Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 275. (Read 100377 times)

The plan for Jon Jones is to fight 3 to 4 times in the Heavyweight division and then end his career. If Ciryl Gane faces Jon Jones i believe Jones will be able to defeat him because he is a striker and we have seen many times how Jon Jones would dismantle a striker with his unorthodox fighting style and his fight IQ.

Dangerous opponent for Jon Jones would be always who has one punch knockout power and so was the reason i was always interested to watch him and Anthony Johnson but unfortunately we were not able to witness that encounter.

I really thought that Cub Swanson was never going to fight anymore but seeing this fight I was kind of OK at 1st but then I realize that this is Swanson the guy that lost to Giga Chikadze, but I think he is back for more, Askar Askarov VS Brandon Royval is another great fight as well I have just forgotten to mention,

Well, that Fighting Kitty Alexa Grasso is one hot chick and you can say that we are drooling to gaze at her fighting inside the octagon, but for us it is a treat to watch her winning it as well,


I want Cyril Gane to Whack Jon Jone's head for Assaulting his wife, well that means I want to see Cyril Gane fight that is all, but I want Gane to teach Jones not to hurt women, and sure enough his fiancee, I don't really like Jon Jones and yes no Francis Ngannoue for the time being Jon Jones should learn the word patient, in getting what he wants, a

I couldn't be sure but I think Ngannou still has one fight left to deal in UFC which I think Dana will give to a special fighter like Jones. Dana and Francis are not on good terms as we all know. This is kind of what happened to Nate Diaz who was about to be beaten badly by Khamzat but was prevented by the chaos that happened backstage.

One fight left, I guess should be worth it if Ngannou fights against someone known to be capable of bringing him down.

Do Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones even have existing contracts in the UFC? Maybe Jon Jones still has remaining years or fights under his UFC contract. But I haven't heard Francis Ngannou signed a new UFC contract since rejecting an offer after his victory over Gane. Ngannou must have rooted that the proposed exhibition fight with Tyson Fury becomes a reality. Now both Jon and Francis want big paydays yet Dana seemed okay to let these 2 become inactive.

Is it really that hard for Dana to pay big, especially his big stars? It's well-known that UFC is earning billions of dollars annually and I read that fighters' purses are only about 20% or less of its revenues. The good thing about the UFC is they can make great fights easily compared to boxing. But it is hard to swallow when a non-champion prospect in boxing like Ryan Garcia is earning more than Francis Ngannou. 

I also dont believe that Dana White will organize John Jon vs Francis Ngannou fight. First like you've said, Dana has disagreements with Ngannou. Ngannou wants to get paid a lot. And I think that JJ, as a former big star (yes, former, as he is inactive for long and to me he is addicted, but not a fighter anymore), also wants a big cheque.

Dana will be risking a lot, if he makes this fight happen. He will have to pay them both hell out of money, but no one promise huge PPV sales. The whole even must be special. Sort of a UFC 300. 300 is a nice and round number. Like UFC had UFC 100 with Lesnar, Mir, GSP, Henderson, Bisping, JJ, Coleman, Belcher, Sexyama. That UFC 100 set PPV record of 1.6 million sales.

They won't give him this fight right away, but Dana White don't like Francis Ngannou  and feeling is mutual so anything could happen.
Last I heard is that John Jones should fight Stipe Miocic, but Ciryl Gane is offering himself after his last messy win against Tai Tuivasa.
I want to see JJ finally fighting again in 2022 and they can pick anyone they want, but I think we may have to wait for next year.

Nono, this event is actually really good for a Fight Night, non PPV event.  Some good match ups in here imho.  I'm liking Jonathan Martinez vs Cub Swanson, Askar Askarov vs Brandon Royval,  Magny vs Daniel Rodriguez, Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Joanderson Brito, Nick Maximov vs Jacob Malkoun and the banger of bangers Dusko Todorovic vs Jordan Wright!  Bet on the under for that one for sure.  

The main event is just ok but I'm pretty sure there's like a couple of people itt drooling over Alexa Grasso.  

When I saw the Canceled fight I also think the same but for me, I like the main event because I really want to watch Alexa Grasso and because this fight was rescheduled, and most of the fight was slightly boring in my opinion and Neil Magny VS Daniel Rodriguez was really a let down it should be a rematch between Daniel Rodriguez and Li Jingliang


Apparently, a lot of UFC fighters are not glad for Mark Zuckerberg being on ringside, well they roast Zuckerberg while Mark Zuckerberg is enjoying the fight so much, but what can you say when a guest and surely a potential investor that recently exercised MMA Dana White is very please in giving in for him to be there at ring side, Uncle Dana White really wants money,


That would definitely crack the moment he tries to hit his shin guard to Francis Ngannoue's Shin guard, If this fight Continues I will not be Surprise if Jon Jones would lost and Ngannoue wins the fight with KO/TKO via injury like what happened with Tom Aspinall with his fight with Curtis Blaydes,

Only cancelled fight could have saved that event from being boring Another filler with chicks in the main event.

As to Dern vs Yan event - Mark Zuckerberg was actually on this event. I even found few vids in his instagram of him practicing strikes in MMA gloves. The nerd probably found out what MMA is got excited about it, visit first event and now pissing his pantie because of happyness.


Good luck with that chicken legs

Well, Now that the UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan is settled here is the next event this week

UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo



Saturday 10.15.2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

MAIN CARD

Women's Flyweight: Alexa Grasso VS Viviane Araujo
Bantamweight: Jonathan Martinez VS Cub Swanson
Flyweight: Askar Askarov VS Brandon Royval
Middleweight: Misha Cirkunov VS Alonzo Menifield
Welterweight: Neil Magny VS Daniel Rodriguez

PRELIMINARY CARD

Women's Strawweight: Piera Rodriguez VS Sam Hughes
Flyweight: C.J. Vergara VS Tatsuro Taira
Bantamweight: Mana Martinez VS Brandon Davis
Welterweight: Mike Jackson VS Pete Rodriguez
Bantamweight: Raphael Assunção VS Victor Henry
Featherweight: Melsik Baghdasaryan VS Joanderson Brito
Middleweight: Nick Maximov VS Jacob Malkoun
Middleweight: Duško Todorović VS Jordan Wright

CANCELLED BOUTS

Jared Cannonier vs. Sean Strickland

All information was from TAPOLOGY

Not only did I pick Yan after reading earlier comments (which with a price boost was almost 3/1), I also paired it with Yusoff... so booked a nice win on my first and only bet in the past few months on UFC. A slight consolation considering how poorly I'm doing elsewhere...

Might get a look at Zhang odds in this case (possible all-chinese meet) but too far away for me to remember.

Mackenzie Dern looks struggling with Yan Xiaonan so much she can not get that submission that she wants, while Xiaonan from the start she knows her opening at the start that is why she can get more significant strikes of Dern, just like I have said we can be surprised by Yan Xiaonan's stand-up,

While Randy Brown is using his advantage by keeping the distance, Francisco Trinaldo has shown his durability but it was really the Reach of Randy Brown that got all those volumes of strikes, and I think most of the matches in the UFC and Bellator are decision wins,


Well, it was a close match Ilir Latifi just got the better of Aleksei Oleinik, from taking those takedowns, and giving Aleksei Oleinik a hardtime maybe it is because of the age, but Aleksei Oleinik is a true legend and Latifi is respecting that,

As far as I'm concerned, Latifi had an excellent performance in this fight. Afterward, I think a lot of people had expected him to win because he was clearly the better fighter in this one. There is no doubt that Latifi had a better scope in terms of the total strike, significant strike, and take down than his opponent.

Oleinik fought well as well, but Latifi was a much better fighter than him. I have been wondering what will happen to the future of his career from this point on. I am not going to be surprised if he announces soon that he is going to retire, since he is already quite old.

^  Yup...  With Dern an elite grappler, you could say Yan defended reaaally good.  And she had more than a couple of spots when she really got in trouble too.  All her training with Team Alpha Male with Faber and the rest of those guys are paying dividends for Yan.  So yeah, I guess she'll be going next for the title after Zhang Weili.  It's gonna be an all Chinese match up if Zhang Weili wins.

Anyway, it's going to be another weekend without the UFC.  :/  

Mackenzie Dern VS Xiaonan Yan
Yan won the fight because of having a more significant strike percentage compared to Mackenzie. And it was really great to see how she defended the submission attempts from Mackenzie. But I have to say at the same time Mackenzie did try to be aggressive. But she could not land clean shots. The defense from Yan was too good.

Randy Brown VS Francisco Trinaldo
This was a hard-fought victory for Randy brown. And I really feel like the decision could have gone either way. But I have to say Randy Brown with the knockdown had the advantage. This was a really close match and I also believe that the decision was also a tough one.

Here are the results for the UFC Fight Night: Dern VS Yan

Mackenzie Dern VS Xiaonan Yan ROUND 5 DECISION - LOST

Well, Xiaonan Yan has held up to that submission and gets back up, so that was really impressive, and from what I see Yan Striking was really fast enough to release that volume of strikes, to Dern, that is why all 5 rounds were a majority for Yan, and mostly all of Yan's side kicks were getting in, you can see when Xiaonan's punches get into Dern you can see Mackenzie Dern's reaction on Yan's punches, you can see that Dern really struggle with that takedowns,

Randy Brown VS Francisco Trinaldo ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

The reach and height of Randy Brown really did have an advantage through the fight but surely those takedowns from Trinaldo is something that Brown have anticipated and he surely is brushing off those submission attempts, but surely the volume of strikes have accumulated was really punishing for Trinaldo, and this fight ends up in a decision both fighters was great it was a close match but as I have predicted Randy Brown surely had the upper hand when it comes to Height and Reaches,

Aleksei Oleinik VS Ilir Latifi ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

Ilir Latifi fought with his leg swollen and he didn't tell ringside and coach that he has, but he can not afford to cancel a fight against the Legendary Aleksei Oleinik, it was an absolute great fight you can see takedowns from the two but the standing was when Latifi gets into Oleinik the most, so that is it the fight end up with a decision win for Ilir Latifi, and Latifi is now turning 40 so this might be his last match if the UFC will not give him a contract again, but if he still wants to fight maybe the UFC will still give him something,

I heard that John Jones wants to fight Francis Ngannou on his return to the UFC.
The first time I heard about it was when Chael Sonnen discussed it on YouTube.


https://youtu.be/qo83Dvg1YZI

Honestly, I doubt this guy. However, it appears as though this is going to be a good fight for John Jones.
Moreover, if he manages to defeat Francis Ngannou, then it is going to be great for him.
But it is Francis Ngannou we are talking about. So, this is not going to be easy at all.

Francis Ngannou is still recovering from his surgery and once he is ready to fight, he will be having a line of fighters waiting to challenge him and if Jon Jones is willing to fight there is no doubt he will find a way to defeat anyone and he will be the right choice, if not Curtis Blaydes is on a winning streak and we might even see the rematch between Stipe Miocic but the only problem is that he never fought after his title loss.

We might see a knockout during Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya bout. About Covington will he be willing to face Khamzat Chimaev.

His legs are still very thing compared to all other heavyweights and many top light-heavyweight fighters in UFC.
I can imagine his fight will look similar like when Adesanya ventured into octagon with Jan Błachowicz, and we all know what happened then

For anyone who is not so much interesting for this upcoming UFC event but waiting to see Izzy again in octagon, here is new video of Israel Adesanya's Strength & Conditioning Training for UFC 281:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEKqLamTeiA

Hard to find someone to fight with Ngannou already so its good to see Jones rankup. Didn't see the video yet. If the weight will not slow him, its gonna be one of the baddest fight we'll see.

Khamzat  vs Covington is something to look forward to. Exciting fights ahead while we are also going to witness Izzy and Peirera. Miss seeing one big KO that will shock us.