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Good find there. The website is pretty neat and I hope it stays that way (no annoying ad banners). Bookmarked.

With the way he performed, I guess he totally deserves a fight with either of the two.

Indeed!

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Anyone else wondering why the Chikadze heavy slow breathing? I can't remember anyone else doing that while the results are being announced. The time between his KO win up to the announcement should be enough to catch his breath.

I think that nobody is doubting Chikadze after this win and he is now asking to be back up fight for title fight Volkanovski vs Ortega or fight against Max Holloway.
Anyone who placed a bet on Chikadze doubled his money and this was one of the best bets this weekend, and I was impressed with win for Daniel Rodriguez against Kevin Lee.
There is still no change in UFC rankings but I expect to see Chikadze going up 4 or 5 places.
Full post fight press conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlYK2S_6u8

Wow! I never know about that site, but thanks for sharing tokeweed will surely use that site more often for reviews and to watch certain replays that I like,

Anyway, Giga Chikadze is a real legit striker at first I really thought that they are equal in terms of striking and Barboza has more power with his striking but after watching the replay I was wrong Chikadze was a better kicker, a better puncher, better counter shots, better angles, and IQ when he fights on the ring against Barboza I would say I was wrong with what I was predicting that Barboza has the advantage but when I play the replay in slow motion, that Giga kick is hurting Barboza I notice that every time Chikadze is doing something Barboza is raising his right for the defense and that is how Barboza really worries from that Giga kick, it was a well-played fight for Giga Chikadze.

^  Replays are available at MMA Core:  https://mmacore.tv/events/UFC_on_ESPN_30/86626

That’s my go to site for watching past matches of some guys I like before every event.  The archive over there should give you around a couple years worth of UFC replays. 

Anyway, Chikadze is legit.  He’s far from the fighter he was vs Emmers just a year ago.  That match ended with a split decision win for Chikadze.  Emmers could have edged it if he didn’t have such low fight IQ.  It showed in this event vs Sabatini. 

I don't think they will stay longtime but I found videos of the yesterday's fight night (UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze/UFC on ESPN 30)  on youtube, on this channel :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0gRyehwvUqPZa4Y4ABPPSA/videos

Edson Barboza VS Giga Chikadze

It was an equal exchange of strikes in the first round and the 2nd round but when round 3 starts, Barboza eventually grabs Chikadze's leg, which causes Chikadze to hit him with a punch that hurt Barboza, my opinion thinking that was a lucky situation, but Giga Chikadze really has a fast striking and accurate for Edson Barboza to be hit by it, I really didn't expect that to happen but it surely did, and it was really an entertaining fight pretty much both fighters are very equal in every aspect, but Chikadze just have the lightning speed strikes that he needed.

Bryan Battle VS Gilbert Urbina

I really thought that Battle might lose to Urbina at first that hit and takedown from Urbina sure looks nasty for Battle, but Bryan Battle pull through and stand back up, the commentator then implies that Bryan Battle battle's back until the 2nd round Urbina is really getting tired then the wrong thing he did here is giving his back to Battle for Battle to Execute a rear-naked choke, that was a great start for Bryan Battle in his debut to UFC.

Fights in this card are turning out pretty good so far with some great finishes too.

Nice comeback by Meerschaert and what a headkick by Abdul Razak Alhassan!

I was close to placing a bet on Kevin but good thing I read @tokeweed's post. He did well in the first round but couldn't impose his game in the next two rounds.

If you also placed a bet on him, we got ourselves some profit.

My picks for this even are Mana Martinez, Jamall Emmers, Wellington Turman, Makhmud Muradov, i am picking Daniel Rodriguez because Kevin Lee is all talk and he does not have the gas tank and then in the main event i am going with Giga Chikadze because i am not sure in what condition Edson Barboza will be even though he looked good and the wars he went through in the past few years.

Keep in mind that Kevin Lee is moving up to 170 for this match.  But yeah he’s the better guy with more experience and had lots of matches vs high level guys.  But Rodriguez is a finisher tho.  I’d be more comfy betting the fight doesn’t go to decision at 1.80 than taking a side.


Ooof...  In that case then the fight doesn’t go to decision at 3 could be worth a small bet here too.  There’s a good chance it ends via doctor’s stoppage if she does get too banged up. 

UFC Fight Night: Barbosa VS Chikadze

Tomorrow UFC Apex

There are many new faces in this event that I really don't recognize, but it is a good shot for them and a great new prospect for us.

Edson Barbosa VS Giga Chikadze

Edson Barbosa Is setting up the hype right now and I think many surely love Barbosa winning this fight, but Chikadze is a great accurate striker, that can have many clean shots, but I think that Barbosa striking is more powerful than Chikadze but the notable advantage of Barbosa here are his experience and his setting his punches with his kicks, and like what I say Barbosa is hype with the odds, Edson Barbosa is 1.83 while Giga Chikadze is 2.12 for stake.com, a lot of points are going with Edson Barbosa so I will go with Barbosa winning against Chikadze.

Bryan Battle VS Gilbert Urbina

Well, this is really an unexpected turn for these two to fight but we are getting it, but within these two fighters, I gonna be saying that Bryan Battle has a lot of potential and his amateur fights would have to talk about it, getting this much experience before getting with professional fights and setting inside the UFC, while Urbina may have a good record with MMA his recent match with Sean Brady in LFA 49 lost in a decision while battle came into UFC with 4 consecutive wins, so I think Battle has the edge over Urbina, with stake.com's odds of 1.57 for Bryan Battle while 2.60 with Gilbert Urbina, or you can bet for Bryan Battle winning submission with 4.80 odds to have a certain risk, so it is obvious I would go with Bryan Battle winning this.

What did she use to shield her opponents kicks and punches? I hope that she did not use only her face hehehe. Also, her opponent JJ Aldrich has a reach of 171 centimeters, she has 151 centimeters according to the fight metrics website. This is an 8 inch reach advantage if converted. I predict the fight will be similar to a practice punch mits session with Vannessa’s face as the mit.

Faceoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8qtoZV4xxg

^ Barboza looks shredded but my money is on Chikadze at 2.01. The fight should be entertaining and I hope they don't disappoint. I'm looking forward to a striking match.

Who is betting on Kevin Lee? Odds at 1.70 looks good. He seems confident coming into this fight.

Have you seen Gabi Garcia fight, i saw her fight when she fought in Rizin Fighting and i noticed her because she was the sparring partner of Cris Cyborg and i accept Gabi Garcia has BJJ skills but her striking is laughable as she is really slow and any decent opponent could see the strikes coming from a distance and that too not strong ones .

US started allowing audience and these big events were conducted in the UAE when US was in complete lockdown and not allowing sporting events and then comes the transportation of production units and i am sure UFC will be conducting events once or twice every year.

I think there is no argument here, and if the girl wants that kind of motivation then let her, but I know what are you trying to say and Rose Namajunas don't need to say that vulgarly without the thought that there might be some fans that might view her negatively, but I really respect all ideas and comments that is history and Namajunas had said something like that we can not take that out to her system,

Let's just move on and enjoy some fights with responsible betting into the sportsbooks.

Suddenly was his by this question - why there are no more UFC events on UFC Island in Abu Dhabi? These events bring a lot of money, there are highly solvent audience there, covid is almost not a problem in UAE. Last event there was in January (Conor vs Poirier 2). Anyone knows the reason why almost all the events are in UFC Apex?

This weekend’s event is that bad eh?  The regs itt seem to be distracted.  Lol.  

The main event is solid tho.  And that Kevin Lee vs D Rodriguez match up is good enough to be included in a PPV card imho.  So yeah..  One of these two matches could be fight of the night.

And I found a new stat site that could help you guys make your picks:  https://fightmetric.rds.ca/events/upcoming

Enjoy.  

Edit:  My only bet for the event, Barboza to win at 1.90.

Look, I get that she was pulling some motivation and I have ZERO issues when established shit stirrers/talkers go about attacking verbally on political, geographical, religious, or any others point of the topic because they are consistent. But Rose came with this from an 'I pray to the Lord Saviour while that evil Boogey woman is trying to hurt my feelings cuz I'm such a nice girl' stance to 'BASH THE COMMIE GIRL!!' McCarthy-esque bullshit

From a news outlet 'Namajunas added that she views all her opponents as "red" and has no personal issue with Zhang, saying, "I love Weili."

JFC Rose, at least stay consistent FFS

It might be her political views on Zhangs Country but that is her opinion and even though many may look at it as something negative, it will always be just her opinion in what happens and her political views, and we can not blame her with her thoughts on the matter there must be something that happens with her, but she has said that she never really hated Zhang Weili, and she is pulling some motivation even though it is not that positive it did the job pretty well, and this is just my opinion with the matter it is in the past and let's just hope for the best.

Oh man looking at those pictures posted above all I can say that there are some freaks in this sport, one example is Cris Cyborg that is now in Bellator but she could beat some male fighters in octagon or in street fight easy.

We are few days away from next UFC event Barboza vs Chikadze and you can watch media day video with pre fight interviews of all fighters, Giga Chikadze starts at 1:14 and Edson Barboza at 3:05.
Giga looked very excited about this fight and like he came from Hawaii with his yellow shirt
I know he moved from Georgia to United States but I was not sure where exactly he lives but it might be California.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxDh_XggPN8

^  Don’t take stuff like that seriously, esp in the UFC.  They’re just trying to draw a crowd to get a larger audience.  They prolly get bonuses behind the scenes from the company if some PPV buy quota is reached .  Lol.  

Here’s a vid you guys might like.  But mind you this is a Cub Swanson who’s at the tail end of his career.

UFC Free Fight:  Chikadze vs Swanson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edovbzTg9_I