Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 177. (Read 97129 times)

Like I said earlier, I'm not super confident on these picks, at all. However, here's my picks for tonight:

Arnold Allen
Edson Barboza
Azamat Murzakanov
Tanner Boser
Chris Gutierrez
Rafa García
Bill Algeo
Matheus Nicolau
Zak Cummings
Gillian Robertson
Daniel Zellhuber
Bruna Brasil
Gaston Bolaños
Lucie Pudilová

I'm thinking Lucie Pudilová, Gillian Robertson, Bruna Brasil, Tanner Boser and Chris Gutierrez on my betting slip. Not 100% sure, though. I actually watched the weigh ins, to see if I could figure out some of the differences, but honestly everyone looked in good spirits, and had good cuts. Joselyne Edwards, missed weight, but seemed to be in pretty good spirits. Daniel Zellhuber is much bigger than his opponent in terms of height, but I don't know. If he can keep the fight at a distance I have faith, but I'm not sure he'll be able to do that.

^^ All of a sudden everyone is overlooking Max Holloway as the gatekeeper of the division, as far as i am concerned his achilles heel is Alexander Volkanovski and i feel like he could defeat anyone else in the division other than Volkanovski. Another fight i am looking forward is Azamat Murzakanov who is the underdog in the fight and i am expecting the fight ends in a knockout as both are great strikers.

Here are my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen

Max Holloway VS Arnold Allen

The stake odds for this fight are 1.58 for Holloway and 2.40 for Allen, for me Max Holloway is pretty much good with his striking but you can not cut out Allen with his striking as well he got a good speed in his punches if you look at Max Holloway boxing he surely is good at boxing, but Volkanovski just outsmarts Holloway and outspeed his striking but I believe that Arnold Allen could be a treat to Volkanovski well this is just my opinion he surely got those speed and accuracy aswell and he also got an inside game, and surely Volkanovski can not cut out wrestling aswell, for me, Arnold Allen will beat Max Holloway and to get a fight against Alexander Volkonovski, my pick is Arnold Allen,

Edson Barboza VS Billy Quarantillo

The stake odds for this fight are 2.35 for Barbosa and 1.60 for Quarantillo, In this fight, I really think that Edson Barboza got the experience in getting into Quarantillo but my take here is that Quarantillo  had a great chin for sure but that Spinning kick of Barboza can be deadly when the heel connected to Quarantillo's face, but that spinning kick can connect and also has a high probability it will not, so my take is Billy Quarantillo,

Ion Cutelaba VS Tanner Boser

The stake odds for this fight are 1.77 for Cutelaba and 2.06 for Boser, Now in this fight now that Tanner Boser has gone to the Light Heavyweight division and agaisnt Ion Cutelaba that is in the Heavyweight back then aswell I really think that Ion Cutelaba is pretty much accustomed now to the Light Heavyweight than Boser and Ion Cutelaba doesn't really have the option in losing again, this is really a goodbye for him if he losses this match, but I am going with Ion Cutelaba for this one,

This weekend just looks awful from a betting perspective. I'll be probably only doing a triple this weekend. How are we feeling about the Robertson fight? She's pretty strong at 125, but I'm not sure if this weight cut is going to affect her ability to get it down on the mat. I'm also not that familiar with her opponent. I think Zak Cummings will get it done against Ed, but I think it will be a close fight.

I'm still deciding on a few of the fights before I get my predictions out. Hopefully, in time for the event .

I am on Arnold Allen to win, odds are worth taking and I think he can beat Holloway after he was better from some top UFC fighters like Calvin Kattar and Dan Hooker last year.
On different fight I placed my bet on Dustin Jacoby but I think its more 50/50 fight and Azamat Murzakanov can win and continue his perfect 12-0 MMA record.
This is going to be interesting fight card and here are my main card predictions:

Arnold Allen win by decision.
Edson Barboza
Dustin Jacoby
Tanner Boser
Chris Gutierrez

After watching the weigh ins and the face offs, I think the event could be underdog city.  Possible underdogs that could get the W are Allen, Barboza, Boser, Guida, TJ Brown, Royval, Herman and Vannata.  I'm not doing a greasy parlay this weekend.  I'll prolly just make a couple of single bets with Royval, Brown and Vannata.  Mind you...  I make small bets for fun so NFA.

Here are the weigh in results.

Max Holloway (146) vs Arnold Allen (146)
Edson Barboza (146) vs Billy Quarantillo (146)
Dustin Jacoby (206) vs Azamat Murzakanov (205)
Tanner Boser (203) vs Ion Cutelaba (206)
Chris Gutierrez (136) vs Pedro Munhoz (136)
Rafa Garcia (155) vs Clay Guida (154,5)
Bill Algeo (146) vs TJ Brown (146)
Matheus Nicolau (126) vs Brandon Royval (126)
Zak Cummings (206) vs Ed Herman (206)
Gillian Robertson (116) vs Piera Rodriguez (116)
Lando Vannata (156) vs Daniel Zellhuber (156)
Bruna Brasil (116) vs Denise Gomes (115)
Gaston Bolanos (136) vs Aaron Phillips (136)
Joselyn Edwards (136,5)* vs Lucie Pudilova (136)

*Missed weight

And last all for the Multi Master.

UFC on ESPN 44 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-on-espn-44-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5448298

Clay Guida is certainly really old right now. That might be a bad thing for him going into this fight. But we all know with age comes experience. And he is certainly an experienced individual. He also has better punches compared to his opponent.

But this is a fighting game. And in this game, I don’t think experience matters too much. Actually, young is going better success. Because after all, this is not a street fight. This is mixed martial arts with the same weight category and also some rules and regulations.

So my prediction is that Rafa Garcia is going to be the winner of this fight. Even though I am a little concerned about the defense of him, I think he should be able to overcome that problem.

of the many fights there will be I'm thinking of adding this one to my parlay:

Clay Guida - Rafa Garcia

Clay Guida is a guy who already has a very advanced age, he is 41 years old (honestly, it was time for him to retire) and he also has a long professional career because he started in 2003 as a professional athlete and had 60 fights of which he won 38 fights and lost in 22 fights and only had 7 wins by knockout, 16 wins by decision and 14 wins by submission and has great skill in wrestling and grappling. while his opponent Rafa García who is much younger is 28 years old and started his professional career in 2014 and has had 17 fights in which he won 14 fights 3 defeats. Rafa García only managed to win by knockout in just one fight, he had 8 wins by submission and 5 wins by decision

well, Rafa García doesn't have strong punches, from what I could see and he doesn't have a good defense and Clay Guida has a lot of experience and has less good results compared to rafa garcia, in case I decide to bet on this fight I'll consider betting on rafa garcia due to the fact that he is younger but I still see a great imbalance in the odds values, since I don't see rafa garcia as much superior to clay guida, for me the odds should be more balanced in this fight, anyway I still have time to decide whether to add to my parlay or not

Pereira now have medical suspension but after that he can come back and prepare for his next opponent in light heavyweight category.
I would like to see him winning and then asking for rematch with Adesanya in same category, UFC would love that story and Adesanya couldn't refuse.

They put other fighters in fire before so it wouldnt be the first time for UFC to do this, and remember that Pereira was champion in middleweight division.
Fight with Blachowicz would be interesting, but he is on top third place in that division  
With him this division is going to be much more interesting now, there are so many contenders.

For the middle class, Pereira is too big and it seems that he has to move or go up to light heavyweight so that his big stature doesn't become a topic of conversation when he is in the middle class.
Previously, Pereira was the ruler of the middle class, where he had become the champion and holder of the defending belt in the middle class before being defeated by his adesa.
Recently I also heard that Pereira also decided to move up a class but he did not mention who his opponent would be when he first entered the light heavyweight class.
The light heavyweight class is currently held by Jamahal Hill who managed to take over the title after defeating Glover Teixeira and Pereira will have to go through more matches at light heavyweight if he wants to take the title in that class.

^  I doubt Pereira would be straight up brought to go for the strap at 205.  He'll prolly be matched up vs a couple of guys first to see how he performs.  I think a somewhat good litmus test for him is Jan Blachowicz.  Blachowicz is a known guy with a good following among hardcore UFC fans and he's a pretty decent fighter in the division.

Anyway, ceremonial weigh ins in 5 hours guys.  If Tanner Boser looks good on the scale, I think he'll be a good underdog bet.  He moved down from HW.

UFC Kansas:  Ceremonial Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5l-8VorW-Q

It was expected that Pereira would move to other division. He looked to big for a middleweight. Put him against, I dont know, Whittaker or Vettori and they would look like David and Goliath. I think he has good chances to been Hill, as it will be a striker vs striker fight, and Pereiras skills looks to be superior. But I desire to see his fight against a pure wrestler or BJJ. So far he has got mostly strikers and I wish to see his skills on new territory.

Big news posted by Alex Poatan Pereira on his official youtube channel, he is confirming that his next fight will be in 205 that is light heavyweight division!
He doesn't know his next opponent exactly, but it must be some of the top fighters, and he can use injuries from other fighters.
I think it should be very interesting to see him with possible opponents like Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, Magomed Ankalaev, Jan Błachowicz, Aleksandar Rakic and others.
After losing from Adesanya this is perfect chance for him to come back in a big syle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em5g1feNxF0

I still remember these clips back when I first watch UFC fights and it was really fun to watch him because these guys are both at the peak of their careers back then and they are both contenders. They also talk lots of trash talks in this show and if you ponder upon it, it seems like Rampage Jackson has the upper hand when it comes to the things like this when they fought, Rashad Evans beat him in a unanimous decision because he got owned by him in every round.  

Actually there is a guy who can (actually could, based on his shape now) shut that Irish leprechaun mouth I am talking about Quentin Rampage Jackson. I like that way he trash talks. Not like Conor, whos main argument of humiliation is comparing everyone with his wealth, but Rampage trash talks in special humorous way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj_Bjmp9edQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi_jVuYjlI4. Also, perhaps Chael Sonnes is good at track talking. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HmZn4tnjTas that a KO

Well, it is OK to just pick at random, sometimes but it surely depends on the UFC for me it always works out with a prediction and research, but there are some unpredictable moments but it is just a coincidence if some and for you, it is more effective to bet on making early picks, for me it will surely depend on what kind of games and sports,

There is one article that says he is going to ONE Championship just like Mighty Mouse Demetrious Johnson did, surely Francis Ngannou needs to sign in an MMA organization and have a fight right now because his face value is already depleting and people are already forgetting about him if this continues his value will surely deplete to zero this is really the worst possible outcome that could happen to him, an MMA organization that wants to sign him and he demanded more, for sure I think Ngannou needed a good manager that could handle his career decision, he is playing it all by himself which is not a good idea, and he surely thinks that he still got those hype and value just like when he is in the UFC but well value went down the moment he stepped down the UFC,


Well, I am not comparing the level of trash talk of Conor McGregor to Alex Pereira because Pereira isn't really talking English, he just has some antics for Izzy that are surely for pissing Israel Adesanya off, like in his training with the ball and posting it on social media it is that kind of pissing off the moment but not really trash talking, but surely like I have said Conor McGregor is the real kind of trash talking no one can beat him on that for sure this will surely go in history and many already missed that Irish guy,

Decent card for a Fight Night with somewhat familiar faces.  These match ups are kinda close tho even if the lines don't show it. 

And at first glance I see a couple of underdogs that could make the fight closer than anticipated.  They are TJ Brown and Murzakanov.  Both have the wrestling to make match grindy and prolly be a bit boring for some.  Lol.  I don't mind it as long as my side is winning.  Boring fights give me time to chat a little and get more beer. 

One of the best moment from all of Conor's Trashtalk is when Conor McGregor tells Nate diaz: Shut your f*ing mouth and then Nate goes out and he tells get the f out of there, it was really very funny: https://youtu.be/WK6Jqdm7DVQ
And the Trashtalk of Conor towards Aldo was something that will never happen in history. He farted in front of Aldo's face.
And his words when he won his second belt, this video will remain to history, watch from 2:35 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPiw27AQYh0

Conor: - I would love to take this chance to apologize
Rogan - Here comes your second belt
Conor: To absolutely nobody! The double champ does whatever the...

Cmon, never ever compare Conor to anyone in trashtalk

I think it is better to make predictions early, that is when I had most success.
Whenever I tried to wait for the last moment to see if there are any injuries and news I didn't win anything.
More research doesnt have to mean better results 

Does anyone have any news about Francis Ngannou and his new signing deals?
I know BKFC refused his offer because he asked a lot of money, but in his place I wouldnt even go to bare knuckle.

UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen



Date: April 9, 2023
Main Card: SUN, APR 16 / 3:30 AM GMT+3
Prelims: SUN, APR 16 / 12:30 AM GMT+3

Venue: T-Mobile Center

Main card (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen            
Featherweight: Edson Barboza vs. Billy Quarantillo            
Light Heavyweight: Dustin Jacoby vs. Azamat Murzakanov            
Light Heavyweight: Ion Cuțelaba vs. Tanner Boser            
Bantamweight: Pedro Munhoz vs. Chris Gutiérrez            
Lightweight: Clay Guida vs. Rafa García         

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Featherweight: Bill Algeo vs. T.J. Brown            
Flyweight: Brandon Royval vs. Matheus Nicolau            
Light Heavyweight: Zak Cummings vs. Ed Herman            
Women's Strawweight: Gillian Robertson vs. Piera Rodríguez            
Lightweight: Lando Vannata vs. Daniel Zellhuber            
Women's Strawweight: Bruna Brasil vs. Denise Gomes            
Bantamweight: Aaron Phillips vs. Gastón Bolaños            
Women's Bantamweight: Joselyne Edwards vs. Lucie Pudilová

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Holloway_vs._Allen