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Some new outside octagon, UFC fighter Tony Ferguson Arrested after allegedly crashing and flipping his truck in Hollywood  
This guy is a great fighter but he always looked mentally unstable to me so I am not surprised to see him in headlines again, but he is luckily not injured in this incident.

The impressive thing is Lopes actually did that on short notice, without a full camp, which might be the reason he gassed so much in the latter two rounds. Yet, he still threatened submissions off of his back. If Evloev wasn't so experienced he would've likely tapped. So, Lopes has risen his stock a lot, and honestly Evloev probably lost a little bit of the hype that was behind him. However, it'll be really telling when we've seen more fights in the UFC with Lopes to really figure out where his ceiling is.

Also, Kron Gracie was a huge disappointment. I'm a massive fan of Ryan Hall so I'm not opposed to that style, but the lack of development Kron showed anywhere, but the ground was just worrying. I don't think he'll be in the UFC much longer. He didn't look particularly good on the ground either.

From the UFC 288 I would definitely gonna remember Evloev vs Lopes fight (it was his debut fight in UFC). A debut against top10. This fight should be like taking a walk for Evlovev. Howevr Lopes impressed me a lot. Each round Evloev have to survive against triangle, kimura and knee lock. If this wasnt a fight against top10, judges would have given Lopes a victory, or his opponent would tap. He was good at striking also. Evloev has huge pain threshold and nice skills of defending against all that he was caught in. This fight was much more interesting than main and co-main event fights for me.

As I understand, Belal now is about to face winner of Edwards-Covington fight. Damn I wish they would beat Belal, because if he wins, he would hold the belt for long time with his boring fight style. Otherwise how can you describe 17 wins by UD out of 23, or only 3 wins in UFC as early finish.

I was also amazed at Henry Cejudo aswell, getting that fight so much close for many to call it a controversial fight, at his age (the same as mine) there is nothing to be ashamed of even if he lost, as he can surely withstand all of those blows he can definitely win this maybe if he can capitalize in striking even more, but because of Sterling reach and Height it is a struggle for him so respect to him, and congrats to Sterling he uses his Advantage and pretty much they know them very well,


Short Notice can really take a toll on a fighter's body as I have said in my recent post-Royce Gracie is a master at fighting 3 to 4 opponent back then all of his fights was a striker he is the one with the ground game even if it was really exhausting for him there is a huge difference with fighters back then and today Jorge Masvidal if he fights in Royce Gracie's place he will surely dominate that fight and can dominate even the bigger fighter, he could surely mix up his ground and striking to his advantage,

UFC on ABC: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida



Date: May 13, 2023
Main Card: SAT, MAY 13 / 10:00 PM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, MAY 13 / 6:30 PM GMT+3

Venue:    Spectrum Center

Main card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Jailton Almeida            
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Johnny Walker            
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Ian Garry            
Women's Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill            
Welterweight: Alex Morono vs. Tim Means   

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Matt Brown vs. Court McGee            
Heavyweight: Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman            
Bantamweight: Cody Stamann vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade            
Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg vs. Ihor Potieria            
Lightweight: Natan Levy vs. Pete Rodriguez            
Women's Flyweight: Kim Ji-Yeon vs. Mandy Böhm            
Welterweight: Bryan Battle vs. Gabriel Green            
Women's Bantamweight: Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Tainara Lisboa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ABC:_Rozenstruik_vs._Almeida

This is the first time I dare to bet some money on the women's fight between Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Tainara Lisboa which will take place next Saturday.
Usually I only bet on male fighters but seeing a chance to win for Jessica I dared to take the risk.
Jessica is a female fighter in the Bantamweight division and has quite a history of fighting.
When I did my research and looked at her fight history, can see that Jessica has the upper hand and has a big chance to win the fight.

Aljo won which I think he also made more significant hit. Cejudo made it through til the last round where people are saying its a robbery because of the 3rd and 4th round are questioned while the 5th should have been with Cejudo. Their score cards says Cejudo. There are lots to say when decisions are already made. Anyway, Aljo may have more than 50% of beating Omalley.

The fight made people ask whether throwing knees while on the ground is going to be made legal. Its becoming a cheat sheet for fighters already.

The underdog that pretty much got everybody surprised was Matt Frevola.  Dober's iron cast chin looks like it's slowly going away after years of taking direct hits.  His style always relied that his chin holds...  Looks like he's a fade vs up and coming hard hitters at 155.

Anyway, I always make it a habit to watch Dana White's interviews at post fight conferences just to see what's going on and what in store for the future of the UFC.  I think I'll start posting them after each event.  Enjoy...

UFC 288:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2BaKziX4Vs

I'm still amazed at Cejudo nearly taking the crown after 3 years of inactivity. The fight was close especially if we give credit to Cejudo's takedown defense. Although Sterling was really in command by landing more strikes and how he managed to somehow takedown Cejudo after his many failed attempts. Sterling is really talented and his Hollywood acting was ready to put on display while on the ground trying to lure Cejudo. And because of that, he gets a bonus in his next fight.


Either Belal caused the injury or he just made the injury worse or Burns' body is a little soft and not fully healed after his 3 rounds fight with Masvidal. Too bad for Burns, this defeat could diminish his rank. He could have waited at least a month before starting another full training camp. Burns was still dangerous and Belal did well by staying safe in securing his victory and his title shot.

Wow! A member of Sean O'Malley's army? Good luck to your favorite fighter. At least, he step up and stopped Dana from continuously feeding him with lesser opponents.

OK Guys let me show you how I used one of my free bets in previous UFC event
I play many of my predictions I write for UFC and EFL Championship in Sportsbet website and this time I was lucky with Matt Frevola boosted odds.
Yesterday I said that I dont understand so high odds on him in front of his own crowd and he is a very good fighter with that KO win.
It was a good event overall, Belal Muhammad proved he is a class fighter and I expect to see him in title fight soon.

Is the next fight Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O'Malley confirmed it will be my favorite fight because I side with Sean O'Malley to take the title from the undefeated fighter, even though it's september but it's not long to wait, other than that we will see another big fight between Charles Oliveira vs Beneil Dariush on 10th june.

Here are the result of my picks for the UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo

Aljamain Sterling VS Henry Cejudo ROUND 5 DECISION - LOST

It was a controversial fight because if you look at the score cards the score was scrambled some judges will give Rounds 1 and 2 to Sterling while the others will give them to Cejudo it was that awful that is why many are crazily saying that Henry Cejudo was the winner Cejudo was rob of the win but it was a total close much, so it was really hard to tell, but watching the fight all over again I clearly see that Aljamain Sterling did win the fight even though the Judges made a pretty much terrible scoring, the right winner is still Aljamain Sterling, I may have bet for Cejudo but clearly Sterling win the fight,

Belal Muhammad VS Gilbert Burns ROUND 5 DECISION - WIN

Belal Muhammad had to withstand Gilbert Burns in this fight those kicks for Muhammad may have caused the injury of Burns that shoulder injury Gilbert Burns was fighting Belal Muhammad with 1 hand, and they say even with 1 hand Belal Muhammad isn't able to finish Gilbert Burns but I say Belal Muhammad still stick to the plan, their Corner strategic against Burns, I think he did the right thing because you can not surely say if Burns could play Posum and retaliates,

Movsar Evloev VS Diego Lopes ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

This should have been a dominant win for Movsar Evloev but Diego Lopes did a great job in withstanding Movsar Evloev and many are expecting that Movsar Evloev will surely win this but not in this kind of fashion but they have witness that Movsar Evloev struggle against Diego Lopes but still a great win for Movsar Evloev,

Congratulations to Aljamain Sterling on defending his Bantamweight title against Henry Cejudo, that was a pure class performance by him. And it's time for the upcoming title match between Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O'Malley. This would be a banger, but we need to wait until September. And also congratulations to Belal Muhammad for securing his Welterweight title shot.

Result for my picks for the UFC 288

Aljamain Sterling(-120) VS Henry Cejudo(+100) - WIN

It a surely a close fight for these two, and Aljamain has gotten many strikes to Cejudo sure mostly on the face because Henry Cejudo's face was pretty much exposed on the ground surely it was still close but both fighters really have struggled so much, but yeah I win on Sterling and I know that he can win this because Henry Cejudo really didn't fight for almost 3 years, but surely he got what it take on winning this fight but Aljamain have done his best in capitalizing the win,

Belal Muhammad(+105) VS Gilbert Burns(-125) - LOST

Those mad kicks from Muhammad think that was cause the injury for Burn or maybe he is already injured entering the Octagon I don't know but that caused Burns to slow down and Belal Muhammad notice it to capitalize on this one for a win I really feel sorry for Burns this is a short-notice fight so his body might still be feeling the fatigue, he should rest for now maybe 9 months rest so he can fully regain that strength back,


Jéssica Andrade(-195) VS Xiaonan Yan(+162) - LOST

It was a technical OK for Yan Xiaonan, she surely knows that Andrade was really aggressive with her attacks Xiaonan was backing out while readying her punch to the face of Andrade, calculating where she can land that punch, it was really perfect timing for Yan Xiaonan and a solid win for her, and I was wrong for picking Andrade because she is not really a technical fighter,

From the all card the most things that took me by surprise are the last two fights. I didn't expect Belal and Aljo to win. I'm glad expecially for Belal but it's interesting how much he improved since training with Khabibs team. The most he got from them is their mentality. As for the main event Aljo keeps surprising in positive way and also him being bigger is what made a difference in this fight.

In the main event only one fight was a TKO and that too which i did not expect and the rest of the fights went to a decision. It was a hard pick and i did not place a bet on this event as it was a difficult one. I did not expect Yan Xiaonan to win in the first round against Jéssica Andrade. The plan for Gilbert Burns to return too soon from his last fight backfired and Belal Muhammad should fight for the title next as he is on a 9 fight winning streak against the best.

The main event was a mixed one, the reach disadvantage of Henry Cejudo was evident with the strikes and whenever he took Aljamain Sterling down he was not able to capitalize that and usually ask them to stand up instead of taking any advantage on the ground and that helped Aljamain Sterling and was able to control the striking distance and he won clearly even though the judges gave a split decision.

Yeah, there's a ton of underdogs which could win on the main card. I can see why this fight night is a Pay per view since it's absolutely stacked with competitive fights, that could go either way. Anyway, first fight on my betting slip, so we know the routine. I end up losing, and it kills the hype for the rest of the night .

I think Matt Frevola is underdog with best chances to win today against Drew Dober.
He is few years younger and he has slight reach advantage, no idea why odds are so low on Dober.
Main and comain event should be interesting to watch and they can go both ways.

This are my main predictions for this event:

Aljamain Sterling
Belal Muhammad
Jessica Andrade
Movsar Evloev
Kron Gracie
Matt Frevola
Kennedy Nzechukwu
Khaos Williams

It was a short-notice fight and Gilbert Burns need to rest his fight with Jorge Masvidal was on April 8, 2023, and it is just at least a 1-month interval, for me this can exhaust a fighter but surely no one can truly dare to do what Royce Gracy is doing it back then, 3 to 4 fights in just 1 day, for sure this is a small feat for Gilbert Burns but surely that fight with Masvidal is not a small feat for him as Jorge Masvidal is doing great against him, but good luck to your picks actually Gilbert Burns was my 1st pick but I have to change it the moment I remember that Burns has a fight against Masvidal 1 month interval to this,


Welsh has great picks as well I really think I have a different perspective on Gilbert Burns against Belal Muhammad but surely I have seen a different side of Belal Mehammed that he can use against Burns, but this is not enough because Gilbert Burns is a force not to be reckoned with, and looking on paper there is no chance for Muhammed to defeat him for sure, but still squeezing it in me why I go with Muhammed than with Burns, but yeah I want to risk on some things that even a 5% chance that I will take it,

Good luck to all of us, pretty much I am really excited,

^  These go to 7.  One louder. 

Anyway here's the last batch of must watch vids before tuning in to the event! 

UFC 288:  Ceremonial Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ny4ZcwDCA

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qHvlW86Ng

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDDKam03xE

Hope you guys are pumped for this one as it's the return of what could become one of the best fighters in the UFC.  He's been saying that if he wins the belt he'll be going after Volk at 145.  That's a tall order but here to see it.  Hope he wins tho the three year lay off kinda makes it sketchy for Cejudo.

Good luck guys!

And last call for the Multi Master.

UFC 288 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-288-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5450877