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Maybe bookmakers are wrong again with giving so much advantage to Adesanya.
We all know that Pereira was better than Adesanya even outside UFC competition, and I think it will be extremely hard for this to change now.
Pereira is going to be even better in MMA and he is going to play mind games with Izzy again, but I expect to see good fight.
I don't know who is going to win but I see good value in betting on Pereira again.

This is his last chance, and even if he wins they will have to fight again for third time, or maybe some new fighter steps in and mess up their plans.  

Jon jones is a great fighter who won the UFC heavyweight title and is considered the greatest fighter of all time.
This fighter became a lot of question marks for all his fans but all the confusion about Jon Jones disappeared by itself when he managed to hold the championship belt.
We don't know what was Jon Jones' way of thinking to use some illegal drugs which could have destroyed his career as a great fighter but I myself would not be surprised if there were several famous athletes who used illegal drugs.

Because he has deleted them. But we all know that what gets into the internet, stays there forever. Open my link and scroll down to first screenshot. Or Google "Jon Jones twitter" and switch to news.

I think he was drunk, and returned or starting to return to life he had - when he could party for days, have a party in a day before fight, train minimum and win only due to natural talent. If we now have old Jon Jones, then we might not see him in octagon for years again.

Adesanya's desire for a rematch is understandable, he wants to return everything as it was, he wants to regain the championship that he has kept for so long.

Yes, Pereira has become a stumbling block for Izzy, an inconvenient opponent who is impossible to defeat. I think Adesanya has a lot of experience to defeat Pereira, it is important for him not to lose faith in his strength. Pereira is also not a weak opponent, we were convinced of this.

the most unbelievable part of this story is that, in addition to being 41 years old, she still intends to continue fighting, maybe this was the time for the UFC directors to put a maximum age limit in which fighters should retire because a person's body, over time, As age gets old, now let's imagine how a person who has been punched and kicked for years even at 41 wants to continue being punched and kicked when he gets older?

From what I saw on Portuguese news channels, her contract was renewed for 6 fights, that means she has 5 more fights, probably after these 5 fights he will have to retire, I don't see Dana White renewing another one contract after this current contract of hers ends. maybe we'll also see women's exhibition fights after she retires, so far I've only seen male fighters who have already retired participating in exhibition fights, I still haven't seen women's exhibition fights, could it be that the reason is because women's fights retired women will not attract people's attention?


From what I see these numbers seem to be ignored by most people, I see the bookmakers giving Adesanya an advantage once again in the fight against Perreira, it looks like Perreira is winning by luck when it doesn't seem true to me, the numbers are being ignored by everyone, even the commentators on the youtube channels I've been watching just keep talking about Adesanya as if perreira won by luck, I wonder why this has happened, if Adesanya wins in this fight everyone will put him as better and they will ignore all his defeats against perreira, but if perreira wins they will minimize his victory


Strange that I'm not seeing anything unusual:

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It looks like he hasnt made much conclusions, as he still thinks he is better striker (but he only admitted that Pereira loads heavy punches) in his latest interview. That is really sad, when you talk that you are better and lose 3 times. Even if Adesanya wins, it will still be 3-1. He needs to win at least twice to put an end in their competitions.

Adesanyas problem is that he is to much confident. It does not matter that he was beating Pereira for 3 or 5 rounds when he got knocked out. Remember, Usman was beating Edwards also for many rounds and got KOed. Many though that this was just a luck and in their third fight Usman will revenge. But he lost by UD.

Jon Jones has gone crazy again - Jon Jones' series of cryptic tweets leave MMA fans puzzled and speculating. What is this ? Drugs? Alco? Went cuckoo after all those punches to the head?

Augusto Sakai is now released from UFC. He can be knows for wins over Marcin Tybura and Andrei Arlovski. Even though Sakai has won his last fight after 4 straight losses, he is now a free agent.

Marvin Vettori landed 2 sucker punches during brawl in boxing tournament in Italy. I did not like Vettori, but now I did not like him even more.

Adesanya was good during the fight, but he did not have enough vigilance in the last round, he must draw conclusions, especially since I know that he knows how to analyze fights, this should help him do the work on the mistakes. On the other hand, Pereira realizes that he can catch Adesanya with quick attacks. I don’t know what awaits us in the return battle, but if Adesanya loses again, it can break him.

Bookies also dont think that Pereira is a big champion, as odds are in favour for Adesanya. However, we do not know what Pereira is going to show this weekend. He does not stop improving. We might expect to see heavy strikes again, when he could surprise us with BJJ. He did have a brown belt after all plus he is Brazilian

But if Pereira wins, he can be called a true kryptonite for Adesanya. It will be a fourth win. A think it will be a huge disaster for Izzy. I mean he knows what his opponent is going to do, he has already fought him, he was leading all the time, but all of a sudden Pereira pulls out something all the time and wins.

Yup! Adesanya was really winning it, but yeah Pereira just got a great determination in getting back and winning the fight, I really think the dude doesn't need a tune-up and getting back his confidence, seeing that he is now in good shape with his training and all I really think Izzy is ready,

Well the whole Adesanya Gassing out was all theatrics, they have put that on Izzy even though he said he was OK breathing I don't know what is true but it was his word and I think that is his body saying it, here is the Video interview on Izzy

I hate Jorge Masvidal,


The Judge was really upset for Cory Sandhagen because it should be a majority win for him, I do like Marlon Vera, but this is a true win for Cory Sandhagen, no doubt about that, now he is doing wrestling takedowns, and Cory Sandhagen just made 12 takedowns was 3 of it was a success, and because of that instant take downs, Marlon Vera's technique was shut close, it was a clear win for Sandhagen,

But Adesanya isn't a wrestler, so there's no way Adesanya pulls the fight to the ground. I think the fight will goes distance and Pereira will win again, Adesanya need to be more slick to avoid getting a lot punches by Pereira, this could make Adesanya win via decision.

Pereira is the underdog here, so I will not want to miss this moment. Maybe this fight will be end up like Edwards vs Usman, where Usman was still lost even he's better than previous.

Isreal Adasenya - Perreria match, yes, the match of my favorite duo. In kickboxing matches, they leave their struggles behind and fight in a cage. Perreria cornered Adasenya with hard hits and could not respond. Physically, Adasenya remains thinner. I remember his shocking hits before the end of the first round, but they are not as explosive as Perreria's. If this fight survives, I assume Adasenya will lose again. If adasenya pulls the fight to the ground then he might have a better chance.

Cory Sandhagen did win by split decision but it was real even fight much diffrent than bookies showed it, and Vera had his chances.
I was happy with most of my other UFC predictions but I failed beting Vera simply because win on him had much better odds.
This week there is no UFC event so we can focus more on news and other MMA competitions, and boxing events.

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Lol did you watch the first match?  No tune up needed.  Adesanya was ahead in most of rounds and was on his way to winning the match if not for the misstep he had at the last round.  So rematch is better imho.

And it might not have shown but there are some folks saying that Adesanya was getting tired.  But dunno...  Gotta watch the fight again.

Masvidal isn't as good as most of everyone likes to believe.  Edwards will eat him alive.  And it's the other way around.  It's Edwards who wants to get his hands on Masvidal.

Whoa! we will not have a fight this week, it is a bummer but I guess it is a great rest for bettors and for the fighters of UFC they will be having more time to prepare for their fight and now that Israel Adesanya's ace card was shown to the public and it is clear in the open Alex Pereira really knows his plan, and if he's not going to exploit it that wrestling game of Adesanya will surely get him, with that wrestling game and if Alex Pereira's takedown defense is not enhanced then he will be in trouble, I am surely panning on Gilbert Burns, maybe Rob Font, Raul Rosas Jr., Santiago Ponzinibbio, Li Jingliang, and Michelle Waterson, but surely this could change when I post my picks,


Her training with wrestling has proven that it strengthens her lower body parts it not only gives her stamina but including to strengthening the knees, for sure, Holly Holm is a different fighter now, but surely at  41 I think she will eventually retire soon, maybe another fight or another lost then she will surely hang off her gloves,


The question here is does Israel Adesanya really OK, not physically but mentally OK I really don't know if he is in good shape mentally I really think that the ghost is still haunting him back in his loss with their kickboxing match and now with the MMA match, I really don't know if he already flushes all of those Negative thoughts about Alex Pereira, I think it still haunts him in his sleep, I just wish he is properly OK with it,

I would have preferred Adesanya to have a tune-up as well to revive his confidence. Pereira may not have the best wrestling skills and background but it is the same with Adensanya who's only a little better. This is more like a psychological battle for Adesanya. I have no idea why he did the rematch immediately. Pereira will be more confident in the octagon this time while Adesanya after suffering another stoppage will have less confidence and might run the entire fight. I see a one-sided fight, Periera will either win another stoppage or a unanimous decision if Adesanya will be cautious and defensive the entire fight.

Meanwhile, Masvidal cannot wait to put his hands on Edwards. As if he can get past Durinho. Masvidal only fights once every year now and lost 3 times in a row and this will be his 4th.

Adesanya will try to prove in the rematch that the defeat was accidental, if I may say so, but this time his waiting strategy will be inappropriate as he needs a convincing victory. Pereira is something of a phenomenon for Adesanya, an uncomfortable opponent. Maybe Adesanya is in too much of a rush to get this rematch, maybe he should have fought a few more fights to regain his confidence, but instead he is sure that he should be Pereira's next opponent.

I don't really think Pereira is a big champion and he's more likely to be beaten by someone who's good at wrestling, but he says he doesn't mind fighting Adesanya again, he's beaten him many times and he has good confidence about this fight.

She was not the underdog hehe. The odds on her were very small and very risky to bet considering that she is presently 41 years old. However, she has shown that she fights similar to when she was only 35 years old hehe. Her knees are still strong and they did not yet lose the bounce in movement. In the sport of boxing, the weakening of the knees was very noticeable in Manny Pacquiao's career.

UFC 287



Date: April 9, 2023
Main Card: SUN, APR 9 / 5:00 AM GMT+3
Prelims: SUN, APR 9 / 3:30 AM GMT+3
Early Prelims: SUN, APR 9 / 1:00 AM GMT+3

Venue: Miami-Dade Arena

Main card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya
Welterweight: Gilbert Burns vs. Jorge Masvidal            
Bantamweight: Rob Font vs. Adrian Yanez            
Welterweight: Kevin Holland vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio            
Bantamweight: Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Christian Rodriguez         

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Middleweight: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Chris Curtis            
Welterweight: Michael Chiesa vs. Li Jingliang            
Women's Strawweight: Michelle Waterson vs. Luana Pinheiro            
Heavyweight: Chris Barnett vs. Chase Sherman

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Joe Pyfer            
Women's Strawweight: Cynthia Calvillo vs. Lupita Godinez            
Featherweight: Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs. Steve Garcia            
Women's Strawweight: Jacqueline Amorim vs. Sam Hughes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_287

Yes! Marlon Vera surely has a slow start accessing his opponent's movement and just always relies on good counters but yeah Cory Sandhagen really dominated him I think this should be a majority decision win for Sandhagen and truly the judges are not doing their job properly I really hated that Marlon Chito Vera lost but I think with this fight he has to learn the hard way to get back to what he is missing Chito Vera has a good submission record I want him to get back to that can learn from this fight but I really never expected for Cory Sandhagen to resort in wrestling he surely shown good stamina simply because of his training with wrestling and for sure a good fight against Merab Dvalishvili,

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Here are the result of my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen

Marlon Vera VS Cory Sandhagen ROUND 5 - DECISION - LOST

Because of Marlon Vera's slow start at the beginning of the rounds, Cory Sandhagen has taken this as an advantage in shooting those takedowns and dominated that starting rounds so Marlon Vera in the later rounds can not make up with the points, and surely the judges have messed the scoring because it was a split decision, for me it should be a Majority for Cory Sandhagen, and I think Sandhagen has done so much stuff here, elbows, flying knee, and his takedowns was really great,

Holly Holm VS Yana Santos ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Holly Holm was really dominant in this fight and has a takedown now it was really shocking that strength in lifting Yana Santos and slamming her to the ground was really epic, and just like what she said he is trying something new, and with new, this is an improve Holly Holm for sure adding wrestling to her game, it is surely an improved version of Holm,

Nate Landwehr VS Austin Lingo ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

It was really expected, Nate Landwehr to win but surely Austin Lingo could be unpredictable at times, but surely Nate Landwehr has given him a hard time, with that power and that strength with his takedowns and while hammering Lingo while mounting his back Lingo's mouthpiece just fall down, and so Landwehr deliver a rear naked choke just to fasten Austin Ligo to tap,

Even i did not expect Holy Holm would start taking people down in her 40s and change her fighting style, from a pure striker to a fighter who could control opponents on the ground at this age was not expected and she lost against Miesha Tate, a fight Holm was winning on the ground, only striking battle she lost was against Valentina Shevchenko and if Holy Holm can continue surprising the opponent like she did with this fight then she can get another shot at the title.