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It was a great fight and Pereira never anticipated the counter strike because in the last fight Adesanya was not pushing the action whenever Pereira was the aggressor and it was a perfect plan and weight cutting is showing signs that his chin is not able to take clean punches and now i am curious how Pereira will be deciding his future on which weight division he is moving up as there were rumors that he will be going to Heavyweight.

He said in the post-interview that Pereira would have to do that hard work to get the rematch. Explaining that he did get the quick rematch because he had the belt for a long time and had defended it many times. Pereira would indeed have to fight the tough guys who might just easily defeat him like Whittaker.

But I think they should get another rematch while fans like it. More fights more money for them and I think its Dana's decision.

Really impressed with the fight for the middleweight championship belt this morning where Adesanya managed to take revenge and take the championship belt that had previously been won by Pereira.
In this fight, Adesanya was able to win with a TKO in the second round, just like the previous fight, where Adesanya almost got a TKO in the first round.
Many Adesanya fans cheered because their mainstay fighter won and of course in that fight there was a sizable round of betting money.
Unfortunately I fell behind in this fight bet and made me feel a little disappointed.

Adesanya did what he had to do, he played this fight much more actively, and did not allow Pereira to dominate. It is impossible to say about any big advantage of any of the fighters, the fight was close, but Adesanya had much more desire to win back. He had confidence that he could do it, however, in the first fight, he made a mistake at the end of the fight, this time he did not give Pereira any advantage and acted very actively.

Pereira made a mistake at the end of the second half, he was carried away by the attack, he decided that Adesanya could be crushed by pressing, but it is clear that there was a good work done on the mistakes, and Izzy was waiting for the right moment to make a good shot. Congratulations to Adesanya, I liked the fight!

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There are no such injuries for Adesanya or whatever if you looked at the fight it was a great fight to watch even Alex Pereira is doing great what he surely does most of the time but Israel Adesanya is playing a little risky possum but if you look at the fight Israel Adesanya's eyes were focus on Alex Pereira awaiting the right opportunity while Alex Pereira doesn't really know what had hit him this time, and that punch from Izzy really out cold him a couple of minutes so I think the rematch will not going to happen so soon, I think Israel Adesanya will need to fight Robert Whittiker for the time being while Alex Pereira will have to relax and stay out of the Octagon for the meanwhile, before setting up another rematch,

This is the result of my picks and bets for the UFC 287 event,

MAIN EVENT

Alex Pereira (2.18) VS Israel Adesanya (1.78) - Betting for Adesanya - BET WIN

CO-MAIN EVENT

Gilbert Burns (1.24) VS Jorge Masvidal (4.70) - Not Betting - WIN

MAIN CARD

Rob Font (2.60) VS Adrian Yanez (1.56) - Betting for Yanez - BET LOST
Kevin Holland (1.43) VS Santiago Ponzinibbio (3.10) - Not Betting - WIN
Raul Rosas Jr. (1.43) VS Christian Rodriguez (3.10) - Betting for Rosas - BET LOST

PRELIMINARY CARD

Kelvin Gastelum (1.81) VS Chris Curtis (2.14) - Not Betting - LOST
Michelle Waterson-Gomez (2.45) VS Luana Pinheiro (1.63) - Not Betting - LOST
Gerald Meerschaert (2.65) VS Joseph Pyfer (1.55) - Not Betting - WIN
Karl Williams (1.25) VS Chase Sherman (4.50) - Not Betting - CANCELLED
Cynthia Calvillo (3.45) VS Lupita Godinez (1.37) - Not Betting - WIN
Trey Ogden (3.90) VS Ignacio Bahamondes (1.31) - Not Betting - WIN
Steve Garcia (2.65) VS Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (1.55) - Not Betting - WIN
Sam Hughes (3.25) VS Jaqueline Amorim (1.41) - Not Betting - LOST

Yeah, you are right. But it was kinda cool at some point with his angry dead-looking face.

Such an amazing fight because of such an unexpected ending. Performance in the first round from both of them was equal but Pereira started the second round with more pressure and when he had Adesanya pushed in the corner and striking, I was like, yeah, Adesanya is done and Pereira wins again but holy shit, Adesanya gave him an amazing strike, it was a great knockout. His strike was so fast that I was kinda confused, then slowed down video, repeat that scene again and his strike was so fast that it was still hard to view it well
Definitely it was a great fight and congrats to Adesanya, he unleashed the beast!

^^^^ If the injury is true, he will have an excuse if he fails to win the rematch .

Izzy is imitating a fictional character with the dog collar from the movie Unleashed where Jet Li plays a character that is held back with a dog collar and he will only start fighting when he is unlocked from the collar. So i would not say that it is a serious level of thinking as he is pretending to be a fictional movie character  .

For everyone who is placing bets, there is a rumor online that Israel Adesanya is having some sort of injury coming into this fight. Posting a screenshot taken from one of the pre fight interviews which is circulating online, he is having a swollen knuckle.

I would not give 50/50 chance in fight between two guys with one of them beating the other one three times before, and it was TKO two times.  
It's clear to everyone who the favorite is in this fight, but surprises can always happen.

I dont think his problem was pressure, his problem is Pereira, that is why he lost so many times against him.
Pereira fighting style is kryptonite for Adesanya, and only chance he can have is in case if Pereira gets injured before or during the fight.
I hope I am wrong and he is going to give his best but I dont think it will be enough to beat this guy.

We all saw what happened when he tried doing that with Jan Błachowicz  
He likes taking risks, but repeating this against Pereira would be like suicide.

This are my bets for this event main card:
Alex Pereira by decision.
Gilbert Burns, fight wont go to distance.
Adrian Yanez
Kevin Holland
Christian Rodriguez, but this can go eaither way.
Chris Curtis

my predictions for some of today's fights, I still don't know if I'll make multibet or single bets, but looking at the odds values, a multibet bet would be more advantageous

Alex Pereira - Israel Adesanya

perreira who since entering MMA has only lost once and then had 7 wins, he comes to this fight very motivated because in a previous fight he beat Adesanya, although past data are no guarantees that in the future things will turn out the same way , but in this case of this fight if Adesanya is fighting for revenge and fear of losing then at some point he will be mentally unbalanced and pear will be able to take advantage of that to attack and win this fight, the bookmakers are giving advantage to Adesanya, but the difference in odds between the two fighters is not very big, which means that a very balanced fight is foreseen and with only a small advantage of Adesanya on paper

Raul Rosas Jr - Christian Rodriguez

Raul Rosas Jr is a very young fighter in terms of age, he is only 18 years old, and has little time as a professional athlete, but of the 7 fights he had as a professional athlete he won all the fights, while his opponent Christian Rodriguez he is 25 years old and has 9 fights in which he won 8 and lost a fight, looking at these data we realize that the two fighters do not have big differences, but I think that Raul Rosas is younger and even if he has fewer fights than his opponent, Raul Rosas won this fight

After Adesanya's loss to Alex Pereira, Adesanya is even further away from claiming the title and he must try to win in his next bout to stand a chance at winning.
In the match a few days ago I was also surprised by the defeat suffered by Adesanya because in 4 rounds Adesanya dominated the fight and even Adesanya almost got a TKO victory in the first rendition.
I'm sure this battle left many people amazed and couldn't believe it when Adesanya lost and many bettors must have lost because the result of the fight between Adesanya and Pereira ended in a very unexpected Pereira victory.

And then they are also saying lots of fighters in the middleweight who could beat Pereira easily with thier wrestling.

If Adensanya loses again, he may not get any title shot anytime soon and he would have to climb up again to that next division. And then those contenders in that division will look at how he fought against Jan Blacko. Bigger and meaner fighters are up there which Pereira really belongs to. It was said that he gained more than 20 lbs the next day during the fight with Izzy.

Once Izzy wins there will be another after it.

Heard some words swirling around that Adesanya trained a lot in wrestling coming into the event.  I'm not sure if it's a wise move as Pereira is a huge heavy guy.  Adesanya will prolly gas himself out early if he tries to take Pereira down but won't take him on the ground.  He could use the wrestling late in the match tho and avoid having the R5 moment of the first fight happening again.  Lol.

Weigh in vid and weigh in results below...  Enjoy.

UFC 287:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVFhVV2DNyc

Champ Alex Pereira (185) vs Israel Adesanya (184.5) – for middleweight title
Gilbert Burns (170) vs Jorge Masvidal (171)
Rob Font (135) vs Adrian Yanez (135.5)
Kevin Holland (170.5) vs Santiago Ponzinibbio (171)
Christian Rodriguez (137)* vs Raul Rosas Jr. (135)
Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs Chris Curtis (186)
Luana Pinheiro (115.5) vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez (116)
Chase Sherman (249.5) vs Karl Williams (241)
Gerald Meerschaert (185.5) vs Joe Pyfer (185.5)
Cynthia Calvillo (116) vs Loopy Godinez (115.5)
Ignacio Bahamondes (159.5) vs Trey Ogden (159.5)
Steve Garcia (145.5) vs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke (146)
Jaqueline Amorim (115.5) vs Sam Hughes (116)

Look at that Curve actually I really love the Asian kind of gal and Michelle Waterson has the beauty and the body you can not look around for someone at all, well thanks for sharing this and this picture was really Hot! You will never be going to make mistakes about her, but I really wish she wins this fight it is really unpredictable Luana Pinheiro might have a decent record, and got that submission moves that likely weakness to strikers but Waterson still has those grappling hold as well that is why this fight will be unpredictable, but I got my pick on the Karate Hottie if she can block those locks and make the ground her game she can surely win this,


Good Analysis I think I will look at my picks again if I got them correctly upon reading your thoughts I realize 1 thing Ponzinibbio is a great striker as well and Holland could have a hard time on him, and yeah this is a close fight for sure, but if Kevin Holland can show a different game inside the ring maybe he can have a war with Ponzinibbio but it is likely a close match, While Raul Rosas Jr. is a decent young athlete even though the odd is on him he can not underestimate Christian Rodriguez but I got my trust on Rosas on this fight,


We got almost the same full picks Except for Michelle Waterson and it is really crazy there are so many fights that are in here that I want to topic but yeah Izzy is going to be aggressive in this fight so I am worried as well he might get too aggressive that he might be more open to Alex Pereira's strikes that is what I am scared about this, and Alex Pereira likes that he likes Izzy to be constantly shooting those jabs, but I know he surely got his trump card for this,

I think this is first or rare case when we see Izzy so concentrated or worried about the fight. Previously he always tried to taunt his opponents, make laught of them, get in their head. Now he is very focused.

I am more interested in Burns vs Masvidal fight (because I have placed a bet lol ). Masvidal has been in fighting for like 15 years already. His isnt as strong as used to be. Burns might get him in exchange. How ever Masvidal is good at wrestling also. Usman did not really control him on the ground. Masvidal has huge tank. Covington did not look superior with his unlimited stamina. And Burns isnt good at defending from strikes. He prefer to eat punch and counter rather than avoid damage.

Once again, I'm worried for Izzy. However, I do think the pressure is largely off. He's already lost his belt, and now it's all about proving it to himself. He's definitely the better fighter in terms of technical fighting, but he seems to not be able to avoid the power of Alex Pereira. Honestly, odds of 1.70 for Izzy are nice, and the decision win for him is even nicer. So, I might put that on my betting slip just for fun, as I can see that happening. I don't see Izzy knocking out Alex, even though in the most recent fight he did stun Alex.

The thing is, I worry when Alex gets close, and closes the distance. As soon as he did that, Izzy was worried, and it only took a few seconds to get him out of there as soon as he managed to close the distance. I'm wondering whether Izzy has learned from that, and will put on more of a hit, and move sort of fight style this time around.

Here's my predictions:

Israel Adesanya by decision
Gilbert Burns by which ever way he wants
Adrian Yanez
Kevin Holland
Raul Rosas Jr.
Chris Curtis
Luana Pinheiro
Gerald Meerschaert
Lupita Godinez
Ignacio Bahamondes
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
Jaqueline Amorim

I am indeed excited and curious about what may happen with this fight but here are my prediction and pick for the upcoming fight for the UFC 287

Alex Pereira (+115) VS Israel Adesanya (-135)

For me, this is one of the most awaited fights in this event, and no wonder because these two have a history in their kickboxing career, Where Alex Pereira won those two matches, and history has repeated itself in the MMA rules where Alex Pereira Knocks out Adesanya in what I see Alex Pereira is forcing Adesanya to keep the pace and just aggressively following Adesanya when Adesanya decided to back up this really force Adesanya to always throw a jab, but I think Adesanya's game plan this time is going to be wrestling and he going to drown Alex in his wrestling game, so I would go with Israel Adesanya,
 
Gilbert Burns (-475) VS Jorge Masvidal (+350)

Now, I don't really know Masvidal's style going to Burns for me Gilbert Burns is like a wall if Jorge Masvidal goes to him he would likely get hurt that is what I see well because Jorge Masvidal's age and focus and because he said he would likely retire when he losses in this match, that is why I don't see Masvidal getting focus with their fight, but Masvidal can likely win this if he is still younger because he got a decent takedown defense, but for me, I will go with Gilbert Burns.

Kevin Holland (-260) VS Santiago Ponzinibbio (+210)

This is one great match to watch in my opinion this will be one of the best striking matches to watch because both fighters are knockout artists, but I can see Holland as a great technical striker than Ponzinibbio, for sure that is why this could be a good fight to watch but maybe Holland can mixed up his attack to Santiago, so my pick is Kevin Holland,

Raul Rosas Jr. (-260) VS Christian Rodriguez (+210)

Now, this 18-year-old is surely the favorite and he is still going to be great going forward and getting his age mature, surely Raul Rosas Jr. is one of that kids that has a bright future in the MMA even though if he losses a fight he will just return for more and even stronger than before, for me Raul Rosas Jr. is a great grappler so man Christian Rodriguez might get a chance on 1st but Rosas will surely get on this one and will find a way to capitalized on Rodriguez,

He did not take it on another level, I reckon. If he really wanted to take it on another level, he would walk like a dog and ask his coach put a chain attached to his dog collar to walk him to the stage and bark at uncle Dana and everyone hehehehe. However, I agree with you. I am also with team Izzy.

@YuginKadoya. We have another sexy fighting kitten.


Karate Hottie Michelle Waterson

I think this is the VIDEO where after the fight of Tyson Fury to Dillian Whyte, Fury then calls out Francis Ngannou that is also on top of the ring and there they have said that they are going to fight in a special match and Ngannou have talked about the UFC gloves that will likely be using, but because of lack of promotion this fight is not yet secured to happen, I Francis Ngannou should search a great promoter on his team, because time is of the essence and Francis Ngannou needs to do something about his abssence in the sports of figting because surely his fans will surely forget abut him,


For me, Adesanya will win this no matter what if Israel Adesanya will likely lose this 1 well this loss will likely shake Adesanya in his core, it is for sure, and will likely retire in his passion, and Alex Pereira will likely become Izzy's Boogey Man Forever,

And yes if he losses this he will surely become full-time to his youtube channel and could likely be setting up a new career for him or maybe cooking with Adesanya title of a program, will be great,

No he wont retire if he loses this fight, he is only 33 years old and he still has few tricks left in his sleeve.
Worst case scenario he could take a break put some weight, more training and he could try to go up in higher division again.
I don't think any other fighter except Pereira could beat Adesanya in Middleweight category.



This guys looked very serious at faceoff!

Best bet for me in this fight is that fight will go to distance, with decent odds:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/mma/ufc/ufc-287-pereira-vs-adesanya-2/pereira-alex-vs-adesanya-israel-63d5ca45f97191696d82b3db

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