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Quote from: cabron on August 27, 2024, 09:32:26 AM

I don't see Merab's record as having lots of submissions in fact he just submitted 1 person who is an unknown Sukhrob Aydarbekov. But they are saying he can takedown but can't hold for long. For Suga to be the underdog in this match while he made 12 KO over 19 fights and Merab only has 3 KOs over 21 fights is an understatement. Idk they're tricking people. But maybe if Omalley has a great TDD like Aldo, the bookies may see Merab as the underdog. Sean has footwork though.

The reason why O'Malley is an underdog might be because nobody ever knocked out Merab, and O'Malley is a pure striker. In addition, add that Merab is good at takedowns, and O'Malley long limbs will only play bad if he is on the ground. I doubt that Merab is a favourite, because he has more wins in a row. Imho a lot of people underestimate power of O'Malley strikes. Many see him as a tall, skinny bantamweight guy with ear sticks hands.

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Quote from: Pumared on August 27, 2024, 01:32:50 PM

From what I've researched, the next UFC fight is on September 7th, right? And it will be Burns' fight.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Brazilian fight again. The last fight I saw, he ended up hurting his arm or something like that and it wasn't as good as expected.

Yup, nothing going on this weekend in the UFC and there's Burns Vs Brady the week after, on 7th/8th.
Gilbert's fights tend to be entertaining and Brady has an impressive 16-1 record, losing only to Belal (by TKO), so it should be interesting.
Brady is a x1.58 favourite, odds for Burns are x2.38. I'm not sure if it was due to injury (or injuries) but Brady only had 3 fights since Nov 2021, with his last fight being in Dec 2023.
Gilbert should be extra motivated to defend the family's name after his younger brother's, Herbert, poor performance (and 4th loss in a row) during the UFC 305.

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From what I've researched, the next UFC fight is on September 7th, right? And it will be Burns' fight.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Brazilian fight again. The last fight I saw, he ended up hurting his arm or something like that and it wasn't as good as expected.

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I don't see Merab's record as having lots of submissions in fact he just submitted 1 person who is an unknown Sukhrob Aydarbekov. But they are saying he can takedown but can't hold for long. For Suga to be the underdog in this match while he made 12 KO over 19 fights and Merab only has 3 KOs over 21 fights is an understatement. Idk they're tricking people. But maybe if Omalley has a great TDD like Aldo, the bookies may see Merab as the underdog. Sean has footwork though.

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So potentially we will have a new champ of bantamweight in 3 weeks Cheesy

So not only Merab would have taken Seans cool jacket, but the belt also Cheesy

Probably going to take pants or shoes in a rematch to collect whole set. However, the fact that Merab barely finishes his opponents might play bad for him. It will be decision win on one part of scale, and hype of O'Malley + current champ status on the other. Dont know which part will be heavier for UFC Cheesy

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^ Merab Dvalsihlilili or how you spell it is a relentless wrestler. He may have avoided it vs Sterling because he had the foot work and the speed but Dvalishvili is prolly a better wrestler than Sterling. And not only that, his chin is cast iron while Sterling is kinda chinny. But the books opened as the slight underdog around 2.20 and Dvalishvili around 1.75. So the books favor him a bit more. But the sharps jumped on O'Malley right away that's the lines moved to almost a pickem.

You can check them out here...

https://fightodds.io/odds/5414/ufc-306-noche-ufc-omalley-vs-dvalishvili

Oh... O'Malley was lined at 3.15 or something vs Sterling. His TD defense hasn't really been tested yet. We could see it with this match up.

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Quote from: tokeweed on August 26, 2024, 06:31:28 AM

Can't wait for this one in preparation for 306...

Regards UFC 306 and the main event, can someone explain why Merab is the slight favourite in the fight? Merab 1.86 vs 1.91 O'Malley. He has a endless tank, good at wrestling and take downs. But mentally O'Malley should be a favourite. Suppose you train with the guy all the time, and O'Malley knocks that guy out pretty easily (speaking about Aljo). Which might also mean that O'Malley could KO Meral also easily. Reach and height advantage (but a huge disadvantage if they go on the ground). Sean is really good at striking.

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News update on Francis Ngannou.

It appears the truth on the Predator's mind has begun to become known. However, who is telling the truth on this, is it uncle Dana or Ngannou? I reckon for this, the 2 might be telling a lie. On Jon Jones, I am quite certain that this is a similar problem hehehehe, the contract! He cannot Ngannou under his present contract because this is a big risk on his legacy. If uncle Dana gave Jones and Ngannou their demands, we might have witnessed them fight in the UFC aleady.

While talking to journalists at the PFL press conference, Ngannou flipped the script and claimed that Jones didn’t want to fight him in the UFC. He allegedly requested the fight multiple times but was told that “Bones” wasn’t willing to fight as he was enjoying life in Albuquerque.

“As far as I’m concerned, it was Jon Jones didn’t want to fight for me, according to them. And so many time that we sit down on the meeting, I’m like, oh it can’t happen Jon Jones doesn’t want to fight anymore. You know, like he live in Albuquerque. He live his small life. He has a lot of money in his bank account, you know. So, I think, the guy who control the narrative can say whatever he wants but that’s just the narrative. I never, I was the one requesting the Jon Jones fight but I didn’t want that like a trap, to get into some deal and get to something I didn’t want.”

As per “The Predator”, another reason why the Jones fight couldn’t happen was his contract. He was down to fight the UFC light heavyweight GOAT but wanted a contract that benefited him in ways other than just money. This included the freedom to box, in-cage sponsorships, and health insurance, among other things.

Read in full https://www.mmanews.com/news/pfl/francis-ngannou-on-dana-white-claiming-he-ducked-jon-jones/

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Quote from: TopTort777 on August 26, 2024, 02:40:14 AM

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady

Date: September 8, 2024

Preliminary Card: Sat, Sep 7 / 11:00 PM GMT+3
Main Card: Sun, Sep 8 / 2:00 AM GMT+3

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN)
Welterweight: Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady
Women's Flyweight: Jéssica Andrade vs. Natália Silva
Featherweight: Steve Garcia vs. Kyle Nelson
Flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Alessandro Costa
Lightweight: Trevor Peek vs. Yanal Ashmouz

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Lightweight: Rong Zhu vs. Chris Padilla
Light Heavyweight: Ryan Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Women's Strawweight: Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Lightweight: Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
Flyweight: Felipe dos Santos vs. André Lima
Featherweight: Yi Zha vs. Gabriel Santos
Middleweight: Andre Petroski vs. Dylan Budka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Burns_vs._Brady

Decent match ups in there... Main event is good, the co main, can't wait to see Steve Garcia again, I like Matt Schnell but will prolly lose, OSP should be live vs Spann, Dulgarian had a tough match vs Christian Rodriguez but will coast this next one and Felipe Dos Santos had a decent debut on short notice vs Kape cant wait to see him back after his first win in the UFC.

Can't wait for this one in preparation for 306...

My leans at first glance.

Burns
Silva
Garcia
Costa
Peek
Zhu
OSP
Amorim
Dulgarian
Dos Santos
Santos
Petroski

Edit: Just saw this event will still be in a couple of weeks... Meh.

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Quote from: cabron on August 25, 2024, 01:28:24 PM

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Among the fights, I think its Mairon Santos who shows the most impressive end. Can't find an upload that has the real video but this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFKszKz7es

Yes it was pretty amazing fight and I would say Mairon Santos win was one of the best on the show, he really did great job and with one big left hook to get the KO win.
Mairon Santos really put lot of effort into losing weight for this fight and it all paid off with win.
I see lot of belief for Mairon Santos to finish in the second round because Kaan Ofli looked pretty weak and it showed in the second round that Mairon Santos was much more aggressive with more strikes coming in.

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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady

Date: September 8, 2024

Preliminary Card: Sat, Sep 7 / 11:00 PM GMT+3
Main Card: Sun, Sep 8 / 2:00 AM GMT+3

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN)
Welterweight: Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady
Women's Flyweight: Jéssica Andrade vs. Natália Silva
Featherweight: Steve Garcia vs. Kyle Nelson
Flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Alessandro Costa
Lightweight: Trevor Peek vs. Yanal Ashmouz

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Lightweight: Rong Zhu vs. Chris Padilla
Light Heavyweight: Ryan Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Women's Strawweight: Jaqueline Amorim vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Lightweight: Isaac Dulgarian vs. Brendon Marotte
Flyweight: Felipe dos Santos vs. André Lima
Featherweight: Yi Zha vs. Gabriel Santos
Middleweight: Andre Petroski vs. Dylan Budka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Burns_vs._Brady

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Quote from: pawel7777 on August 25, 2024, 12:02:53 PM

Quote from: tokeweed on August 25, 2024, 07:10:44 AM

^ Cannonier was doing alright until he didn't... Not that I'm taking away anything from Borralho. He passed the test and did pretty well after facing adversity for 4 rounds. Other fighters would've given up and would be looking for the exit.
(...)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJR1Hey8GB0
Pretty even fight until the very last round. I thought, given his age, Cannonier would gas out in the later rounds but he remained dangerous and explosive up till the end. I feel sorry for him as he had his moments and it looked like he might KO Borralho with those nice counterpunches, but Borralho was just a bit too good.
It's a small miracle Cannonier survived that knockdown in rd 5, so losing by UD is not so bad from that perspective.

The lights went out for a few seconds, I thought the referee would already step in when Jared fell. He survived the elbows after. I think It would have been a KO if Barralho followed up another straight before Jared fell. Impressive win still for Barralho. Though it is UD, he would consider it a KO end. But if Jared made that cut to Barralho's eye in the first or 2nd round, the fight could end up differently also.

Among the fights, I think its Mairon Santos who shows the most impressive end. Can't find an upload that has the real video but this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFKszKz7es

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Quote from: tokeweed on August 25, 2024, 07:10:44 AM

^ Cannonier was doing alright until he didn't... Not that I'm taking away anything from Borralho. He passed the test and did pretty well after facing adversity for 4 rounds. Other fighters would've given up and would be looking for the exit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJR1Hey8GB0
Pretty even fight until the very last round. I thought, given his age, Cannonier would gas out in the later rounds but he remained dangerous and explosive up till the end. I feel sorry for him as he had his moments and it looked like he might KO Borralho with those nice counterpunches, but Borralho was just a bit too good.
It's a small miracle Cannonier survived that knockdown in rd 5, so losing by UD is not so bad from that perspective.

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^ Cannonier was doing alright until he didn't... Not that I'm taking away anything from Borralho. He passed the test and did pretty well after facing adversity for 4 rounds. Other fighters would've given up and would be looking for the exit.

Here's the post fight press conference.

UFC Vegas 96: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Mu85kIEgM

And here's the complete results.

Caio Borralho def Jared Cannonier UD
Tabatha Ricci def Angela Hill UD
Ryan Loder def Robert Valentin TKO R2
Mairon Santos def Kaan Ofli KO R2
Michael Morales def Neil Magny TKO R1
Gerald Meerschaert def Edmen Shahbazyan SUB R2
Francis Marshall def Dennis Buzukja SD
Zachary Reese def José Daniel Medina UD
Viacheslav Borshchev def James Llontop SD
Jacqueline Cavalcanti def Josiane Nunes SD
Cong Wang def Victoria Leonardo KO R1

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Just posting the results of the last night's main card:

I haven't watched any of those fights yet, but judging by the damage on the faces of both fighters in the post-fight interview, the main event could've been an interesting fight. I can't find any highlights videos (or a full fight) of it atm though.

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Quote from: tokeweed on August 22, 2024, 06:36:54 AM

^ Oof... Pereira will get himself starched if he moves down to 185. Weight cuts takes a toll on some guys and pretty sure it does on Pereira as he's a big guy... And in case you forgot, Adesanya knocked him out when they last met. Lol. It shows that he gets too much water out of his body to make weight.
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Going from 205 to 185 is really hard, but maybe the momentum that Pereira got in his last 4 fights (5 after his fight against Rountree Jr.) pushed him to do the unthinkable and that's to go back to middleweight division. He believes that he can jump from 185 to 205 so he can go down as well. Pereira loves challenges and he sees this as one of his challenges hence, he wants it.

It's just a bit disappointing that many expected him to fight the likes of Jones, and Ankalaev but he chooses to go back to 185 and fight DDP. I also don't know if he's comfortable with that division because like what you said, he got knocked out against Adesanya when they fought for the 2nd time. It surely takes some toll on the fighter, but let's see how this will play. Pereira looks comfortable at 205, so why going back to 185 to reclaim the title again. Hmmm.

He has been moving back and forth from HW to MW in his kickboxing career, so he must have been used to it. Pereira is just attempting to just keep his name on the media being talked about, sort of an attention grabber this time. He knows Dana will not grant this fight impromptu. It's beyond his decision but he will gladly do it after all he doesn't care about losing as long as he is entertained and gets paid, he lost several times already.

Maybe there is a satisfaction in beating the guy who defeated his rival in the MW division.

He was younger back then... How old is he now? He's 37 years old, that just three years going to 40. As a 205'er, the heavier weight class could make him get away with being a fighter in the UFC. At 185, that's gonna take a toll on his body. I'd rather see DDP move up. Grin

Here are the weigh in results... Surprised that Cannonier went in at 184.

Jared Cannonier (184) vs Caio Borralho (186)
Angela Hill (115.5) vs Tabatha Ricci (115)
Ryan Loder (186) vs Rob Valentin (185)
Kaan Ofli (145) vs Mairon Santos (146)
Neil Magny (170) vs Michael Morales (171)
Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs Edmen Shahbazyan (184.5)
Dennis Buzukja (155.5) vs Francis Marshall (156)
Jose Medina (186) vs Zach Reese (184.5)
Viacheslav Borshchev (155.5) vs James Llontop (144.5)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti (135) vs Josiane Nunes (136)
Zygimantas Ramaska (146) vs Nathan Fletcher (145.5)
Wang Cong (125) vs Victoria Leonardo (125)

Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsWH7XAaJzk

Face Offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5c5imd5UA

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Quote from: TopTort777 on August 23, 2024, 03:28:26 AM

(...) Not only your guys is good at fighting, but he is also good at: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Aig0st8L5/?igsh=MWpiZ3p1ZmdtYjBkOA Cheesy

Sounds like pre-recorded playback, but that's probably true for most modern "artists" during the live events, so not bad

Betting odds for tomorrow's UFC fight night:

Jared Cannonier x2.95 vs. Caio Borralho x1.40
Angela Hill x2.04 vs. Tabatha Ricci x1.78
Ryan Loder x2.28 vs. Robert Valentin Frey x1.63
Kaan Ofli x2.80 vs. Mairon Santos x1.44
Neil Magny x6.75 vs. Michael Morales x1.11
Edmen Shahbazyan x1.33 vs. Gerald Meerschaert x3.35

Decent odds for Jared. He's an underdog due to his age and the fact the Borralho is on the rise, but I wouldn't be surprised if he wins this one.

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Hey DDP fans, Ive got something for your. Not only your guys is good at fighting, but he is also good at: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Aig0st8L5/?igsh=MWpiZ3p1ZmdtYjBkOA Cheesy

Even if he did not win, nobody would mind giving him a first prize. If all UFC fighters are tied strictly by contracts, do you think UFC support their fighters to participate in other shows or not? If he wasnt a champ, will they still let him to sing?

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So, apparently, Khalil Rountree confirmed in a recent interview that he isn't planning to shoot for a take down when fighting Pereira in October:
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/khalil-rountree/khalil-rountree-reveals-he-isnt-planning-on-shooting-takedowns-against-alex-pereira/
Quick glance at Rountree's record and Wikipedia page: he has a background in Muay Thai and zero submission wins in his career. So at least we know why the UFC was so keen on matching him up against Alex.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on August 22, 2024, 12:03:53 PM

Quote from: tokeweed on August 22, 2024, 06:36:54 AM

^ Oof... Pereira will get himself starched if he moves down to 185. Weight cuts takes a toll on some guys and pretty sure it does on Pereira as he's a big guy... And in case you forgot, Adesanya knocked him out when they last met. Lol. It shows that he gets too much water out of his body to make weight.
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Going from 205 to 185 is really hard, but maybe the momentum that Pereira got in his last 4 fights (5 after his fight against Rountree Jr.) pushed him to do the unthinkable and that's to go back to middleweight division. He believes that he can jump from 185 to 205 so he can go down as well. Pereira loves challenges and he sees this as one of his challenges hence, he wants it.

It's just a bit disappointing that many expected him to fight the likes of Jones, and Ankalaev but he chooses to go back to 185 and fight DDP. I also don't know if he's comfortable with that division because like what you said, he got knocked out against Adesanya when they fought for the 2nd time. It surely takes some toll on the fighter, but let's see how this will play. Pereira looks comfortable at 205, so why going back to 185 to reclaim the title again. Hmmm.

He has been moving back and forth from HW to MW in his kickboxing career, so he must have been used to it. Pereira is just attempting to just keep his name on the media being talked about, sort of an attention grabber this time. He knows Dana will not grant this fight impromptu. It's beyond his decision but he will gladly do it after all he doesn't care about losing as long as he is entertained and gets paid, he lost several times already.

Maybe there is a satisfaction in beating the guy who defeated his rival in the MW division.

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