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I stopped monitoring the Usman-Masvidal fight after round 3. I knew what was gonna after if it goes beyond that. Has anyone counted how many foot stomps Usman did?

Volkanovski vs. Holloway could have gone either way. Max clearly got rounds 1 and 2. The later rounds was like a toss coin for the judges. I think if these two will fight for the 3rd time (or more), it will still remain close.

He already a champion if we stick by the rules. but if he wants to prove that he really is, he needs to face some top contender in their division and when he able to defeat that challenger, he can now have a rest because He is truly a champion with proof. Real fighters will not be satisfied if they only get the title without any struggle because it is their pride in their retirements.

^  Lol no..  He's it.  He's zhe champione.

Anway...   Yup!  Judges decision for the Volk vs Holloway was total bs.  And I guess another guy to look out for is Jiri Prochazka.  I wanna see him fight the likes of Johnny Walker and co next.

Petr Yan has won a vacant Bantamweight Championship belt. Does he counts now as a champ in his division or he needs to fight someone else to be counted as a true champ?

I thought Masvidal have a greater chance of winning because of his good performance on round one but everything changed onwards. Kamaru clearly dominated him on the next 4 rounds. Yeah! It seems a boring fight but Usman's dirty boxing and wrestling skills obviously make Gamebred exhausted.

Indeed. I'm a fan of Volkanovski but dude IMHO Holloway got robbed. Maybe Dana is up to something hmm . I hope there's a rematch again to settle everything.
Actually what a near miss for Aldo. He did some brutal damage on Yan due to liver shots on round 3 but he wasn't able to finish it. On the other hand, Yan did nice upper cuts before round 4 ends (so cringey). I think that's the reason why Aldo lose composure and lose.

With that being said, do you think this is now the right time for Aldo to retire?
My favorite fight of the night . It's so exciting that I watch it blow by blow. Andrade's agility and head movement was so insane but unfortunately Namajunas show a lot of accuracy that's why she able to penetrate on her defense. Thus, split decision in favor of Thug Rose is fair enough.

I was expecting an upset from Masvidal, below was my path to victory prediction for Usman which i posted yesterday and that is exactly how the fight went, Masvidal was able to stuff the take downs most of the time and remember Usman was able to control Woodley and Demian Maia easily but Masvidal was not a wrestler but was able to stuff those take downs.





I watched the fight again and Max Holloway won the first three rounds easily, 4th round was close and Volkanovski edged out a bit and the 5th round he was able to take him down but the striking exchanges was close and hence you cannot call it a comprehensive win.


Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington will be a good fight but it all depends upon whether Convington will take the fight .

Jorge Masvidal was able to stuff some take downs and he fought better than the last opponents of Usman and the cardio did not keep up because of short notice fight and now the next fight should be Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington.

I thought Holloway won the fight but the judges screwed up.

Here is the results.

Idiot judges!
No way Volkanovski won this fight, and Holloway was better in this fight overall.
Even Dana White said it was bad judging this time and I agree

Would you be able to say its an upset fight between Usman and Masvidal?

Holloway lost twice with Volkanovski, its not so much of a surprise but I would say its still upsetting to see I bet for his win this time but the same result. For Aldo I think some are expecting that Yan will really win the fight. Its Namajunas win that's surprising.

Finally UFC 251 is over and it was a great night of fights.

Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal did not live up to the hype but Usman was not able to finish Masvidal and the first round i scored for Masvidal and then the two head butt that changed the fight and Usman basically controlled the rest of the fight, there were really great take down defense from Masvidal but later on Usman was able to control him on the ground in the final round.

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Alexander Volkanovski was able to defeat Max Holloway but i scored the fight to Max as he was able to knock down Volkanovski in the first two rounds in the closing minutes and the third round also belonged to Holloway but it looks like the judges were watching another fight and only in the final round Volkanovski was able to take Holloway down, a bit disappointed with the results.

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Petr Yan defeated José Aldo and the first 3 rounds were great and the old leg kicks of Aldo was on full display as he as able to sweep Petrn Yan off his feet in the first round with that brutal kick but then he gasses out and Petr Yan displayed a classic display of waiting for Aldo to gas out and then was able to finish him.

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Rose Namajunas defeated Jéssica Andrade and the score card looks close but Rose was dominating in the first two rounds and in the third round Andrade was able to put some offense and a good win for Rose and hopefully Rose will be facing the champion next.

Few hours left until UFC 251.
My main picks are:
Volkanovski VS. Holloway
Holloway is underdog in this fight, and I see great value in his win here.
Last time in UFC 245 he lost against Volkanovski, so I expect to see revenge here.
Smaller stakes.

Jessica Andrade VS. Rose Namajunas
I will go for Namajunas win.

Jose Aldo ML is my bet but we will see

Paige Vanzant and Amanda Ribas are beautiful but i am going with Amanda Ribas to win the fight as i watching all the interviews Paige was talking about the amount of money she makes outside fighting and i doubt her dedication. Look wise both a gorgeous.


If Usman is going to win the fight then it will end up in a decision as it is hard to finish Masvidal and for everyone who is betting on the main event should know these, Jorge Masvidal was wrestling with Bo Nickal who is a world class wrestler and Yoel Romero to prepare for Kamaru Usman and i see Masvidal winning the stand up and if Usman falls for the trap then he will get knocked out, the path to victory for Usman is chain wrestling and holding Masvidal on the ground.

Aldo didn't look as dehydrated as Holloway and Volk to me.  The latter two looked like they were zombies...  Esp Holloway.  Lol.

UFC 251:  Face offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgzTO211Wec

Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Jorge Masvidal (170) – for welterweight title
Alexander Volkanovski (145) vs. Max Holloway (145) – for featherweight title
Petr Yan (135) vs. Jose Aldo (135) – for vacant bantamweight title
Jessica Andrade (115) vs. Rose Namajunas (116)
Amanda Ribas (126) vs. Paige VanZant (126)
Volkan Oezdemir (205.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (205)
Muslim Salikhov (171) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171)
Makwan Amirkhani (146) vs. Danny Henry (146)
Roman Bogatov (155.5) vs. Leonardo Santos (156)
Maxim Grishin (223) vs. Marcin Tybura (252)
Raulian Paiva (129)* vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (126)
Vanessa Melo (141)** vs. Karol Rosa (136)
Martin Day (136) vs. Davey Grant (136)

Paiva and Melo missed weight.

Anyway for my picks, I got:  Henry at 2.60, cancelled my bet on Oezdemir and got Prochazka at 2.28, Holloway at 2.58 and under 4.5 rounds for the main event at 1.61.

Still thinking if I should pull the trigger on Andrade.

Edit:  I should've waited.  The under 4.5 for Usman vs Masvidal is now at 1.84 rn.  I think that's good value.

Where is @mich? There is another battle of the sex kittens.

Paige Vanzant 38 - 24 - 36.



versus

Amanda Ribas 33 - 24 - 35.



Vital statistics are only estimated hehehehe

Episode 5 - https://youtu.be/eouaLXZ8Bbc

I wouldn't bet against Petr just by looking at how drained Aldo is tbh but let's see.

Right  I can only imagine how the fight would go if they would actually do it under the sun hehe.

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Masvidal had to shred 20 pounds in six days for this title fight. I'm no nutritionist but that's really a rough cut for any fighter. That could be a huge factor for him especially if the fight goes beyond three rounds. He should finish the fight early or the belt remains with Usman.


Faceoffs - https://youtu.be/IgzTO211Wec

I believe Masvidal will win, it will most likely be a long, tough fight, but Masvidal looks like a guy with great mindset, he goes out to fight and he is not scared to take and give. He looks like a person that enjoys beating people and taking the beating also

I watched Masvidal short interview before fight, and he looked very sharp and ready.
Getting ready for UFC 251 with MMA fighting preview show youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmPSGOuQqGI

Frankly speaking, this looks fake. Where all the crowd is going to be? Where are vip spots? Sunbeds on the left? This could be a place for a work-up in front of the crowd, just to get more attention to the event.

If this is a cage for the fight, all the wrestlers can say "goodbye" to an opportunity to win. Sun and sweat will their main enemy in the fight.

No, though I wish it was. It would have made it so much better being on the beach. It's just for practising in.The main card is at bout 3-5AM UK time. Shame it wasn't on in the evening Abu Dhabi time but I guess they've done it early there for the US audience. I'll probably just go to bed early and set an alarm for the main card fights which should all be pretty decent.