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Damn Andre Fialho was hurt and stopped by Jake Matthews.  It was Matthew's punching power that made the difference as Fialho seemed hurt every time he got tagged by a solid punch.

And my main event this weekend didn't disappoint. Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jędrzejczyk. I was really hoping Joanna can survive that round 1 take down and assaults because I want to see more exchanges. Now Weili is back in title contention. I think he will beat Esparza and become champion again.

I am rooting for Glover Teixeira to win the fight, if he can take the fight to the ground then he will be able to control the fight and win by submission and that is what i am expecting. Jiri Prochazka is a good striker and if Glover Teixeira can handle the first few minutes of the fight as i am expecting a flurry of combinations from Jiri Prochazka then he is going to win the fight.

Taila Santos is going to be a good challenge for Valentina Shevchenko but not expecting any upset.

UFC Prelims are starting soon so it's better to prepare on time and warm up with some female fighters
My gut feeling is telling me this could be night of big surprises and underdog wins, my main was for Joanna Jędrzejczyk to win against Weili Zhang.
It's possible that Glover Teixeira will win in main event but not if Prochazka has a good day and make less mistakes.
Lot of people is expecting Prochazka to win and become new champion, he has reach advantage and he is younger fighter, but it's always good when champ in undedog.

^  The 'Boogey Woman'  monicker was what she called herself during the build up of her first match vs Namajunas.  It back fired on her big time as Namajunas showed some solid mental fortitude and knocked JJ out.  But yeah...  That pic, ugh.  

Anyway here are the weigh ins.  Everybody who went to the scale made weight.  Bontorin vs Kape is cancelled.  Bontorin didn't go because of a botched weight cut.  He was taken to the hospital.  Aaand Welsh is making me doubt my Fialho pick vs Matthews.  He's high up my lottery ticket at the second tier.  -_-

UFC 275:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2YRhBKtmH4

UFC 275:  Face offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxlCOSXDr2Q

Champ Glover Teixeira (205) vs Jiri Prochazka (205)
Champ Valentina Shevchenko (124.5) vs Taila Santos (125)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (116) vs Zhang Weili (116)
Andre Fialho (170.5) vs Jake Matthews (170.5)
Jack Della Maddalena (170.5) vs Ramazan Emeev (171)
Seungwoo Choi (146) vs Josh Culibao (146)
Steve Garcia (155.5) vs Hayisaer Maheshate (155.5)
Brendan Allen (186) vs Jacob Malkoun (186)
Danaa Batgerel (135) vs Kyung Ho Kang (136)
Silvana Gomez (116) Juarez vs Liang Na (116)
Joselyne Edwards (145) vs Ramona Pascual (145)

Last call for the Multi Master.

Here's jeremypwr's multi master for 275.

UFC 275 Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-275-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5401701

Well, I am more excited for the young guy than old man Glover Teixeira, and this is going to be natural action, Glover Teixeira would need to be very agile against Prochazka and getting him pin down for Grappling, but Prochazka having good takedown defense I really doubted that, it could end up while standing,


I never behold the beauty of Valentina Shevchenko until I have seen that image of yours, bbc.reporter you surely never fail to amuse me, with this fight I really think that Shevchenko has the power and the beauty to win this fight, she could finish Taila Santos with a KO, or submission whatever the fights goes to any route,


That Boogey Woman really fits her, after that fight with Zhang Weili, tremendously deformed her face so much that it is unrecognizable and after that fight, she was never been seen because of the surgery that needed, for her and now she wants a rematch against the same woman that makes her face like that, and right now Zhang Weili is super active and right now after that 2nd fight against Rose Namajunas she is pretty much well rounded now when it comes to striking and wrestling, and on this fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk, she is training with the Hickman brothers and returning to her roots, with her striking.

Agreed and it appears that we have a complete movie package for UFC 275. Besides the action, we have an underdog story starring the oldman Glover Teixeira.



We have a PG13 sexy time movie starring the killer assassin, fighting sex kitten, Valentina Shevchenko. Wait for her spin move after every victory in the octagon.



We also have the most suspenseful horror story starring the return of the Boogey Woman.

The UFC 275 is about to start tomorrow, and here are my picks highlighted in green are my picks

Glover Teixeira VS Jiri Prochazka

I really think that this fight will be an interesting one, any fighter could win with their advantageous technique, and 1 wrong move can be very lethal to both fighters, Teixeira with his grappling, if he can get Prochazka on the ground it is a finish for Jiri Prochazka, and for Jiri Prochazka, with his reach and has a very devastating power with his striking, and when it comes to durability I think that Glover Teixeira is not very durable not back in his younger age, and now has a very fragile chin, while Jiri Prochazka he is pretty much confidence with his durability and can take huge punches from his opponent when counter with his own huge strikes, and I think Prochazka has an advantage with his speed, and decent takedown defense, even though Glover Teixeira has the advantage on experience yes he has fought many top-ranking fighters on the past I think the advantage of Jiri Prochazka is enough to take Glover Teixeira, it will be a round 2 or 3 that Prochazka can take out Glover, but in the round 4 to 5 I think that Teixeira can win this, stake odds for this fight are, 2.75 for Teixeira while 1.50 for Prochazka that is why I am going to Jiri Prochazka,

Weili Zhang VS Joanna Jedrzejczyk

This is a rematch for these 2 fighters and the return of Joanna Jedrzejczyk is a question mark what is her motivation in returning to the UFC, while Zhang Weili's motivation is how she can enhance her craft, both lost to Rose Namajunas 2 times, while Weili on the 1st match was KO'ed by Namajunas, on their 2nd fight it was very close because Weili has aimed to be a well-rounded fighter by having takedowns in her arsenal, but it has not gone too well, but maybe she can enhance it a little more but for this 2nd fight with Jedrzejczyk she is training with the Hickman brothers will surely return her on her roots think she can pull a win again against Jedrzejczyk, stake odds for this fight are 1.65 for Weili while 2.41 for Jedrzejczyk, so I will be going with Zhang Weili,

Jack Della Maddalena VS Ramazan Emeev

I think this is going to be a great fight Maddalena is a good boxer and he has the power advantage and the age younger than Emeev, and the Speed advantage while Emeev will rely more on his wrestling, but I think that Jack Maddalena has one of the pure boxing in the MMA, he is checking leg kicks and good takedown defense so Della Maddalena 1 of a great prospect that I think I will look forward to, and stake odds for this fight are 1.66 for Della Maddalena while 2.39 for Emmev, so I will go with Jack Della Maddalena.

Choi Seung-Woo VS Joshua Culibao

I think this is one of the great fights that will be on the UFC, and anything can sure happen, this is a clash of strikers, a boxer and a kicker, Choi, Seungwoo can be a boxer but not that great he can be a wrestler but not that great but I think he got good striking while "Kuya" Josh Culibao is a decent kicker, I do believe this will be a very close match Culibao can be very still and waiting for Seung-Woo Choi and if he does that Choi will surely progress with his striking and can win this fight but I can be biased here, Seung-Woo Choi is a decent fighter and the stake odds for this fight is pretty much one-sided, 1.40 for Seung-Woo, while 3.25 for Culibao, but as I have said I will be going to a Filipino fighter and that is Joshua Culibao, just take it as a grain of salt, because I think Choi Seung-Woo will win this, but Culibao is my pick.

Right, I've got my predictions after mulling it over a little bit. Again, I'll probably be betting slightly different to my predictions, but most will be the same this time. Probably going to do a eight fold accumulator, as I'm not really fancying this event.

Here's the predictions:
Glover Teixeira via decision (part of accumulator)
Valentina Shevchenko via decision (part of accumulator)
Weili Zhang (part of accumulator)
Jake matthews (part of accumulator)
Ramazan Emeev
Seung Woo Choi
Steve Garcia
Brendan Allen (part of accumulator)
Batgerel Danaa
Na Liang
Joselyne Edwards

Yeah! you got a point, but I am still going with Jiri Prochazka, Glover Teixeira right now got a very breakable chin, that Prochazka will expose, yes Glover Teixeira could give pressure on Prochazka, But I still think that Juri Prochazka can also pressure Teixeira with that long reach, because of his height advantage and the power from that Elbow if Teixeira would be hit by one of those then this is already over, I don't know why but I think Juri Prochazka the Boyka in the UFC will win this,


Zhang Weili really needs to win this one, and I think she needs to get back to her roots, the technical way she fights, but yeah a well rounded, offense surely to make her opponent confused about your style, but I think if Zhang Weili did this back on March 7, 2020, on that fight she defeated Joanna Jędrzejczyk with a split decision, and I think for this match to be ready for whoever she faces, she needs a Knockout win over Joanna Jędrzejczyk, just to settle the score, and this is to know if she is ready for a title match,


Sorry I am not a fan of Joanna Jedrzejczyk, but yeah she was a beast until she met Rose Namajunas, those 2 fights lost from Namajunas have led her down well, both Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Zhang Weili, well her return can be a good thing, but I really don't expect much of her, I think Zhang Weili can repeat what she has done in their first fight,

You know what, I’m most excited to see Joanna Jedrzejczyk‘s return. I don’t like many female fighters but I love this girl. She’s such a warrior, an absolute machine. I really want to see her avenge that loss that gave her a long time out with the head injury.

Vechain?  Why do I suddenly feel like I'm in 2017?    Isn't that project dead?

UFC 275:  Live Weigh In Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Mn1hUVRd4


First match he got caught by surprise with the head kick, second fight she trained with Fight Ready MMA with Eddie Cha and Henry Cejudo.  I think training with them made Zhang Weili a tad restrained with the striking to accomodate more wrestling in her game which isn't her.  Dunno...  But in that second fight she didn't look like she can crack like she did vs JJ during their first match.

But it looks like she left Fight Ready to train at Thailand tho from what I saw at Embedded.  Prolly at Tiger?

Nunes also getting beat was a bit of a surprise. It's a fight at the end of the day, and as much as the odds can differ at times, there isn't a great deal of difference between the elite. Nunes did disprove that for a while, but ultimately it caught up with her. I'm wondering when Val will be subjected to that. I don't think she's quite there yet, and seems to have a winners attitude, while not being complacent, which I think Nunes had a lot of lifestyle changes, like becoming a mother etc.

Heard this from a podcast too. Many were skeptical to this project since this chain is developed and is supported by Chinese government. But they are now extending outside China.


Zhang seem not learning what she got though. She relied mostly to her strength, there is no doubt she is strong but with versatile Namajunas, Zhang doesn't know how to deal.

We have a new kid on the block!



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I don't know, it's always the ones which you think will end up in a finish that don't. If I didn't put accumulators on so often, I could've made some big money betting heavyweights would go the distance. I mean not long ago some people were brave enough to put the bet on Ngannou to win by decision, not me though . That sounded absurd prior to them fighting, but he did it. Gane, who was considered much better at foot work, and technical striking.

I can bet with anyone that fight won't last all five rounds, and I think this could be best safe bet we can make on this fight card.
Main event is interesting, but I think we are underestimating other great fights between ladies,  Weili Zhang needs a win after two defeats from Rose Namajunas, and Joanna needs payback for last defeat from Zhang.
Valentina Shevchenko is always fun to watch and Taila Santos has only one defeat in her MMA carrier but winning here would be sensational.
One thing I am missing in this fight card is some heavyweight fight, but we do have light heavyweights.

Teixeira has 10 times more fight in UFC than Prochazka. That is something worth estimating. Prochazka has fought only two top opponents, while Teixeira faced almost every top or decent lightweight fighter during last 5-10 years. Did you know that Teixeira was Chuck Liddells main training partner. He has gained a lot of experience from those camps. And remember how few people believed in him before fight against Błachowicz? At this age Teixeira can still survive lot of punches. Good example fight against Smith. Almost 20min of face smashing 

Glover Teixeira is one of the best grapplers in the UFC, with 10 submission wins I think this is solidifying how good he is in Grappling but on his first fight he is pretty confident in his boxing but after his losses to Anthony Johnson and Alexander Gustafsson he changes his style and returns to his roots so right now Glover Teixeira is pretty much dominant with Grappling, meanwhile, Jiri Prochazka can be very dominant with his height and wing span, Jiri Prochazka is taller than Teixeira and pretty much being tall in the  light heavyweight division, and I am noting here his elbow spinning move is the most devastating attack Jiri can give to Glover, in my opinion even if Glover Teixeira has a dominant form with Grappling, Juri Prochazka has a pretty much dominant striking and can pressure Teixeira with his distance advantage and men I don't really think Glover Teixeira has a chin to withstand those combos,


I think it is also a good choice to go to Glover Teixeira, I mean pretty much Teixeira has a dominant form with Grappling and there are times that Juri Prochazka sometimes has given his back to a match where his opponent will give him rear-naked choke so a possibility that Teixeira will win this is possible, but like you, I really like Jiri Prochazka, and I am not going to take his side because I like the guy, but because I think he can take the win and the belt because I think if one of those uppercuts or punches could hit Teixeira it is over because Teixeira doesn't have a good chin anymore, but yeah anything can surely happen on the fight so I am really excited.

Absolutely the best chance for Jiri though. Going up against a old experienced fighter has its drawbacks, but Teixeira definitely isn't at his best, and for a younger fighter you'll want to exploit that. Might be worth Jiri looking to exhaust Teixeira in the first few rounds, before turning the heat up late into the fight.

Not sure we'll see a finish, might be worth looking at the decision lines.

I think Glover Teixeira has a decent chance to win in this fight if he manages to exploit some of many flaws in Prochazka style laws.
Odds on him are very good as underdog but I can't put my hand in fire and say he will win for sure.
Prochazka losing here could be good for him because he quickly got a title shot in my opinion, and he needs to improve in many areas.
I hope Glover will teach him a lesson this time, and I certainly don't expect to see all five rounds in his main event.