Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 288. (Read 97228 times)

Well you're talking about wrestling, I am talking about grappling, for me, Marlon Vera is a more well-rounded Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and can finish his opponent both on Stand-up, Submission, or Decision, but well, Dominick Reyes, might be a good wrestler, and surely he would love to take down his opponent and finish it with a ground and pound, and surely Dominick Cruz is prone to be injured, I think he is the most injured fighter in the UFC, while Chito Vera is a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Cruz is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but we can not compare that to their level of experience while Vera doesn't have any background on Wrestling and Cruz has an extensive wrestling background training in amateur wrestling maybe Cruz is a more well-rounded guy than Chito Vera,


Marlon Vera's record is mostly note-taking has 4 times Performance of the Night fights, with fighters  Roman Salazar, Brad Pickett, Andre Ewell, and Frankie Edgar, 3 times Fight of the Night versus  Song Yadong, Davey Grant, and Rob Font, and Most stoppage wins in UFC Bantamweight division history with 9 counts, but I think he can not underestimate Dominick Cruz just yet, and I just hope this fight never ends in an injury, I would love to see this ends well because both fighters is really deserve in winning this fight, but for me, I think Marlon Vera could win this aswell,

Vera it is! He is also known for relentless volume and has the cardio and power  to back it up. I don't see Dom Cruz going to win this fight unless he could throw shots with stroke of luck at the right time. He aged and have been injured many times. I reviewed his last fight he nearly lost against Pedro Munhoz.

^  Mmm after watching some tape, it's Vera's durability which makes me kinda lean on him.  And he's somewhat fast enough to evade some of Cruz's offense.  Cruz on the other hand is who I think is more well rounded between these guys.  He has a wrestling background, has good take downs, good foot work, good volume but not much power in those hands.  Vera has power and there's a possibility Vera could finish him at R4 or R5.  And watch Cruz vs Munhoz, I think Cruz's chin isn't what it used to...

Well, It is your right to blame any fighter that you think is not entertaining, and surely we all have different perspectives here, and I respect your opinion, it is just good that we are throwing at each other what we think about certain fighters, what we think about their style and skills, surely I am in no disposition to say what is right and what is wrong, but I think we all have our own understanding with things and I respect that,

Well I think in other places that kind of fight is really not tolerable and for a mad audience about the fight, I think the organizer should have done something about it, but it is still a different thing, an official match on the UFC and a fight outside the UFC is a pretty different thing aswell,

But I also agree with you that the Adesanya VS Romero fight was a kick-on-the-gut fight and it should not happen again, and Romero is just copying what Adesanya is doing which is very distasteful, and knowing how Yoel Romero fought, was really a spectacle to see,


I could also say the same, right now Marlon Vera is used to a full 5th round fight and it also applies for Dominick Cruz, but for me, I am going with a well-rounded fighter, and that is Marlon Vera, and I haven't seen if there are a double bet event for Marlon Vera on this one for stake.com, I will look for it maybe I haven't seen it, but last fight with Alexa Grasso both Vera and Grasso have a special bonus when you would bet and win for them,

I could see the main event being a scenario for a live bet for Vera.  Vera usually starts slow and gets better as the fight goes.  So being a 5 rounder could be in Vera's favor.  Earlier this year or was it late last year, Stunna of Stake said they were opening the MMA market for live betting this year.  But anyway...  Yeah, I guess live bet Vera after R1 or R2.

Here's some replays of both.

UFC Free Fight:  Cruz vs Munhoz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtcVHlSozlY

UFC Free Fight:  Vera vs Font
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6tU2R8Sto

There's more replays for tape study in both MMACore sites.

https://www.mma-core.com/

https://mmacore.tv/

Have fun. 

Me neither but I think main event Vera vs Cruz will be interesting to watch.
One more fight worth watching from prelims is heavyweight fight Łukasz Brzeski vs Martin Buday, I remember people praising polish fighter Brzeski.

He has the same blood like Kamaru so there is potential for him to be challenger in future, but he needs to prove this in next fights.
I can't judge him based only on one or two fights and I was more talking about his genetic predisposition, and Dana will use his connection with Kamaru for promotion, and I think he likes him.
Interesting to listen his post fight interview, he speaks perfect English language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQ-pxRhpNc

I wasn't saying any of those 200lbs+ guys couldn't sleep me with their left.  It just appeared to me that it was more of a punch thrown to gauge distance or setup a coming combination.  It didn't seem like the haymaker sleeper punch to put down a heavyweight.  Obviously it was though.  Sort of reminded me of the punch that McGregor knocked out Aldo with.  It looked like Aldo was throwing the harder shot from that exchange, but he didn't even hurt Connor and ended up on the floor.  The muscle memory on these fighters is something else.

I think I am blaming Izzy because he is champion. I am demanding something more from him, 200% in every fight, I give him no discounts. Like in video games, when you fight a final boss, you dont expect the fight to be as other fights against regular goons. It it always entertaining to watch Izzy before the fight, after the fight, when he is preparing or trashtalking. But when it comes to a fight, he is to cautious, he waits to counter strike.

From Russia MMA community: There was a tournament recently, where in finals two fighters from same gym met. Their fight looked more like sparring. Both fighters instead of dealing max damage or striking with full power, prefer to do punctuated beats. The crowd did not like that. Little remark, it was somewhere in Dagestan, or fighters were from Dagestan. People from there are hot blooded. Of course they dont like such main event fight. The fight saved president of that organization. He has entered the octagon, stopped the fight and claimed it as no contest. Fighters did not get bonuses and good rewards. Was this a right decision ? Towards fighters probably not, towards spectators, absolutely yes.

(this is a reply to Adesanya vs Romero fight, as you have mentioned them, and this fight was rather boring to warch)

Well I surely understand what you are saying and we surely have different opinions, and I also admit that Israel Adesanya is really not entertaining at times, he is constantly waiting for his opponent to strike, and when the time Yoel Romero also waited for him to strike the referee has scolded them that the judges needed to score a hit, but they are just taunting each other, pretty much a not so good fight for Israel Adesanya in my opinion, but when we look at some boxers who were hated because of their Style like Mayweather, this goes to prove that Israel Adesanya has picked the safest way possible for him in winning the fights, but yes it looks so boring for some fans to watch, and for some, it is still entertaining as long as Adesanya wins,