Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 322. (Read 97174 times)

^  And the pie shitters of the week are...  Ion Cutelaba and Nick Maximov.  I mean in hindsight putting Maximov in my second to the top ticket was sketchy but Cutelaba def shit all over as I placed him in my top ticket, the breakeven or die ticket.  Sucks.  And I was pretty excited as the sig money came early.  

I won some single bets tho so not everything is lost.  On to the next event which looks a bit easier to cap than the last couple ones.  Btw...  Cutelaba slipped that's why Spann was able to catch his neck.

Here are the results of my picks for UFC Fight Night Blachowicz VS Rakic and this is a really bad day for me,

Jan Blachowicz VS Aleksandar Rakic R3 KO/TKO - LOST

Jan Blachowicz was in danger with that cut in his eye, surely severing his sight, but Jan Blachowicz is surely retaliating to Rakic's barrage the advantage of Rakic is surely noticeable, but Jan Blachowicz was really lucky, for Aleksandar Rakic, sustain a knee injury despite Jan Blachowicz was not in contact with his knee, so it is really unusual for Rakic getting that knee injury, and it might be an ACL injury, but I don't get further information on what really is the injury and how did he get it, so I lost my bet with an injury,

Ryan Spann vs. Ion Cutelaba R1 Submission - LOST

A little reckless from Ion Cutelaba, he thinks he can gain the upper hand by rushing to Ryan Spann but he didn't know that Spann is ready for a submission move, and that is how Cutelaba got lost,

Katlyn Chookagian VS Amanda Ribas R3 Decision - WIN

From the strike points and fight stats, I really think Amanda Ribas, has gotten the fight I really think he won the 1st round but then Chookagian, have launched furious shot's at Ribas in the 2nd and 3rd, round getting a win to two judges and that is Judge Sal D'Amato and judge Junichiro Kamijo making Katlyn Chookagian the winner and the only win for this event,

Viviane Araújo VS Andrea Lee R3 Decision - LOST

from start to finish Viviane Araújo was pretty
awesome and she surely got power over Andrea Lee, but kudos to Andrea Lee for that 1st round, she has good at her kicks and just taking the calmness, both fighters were really hurt from that 1st round, but Viviane Araujo's Wrestling Wears Down Andrea Lee, where Andrea Lee, is really gasing out, that is why Vivian Araújo win the fight,

10 years ago I saw in person a guy who tore his  MCL on a grqppling turnament and he was screaming in pain until the medics came and took him away. There is no denying injurys like that hurt and cause a lot if issues for the fighters as they now have to take the time to heal and overcome the mental side of returning to the ring after something like that.

Take a look on that knee injury https://youtube.com/shorts/jSnoBtLX6xo?feature=share

I dont know how it feels, when you knee cracks like that, but I know from skiing what is cruciate ligament rupture is. That is an afwul pain, it takes 2-4 to recover before you could start walk normally and a fear of falling again on that knee appears.

That day I was tearing apart between Eurovision song contest (actually I had to share TV with other family members lol, while being a head of a family), Worlds Ice Hockey Championship games and UFC If you watch UFC filler event like that, they arent that bad after all.

The full results are as follows:



Gonna say it, I hate when fighters get such injuries in a fight. Why do I have the feeling that leg injuries have been happening more and more in the last couple of years? I know that calf kicks have been more common in the last 4 years and that causes significant damage, but it's interesting that the majority of leg injuries do not come from direct pressure applied to the leg like you would in a heel hook, kneebar, toe hold or any other version of a leg attack, but rather happen due to kicks or result from kicks and are attributed to an accident.

Nice guillotine by Spann.

Angela Hill is gonna get cut after this.

Michael Johnson just avoided getting cut.

What a fight by Blachowicz, I thought the first round his eyes were bloody might cause a problem for his vision, but he managed to survive and when the blood stop, he's turn become more aggressive. Too bad for Rakic, he's a good speed puncher and many punch landed clear to Blachowicz, but his leg got kicked by Blachowicz and make him injured. Good targeting by Blachowicz to kick the weakness spot on Rakic's legs.

Lmao.  There was a classic face off with Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman from back in the day.  Their lips were touching each other it was so funny.    Look it up.

And yeah I don't think the match will see the whole 5 rounds.  Both fighters could knock each other out or Rakic could sub Blachowicz.  Teixeira did...  And he made it look easy.  But I'm still taking the other side.  I feel like taking a shot on the dog money with Blachowicz.

Weigh in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8xAfbGC8Eo

Face off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZxA2o716c

Jan Blachowicz (205.5) vs Aleksandar Rakic (205)
Ion Cutelaba (205) vs Ryan Spann (206)
Davey Grant (135.5) vs Louis Smolka (136)
Katlyn Chookagian (125.5) vs Amanda Ribas (125.5)
Frank Camacho (155) vs Manuel Torres (155.5)
Jake Hadley (125.5) vs Allan Nascimento (125.5)
Viviane Araujo (125) vs Andrea Lee (125)
Michael Johnson (155) vs Alan Patrick (156)
Angela Hill (115.5) vs Virna Jandiroba (115)
Carlos Candelario (126) vs Tatsuro Taira (125)
Nick Maximov (184.5) vs Andre Petroski (185)

While making my pick, I am really torn on who's going to pick, both fighters are really good at striking, and yet Israel Adesanya lost to Blachowicz that time because he was out to strike by Blachowicz which is I think he can handle himself and I really think that time Jan Blachowicz just coincidental predicting Adesanya's strike, and for this fight I am going with the younger fighter and rising the Hype train for Rakic,


I really think Israel Adesanya can win that fight well I couldn't say Blachowicz is lucky I think it is coincidental that Jan Blachowicz can read Izzy's strikes, and movement, that is why Adesanya was really reluctant in engaging with the stand-up and outstrike Adesanya but I think Israel Adesanya has a much advantage from that fight, and sure Jan Blachowicz has that build but I think that Aleksandar Rakic can win this time, a younger fighter and Blachowicz is not like the last time he fought Adesanya, but this will be a great match to watch.

I'm with Legendary Polish Power but the problem is, a lot of MMA fans think that the cause of Adesanya's defeat at UFC 259 was due to the difference in their weight. We all know and have seen how Adesanya didn't cut any weight against Blachowicz. I mean 205lbs is not the natural weight of the Last Stylebender. Therefore for the Tonight Card I chose Rakic ​​who will be the winner.

Yooo that's suspicious, did they want to kiss each other? lol.
Good luck with your bet, it's 50/50 Rakic will win via KO since even they've high KO percentage, but his recent fight were ended via decision. The interesting thing is Blachowicz lose against Thiago Santos on 2019 and Rakic won against Santos on 2021, that's making Rakic is higher chance to win.

Virna had higher chance to win via submission, I don't know why the odds Virna win by submission is high in the bookies. I think it's worth to bet her via submission.

UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic

Right now here are my picks for tomorrow's event in the UFC

Jan Blachowicz VS Aleksandar Rakic

In this fight I think this will be a close match, in my opinion, we all know Jan lost to Glover Teixeira and Rakic lost to Volkan Oezdemir by Decision, I really think that Aleksandar Rakic is a promising young star and Blachowicz might be a good when it comes to striking, and I really don't know why Israel Adesanya lost to Jan Blachowicz which is Adesanya was playing safe but because of that Jan Blachowicz won that fight and I think Israel Adesanya can win that fight if he was just aggressive enough and with this, I fight I will ride the hype train for Aleksandar Rakic, so my pick will be Rakic winning this match,

Ryan Spann vs. Ion Cutelaba

I think Ryan Spann could win this if he were in an excellent position to pin Ion Cutelaba down, these guys really want to win it with submission so expect so many takedowns from him, but Ion Cutelaba, "The Hulk" will surely want to Smash the "Superman" Spann, and if Ion Cutelaba would negate those Spann takedowns Ion Cutelaba might have a bigger advantage here because I don't really think Spann got great standing either, and this could be a fight of a brawl, so my pick is Ion Cutelaba.

Katlyn Chookagian VS Amanda Ribas

The Returning Amanda Ribas, Was really beautiful but for me, that long rest was really not good and when you are up against Katlyn Chookagian even though Chookagian has many decision wins than Submissions, and Knock out wins, Katlyn Chookagian shouldn't be taken lightly, that long break really causes her so much that is why my take would be Katlyn Chookagian.

Viviane Araújo VS Andrea Lee

from well recent fights and the 3 losing streaks that she has we all thought that she will never get back but I think she has proven us wrong that two recent fights that she has Andrea Lee were superb and she surely has a game plan now, and with her opponent, Viviane Araújo pretty much has a decent striking and can sure play a ground game, but I think not superior enough like what Andrea Lee can do, and Lee is surely well rounded when it comes to stand-up and a grappling fight, well she can take it all, so my pick will the sexy and beautiful kitty Andrea Lee,

Nick Maximov
Tatsuro Taira
Virna Jandiroba
Alan Patrick
Viviane Araujo
Jake Hadley
Manuel Torres
Amanda Ribas
Davey Grant
Ion Cutelaba
Jan Błachowicz

I'm going with Polish power for the main event. I just can't go against someone who beat Izzy, despite the size difference in that fight. Although, in all seriousness I was quite impressed with his striking in that fight. Didn't look too fazed, although again likely the weight difference giving him a bit more confidence.

I've gone for some underdogs on the card. The ladies fights I can see going either way. Virna is a confident pick, along with Cutelaba, and Torres.

I just don't see the need of this, even if you're trying to intimidate the guy, I just don't see how it would . Ridiculous.

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1525185810294792192

Oh my would you look at this very close face off between Bachowicz and Rakic, I think someone is going to be hit the ground with a KO in main event
My bet is on Rakic to win, he is much younger well rounded hungry fighter, but in reality it's 50% chance for any of them to win this fight, and I don't like this low odds on Rakic.
Good bet for me is that fight won't go to distance, and Rakic to win by KO:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-blachowicz-vs-rakic/blachowicz-jan-vs-rakic-aleksandar-627345372f9d9d49096cbac7

I definitely won't be missing the 21st of May event. One of my favourite fighters Michel Pereira is fighting. Probably one of the most entertaining fighters in the UFC, and while I'll admit he does gas out, he's always entertaining up until that point. Honestly, he's gifted, and if he didn't do as much jumping around as he did, he would probably win more fights. Since, he does tend to win most of the rounds up until he gasses out. I still remember that jump onto the top of the cage, and then back flipping off, and finishing it off by tagging his opponent. Just incredible stuff.

I'll get my predictions out in the next few hours, still need to look at a few of the fights.

It is astounding that old man Glover Teixeira still manage to compete at the highest level. But even if Texeira retains his belt after this fight, I really doubt it will stay for long. He is just too old and some of these younger guys will catch him soon.

The most exciting match up in this card should be the rematch between Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedredyyaufdesjcyk. But I don't like Joanna being inactive for two years. I am still hoping for an upset.

Mmm..  Thinking about it more after reading your post, yeah I guess you're right.  It won't be a walk in the park for Makhachev but it won't be a close fight either.  Maybe it's not gonna end with a finish but it could be 30 - 27 across the board.  Maybe...  I'm prolly suffering from recency bias cos he won so quick vs Bobby Green and Dan Hooker which were really fights his opponents took on short notice.

Anyway...  Who you guys got?  You guys saw my lottery ticket.  Feel free to critique.  I am open to all your suggestions.

Yep!
Even though he is currently 43 years old, but because Texeira is a Brazilian jiu jitsu artist, it is an advantage for him. Many fighters with standing martial artists can no longer succeed at the age of over 40. But the problem is that the opponent he will face is Jiri Prochazka, a rising star who has shown an impressive performances in his previous fights.

These are from different leagues. If you havent tasted Proper 12, then I suggest you not to spoil your receptors, evening, plans or whatever you like with it. You wont find anything in it (many people find its taste close to Jameson or it bites neck just a bit more than Jameson). Besides, all cheap or not expensive blends are more or less identical. And Proper 12 is one of them, you just pay 50% more for McGregor everytime you buy it

But as a UFC fan, if you have action figures, posters or other merch, then I would buy this bottle and put it on a stand close to them. Personally, I would not got on purpose to buy Proper 12.

I don't usually like missing events, I pretty much watch them all. I've just got other plans, otherwise I would have been watching it. Won't be missing the following weeks, however I'm definitely looking forward to June 11, and will be putting some money aside to put some cheeky little bets on.

I only ever drink Jack on a pinch really. I'm more a fan of Woodford reserve, Jura, and some Glenfiddich. Also, Lagavulin has my once a year bottle. There's a few others, but those are the ones I tend to go to. I might try Proper 12 despite the claims.

Yeah, Jack is good if you tend to drink with the UFC events since it's pretty cheap. I didn't realise Proper 12 was that expensive though.

You can have a rest till UFC 275 that will be on June 11 (two title fights). Events before that, I call them as fillers. There will be some good matches, but whole events wont be worth watching from begging till end.

I think you will still have to suffer and watch Conor in Proper twelve ads, but the amount of him will be lower imho. About the taste - I have tried it and I would say it does not worth asked price. At my place, a bottle of Proper twelve cost 35+ Euro. For that price, you can get a better 12 y.o single malt whiskey. Like basic Glenmorangie or Glenfiddich. But to pay for a blend that cost as a single malt, that is an absurd.

P.S. Jack Daniels cost 24-26 Euro for 0.7l. Often there are discounts, and you can get it for 20 Euro.
P.P.S. I've seen many time he has used his Proper 12 as an ingredient for cocktails. He even promoted one of them. I think it was proper punch. That is blasphemy. I accept whiskey only in snifters Use 35+ euro blend for a cocktails, most probably with coca-cola. Waste of money. Use cheapest blend instead and there will be difference.

Conor is now into being a pub owner. That is the place for chill, as he does not plan to earn from it (and compared to his earnings from fights and ads, the amount of profit pub brings is laughable).