Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 121. (Read 100798 times)

Did Adesanya really say himself he won't be fighting for a long time? I can't find anything like that in any news feed.
He's 34 and not getting any younger. Taking a long break would probably not do him much good. But it's his decision to make.
 
If Usman/Chimaev are to get the next title shot against Strickland, then the most obvious fight for Izzy would be against Du Plessis, currently the number 2 contender. If they didn't give him an immediate rematch, it would be weird to give him a title shot against the winner of Strickland/Chimaev (or Usman) without matching him up against someone else before then.

Adesanya as he said will not be fighting for a long time. The MW division is getting too crowded with fighters that easily outrank each other now that Usman and Chimaev are moving up. Adesanya can watch who will take the belt from Sean and Dana will match that fighter with Izzy. A more marketable match is when Izzy got the belt back and Sean vs Izzy 2 will be made.

Usman said his knee was fine. Looking at the video though, Gaethje did ask him if he was okay after falling that way on him.  IDK maybe he is just fine.
Usman walked fine during their face-off and it was intense. https://www.instagram.com/p/CylUmYjRI3l/

I agree with you because every fighter will definitely go through things that make it difficult for them even their weight often experiences more significant losses. Moreover there will be fight for the title that Adesanya will fight against Strickland because this fight will make more money.
Adesanya also expressed several opinions that he would fight again and defeat Strickland to take the belt he took from him.
I sure Dana White would definitely prefer Adesanya over taking either of the winners of the Chimaev vs Usman fight.

Talking about the Chimaev vs Usman fight it seems that Usman is the favorite and he is also the fighter with the best takedown defense in the UFC.
And what more Usman had an undefeated record in 15 fights making Chimaev face the toughest fight while he was with the UFC.

For sure Dana White has promised Leon Edwards to fight whoever wins the fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Kamaru Usman that is why Kamaru Usman accepted this fight and me, this is going to be a brutal fight, in my opinion, Chimaev is a beast in the ground for sure Kamaru Usman will surely have a hard time against Chimaev, in my opinion, Khamzat Chimaev will Smash him for sure, I can surely feel it,

Well, watching the video I can see that Alexander Volkanovski looks ready while the Khabib Nurmagomedov fight camp they are having a Dagestan Basketball as the defender is allowed to hug his opponent for sure, and Kamaru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev surely have an interview on a webcam, but for sure Both guys is having a respect for each other,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhn_quBAjw&t=102s

Israel Adesanya is back on YouTube and in this video I think he has said that we will not be seeing him inside the Octagon for a long time, for sure he is still mentally broken because of that fight and giving his reaction towards the fight for sure he will be Bias for Alexander Volkamnovski for this fight and also he will be bias against Khamzat Chimaev as well,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4TauRH1t1I&t=661s

And in this old video for sure he is just making many excuses on how he losses towards the fight which I think he doesn't need to do such things a lost is a lost and he can not do something to change that but to accept it all,

Because I want you not to watch an event and worry about your bet (you will lose anyway ha-ha ), but to prepare post draft for Sunday morning post with UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis card, dates, links and etc

^  And why didn't you come out with this piece of news earlier before I made my picks in the Multi Master, hmmm?  

But seriously tho, that sucks.  And as one guy said in the comments, if Usman's knee blew up in a light work out then he wouldn't have done well vs Chimaev in the cage.  Man...  Now watching Chim vs Usman would def suck now.  It reminds me of the open work out Cain Velasquez did before his match vs Ngannou.  We saw how that ended.

I guess the bet is gonna be if Usman gets out of R1..?

Edit:  After watching the vid a couple more times, it doesn't really show Usman blowing up his knee.  The Cain Velasquez one was clear as night and day.  The Usman one, not so much...  We'll see what's up in a couple of days.

Some unpleasant news appeared recently https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/comments/17atci9/usman_supposedly_states_he_popped_his_knee_at/. Popping knee in an open spar with Gaethji is no good for beating Chimaev convincingly (because frankly I dont know who is more on hype and in case of no early stoppage, who will be a winner in judges eyes). If something happens when you just do single leg take down on soft surface, then during real fight more bad things might come.

Sean Strickland next eh..?  There's a possibility that the UFC could be disappointed with their build up for Chimaev.  Lol.  Usman is no slouch.  If it were not for the lucky head kick from Leon Edwards, I don't think any book would line him up as this huge of an underdog.  Don't write him off this early imho.  He's training back with Henri Hooft and he'll also get Trevor Whitman in his corner at the same time.  He's a D1 wrestler, has the KO power and has beaten some some of the better guys in the UFC.

I mean sure Chim should be the favorite as Usman is taking this on short notice.  But for the line they're giving Chim, do you guys think he'll give Usman a total beating?  I don't think so.

UFC 294:  Embedded Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZY7g9FWho

For sure age matters in this fight and looking back on Kamaru Usman's recent fight against Leon Edwards is surely a take here if he wants to wrestle with Edwards on the ground for sure he can do it but he did not for sure if Kamaru Usman doesn't have the power to take Leon Edwards on the ground Khamzat Chimaev can instantly for me Khamzat Chimaev had an incredible strength he even showcase to lift Daniel Cormier instantly in their meeting well this is just a casual meeting and just having fun but to showcase strength like this for sure I think that Khamzat Chimaev has more strength to go against Usman in the ground,


Shame on him for running his mouth so much for sure this is an example of trash-talking going in a negative way, and sure he is just doing this to hype the fight but he has done it and crossed the line for sure that is why he is paying the consequence, even though that fight with Logan Paul have to rack him millions that millions will not last because of the filed lawsuits and the way he fights inside the ring I really think many are not falling for what he has to say right now, and many are disappointed for sure,

To me, it just looks like he's just trying to establish himself as yet another e-celeb influencer (they all should be purged imo) so he'll be trying anything to keep some hype around him, aspecially after losing that fight.
We all know there's zero chance of him getting a contract with UFC. He might get a chance to fight in some smaller organisations though, as he has a large social media following and his name is recognisable. But it won't be a big money fight.

Dillon Danis is back at it today shamelessly tweeting at Dana White to try and get a fight lined up for him in the UFC to get himself another payday. Sadly, because of his lawsuit with Nina Agdal he’s probably going to have to find himself some more fights somehow. Otherwise he’s going to end up bankrupt after all is said and done.

Winner will fight Sean, it was already said above shared by YuginKadoya about this link https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2023/10/17/ufc-294-winner-of-usman-vs-chimaev-gets-title-shot/

Colby is already in the top 5 and is waiting for a title shot but it's not possible to fight Usman and if it is for the 3rd time, it would be a disastrous end again. He waited for a new champ who turned out to be Edwards. If Kamaru earned back his belt, Colby would not have a chance of a title shot, he was beaten up by Usman twice already.

Lol.  I think Volk is gon a get finished in the match.  Everything is lining up for him to get mauled or submitted...  As said, he's fighting on short notice, Khabib is gonna be in Makhachev's corner and he just had surgery on his right hand.  :/

And I wonder how much money is the UFC paying him.  In this episode of Embedded, Volk was talking about his family and that he needed to set them up for life.  Seems to me like he's going in there to get paid, not to win.

UFC 294:  Embedded Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOUq7eQ9bg

No worries mate. I doubt the winner of Chimaev and Usman gets its title shot next. Both aren't in the top 5 of the middleweight rankings and the winner might not also get a top 5 ranking. Dricus du Plessis deserves a title shot but it seems that Adesanya might get another privilege for an immediate rematch once again. But I do hope Adesanya gets a tune-up first and then he fights the winner of Strickland-Dricus. Nonetheless, Chimaev who's expected to win against Usman needs a win against a top 5 opponent first to earn his shot at the title.

I also felt like Dana likes Colby. But what is weird though is letting him become inactive long enough. So I won't be surprised if somehow Edwards will pull an upset over Colby. But prime for prime, Colby should beat Edwards.

I remember that people complained that Islam was out stamina and his team helped him to stand, while Volk was ready for more rounds. But that does not prove anything. All these talks about was or was not robbed are bs for me. Talks that your were more fresh, opponent had more damage on the face and etc. I was always saying that no one should let judges decide your faith. Either win before time runs out or accept what judges scored. Volk can have 1001 excuse or reason why he had won that fight, but history shows that no one remember losers.

P.S. It might sound that I am protecting Islam or he is my favorite, but that is not. If there was someone else on his place or Volk has won and Islam started to tell why he would have won, I would still be in winner favor.

P.P.S. Of course there are obvious robberies in UFC, but not in that case.

The champ isn't devastated after the match and his opponent shouldn't be moving like he received no damage. Don't you remember in what conditions Islam was compared to Volkanovski after the match? There are a lot of people who think that Volk was robbed and lots of people support rematch but it's bad that Volk has almost no time to prefer and he still took it, I hope he wins.

I was expecting something like: Чтo ты дeлaeшь, блиaд? paбoтaй блин. Russian is the perfect language to pronounce curse words. It's aggressive and beautiful at the same time, perfect match.

I read articles that say that Dana White confirmed that statement. Also, Khamzat Chimaev warned Sean Strickland that he is coming for him.

I guess UFC are too cautious to make such announcements. What if theoretically, one of them misses weight and match makers would have to urgently make card correction? It would be unfair for a fighter that fights in a catchweight to have his next fight as a title. We also dont know UFC plans on Izzy. What if they plan to return him the belt but to make it not as a rematch (as he recently got an immediate title fight rematch against Pereira), but after a win over Chimaev/Usman winner.

I can surely agree with that because these two fighters are from the Welterweight and Khamzat Chimaev would surely fight Paulo Costa in the Middleweight but because of the injury Kamaru Usman will be the replacement fighter for sure because the fight was on the Middleweight Kamaru Usman will need to catch up his weight in the Middleweight so in a short time he needs to gain weight for sure

For me, if Kamaru Usman is not in shape for the fight against Khamzat Chimaev I really think he doesn't have any chance at all his recent loss to Leon Edwards has surely made him fragile with kicks, and in their recent fight he is very cautious to kicks while Chimaev will surely try and exploit that weakness for sure his camp will see through this but knowing Khamzat Chimaev he is not really listening to his team but instead he wants a challenge like he did with his fight with Gilbert Burns,


Will watch this later as I am busy right now if Alexander Volkanovski had an injury then this could be ugly in his part for sure even with the recent injury there is no excuses if he lost surely he is aware of that however with the given situation and advantage on Islam makhachev if Volk is surely injured then if Alexander Volkanovski still got this fight on a close call again, or even win the fight then for sure Alexander Volkanovski deserves that pound for pound top rank position in my opinion,



HERE IS THE LINK

I think Forbes is Legit to say this but this is an article that I have read getting information about this fight for sure Kamaru Usman is targeting a fast route for the title shot and if he wins against Khamzat Chimaev that is, for me, Chimaev is most dangerous to the ground than Kamaru Usman, I really don't want to discredit the wrestling of Usman but going against Leon that is a pure striker he is having a hard time with Leon Edwards Takedown defense so, in my  opinion, Khamzat Chimaev has a more advantage wrestling than Usman for sure,

If you give Usman more than 50% chance and the payout rate is over x3, then you have yourself a great value bet right there.

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I would see it as a 50/50 fight if Usman had more time to go through a full camp but given the short notice, I see him as an underdog.
I still can't imagine Chimaev just running over Usman in a 1st or 2nd round, like he did to many opponents in the past. He probably will take a win by decision.


Haven't they announced that the winner of Chimaev Vs Usman will get a shot against Strickland? I've heard that somewhere but don't know if it was only a rumour or confirmed information.

This is from Stake.

Looking at what happened in Izzy vs Strickland, an unexpected upset can also happen between Usman vs Khamzat.  This could probably happen if the fight does not end in 3rd round and restless Khamzat wears out.  Usman can last up to 5 rounds, this is his advantage. So yes he does have a big chance.

Its what Khamzat can do in the first round that will be worrisome and you can expect Khamzat will do his worst.