Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 348. (Read 97140 times)

Well I think the same as you, Brandon Moreno is a great ambassador for Robbet and I'm glad they're taking that strategy, stake.com has many ambassadors, in the Premier League too, recently the Colombian "Cucho" scored a tremendous goal, and they are already talking about how it may be the best goal of the entire Premier League of the season, somehow it exalts it, because everyone sees stake.com on their shirts, as with Israel in the UFC, in this case sportsbet. io if they do the same with a UFC fighter they would be letting the world know that the main platforms are choosing to enter sports and be part of them in history, the truth is not bad at all.

Yeah, it's basically a full event parlay but structuring it with your most confident picks at the top of the heap then bet money on that.  Your next confident picks added at the second layer of the heap then also betting on that, and on and on it goes to your third, fourth or fifth layer depending on how you structure your parlays.

So looking at the lines right now I'd prolly go...

Ankalaev - Semelsberger - Maverick at 2.12 for 20 bucks
Add:  Peirera - Yadong - Dalcha at 8.15 for 5 bucks
Add:  Dober - Yussuf - Rountree at 35.78 for 2 bucks
Add:  Aldrich - Jones - Murzakanov at 247.41 for 1 USD
Add:  Jackson - Canneti at 1023.28 for 1 USD

So that's a total of 29 USD outlay.  It's like a fun lottery ticket.  Lol.

Edit:  Doing this is prolly better after the weigh ins.

Tyron Woodley, Robbie Lawler and Rafael Dos Anjos are all good wrestlers.

Jorge Masvidal may have fared better against Colby's wrestling than some of those names did.

Colby also managed to take Kamaru down in their second fight, albeit briefly.

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I hope dagestani chechens in the UFC are not banned.

Dagestan was at war with russia not long ago and in ways they may still be if rumors of russian troops abducting dagestanis off the street for interrogation are true.

I also find it doubtfully that he will get a title shot after this fight. However, he fully deserves it. I think that Ankalaev next opponent could be Jiri Prochazka. And the winner of this fight is going to have a title shot.

Also I am not sure who is going to be light heavyweight champion, by the time Ankalaev or Prochazka will have a title fight. I find it hard to believe that Teixeira will manage to defend his belt.


The reason why people compare him with McGregor, is that he is arrogant as Conor is. At somehow he manages to gain attention and audience. UFC needs a guy like that. They need a joker or an ace to sell PPV. They have or had Ngannou, but he causes a lot of troubles. Covington can make good sales. Who else can talk shit and create drama in UFC?

Not sure how the ban actually works. It works from company to company if I am not mistaken? Because a Russian athlete Evgeny Markov competed in the Arnold Strongman Classic last weekend without any issues. Maybe this works as it did with the Russian athletes at the Olympics as Russia was banned due to doping allegations, so they had to compete as free agents and not under a flag.  I know this is a different situation as going from point A to point B is much harder now.

Masvidal was also good at defending himself actually. He is just dominated, he isn't a wrestler so that is given that he will have a hard time.

Since Russian athletes are banned, would they be able to organize an event for Russians only as well or are they also banned in doing such with Eagle FC?  Not sure how this will really find a way to be broadcast on big channels though. Youtube maybe.

This is really hard to say for sure, but I can only think about what may be the impact on the MMA and sports community will be with so much banning on said Russian athletes, in my opinion, why does Russian Athletes needs to suffer for the decisions of 1 man alone, maybe because Ukrainians are volunteering to depend their nation, so some are saying to ban all Russian athletes, that I think its a bit harsh, to the part of all Russian community that I think doesn't want something to do with their governments action, why should they suffer, I am against what Russia is doing to Ukraine, but in banning something that is not really link to one another would likely be being racist to the people of Russia and there could be Racism to mostly all Russians,


I totally agree with you 100% this kind of approach in Russian people are not really appropriate and could cause racism to many people, just like what happen with asian people in the states when the Pandemic hits, most asian's receive racism to the entire world, a negative impact will not be solve with a negative impact as well, it will only cause so much negativity to both parties,

anyway I really didn't like the Covington VS Masvidal fight, but for me it is just OK and I really know that Covington will surely win that one, well based on their sparring session Covington is dominating masvidal in the ground, and with that I have come up to a conclusion,

Despite there being a war that is definitely effected millions of people, either directly through the war or through sanctions, I don't agree with booing, or removing Russian fighters. If the Russian government was directly benefiting from the athletes winning fights, then I could potentially see why people would want them not to compete, despite whether or not I would actually agree with that, at least I could see why people came up with that answer. However, right now I'm seeing hostilities to Russian athletes across several sports, and all its proven to me is that a lot of people are being racist, and holding innocent people responsible for something they have no control over.

I think the UFC are doing the right thing by avoiding politics interfering with how they handle things. At the end of the day, the Russian fighters are innocent people who happen to be from Russia, they had no control over the situation that's currently ongoing.

Anyway, enough about politics back this weekend's card. Looks a decent card, I'll try, and get my predictions up Friday. Although, last weekend I had an absolute mare, including the main event. I honestly thought Masvidal would get dominated on the ground, but would be able to get enough separation to put Colby to sleep. There was one point in the fight where he did drop him, and I thought that might be the beginning on the end for Colby, but Masvidal didn't really pressure it.

Although, I will admit the most sound call was likely a Colby decision, and throughout the week I kept flipping between the two, either a Colby decision or a Masvidal knockout, with the knockout being priced at 4.0 (might have been 4.75) I thought that was were the value was.

Is hard to explain how hard sucks to see the sports getting affected by the war. Even if Dana White searches for a solution like moving the event to another country he can get some sanctions to deal with Russian fighters. We already see how US gives sanctions to china and to other countries for making deals with Russia. So, they will try to ban all the activities that benefit the Russian people, and sadly UFC will be involved in this.

Yes they can go to Fight Island AbuDhabi but UFC will be forced to remove all fighters coming from Russia and they won't be able to travel anywhere in the world.
Only solution would be if they move if they move to live in some other country, but I am not sure how they are going to receive paychecks in future when Russia is now excluded from banking and cards.
Maybe paying them in Bitcoin would be possible

Yes, I agree because if this happens in China, people will be furious and it will further worsen the situation. And I think even a drop of pin can start WW3 at the moment. And for UFC fight Island is always a great option.



I think Abu Dhabi is the best option right now because anywhere else, it's either a political problem or problems regarding the event.
But I really don't know, seems like commenting on anything can go sideways.

A lot of people are saying that Magomed Ankalaev is going to get a title shot after this fight if he wins it. But I really doubt that because there are some specific sets of things that need to go right for that to happen.

First of all Jan Błachowicz needs to lose against Aleksandar Rakić, and Anthony Smith needs to not sign a contract at all because if he signs a fight and wins it he is going to get the title shot.
So, I don't think the title shot will have to wait for Magomed Ankalaev. He will need 1 more match.

And to be honest I am not a big fan of Paddy Pimblett. Too much showboating for my liking. And about being the next Conor McGregor, I think it's still too early to say.

Ankalaev is on a series of 7 wins. He has only one loss, but he might not have had it. If he could have survived 1 more second, the fight would be over  and Ankalaev would win, as he was dominating that fight, and on the score card. Unfortunately, he was submitter in 4:59 round 3 I think Santos is not a problem for him. Ankalaev will finish this fight with TKO/KO.

I am waiting for the event that comes after UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev, as we will see Paddy Pimblett one more time. Some people predict, that he might be next Conor McGregor

There are good fights scheduled for this weeks UFC.

Alex Pereira vs. Bruno Silva
Damon Jackson vs. Kamuela Kirk
Drew Dober vs. Terrance McKinney   
Thiago Santos vs. Magomed Ankalaev            
Marlon Moraes vs. Song Yadong            
Sodiq Yusuff vs.   Alex Caceres

Alex Pereira has a KO win over Israel Adesanya in kickboxing. Now he's making a run in the UFC.




Barboza is an interesting case. He was outwrestled by Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kevin Lee.

Despite this, Barboza could still have the best leg kicks in the game.

Bryce Mitchell was limping noticeably after the fight from the few leg kicks he absorbed.

Gilbert Melendez was quoting as saying if someone offered him $1,000 to take another leg kick from Edson Barboza, he wouldn't do it.

Australia is also open for UFC. Do they have sanctions against Russia? I did not hear that. It will be funny if they have. Where is Australia and where is Russia. I dont think that any major business has connections with Russia.

Abu Dhabi is an excellent place to make international fights or fights where athletes from Russia compete. Its infrastructure is highly developed, they have experience. And even if they dont have something to run an event, they can create in no time.

Well, you can surely watch some recap on the fight Colby Covington is surely dominant all the way and I think Masvidal doesn't really stand a chance, and with this defeat, I think it is time for him to make a decision on retiring early, Well, I really don't want to see him that's all,

Well getting an ambassador title on one of the known gambling sites is a privilege and any gambling site will surely do Stake.com is surely one step ahead on thinking these things, maybe another gambling site will surely do the same who knows.


That would be a problem for Dana White and a lot of Russian fighters in the UFC, but I think Dana White is thinking something for this issue to be resolved, and let's not make a big argument about this, and actually, I really don't want this issue to get even worst, let's just wait and see this is really a huge problem if not taken care of, because most fighters that I want to watch mostly Russian.

It will not be in China, I reckon. This move will certainly be politicized by the Biden administration because China is a silent ally of Russia. Dana is also a popular supporter of the Donald Trump during his presidential campaigns. He does not want give Biden the wrong type of attention hehehe. However, the UFC can always go to fight island, Abu Dhabi for international fights.

Will Khabib's Eagle FC continue their promotion in America? Are the allowed?

I expected this to happen and I was surprised to see this weekend fight card is going normal with Magomed Ankalaev and Azamat Murzakanov coming from Russia.
One solution could be to use Khabib's Eagle FC for local fights, but if situation continue to escalate we might see MMA moving to China for international fights including all countries.
I never understood why people who play sport gets banned because of politics but I guess it's all connected.

Ok, you have my attention. I am not a betting man but always find it intriguing how people bet and everything that comes with it. As for Ankalaev vs Santos, finally something interesting in the LHW division. Don't think that Santos will pose a real threat here, but he will definitely put up a fight, and I am really interested to see what he could do on the ground in regards to Ankalaev's wrestling. Ok, he is a BJJ black belt but he's not considered to be a high-level grappler in regards to other high-profiled BJJ practitioners.

It's up in the air.  If Russian fighters are disallowed from participating from the UFC due to sanctions then I guess the UFC would have to follow orders or they get stripped from their license.  But if there was one person who would try not for it to happen, it's Dana.  We've seen it before...  He continued on with the UFC during the pandemic when every sports org was scared and was locking down.

Anyway I learned something new from some guy I met irl.  A fun new way to bet the UFC if you're on a budget.  I'll post it itt once I figure it out.

Enjoy!

UFC Free Fight:  Ankalaev vs Cutelaba 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDmzND3IWsg

UFC Free Fight:  Thiago Santos vs Manuwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbZ0dFBN6jo