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Gane deserved the win, I'm not going to dispute that. However, many of us probably thought Gane was going to outclass Tai more than he did. That was a close fight. The only difference maker for me was the jab by Gane which was superb, but the real game changer was those front kicks to the body. Tai got hurt maybe five or six times with those, and as soon as that happened, he was dropping the hands. It was quite obvious for everyone watching he wasn't going to be able to continue to take those, and Gane knew it too.

So, it was the beginning of the end from that point onwards, but Tai still hurt Gane, and even if you take out that overhand, he was touching Gane much more than I thought going into the fight. The thing is, I don't think either of these fighters will win against Ngannou, especially since there's holes in both mens game.

Chimaev vs Nate fight is going to be like that - Nate will take a beating, but will throw a good clean combination (which wont be enough to win the fight). This will be simular to a fight with Edwards, took beating but everyone remember how he dazed Edwards and basically stole the crowd. Nate will lose, but will show a good fight and will be a “winner”.

This is what I am waiting for I think I will go with these fights on the list, Khamzat Chimaev VS Nate Diaz could be on fire, but pretty much this is a win for Chimaev, but I will watch Nate Diaz's previous fights if he can have a counter for Chimaev, While Li Jingliang VS Tony Ferguson I think this could be questionable for me but I will look on deeper if who's going to be dominant in the entire fight, will be checking on these fight for sure,

Change and Canceled Bouts

Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Jailton Almeida - Abdurakhimov has Visa Issues so Anton Turkalj was the replacement

Hannah Cifers vs. Melissa Martinez - Cifers Withdrew so she was replaced by Elise Reed

Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw - Bout Rescheduled

Miguel Baeza vs. Yohan Lainesse - Baeza has an Injury so he was replaced by Darian Weeks


Gane has been rocked by Tuivasa in the 1st round but he recovered so fast that it was like nothing and he doesn't even lose composure I think had an impact on Tuivasa that it was not an easy win for me seeing Ciryl Gane back on his feat it surely annoyed him and from that 1st round takedown Ciryl Gane now on the 2nd round has many openings he can take against Tai Tuivasa, while Tuivasa is still hanging he can take Gane against with a solid overhand punch, but  all of Tuivasa's attempt is nulled by Ciryl Gane,

I was most impressed with amazing crowd in France, it was so much better than watching most fights with regular US crowd.
Result could gone other way if Gane didn't receive this amazing support, but it was one of the more exciting heavyweight fights I watched this year.
Gane is asking for championship title fight but I saw many holes in his game and he needs to improve a lot if he wants to win against champ Francis Ngannou.

I was wrong about Vettori and I really believed that he could win this fight, but maybe it was just not his night.
Only thing I was right about is that fight will finish by decision and go to distance.

You cannot count out Tai Tuivasa, he was on a 5 fight winning streak which is rare in the Heavy Weight division and his most impressive win was against Derrick Lewis which was really unexpected and even in this fight he really clipped Ciryl Gane but was not able to finish him, if not for the smart move by Ciryl Gane the fight would have been over.

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UFC 279 main event and co main event looks like a mismatch, not sure why Tony Ferguson is moving up the division and facing Li Jingliang and Jorge Masvidal should have been the right opponent for Khamzat Chimaev rather than two 155 pounders heading the main event and co main event  .

Tuivasa's chance to beat Gane disappeared after the 2nd round. Tuivasa's exhaustion  cause him to lose the game while Gane still manages to bounce and get out whenever Tai attempts.

The kind of match that is easy to predict who will win, if you have bet a grand, lucky you. But you probably shake your head in the first round seeing Gane almost KOed.

That overhead punch from Tai Tuivasa was the only one that knock Ciryl Gane, and after that no more, I admit Tuivasa surely has the strength in knocking his opponent with one shot and is the most durable fighter out there, but that overhead punch is the only opening he got towards Gane, so just like I have said Tuivasa constantly spamming those overhead punch like he doesn't care at all and Ciryl Gane already has seen towards this that it was not working anymore, I admit Tai Tuivasa surely is superb with his strength and durability but that is it from that 1st round surely Ciryl Gane was hurt but he recovers so fast from that and I think it was a false opening for Tuivasa because on the further rounds he is not doing anything anymore, sorry if I sound bias towards Gane, you know me I was for Ciryl Gane since day 1 and even if he lost against Francis Ngannou that never change, for me Gane out class Tuivasa,


For me, training hard can surely do good for Tai Tuivasa but it is not enough if he is not a technical fighter, from that standpoint the Brawler mode Tuivasa is not going to do good against a Technical Mode Gane in the long run, that Knockout punch for Tai was really strong and Gane was surprised aswell but he surely recovers from that and surely hit Tuivasa with a front leg, and on the 2nd round Ciryl Gane has already in check with Tuivasan overhand punches, kicks all of it was nulled by Gane, while Tuivasa is not hitting Gane anymore Tuivasa is now frustrated because Gane is landing so much and is now hurting Tuivasa sad to say if Tuivasa would fight another technical fighter he would likely lose and getting to the champion would be a hard thing for him, so there wouldn't have a shoe drinking for him for now,

Gane took it a little slower, actually if he had put pressure in the first round, I think he could have knocked down Tuivasa and he would have done it very comfortably. Gane was caught off-balance in one part of the match, he was knocked down by a counterattack, and then he decided to finish the fight, he punched him in the back of the head there, but I think he didn't do it on purpose. As I already said, the match could have ended at the beginning of the fight. I would like to congratulate Tuivasa and gave a good fight. It was a nice UFC night, I hope events like this will be held in different geographies in like a France.

There was a lot of effort put into winning that fight by Tai Tuivasa. I agree with you that he almost knocked Gane down as well. However, he wasn't able to follow up on his initial attack because Gane changed his approach in order to perform a takedown. After that, Tai was unable to control the match any longer. As far as I am concerned, Gane had more control during that fight when compared to Tai. In spite of this, I have to give Gane credit where credit is due since he did a great job in winning the fight. There is no doubt that Gane is the winner if we take a look at the total number of strikes, significant strikes, and take-down attempts from both of the fighters.

UFC 279



Date: September 10, 2022
Main Card: SUN, SEP 11 / 5:00 AM EEST
Prelims: SUN, SEP 11 / 3:00 AM EEST
Early prelims: SUN, SEP 11 / 1:00 AM EEST

Venue: T-Mobile Arena

Main card (ESPN+)
Welterweight: Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz            
Welterweight: Li Jingliang vs. Tony Ferguson            
Catchweight: Kevin Hollan vs. Daniel Rodriguez            
Women's Bantamweight: Irene Aldana vs. Macy Chiasson            
Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker vs. Ion Cuțelaba

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Julian Erosa            
Middleweight: Denis Tiuliulin vs. Jamie Pickett            
Heavyweight: Jake Collier vs. Chris Barnett

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Featherweight: Norma Dumont vs. Danyelle Wolf            
Bantamweight: Chad Anheliger vs. Alateng Heili            
Women's Strawweight: Melissa Martinez vs. Elise Reed            
Welterweight: Darian Weeks vs. Yohan Lainesse   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_279

Yeah, I had a slight lean for Whitaker but I didn't expect him to look all really good for the whole three rounds.  I really thought Vettori could steal a round.  The line wasn't a misread by The books.  They really got it right.  Lol.  And same with Buckley...  I thought it would be close too.

I think Tuivasa belongs to the UFC HW top 10 but not at top 5.  So what's next for him...  I think he'll be matched up with Tom Aspinall who's another excellent fighter.  Aspinall could finish him in two rounds imho.

Tai appears confident after almost knocking Gane down even he calls for loud cheers from the audience to cheer him on, but Gane changes the fighting pattern to ranged combat, so my assumption is that Gane dodged hard punches a second time and avoided the close combat area, long range combat is very in his favour as he is taller than Tai and has long arms to punch Tai in the face and several kicks strike to the midsection, Tai eventually loses emotional control then makes a mistake to enter the close area and Gane saves his hand for a few hard punches to stop the fight.
Interesting fight, although I expected Tai's fight to be better than that but Gane is a strong challenger, so I'm sure Tai will train hard after this and will be lucky next time.

Tai really showed he belonged there, I know he's been doubted his whole career pretty much, but he very nearly knocked out Gane himself. Obviously, he didn't like those body shots, and that was the beginning of the end. You could see it, he dropped his hands, and was on his last legs after taking a couple more in the third round. If he can learn from that, and protect that midsection or strengthen it somewhat, I'd actually fancy him against Gane next time. Gane was good obviously, but I was more impressed with Tai.

Also, Nathanial Wood was awesome, fair play to him. Vettori pretty much got outclassed, and it does seem like Izzy, and Whittaker are in a division of their own, since there's no one else really competing.

I have also noticed that Hammer's fist I think he unintentionally delivers it, out of desperation just to knockdown Tuivasa, I could say Tai Tuivasa really has an amazing chin and durability to likely continue to receive that beating, but that Hammer's fist was really unintentional, in my opinion, it was in the middle of a heated battle, Tai Tuivasa doesn't know what he can do as well his punches and kick doesn't land anymore on Gane, I really love this fight and truly Ciryl Gane is still one exceptional fighter and if there would have a chance for a rematch between him and Francis Ngannou I will still support and bet for him,


Tai Tuivasa was really durable and has a great chin, no wonder because he is just 29 years old, and that durability will surely stay, for a long time, Tai Tuivasa can simply win this if he is constantly hitting Gane, but with 1 huge strike he lands on Gane knocks Ciryl Gane down, was that overhand punch but that was downloaded by Gane and was constantly stopped by him if Tuivasa can also be technical like Gane that would be a different story because I think Tuivasa really has the power to knock out Gane, and Tuivasa is constantly repeating that overhand punch that with no success on Ciryl Gane,

Yeap, I saw that hammer punch too. I dont this was done on purpose. Gane was just swingning arms like mill and unintentionally hit with that illegal punch. Tai dont have arguements about that punch and if this punch wasnt landed, it would not change much. In general I am surprised that it took 3 rounds for Gane to win. I have expected him winning in round two, if first one was sort of intelligence.

Ciryl Gane VS Tai Tuivasa - That was a fight of the night! Much respect to Tai Tuivasa for showing an incredible performance, that round 2 almost had me in my seat but Ciryl Gane managed it for a second. Did you notice in round 3 Ciryl Gane landed a hammer first on the back head of Tuivasa before he got KO'ed?

Well, as expected it is not profitable to be, and it is really a risk betting for Tai Tuivasa that is why I didn't bet on this fight, but man that was one predictable Tuivasa he initially went into his brawl mode, but it was really not effective to Gane's technical approached,

And regarding the Chimaev, Diaz fight If I can produce a large amount of money maybe I will go for a bet, but it will surely depend, maybe I will just stay away from betting aswell,

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Now, Here is the result for my picks, it was not a great pick because I only got 1 right, but at least I didn't bet for any of the fights for Gane VS Tuivasa because it is not profitable, for Whittaker VS Vettori because I am 50/50 torn between the two, but I should have gone to the more technical fighter, which is Whittaker, and the Ailin Perez VS Stephanie Egger, Because Egger got a pretty much experience in the UFC, but I really like Perez to win, just for the twerk

Ciryl Gane VS Tai Tuivasa ROUND 3 KO/TKO - WIN

Well, pretty much Gane had found his opening since 1st round, while Tuivasa pretty much didn't get his that right overhand punch was the only one that made success but it was really a false opening and I think Gane has capitalized on that overhand punch that Tai Tuivasa is always doing it, and as the fight progress Tai Tuivasa was getting frustrated for not much doing a thing to Ciryl Gane he is not hitting Gane at all, that fight IQ that I am saying Ciryl Gane really does it but against to the Brawl Mode of Tai Tuivasa it is surely not effective against a technical mode of Cyri Gane, it is surely such a treat watching Gane does it, but against Francis Ngannou that also has a technical approached it is surely hard for him I think both Ngannou and Gane has the same Fight IQ it's just Ngannou just got ahead of him and switching his style on the nick of time that Gane doesn't really know what he can do, this whats happen to Tai Tuivasa he doesn't know what he can do any more against a faster, and technical Bon Gamin, feeling sad not seeing Tuivasa drink on a shoes,

Robert Whittaker VS Marvin Vettori ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST

Pretty much a more technical Whittaker is really hard to predict for Vettori, but Marvin Vettori just got a heart to just give up, it's just Robert Whittaker is capitalizing on those front kicks to check on Vettori, that kicks have surely hurt Marvin Vettori so he hobbles a bit, pretty much the heavy fight was on the 3rd round, was Vettori go for the takedown but because Whittaker got good takedown defense it has failed, but when Robert Whittaker was the one does the takedown Vettori has brought down, you can surely see the level of domination over Vettori, Marvin Vettori has now bloodied his face that surely everything he does was not really successful,

Ailin Perez VS Stephanie Egger ROUND 2 SUBMISSON - LOST

Just like that Ailin Perez was submitted by Stephanie Egger, pretty much Egger is just good on his takedowns and that submission has gone smoothly and because Ailin Perez for me doesn't have what it takes when the fight was on the ground, Stephanie Egger was just better than our Twerking fighting kitten,

Gane didn't fail you. Like we expect Gane won without a doubt. Tai showed his strength that it took 3 rounds to defeat him. Earlier in the fight, it was really intense when Tai hit Gane hard. Not worth betting like what YuginKadoya said. Other cards are hard to speculate. There was speculation that Vetorri will win, but he didn't.

If you didn't bet on Gane vs Tuivasa because of the odds. Will you bet on Diaz vs Chimaev since it seems very positive Chimaev will win?

For anyone who is interested main event Ciryl Gane vs Tai Tuivasa is starting now, earlier than usual so tune in live!
I am expecting to see KO win for any of this two guys, and this would be second KO win in this main card.
Gane looks very cool and relaxed and my pick is on him. 🥊 🥊

Stake odds right now are 1.16 for Ciryl Gane while 5.20 for Tai Tuivasa If I bet for Gane with 0.001 BTC I would get a total payout of 0.00116 BTC it is not really a profitable win but still, a win is a win, and I have acquired $ 3.18 USD if the price of Bitcoin never change, so I would likely stay away from betting because I don't have that much likely if you got a big amount to bet then get bigger cash for Gane, or if he wants a risky one bet for Tuivasa for that same amount I would likely get $83.50 if converted to USD if Tuivasa wins, but I would rather stay away from betting for now,


If he can not hurt Tuivasa with his punches then the fight might end up in a decision, I surely doubt Ciryl Gane's power back then that he can not knockout Lewis, but he did, but Tuivasa is super durable than Lewis so he would likely have problem with him, surely if you hit Tuivasa harder and he doesn't budge then a counter will likely to follow up for Gane and that could make a win for Tuivasa, I surely don't look for just a Gane win here, I really think that Tuivasa has a way of defeating Gane aswell, but it is just slim, and I can not see it happening,