Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 359. (Read 100100 times)

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,

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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.

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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

It's not absolutely impossible to have problems regarding the Russian fighters. In UFC the problem is Russian fighters make up a very large amount of the viewership and pay per view in UFC.

So, not too late the Russian fighters' fight in the event will take a heavy toll on the money and surely Dana white is not going to like that.

I don't honestly understand what America is trying to do by trying to deprive the Russians from McDonald's, Netflix, and CNN. If they keep up this sanction Russia is soon going to be the healthiest, most punctual, and the best-informed country in the world  .

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Looks like there will be some problems with the next fight in London. Dana White wants to have the Russian fighters there but he smells the troubles coming.

In this interview he talks more about the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJkZPNfKJBY

And Dana even Jokes saying he has Trump's number, but he doesn't have Biden's phone to talk with him to let the fighters do their job.

Just curious if there have been word from UFC heads (or from other MMA organizations) or any speculation floating around to completely block Russian fighters in light of the ongoing conflict. Most sports organizations have already done so including boxing. It would be so bad to strip someone's hard fought belt because of their nationality.

I was busy this weekend and I didn't watch any UFC fights but I saw results and they came up like I expected for main event with Covington win.
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I think I may have heard Dana mention it in the post fight press conference.  But I don't recall exactly what the numbers are except that they have sold a lot of PPV's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajUvVO_RSFU

And I don't think they need a rematch imho.  It was all Covington for the whole 5 rounds, tho R2 could be Masvidal's or was it R3...  Anyway it's Covington 50 - 45 for me.

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I surely believe that every information you guys are posting here is a big help in making information about the fighter stats, how he fought, how good is his takedown, and takedown defense, speed, and cardio some information that might not available on the wiki or any information is given by the forum, and even though all are just speculation I truly learn things by reading all of your posts, and it could sometimes help with certain decisions so keep it up guys, I really like how tokeweed shares those video analysis, and some information where can we watch recent fights.


Colby Covington is pretty much calm and dominant on the ring, ánd he is pretty much taking his actions safely, and if there is a rematch between these two I really don't want another, if they don't want to bring their friendship back then it will surely keep the hype rises, but I think Colby Covington will still win that rematch in my opinion, if Jorge Masvidal doesn't confirm to himself that he really lost that fight, because this will surely keep on going on without any break,

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