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Renato is not even in the top. Dos Anjos was supposed to fight a fighter from top, now he gets a guy who has fought a month ago, and most important, lost to Fiziev. Means he is weaker. Easy opponent and money for Dos Anjos.

I remember that Dos Anjos was scheduled to fight Makhachev in 2020, but Dos Anjos was tested covid positive. Then, when the fight was rescheduled, Makhachev got an injury. Another reschedule. Then Dos Anjos got an injury and Makhachev has fought Hooker. Now they had a chance to meet finally. UFC match makers decided different. But from what I've heard, Makhachev and Dos Anjos did not came to agreement on a weight they would fight. Makhachev wanted 155, but Dos Anjos offered interim weight. Either gods dont want them fight, or someone is running from other.

It was sad knowing that you want to watch Rafael Fiziev fight Rafael Dos Anjos but the anticipated thing happen when Rafael Fiziev was forced to withdraw from their fight due to being positive to Covid-19 and was replaced by Renato Moicano, I don't know if I'm going to be excited with the fight now but let's just wait and see, I really want to just see Rafael Fiziev if he can do a spectacular thing in defeating Rafael Dos Anjos, but sad to say Covid-19 is such a game-changer for the fighters, and us fans that wants to see our fighter fighting on the ring of octagon,


That is not a good thing and because of what is happening to the war of Russia and Ukraine some sports with the different countries will surely be affected aswell I really think the banning of the sports is just in the World Cup and not with individual fighters well I might be wrong because it said that Russia was banned from world cup because of what it did to Ukraine, but with individual fighters that are Russian I think it will not get affected,

UFC 272 news update. Uncle Dana has chosen Renato Moicano as the replacement for Rafael Fiziev.

This is a good choice, I reckon. Renato Moicano is a good fighter and he had a high ranking in the featherweight division before he lost to Jose Aldo and Chung Sung Jung then going to the lightweight division. Will this fight also be a big opportunity for him to get another high ranking in the lightweight division? The fight will be in 160 catchweight.



UFC 272 has itself a new co-main event, with Renato Moicano being selected as the replacement for Rafael Fiziev in a fight against Rafael dos Anjos in a catchweight bout.

Though both fighters are active in the lightweight division, the fight will be contested at 160 lbs in a catchweight bout.

Source https://www.mmanews.com/2022/03/renato-moicano-dos-anjos-ufc-272/

Devonte Smith is now fighting Klein, which to be honest destroyed my bet, but at least this match up is much more competitive. I'm actually leaning towards Klein for this fight early doors. Not sure what I'm going to be putting on my accumulator this weekend, but I think Umar Nurmagomedov will actually struggle a little against Kellecher, but will ultimately get the win. I'm going for Spivak against Greg Hardy, simply because I pretty much want to see Hardy lose at every opportunity. Xiaonan Yan I just feel an upset despite my bet from last week, which I've now cashed out due to the Devonte Smith opponent change.

It's sad to see how sports get affected by the political conflict, and this is just the start, things will get worse.

About UFC 272, my parlay will be for Covington and Barboza, feel like those two fights will be the easy money ones. But you know, in UFC anything can happen just like we saw the big ones falling down (McGregor and Rousey).

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I already heard...  This sucks.  Fiziev was the guy I really wanted to see most back in the cage, esp after winning vs Riddell via TKO with a spinning wheel kick.  There was a big improvment from Fiz’s match vs Bobby Green to the match vs Brad Riddell.  But oh well, I guess we’ll see him in a month or two.

Anyway there are also some rumors swirling around that Tony Ferguson could replace Fiziev on short notice.  I don’t mind that tbqh.  It’s going to be a rematch.

Russian football teams are already kicked from UEFA championship. Countries refuses to play against Russian football team in connection games for World championship. Hockey teams are leaving KHL (hockey). The world is either banning Russian Federation from participating in sport or refusing to play against them. This happens not only with sportists, who are supported by country, but individuals are also banned. For example football clubs, that consist of players from different countries, but basically are "Russian".
Tennis - where every athlete is an individual. Russian tennis players are persons non grate in France and UK. World again is mixing politics and sport.

UFC 272 - The fight Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev is cancelled due Fiziev tested positive for Covid-19. Makhachev is ready to replace Fiziev on short notice.

Some news flowing around the MMA space. Makhachev and RDA are trading virtual blows, maybe we could get that fight down the line.  Again, not a fan of step-ins, but if something like this is done down the line, I'd be super stoked to see it. 
We also have a confirmation of Burns and Chimaev and yes, Chimaev is a Sweedish citizen so no sanctions would affect him.
And it seems Cain Velasquez was arrested on alleged shooting (involvement) charges. Now, I am not really shocked about the involvement part, what I am shocked about is that Javier Mendez said Cain is eying a return to MMA. I have totally missed that news, but are they insane? His body is completely falling apart, what are they thinking?

Chimaev is an immigrant or so they say. 

Seem too extreme to really do that Just because their president is Putin. Can you imagine being German and not allowed to play a sport because Hitler did it?
Let's just distinguish who are not part of the war and not punish them because they do have this kind of leader because it's like sanctioning the MMA fighters themselves all because of Putin. It's not their fault.

I don't want to bring dirt and politics here, but I am forced to. By seeing how sport organizations ban or boycott Russian athletes, what do you think will happen with them in UFC? They are a lot of them. So far the US is rather silent about Russian sportists, but it might turn that we wont see Makhachev, Volkov, Yan (Sterling would be happy if Yan would be banned), Oleinik. Does Chimaev has Swedish passport?

I think that Alvarez has a lot of chances, although many say that he has more weakness, but Alvarez I don't see him as weak, some statistics say that his opponent will win, but as I said before, for me boxing has much more intelligence and a psychological aspect than boxing. same force, since if you intend to "Endure all the rounds" or go for all or nothing in the first or the necessary rounds even if the energy waste is very exhausting, this opens two windows, that of success or that of exhaustion driving completely to defeat.

This will be a sad day for you and for the other fans of the Attaman Rafael Fiziev. The fight has been cancelled because Fiziev appears to be infected with the coronavirus. However, there might be good news hehehe. Islam Makhachev wants to be the replacement fighter. The UFC should give the approval, I reckon. We can be quite certain that Islam has no injuries after the fight vs. Bobby Green.



UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev has offered to step up on short notice to fight Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 272.

dos Anjos was supposed to face Rafael Fiziev in the co-main event of UFC 272 before Fiziev recently pulled out due to COVID-19. Makhachev fought and won just days ago against Bobby Green at UFC Vegas 49.

After getting word of Fiziev pulling out, Makhachev is willing to step up and fight dos Anjos at 170 pounds. Makhachev and dos Anjos were supposed to fight on multiple occasions in the past, with both fighters pulling out on different occasions.

In a recent tweet, Makhachev called out Dos Anjos for a fight in the UFC 272 co-headliner.

Source https://www.mmanews.com/2022/02/islam-makhachev-dos-anjos-step-up-2/

Great easy win for Islam Makhachev but I think we are going to have big problems with UFC and russian fighters from now on.
They are starting to ban sportsman from that country from all international competitions in all sports, and I don't think Dana White with UFC will be any different.
Even if with some miracle UFC don't release them, they can't travel to most countries around the world.

^  Dunno but that’s the thing...  It’s gonna be our first time seeing Fiziev in a 5 round fight.  And Dos Anjos isn’t a push over at 155.  But we’ll see, I just watched Fiziev’s last match vs Brad Riddell and it looked like he cardio was good.  He didn’t slow down like he did in the past.  So maybe he is ready for 5 rounds. 

UFC Free Fight:  Fiziev vs Riddell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdM73289hO8

^ I’m starting to lean Fiz after watching that.

I’ll watch this one next later after I do some stuff

UFC FN 182:  Felder vs Dos Anjos
https://mmacore.tv/videos/Paul_Felder_x_Rafael_Dos_Anjos_Full_Fight_UFC_Fight_Night_182_Part_1/10375434/6zmqwcuT

Is it? if that's the case then Rafael Fiziev might burn out fast? but I think he is preparing for this fight ever since the UFC Fight Night Dos Anjos VS Fiziev so I think he is sure ready for this, Rafael Fiziev is younger than Dos Anjos, but I am not saying age is a big factor in this fight, I really think the skill and technique has a lot to do in every fight we see,

And talking back again to the Islam Makhachev fight that is really something Bobby Green is no pushover, he can sure do a lot, and right now I think with 10 consecutive wins I can smell a title shot against Charles Oliveira, and right now Islam Makhachev was the favorite, even though Charles Oliveira is the champion, he is the underdog if he fights Islam Makhachev, Charles Oliveira is +345 while Makhachev is -415 that is how big of a favorite Islam Makhachev, while Charles Oliveira is a big underdog.

But keep in mind that it’s a 5 round co main event.  The UFC didn’t change it to three rounds when they pulled it out from yesterday’s event and squeezed it in at UFC 272.  I mean I like to pick Fiziev but since it’s 5 rounds, I think the line should be closer imho.  Dos Anjos at 3.10?  Hmmm..  Maybe I just like losing my sig money.  Lolol.

Looking at the lines rn, another match that I think could be closer is Moroz vs Agapova.  And it’s low level women’s MMA, who knows what could happen.

Well, positioning is more important with Grappling or wrestling, and the way Islam Makhachev has done it, he surely moves faster and clearly, he knows where to position himself to take the advantage, and because of the cage wall, he surely made grappling dangerous, and more effective with his Dagestan chain wrestling, Khabib Nurmagomedov has said in an interview that Islam Makachev is a different fighter right now.


I don't know what is their History on where their grudge match has started, but I really know they are close friends and I think this could have a deeper reason behind this, but apart from this maybe, I am not 100% sure this could also part of the hype, and because they don't want a match with Khamzat Chimaev, they surely made their own match, I really don't know if this is planned but I am just saying what is bugging inside my head, I could also be wrong and this is just hearsay of a thought.

I think Bobby Green displayed the same vulnerability Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Drew Dober and others from a wrestling background have shown. They have good wrestling but lack jiu jitsu. The positions wrestlers get finished in are ones they don't often see in wrestling, which are much more common in grappling.

This week we have the grudge match between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. It somewhat resembles the grudge matches between TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt where they were friends and training partners that trained in the same gym who ended up not liking one another. Every fight at this event could be worth watching, lots of good athletes and competitors for this one. Jon Jones and Rashad Evans also had their grudge match back in the day, and reconciled afterward.

The relationship between Colby and Jorge was the closest out of any falling out. When Colby was broke and had no money he was sleeping on Jorge Masvidal's couch and eating his food. I'm glad the lead up to the fight hasn't turned out as ugly and personal as it might have.

With the TJ Dillashaw vs Cody Garbrandt grudge match, it seemed to me that team alpha male began to invent lies about TJ Dillashaw which could have returned to them in the form of karma. That fight got very personal and ugly and it was not a good thing to see.

^
Here we go, another event that will surely rock, but I am not really excited about the Colby Covington VS Jorge Masvidal fight, for me I mostly am excited about the Rafael Dos Anjos VS Rafael Fiziev fight, Edson Barbosa VS Bryce Mitchell, Marina Rodriguez VS Yan Xiaonan, and Brian Kelleher VS Umar Nurmagomedov fights,

For the Colby Covington VS Jorge Masvidal, because I am not excited about this is because I want Khamzat Chimaev to put an end to these two high and mighty fighters, that is just all talk and let Chimaev humble them, I really want Khamzat Chimaev to be champion or see him in a title match,

Rafael Dos Anjos VS Rafael Fiziev, the canceled bout this should be the main event, but again I sure want a spectacle on what Fiziev can really do against the Rank 6 Dos Anjos, in this fight, I prefer the unique style of Fiziev more than ever if he wins against Dos Anjos, maybe another fight to secure a title match, but he can not underestimate Rafael Dos Anjos Experience inside the ring,

Edson Barbosa VS Bryce Mitchell for me I am more for Bryce Mitchell Edson Barbosa doesn't really not quite doing well against a wrestler, and Bryce Mitchell has decent wrestling, in my opinion, but Edson Barbosa may have upped his takedown defense and might be expected this for Mitchell, I really want to see how Edson Barbosa can secure a win,

Marina Rodriguez VS Yan Xiaonan, I really want to see how Marina Rodriguez would respond to Xiaonan, is she's going on a standing match up or taking this fight on the ground, pretty sure Marina Rodriguez would let us see an outstanding performance,

Brian Kelleher VS Umar Nurmagomedov, for me, I would love to see if Umar Nurmagomedov can secure his record on undefeated, the kid is doing great and got a unique style than other Dagestan fighters and I think we can all agree that he is the Kicking Nurmagomedov, I haven't seen a wrestler at the same time good at striking with kicks, I really think that he has speed, with his kicks, and combining the Dagestan wrestling that is more dangerous when on the cage walls, I think that sure what I am anticipated so far with this fighter.

UFC 272



Date: March 6 , 2021
Main Card: SUN, MAR 6 / 5:00 AM EET
Prelims: SUN, MAR 6 / 3:00 AM EET
Early Prelims: SUN, MAR 6 / 1:00 AM EET

Venue: T-Mobile Arena

Main card (ESPN+)
Welterweight: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal            
Lightweight: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev            
Featherweight: Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell            
Welterweight: Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira            
Heavyweight: Sergey Spivak vs. Greg Hardy      

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight: Jalin Turner vs. Jamie Mullarkey            
Women's Strawweight: Marina Rodriguez vs. Yan Xiaonan            
Light Heavyweight: Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu            
Women's Flyweight: Maryna Moroz vs. Mariya Agapova

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight: Brian Kelleher vs. Umar Nurmagomedov            
Flyweight: Tim Elliott vs. Tagir Ulanbekov            
Light Heavyweight: Michał Oleksiejczuk vs. Dustin Jacoby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_272