Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 340. (Read 100140 times)

Thinking about it..l  I wonder how Jones will look in the cage after all these years of inactivity.  Well he trains but I'm guessing nothing like preparing for a real match?  I think the bookies could misprice the line and get him to he a huge favorite against Miocic.  But then again we'll be reminded and ask ourselves what did we expect..?  'Of course Jones wins it easy.'.  Lolol.

Anyway, the weigh ins are live.  It started around 20 mins ago.

UFC Font vs Vera Official Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ-mO2UXEP0

Edit:  Rob Font looked terribad on the scale.  And he missed weigth be 2 lbs.  Still has an hour to lose it tho.

He's a bit of a freak of nature, and I don't mean any disrespect with that either. The guy is very gifted when it comes to physical size, and the amount of speed he possess despite being so muscle bound, and considering he hasn't been doing MMA for nearly as long as others, kind of goes to show he has a certain knack for the more technical side of things which to be honest has been the most impressive thing for me, and what makes him a outlier in a lot of comparisons. Ngannou vs Gane wasn't exactly the most entertaining fight, but Ngannou did what he needed to do against Gane who has been training pretty much all his life, and was considered the vastly better striker, and wrestler, and the only chance Ngannou had was via his power. He proved us wrong that day. Although, having said that the reason he's a bit of a star is because he arguably as the hardest punch in the UFC.

However, ultimately its because he can deliver. He gets the highlight reels, and he's also a fairly likeable character. He isn't a Conor Mcgregor that sells the show, but he gets on with his business, and usually delivers. He isn't a super star in the same sort of comparison to other fighters, but he is most definitely a entertaining fighter when he steps inside that cage.

Why this Ngannou is so much popular? Because he is a UFC heavyweight champion? Or because he knock people down in a brutal manner? I dont get, why this guy gets so much attention? Sure there are people who knocks other people down in among heavyweights. Because he looks fit and have muscles? Any other black skinned fighters looks the same.

I don't blame Ngannou at all pushing for what he wants, after all there should be enough leeway to allow him to have one rather large fight in boxing against Tyson Fury; without it actually effecting his UFC career too much. Dana will take a cut, and probably earns more from it than he would if it didn't happen. I'm not sure what is holding up the negotiations, as from Dana's stand point it looks like a no brainer. I guess the only issue is the actual contract negotiations, particularly salary on the UFC side of things, so how much Ngannou gets paid per fight in the UFC.

For me though, it'll get done. Tyson will likely fight Ngannou in a sort of exhibition match without too much on the line. Ngannou will get a few more fights in the UFC. Although, I can't see Ngannou being around for long in the UFC either. His knees are already spent by the looks of things.

LOL. I just came up with zebra rule yesterday Zebra has lines "black-white-black-white-ass" so I suggest from now on if any fighter has a record of win-lose-win-lose-win-lose (or close to it) call that he got a zebra rule curse.


To describe a cunny man that cant decide what to choose as he want to have both, Russians often say that someone wants "both eat a fish and get on a spruce" ( "и pыбкy cъecть и нa eлкy влeзть") or a rude version "to eat a fish and not to sit on a dick" ("и pыбкy cъecть и нaxyй нe cecть"). That greatly describes what Ngannou wants.

He might not look like it, but his reported walking around weight when he was fighting at LHW was around 104kg and reportedly he was walking around at 108kg in 2020. In comparison, Miočić fights at around that weight or 110kg, so it's not that far off TBH. I don't think Jones will ever look like an HW if you compare him to Nganou (although there was that short stint where he did Powerlifting), but he's a lanky dude so he'll just look skinny fat. Nothing wrong with that.

Another UFC champion willing to bite the dust in a boxing ring for a payday. I actually do not like ppv but since Dana White ventured into this system too then he should pay his fighters worth. UFC fighters cannot even wear their own trunks brand barring them to earn from advertisements. I remember when Manny Pacquiao's trunk alone was worth over half a million dollars. It's not cool seeing UFC champions Ngannou and Kamaru getting knockout in a boxing ring like what happened to Woodley and Connor.    

Yeah, Aspinall probably is going to be at the very least challenging for the belt, so it wasn't really a shock for Arlovski losing that one. Although, his last few fights against the no namers as you say, were entertaining. I personally don't count them as no namers, just not very popular fighters. The question is, Arlovski said he wants to keep fighting for years to come, but is his body going to hold out for that long. He looks pretty good for his age right now, normally fighters start a rapid decline way before, and ultimately are forced to bow out, due to the damage they take. Arlovski hasn't really been on the receiving side much even when losing. I'm not counting the Tom fight in that though, as that's the exception.

Well, If Francis Ngannou is ready to get out of the UFC spotlight and in reality, he really wants to be a boxer then pursue his dreams, and 10 million is not that much but it is worth it than getting just 600k per fight on UFC, and if he continued in fighting Tyson Fury then he better prepared for the consequence and just pursue in being a boxer full time, but for me, if he really wants to be a boxer then move on what he really wants,


So if Jake Collier has a zebra pattern record then he needs to lose to Andrei Arlovski this time, that would be hilarious but apparently, Andrei Arlovski is the favorite here and he surely needs this win, and pretty much he is hungry for that win that is, and maybe Collier is not going to break his Pattern but let's just see, if what may have happened, (in actuality I have to google those Zebra Rules first before reading your whole post, and pretty much curious about it aswell I really thought it was a new move style)


Actually, I haven't seen if I still have that free bets or already consumed it all but as I am reading this, will now visit again my account, but it was actually fun winning in the Multi-master bet, I haven't joined another 1 yet, because of the busy schedule that I have,


I also did the same at 1st, but then I realized he is talking about the stat records of Collier, this pattern could continue if Andrei Arlovski win, so I think I will make a bet on Arlovski, just for fun.

I see, appreciate for the clarification. I figured it must have been forfeited for whatever reason after reading @YuginKadoya's and @tokeweed's earlier responses.

This wasn't necessary but thank you. Will I be able to see this under Rewards (Free bets)?

I can't believe I even searched google to find out more about this zebra rule out of curiosity

Agreed with your bet. Also, Andrei Arlovski is winning his last 3 fights versus other fighters with no names very much similar to Jake Collar hehehe. Arlovski's last defeat was versus Tom Aspinall. However, Aspinall has shown that he is championship material during his last fight versus Alexander Volkov where he won easily.

Arlovski is a great example of someone who just loves what they're doing. Talk about the UFC pay rate all you want, Arlovski has made his money through sheer volume, especially considering he's a legend of the sport, and is quite successful. So, at this point yeah he isn't as good as he once was, and he's probably starting to feel the toll of the sport from all the years, but watch his fights he still has a lot of fun in there, and also I find him quite entertaining still which is quite rare when the fighters are knocking on a bit.

Can't bet against the man either with his records, especially with his knack for upsets.

That is not a bad idea, but you need to pick good matches for betting if you want to cash in those winnings.
I had much more luck in predicting many UFC fights and getting free bets, but I don't have that much success when betting with those free bets, and I am not complaining.
This UFC event is going to be hard to predict but let the best man or woman win

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Completely forgot that there is going to be Jake Collier vs Andrei Arlovski fight this weekend. This guy, Arlovski just cant get enough of fight. 43 years, 55 fights in professional career, been in UFC for 22 years. Again, Arlovski is sort of a card feeler, as his opponents record is like zebra - win/lose/win/lose... Arlovski has replaced Justin Tafa, who withdrew from fight. Well, that does not make Collier fight easier I think Arlovski is going to win this fight (because Collier won previous fight and "zebra" rule gonna be used here )

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Here's a couple of interviews from the guys at the main event.  Prolly a good idea to know where their mindset is at.

Vera Pre Fight Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j0RvaJ6bSA

Font Pre Fight Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjObcbpSQA

According to an article, Fury has earned almost 34 millions last weekend and Whyte got 7.4 millions. How much do you think Ngannou would get? If in promotion "UFC heavy weight champion" slogan would be used, then Ngannou could get 10 millions maybe? Question is, would UFC allow their brand to be used? Or Ngannou would be presented just as MMA champion or a beast? For the last fight Ngannou got 600k plus a PPV bonus. Difference is obvious, but will 10 millions be enough to end career ?

I hope they can clash aswell with Mixed martial arts because Tyson Fury pretty much has the advantage in boxing he is pretty much familiar with boxing more and because of his experience inside the ring pretty much many will say that Tyson Fury is the favorite to win with Boxing, but if they can have an exhibition with MMA aswell then I guess Francis Ngannou will probably have a much bigger advantage over Tyson Fury, but even though Francis Ngannou would lose to Fury a sum of money will be given to him just by showing up, and an amount UFC can not provide him, this is as much while Ngannou wants to be a boxer so badly.


he badly needed that training, and against Tyson Fury that is professional and Tyson Fury is a monster in using only punches while Ngannou is not most familiar with this kind of adjustment I really think he needs a professional boxer in training him in ways of how, and with Tyson recent fight, Dillian Whyte is not a pushover but the way Tyson Fury move inside the ring he is with ease and personally, he is just playing around, and if Francis Ngannou could fight these he will need to train so hard that he can not lift his own finger.


I have won a multi-master challenge twice and I have to ask jeremypwr about it and he said that it can take up to 1 week before it can reflect on your balance, so good luck and have a nice day.

Noob Q: Has anyone won in any of their events and successfully claimed their reward? I think I won one event (3rd) in the past but when I checked my SB account a couple of days ago, there's nothing there.

Even if his team says otherwise, I think everyone agrees on this. The man just have to work a lot on his cardio to last at least five rounds and he'll be enjoying his pay. I won't be surprised if he decides to retire from MMA after this fight.

Jones is also moving to boxing?


Ngannou will undergo a lot of training for the fight if its really going to happen. Upon wearing the boxing glove alone feels very heavy compare to the UFC gloves. Fury though isn't very agile than Ngannou. The last Fury fight although he won against Whyte by KO, they were all just standing no constant head movement or footwork. He did tried that uppercut several times until he got Whyte.