Khabib might be there to support his cousin hehe. Conor should trash talk if he wins hehehe.
Conor McGregor will be finding ways to troll Khabib Nurmagomedov and i am expecting him to start trashing him during the media day and from what i understand Khabib Nurmagomedov is still in the UAE and he might be coming for the fights but i expect Khabib Nurmagomedov might avoid the confrontation and will stay away from the event as he knows the UFC will try anything to put together the rematch. 
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Fan tickets for Fight Island UFC 257 fight card Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier have all been sold out!
I checked Etihad website and confirmed this information, and tickets was priced from $216 to $1,360 USD but we still don't know exactly how much people will be in arena.
Check out safety measures and ticket information:
I checked Etihad website and confirmed this information, and tickets was priced from $216 to $1,360 USD but we still don't know exactly how much people will be in arena.
Check out safety measures and ticket information:
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All guests attending the event must agree with and abide by the following conditions.
Failure to do so will result in no entry to the event.
1. Upon arriving to the venue entrance, all spectators will undergo a check of their valid 48-hour PCR test, thermal scanning and ticket checks. Spectators will have to present the AlHosn App OR a medical center report for the valid 48-Hour PCR test
2. Any spectator showing signs of high fever or does not have a valid 48-hour PCR COVID-19 test will be denied entry with no refunds to their ticket
3. Wearing a face mask is always mandatory within the venue, even when seated
4. Adhere to social distancing guidelines in and around the venue
5. Contactless payments are required
6. Food and non-alcoholic beverages can be ordered from your seat and through hawkers or via physical concessions at the venue
7. Alcohol will be available through hawkers and physical concessions at the venue
8. Sanitisation of the venue will take place prior to the event
9. Sanitisers are placed around the venue
Source: https://www.etihadarena.ae/en/event-booking/ufc-24-janFailure to do so will result in no entry to the event.
1. Upon arriving to the venue entrance, all spectators will undergo a check of their valid 48-hour PCR test, thermal scanning and ticket checks. Spectators will have to present the AlHosn App OR a medical center report for the valid 48-Hour PCR test
2. Any spectator showing signs of high fever or does not have a valid 48-hour PCR COVID-19 test will be denied entry with no refunds to their ticket
3. Wearing a face mask is always mandatory within the venue, even when seated
4. Adhere to social distancing guidelines in and around the venue
5. Contactless payments are required
6. Food and non-alcoholic beverages can be ordered from your seat and through hawkers or via physical concessions at the venue
7. Alcohol will be available through hawkers and physical concessions at the venue
8. Sanitisation of the venue will take place prior to the event
9. Sanitisers are placed around the venue
~ It's interesting hearing the noise of the fight and the fighters talk along with the coaching staff,
Yeah it's nice hearing the impact of each solid punches and kicks when there are no noisy crowds.~
UAE and the middle east has some filthy rich fight fans and i bet the ticket charges will be really high for the event.
The VIPs.UAE and the middle east has some filthy rich fight fans and i bet the ticket charges will be really high for the event.
It looks like nobody is interested in the co-Main event Carlos Condit and Matt Brown. Are they both too old to your liking?
I'm surprised to see over/under odds for Holloway vs. Kattar match. The under 4.5 at 2.4+ is really tempting.
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It's usually the confidence of the fighter that is affected after experiencing losses but he has the confidence, it's why he is still up for one more time with Kattar. Both looks to have a fair record, I hope Max will win this time.
If you look at the fight against Alexander Volkanovski even though the second fight was close he was not confident in close range and trade shots while in the past he usually comes inside the pocket and would dare the opponent to trade shots and he usually comes out wearing down the opponent but Alexander Volkanovski had a game plan to wear down his legs in the first fight and he followed the same game plan in the rematch as well.It's usually the confidence of the fighter that is affected after experiencing losses but he has the confidence, it's why he is still up for one more time with Kattar. Both looks to have a fair record, I hope Max will win this time.
The limited fans in the arena news might only be for marketing and clickbait. Those fans might only be the fighters’ coaching staff, family and friends who are invited by private plane by Dana.
UAE and the middle east has some filthy rich fight fans and i bet the ticket charges will be really high for the event. 
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1347236796975833089
New poster is out for UFC Fight Island Abu Dhabi and soon from January 16 to January 23 we are going to see many great fights and I think most of the people are wondering about McGregor fight.
That's GMT? As In Greenwich Mean Time and not some other US time zone? They normally don't give the GMT times but if so that's at a reasonable time, though I'm guessing 11:30 is when the program starts and not the main card fight. Still will probably finish at 3AM but I'll stay up for it. Most US cards start at that time normally.
@ notblox1. The limited fans in the arena news might only be for marketing and clickbait. Those fans might only be the fighters’ coaching staff, family and friends who are invited by private plane by Dana.
Khabib might be there to support his cousin hehe. Conor should trash talk if he wins hehehe.
Khabib might be there to support his cousin hehe. Conor should trash talk if he wins hehehe.
That's silly. Why would they advertise that since they're always there. Even venues in the UK were allowing spectators in. I'd prefer them to either be none if it's not going to be full. It's interesting hearing the noise of the fight and the fighters talk along with the coaching staff, but allowing a few fans doesn't really do anything for the atmosphere.
@ notblox1. The limited fans in the arena news might only be for marketing and clickbait. Those fans might only be the fighters’ coaching staff, family and friends who are invited by private plane by Dana.
Khabib might be there to support his cousin hehe. Conor should trash talk if he wins hehehe.
Khabib might be there to support his cousin hehe. Conor should trash talk if he wins hehehe.
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1347236796975833089
New poster is out for UFC Fight Island Abu Dhabi and soon from January 16 to January 23 we are going to see many great fights and I think most of the people are wondering about McGregor fight.
I checked early odds for UFC 257 main event and Conor is heavy favorite, and on same card I saw Umar Nurmagomedov from Russia fighting... with 12-0 record, and he is younger cousin of better known champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
One more good news is that there will be limited fans attendance at all three fight cards at Etihad Arena!
Come on tokeweed, make a risky bet 
You are the rich one here! Place few bucks on Kattar as he might disappoint Holloways fan.
If Adesanya moves up to a new division, will he have a champ fight against Blachowicz instantly? Light heavyweight division looks so unstable. Cant point anyone that could make 1-2 title defense. Adesanya is bored in Middleweight right now. Cant see any real threat for him. Adesanya wont move down welterweight as Usman is his friend.
You are the rich one here! Place few bucks on Kattar as he might disappoint Holloways fan.If Adesanya moves up to a new division, will he have a champ fight against Blachowicz instantly? Light heavyweight division looks so unstable. Cant point anyone that could make 1-2 title defense. Adesanya is bored in Middleweight right now. Cant see any real threat for him. Adesanya wont move down welterweight as Usman is his friend.
Lol. Nope. I’m no rich one. Pretty sure the people around here who has lots of coins to gamble with and throw around are the Chipmixer boys.
Yugin, notblox.. A couple of bouts you’d prolly watch out for are Hawes vs Imavov and Buckley vs Di Chirico. Hawes is a beeeast. And you guys already know Buckley who recently got viral.
^ Yup.. Kattar is a step down in competition for Holloway. I know people could say that Holloway is 1 - 3 in his last 4 matches. But who did he lose to? Beast mode Poirier and two close fights vs Volk. The second one lost due to bad judging imo.
On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
The problem i see with the career with Max Holloway was that he was riding a good career and he was touted as a long reigning champion but he was confident that he could move up in weight and defeat the top Lightweights which started his downfall, first he tried to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov but he messed up while cutting weight and then he fought Dustin Poirier and the beating he took in that fight might have being his downfall when he fought Alexander Volkanovski.On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
Calvin Kattar is a good striker as well and it will be a great fight and the result depends upon the confidence of Max Holloway.
He tried Khabib and Poirier because after all, it's a good chance to fight the two to prove. He just failed though. It's usually the confidence of the fighter that is affected after experiencing losses but he has the confidence, it's why he is still up for one more time with Kattar. Both looks to have a fair record, I hope Max will win this time.
^ Yup.. Kattar is a step down in competition for Holloway. I know people could say that Holloway is 1 - 3 in his last 4 matches. But who did he lose to? Beast mode Poirier and two close fights vs Volk. The second one lost due to bad judging imo.
On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
The problem i see with the career with Max Holloway was that he was riding a good career and he was touted as a long reigning champion but he was confident that he could move up in weight and defeat the top Lightweights which started his downfall, first he tried to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov but he messed up while cutting weight and then he fought Dustin Poirier and the beating he took in that fight might have being his downfall when he fought Alexander Volkanovski.On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
Calvin Kattar is a good striker as well and it will be a great fight and the result depends upon the confidence of Max Holloway.
I am doing some initial research of next UFC fight card and one fight is interesting because two new and undefeated fighters clash Punahele Soriano vs Dusko Todorovic.
Both of them are mostly finishing their fights with KO/TKO, they both came from Dana White Contender Series and they had one fight in UFC.
Before placing any bets for this card I am going to wait more, listen what they say and do more research.
Let's just hope there will be no late canceled fights after covid testing.
Both of them are mostly finishing their fights with KO/TKO, they both came from Dana White Contender Series and they had one fight in UFC.
Before placing any bets for this card I am going to wait more, listen what they say and do more research.
Let's just hope there will be no late canceled fights after covid testing.
I think Soriano can make a takedown he can take the fight on the ground but it will surely base if he really is good on the ground and Todorovic must have a good takedown defense and must keep the fight standing and land his strike with his reach then Todorovic can win this fight but both fighters don't want to have a losing stats so they will fight hard and I think this is a great fight to watch as well, both fighters are undefeated just like in the Adesanya and Costa fight but Adesanya has a reach advantage and skill that no other posses.
I am doing some initial research of next UFC fight card and one fight is interesting because two new and undefeated fighters clash Punahele Soriano vs Dusko Todorovic.
Both of them are mostly finishing their fights with KO/TKO, they both came from Dana White Contender Series and they had one fight in UFC.
Before placing any bets for this card I am going to wait more, listen what they say and do more research.
Let's just hope there will be no late canceled fights after covid testing.
Both of them are mostly finishing their fights with KO/TKO, they both came from Dana White Contender Series and they had one fight in UFC.
Before placing any bets for this card I am going to wait more, listen what they say and do more research.
Let's just hope there will be no late canceled fights after covid testing.
Come on tokeweed, make a risky bet You are the rich one here! Place few bucks on Kattar as he might disappoint Holloways fan.
If Adesanya moves up to a new division, will he have a champ fight against Blachowicz instantly? Light heavyweight division looks so unstable. Cant point anyone that could make 1-2 title defense. Adesanya is bored in Middleweight right now. Cant see any real threat for him. Adesanya wont move down welterweight as Usman is his friend.
You are the rich one here! Place few bucks on Kattar as he might disappoint Holloways fan.If Adesanya moves up to a new division, will he have a champ fight against Blachowicz instantly? Light heavyweight division looks so unstable. Cant point anyone that could make 1-2 title defense. Adesanya is bored in Middleweight right now. Cant see any real threat for him. Adesanya wont move down welterweight as Usman is his friend.
^ Yup.. Kattar is a step down in competition for Holloway. I know people could say that Holloway is 1 - 3 in his last 4 matches. But who did he lose to? Beast mode Poirier and two close fights vs Volk. The second one lost due to bad judging imo.
On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
On the mental side of things, dunno... But if I get a good price on Holloway, I’m going for him. Kattar’s line did look good at 2.50. It’s at 2.35 or worse now in most books.
The line movement is going towards Kattar. At first glance I like him.. But only at anything above 2.50. Holloway has fought better competition and won his last bout vs Volk. IMHO. If Holloway’s line improves to around 1.75 - 1.80 or better, I’ll take him.
I don't think Holloway is mentally stable for this fight and it seems that all pressure is on him, but I am also not so impressed with Kattar.
He did win against Dan Ige but lost against Zabit Magomedsharipov who I believe is the real force in this division.
Time goes fast and in no time we are going to watch Max Holloway fight again, and I have to say I miss UFC and MMA...watching so much European football meanwhile 
I am looking early betting odds and Holloway is favorite to win, but I like all card as first even in 2021....give me anything to watch.
Eminem aka Marshall Mathers released short ESPN promo video clip for Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor fight:
https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1343992360137613314
I am looking early betting odds and Holloway is favorite to win, but I like all card as first even in 2021....give me anything to watch.
Eminem aka Marshall Mathers released short ESPN promo video clip for Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor fight:
https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1343992360137613314
The line movement is going towards Kattar. At first glance I like him.. But only at anything above 2.50. Holloway has fought better competition and won his last bout vs Volk. IMHO. If Holloway’s line improves to around 1.75 - 1.80 or better, I’ll take him.
^ No idea... But on days when he isn't cutting weight, Adesanya walks around with a good 200 lbs in him. That's prolly his normai weight so it shouldn't really be a problem for him to move up.
Adesanya started using the name of Jon Jones to get attention and he got that and till now he was teasing Jon Jones that he will move up and Jones was already calling him out for a long time and once Jones vacated the belt and announced that he will only fight again in the heavyweight division Adesanya decided to move up in weight .Adesanya is pretty serious about fighting Jones. He even has a date in mind. July 2021 during international fight week... Anyway, we’ll see how he does vs Blachowicz this March.
The lead up to the McGregor vs. Poirier 2 isn't as exciting as the first one. Both men grew - became somewhat mature - and had more respect for each other. In the first fight, Conor definitely won the mind games which he is quite known for. It will be different this time around but I still think he's more superior in striking and he's grown in other areas too. Dustin improved a lot as well, I just don't know if it's enough.
^ Happy new year! 2021 is gonna be another great for the UFC for sure. We got Holloway vs Kattar and McGregor vs Poirier main events for January. Sad that Chimaev vs Edwards was cancelled. Would've been nice to see that... I'm still not sold on Chimaev.
McGregor VS Poirier I would love to see that please, the retirement of Khabib had really hit hard on me I don't know why but I am not getting excited about watching other fights than with his fights, but I think I am feeling enthusiastic again after some break and I think the upcoming fight between Poirier and McGregor with enlightening it again, Happy New Year Guys! and GOD Bless us all.
I don't think McGregor VS Poirier will be that great. As much as I'd like to see him fight again this will probably be a disappointment. It would be an ok warm up fight for McGregor if he's for sure going to continue fighting on after it but if he's just going to bounce straight after he collects his pay check or 'retire' again then I don't really care.
Well after seeing the last fight with McGregor I think Poirier needs to do heavy Grappling as Khabib did or by out striking McGregor which is very hard to do in my opinion, Poirier will definitely going to have a hard time with Connor McGregor indeed, an unlikely Poirier needs to double his wits in winning against McGregor,
But the one fight that I surely want to watch is a match with Israel Adesanya that will expect to move on a higher weight class to challenge Jan Błachowicz, I don't know what may happen but I think after beating Costa it is great to up the notch of possible domination on another weight division.
I'd like to see them fight again, but Khabib really doesn't seem into it. That money might come in handy for his own UFC promotion thing he's doing though so why not go all out for his 30th fight. The McGregor/Poirier fight shouldn't be for a belt. Neither of them deserve it right now. Maybe the winner could fight Khabib for it if Dana can manage to persuade him to return (though Khabib beat Poirier in 2019).
If you look at the career of Khabib Nurmagomedov he never had a rematch in his entire career because he wins in dominant fashion and hence there is no question about a rematch but considering the hype and the amount of money the UFC could make i am sure Dana White will always try to persuade that rematch but Khabib is clear about his proposal as he will return only to fight GSP. Eminem aka Marshall Mathers released short ESPN promo video clip for Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor fight:
https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1343992360137613314
https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/1343992360137613314
Everyone wants a peace of McGregor pie (fame).
It makes me smile every time I see Dana White promoting his Howler Head (a bourbon whiskey) in his instagram. It took him two years to realize how profitable alcohol market is. During McGregor vs Porier 2 fight, will he ban Conor for promoting his Proper Twelve or there will be two bottles on the table during press conference?
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