Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 334. (Read 97140 times)

I do not think anyone else would continue fighting with one eye, Michael Bisping clarified how he used to pass the doctors test as the authorities will not allow him to fight with one eye if they knew, so he used to bypass with his wits and his coaching staff and the reason he gave is not because of the passion he was doing that, but he had no other choice in life other than fighting to make a living.

It's possible that some other fighters did some hiding of their injuries, but  I think that nobody won a championship title in any sport with one eye, and we know that MMA is mostly deadly sport on earth.
Amazing thing is that Bisping is doing a good job as an actor, you could see him in moviey xXx: Return of Xander Cage with Vin Diesel, and in some TV Series.
I am again going to recommend everyone to watch full documentary called Bisping, it's not hard to find in online or visit his website and pay five or six bucks to support him:
https://bispingdoc.com/

On current odds I have the following underdogs winning:

Chris Barnett (I just can't bet against this guy)

Brandon Jenkins - probably being the most risky of the night, since I imagine the vast majority have Klose winning the fight. I actually have Devin Clark winning via a decision, since I think William Knight might gas out, the dude is massive, and carrying a whole lot of muscle that needs a lot more energy.

Andre Fialho - Obviously. He's my favourite underdog of the night.

Caio Borralho - I'm actually going for him against the undefeated Gadzhi, not for any particular reason, other than having a good feeling. So, four underdogs of the night.

Usually, I  find the women fights quite competitive even when the odds are rather wide, but this week I see both favourites winning by an absolute landslide.

Lolol.  I didn't mean delete my post.  I meant 'delete' your post as I don't want anybody knowing that I got Fialho before I get my Multi Master picks up.    I want me free bets.  

And I wouldn't say most of the event has underdogs winning, I'd say a couple or maybe three of them.  Like William Knight...  I'd pick Devin Clark in the Multi Master but given enough line value, I'd bet on Knight.

Edit:  Just made my picks...

UFC on ESPN 34 Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-on-espn-34-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5394490

Wow! thanks for this, I will definitely update my post for the next event and will add certain fights that are not on the list, I like the main event and I am expecting Belal Muhammad over Vicente Luque, a fight between cute pussy cats Lina Lansberg VS Pannie Kianzd and Chris Barnett VS Martin Buday I am expecting the large Barnett making entertainment and kicking his opponent, but it is sad because Uriah Hall withdrew from the fight and thanks to the link of Tapology will definitely using this site for now on,


Wow! great share I am bored and need a good watch and this documentary is a great thing to watch until we get another great fight, for some reason I am curious about how he got that eye injury that lead him to use an artificial eye, and pretty much I like all his prediction videos on the latest fights with the UFC and the recent video that I watch was even though his retirement he still love to work in the bag, which is I think I love aswell, but will be watching it now so thanks for the share.

I have a huge admiration, and a massive amount of respect for Bisping. I tell you now, not a lot of people would have carried on fighting after that injury, I think that speaks volumes on the amount of passion he had for the fight game.

In terms of big names, Bellator usually only have it once in a blue moon, while the UFC sometimes puts out big name cards back to back. I personally don't mind lesser names, since we get to see the future of the UFC. Although, like I said its not a complete no namer, and there's some decent fights in that card, and some absolute wars.

This weekend, Bellator is having an event. There are two big fights, two champions will defend their titles, and light heavy champion will go home with 1 million bucks. That is this weeks UFC event is so weak.


I know that he has several fight while being one eyed. I was always excited to find out, how the hell medical commission did not spot that and let him fight. Fight in a real fight, not an exhibition fight. How did he manage to pass through doctors, the docs that check if he is ok after the fight and etc. Was it explained in the documentary ?

For someone who have both eyes from the beginning and then lost one after one fight, it must be tough to fight again but he did it. Is the whole docu already released?

You are really tested to see what you are made of when you experience the loss and then come back again. He still makes money probably more than what he earns from UFC through his youtube vlog these days. He vlogs about his fight analysis on youtube which you guys may wanna watch his input before betting.

Big fan of those. Haven't watched this one, but I think the general idea is great because it's a win over tool for people that might not be into MMA but would watch a documentary nevertheless if it's good they might want to watch some of his fights and that's how you get the ball rolling. I have the same feeling toward fighters books (Griffin, Hunt, Sonnen), they have their place, not just for the fighter but for the sport in general. What I don't like are feature films about MMA, they are just not well done XD

For any UFC fan I am suggesting everyone to watch great documentary movie called Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story, I watched it today.
I knew some parts of his life with eye injury, I watched his fights, listened his great commentary in UFC, but this story is just mind blowing.
Check out official trailer and search for full version of documentary movie online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmQyd8G17gc


https://bispingdoc.com/

Usually at the Apex, we see some quickly fights ending up in a finish. Honestly, I quite like not having much of a crowd, I find the crowd annoying most of the time. Booing when there's highly technical wrestling going on, and boring whoever is basically losing. For example, the other night with Chimaev, basically Burns was getting prior to the fight for whatever reason, and then suddenly after the fight Chimaev was getting booed. Infuriates me at times.

Andre Fialho vs Miguel Baeza, I've always liked the look of Fialho, very dangerous maybe a bit of a problem with the gas tank in previous fights. Although, definitely is a pressure fighter. I'm thinking the co main event will be a decent one too, undefeated fighter going against a solid opponent. Think it'll be close. I'm not much of a fan of Belal, so I'm thinking Vicente Luque gets the finish. Pat Sabatini is always fun to watch, although I expect him to find the finish, don't see too much competition in that fight. Chris Barnett being a larger guy is surprisingly agile, you might remember him getting a round house KO then doing either a backflip or front flip on the mat. Probably going to be one hell of a night. William Knight also a dangerous fighter, he'll either find the knockout or gas out.

I don't know there's a few decent fights. I don't think its a completely no namer. Decent card I say.

Yeah they ran out of money for this event. It is at the apex so the smallest venue i think the ufc has. Tbf the small cage, limited crowd and prospects that need that fight bonus i expect to see some knockouts. Belal will need to steal the show to stay relevant coming of his first loss in the UFC. Some big guys on this card all with wrestling credentials, so I expect to see some stand and bang action in order to make some real money this weekend. Let's go uncle dana

Can someone point in good fights at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2. I am not familiar with any fighter in the card. I think I am going to skip that and instead smash eggs on Easter 

Muhammad fought Luque in 2016. Their fight was in prelims and Luque won by KO in first round. Looks like a regular fight in 2016. Dont know why would they have to fight for second time. See no drama between those two.

Same thoughts, who you got in that match up? Personally have Andre Fialho winning it. Although, I definitely agree on it being a night for underdogs, usually you see that when there isn't as many big names. Then betters tend to bet for favourites since they like betting, but don't have too much information on the fighters. My predictions are probably mainly going to be underdogs.

Should still be a good night, I see some decent match ups there. Expecting the Andre Fialho fight to be absolute chaos at a high pace.

 

Wikipedia tends to be a tad late in updating their info.  Use Taplology, it's a more reliable source.  Sports betting sites are a reliable source of roster info too.    As they should.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/85814-ufc-fight-night

^  That's the Tapology link for the weekend's event.

At first glance it's another chalky card with low level match ups but there's a couple of underdogs that I like...  Mostly looking forward to the main event and Baeza vs Fialho.  Those two should be good.

Edit:  Typo

You must have mistaken Khabib with Conor who is a Brown belt Khabib is technically a white belt. The point I am making is that doesn't matter because Khabibs grappling pedigree is way above the regular BJJ belt system. Chimaev is not only a purple belt but also a high-level wrestler, I doubt he isn't proficient at grappling, not to the level of his wrestling, but let's not make him out to be Ghokan Saki. And to bring my point home, I will refer to a grappling match between Chael Sonnen vs Leo Vieira and Renato Sobral and also Sonnen's MMA match with Oleinik. Even though those fighters are on paper far better grapplers than Sonnen is, his high-level wrestling was enough to shut them down. Of course, he lost numerous grappling exchanges as well, but I wouldn't say that Chimaev was apprehensive about stepping into grappling with Burns. Oh, and I forgot to mention, check out the fight between Chimaev and Aliskerov who was a SAMBO champion. Chimaev was wrestling with him the whole time and that tells me that he wasn't afraid of grappling with him once the fight hits the canvas.

Brown And he had participated in grappling competitions. He is surrounded with wrestling and grappling guys. I even think he and fighters around him first do some wrestling matches, and only then go for a breakfast or brush teeth in the mornings

I am familiar only some fighters from Allstar Training Center, where Chimaev trains. Alexander Gustafson has never been an elite grappler. Anyway, I dont really know why he did not use wrestling. Maybe not because he was afraid of Burns, but because Burns is a master of BJJ. One tiny mistake, one small loss of concentration and you are done. So that is why relied more on reach advantage and power.

I wouldn't really say that's an issue. For example, what BJJ belt is Khabib? Chimaev is a wrestler first and foremost and wrestlers at one point of their career like to prove to others and themselves that they can stand a bang, or in other words, that they are good in standup fighting, and honestly, Burns was a perfect choice for something like that. In some contrast, if he did that with Colby, he would just get outworked, and if he did that with Usman, he could get his head blown off.


I watched the fight, talked to an actual MMA judge (numerous smaller organizations fights judged, is an MMA coach, and went to seminars with the likes of Marc Goddard) that is a huge Yan fan (he thinks Yan is one of the best fighters not just in his division but in MMA in general), and he explained how he saw nothing wrong with the judging. The first round was a stinker to judge, but Aljo just slightly outdid Yan (but was really close), the second round was a 10-8 for Aljo, the third was more or less the same as the second but not so effective by Aljo and not scored that high, and in the last two he cost, but did enough to stay active and lose those two rounds but not by a huge margin like the second one was. I am not sure how to look at this and see a robbery rather than a solid split decision that it was?

Let me point you to another conundrum. The fight was judged by Sal D'Amato and Chris Lee, both of whom have been criticized before in their judging. Now let's say both of them were wrong (especially as it was Lee's third fight in a row) and we flip their decision, now we have D'Amato going for Yan and Lee going for Aljo, it still leaves us with the third judge that gave it to Aljo, and we can't really play the ol 'Well all the judges were wrong on that night' card now can we?

Petr Yan just waste his opportunity down the drain, he underestimated his opponent which Aljamain Sterling is the opposite of Yan, he didn't underestimated Yan a single bit, in their first fight Sterling really was aggressive and all out in their fight and he actually has some style points on the 1st rounds, but when in the last of the rounds Petr Yan has capitalize the situation he already know the distance, and he eventually excels Aljamain Sterling in all aspect I think because Sterling has already gas out from what he did in the 1st rounds of the fight, so in their 2nd fight Sterling did show some progress in his stamina and Yan was overwhelm by it.


Sterling did a great job in the 1st round, he is more explosive on that round, having jabs and medium strikes effective, and he surely have heavy strikes as well, while Yan is still calculating Sterlings movement and analyzing and testing the distance while Sterling is very explosive on that round. But I really wish Petr Yan did KO Sterling, but it was really impossible and missed the chance again to take the belt.


After the Gilbert Burns fight Khamzat Chimaev is already training; that is, how determined he is after that fight with Gilbert Burns. I don't really see Colby Covington as a threat to Chimaev; more likely Covington is just there to trash talk; well, he can say all that he wants to say but I think Khamzat Chimaev will enjoy their fight.

Agreed. Also, similar to what @TopTort777 has said, the round was indeed very close and it was arguable for both Petr Yan and the Oscar winner hehe. I think if Dana watches the replay he might change his opinion.

Max Holloway also made a good suggestion before, and this is to post the judges' score cards publicly after each round. This might cause the judges to think more carefully before scoring a round.