Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 193. (Read 87850 times)

Sean O'Malley used to be the fighter that got easy opponents, until all of a sudden he faced Petr Yan and won via split decision. Few of Sean opponents were from the top, and all of a sudden he gets top1 opponent. Same can be repeated with Paddy, but doubtfully will, as lightweight division is overcrowded with good fighters. So yeah, highly likely Paddy will be not facing top ranked fighters for some time. Personally, I dont like Paddy. He is grimacing to much, has a very too high an opinion of yourself while having a wind in his head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40lPKQ5rP2o - damn, this is so embarrassing to sit and clean your teeth while doing an interview


Why? Just why you got such an opinion? They had events almost every week, while other promotions are lucky to have an event once per month. I think we are so used to their numerous events, that it becomes a routine, and some people, like you for example (no offence) thinks that its popularity is decreasing. Speaking about popularity - UFC were the only sport event that continued during pandemic and lockdowns. If no one would be interested in it, if its popularity would be "certainly decreasing", they would not ran all those events, and people rather switch to watching TV series on Netflix, instead of watching UFC events Instead, they gained tremendous response and support during that time.

If you think that I am wrong, then what were the times when "UFC were in prime"?

I am going to stick to my words and say that UFC is not in its prime days anymore. But as you said, the dream of every kid as a fighter is to fight in the UFC. Because even though UFC is not in its prime anymore, UFC is still the biggest mixed Martial art organization till now.

I don’t think there is any organization that can even get close to the UFC. The popularity of the UFC has certainly decreased, but still, other organizations like the Eagle FC or anything else have not even come close to that UFC. I think there is another reason for that which is a lot of popular fighters are choosing to go into boxing right now because that brings a lot more money than the UFC.

Another thing is, I would say, that the popularity of the UFC is certainly decreasing, but not at a level that can be considered as “dying“.

I wasn't really into it after the second round tbh.  I kinda already knew it going to the distance just by the looks of it.  So I didn't really bother watching it a lot closer than I should have.  It's just after Matthews lost, that was it for me.  Lol.  My chance to break even for the event gone.  Next time, all the top tickets should be for main card matches only.  Matches in the main card are more predictable and less volatile.


Uh, k bruh, whatever they say.  UFC prime days are gone.  Lmao.  How can they say that, it's still growing ffs.

He's like a diet version right now. The paddy hype train will derail very quickly if he starts losing and even more so if he keeps acting like a cunt. He's got that lovable rouge thing going on so he can get away with running his mouth more than others but that will quickly go if he starts to piss off his fans. His attitude and sucking up to Dana was embarrassing in the lead up to this fight. If the money goes to his head he'll lose a lot of respect. He's got the underdog spirit and working classes on his side right now but if he starts flashing the cash McGregor style he'll quickly become unrelatable. He's already been promoting some blatant rip off Prime Energy drink and now won't do interviews unless its on his own terms and if he becomes one of those people who will promote anything or will only do something for a quick buck he'll quickly lose support. Personally I hope he simmers down, admits that his last fight was at least very close and he can bounce back. I don't think Dana is going to give him any challenges though for his next fight or so so it looks like we'll be seeing him against bums until he shows some promise in the octagon. Without backing up his brand in the ring he'll quickly become an embarrassment if all his hype comes down to social media. I'm not sure how much of his hype if from fair-weather fans who will move onto the next hype train once it crashes. 

UFC is cooler, that's what I think. 
To have different options for knocking down your opponent is something else. When every part of your body can be a deadly weapon is also way better.
Kids do look up to that, especially the Spider Silva, Bones, and McGregor times.
It takes skills, and a genius in the industry, UFC may have a few now but it's not different from boxing. Sometimes it takes time before they are born or to find out they have it.

However, even though you say that their prime days are gone, each and every kid that is in combat sports dreams to get into UFC. Still a lot of fighters goal is to sign a contract with UFC. Even though first contract is only 3 fights with 10+10k reward, it is nothing, compared to what they spend.

As you have mentioned boxing - it is easier to become a professional, to train, to become a good boxer, rewards are many times greater. Yet kids dont want to be professional boxers and earn millions. They want to be in UFC. Quite strange for a dying UFC, dont you agree ? 

I think UFC is going easy on him because a lot of people have been talking about the prime days of UFC already gone. I think I saw this in a YouTube short where Jake Paul was talking about the UFC and not being the one great MMA organization that it once was. Even though I do not think that Jake Paul is that much intelligent human being, I have to say I agree with him on this point.

Because if we look at the past, we will see that UFC had multiple fighters, actually a lot of fighters who could bring in a good amount of revenue. A lot of fighters could still fight. But now they have only a few. Probably that is one reason UFC did not want to keep him away for a longer period of time. Because then there comes a chance of the fighter switching to other combat sports like boxing where he will make a lot more money.

Judges didn't find this fight boring because Jared Cannonier won by split decision, but I think he was slightly better and he deserved to win.
Cannonier had better percentage of significant strikes in that fight, but Strickland had more strikes and one takedown, so I can understand why someone saw him as a winner.
Since this was last UFC event in this year I expected to see much better fight car, but world cup drama was more than enough for me 

I think in mixed martial art, a fighter will always need experience. If either of them have talent, he will always need to have some experience to actually be good.

Just look at Max Holloway. He was not so good at first. But after he had his first child, he became a new man altogether. It is never a good idea to trust a new fighter unless he has talent like Khabib Nurmagomedov or someone like that.

I have missed some fights because I am not really interested in them but after rewatching those fights it was really a great card and very likely impressive to watch surely not all in this event are awed by many you can say they don't like the heavy favorites pounding the underdog so much would be a spectacle to them, but for me, those underdogs have their chance in giving the favorites a good fight but surely their gap in skills was shown to the fight, I think Said Nurmagomenodov would likely to build up his strength, even more, he really got Saidyokub Kakhramonov in the 1st round with the Guillotine but he escapes,


Those Underdogs got their chance to prove their selves but their effort was naught and didn't show a lot in the fight, and likely the difference in skill and strength was pretty much shown when they got beaten, Said Nurmagomedov just needs to start stacking up muscle and strength to improve his grappling even more, for me I think his 1-year leave in the UFC should have been a better year for him but again he got 3 fights this year, so I think he is Pursuing and catching up to that 1-year loss

It was a decent event overall for a Fight Night but nothing outstanding.  I guess it's better than nothing.  And I was kinda bored with the main event tbh.

Here are the results in case you want to see them.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/92365-ufc-fight-night

So yeah...  Pie shitter of the event for me is Jake Matthews.  I really thought that what Semelsberger did to him, he would do to Semelsberger.  Serves me right for placing a UFC noob at my top ticket.  But we live to learn, but then again been making the same mistake over and over.  Lol.  Makes me mad and I can't wait for the next event which is still a month or so off. 

Dehydroepiandrosterone - that is what USADA found in him. I am not a doc, but that does not look like harmless protein shake ingredient The more medical and chemistry abbreviation I seen in the article, the more dirty that stuff looks to me. That crap does not look like a pill that you take once once you have a headache. You take it constantly to gain advantage. 6 month ban was truly a vacation for Green, specially if in their contract it is said that UFC are obliged to give a fighter 2-3 fights per year. I think 1 year ban + a fine from UFC is a minimum what a fighter that gets caught should get.

For me when a huge favorite win against huge underdog isn't really that exciting even though the fight usually end with huge knockout or great submission. I think Said Nurmagomedov has a chance to climb up from his current position 15th to top 5 since he has able to fight with these fighters. However I'm surprised Sean O'Malley already in the top 1 position on bantamweight, I've remember he's still in rank 11th-15th at that time, especially before beat Petr Yan.

I have missed the event as well, been pretty much busy this holiday season, but watching the main matches the Main and Co-Main have ended with a decision, but Amir Albazi VS Alessandro Costa, Alex Caceres  VS Julian Erosa, Drew Dober VS Bobby Green, Michał Oleksiejczuk VS Cody Brundage, and Said Nurmagomedov VS Saidyokub Kakhramonov was the fight that I think is the most interested, in this event, I was truly amazed at Amir Albazi Effort in getting Costa to the ground, in Alex Caceres power on striking, Drew Dober's left hook finish, Michał Oleksiejczuk strength, and Said Nurmagomedov grappling strength was I think the highlights for this fight,

Well you may have missed some of the fights this near end of the year but next year will be juicier, and I wish you will not missed the Champion VS Champion event of the UFC, and a chance for Alexander Volkanovski to get the Lightweight Championship and I think it will have a juicier first for us in that event,

who's Said? is it Said Nurmagomedov or Saidyokub Kakhramonov? but if Said Nurmagomedov, his 1st guillotine is not successful with the 2nd attempt in round 2 it was very crucial to Saidyokub Kakhramonov that he did not know what happen, it was pretty fast that he is not aware of it,

well next event will be next year on January 14, 2023, and it will be the UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Gastelum but for me, the real main event will be the Geoff Neal VS Shavkat Rakhmonov, fight and Umar Nurmagomedov VS Raoni Barcelos will be quite a fight that I am anticipating to see,

This year is over, we will be deprived of the UFC for a month. I only watched the main game on this card. I don't know, I don't want to be condescending, he didn't even kick the whole game, he just hit the left post, he does it every game, I know a lot of fighters who can do better than that. In the 7th place in the ranking, this man is not hard, but if he were hard, I could speak a little softer. Anyway, I'm glad I chose Cannonier. Cannonier was speaking in this match. Strickland could not open his mouth and could not even answer in the match.

I missed the event, I've missed a lot of them this year. Hopefully, get to watch a little more next year. Anyway, what was the event like? I saw some highlights of the fights I was interested in, but it seems it was a rather messy affair in some of those fights?

Said showed a lot of weaknesses in the highlights I saw. Maybe, hype derailed a little? Strickland always talks a big game, but he's so timid in the cage. It's almost like he's a cat pawing out with that jab at times. Obviously, scores him points, but it doesn't really go with his pre fight words.

I understand that this was the last event of the year too, so I guess we'll be seeing each other in the new year. I haven't checked the dates yet.

Here is what happens with the UFC Vegas 66 fight and the results of my picks

Jared Cannonier VS Sean Strickland ROUND 5 DECISION - WIN

Surely even though the judges have scored much for Cannonier it was really not dominating for Jared Cannonier there are rounds in which Sean Strickland got the better of him or could have won those rounds, but again the judges have tried to score the fight a little close on those close matches, but surely the good thing about Jared Cannonier here he is listening to his corners, when they say to go to the body Cannonier would go to the body, he is surely listening carefully on his corner, while Sean Strickland is not really listening, he kind of just doing what he like towards the fight and for me even though there are rounds that likely a win for Strickland it will still end on Jared Cannonier winning again,

Arman Tsarukyan VS Damir Ismagulov ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST

Damir Ismagulov had great striking but man Arman Tsarukyan has made a great impression with his striking aswell, but again those takedowns from Arman Tsarukyan were phenomenal and he nearly choked Ismagulov, and Damir Ismagulov surely is feeling the pressure in battling Tsarukyan, every angle of the fight Tsarukyan really won the fight,

Said Nurmagomedov VS Saidyokub Kakhramonov  ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

I haven't made a pick about this and prediction but I have bet on this fight for Nurmagomedov, and now Said Nurmagomedov is dominating the whole fight guillotine by guillotine he is always pressuring Kakhramonov is every angle of the fight in every direction you would look at the fight it is all pertaining to the Submission win of Said Nurmagomedov, and it is not new that he wins in the same fashion because he is carrying the Nurmagomedov's names,

I believe that whatever Bobby Green was caught with is not USADA-approved. If it was, he wouldn’t have been banned anyway. And I have no problem as long as “the juice” is used for medical purposes. But if it is used to gain an advantage over the opponent, I will always have a problem with that.

It's quite sure that Bobby Green did not take it for medical purposes. If he did, he would not have been banned for sure. Because we have seen fighters taking inhalers during the break in the middle of a fight. I believe someone did that at the start of the second round in the UFC. He did not get banned because he didn’t know. So, I don’t think UFC will do that type of injustice.

Actually, the way Conor McGregor is bulking up, I am actually very suspicious of him. And I honestly do not know if he is qualified to pass all the tests. I am also quite sure that he is going to become really huge. More than what he already is right now.

Yup! he is sure good and will do pretty well against Damir Ismagulov in my opinion, and it will be a banger to watch I am pretty much excited to see this fight and Arman Tsarukyan has decent kicks and can take his opponent to the ground, but surely both have good striking, Jui Jitsu, and Sambo in my opinion,

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So here is my late pick for the fights today and because I was late I will just give my opinion on just 2 fights,

Jared Cannonier VS Sean Strickland

The stake odds for this fight are 1.83 for Cannonier and 1.99 for Strickland, for this fight, I am seeing Cannonier has the most power output of the two he can surely knockout Strickland with that power, while Sean Strickland doesn't punch more, and if Cannonier can see that opening he can snipe you, and that leg kick he has is really superb and I know Sean Strickland can go with the takedown when it can be dangerous on the standing he can surely go with takedowns which Cannonier can defend easily just like we see with Brunson, and if Sean Strickland is not successful with his takedown he would likely abandon takedowns, which Derek Brunson's as keep on doing the entire fight until he was successful in taking it, but surely Jared Cannonier can be a pain in don't takedown defense, so I will go with Jared Cannonier,

Arman Tsarukyan VS Damir Ismagulov

The stake odds for this fight are 1.49 for Tsarukyan and 2.65 for Ismagulov, for this fight, Ismagulov has good striking and is great at preserving his energy in pulling his strike in the most open way, and Arman Tsarukyan has a problem with the standing he surely wants to finish the fight with a KO by giving a good overhand punch out of nowhere I think that will not going to work with Damir but Arman Tsarukyan has a ground game and I haven't seen Damir Ismagulov defending some takedowns because he doesn't have any opponent that does that and this is the 1st time he may do that and I really don't know if he has good Jui-Jitsu and I am kind of curious with Damir Ismaglov actually I know the fair wrestling of Tsarukyan and I really love the guy, but after seeing that great technical striking of Damir Ismagulov it was outstanding and for me he hasn't shown anything yet, and I might go with the underdog, for this fight so I would go with Damir Ismagulov,