Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 153. (Read 93489 times)

It seems like Ngannou's name grow big after what he did to UFC and showing reluctance to sign easily to any of the other rival MMA promotions. The $20 million 2-fight deal from ONE is the biggest per-fight guarantee although PFL's deal allowed Ngannou to become part of the board, allowed him to box, and have a huge PPV share which will be more beneficial only if his PPV numbers grow more than his previous numbers at UFC.

Ngannou is expected to return to MMA action next year so it will be 2 years of inactivity. Although he is expected to have a heavyweight boxing tune-up this year before vying for a shot at either Fury, AJ, or Wilder. Seriously though, he cannot beat any of the top 20 heavyweights except his puncher's chance. A shameful loss to boxing at least won't hurt much if in case his market will diminish since PFL only gave a guarantee of 7 digits in each of his next 3 MMA fights. 

Indeed a risky move for PFL, but imagine how much recognition, popularity and fans PFL are getting now. Ngannou itself is a walking advertising campaign. If there will be to two event on the same day running, just by saying "we have Ngannou" PFL would lure money from fan wallets This is not the best topic for Ngannou and PFL discussion, but I have checked their heavyweight roster, and Ngannou would not face serious troubles there imho

Amanda Nunes is on a different level, but because this is a title fight Irene Aldana is taking her chances, for sure this is going to be a great match but the Co-main is the real deal so many people are waiting for this fight well if Charles Oliveira is able to withstand those defeats he had against Islam Makhachev and if he's able to move forward, and if he can defeat Beneil Dariush, Dan Ige VS Nate Landwehr is a juicy fight as well, and all eyes to those fighters,


I really think this is the very lucrative decision the PFL has ever done, and not just that this is too risky for both organization and the fighter they haven't know if many are still wanting to watch Francis Ngannou fight, I think there is a lot of option for Ngannou in this contract he is pretty much flexible and even though he got some advisor Francis Ngannou is the one that has done the talking and surely enough PFL have decided to go on a risky this is not just a contract signing for the PFL this is a business venture and Ngannou will have 8 figure of a deal every time he fights, and his opponent will get a fair amount and will get a percentage on the revenue for the Pay Preview, and the ability to have boxing matches, and he would also like to open a PFL Africa for new fighters from their place to the PFL, there are many that are in the contract many Francis Ngannou have the freedom for what he wants to decide,


I really think he doesn't want or doesn't need to fight Jon Jones anymore maybe Jon Jones will envy Francis Ngannou for getting that extreme contract for the PFL, Jon Jones doesn't have the many if Ngannou fight him, but maybe if Jon Jones could join PFL maybe their fight with Francis Ngannou will create a lot of money, and Jone Jones will have a fairly pay if he fights Ngannou and goes to PFL,

Yes, this fight will be the main card for the featherweight title.
If you look at how to fight, the history of the fight and other statistics, the two of them almost have the same abilities with their respective advantages.
But if you have a prediction for Volkanovski it might be good.
I still can't have any predictions on which one to choose but I will be quick to find out who is worth betting on in this featherweight fight.

I actually wasn't too sure about Daniel Rodriguez so I made the decision to choose Lan Garry.
After all Lan Garry was previously the Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion and after joining the UFC he is now ranked 13th in the UFC welterweight division.

Yes thanks @tokeweed.

Perhaps UFC offered him a juicy check, but Bones would have asked the same I think UFC werent ready for such double expenses. Anyway, I think Ngannou cause more troubles during his short career, than any other fighter. As minimum he would be in top trouble makers/fighters who cause Dana have headache


Imho Bones seems to be avoiding fighting Ngannou. If he was really a king, not scared and call himself greatest, he would have returned while Ngannou was still in UFC. Bones returned to beat muai thai fighter and old Miocic, who claimed now has some problems with eyes. Truly king of p4p

Seems like an easy win for Mackenzie Dern, she has a good wrestling skill while Angela Hill is matured enough and just an average fighter. I think Mackenzie Dern will beat Angela Hill via submission.

PFL heavyweight fighters might be scared with Ngannou joined PFL and it's expected he will fight in the next year. Too bad Jones seems unbeatable in UFC, he will fight against Stipe Miocic and then choose to retire since Ngannou will not back to UFC.

Good thing that he did get a contract after leaving the UFC because it will be hard for others to follow in his footstep if he didn't get anything despite his popularity and skills. Now that he finally settles with the PFL, I'm sure the next thing we see from him is a date for his next fight. Can't wait to see him back in action because if the big dude will fight, we surely see some real action and great skills. Honestly, it was really hard for someone like his caliber to get a decent contract outside the UFC.

^  Sucks cos we won't be seeing him fight Jon Jones.  :/  I still think Ngannou has a good chance to finish Jones.  Why can't the UFC just pay the guy a one fight deal vs Jones for 10 million or something.  Sigh...

Anyway after making my picks for the Multi Master I think the next event could be a sleeper banger.  I found myself predicting 8 matches to finish inside the distance.  Lol.  Picked Dern for the main event but could go Hill's way since it's a 5 rounder.

UFC Free Fight:  Hill vs Ducote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Sv7xliCo8

Some fresh news: "Ex-UFC champ Francis Ngannou signs lucrative MMA deal with PFL, boxing still an option".

What can I say, Ngannou got what he wanted, money, power and freedom. He will get "tens millions", act as an PFL ampassador and have option to have boxing fights while being signed for PFL. Hope that he will perform for 200% and be worth every dollar PFL spend on him. Hope that he will finally fight, but not just sit on his ass and get salary.

This should have a different main card until Irene Aldana rebooked and instead wants to face Amanda Nunes all of a sudden and they will face each other with UFC and with  UFC 289 Nunes vs. Aldana, Irene Aldana must be targeting the belt right now this is a great opportunity for her but I think Amanda Nunes will be is a bigger threat to Irene Aldana, but let's just wait and see if she can surely stop Amanda Nunes, or not,


A lot faster indeed,

Ian Machado Garry vs Daniel Rodriguez - those kicks from Ian Garry was really superb and on cue with his kicks those lightning speed kicks of him surely created a space between him and D Rod, and setting up that kick on the right timing, it was really a great fight but for sure he is not Ranked 10 maybe,

The UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida is a banger of an event, but because many are lacking information about some of the fights and fighters that is why they aren't interested in the event, but just like you I am not really disappointed at all, and it was one truly remarkable event

Well, Ian Garry also has the length and reach that likely pressure D Rod so much and those kicks from the body are something that Daniel Rodriguez is defending which means it is that powerful to hurt him, that was capitalized by Garry in initiating a self-care for D Rod's body so much that when Ian Garry kick to the head it was on full impact that shock D Rod, for a knock-out it was a technical knockout for sure if Garry could potentially have a match against a wrestler then he likely will have a problem about it, for sure Khamzat Chimaev, Gilbert Burns, and Shavkat Rakhmonov I really don't know if he's going to increase a rank if likely this 3 would be his opponent,

The next fight might be a little difficult for me to make interesting things that I may witness but the Main Event because of Mackenzie Dern this could be a lot more interesting her style with her submission was really insane but surely this event could also be a surprise for us if many on this event end is a KO/TKO or even a submission wins for some of the fights,

Just like in the Provided Video Mackenzie Dern wins via Submission with an Armbar to Randa Markos that was really awesome,

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I expected more from Daniel Rodriguez but Ian Garry was a lot faster and had more tools.  D Rod just had his boxing, no wrestling, couldn't even get the fight to the clinch and grind his opponent somehow.  I think a guy who could do that could give Garry problems.

Congrats on the win.

And for a Fight Night I thought the event was so so but it was better than I thought when I was watching it.  The next one tho...  I could def say that it's not really good.

Vid...

UFC Free Fight:  Dern vs Markos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZAYxIjUo4

My bet for the NBA are exploding to oblivion which is why I have stopped betting for the NBA, for now, I am surely lucky with my MMA prediction but have totally missed the Jairzinho Rozenstruik VS Jailton Almeida fight because of my brother's wedding but it doesn't matter it is a wedding after all, Jailton Almeida looks nice and powerful with those takedowns even though Rozenstruik is much heavier than him he still manages to make Rozenstruik goes down,  this is surely going to be a 1 fighter that many heavyweights will surely struggle they will surely Struggle with Jailton Almeida's wrestling capabilities, and how he uses the fence for secure lockdown on his opponent just like how Khabib Nurmagomedov is doing,


This should be a Raquel Pennington vs. Irene Aldana 2 main event but because Aldana has rebooked the fight was canceled, for this fight most of them come from a loss but surely an interesting event even though this is just a fight night event, an event is still an event, and I am seeing fighting kittens in this event card as well, better-informed bbc.reporter, and I am talking about Vanessa Demopoulos vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Natália Silva VS Victoria Leonardo can surely fit as a fighting Kittens, what do you think?

good for you that luck was on your side, that day

That Alexander Volkanovski VS Yair Rodriguez for the Unification fight for the featherweight division belt is going to be a banger of a fight I think Alexander Volkanovski already has 1 loss and it was against Corey Nelson on the Australian FC 5 we can see if Yair Rodriguez learn something from his lost against Max Holloway but this is going to be a good fight both have excellent stand-up but the thing it Volkanovski have shown us a glimpse of his ground game and it is pretty impressive against Islam Makhachev, and for me against Yair Rodriguez Alexander Volkanovski got many tools to suppress Yair Rodriguez, this is going to be a chess match for sure, but I got a huge percentage for Volkanovski,


Well for sure I will see an interesting card in this event and most of the fighters come from a losing fight but I have noticed an interesting fight here and it is Rodrigo Nascimento VS Ilir Latifi this is just my opinion, it is interesting for me but both guys aren't champion material so yeah this is just an average fight for some,

Next weeks event seems to be boring for me. My eyes barely catches any familiar name or someone I should definitely gonna watch fighting. I think I would better focus on IIHF games, as there play-off games are about to start. Definitely gonna prevent from placing a bet on next UFC event and event that comes after. Would better save (to lose more ) for UFC 289 and win with Oliveira Or I would watch a fight you would suggest me.

Luck was really on my side that time.
Actually, the fight you are waiting for is UFC 290 with the main card VOLKANOVSKI VS RODRIGUEZ which will unite the featherweight classes with the return of VOLKANOVSKI to his division after being defeated by Islam Makhachev but before that VOLKANOVSKI has an unbeaten fight record and his first defeat against Islam Makhachev.
For RODRIGUEZ himself he is the interim title holder at featherweight after beating Josh Emmett.
And these two fighters have pretty good fighting strength so it will be very exciting to watch but hard to predict who will win.

I am also comfortable with my bets on UFC and MMA mostly than with other sports because there are some spots that with the other sports it is very unpredictable and sometimes can surprise us, mainly my NBA bet for the Golden State Warriors are all ruined just because of the many free throws given for the Lakers anyway that is for another topic,

I really don't know if Dana White has some critical thinking not all the time the fight ends with a knockout or a submission finish but discrediting Walker's good and dominating performance towards the fight is something laughable and I think Johnny Walker is going towards a more technical approached than being aggressive all the time, if the result is a win that is OK kind of thing, for me Johnny Walker is in the right path ignore Slaver White, if he thinks differently,

Jailton Almeda is a threat to the Heavyweight division for sure, and I think he is not ready for Jon Jones yet, for me a good match-up for Jailton Almeda is Alexander Volkov, Tom Aspinall if Tom returns fully healthy from his injury, and Curtis Blaydes for sure Jon Jones will be fighting Stipe Miocic or Sergei Pavlovich depending on their initial talks,

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The next event for the UFC should be UFC Pennington vs. Aldana 2 but because Aldana Rebooked  it become

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill

Date & Time: 05.20.2023 at 04:00 PM ET
Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States



MAIN EVENT
Mackenzie Dern VS Angela Hill

CO-MAIN EVENT
Edmen Shahbazyan VS Anthony Hernandez

MAIN CARD
Emily Ducote VS Lupita Godinez
Andre Fialho VS Joaquin Buckley
Michael Johnson VS Diego Ferreira

PRELIMINARY CARD
Maheshate VS Viacheslav Borshchev
Karolina Kowalkiewicz VS Vanessa Demopoulos
Orion Cosce VS Gilbert Urbina
Ilir Latifi VS Rodrigo Nascimento
Chase Hooper VS Nick Fiore
Victoria Leonardo VS Natália Silva
Takashi Sato VS Themba Gorimbo

Info was from Tapology: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/98571-ufc-fight-night

I had a very good weekend with my UFC and MMA predictions, unlike betting on other sports with terrible results, so it pays off to mix different sports sometimes.
This was OK event, nothing special to see, Johnny Walker won again Anthony Smith but slave master Dana White was not impressed with his performance  
Jailton Almeida won like most people expected and he is on nice run with four wins in a row, maybe he is getting closer to title contender fight.

It is your loss for not wanting that Juicy I mean hard to get the body of Jessica Rose Clark you got a great partner with her I can surely assure you of that, Although that kitten that you have shown truly is really cute, well we had different wants and don't and there are probably a wall there that you are leaping here and I got respect to that,

Well Aljo and O'Malley fight definitely we will see it maybe this year, but I think it is already on the horizon so let's just wait,

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I totally missed betting for this event I was busy attending my brother's wedding so yeah I totally forgot about the event, and the event was too early aswell, but I got hints and watch some recap of the fight, Man the Prospects are getting good beating up the older guys,

Jailton Almeida VS Jairzinho Rozenstruik

In this fight, I am going to bet on a submission win over Jailton Almeida and because the odds are too high for Almeida it could become not profitable, but this fight was really that fast and Jairzinho Rozenstruik looks easy for Jailton Almeida this is something that needs to be addressed in the Heavyweight division there aren't too many wrestlers and now that we got Jailton Almeida in the Heavyweight this will surely change everything, he will surely dominate every fight and in this fight, we can see that Almeida eventually throws a left that Rozenstruik will defend but it was all faint to get into a double leg takedown but Almeida eventually got into the leg and he would be tripped Rozenstruik sideway to get him to the ground and as we can see on the ground I notice that Jairzinho Rozenstruik was constantly looking at his corner he is waiting for instructions he doesn't know what he is going to do with Almeida, and that is a problem with many heavyweights those scrumble in the ground they don't have much defence or answer with those stumble on the ground,

Johnny Walker VS Anthony Smith

Johnny Walker was so much more athletic than Anthony Smith, and Smith was really having a hardtime against Walker and so much even though it is not a submission or a KO/TKO win it is still a win for Johnny Walker and it is a tremendous fight for Walker he sure capitalized with his advantage given Smith a hard time and pressuring him with those kicks, and that flying knee was the thing for Walker now and because of his athleticism it was proven a great one to be executed by Walker Perfect timing,