Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 183. (Read 100587 times)

I'm looking at the lines more closely right now...  And it looks like it's gonna be underdog city imho.  Those that I think could win are Zhumagulov, Hawes, Smith, Jandiroba, Clark, Gracie, Yan, Muhammad and technically Sterling is an underdog.  I lean Cejudo but not sure if put any money on it.

As far as underdogs that I might put money on are Zhumagulov at 2.60, Gracie at 2.50 and Yan at 2.65.  But of course I'm broke as my campaign monies all went to this memecoin called FARB and it's not looking good bruv.  

And the live weigh in show will start in 15 mins guys!  Get in here.

UFC 288:  Live Weigh In Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx6ALwfEXgE

Edit:  Here's Embedded episodes 3 and 4.

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinHjtONOGA

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36h2MGBKj9Y

Actually, I haven't got to see one of the videos yet, I was really bored making my picks but I am excited about the fight, haha I really don't know what is wrong with me, that is why I am watching some movies and series for the meantime,

Well, nice assessment on the Muhammad VS Burns fight yeah Gilbert Burns comes from a recent fight and it is against Jorge Masvidal, well the fight is a 5 rounder but I don't think that Burns could have some problems going the distance, but because he recently fought Jorge Masvidal, his body can surely suffer the consequences or he isn't able to finish the 5 round fight, but I am still going team Nurmagomedov here not for Muhammad but I want to see if what is new for Belal Muhammad,


Who doesn't want to retire as a champion, I really think that Henry Cejudo has already planned this from the start in getting his hand on the championship belt, and a likely Merab Dvalishvili will likely have a chance for the title shot if Henry Cejudo wins against Aljamain Sterling, that will be a perfect opportunity for him, for me, I really don't care who's going to win this as long as the fight is entertaining that is good enough for me but I am leaning for Henry Cejudo winning this fight,

I think not many people want to see Cejudo lose if he able to grab the belt from Sterling, he's not have a perfect record. It's really different with Khabib where he can still fight and just to playing safe for retire earlier.

I don't expect Cejudo will retire because AFAIK he's not making money except from fighting, he's not really that big and can earn easy money by become a brand ambassador. He will keep fight until he suffer two or more losses in a row which could make him realized if he can't compete with the new generation.

He is already 36 years old. So I would certainly think that he will actually think about retiring. It is not going to be surprising if he decides to retire as a champ. But people would want him to defend his title. But to be honest, people who do always want to see a champion lose. People still want to see KHabib lose. People just cannot think that there is someone who can have a perfect record. People want to see the human side of these champions. Personally, I would think he will make the right decision and retire.

Is he really?  The Embedded vids how that he trains in the US with Juliana Pena and a couple of other guys who look familiar.  I gotta look than one up.  And I'd like to point out that it's a 5 rounder.    So that prolly favors Muhammad more than Burns.  And remember, Burns just fought a couple or so weeks ago and he's going through another weight cut?  That has to take some toll on his body.  Don't think Burns will last the whole 25 mins with how Muhammad fights.  Dunno...  Don't bet on it, been losing these past weeks.  Wish I could get in a campaign that pays more so I could have some BTC left for memecoins.  Lolol.

Here's the vid for the pre fight press conference which will be live in around 7 hours.  Should be good!  Enjoy.

UFC 288:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF36NAkKq0U

I think I will be backing Belal Muhammad this time and right now he is with team Khabib Nurmagomedov now I really think he can stand a chance against Gilbert Burns I only wish his power would skyrocket this time he really needs those Dagestan wrestling techniques, but I think Coach Khabib will surely help him in this fight and teach him the right ways to handle Gilbert Burns and Khamzat Chimaev have shown some pattern on how to defeat Burns but Belal And Khamzat have different style and technique but they will rely mostly on all of Gilbert Burns previous fights,


No Doubt that Khabib Nurmagomedov is the GOAT all of that hard work was really legit which is why many idolize him even non-muslim respected him for me seeing him in action was pure entertainment for me, and I think a lot will surely approved,

But in a video or pictures that have seen Khabib walking out with a Ukrainian Flag it true some sources have said that Abdulmanap served in the Ukrainian military and even won several tournaments in judo and combat sambo in the country Abdulmanap Nurmagomenodov also finish his school in Ukraine, he has a long history in Ukraine, and he is wearing the flag when the war was not erupted yet, so I think this is understandable,

Yeap, Jon Jones is perfect example that discipline isnt enough to be the best. Imho it is more either you are unique or not. Like people who eat junk and still are shredded, and people who train, have discipline and still get fatty (like Khabib btw).

Question to everyone - if Tripple C wins the belt, do you think he would keep on fighting more, have defences, or this is sort of preparation for farewell fight? To retire like a champ.

^He was certainly the best pound for pound fighter that was ever there in the UFC. I certainly did not know that he actually fought under the Ukrainian flag. Especially that is hard to believe when we know that after the Conor McGregor fight Putin actually congratulated him personally.

Anyway, he was certainly one of the most ruthless and greatest fighters of all time. I agree with you that only being disciplined is not enough for a lot of fighters. But one thing that a lot of the fighters cannot actually get right is the discipline part. I am quite sure that we all know how good John Jones is. But we will probably agree that if he will more disciplined he would have been a much better fighter.

Khabib was way disciplined than any UFC fighter. This man was only Alah, Train, Alah, Train. He wasn't chasing girls, he wasn't having fun, all he was doing was training and training and keep in mind that he comes from Dagestan, from mountains.

I hope you don't actually believe that clomiphene and letrozole got into his body from counter cialis pills, he said it with Joe Rogan and everyone knows that it's a joke, these drugs are used for post-cycle therapy to restart your HTPA and start your own natural testosterone production. He doesn't need mass, mass is a disadvantage, all he needs is strength, power, endurance, speed and Turinabol is an ideal steroid for that purposes without gaining additional mass.

They aren't on cycles forever, they stay on cycle for a while, they cycle off, etc. So, if one is young and isn't very unlucky, he won't have a need of TRT for the rest of his life.

Just dropping by to get these vids in itt.  I've been watching me some Embedded again after skipping them mosty in the prior PPV events.  It isn't just as entertaining as it used to...  But with Cejudo back, I'm taking a peek.

Any of you guys backing Muhammad this weekend?  I was thinking Burns last week but I just find it hard to fade Muhammad.  I think he'll have the right game plan just as he did vs Thompson, Sean Brady and Luque.  :/  The line is a close to a coin flip now but could move towards Muhammad's favor imho.

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zghSGJywW5g

UFC 288:  Embedded Vlog Series 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDnvuzHhm9g

UFC Free Fight:  Muhammad vs Brady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtUfxXUjvbE

UFC Free Fight:  Burns vs Masvidal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp-Ydp8zT80

I believe that too because the man has merit and honor he won't just put it in jeopardy by using those illegal substances. Also when you know his reasons for not getting in the ring to fight again and his reasons for not going into the fight with his best friend, you will be certain that Khabib is truthful and different from the other UFC fighters. He is not just thinking for himself the man is not selfish because he also thinking about his friends and his family. Now that Diaz told everyone is using steroids in the UFC we don't really that amazed anymore if we see the fighters doing the impossible things because we already know what's happening except for the few fighters that are clean of course.

And clearly, he got a dad bod for me if proven that a fighter would be using some kind of enhancing drug on them then I think the UFC will know about it and fighters will surely go under some kind of test before the fight so they will surely know if Jon Jones and every fighter would be using some drug-related enhancer or something and right now there are no reports or what so ever that pop up that Jon Jones used something,


Francis Ngannou thought that he is still worth big at the moment he never knew the consequence of letting go of the UFC without further back up about it, this is truly sad because he doesn't have any backup plan at all, whoever said to Ngannou that there is bright future for him outside the UFC is surely wrong and right now Conor McGregor is right Francis Ngannou destroys his own career,


Khabib has a strong faith in the Muslim religion this is really great about Muslims they have that eagerness to follow Allah, which is why I also believe that Khabib Nurmagomenodov and other Muslim faith religion doesn't use steroids and other stuff even though they are saying that Islam Makhachev have used some kind of enhanced drug, I surely don't believe such things for Khabib Nurmagomedov's strength comes from himself and training to that bear when he was little, it is all hard work,

Being disciplined is not enough. There are thousands of fighters who are disciplined, but never succeed. I think the roots of his success and talent is in his father only. He has taught Khabib to be persistent in everything.

You know, one of the problems why fighters arent successful is lack of experience. They can be disciplined, never miss a training, give 200% of themselves during trainings and etc. But they have only few professional fights. In one of the interview, Khabib father told, that a professional fighter must always have a schedule for next 10 fights. Fighter must not only train, but always fight. If there is no fights in your city, region or country - fly or drive somewhere to fight. Dont wait for a competition/event in your country, travel and search for fights. Khabib was like that. When he was an amateur, he had a schedule for next half a year where he will fight.

Do you know that Khabib fought under Ukraine flag, because there were no or few events in their country or nearby, and the quota for Dagestani fighters were already filled ?

^KHabib was surely never on any kind of steroids. Anyone in the UFC could be on steroids. But not Habib if there was only one legit person in the UFC it was Khabib. I absolutely do not believe that he ever used any performance-enhancing drugs.

The punishment is also certainly very weak in the UFC. The punishment has to be a lot more severe. Otherwise, people are actually not going to stop doing steroids. I was actually very surprised when I heard then a white saying that Jon Jones was actually caught taking performance-enhancing drugs but it was very small in terms of its amount. It doesn't matter if it was a lot or not. He should have been punished a lot more severely compared to what he was."


^I honestly believe there was no one in the combat sports actually more disciplined than Khabib. There was nothing to his life other than training and praying. I have seen some videos of him trying to cut wet. It was very difficult for him. But he did that anyway. And we all know he has been wrestling bears since a young age. So it is not hard to understand why he is so good at his craft.

It is not a secret than Jon Jones likes to party and the first thing that was popped was benzoylecgonine which was a byproduct of cocaine. Second time popped for clomiphene and letrozole from a contaminated out of counter cialis pill and the third time for Turinabol and the levels that were in his system has no performance enhancing capabilities as per the USADA and now the rules have changed for certain levels because some of the athletes are getting punished for accidental dosage which have no enhancing capabilities from food and out of counter medicines. So you cannot really claim that Jon Jones was on steroid because he was never a muscular fighter rather he wins because of his talents.

If someone is doping for this long then he will be having testosterone issues once he stops using PED so he needs to undergo TRT treatment and there is a reason TRT is not allowed and how the fighters who were undergoing them lost all their muscle mass like Vitor Belfort, Alistair Overeem, Rampage Jackson etc.

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OneFC backs out of Francis Ngannou deal as he was not ready for a $20 million deal with them and reports are coming out that he wanted a position in the board of directors  .

He is getting irrelevant just like Francis Ngannou and he surely needs to do something about it, and for that to be irrelevant again, he chooses the fighter that no one wants to face, and that is Khamzat Chimaev, for me this is pretty much dangerous fight for Kamaru Usman Career if Khamzat Chimaev will be interested in him, but I think Chimaev will start aiming at big fights for now, and a 2 losing streak fighter, Kamaru Usman is on the verge of killing his career if he does this, well this is what I think for now, Usman is in big trouble now,


Many sure believe that Cejudo is still got it, and against Sterling, Henry Cejudo might have known something from Sterling to return and to fight him, and because Henry Cejudo is likely training the likes of Demetrious Johnson, that wins against Adriano Moraes, Zhang Weili that won against Carla Esparza, and Jon Jones that won against Ciryl Gane, so for this superstars, Sterling is a readable opponent for Cejudo,

While Belal Muhammad is training under Khabib Nurmagomedov when Belal Muhammad is talking about his training with Khabib it is tremendously hard for him because in Khabib's camp is a monster and he changes his mindset while on that camp, for me Gilbert Burns is great but Belal Muhammad training in Nurmagomedov's camp you can not set that aside, Belal Muhammad is a different man in his previous post,


For sure Cejudo is that guy, and whatever version of Henry Cejudo will show he can give us a great fight with Aljamain Sterling, pretty much there are

the truth is that the UFC, in addition to fights, the fighter has an image that he must preserve, being more specific when a fighter wins fights, he conquers many fans, and the fans like this fighter because he has fast punches, or is a fighter with strong punches, or being a fighter with good martial arts, or being a fighter that in the octagon does things that irritate the opponent, but something specific makes the fans like this fighter and as a consequence this fighter becomes very popular, wins a lot media attention, it gets a lot of sponsors, obviously it gets attention from Dana White who is a very critical president

Now imagine this fighter who won many fights, everyone considers him strong, and news appears that he is using steroids, the fighter is banned for 2 years, this will make the fighter lose everything, in 2 years he will lose sponsorships, fans , you will lose all attention from Dana White who may not call you for a fight anymore. this fighter loses a lot, that's why even if it seems that the punishment is small, in practice they are not small punishments, and in the long term the fighters will not use steroids anymore because they will be afraid of being caught and banned and losing everything

Playing stand up vs Cejudo could prove detrimental for Sterlng as Cejudo has the power and is the more explosive guy.  I think the best match to watch to somehow gauge Cejudo and how he might fare against Sterling is Cejudo's match up vs Dominick Cruz.  Cruz is an unorthodox striker just like Sterling and was also a collegiate wrestler, again like Sterling.

https://www.mma-core.com/videos/Henry_Cejudo_vs_Dominick_Cruz_Full_Fight_UFC_249_Part_I/10352059

So yeah, it all depends what kind of Cejudo shows up in the cage.  If it's the prime Cejudo then he's gonna finish Sterling imho.


I think it's a good match up for both.  Usman will be a good litmus test for Chimaev and if Chimaev gets the W then we def now know he's good to go for a title shot.  On the other hand if Usman wins his stock goes back up again.  And the fight would be a banger.  

Imho Khabib trick was a combination of talent and ability to cut weight. It is not a secret that every fighter is bigger on a fight day than he was during weight ins. But Khabib was always heavier than most of the fighters. I think that because cutting weigh was always difficult for him. As to talent, everyone are talented in UFC, otherwise they would have been on amateur level forever. But I agree that he has perfect discipline. A mix of talent, discipline and proper coach is what makes fighter a champion.

I genuinely believe that Khabib has never been on steroids, I believe he is 100% natural. The dedication and the mentality he had, the area where he grew, his childhood, he is just a natural talent with enormous discipline. Other UFC fighters are more likely on Steroids, I would confidently say that 99.9% of them would cheat at some point in their life, including PEDs, HIV Hydration or some other kind of indirect performance enhancers that are not so known or used specifically for performance.

And the punishment is really, really weak. The permanent advantage it gives to fighters far outweighs the months or 2-4 years suspension. But Dana White loves money so much and enhanced fighters can make so good match, I bet he wants 0 punishment but he has no choice.