Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 213. (Read 97174 times)

That's my thoughts, depends on his fitness coming into it, but I imagine he'll be in top shape. Bit of cage rustiness, but I feel like wrestlers don't really suffer from that as much as predominately strikers would. I haven't actually watched much of Jon Jones live, his time was before I was really into MMA, so I've only caught highlights so I'm particularly excited about watching him live. Alright, I don't agree or condone what he has done outside the cage, but inside the cage he's truly brilliant.

Yeah, I think Pereira does. Whether it's just his kryptonite, Izzy just can't seem to do it. He dominated that fight right up until the end. So, I know Izzy is more than capable, and in fact at the end of the first or second round he actually rocked Alex pretty bad. If it wasn't the end of the round that could've been the end right there for Alex. Since, both of these fighters when in trouble stay standing, and don't actually dive for the legs. So, usually when they get rocked that's the end.

^  Jon Jones' wrestling advantage should be enough to take on Gane, grind him against the cage and take him down eventually.  Dunno..  I just can't imagine a scenario that gives Gane the advantage.  And who knows, Jones could end up making it look easy.

As for Adesanya vs Pereira, yeah, I think Pereira gets the W again.  He's just way bigger and stronger than Adesanya.  And now knowing that he could stay in there and take Adesanya out when he tries to throw more volume makes me think that he's gonna try to throw more volume right off the bat and could give Adesanya more trouble. 

Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane, and then Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 2 in the same month? Absolutely brillaint month, and I know that they'll stack those cards up as much as possible. So, we'll likely see some very good co mains. Not sure, if they've already been confirmed or not. I saw that Izzy gets his chance at the title again, in like April? I think that's what I remember reading yesterday. Not sure if he's going to do it, he doesn't seem to be able to stay safe, despite dominating every fight he has with Alex.

We've got some big fights ahead of us lads. Can't wait for Jon Jones' return personally. See, what level he's at. He'll either be very rusty, and then that eight fight contract looks a little silly or he'll dominate the division for the entirety of those eight fights.

It looks like it's official folks...  It's gonna be a rematch between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira for UFC 287.  Kinda disappointed as I thought Adesanya was gonna take the back seat a bit and rest.  I was expecting Robert Whittaker to get his shot against Pereira.  That would've been a more intruiging match up imho.  It was also announced that the co main event will be Gilbert Burns vs Jorge Masvidal.  Been a while since we saw Masvidal in there.  I think he gets starched by Burns.  Lol.

UFC 287 Announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkDjcqO5O2o

Here's a fight vid.  Enjoy.

UFC Free Fight:  Josh Emmet vs Calvin Kattar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKH2a0KVhiI

Whenever we see a bike accident, we are generally very scared because bike accidents are not very good for any biker. Because compared to a car, a bike does not have too much safety. And that can often cause any bike rider to have a serious injury. It's actually very good that nothing like that happened. And it does not seem like he had any serious injuries. And he should be all right in a maximum of a week or two.

Well many also think the same, but in my own assessment Glover Texeira is pretty much different when he fought Jiri Prochazka, than with Jamahal Hill, but pretty much I don't really want to belittle Hill but he is more reserved in fighting Texeira once he saw that Texeira's punches aren't really damaging anymore, well Jamahal Hill's game plan against Glover Texeira was very effective defending all takedowns, of Texeira and surely his fight IQ was really the one that has Glover back and pressures it with long-distance strikes for me I am saying this maybe I haven't seen Jamahal Hill's full capacity, maybe if he would fight Jiri Prochazka or fighters in the top 5 I think that is a different story to tell,


I think many will not be interested in the UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac because surely Derrick Lewis, Serghei Spivac, and let's also add Marcin Tybura for me even though he has lost to Alexander Volkov for me I have known him since his Augusto Sakai fight, I think he has a decent record in this event, but let's see his opponent and definitely will surely going to share my picks on what I think may conclude in the UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac event,

^ If you are living a life, you are going to have injuries and issues. We cannot just cut our heads off because we have a headache right?

So, I do not think not allowing athletes to go outside is a good solution. And athletes have a very extravagant life. So, they are actually more likely to go outside and have fun. So, of course, they are going to go out on a bike or car, whichever they prefer. Accidents are going to happen because that's just how it is. You just have to be careful as an athlete. We have seen a lot of famous people die because of car accidents. But sadly there are no substitutions for it.

Well, I'll probably catch some hockey, and some other non UFC mma this weekend considering it's not on. Can't say I'm too excited about next week either in terms of names. Should be some hard fought battles though, and as tokeweed suggests could be a lot of stand up battles.

Seems to have not sustained any serious injuries too, so it shouldn't effect his comeback, whenever that is. I haven't seen the video yet, but it's actually quite refreshing to hear he was nice after the incident. I know a lot of the fans are speculating that this is set up due to his recent allegations, but I'm not sure if that has any substance at all. Sometimes, people can be nice when bad things happen, and usually it's in times like this where it could've gone much worse.

Did you hear about Conor McGregor having accident while riding his bike when car hit him, luckily he avoided serious injury or death?
Just imagine this driver when he saw that man he hit was celebrity, he was saying many times that he is sorry but Connor didn't ask anything from him.
It's funny that he recorded video shortly after this incident happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Yg1mmcSX4

What do you expect them to do, to lock inside a basement to avoid injuries?
Accidents can happen walking, driving, swimming, standing, sleeping or trianing so there are no rules.

Here's the thing tho, once a person start working out to lose fat but the adds muscle, he could still be around the 260 area and still stay in a weight that he's used to and can maintain the strength in his punches.

But you got a point, best to wait for weigh ins.


Yup me too.  Lol.  But as always, I just want to watch those guys throw leather and make some bets.  And a lot of those fighters are from Asia which should be good as there could be more stand up battles.

But there's also Bellator 290 tho which looks decent.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/95280-bellator-290-bader-vs-emelianenko-2


Watch this guy Tatsuro Taira.  He is pretty good.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/145595-tatsuro-taira

I also followed the whole fight for all the different divisions even though Khabib is my best fighter but he has retired and some fighter from Russia will potentially regenerate "The young Khabib" to represent him for the future. I've reviewed the feb 5th fight list but I don't have a reliable fight and it's not like I missed watching that fight.

Each fighting event has the advantages of each fighter, the fight is not a big PPV event but the list of fighters might be potential candidates to fight the belt owner in the next fight, I am interested in analyzing the fight between Jaka Seragih vs Anshul Jubli for the Road to UFC final fight.

Crazy footage online posted by Conor McGregor showing the aftermath of him being hit by a car while on a bike ride. Pretty scary. He seemed in good spirits and forgiving of the guy who hit him, who then gave him a ride and appeared on camera driving him. Athletes really shouldn’t be training outside on bikes like this because things like this can happen. As sad as it is to say, you can’t trust people to not do stupid things like hit a bicyclist when they aren’t paying attention. Luckily it seems no major harm was done and McGregor kept his cool.

I also see it that way. There are no big names besides Lewis and Spivac, if it weren't for these two, fewer ticker buyers may go.

This could however be a good time for Dana to look for new talents from Asia. Few Asian talents have faded from UFC, the Korean Zombie retired already.

Actually, I have honestly been spoiled especially because of Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anderson Silva, and a lot of others. I have seen them fight. So it is going to be really hard for me to find interest in these types of fights which are happening on the 4th of February.

Actually, in my time zone, it's going to be on 5th February but that's all right. I am also not going to give any predictions. Because even though I say I am not going to follow this event very closely, I know that almost every fight in this event is going to be very competitive and close.

Media also talking about the weight loss, so the pictures I saw of him running must have been real. I actually think he'll benefit from it, and won't lose too much of his power. However, it's worth considering like I said before betting on Derrick.

I'll watch the whole event, as I quite like just MMA, and aren't there to just watch the big names. However, I won't be personally supporting any of the fighters, especially since I won't be betting on it. Too many close calls as you say. I'll get some predictions out, but I'm not expecting good results from it. The last two events for me I've nearly nailed every single fight, but this isn't one of those events that I'd be confident in doing that.

If you are so confident in that, why dont you place a bet then? It does not have to be a precise bet in which round Spivak would win, just bet on Spivak by KO.

Media say that Lewis has lost quite a lot. He is not longer big black beast, but more like a black puma. I think we would see new or upgraded Lewis in this fight. That is a reply (or info for consideration) on your "Lewis will get tired in second round". I dont think that Lewis will run out of stamina. More likely the first to land more precise punch will be winner in this fight. I think right now both fighters are in similar form, have similar experience.


That is what always make me smile. We have a champion, that does not look like a champion and no one think that he will last long. I also think that light heavyweight belt wont stay long on Hills waist. But  take a look on Sterling. Everything thought that he is a fake or paper champ, but he has now two title defences, and he is a champ for almost 2 years already.

To be honest, almost all of these fights on the 4th of February are very close as it seems to me. There are not many big names at the event. But I believe that the fights are going to be very competitive and closely contested. But the reason why a lot of people are probably going to even miss this event is the lack of big names and starfighters.

I myself might only actually see the main event. Because I believe that is probably the only fight that at this moment gets me interested.

I don't really see Jamahal Hill as a threat to Jiri Prochazka and it looks like he surely not going to last as a champion, and right now who have lasted in the light heavyweight as a champion in the UFC, Jan Błachowicz was 398 days Glover Teixeira was 225 days Jiří Procházka was 164 days and now Jamahal Hill is on his 5th day being Champion, well Jon Jones was the most days reign the light heavyweight championship belt, that will be 2,098 days total, and Jamahal Hill is still starting,

Well, I think fighters now want a challenge, and who doesn't want to have 2 belt divisions in the UFC, just like Henry Cejudo then vacated Flyweight and Bantamweight the belt so they now own a belt Georges St-Pierre, was Welterweight and Middleweight and also vacated the belt, I think this two now have a portion of that belt that they have vacated well correct me if I am wrong,


I really think that Nick Diaz is not really protagonist material, he looks like a villain to me, or maybe he could become a leader of a cartel group, sorry Diaz fans he seems very antagonistic you may never see him say something nice because it is not in his nature and if he could act for that part I really don't know if it will be that natural well this is just my assumption if he's going inside the film industry then that is good for him, pretty much I will be curious about it if he's going to be perfect for that role,

Just looked at the full card for the 4th of Feb. Honestly, I'm not all that hyped about this event. We've got some well matched fights, but really other than Spivak, and Derrick we don't really have any big names competing on the day. Feel like this might be one of those events that doesn't look great on paper because of the lack of names, but actually turns out to be one of the better more competitive nights.

I'm just excited to see Jon Jones back in action, so I'll forgive them for their lack of big names on this event. I'll probably give this a miss in terms of betting though. I'll still get some predictions out.

I don't want to be mean but I don't think Nick Diaz and his brother can remember long lines on text to be good actors but you never know
Some people surprised me and they turned as good actors with lot of hard work like Dave Bautista for example, but he was not smoking so much weed like Diaz brothers.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong but Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and Ronda Rousey all had some acting roles.

Or maybe Nick Diaz will be villain trying to kill Van Damme like this in Universal Soldier