly against blood and violence on tv. With appearence on events, Trump showed that they arent so brutal and it has started process of getting first tv time.

He came to MSG to watch Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira fight for the light heavyweight title and when Trump entered the MSG arena, it was clear that there was very enthusiastic response to Trump arrival, this was an extraordinary event where Trump made splash at UFC 295.
He is also truly great former president and always shows controversial things in front of the public. Moreover, Trump is quite fond of boxing and free fighting sports such as UFC or MMA.
And the highlight is that he is quite familiar with UFC officials and important people such as Dana White who is next to him too and this is the umpteenth time Trump has come to a UFC event to watch the fight on the main card.

Trump showing up to the UFC fight is awesome. What other President would do that. He comes off as such a man for the people, I don’t understand why anyone would even consider voting for anyone else. He’s the first President that I think I’d actually enjoy hanging out with. Gotta love the reception he gets from real people at these events too. Highlight of the event for me.

For sure I think Jiri Prochazka will not have a hard time adjusting that is for sure about this fight, and that is why just like you my pick is also Jiri Prochazka and Tom Aspinall as well,

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Here are my picks for the UFC 295 Procházka vs. Pereira

Jiri Prochazka (2.01) VS Alex Pereira (1.81)


For me, this is going to be a close fight not like the Glover Texeira VS Jiri Prochazka close fight but it will be like that, and no doubt Alex Pereira will be a great deal with the standing for sure because Jiri Prochazka will have the advantage on the ground while Pereira will likely have those takedown defense which I really don't know if there would be a decent effect for Jiri's takedown and for me Jiri Prochazka will have the advantage on unpredictability those kicks and the stamina where he can surely make Pereira gas out on this fight for sure I have seen Pereira gassed out on his fight back then, so for my pick it is Jiri Prochazka,

Sergei Pavlovich (1.92) VS Tom Aspinall (1.89)


For this fight, it could be a fast ending fight but let's hope that Sergei Pavlovich will have the power and if he can time his punches this fight can be over, but Tom Aspinall has the speed and the technical advantage for sure the Speed of Aspinall is super incredibly fast for Pavlovich but he can never get wrong with Pavlovich's power, but the level of Jiu-Jitsu for Tom Aspinall is just amazing so for me my pick is Tom Aspinall,

Matt Frevola (2.90) VS Benoit Saint-Denis (1.42)


The hype for Benoit Saint-Denis is so huge for this fight and that is because of his wrestling but for sure Matt Frevola also has decent wrestling but I don't like Saint-Denis's striking for me is just good at wrestling but has a sloppy standing, while Matt Frevola has a great boxing so for this fight my pick is Mat Frevola,

Why not? for sure I would love that but all I can do now is appreciate those beauties because I am not very available now,

Is Jiri a careless fighter? I really don't think so for sure if you say such things I think that you are underestimating Glover Texeira when he fought Jiri Prochazka, because what I have seen there is two fighters that are aiming to win nothing more nothing less,

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Jiri Prochazka VS Alex Pereira

The stake odds for this fight are 2.15 for Prochazka and 1.80 for Pereira, and for this fight, I think that would be a banger If Jiri Prochazka can withstand Alex Pereira's onslaught for Pereira surely got that knockout power, but we all know that Prochazka withstand round 5 with Glover, and we have seen that strikers tend to gasses out faster when wrestlers do a great job in grappling Pereira then this could be possible unless Pereira now got a decent takedown defense, my pick is Jiri Prochazka,

Sergei Pavlovich VS Tom Aspinall

The stake odds for this fight are 1.98 for Pavlovich and 1.94 for Aspinall, for this fight, I think that Tom Aspinall will be more technical in this fight as Sergei Pavlovich will throw everything even the Kitchen sink for Pavlovich will have the power in one-shotting Aspinall, and he also got his advantage with the range for sure Aspinall will have a hard time with that in getting Pavlovich on the ground, while Tom Aspinall will have the speed in shooting those takedowns faster on Pavlovichs face, and he also got á great Jiu-Jitsu for sure, my pick in this fight is Tom Aspinall,

Jessica Andrade VS Mackenzie Dern

The stake odds for this fight are 2.90 for Andrade and 1.49 for Dern and in this fight for sure Jessica Andrade will have the power shots and her striking will be the only tool she can pulverize Mackenzie Dern, but Adrade a sloppy striking and she is not an improving fighter, while Mackenzie Dern has a great wrestling game for sure well that will be her firepower against Andrade for sure, so for this fight I think that Mackenzie Dern will set up with striking but she will finish with the submission if she can for sure, so my pick here is Mackenzie Dern,

Matt Frevola VS Benoit Saint-Denis

The stake odds for this fight are 3.00 for Frevola and 1.45 for Saint-Denis for sure Matt Frevola has great boxing and for that, he also has the wrestling for sure so his takedown defense will be great for sure, but for Benoit Saint-Denis, I know he only got an average striking or stand-up, but his wrestling will be great for sure greater than Frevola so for sure Benoit Saint-Denis will get this fight on the ground because I think that will be his finishing thing against Frevola,

That's the point. They both have limited time to prepare. If Pereira's team expects Prochazka to try to take the fight to the ground and they spend say 50% time on striking and 50% on the ground game and takedown defense then, if Prochazka actually focuses almost entirely on striking - we might see Pereira getting outstriked by Jiri. At this level, differences in striking skills are not that big, and it's easier for Jiri to analyse Pereira than vice versa.

My picks for main events: Prochazka and Aspinall to win their fights.

Only a few hours away...

Just realised that Iam even happy that Pavlovich vs Aspinal on short notice replaced Bones vs Miocic, as they are on the edge of finishing their career.

Pavlovich is going to rely again on his reach. His opponents had no time to read distance and find a save zone. Aspinal can find it easily, as he is to quick for his weight. Also Pavlovich had weak wrestling. Cant remember even when he showed wrestling. First fight against Overeem showed that Pavlovich wrestling is weak, and Aspinal is pro in it. Imho Aspinal gonna submit Pavlovich.

I really doubt that they will neglect the Striking over wrestling because Alex Pereira has an advantage on the stand-up and his knockout power is surreal for me they will not neglect the striking or stand-up but they will surely focus on Pereira's takedown defense but I doubt Pereira will be focusing on learning the wrestling,


Yup! Jamahal Sweet Dreams Hill got a knee injury from a basketball session and sure most of the players from that basketball game consist mostly of UFC fighters, so he will be gone in the UFC for a long time for sure, that is why we are not seeing him anytime soon and right now I think he is still rehabilitating from his injury,

^ Would you marry an MMA fighter if its up to you?  

Jiri is a very careless fighter compared to Alex. Though he won against Teixeira, he really displays the worst kind of fighting style that gives a lot of opportunity for Glover.  if during that time Glover was in his prime, Jiri would have lost it.  Countless times Jiri just rolled down and then Glover stayed on top while Jiri was mounted.
He doesn't even keep his hands up. Doing this mistake just a single time with Alex and he will terribly be lying flat in the first round.

Hahaha don't forget about Tabatha Ricci She has one of the great bottoms in the UFC for sure if you don't see how attractive Tabatha Ricci is here is a photo of her that is quite tempting, but anyway thanks for the picture of Mackenzie Dern, and that is one interesting picture of her for sure, and for this fight for me Mackenzie Dern has the tools, as she got decent stand-up and that wrestling game that Jéssica Andrade for sure has but she often used that wrestling game and for me even though Jéssica Andrade has the power advantage she is now a declining fighter and never really adjusting to her opponent while Mackenzie Dern for sure will be adjusting and will be ready for her opponent,




I agree Mackenzie Dern is now an aggressive fighter and she's looking more confident in all of her fights for sure Jéssica Andrade is not looking good in her previous fights so even though she has a massive advantage over her strengths but for sure Mackenzie Dern has a top wrestling and got the tools to defeat Jéssica Andrade for sure,

While Jiří Procházka VS Alex Pereira is a good quality fight that the UFC and Dana White have given us, for sure Alex Pereira has a better stand-up and knockout power than Prochazka but Jiri Prochazka has many ways of getting Alex Pereira for sure and the relatively wrestling that he used and many was surprised by it, when he put a great fight against Glover Texeira,

^  Same...  If anything, I think Dern could KO Andrade imho.  The KO prop is 9.00 at Stake.  Lol.    Dern throws with a lot of heat as she uses all her strength and leans on her punches.  And Andrade doesn't seem she likes to be in there anymore.  The first moment it starts getting tough, she starts fading.  Don't think she still has the mindset to be a fighter.  Dunno...

Here's the ceremonial weigh ins and the weigh results.  A couple of guys didn't make weight.  :/

UFC 295:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2UkqVNwa60

Jiri Prochazka (204.2) vs Alex Pereira (204)
Sergei Pavlovich (259. vs Tom Aspinall (261.6)
Jessica Andrade (116) vs Mackenzie Dern (115.6)
Matt Frevola (155.6) vs Benoit Saint-Denis (156)
Diego Lopes (145.4) vs Pat Sabatini (145.
Alessandro Costa (125.4) vs Stephen Erceg (125.6)
Loopy Godinez (115) vs Tabatha Ricci (115.4)
Mateusz Rebecki (155. vs Roosevelt Roberts (158)*
Viacheslav Borshchev (154. vs Nazim Sadykhov (155.6)
Jared Gordon (155.6) vs Mark Madsen (155.6)
John Castaneda (137.6) vs Kyung Ho Kang (138)
Kevin Borjas (125. vs Joshua Van (125.
Dennis Buzukja (145.6) vs. Jamall Emmers (147)*

*Missed weight

And last call for the Multi Master.

UFC 295:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-295-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5473258

Dern wins for me, she's the more rounded fighter. Plus, the last fight she looked a lot more aggressive than she usually is. Maybe, it was a statement before this fight, since Jessica is known to blitz her opponents. Jiri VS Alex Pereira has got to be the fight of the night. I'm just hoping it lasts a couple of rounds so we get to see the skill set of both fighters, and we don't get a flash knockout which is definitely possible with both of these men.

@YuginKadoya. You might have forgotten the sexy fighting kitten Mackenzie Dern hehehe. @pawel7777 might scold me again to rethink my life. This is her on the beach hehehehee.



However, I speculate that her enemy Jessica Andrade might be very underestimated by the oddmakers for this fight. She is given 2.70 odds of winning which is very headshaking, I reckon.

Also, there is a conspiracy theory that Jiri's shoulder injury and surgery is fake news. Where are the scars?

I surely am giving Jailton Almeida credit for blowing Derrick Lewis and giving him a hard time for sure he is cautious about the power of Derrick Lewis, that is why he keeps him on the ground but because of this the fight becomes really boring, and my only concern for this fight was when Jailton Almeida take Derrick Lewis on the ground there is not much ground and pound that is happening with this fight so for sure Jailton Almeida will have a hard time fighting the top guys in the heavyweight division for sure,


For sure I am not excited about the Jon Jones VS Stipe Miocic but that Jiri Prochazka VS Alex Pereira fight is a great event for sure and still I really don't know if Jiri Prochzka can be more dominant than Alex Pereira for sure for me because of the training with Glover Texeira he can have some advantage with the takedown defense but for me Jiri Prochazka has the advantage when it comes to wrestling,


It is interesting because both Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich have done great in the past, this is a fight that will be more technical as Aspinall is so technical approaching his opponent, while Pavlovich is pretty much good at boxing for sure his striking is pretty much amazing, but for me Tom Aspinal is more technical,

^  Knee injury.  Have you seen how much bigger he looks in between camps?  There were words swirling around he injured his knee while playing basketball.  It's not surprising if he got on a lot of extra weight.  :/

Here's the pre fight press conference...  It was ok.  Kinda like the ones we've had before the McGregor era.  Everything was all about the event and mostly respectful.  I kinda like it this way sometimes.

UFC 295:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqLJIN8hogw

Live weigh in show in around 1.5 hours folks.

UFC 295:  Live Weigh In Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5xSGMorz5A

Pereira must hit that injured shoulder with his left hand, and later throw kimura on that That would be a cheat and easy win

Hope you guys remember Jamahal Hill. Because he is a light heavyweight champ Where is this guy? Why dont he and Jiri fight first, to find out who is the real champ right now. Because as I remember, Jiri simply gave his belt away due to sudden injury. So for me he is still a champ and should take back first what belongs to him.

Have you noticed that Islam Makhachev is now on top of p4p and Bones is only second?

probably because he submitted a very experienced Teixeira and Jiri does have striking that can match Perera. that's why i bring that video up for it may give an outlook on the fight if they do it on feet. a missed shot could be an opponent's chance. 54/120 and the fact that majority didn't made them fall, i think jiri can absorb his hooks.

its not a guaranteed analysis of the fight but Jiri knows Perera is not well equipped when it comes to grappling and wrestling it will matter when one of them find an opening to where they bring the fight to.

That might be a bit of a trap for Pereira. Everyone assumes he's superior to Jiri in a stand up, but if most of his training camp is focused on takedown defence and improving his ground game, he might neglect the striking part and could get out-striked by Jiri. And it's not like Prochazka is lacking in the striking department, if Pereira in the top form is better than him, it's only by a small margin.
But yeah, anything is possible in this fight. Who knows, maybe Alex will be the one looking for a takedown, as he did in the first fight against Adesanya.

For sure Dana White doesn't want Jon Jones to go because he is a bigger prospect and because he is the available prospect right now he hasn't prepared to lose him for sure, and you can surely say that Dana White was very proud of Jon Jones because he is always the talk of the town whenever Dana White will have a conference or an interview, and will be very vocal about how Jon Jones can beat Tyson Fury inside the room,


We will never know until these two fighters fight inside the octagon, but because Alex Pereira was training with Glover Texeira so for sure his takedown defense could get him far and beyond we all know how Jiri Prochazka wants to take his fight in the stand-up and he will surely go with this until he wasn't able to do it, and for sure Jiri Prochazka most of the time wants to lean his head forward while his hands were down so this could be an opportunity for Alex Pereira to knockout Prochazka as we all know Pereira is a great striker, and one of the divisions best, so I think that could be a bad thing for Alex Pereira,

Prochazka has the grappling advantage but he doesn't use it much and he really doesn't have the wrestling to complement his grappling like how other fighters do.  So dunno...  I think it's gonna be mostly a stand up match which, let's be real, it's gonna be better for the fans imho.  

And if it does then I fear for Prochazka.


^  Yup that's why I have Peirera after going back and forth in my mind.  And there's the long lay off cos of the shoulder injury.  There could be ring rust.

UFC 295:  Embedded Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJpGOeUk-WU