Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 121. (Read 93518 times)

Now that the UFC Fight Night has ended, I think it is safe to say that we are moving on to a new event and I think this is the real deal of a juicy event

UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley

Saturday 08.19.2023 at 06:00 PM ET



Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Venue: TD Garden
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

MAIN EVENT
Aljamain Sterling VS Sean O'Malley

CO-MAIN EVENT
Weili Zhang VS Amanda Lemos

MAIN CARD
Neil Magny VS Ian Machado Garry
Marlon Vera VS Pedro Munhoz

PRELIMINARY CARD
Chris Weidman VS Brad Tavares
Gregory Rodrigues VS Denis Tiuliulin
Gerald Meerschaert VS Andre Petroski
Andrea Lee VS Natália Silva
Maryna Moroz VS Karine Silva
Kurt Holobaugh VS Austin Hubbard

CANCELLED CARD
Cody Garbrandt VS Mario Bautista - Garbrandt Withdrew
Rob Font VS Yadong Song - Song Withdrew
Geoff Neal VS Ian Machado Garry - Neal Withdrew
Henry Cejudo VS Marlon Vera - Cejudo Shoulder Injury

All Information was from TAPOLOGY: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/101022-ufc-292

I haven't seen the distinctive style of the Adesanya fighter since the last two fights against Alex Pereira, even though Adesanya won in the last fight but he is still recorded in history having one unfinished defeat against Alex Pereira back in 2017. But I am surprised that Strickland's next challenger will be against Adesanya and based on his history he lost against Alex Pereira and there are other defeats that it will be difficult to predict his chances of winning.

As @bittraffic said, the Pre-conference will be more interesting to watch than a real fight in the octagon as they will be fighting for recognition as the best fighter position, but I hope Strickland doesn't talk as much nonsense as he did during the UFC 276 Pre-conference, if he doesn't prove his ability to defeat Adesanya.

Well even though I am not a gamer, I have seen the Starcraft Broodwar game and it was stunning even though it was released in the 90's well I don't know if it's along with Battle Realms, but that 2 games was really a worth while, that I could remember but maybe I will just spot your thread later,

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Now here is the result of my pick for the UFC fight night, it was 2 losses and just 1 win for me

Vicente Luque (1.98) VS Rafael dos Anjos (1.84) - LOST

Surely Vicente Luque has dominated RDA in this fight but sure I really thought that he has a problem with his recent injury surely his doctor was right to clear him because Luque was looking good at this fight Vicente Luque pressured RDA at the start of the fight for sure he was looking good at the standing and with the ground game surely RDA is great in the ground but Luque still dominated the ground attack and surely takedown defense as well, RDA didn't do much with the ground game because Luque always counters his move, and so Vicente Luque surely win this,



Cub Swanson (2.85) VS Hakeem Dawodu (1.43) - LOST

It was another loss for me this was a pretty much close game and I thought that I won this one but Hakeem Dawodu lost by a decision but surely for me, I thought that Dawodu win this, and surely the judges have rob Hakeem Dawodu his win, but surely maybe that ground control was counted by the judge, as well,



Khalil Rountree (1.55) VS Chris Daukaus (2.48) - WIN

This fight was super fast and round 1 was all Khalil Rountree needed to win this, and for sure just like I have said Khalil Rountree can hit like a truck, it was a solid win for him, and that punch was all he need to bring down Daukaus, and following it with that strong punch on the ground,

Here are the results of my bet and prediction for the UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos

Vicente Luque VS Rafael dos Anjos ROUND 5 DECISION - WIN

Vicente Luque is really impressive in this fight he is taking his time in giving RDA and pressuring him in this fight pretty much good takedown defense and also counter those takedowns with his own takedowns, he surely was like he is not from a brain hemorrhage at all, Luque was controlling the fight and pressuring the Rafael dos Anjos in his game for sure is a great feat for Luque, for sure Vicente Luque has gotten good from his long break has many output strikes than RDA and 11 takedowns 8 was successful to RDA's 7 takedowns with just 2 being successful for sure Luque have won the fight,

Cub Swanson VS Hakeem Dawodu ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST

Cub Swanson got an emotional win and surely he deserves this I really doubt him because of his age, and for sure I am seeing Cub Swanson in a different light because of this fight but surely Hakeem Dawodu is pretty much durable, and for me because the fight was so close I really thought that Hakeem Dawodu got more strikes than Swanson, surely because of the takedown that Cub Swanson throws that must have seen by the judges with that 2 takedowns he threw, 1 was successful and I think that has done the job, for the judges to score it to Swanson,

Khalil Rountree VS Chris Daukaus ROUND 1 KO/TKO - WIN

Just like I have said Khalil Rountree hit like a Heavyweight, that was an insane fight, and looking at Chris Daukaus flying on the ground with those scary punches of Rountree, surely all Daukaus could do is to protect his head from that nasty punch from Khalil Roundtree, it was spectacular and a wrong move for Daukaus to go down the Division,

I think it will be easier for Adesanya to finish the battle and there will be unimaginable surprises later.
Even though Strickland is more favored than Dricus, Adesanya himself is a fighter who doesn't give up easily to be able to hold on to the championship belt in his class and destroy anyone who wants to drop his title.
Don't call him the Chinese champion because now that title is no longer valid because Adesanya has become the UFC champion for the Middleweight class.
Whoever Adesanya's opponent will definitely experience increased emotional feelings but precisely all of that can burn Adesanya's fighting spirit when in the octagon.

It will be one of the fuckest upsets of all time but you can only wish.
Sean has the boldest manner of saying things kinda like the old cracker that will make Izzy a bit careless cause of his anger, it's somehow a mind game that Sean may capitalize on.

If his plan is to also make Izzy gas out it's not going to work. Izzy can strike whichever part of his body and if he throws shots, Sean will be countered and blackout in the first round of their fight, that's what will happen.

The Nate Diaz trilogy will happen even if Nate is not under contract with the UFC, Nate Diaz confirmed that during his Boxing post and pre fight interviews that he will be fighting in the UFC in the future and Conor McGregor even mentioned that the trilogy will take place because they will make millions with the level of hype they are able to generate even if they are not in their prime.

May be Conor McGregor is waiting for the steroids' to be flushed out from his body before joining the USADA pool . Even if picograms keeps popping even USADA has changed their rule that it wont be public information and it wont be termed as a violation anymore.

I wouldn't call Sean chubby, unless he gained weight recently and I don't know about it. He's notably shorter than Alex and (I'm guessing) has shorter reach.
He's definitely not a retard neither, he got some good observations (the one about Joe Rogan that you quoted being one of them). The way he talks makes him sound dumb, but it's just part of the act, he decided to not hold back and talks whatever's on his mind at the moment. If you look at his early career interviews, he was much more respectful and not very controversial.
And yeah, there's a big chance pre-fight conferences will be much more entertaining than the fight itself. I wish Strickland could beat Adesanya but I just don't see that happening, he just doesn't have what it takes.

The ASL tourney is played using the one and only original Starcraft/Broodwar!    Starcraft 2 is commercialized trash designed to make money out of the brand instead of making an awesome RTS game.  SC/BW was made with passion and a vision by a rag tag group of game developers.  I don't think we'll see such a perfect RTS game made again.

I'll bump the thread when the first round of match for the Round of 24 starts.

Anyway here's the post fight press conference.

UFC on ESPN 51:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCI3JSGMgc

Luque was supposedly rushed to the hospital for medical check ups.  Not sure if it's anything serious.

Sean Strickland visually looks like a chubby version of Alex Pereira, isn't it so? 
And to be honest, Sean is really a retard but funny though. Did you see his and Joe Rogan's conversation? Sean starts conversation with words: 'There is not really much about you Joe, like, you are just Joe Rogan the podcast man that believes in aliens and does drugs'. This man is crazy. Will he be a good promoter of the fight? I don't know, I rarely watch him but I'm afraid Sean will bully him to death, I bet he is going to call him an anime boy and drive him crazy. Overall, should be a good fight but the way Sean will bully Izzy will be a hella of a fun.

If you're simping on OF, you need to seriously reflect on your life. I'm not even joking. Don't pollute the forum with this garbage.


Oh wow, I did not see that coming. So apparently Du Plessis is suffering from some injury and refused fighting in Sep, as he would have no chance for a proper training camp. I understand his decision and he'll likely get the title shot next time around so nothing is lost other than time.
As for Stricland, I can't imagine him beating Adesanya but pre-fight interviews and conference will surely be entertaining.

Thanks, likely I really want to share the weigh-in results for sure and it was really fun watching the weigh-ins and the face-off, I could clearly see who is the bigger and tougher fighter with all the fights, and for sure my transition from being a total noob to slightly gaining some knowledge is because of the help I get from all of you in this thread, I surely love to watch and analyze the fights and will likely love to help in any way I can,

Well, I really don't know the newer version of Starcraft but the old version I can surely relate a little, because I am really not a gamer, but there is surely some in me that is just hidden and maybe I will look for it later,

Now here are my prediction and bets for the upcoming fights for the UFC that will start in a couple of hours,

Vicente Luque (1.98) VS Rafael dos Anjos (1.84)

In this fight, Vicente Luque has overcome a Brain hemorrhage from his recent fight against Geoff Neal on August 2022, but his doctor has called it clear, I am still doubting if he 100% don't have any problem at all, or if that brain hemorrhage could likely have some effects on his performance we will surely see in this fight, but for me, I am for Rafael dos Anjos here and likely he can control Luque with the wrestling game so my pick is RDA,



Cub Swanson (2.85) VS Hakeem Dawodu (1.43)

For sure Cub Swanson is really old now but likely he still wants to fight for sure but you can notice in his movements that there is something about him a tendency of slowing down, while Hakeem Dawodu still has a chance to improve in his future fights for me Hakeem Dawodu will have an advantage in some fields over Cub Swanson that is for sure, so my take my pick is Hakeem Dawodu,



Khalil Rountree (1.55) VS Chris Daukaus (2.48)

In this fight, Chris Daukaus is from the Heavyweight going from the Light Heavyweight for sure he is leaping in with some advantage on his side, but I am doubting this because there are a lot of Lightweights that are very fast in moving and Chris Daukaus will surely need to cut weight in order to go down this division, but Khalil Rountree, in my opinion, can hit like a truck and this likely Chris Daukaus lost again, so my pick is Khalil Rountree,

They send Dricus out and put Strickland who is way too underdog than Dricus. This is a giveaway fight for Izzy. This is also very short notice for both fighters probably not going to happen yet.

Sean is going to super hype the fight and will not just call Izzy the Chinese champ soon. The pre-conference would be more exciting than the real fight actually, it will be funny and we will see the best of Sean's trash talk to make Izzy mad. And Izzy will also throwback.

Underdogs are fine for me the recent underdog bet that I made a win and it was really a surprising win was Alexa Grasso, well not because she was a fighting kitten but because I have seen her transition in getting that submission wins like I am seeing a near level, Erin Blanchfield wrestling, but for Grasso on top of that new wrestling that she has shown the level on her technical striking was really superb and adding it up with wrestling was really an amazing adjustment,


Aw! Polyana Viana is solid for me she is a 10 out of 10 kitties and pretty she is also great and her fight with Jinh Yu Frey was really an awesome performance but her opponent was much younger than her Iasmin Lucindo is a terrible opponent for her, but for me, I think Polyana Viana will not underestimate Iasmin Lucindo for sure for me fighting kitties for sure,


For sure it will be an unpredictable fight and we are just going with what we see and what we observe, but for this one, I just go on with the flow with what I think would happen, so here are my bet and prediction going with the UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos

Vicente Luque VS Rafael dos Anjos

The stake odds for this fight are 1.98 for Luque and 1.84 for dos Anjos, For this fight I really think that Vicente Luque has more power and is much faster than Rafael dos Anjos that is now 38 years old, and Luque is much bigger and has the reach advantage, a 6.0" reach difference for Luque if you likey seen the striking of Vicente Luque it is really phenomenal, but because it lacks a punch he can surely make the job done with those strike output he can get against dos Anjos, and has a great takedown defense, the only thing I am worried about Luque is his recent brain hemorrhage that likely his doctor confirms he is clear, but how I wish there is no further effect on him in his performance so I am going with Vicente Luque,

Cub Swanson VS Hakeem Dawodu

The stake odds for this fight are 2.85 for Swanson and 1.43 for Hakeem, For me I really think Cub Swanson doesn't have it anymore he is nearing his 40 years and likely just past his prime already, while Hakeem Dawodu is just still improving and even though he doesn't do much with his Julian Erosa fight for sure Cub Swanson is a good match for him, that likely he has a better speed and can likely land more output on the striking and Swanson may not take a successful takedown here because of Hakeem's takedown defense and this could be a knockout  or a decision win for Hakeem Dawodu

Khalil Rountree VS Chris Daukaus

The stake odds for this fight are 1.55 for Rountree and 2.48 for Daukaus, Now for this fight Chris Daukaus goes down a division and likely this could be a much better level for him because the power in the Light Heavyweight division will be likely lessen, and punches could be lighter for him but surely because of the level of competition now Light Heavyweights has more dude with a more technical approach and have much speed, and Khalil Rountree is likely one of have more speed even though he is not that technical this dude hits like a Heavyweight, so for sure it is a wrong move for Chris Daukaus, my pick is Khalil Rountree,

Thanks for the back up and good job.  Looks like everybody is slowly taking over, I might run out of anything to do for our little thread soon.    Just kidding.  I really appreciate the regs pitching in.  And just like in football, I'm slowly seeing the transition in many of you...  From knowing very little, to having a decent amount of knowledge and having better takes and bets than me.  It's really good to see tbh.

Now...  If it's not much of a hassle I'd like you guys to see another thing that you could get into...  Starcraft/Broodwar betting.  

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/afreecatv-starcraft-league-season-16-prediction-and-info-thread-5462923

It's really fun.  Just try to watch a few games.

Anyway, last call for jeremypwr's Multi Master.

UFC on ESPN 51 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-on-espn-51-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5462536

The fight will start in the next few hours and we can see who is the strongest for this class that these two fighters from Brazil are fighting for.
This is the day that both fighters have been waiting for and I think the fight will be quite hot later because the one-blood citizen fighter must show the world the strongest for the title that is contested.
I have to see a few rounds before deciding to bet because both of them have prepared well for this meeting and even though I have faith in Anjos but it's better not to rush too much.

By the way, I see that there is a main card schedule that is quite sensational and will definitely be a very epic battle because it brings together the brutal king of his Adesanya vs Strickland next September.

source : https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1689728321675005953?t=2lWEqUVkB_iJ73-t3_Rz9Q&s=19

oh my my that needs spanking.

The Black Gamebred Beast hehehehee!

It also appears everyone has forgotten that we have another sexy fighting kitten in this card and she is the underdog. She is Polyana Viana and she likes cosplay and sharing pictures of herself in onlyfans.com hehe.

My prediction, she will win with a knockout or with an armbar.

Well, Conor McGregor can surely make his way in the exhibition matches if he can fight in the official fights because when his fans see that video his marketing value will surely drop, so making him fight now is certainly a great idea before his marketing value drop, and surely Conor McGregor has a tendency of dropping that when people learn of what he did,

Who is that clown?


This makes sense surely I really need to be more careful not to bet for those underdogs but those juicy odds are really tempting sometimes that you likely want to make a risk over it, but I don't really know most of those fighters so I can not tell for sure on who will surely win, so making my researched right now,

Whoa! Weigh-in looks stunning and it was settled then this is the result of the weigh-in but here are the results,

Main Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Vicente Luque (170.5) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (171)
Cub Swanson (146) vs. Hakeem Dawodu (146)
Khalil Rountree (203.5) vs. Chris Daukaus (205)
Polyana Viana (116) vs. Iasmin Lucindo (116)
AJ Dobson (185.5) vs. Tafon Nchukwi (189.5) - Tafon Nchukwi missed weight,
Josh Fremd (189) vs. Jamie Pickett (186) - Josh Fremd missed weight

Preliminaries (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

JP Buys (136) vs. Marcus McGhee (136)
Terrance McKinney (156) vs. Mike Breeden (156)
Francis Marshall (145.5) vs. Isaac Dulgarian (145.5)
Josh Parisian (266) vs. Martin Buday (266)
Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs. Montserrat Ruiz (113)
Da’mon Blackshear (136) vs. Jose Johnson (135.5)
Juliana Miller (126) vs. Luana Santos (126)

Nchukwi missed weight. His bout with AJ Dobson proceeds as a catchweight, with Nchukwi forfeiting an undisclosed amount of his purse as a penalty,
Fremd missed weight. His bout with Jamie Pickett proceeds as a catchweight, with Fremd forfeiting an undisclosed amount of his purse as a penalty

Do people really get excited for McGregor Vs Diaz 3? Personally I couldn't care less. Making such fight would have very little to do with sport and would be an open attempt to milk both for their names before throwing them away. But maybe I'm the weird one here, I didn't care about McGregor Vs Mayweather neither. I guess I just don't like freak fights too much.
Luckily I don't think that fight will ever materialise. By accepting it, McGregor would officially rule himself out from aspiring for the title, and he has too much to lose to let the hype die out. Career-wise, Conor has to take a fight against someone from the top 10 (and win) to stay relevant and not fade away.