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Islam Makhachev vs Thiago Moises

Islam Makhachev is dominating the whole round against Thiago Moises, Makhachev really waits for his opportunity at first and all his left punch is getting inside's Moises tight guard, and just like Khabib Nurmagomenodov he always anticipates another movement he might take while Moises will focus on one move only this is how dangerous Islam Makhachev really is and I think that superb takedowns while fighting Thiago Moises on the ground had pinned down Moises the whole time I surely enjoy it as a Nurmagomenodov fan I will surely support Makhachev all the way as well.

Marion Reneau VS Miesha Tate

I should say Miesha Tate striking was improved a lot but that takedown and power of Tate were really incredible she just carries Reneau and slams her Miesha Tate is always controlling the fight until Reneau just gives her back to Tate and take that TKO win, it was a great fight for Tate and it was a very onesided fight in my opinion.

Rodolfo Vieira VS Dustin Stoltzfus

Dustin Stoltzfus was doing great at first but then Vieira's counter-attack made Stoltzfus nose bloodied until Vieira just rides onto Stoltzfus back that was really insane, I admit I have lost the bet but that was one entertaining fight Dustin Stoltzfus just tapping until they come down, and that sportsmanship from Rodolfo Vieira was remarkable giving respect to his opponent.

Miesha Tate did not surprise me as i was rooting for her to win and as expected Islam Makhachev won easily even though he was taken down once, it was a mauling just like his mentor Khabib used to do and he called out Tony Ferguson, Michael Chandler and Rafael dos Anjos but i would like to see him against Tony Ferguson.

I do not think the UFC will cut Jeremy Stephens because he is never in a boring fight.

May be she thinks that Amanda Nunes will retire but she is dominating the sport and can make money doing what she likes in a dominant way and there is no one that could challenge her, let her make money rather than retiring now and if Miesha Tate or anyone else needs to be a champion Amanda should retire  .

@TheNineClub. Agreed. After 5 years away from MMA Tate is returning and she was saying that she wants to fight for a championship during the post fight interview. The skeptical me thinks she has secret information that Amanda Nunes will retire hehehe.

And here are the full results. I think Tate surprised everyone a bit with the stoppage. Jeremy Stephens is done with UFC, he's gonna get cut. He can still build a name for himself in some other organization. But that's it from his UFC run. Mostly remembered for the 'Who da fok is that guy' and the Emmett controversy.

LOL   Montserrat Ruiz really came to the face off in a bunny suit, with rabbit ears and a tail?    She's really crazy. It's sad she has been victim of an early stoppage. I really think she could continue the fight, early stoppages in women division are too common unfortunately, referees should be less cautious in small divisions at least IMO

Doesn't mean much, since his team could potentially hide the fact that he had an injury leading up to the fight. The commission wouldn't xray the leg randomly, and only if it was brought up. I didn't check the article, because I'm not really bothered whether he did have an injury or not, since it was his decision to fight, but I believe there was claims they had evidence of the injury i.e an xray.

Yeah, this is one of the fights which if he wins will get him breaking into the top fighters. Moises is no push over, and can throw a punch or two. If Makhachev can get a finish tonight it would be a massive statement for those currently ranked higher.

Every loss you will hear stories of him injured before the fight, if he was really injured the athletic commission will not allow him to fight and they are creating a situation where he would have won the fight easily if he was healthy and these are all gimmicks we have to expect if not it will be hard for him to maintain the PPV buys he gets.

Islam Makhachev will win easily against to ten contenders and his only challenge will be fighters in the top 5 and once he faces those fighters then we will understand whether he could maintain the dominance he has over other fighters.

I had to get back to McGregor story one last time and interesting thing that Nevada Athletic Commission said and confirmed that he was not injured prior to UFC 264 event.

Back to this upcoming event I see that odds on Islam Makhachev win dropped so low that I don't see any value in betting on him, but this fight will show if he really is champion material or not.
I never watched Mateusz Gamrot fight and it would be interesting to see if one more polish fighter can do something big in UFC and Lightweight category.
Bad thing about this event is that it probably won't have any public in UFC APEX and that may be good for some fighting style in small cage.

Here's my full predictions:

Islam Makhachev (probably)
Tate (decision)
Stephens (TKO)
Vierira (decision)
Benitez (TKO)
Rodriguez (TKO)
Lemos (TKO)
Morozov (decision)
Johns (TKO)
Figueiredo (TKO)
Nascimento (decision)

Rodolfo Vieira doesn't always gas, I think a lot of users are basing off their predictions because he did gas last time, which is reactionary. I would like to think a elite athlete would learn from his mistakes too, so I see it going outside the first round regardless just because he will be wary of gassing out.

Yeah younger brother of Deiveson Figueiredo.

I am going to be putting money on a Gamrot TKO and that is the only bet I will make. I probably won't watch this weeks event and watch the following one with Derrick Lewis and Gane. I have been left a little disappointed with the Conor and Poirier fight after a really good first round.

Is the figuerdo fighting tonight any relation with the champ?

Made a few small bets:  Fig vs Gordon under 2.5 rounds at 1.65.  Morozov to win vs Taha at 2.25.  Lemos vs Ruiz over 2.5 rounds at 1.72.  Benitez to win vs Quarantillo at 1.61.  Stephens vs Gamrot under 2.5 rounds at 2.05.

Thinking about live betting Stoltzfus after the first round.  Keep an eye on Vierira if he’s getting tired.

I forgot to post these..


UFC Vegas 31:  Weigh in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nIPUkatf9U

UFC Vegas 31:  Face off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDhzHUSHfxc

I've decided to keep Moises off of my main accumulator, which is the following:

Rodrigo Nascimento by points
Daniel Rodriquez by KO/TKO
Rodolfo Vieira by points
Miesha Tate by points

I'm not feeling particuarly confident on the Rodrigo Nascimento, and Vieira fights. Simply because, I think Rodrigo's fight probably won't go the distance, and Vieira go either pull off a submission early, or gas out like last time, and get himself knocked out. I'm hoping Vieira has learned from last time, and won't be chasing the submission so hard though, and will mainly have control time. Hence the points bet. Miesha Tate I feel could potentially be a slippery slope too, we will see.

They are friend, and Anderson Silva at one point was on the juice, he poped for Methyltestosterone and that substance could be the reason he returned to fighting so quickly after getting injured in the Weidman fight. So no need to assume, we know

I'm also thinking he could catch him. Although, I'll admit the odds of it happening are pretty low. Good return on the bet if it did happen though. I've got odds of 12.0 for Moises to get the TKO. I'm not expecting it to come through, but I believe Moises as the power to make it happen, and its worth a punt in the dark. The odds for Islam to win outright is around 1.14, while the odds for a decision win by Islam is around 1.91. So, unless you put it in an accumulator probably isn't worth going with Islam for the return. I was going to just avoid the fight, but there's so many other fights on the night that could go either way, I'll just be going for it.

Islam Makhachev VS Thiago Moises

I'm taking note of Thiago Moises to fight with Michael Johnson that is a great fight he is like a new Thiago Moises fighting against Johnson and he went for Achilles lock on that fight, but Islam Makhachev is a very formidable opponent and I think very dominant with his wrestling and I think many are looking forward to a Makhachev win and if we look at stake.com's odd Makhachev is on the ledge an overall bet 1.15 for Makhachev and 6.60 for Moises I think there is a lot of support for Makhachev and in my opinion, a good to watch just like my idol Khabib Nurmagomenodov so my pick will be Islam Makhachev.

Marion Reneau VS Miesha Tate

Miesha Tate was a beauty and if you look at Miesha Tate on her Instagram she is buff as hell, training her ass in returning to the UFC I don't know why she is returning to the UFC, maybe because she wants to become champion and there is a good highlight of her beating Holly Holm, but her opponent Marion Reneau last fought on March 2021 but Defeated by Decision against Macy Chiasson and if we look at stake.com's odds Tate was 1.67 and 2.38 for Marion Miesha Tate is the favorite here but in my opinion, even tho I am going with cupcake Miesha Tate I am having doubts that Reneau could also win, but I will go with Miesha Tate.

Rodolfo Vieira VS Dustin Stoltzfus

On Rodolfo Vieira VS Anthony Hernandez I really thought that Vieira would win that but I was really wrong about it Vieira I really think he can go shot all the way to the top because he got good wrestling and he can surely go with the striking or the ground fight whatever he wants but Dustin Stoltzfu debut in the UFC is a loss against Kyle Daukaus but he wins his contender series getting on board in UFC with a good arm injury on Joseph Pyfer and he got a pretty good record outside UFC I think Stoltzfus has a lot of cardio and with a good defensive takedown against Vieira and he got superb reach and might won a striking if he can evade Vieira's takedowns, and if we look at the odds on Stake.com Vieira has the upper hand with 1.49 and Stoltzfus with 2.90 but I will go against the hype this time and will pick Dustin Stoltzfus.

Hehehe yes they are illegal, however, I speculate many of these UFC fighters have a technique how to be negative if tested. Do you remember Israel Adesanya’s swelling boob versus Paulo Costa? That might be caused by steroids.

In any case, it appears Conor might have taken the fight with an injury. I am skeptical, however, if this is true, he should have cancelled, but I respect him for going on. Much of the fighters would cancel.

McGregor posted another series of photos that show his injured leg, though like the other images, it’s unclear when they were taken.

In his post-surgery vid, McGregor said he debated pulling out of the fight. He said he’d struggled with ankle injuries for several years during his fight career and adapted to them by developing new techniques fighting off his back.

Source https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/7/16/22579738/conor-mcgregor-posts-photos-apparently-showing-injured-leg-before-ufc-264



Also, the skeptical me is thinking that this is only his way to hype his docuseries in Netflix hehehe.

Many of us are not a fan of UFC before some fighter grabs our attention. When Ronda Rousey comments about Floyd that's when I started following the sports. Brock vs Lesnar probably excites a gambler to analyze who would win. They are elite fighters during their time and then names fade.

A lot of names before Connor which I guess even if Connor Mcgregor is gone, UFC will still continue and will find another big star to make money still.

have a feeling that moises have a chance of winning Islam Makhachev via TKO, gonna bet 50 on moises .

Brock Lesnar is the first MMA superstar and he was able to attract many fans globally along with the WWE fans and the UFC came into my radar during that period when Brock Lesnar was facing Frank Mir and it was the biggest even for a very long time until Conor McGregor came along and rewrote everything about PPV and viewership and Ronda Rousey also played a huge role in attracting Women to the sport.

Rodolfo Vieira is a good grappler and i am expecting the fight to take place in the ground and if his weight cut was shitty then it is possible that he will try to take down Dustin Stoltzfus and most probably ending up in a decision as i am not expecting a huge stand up battle.

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Miesha Tate is returning after 5 years and i still hope she can still fight to her best and can defeat anyone that is not a elite striker. The odds for Islam Makhachev and i am not expecting an upset as he will be steamrolling anyone outside the top contenders.