Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 248. (Read 100453 times)

Not just to MMA but they extend to all other sports and sporting events.  In F1 a Russian racer whose dad is an oligrach and somewhat connected to Putin was given the sack by his own team.  In EPL football, Roman Abramovich was forced to sell his football club Chelsea as he was getting hassled left and right.  It's crazy.

And yeah, I think there's only amfew guys itt who watches UFC events from start to finish.  To that I say, give it a chance, read about the fighters, the news, etc etc...

As for Holland vs Thompson, at first glance I got Holland but the more I look into it, Holland should win but I think the line should be closer imho.  Thompson's last couple of matches were against really in wrestling but Holland,  ot so much.  If Holland is gonna go into a striking battle then he's playing into Thompson's strengths.

Edit:  Live weigh ins here.

Holland vs Thompson:  Live Weign In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiWZdC9DTDQ

He probably does have some outside advice, whether that's through a dedicated nutritionist or through his team. He isn't doing this by himself, and while it looks bad from the outside in terms of professionalism, they've obviously got it down to a T, since they've met the weight requirement every time.

It's somewhat the same with those that are walking about at 200+, but manage to weight cut to 155 etc. Alex Pereira recently looked absolutely huge against Izzy, and I imagine he's cutting a ton of weight, and probably a little bit dangerously too. Although, he's done that his whole career so knows what his limitations are.

Actually, I still don’t understand whether this fight will take place, or so far it’s just chatter in social networks? Pimblett accused Jake of dummy fights, but I don't think those fights were dummy, it's just that his opponents were too old for him, so I can't call these fights equal. With Paddy it can all be more interesting, he is younger, stronger and faster, and no one would say that the fight was fake. 

Honestly, I am more interested in seeing what kind of meme or funny pictures of body transformation the internet is going to create this time. And really looking forward when Baddy will be fed up with extreme weight cutting and decides to hire a nutritionist. Cant when when he will grow up and understand that all that gaining and loosing weight will reflect badly on his health when he turns 40 or 50+. Dont know if he is really that crazy with junk food or this is his "thing". To me he looks like a prodigy, a talented kid, that fights world fast food mafia and wasting talent, or at least concentrating not on proper things.

Without a doubt. He definitely eats more than the average fighter on the card. I kind of like that to be honest, but it probably isn't good for him to keep piling weight on, and then taking it back off to the very extremes.

It's just different to see, since most other fighters treat their bodies like temples, and there's ol' Paddy just enjoying life. A lot of people probably don't realise where he came from, and he's got a very similar attitude to the people that do come from the Liverpool area. He's a proper scouser.

Agreed, it is also making me salute at them I mean salute their performance hehehe. Their fighting style will be much grappling on the ground. Tracy Cortez is a wrestler and Amanda Ribas is an expert in BJJ. You will like the fight and I wish it will be long and end in a decision hehehe.


I am skeptical. Paddy the baddy is very confident because he certainly knows that Jake Paul will never go to the UFC performance institute to fight him. However, it was very good for Paddy Pimblet to create hype for himself. This will only cause curiousity for boxing fans and it might make them watch Paddy in the UFC hehe.

That is not the problem only with Conor McGregor, and we can see what injuries have done for LightHeavyweight division top guys getting serious injuries.
MMA is deadly dangerous combat sport and every time you enter in octagon, for training or real fight you are risking an injury.
I agree that Conor is past his prime, and maybe he doesn't have the drive and hunger to fight like before, but it could be fun to watch him for few more fights.

Is he now back on his fat regime, of eating junk food and everything else?
I never saw anyone having such big body transformations like him, pre and post his fights.

Each to their own. Although, I find him quite down to earth outside of fighting. The thing about the fight business is you've to put on this persona. It's what sells fights, and gets you fans. However, if you listen to him outside of that, he's actually quite a humble, and nice sounding lad.

I don't have too much of a problem with him trying to sell his fights. I mean Conor was adored for it before the fans turned on him. A fight career is generally quite short, and therefore the fighters try to make the most of it, and smack talk is a way of fast tracking that.

Although Conor McGregor is rumored to be coming back to fight in the octagon but his kicks will never be perfect and opponents will target weak legs, maybe Conor chose his first opponent for standard ranking to prove that he has recovered from his injury and has the chance to win to improve his reputation from the last few defeats in his career, but if he challenges Khabib or any other high ranked fighter then I am sure he will not win, maybe another brutal defeat will lead him to retirement decision.

That is also true. Because Khabib Nurmagomedov is fighting since he was a little kid. His muscles were made for grappling and holding his opponents. He could just squeeze someone to death. That is something Conor McGregor cannot do because he is not built like that. When Khabib Nurmagomedov was nine, Conor McGregor was playing with a toy while he was fighting real bears.


I do not know if Khabib Nurmagomedov will be able to perform at 145 lbs again. He has put on quite a lot of weight and it will be challenging for him to make a weight cut like that.  So even if a fight between Khabib, Nurmagomedov, and Conor McGregor does happen, I don’t see it happening in the 145 lbs weight category.



Conor McGregor is past his prime. And of course, with the injuries that he is facing right now, it will be really difficult for him to actually bring effective results. We thought he would have a good fight against Dustin Portier. But he ended up breaking his own leg. The only thing he can do well still is talking shit on Twitter.

It is complicated if it is not because of the War against Russia and Ukraine but If there are other reasons, Dana White is being safe with his answers because he's going to be the bad guy in the public eye, and yes people are a low brain functioning mammal that will surely humiliate someone if they saw things they don't like, and maybe it is to protect the Fighters from all the booing and let's all admit at in the public eye Russia is seen as the villain here, which I think has a deeper reason behind why the Russian attack Ukraine, but if what it is I really don't know, but they are really not want some prohibited flag around the Octagon at all, and if so then just Ban all flags to be shown inside by the fighters,


For me, Pimblet is more interesting now, he surely got grappling moves like no other and he surely is more agile than he looks, be the most shocking thing about him is the way he loses weight when his fight is near, for me Paddy the Baddy Pimblet really knows how to it promote his upcoming fights, but we all know especially what Paddy the baddy is capable of,

Yes, Pimblett's answer was interesting, I will fight on Saturday, rest on Sunday, and beat you on Monday, it seems that Pimblett is very confident, since he thinks that just one day will be enough for him to recover from the fight. But in any case, this is one more performance, without which Paul cannot, he has everything built on this. It will be interesting for me to see it, he knows how to promote his fights.

Probably just to prevent people from booing and starting a riot in the arena. People are already heated when it comes to supporting which side they are but having a flag waving on the UFC like they have invaded the sport can spark a flame. Why they ask for a fee is what makes it smelly.

I never really notice the sudden disappearance of comedy and entertainment shows on tv but you're right. I have just realized I kept watching those series 10 years ago.  Seem not a political issue to me but maybe we are fed with negative emotions by the networks much like the zombie movies that it becomes normal to see homeless guys high on Fentanyl.

Ok, lets get back a bit to that flag thing. The thing is - flags might not be banned, and Dana White is telling the truth, but as we all watch events live, but not in IRL, then montage can be the thing. The world is not as calm as used to be nowadays, so why make those tiny reminders to Russia-Ukraine war with showing Russian flags. Same as all of a sudden all comedy and entertainment shows disappear from TV, if a disaster or terrorist attack for example, has happened on the eve. Just my prediction. Dont know about other country flags, maybe there is also something behind.

Conor McGregor has proven his entertainment value and because of the drama that he added to the sports it became more flavorful no doubt about that, he surely hypes not only the community but others that didn't know MMA or the UFC people just got into the boat out of curiosity, that is why I agree that Conor McGregor has fueled the sales up because Khabib Nurmagomenodov doesn't want to really hype the fight he is just contended in what he gets in every fight he does,


They surely need time to get to that kind of level as Khabib Nurmagomenodov, they need time to wrestle a bear cub at a young age, they need relentless training and scramble with every Dagestan fighter surely enough the drive of Khabib is a more important factor to be him right now, and for me, Islam Makhachev is the one that is really near the level of Khabib now because they are best friends he surely trained with Khabib together,


Actually, I don't really like Paddy Pimblet at 1st the way he talks, and pretty much his beef with Ilia Topuria was the one I really don't like, but seeing how he fought I have learned to like him he got that unique scramble when it comes to grappling that is not been shown in most fighters, he surely got the guts, and the dedication when he is nearing his fight, from gaining so much quicker and losing it so quickly as well he surely amaze me with that


You surely got a keen eye for these, that is why I salute you for saying this to me, will be looking at them I mean will be looking their stats, and fighting style and will be giving my verdict on who's going to win between this two for sure, but pretty much I really like the Latina look of Cortez but Amanda Ribas can be more hot than her, but surely will be looking for what they can do inside the octagon more,

It appears we might have another comedy show between Jake Paul and another UFC fighter hehehe. Paddy the baddy is smaller than Jake Paul, however. It might not be very fair for the UFC fighter. Jake Paul in boxing is a cruiserweight which has a limit of 200 pounds. Paddy Pimblet in MMA is a lightweight which has a limit of only 155 pounds.

Jake Paul should challenge an active UFC fighter who is much closer in his own weight division like Alex Pereira hehehehe.



Jake Paul challenged Paddy Pimblett to $1 million bout after the UFC star claimed the creator fixes his fights

Paul's challenge was one Pimblett was swift to accept, albeit with a slight caveat — the sparring session would have to take place at the UFC's Performance Institute in Las Vegas, shortly after his December 10 fight against Jared Gordon in the same city.

"Come to the PI next week and bring $1 million in a bag and I will spar with you," Pimblett told TMZ on Tuesday — the same day Paul issued his challenge.

"I'm in the PI in Vegas on Thursday. But if he wants to wait until after my fight — until the Monday … I'm game."

Source https://www.insider.com/jake-paul-challenged-paddy-pimblett-after-his-fixed-fights-claim-2022-11



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Amanda Ribas
from Brazil
vital statistics 32-24-34


vs.

Tracy Cortez
from Mexico
vital statistics 34-24-36

Maybe. There's so much room for improvement.
Weak chin but fast recovery. We have seen it in Paddy's many fights, seems like an early knockdown but stands up suddenly and back to looking fresh.
I am glad the referees are giving them chance for that.
Striking is average but submission is on a different high level.
Takedown accuracy is just enough but this is where he should focus more if he wants to bring every fight laying on the mat. The counters though are very impressive. Weakness will be fighters with high takedown defense.

Yeah, he's made a lot of people admit that myself including. I wasn't a fan of him at first, and I still wouldn't call myself a fan, but I can admit when I'm wrong. He's really dedicated himself to boxing, and looks half decent. Certainly no world beater, but no one should be expecting him to be.

He's already fought bigger names than most boxers have when starting their career. I don't know much about Andrew Tate honestly, he's a bit off my radar. However, the Woodley fight doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me. Woodley had his chance, and he did the typical thing that earned him his nickname, and just freezes without putting volume out there.

There are a lot of people who do not believe me, but Jake Paul has taken his fighting career seriously. And out of all the YouTubers-turned-boxers, Jake Paul is probably the most legit one. I think this guy has skills. And I have talked about some shit previously.

Let me rephrase, I have talked a lot of shit about Jake Paul previously. But after actually watching him fight, I think he is legit. Jake Paul has moved on and I think Tyron Woodley should as well.

By the way, you want to know which is going to be the fight of the year? Jake Paul or Logan Paul, just any of the Paul brothers against Andrew Tate.

Quite possibly, definitely a lot more raw than Conor. However, I do get the comparison, and to be honest I can't, but help like him. I think his chant about the Tories won me over though. However, he's got the potential to be a Conor, and the UFC every single time is going to try, and make the best of that sort of opportunity.

There's no doubt he has skills, and I'd say he's a little more rounded than Conor, but probably right now isn't as good at the stand up. Grappling I've been pretty impressed with him to be honest. He's got a submission game too.