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For me, Erin Blanchfield destroyed Jessica Andrade so much and what I really never expect her to do was the stand-up and she even dominated it, but I already knew about her getting those submissions on Andrade and she will be so much confident about it, it's like she will be very dominant with the submission attempts mostly her wrestling is amazing,

For me, Blanchfield is ready for Valentina Shevchenko but she needed more time I think 2 more fights and she is ready to face the champion if you look at Andrade and Shevchenko's fight it was like what Blanchfield have done to Jessica Andrade but she didn't struggle with choking Andrade but Shevchenko really did struggle, for me Blanchfield has a better IQ when it comes to wrestling that fights with McCann is really unbelievable dominating the fight like Molly was just a kid, it was pretty awesome to watch and Molly McCann really deserves it,

Andrade was made a mistake since she's very aggressive and it's make she lose her stamina. I was expect Blanchfield can able to beat Andrade via decision, but since she won via submission, it's make people think Blanchfield was clearly beat Andrade. I don't think Blanchfield can beat Shevchenko, it's better to have a rematch with Andrade of fight with Fiorot or Santos. Fiorot have a bad ground fight, so Blanchfield have a high chance to beat Fiorot.

Well for me Heavyweight fights right now have transitioned in a more technical manner and surely the fight between Francis Ngannoue and Ciryl Gane has impacted some fighters in shifting from their more aggressive approach to a more technical approach when fighting a technical fighter that is why even though Derrick Lewis switch from Heavyweight to the Light Heavyweight, the result will still be the same and Light Heavyweight has more technical fighter so his aggressive approach will not work anymore,


It was really crazy and he was the culprit in one of the 2 losses I have in the Multi-Master Challenge because of his physique I really thought that he could go out there and cut Marcin Prachnio from the octagon, but it was the other way around and watching it was really a frustration even the whole viewers and even his coach was pretty much furious about him, but after seeing his interview he really admits what he did he just froze back then and many surely have the right to be mad at him for not doing anything, but I think anyone can do the same mistakes and he admits and sorry about that,


Thanks, it was really lucky, and looking at the 2 woman fighters I surely saw instantly that Erin Burchfield is a better wrestler and grappler than Andrade so I went there and say that this is going to be tough for her because of Jessica Andrade's physique, but after seeing the fight she dominated even the stand-up, I was really surprised a 23-year-old girl is overcoming the obstacle but I really wish this fight won't go in her head and think that she can do anything from now on because the cautious approach is the most effective and safest approach fighting inside the octagon,

Speaking about Jon Jones I am really excited if what he can show us in the Heavyweight division and what he can do from here on,


This is truly going to be a new experience for Jessica Andrade and surely this is a short-notice fight so a rematch is a better set-up to really know if Erin Blanchfield really won, but this is up to both camps if they really want a rematch but I am seeing Erin Blanchfield technique is more like Valentina Shevchenko but with a better Wrestling of grappling, but for now I don't want to see Erin Blanchfield gets beaten early so a slower pace to the title fight, would be great aswell,

I'm looking forward to the Jon Jones fight, but I'm a little nervous. I'm not a massive fan of either fighters, but I'm hoping Gane doesn't get the belt, just because I don't find him all that entertaining. At least, Jon Jones offers some entertainment, and his generally quite rounded. I'll be putting him on my betting slip, that's for sure.

Yeah, a real odd one. I believe a very decorated Sambo fighter too. Not sure, what the level of his opponents were since I haven't followed his career, but he definitely had a lot of hype coming into the fight, but didn't look all that special. It might be that he just didn't feel comfortable on his debut, but at the end of the day I was expecting more from him. I had him on my betting slip also, as I'm sure a lot of users here did.

I was impressed with Erin Blanchfield but i still doubt she can be competitive against Valentina Shevchenko because she is too technical in her strikes and a well rounded fighter in the ground.

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The biggest failure was the debut of Khusein Askhabov, who was an undefeated fighter with 23 fights and he was outclassed by Jamall Emmers which begs the question whether all of his opponents were cans to have an undefeated record this long  .

I was just looking at the experience that Andrade has more than Erin's.  It didn't matter in the fight since Erin had landed more significant strikes and choked Andrade in the end. Blanchfield is just new, I think her team will not just feed him to Valentina too early. Valentina is a bigger monster.

I think it's an unexpected win for Erin the fact that she is the underdog yet Submission just made her confident.
I win some and lose some. I got more luck in boxing this weekend.

Santos might be the most logical next step for her, since that was the original match up. However, I think she's ready for Shevchenko. Her submission skills are some of the best, and I knew that if it got to the ground she'd have a chance. However, she actually did pretty good work on the feet too. Didn't look too fazed by the attacks from Andrade. Shevchenko is a lot more technical, but isn't as ferocious as Andrade so we at least now know Erin can deal with that sort of pressure, and she did it in style.

Considering, her relatively short UFC career, and young age she might actually be in for a long period at the top, a bit like Shevchenko.

Nice win for Blanchfield in main event against Andrade but I don't think she is ready for title fight with Valentina Shevchenko now, so it's better for her to work and prepare more.
This was not most memorable UFC event, maybe prelims showed more than main card, and I don't understand why UFC is still forcing events in their UFC Apex instead of normal arenas.
Maybe it's not a bad idea to sometimes skip week or two than to create semi boring events in UFCV Apex like this.

Damn, when I see your pics I was about to make a parlay with them, but then I get busy with some stuff and didn't place the bet... If I'm not wrong the multiplier with a parlay would be something close to x4. Too bad, better luck the next time. And by te way, nice pics.

Now let's way for the next event, I know there will be a UFC night the next weekend, but I want to see UFC 285 the next month. That one will be an awesome event, is great to have Jones back.

Erin got it done! That's one hell of a statement to make, and I actually think he has a chance against Val, since she hasn't been looking her best in her recent outings, and Erin is a serious threat on the ground. I think she's proven that now, against Molly I can see why people were doubting her, but she made a real statement last night against a top three opponent.

Quite possibly, he's looked absolutely awful in most of his outings. Aside, from his knockout power he doesn't really have a lot going for him. He definitely doesn't have very technical skills. Although, he's a great fighter to bet against since he is so one dimensional, yet he's still got that knock out power that inflates his chances of winning, and therefore he's usually the favourite or close in odds to his opponent.

Here are the results.



source: Wiki

The fight card started a bit earlier than usual and hence missed the prelim fights. I was expecting Jim Miller to win the fight even though he was a heavy underdog but the rest of the results were as expected. One surprise was Jamall Emmers win who was a heavy underdog surprising everyone with his performance.

William Knight was my bet and he did not even try to fight. He stood there getting his leg beat up and was just nodding his head even his coach was angry at him. Does he get cut after this fight because at the least you expect fighters to fight but he was just a standing target. He tried 2 take downs but his leg was so bad that he could not complete them. I do not think he landed many punches maybe 3/4 the whole fight. I think Dana is going to be pissed off and might give him 1 more chance but if he performs like that again I can see him getting cut. A shame because he has 1 of the best physiques in the ufc.

Watching UFC fights is indeed more interesting if you are in the heavyweight class because from a fighter's point of view, the body posture is quite large and muscular when throwing punches and kicks and looks very hard so that anyone who witnesses it can give a special sensation of excitement.
However, for me, I like lightweight fights because the fighters look very agile and have stamina that doesn't get tired easily, so I don't get bored easily when watching those fights.
In betting I also prefer and often bet on lightweight and my mainstay fighter is Islam Makhachev.

Now here are the results of my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield

Jéssica Andrade VS Erin Blanchfield ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

For this fight, all have surely seen that Erin Blanchfield could be a potential threat to even the champion Valentina Shevchenko, surely Erin Blanchfield doesn't have the power with her stand up but her fast reflex are giving Andrade a hard time but when it comes to the ground she is really in a different caliber, and Erin Blanchfield has studies Valentina Shevchenko and her fight with Jessica Andrade because Erin Blanchfield have used the same method as Valentina Shevchenko hers was just precise and have the control over Jessica Andrade, that is why Blanchfield was so confident in her interview that she will be ranked 3 when she defeats Jessica Andrade,


Zac Pauga VS Jordan Wright ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Zac Pauga has gone the distance, I have watched the movement of Jordan Wright in his recent fights and it was very sloppy while Zac Pauga has the rhythm you will surely know who's more technical than Wright that is why I bet for Zac Pauga, and in the interview, he can surely control people is boxing was precise and dominant even though it was not a TKO because Jordan Wright is super durable but still because of that precise striking Zac Pauga is the winner,

Josh Parisian VS Jamal Pogues ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Jamal Pogues broke his right arm with standing in the 2nd round but the fight still continues, surely you can see from Pogue's rhythm that he is a thinking fighter when his hand broke from standing he has to control the fight with his wrestling prowess, and have gas out Josh Parisian in doing so, the fight have to keep on going on Jamal Pogues way it was really an amazing game plan and the man many now in the heavyweight class has now incorporating technicality in their game and I think Jamal Pogues can also take on Derrick Lewis for sure,

UFC event started earlier today so tune in live now guys and watch if you can, Ovince St. Preux was in prelims and he finished fight in less than a minute with a KO from Philipe Lins!
I am not so much excited about this fight card, but I always want to see heavyweight fighters in octagon, and there are many of them today in main card.

All my Predictions are like this:

Erin Blanchfield
Zac Pauga
Josh Parisian
Marcin Prachnio
Jim Miller
Nazim Sadykhov

Oh yeah it was originally Taila Santos that is the original fight for Erin Blanchfield the UFC might be seeing Blanchfield as that high and mighty kind of fighter, or maybe they don't like Erin Blanchfield at all, but still, this is an opportunity for Erin Blanchfield to showcase what she can do, but Taila Santos cancelation of the fight was due to visa issue, which unusual for fighters that are fighting overseas and keeps on moving places for the fight to take place, but I really don't want to put some issue on it,

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Now here are my picks for the UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield

Jéssica Andrade VS Erin Blanchfield

The stake odds for this fight are 1.89 for Andrade and 2.04 for Blanchfield, Pretty much on Erin Blanchfield's interview on how she prepared for this short notice fight, she looks very confident that she will be taking Jessica Andrade's 3rd rank spot, surely Jessica Andrade has the power, but Erin Blanchfield now also have transitioned herself in getting those muscle ripped and I think Erin Blanchfield got better wrestling than Jessica Andrade, so I will surely go with the underdog fighting kitty Erin Blanchfield,

Zac Pauga VS Jordan Wright

The stake odds for this fight are 1.38 for Pauga and 3.35 for Wright, for me even though Jordan Wright has a pretty nifty experience with the most wins that were not from the UFC, he now got 3 consecutive losses and now fighting Zac Pauga, so this is really crucial for him he badly needed this win so much, but for me Pauga got 1 lost, but he is pretty much decent with cage warriors, so my pick for this fight is Zac Pauga

Josh Parisian VS Jamal Pogues

The stake odds for this fight are 3.20 for Parisian and 1.41 for Pogues, Josh Parisian looks slower than ever, for me, Jamal Pogues has the speed and balance and this is his debut going to the UFC, he surely got takedowns, and a good fast strikes that Josh Parisian might not see, for me my pick is Jamal Pogues,

It's in the realm of possbility that Andrade finishes Blachfield or Andrade gets finished because she got in the match up on short notice.  So her cardio could be suspect.  And the way Andrade fights, she'll def need the gas tank to go thru all 5 rounds.  So yeah, Andrade's camp prolly has a game plan to finish it early.

Btw..  The lines are getting closer as a lot of guys are dropping their action on Blanchfield.  There's some value with Andrade now.


The original bout was weirder.  Blanchfield was supposed to fight Talia Santos, the no. 1 contender.  The match makers prolly rate Blanchfield highly.  

Here are the weigh ins.

UFC Vegas 69:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAE0RnaORs

UFC Vegas 69:  Face Offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2N-7vNfAgE

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Why is William Knight not very good? He has won most of his fights with a knock out and you can see the size of him he is very big for any one that he fights. I think he needs to improve on his wrestling but if he can do that I think he is top 5 contender because he does have very big power in his hands. I think he struggles against the top 10 atm because of his wrestling because people know they can take him down and stop him from hitting them with his big punches but I think he can train his wrestling and become a very good fighter.

I really don't know why the top 3rd rank Jessica Andrade, would be the one that Erin Blanchfield a 10th rank would be her opponent, maybe Jennifer Maia or Viviane Araújo was an OK match for Blanchfield, but I really like Erin Blanchfield's style and this is a good opportunity for her to get the upper rank faster, but this is going to be a tough fight for her for sure, but I am still positive with the skill of Erin Blanchfield that she can take Jessica Andrade, I just feel it that this fighting Kitty is ready for anything,



It wasn't, that is why I really think that IVs are not really prohibited to use in the UFC, but with a medical prescription for some that are cutting weight because of dehydration, here is Ali Abdelaziz on the IV used,



But he has deleted this post because he made some typo or something because the allowed litter to be administered was 100 ML only but even though Ali Abdelaziz, have some error in this, it was backed up by Brett Okamoto







And another one was Jeff Novitzki with a proper explanation,











But there are no further announcements if Islam Makhachev really used IVs so let's wait for further announcements,

Yeah, Molly definitely isn't a world beater, but she's a difficult fight for most fighters out there. However, her ground game got exposed. Now, Erin has a fairly substantial MMA career before the UFC, there's some good footage out there that shows she definitely has a special type of understanding on the ground, and I don't think she's got chance to show all of her skills off yet.

However, I don't think she'll like the pressure that Andrade can bring, and that might be the defining factor. Tokeweed, are you expecting a finish in this fight? I'm trying to gauge whether I risk a decision win for Andrade or not, since the odds are very long at 7.00 for Andrade. She has enough volume, and if Erin can get takedowns, and make it scrappy when shes in trouble it could well go to a decision, and potentially a split one at that.