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I started having doubts when I saw Jon Jones body and I thought he has the worst out of them but he proved that you do not need to look ripped to be able to become champion and he proved that you can go a long time out of competing come back and win a belt. I think Conor tried to do that and failed but the goat Jon Jones was able to secure it easily. I think he is the true goat of the sport and it is a shame that Khabib and Jones was not the same weight class because I think it would be a fun fight.

It's a decent Fight Night card with lots of familiar names for the regs of this thread.    Some of them are really close matches tho, so making a parlay could be harder than UFC 285.  I think lots of parlays were hitting at 285 if they managed to avoid putting Shev in them.  She's the pie shtter of the event.  Would've won three tickets if not for her.  :/

Anyway, this next one is tough but I'll still be making a my greasy lottery ticket nevertheless.  Lol.  GL to all your picks.  And congrats to the winners of 285.

John Jones was supposed to win this fight. I think a lot of people good already expect that by just watching the physique of both fighters. The fight was a good one. John Jones was the deserving winner of this fight. At some times in the fight, it did feel like John Jones was actually fighting against an easy opponent. But that's just his class which is above many fighters even at the top level of MMA.

Rakhmonov is actually showing great potential to actually be one of the best in the fighting business. A great record of 17-0 so far. If he can be persistent with his hard work he will probably get closer to Khabib Nurmagomedov's record.

I'll probably be having a break in terms of betting, the events coming up don't particularly take my fancy. I'll still get some predictions out. Obviously, the next big event for me would be Izzy vs Alex again. Izzy has some value there too, considering he was winning their last fight up until literally the final moments .

While, I might not be a massive fan of Gane, I've got to give him credit here. That's the best possible way to welcome back Jon Jones into the UFC. I thought that was quite funny, especially since Jon Jones is known to commit quite a lot of fouls himself.

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili



Date: March 12, 2023
Main Card: SUN, MAR 12 / 1:00 AM GMT+2
Prelims: SAT, MAR 11 / 10:00 PM GMT+2

Venue: The Theater at Virgin Hotels

Main card (ESPN+)
Bantamweight: Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili            
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov vs. Alexander Romanov            
Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo            
Bantamweight: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Jonathan Martinez            
Light Heavyweight: Vitor Petrino vs. Anton Turkalj         

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Heavyweight: Karl Williams vs. Łukasz Brzeski            
Bantamweight: Raphael Assunção vs. Davey Grant            
Middleweight: Sedriques Dumas vs. Josh Fremd            
Bantamweight: Mario Bautista vs. Guido Cannetti            
Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski vs. JJ Aldrich            
Bantamweight: Victor Henry vs. Tony Gravely            
Flyweight: Tyson Nam vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva            
Welterweight: Carlston Harris vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Yan_vs._Dvalishvili

The fight was really shocking indeed, and like I have said I wasn't expecting that to happen to me Jon Jones just got the experience and the power for that Guillotine choke because Ciryl Gane didn't struggle but tapped so fast and after that, you can see from Gane's face that he was in utter disbelief in what has happened for me it was a stunning performance for Jon Jones in getting knowledge in any kind of position he can surely submit any opponent he faced, he is like a heavyweight Khabib for me, and Ciryl Gane because of the low knowledge and experience with wrestling he doesn't have any answer to what Jones is doing while they are on the fence, but for you, I think you have expected to see some stand-up action but instead have gotten a fast submission of only 2 mins, but for me, it was really enough to say that Jon Jones really is the champion,


Congrats on our win over Alexa Grasso, that was a huge profit indeed, and sorry for your parlay that Viviane Araujo has broken, surely if I would make that Parley on this event my Parley will be destroyed by Jon Jones and Da'Mon Blackshear because I went for Amanda Ribas, but that was a huge win for Alexa Grasso, and going with her because I just got the feeling that she will pull an upset, even though Valentina Shevchenko always say that she had prepared for this fight I feel that she slacked off and underestimated Grasso that much, but surely that rematch will surely be a great thing for Alexa Grasso and to give her more confidence in her self because right now she was very humble that despite she is dominant with the stand-up, Well Alexa Grasso was really really humble, And no one has notice her at all, I think she surely needed to win in that rematch,

This is actually how it looked in complete view.

It hurts so damn bad, that could've been my biggest parlay win in my whole life. 

Well, I am trying to just forget it. Besides, I have some good wins in the Alexa Grasso fight and Jon Jones.


Both fighters won by submission and almost in the same style. It's amazing how that happens considering this is mixed martial arts and they could've won it in different styles.
Huge return from Jones, and then Grasso can celebrate now but she has to prepare again as Shevchenko already said she wants the rematch as fast as possible.

As soon as Jon Jones returned, he had a belt around his waist. It was already empty in the belt. Cirl showed Gane so easily that he did takedown and guillotine choke in two minutes and made Gane adore him. I don't know why Gane didn't try at all. I was hoping to watch a good match. In general, most of the matches ended in submission. Heavyweight doesn't seem as fun to me anymore, or we haven't had a decent matchup lately. One side is always superior, yes that means heavyweight, but a little reciprocal fight is more satisfying for the audience.

He needs to be big and build up for this because this is the heavyweight if he is still weight as a light heavyweight his wrestling will not be effective against Gane, Surely after the fight, Ciryl Gane has already noticed what is wrong he had done, and this is not exploding more and there are a lot of openings and he doesn't capitalize on that he is dominant when it comes to striking but because Jon Jones is quite familiar with wrestling so much even though he can not get the back of Gane there are other ways to Submit him and because Ciryl Gane just have a few knowledge when it comes to wrestling that is why Jones has submitted Bon Gamin easily,

Ciryl Gane has the chance of winning this for sure, but he stops in giving pressure on Jones and always moving backward, and Ciryl Gane is like leaping backward so much like he was scared of being submitted by Jon Jones, he was scared of his wrestling, well that was it because of wrestling heavyweight division is never been the same,


Francis is way heavier than Gane so for sure he will cater a better threat than Gane, and I wish the UFC and he could just make their difference on the side, just because Ciryl Gane was weak in wrestling but he still loses against Jon Jones and a loss is a loss it goes to show how really bad Ciryl Gane with wrestling and that he was outperformed by Jon Jones, it was 2 mins faster but it feels like there is so much Ciryl Gane can do in order for him to not get submitted but because of lack of knowledge with wrestling and the less experience he has in it this has happened, But still I like Ciryl Gane as a fighter but now against a wrestler I will never look at him the same as before he never caters a different style and it was always the same like he never learns from what has happened with their fight against Francis Ngannou.

Well he gave Jon a swift kick in the bollocks. Does that count? 


You don't know how hard he's been training though. Being out of the ring for a while can be deceptive especially if you're sparring heavyweights multiple times a week and training hard every other day.



Well maybe he will have excuses or maybe he just got overwhelmed by a better fighter. Could even be both.

Jon Jones is the GOAT and I do not think this looks bad on Gane. I thought it would be more competitive but Jon Jones beat people easily when he was in the ufc 3 years ago. Gane will bounce back and will probably get a chance to take the belt from him and hopefully learns how to wrestle. There is no 1 else in the heavyweight division to challenge Jones so we need Gane to do his best to try and challenge him.

I am disappointed with Jones vs Gane fight. I think I did not have enough of it. 2 minutes and it is over. This was too easy for Bones. It only showed that you can slack for years, get in the ring and win. I would say that this fight showed that Gane is way too weak against wrestling, isnt prepared, perhaps overestimated. This fight did not show that Jones is the greatest, or how some people say: "the greatest fighter of all time". If this was Ngannou in the ring, we would have seen a completely different fight.

Jon Jones gets the submission and I do not think Gane landed a punch? I do not know if the rumors are true about him injuring his hand but he did not look like the fighter he has been the last 2 years. He accepted the takedown and then got choked. I did not think it was tight and he just tapped. I wonder if we will hear in the next day if he had any injuries because I was expecting more from him.

I was sceptical that Jon Jones could come back after so long and take on someone like Gane but it was like he never went away. It's a real shame Ngannou has gone because who else is left in the heavyweight division that will be a challenge to Jones? It looks like they're trying to set up a fight with Stipe next for Jon but if he can take out Gane that easy in the first round Stipe wont be much of a challenge either.

I saw people speculated that Gane hand was possibly injured before this fight so I expected to see Jon Jones winning this fight.
He is now heavyweight champion and Stipe Miocic is probably going to be his next opponent, unless something unexpected changes.
I am really impressed with Shavkat Rakhmonov, with perfect 17-0 record he is seriously aiming for welterweight title.

And they thought Jones will be slower this time as he has gained weight. I was one of those who think there could be an upset to which I bet my money on Gane. He is the same guy even when he looks bigger, he doesn't grab the center of the cage but prefers to be on the sides.

It's a double loss when I see Valentina be bookies' favor. With the result, I think Erin Blanchfield can defeat Valentina I guess they may be set to fight soon.

I had 2 bets on Grasso... a small one to win by submission and $16 on the win...


I feel bad that I didn't bet more on her because I was sure the odds of that submission were possible. Valentina makes a big mistake by giving her the back, Alexa didn't have to think it twice to jump on her back and make that awesome submission. It was an awesome fight, I really enjoy it. And hope to see Alexa fighting soon again, it will be hard to defend that belt.

And the way Gane was submitted was really brutal. The way Jon Jones got his opponent was unbelievable. There was no way Gane had any chance to escape from that. John Jones again proves that he is still a great fighter. His physical ability enabled him to get his opponent to the position in which he wanted. And after getting some punishment like that it was almost impossible for Gane to actually get out of that submission hold. For some reason, I feel like John John was far more ready for this fight compared to Gane.

Jon Jones before this or rather in the past he didn't have a very big body in my opinion but he had above normal resistance to the point of taking a lot of hits, getting a disfigured face but the guy kept fighting and didn't show any signs of intention to give up and in the only good opportunity he had to immobilize the opponent he took advantage and did not let the opponent until he won the fight, with his current physique it will be very difficult for someone to beat him

before this fight started I believed that Ciryl Gane would have some chance of winning the fight, but during the fight when I saw the physique and the way Jon Jones looked, I soon realized that he didn't forget his old strategy, so I told I told myself that he would win this fight and I hadn't even paid attention that the video of the fight summary had the title that he won the fight, at which point Ciryl Gane was pinned, there was nothing else he could do but give up

It was a crazy UFC 285 and I was really disappointed with the Main Event, here are the result and what I think happen about the fight,

Jon Jones VS Ciryl Gane ROUND 1 SUBMISSION - LOST

Crazy fight indeed, I never expected Ciryl Gane to still have that Mental being scared about the takedowns when he fought Francis Ngannou, or he is just respecting Jon Jones so much that when he delivers a punch he then hops back so much that Ciryl Gane is creating distance between them and with this kind of pattern I have seen that he is not really ready for a wrestler If Ciryl Gane can wrestle that would be an upgrade for him but he is not really ready for this if he could add wrestling or takedowns in his arsenal that would be a new dimension for me but it could also be a double edge sword that could hurt him, but for him to be champion incorporating it would be a great decision, I was really disappointed I though that Jon Jones underestimated Ciryl Gane but I think that Ciryl Gane was the one underestimated Jon Jones,

Valentina Shevchenko VS Alexa Grasso ROUND 4 SUBMISSION - WIN

Just like I thought the champion is overconfident and with these now I have seen that Alexa Grasso is a calculating fighter and an evolving one this is the 2nd time that she wins with a submission, and with her good boxing that is dominating Shevchenko with her 1, 2, combo but that southpaw stance was just a for her to catch Shevchenko doing a spin kick, you can see her waiting for a right moment when Valentina Shevchenko is doing that spin kick, for Grasso to get her back for a rear naked choke, I was not upset with the Gane lost because Grasso has won and become the 1st female Mexican champion,

Geoff Neal VS Shavkat Rakhmonov ROUND 3 SUBMISSION - WIN

This result is really expected Shavkat Rakhmonov is a real monster, I really thought that it will be a 1st round submission but I was really sorry for Geoff Neal he can not do a thing about Shavkat Rakhmonov, even though he is able to land some few punches on Shavkat it was really evident that Rakhmonov surely have a tough chin, but yeah Geoff Neal was already bloodied before Shavkat goes into a standing rear naked choke, but even though it was standing it still got the grip in it,