Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 395. (Read 97092 times)

From the top of my head, I like Nzechukwu, Alves, Khaos Williams, Calvillo, Alvarez and matbe Marcos de Lima.  I kinda scanned Best Fight Odds a couple of hours ago and I’m pretty sure they’re all slight underdogs except for Calvillo.  The dogs are barking.

Edit:  Alvarez is 3.10.  I think it’s value.

https://www.bestfightodds.com/#

Damn @bbc.reporter, I couldn't even recognize him in that pic The man already lost his chin.

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UFC Fight night - I wasn't expecting the odds for Holloway (1.14) vs. Rodriguez (5.4). Okay, Max won his last fight back in January which shows he still has it after losing 2 title fights in a row but Rodriguez isn't that bad.

Anyway, I'll wait for the official weigh in before betting. Stats comparison http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/147e984aa34e3028

They are friends. They are both from Nigeria. I doubt that they will agree to fight. They might fight each other just to find who is stronger, but it wont be a title fight. Imagine loosing a title to friend

I doubt that Usman could cut enough to fit in lightweight. Cutting 7kg is a lot. And moving to light heavy does not look achievable also. Gain 16kg will be even harder. We all remember how a middleweight Adesanya look little against Blachowicz, how easy it was for Jan to throw Israel and how hard it was for Israel to stand up from parter.

@YuginKadoya. Agreed. Khamzat is presently now included in the top 10 in the rankings of the welterweight division. I speculate that he might be given an opportunity to fight Jorge Masvidal or Leon Edwards before given the opportunity to fight Kamaru.

Frankie Edgar was also leading the fight before he was transformed into a bored ape NFT. I was very disappointed.

Kamaru Usman could surely try a different weight class if he prefers a double Championship belt, he can surely try a shot for the Middleweight division and have a shot for Israel Adesanya if he would dare, but I think Kamaru Usman is more focused on his offense than his defense while Adesanya prefer to fight on a safer way but in my opinion, Israel Adesanya for me is a better striker

And in the welterweight division, I think if given an opportunity for me Khamzat Chimaev but I think a Colby Covington fight is more appropriate for now,

For Rose Namajunas, I think she became more cautious with the fight, The fact that Zhang Weili can anticipate her moves and faints is possible so a safer approach is a better approach.

Kamaru Usman has become a legend in Welterweight category and he is currently best pound-for-pound UFC fighter in the world!
I can't see anyone in that division who can beat him, so it is possible that we will try to fight in different weight category trying to hold title in two categories.
Rose Namajunas deserved this win but this was a war like I expected and I was not surprised with split decision.

It felt like Villante didn’t even train and took the dive to collect his money.  That was his last bout in the UFC as he’s retiring.

Anyway, I can’t figure out how Gaethje vs Chandler went to the decision.  Lol.  It’s pretty impressive how Chandler’s chin held up against those hard blows.  I guess the fight to make if McGregor returns should be vs Chandler...?

I surely need the rest but I am just really excited for the next amazing fights that surely await us, especially the Ciryl Gane VS Francis Ngannou fight, that is the fight that I am really anticipating watching,

Well, about that I have seen the video, and Francis Ngannou doesn't really give a damn about Ciryl Gane even though they are previous sparing partners, there should be a slight gesture but no Francis Ngannou totally ignores Gane, and I really like the look on Ciryl Gane's face and the professionalism on Ngannou's action, Ciryl Gane is just chill, but you can really never take it down to Francis Ngannou because he is the champion here and he has a lot of pride,


My Verdict on the fight is Rose Namajunas simply is a thug and more skilled than Zhang Weili, no doubt about it, as I said in their previous fight she is more agile and flexible because of her past taekwondo training her kicks despite not so many it is really lethal and accurate, and on their 2nd clash overall, Zhang Weili is more cautious now because of what happened in their 1st fight, but Rose Namajunas still have the edge and advantage over her.



In my opinion, 8 victory is a great thing, and not all bets could surely get in what you want, I think it turns out profitable for you in this event.

Indeed. I bet on Weili Zhang because I thought she was much stronger, with more experience and almost 2 times more wins in the past than Rose Namajunas, and in the beginning it looked like Zhang was going to win the fight, she was very aggressive and pretty successful with some kicks. But Rose has endured, and finally won the fight.

Yet, overall my predictions for the UFC 268 Multi Master Challenge weren't that bad this time.

Here's the results:



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_268

and here's my preditcions:

14) Kamaru Usman  V
13) Weili Zhang -
12)  Justin Gaethje V
11)  Billy Quarantillo -
10)  Frankie Edgar -
9)  Andreas Michailidis -
8 )  Bobby Green V
7)  Chris Curtis V
6)  Nassourdine Imavov V
5)  Ian Garry V
4)  Gian Villante -
3)  Dustin Jacoby V
2)  Melsik Baghdasaryan V
1)  Carlos Vergara -

I got 8 of them right.

After UFC 268, all the next events till UFC 269 are not as exciting as 267-268. And this is good. "We" need some rest from such cool events. Otherwise it will be hard to impress us

Did you guys saw, how Nhannou passed by his former team and Gane on the way to his seat at UFC 268? Not even said hello. As he is not familiar with them. What is this, trying to be bad guy to raise more interest to their fight, bad manners, disagreements between them?

The Last fight UFC 268 was a rollercoaster fun to watch, and I am really thrilled to watch more of that great even, and all we got to do is move on to a new event, I say this next event in my opinion is not really that exciting and for me, the Holloway vs Rodriguez fight is the one that I am anticipating to watch,



UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
Date: November 13, 2021
Place: UFC Apex Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States

Main Card

Featherweight   Max Holloway   vs.   Yair Rodríguez            
Heavyweight   Ben Rothwell   vs.   Marcos Rogério de Lima            
Women's Featherweight   Felicia Spencer   vs.   Leah Letson            
Bantamweight   Song Yadong   vs.   Julio Arce

Preliminary Card

Lightweight   Thiago Moisés   vs.   Joel Álvarez            
Women's Flyweight   Cynthia Calvillo   vs.   Andrea Lee            
Welterweight   Miguel Baeza   vs.   Khaos Williams            
Featherweight   Sean Woodson   vs.   Collin Anglin            
Women's Flyweight   Cortney Casey   vs.   Liana Jojua            
Lightweight   Marc Diakiese   vs.   Rafael Alves            
Light Heavyweight   Kennedy Nzechukwu   vs.   Da Un Jung

All information was from Wikipedia.

What a great card for UFC 268 . Enjoy it very much even did not bet on any match . if not would get a good return from the multi bet (Trevor Wittman student) win all of these match.


But what i found out that there is 1 judge is drunks . for Rose vs Weili should have been split decision (imo) extremely close fight , but given the score 49-46 damn.


Usman and Covington did not disappoint me , usman is a better fighter overall , if usman didnt did enough damage to covington in r2 , we might see a different outcome.

for spectators though its about backing up what they are saying. the pre-conference sounds tougher but usman proves his words again.

Both of them had a smarter approach to this fight compared to the first. It actually made for a better fight, and both showed how well they can adapt from fight to fight. Usman being the puncher that he is, still hadn't been able to take off Colby's head, and most of it was due to him not willing to expose himself to much just to get that flashy KO. Smart move.

Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler lived up to the reputation like everyone expected and these are the fights we want to see as main events for 5 rounds rather than 3 rounds and all the fights in the main card were great.

Rose Namajunas and Weili Zhang was another great fight and Rose Namajunas is the best in the division and there is no challenger that could topple her unless there is someone that is great on the ground.

I was expecting much more activity from Colby Covington but he was careful with the way he approached the fight and it is because of the heavy hands of Kamaru Usman and he is entering the legends status with his reign in the division. I hope Khamzat Chimaev will be a good challenger for Kamaru Usman.

UFC was awesome last night. We watched good matches on the UFC 268 main card.

There was an opening with the Chandler and Gaethje match. What was Gaethjen's uppercut in the 2nd round, Chandler did a one-shot on the leg despite the knockdown and just tried to hold on. Although Chandler proved his stamina in this match, Gaethje was the winner, it was a match I enjoyed.

Rose was my favorite, this girl may be my favorite athlete in UFC. Zhang analyzed she's opponent well, we could see this easily in the match, she tried to disrupt Rose's footwork with low kicks. Rose finished off Zhang with a take down in the last round. She became the winner by the referee's decision and retained the belt.

Covington held up well despite a 2nd round knockdown. Even though he made a comeback towards the middle of the 3rd round, from Usman could not take the belt. I saw that Covington shook Usman with his shot during the match, these two are a good match.

Rose Namajunas is something, actually I kind of OK with the scorecards, and I think even if there would be another rematch I think that the result will still be the same, Rose Namajunas is a technical and phenomenal fighter than Weili, and actually in their first fight I have bet for Zhang Weili because she was over hype, I haven't seen the potential of Rose Namajunas, and after witnessing that OK from Namajunas, I have watched the fight in Slow-mo and have seen the reality that Rose Namajunas is in a different level and just like what I said her flexibility from her taekwondo days have proven useful for her.



Actually, I really think that Alex Pereira has a decent takedown defense, or should I say superb, if you would look at the fight again and time it when Andreas Michailidis would be ready for a takedown you need to slow-mo or pause it for you to see, Pereira is keeping the distance by holding Michailidis on the chin to leverage him for a takedown and the knee to hold on the distance and when you look at the part where Michailidis was on Pereira's back Alex Pereira have entered the kimura lock while standing not to enter by submission but to just separate the hands just to control the takedown of Michailidis, that is why I think Alex Pereira knows how to get away from a takedown, well if anyone didn't notice it, I think I think Alex Pereira is something.

Rose did well, but I thought it was closer than one of the judges scored it. They scored 4 rounds for Rose, which is mad come to think of it. I do think it could have went either way with it at least being a 5-4 on either side. Good battle though. I'm annoyed because Usman, and Hawes messed up my accumulator for 17k. I had Usman by TKO, and Hawes just winning. The annoying thing is; Hawes was doing incredibly well until...well he wasn't.

Justin, and Chandlers fight was something else. Real good fight, had it all stand up, and a little bit of wrestling. Also, Chandler taking down Justin in extreme fashion, and smashing his face into the canvas was quite the sight. Justin's ability to stay calm in the pocket is impressive.

Alex Periera got his knockout in style, though I'll be honest he's going to have major issues when it comes to wrestling, and grapplers. Just think if that was Brunson in front of him, he would have been mauled. He needs to work on the grappling, and takedown defense. Obviously, credit where credit is due he got the knock out.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the UFC avoid matching Alex up with serious wrestlers to try, and mask it on his way up to Adensanya, because a pure striking match between them will be brilliant, and something the fans will want.

I think Alex Pereira has executed it perfectly he had Andreas Michailidis thinking it was another leg kick but Pereira is readying for a knee kick when Michailidis lift his feet for a block, I really think he moves away because he is a very cautious fighter, but what he did in this fight was an absolute genius he really know's what he is doing, from that takedown defense you can never see a striker have a takedown defense this good, he has locked a kamora lock to separate Michailidis hands you would not see this kind of technique every day, I think he is ready but I guess another fight will surely determine if he is really ready for a title shot.

Have you seen Alex Pereira flying knee knockout? This guy has nice technics, but 100% he needs more experience in mix martial arts. He connected a knee, and moved away, like he is used in kickboxing, KO or TKO and the ref sends him to the corner He connected, moved away, but then remembered that this is MMA and went to ground and pound

Check this how donut Chris Barnett made a spinning wheel kick - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=927940007927040 hilarious guy