Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 238. (Read 97228 times)

I have to say that the UFC has just not been the same for me since the days of Chuck Lidell, Tito Ortiz, etc etc.  Those were certainly the glory days for the UFC in my opinion, and have to think they were the most popular days of UFC's history (though I could be very wrong about this). 

Anyways I had really lost a lot of love for it, especially seeing douchebags like Connor McGregor run the show for such a long period of time.  But now I'm pretty pumped to have a new favorite fighter in Paddy the Baddy from Ireland.  Anyways else become a fan of his too?!

I don't trust anything coming from McGregor and all theater around him, but he is now calling out his ex training partner Lobov to fight and settle their problems.
This could be one more of his marketing tricks to attract attention from people to pay and watch this two guys in octagon.
If this fight ever happens my theory would shown to be true, but that is only if people show enough interest to watch and pay.

Would you pay to watch McGregor vs Lobov?

Every fighter who fights at an elite level has to sacrifice and undergo immense training and hard work to be on that level, if not you will see your face planted in the mat in front of the world to see  . The skill level of Khabib is on a different level and all credits to his father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov because he created 18 champions in different discipline and a bunch of youngsters coming through in the world stage in the coming years.

You do not need to mix sports, politics and agenda together. There is no flags allowed in the UFC and it is their policy now. The best fighters get a contract with the UFC and if that turns out to be Russians, what is there is to do. UFC was loosing money when it started and for years even when Dana was the president and now they are making money, so is it a bad thing or a good thing.

I love to watch elite level fighting and UFC provides them, there was a time when Pride FC and Strike Force were better but they had to shut their doors because they are not making profit. Glad that Dana White was able to create a sports and make fans interested in it so that they will not shut down like the others.

No flags of any country will be carried by any fighter and that is the new policy by the UFC, if any fighters violate them, there wont be any fine but probably released from the UFC and that is how Dana White usually conducts business, his way or the highway  .

UFC cannot afford to lose the Russian fan base. Because the Russian fan base is almost half of the fans of UFC. And obviously having Khabib Nurmagomedov had a big influence on the UFC and that is a big reason why we see so many Russian fighters in the UFC right now.

In addition, more and more Russians are becoming interested in the UFC day by day. I like what UFC is doing right now. They are not making a fuss about it and just doing what they should. They are just handling business right now and they are staying as far away as they can from all the propaganda and politics about the Russia versus Ukraine war.

When we say political, it is not just about government officials or any leaders in a country. When we say political, it refers to a variety of activities that are involved in group decision-making or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

^  Wait...  There's a fine if a Russian flag is displayed by the fighter?  I know Russian flags were disallowed in F1 but I didn't notice it was also the same in the UFC or even football.

Anyway, next event is kinda decent.  Way better than the last Fight Night event for sure.  Lol.  And it's a nice filler before 282.  I don't mind a main event with Holland vs Thompson after the gap week.  I just wanna watch some UFC fights. 

A couple of tapes to watch.  Enjoy.

UFC Free Fight:  Holland vs Buckley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4UyVvObwQ

UFC Free Fight:  Thompson vs Luque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlNkPgUd0qg

Russians or any other fighters can still wear thier flags when they are introduced in the cage but they are to shoulder the fine that UFC imposes on them. I wouldn't say the UFC decides this one alone but perhaps MMA organization wouldn't want to be in the political hot seat.

While anyone is proud to represent themselves for thier countrymen, the fine may just be too big. Russian names are obvious though. Doesn't need a flag for it.

Well, we could say that there are some that have been planned, and there are some that do not, regardless of whether being political or not if the fighter doesn't have free will his fight would end up then it can be fixed but there is not a way we can know if the fight will include a political agenda or not if the backer of a certain fighter is a politician then certainly there could be a fixing that is happening, and certainly anything can be controlled with a certain amount of money they have,


Dana White doesn't really care at all if there is money involved he will certainly dive right into it, and not say a thing about it, there are certain ways political views would certainly change the way the fight goes, but for me as a viewer of some combat sports, you will not look at some fights that it will have a political agenda involve in it because if you do you will not enjoy certain things, at some point it surely happens to me I have questioned if UFC is legit or there will be a fixed that would go on with a certain fight if you would think about that you will certainly not enjoy watching a fight because of your suspicion you would certainly think that all are not legit or all will be just fixed for you, and you will not enjoy the essence of MMA

Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

Sorry to butt in but there is actually politics happening in any sports division.  By saying politics, it isn't about politics as in politics that involved the country leaders' point of view.  It is politics within the UFC.  And that is also the reason why Russian athletes are still participating in UFC fights.


Just because they have a fight they will become enemies?  One of the reasons why friends that are matched in sports division become so interesting is because it caters a lot of attention to how they will behave during the fight.  A friendly match doesn't mean that they will not do their best, instead, they should do their best in respect of their friend as an opponent. That is also part of UFC politics.  Anything that is scheduled and fighting contracts meddled by the governing body of UFC is also considered politics.  As the politics meaning stated ...


Nothing to do about it, Prochazka injured his shoulder so he needs to recuperate in order to fight again.  Sadly he had to  vacate the light heavyweight title and will be out for about a year. [1]

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[1] https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mma/news/jiri-prochazka-injury-ufc-282-main-event-light-heavyweight/w59xn4vxrbkcedgk6n4f4h6l

Now you are jumping conclusions and misreading what i meant. I wasn't talking anything about cancelling fights, you did that. And i merely mentioned the heat between those countries. But i'll explain myself:

As Thomas Mann said "Everything is politics." And obviously when things get heated enough, it affects to Fighters/players motivation. And when you think about professionalism, do you think that fights in other non combat sports let's say in ice hockey are staged, professional or in any way planned? No. Why it would be anything else in MMA? It doesn't matter how professional you plan to look like if you are frustrated enough, especially when you are getting beaten by them.

That will be Charles "Pete" Conrad? well, there will be a lot of Russian brethren that will likely want to be next in the footsteps of the great Khabib Nurmagomenodov, and just like the 3rd person to the moon pretty much he surely gained inspiration from the 1st person that walked or landed on the moon, now Islam Makhachev, Umar, and Usman Nurmagomedov, and other Dagestani wrestling pretty much got their inspiration from Khabib Nurmagomedov for sure, that is why there are many successful Russian Dagestani fighter in different combat sports, for me Khabib Nurmagomedov's wrestling has also proven something,


I remember getting to watch a close door match that doesn't have any live audience in it, it was really historical to see something like this in the UFC, and we all know that Dana White will surely do or try anything just to give us entertainment or Dana White will surely do anything to gain profit even though it is Pandemic, I really think both are likely positive to for me I am pretty much OK with it,

Jiri Prochazka surely has had great and worse year in his career, the great thing will be in winning the belt against Glover Teixeira we all know Prochazka will likely lose to Teixeira because of his ground game, but it was shocking fight when Jiri Prochazka win the fight via Submission,

Texeira made a smart move, he has refused to fight Ankalaev, because he already has a victory over Blachowicz. Texeira has sort of a an early call for this fight, so, as he has already know what to expect from him. And he had to do a full camp to prepare for Ankalaev. If I was Texeira, I would have done the same. Chances of loosing due to being unprepared against Ankalaev are high. So Texeira decided to skip. So it is not like Texeira is scared of Ankalaev. Also, I think Texeira somehow promised Prochazka to meet again. So instead of fighting someone else, he decided to wait for Jiri. +1 to Texeiras karma from .

Yes, you are right. Dana White continued these promotions during the pandemic, one of the best activities for me in those days was watching UFC on weekends. He is a businessman and it is normal to be disliked, but he provides a good service without a doubt.

It was unfortunate that Prochazka injured his shoulder during training at camp, and I learned that he would be out of fights for almost six months. The worst part of Texerira was that if he was a little younger, maybe he would have accepted the match with Ankalaev. Anyway, I can say that Blachowicz and Ankalev match is more interesting for me. I predict that Ankalev's rise will continue.

As Khabib was the first one to do something like this, I am going to respect him a lot more. Islam is probably the second. Let me ask you something. can you remember who is the third person to land on the moon?

Exactly, there will always be someone who is going to follow in the footsteps of a certain person. But the one who did it first is the one who had to work the hardest to achieve that. Because that means I do not respect others? Absolutely not, I respect them very much. But the one who does it first is always going to get the most amount of respect.

Conor McGregor introduced the UFC to a lot of people. But Khabib Nurmagomedov was the one to become a legend and make people understand what hard work is.

It might be that this is going to be the last fight in UFC for Darren Till. 4 losses in last 5 fights. His opponent is on a series of 5 (3 in UFC) wins. This would be a very complicated fight for Darren. He isnt showing good results lately, so UFC bosses might consider not to prolong his contract. Both fighters are strikers than ground game masters, so I think this fight is not going to go full distance in and in second round Till is going to be KOed.

^  True that.  Even tho Dana White has been given negative press every now and them, deserved or not deserved, one thing I really love about him is the guy dgaf.  When it was the height of the pandemic, he went on while everybody was on lock down and it turned out to be the best decision.  People needed that sense of normalcy.


Oof Ankalaev may be a slow starter and a low volume fighter but he's tough.  And pretty sure Teixeira had a camp tailored and trained for a specific opponent in Prochazka.  But what also sucks for Teixeira is his age.  He wouldn't get as much opportunities if he misses the first one that drops on his lap.

I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved. I don't think any fighter will going to be a friendly match no matter how big their friendship is, they will sorry after the match will end, but during match they will be professional and want to beat their opponent.

Anyway it's sad to see Prochazka cancelled the fight, the odds for Ankalaev is really small, I wouldn't make a bet for him.

I'm more interested to bet Darren Till and Bryce Mitchell since both of them have higher rank but they're an underdog.

He probably can, Błachowicz has more experience but that's because Błachowicz is an old man (39) compared to Ankalaev (30) and even if he have more fights behind him, percetually he has lost way more of them (Błachowicz around 31% while Ankalaev has lost under 6% of his).

I am still cheering for Błachowicz out of principle and as an underdog.

Then there's the fact that Ankalaev is from Russia and Błachowicz from Poland, because relations between those countries are politically heated to say the least, i am guessing that this is not going to be a friendly match.

It is either he is scared of Magomed Ankalaev, or just being very cautious, which is what I think Glover Texeira knowing his experience with the UFC surely knows very well that he doesn't have enough time to prepare, he said in the interview, regarding why he wants to postpone the fight, it was surely the fighting style because Jiri Prochazka is a different fighter than Ankalaev, we all know the striking side of Prochazka but we are fully surprise by his Jiujitsu side of the game, when he locked Texeira I think Glover didn't expect that at all, so with Magomed Ankalaev that uses Combat Sambo and Dagestan wrestling this is a pretty much different ground game, Texeira needs power and time to prepare was all he needed,

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I have read an ARTICLE about Alex Pereira, and he reveals which UFC opponent scared him the most, and it was not Israel Adesanya, but it was his recent fight, Sean Strickland, on the press conference he had seen a gullible Strickland and saying things he didn't understand at all but inside the Octagon he said that Sean Strickland is a different beast and locking eye contact with I'm he said that it feels like Strickland wants to kill him, that is just his look, his presence inside the octagon was very different he added, he has fear but he has controlled it,