Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 62. (Read 96930 times)

As Volk is already old, he was there to help him with gadgets and making post on facebook Like all of us help our grandpas and grandmas with mobiles

Does anyone knows if there are regulation about how many team members can be in your corner? It is understandable that you cant bring your whole family and the hood, but I usually saw 3 persons - coach, the guy who swings towel and a friend UFC give their own doctors/cutmans.

P.S. As it is Friday, here is a bit of dark humor. You know how athletes support people (specially kids) with cancer, or some illness, or who have little time to live. They stand with football players in line before the game. They come to the ring if their fighter wins or the fighter call his "special fan" to enter. And you say Zuckerberg has autism... He is that special kid... 

P.P.S. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mma-ufc/dana-white-explains-why-mark-zuckerberg-was-in-alexander-volkanovski-s-corner-at-ufc-298/ar-BB1iwSJV here is the comment from Dana about Mark in Volks corner.

That's how he always looks. I can never have a read on his emotions. This could mean that either he or I have autism.
How did he get into Volk's corner in the first place? Do they sell a "corner man" experience nowadays?


The number in his record doesn't mean much on its own. It's all about who has he fought, and the truth is, he's a no-name who had only defeated other no-names. I don't want to be disrespectful and I hope he'll get a chance to make his name, but he's just too easy of an opponent for Umar, who was meant to be fighting the top guys.
But I guess the UFC didn't want to make it to hard for him after recovering from injury.

Mark didn't see the future loss of Volk, I guess he isn't the reptile alien as people thought. He didn't stop training himself, it was supposedly just for the fight against Elon but now he's more into MMA. If he is already among these fighters, I'm sure they were already talking about wagering millions, someone like him with nothing else to do with their money,  I think he bet and lost.

Mokaev and Nurmagomedov definitely a good combination for multibet.

^  Lololol!!!


Lol yeah...  But the difference with McGregor and Mokaev is McGregor was somewhat already a seasoned fighter when he was rising to fame.  On the other hand Mokaev seems to get into some sketchy spots and he's a bit low volume.  His next opponent Alex Perez is no joke in a good day.  The pick is Mokaev but the line is too wide imho.

Here's another replay.

UFC Free Fight:  Pedro vs Rountree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJCf0JtcL3w

And here's the Multi Master.

UFC Fight Night 238:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-238-multi-master-challenge-2-march-5486684

Enjoy...

This is usual robotic face Check out his other pictures. If he wasnt pictured on purpose, his usual expression is like a emotionless doll. I havent heard the Mark is into gambling, so I doubt that he has lost anything. In general it is weird to see Mark among Australian fighters. There are picture of him being with Izzy and Volk training together. Now he is with Volk again. Why so much attention to fighters exactly from Australia?

Umar Nurmagomedov vs Bekzat Almakhan will be the main card for the Batam class, looking at Umar Nurmagomedov he is truly unbeatable with 16 wins in 16 fights overall.
But it is true that Bekzat Almakhan is also strong fighter 17 wins and 1 losse , it just that here there seem to be many people who are much more dominant making Umar Nurmagomedov the favorite.
I know he is Russian fighter who has quite strong body and could have an advantage in punching power, this could make it easier to put pressure on Bekzat Almakhan.
It looks like I will also make Umar Nurmagomedov the favorite to win this fight.

Whoa! It was really a gruesome injury he got there I never expected such things to happen in a fight, it was like a slash I thought that it was just bruises and bumps but yeah in boxing they will often get cuts in the forehead but never seen some cuts that are likely on the lip section, it was really unexpected at least for this to see such injury, it just got my hair tingling.


Actually, I don't like the guy and it seems weird that he now has a chance for a title match and I really hate the idea of him being champion, this is just for me I don't know about you guys.


Judging from his face I think he might have lost a lot of betting for Alexander Volkanovski I don't know about you guys but I think that this is the face of misery just on my part what about you guys?




I don't know why I have scouted the meta section but judging by this thread I think I have solved your question https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5485740

Wait, so Nurmagomedov was meant to be fighting Sandhagen (ranked in the top 5 back then) in mid 2023 but he had to pulled out to to an injury, and now he's match-up against a completely unknown fighter who is having his UFC debut? Almakhan record looks impressive at first with 17-1 but he hasn't fought anyone with recognisable name in his career. Looks like he's more of a striker, so Umar will probably be mopping the floor with him. Odds confirm that with x1.07 for Umar.
It's clear as a day that UFC wants to make him a new star and give him an easy fight after the injury to make sure he puts another win to his record.

Topuria has been very underrated and I have been saying many times that he is the goat. Mark my words, Topuria is another Khabib in UFC. He will definitely win against Ortega.

Topuria has many friends from Real Madrid as far as I know (some of them former ones), Sergio Ramos is his close friend, he even celebrated UFC title win with him. By the way, I don't know how popular he is in Spain.

I remember Fibonacci thing with Mokaev being cocky and talking lots of shit while backing up your words equals to Conor Mcgregor V2 (but V1 is better, the OG).

^  I think it'd be good to parlay Basharat, Petrino and Mokaev.  Pretty solid fighters for sure.  And as for the Nurmagomedov match, I think going for FGTD no at 1.66 could be good.  Don't think it's going to the score cards.


Yup and the thing is Royval won as an almost 3 to 1 underdog which obv is pretty good.  But that one judge tho...  Not really sure what fight he was watching.  He gave Moreno 4 rounds??  Wtf?  I mean it could be three rounds for Moreno, sure...  But 4 rounds?  :/


LOL.  Isn't Dovy the Irish kid who's a huge Jon Jones fan?  Like he's really young guy under 20 years old. 

Undefeated fighters, fighting this weekend. Knutsson withdrew but the rest are on. The card looks very promising and should be a good night of fights. Nurmagomedov and Mokaev particularly looking very good and probably going to add another win under their name.

UFC society surprises me every day with finding such weird info



Since there is still time to new event, and people are not really interested in it, I suggest 3 topics of discussion.
1) What you think about Belal Muhammad achievement and about him in general?
2) Have you noticed Mark Zuckerberg in Alex Volkanovski corner on UFC 298? And his performance before the fight? (https://www.marca.com/en/ufc/2024/02/18/65d2701522601d41128b4582.html)
3) FFS, where is YuginKadoya? He used to post predictions here on each event. Now is gone; was online, but havent posted since Feb 5.

The other fights from the main event are really promising and all of your mentioned cards are good especially the Umar Nurmagomedov and Muhammad Mokaev fights which will be a banger of a fight.

And Oh! I remember that fight it was really unfortunate for Alistair Overeem to get that gruesome injury his lips were blown open with a scratch from that punch, we can say it was due to the impact that Lewis's punch that made that kind of injury, here is the gruesome image.




Many really know how Brandon Royval is not that great of a fighter while they also know how Brandon Moreno fights that is why many are surprised by the result it seems that Brandon Moreno is not preparing for his fight for feeling this kind of fatigue, or he doesn't really want to win, but anyway, this Brandon Moreno is kind of a weird one in my opinion, and getting a close fight against Royval is not what the fans expected.


It could be the mentality of Georgians as According to Georgian poetry, hospitality is valued more than bravery, Georgian folklore idealizes a hospitable, that is why they are a country full of hospitable people and for me, Merab Dvalishvili is kind of a cheerful guy but he is not the one who will execute the 1st blow it should have a trigger for him to retaliate, I see him as that kind of a person and in the interview on Henry Cejudo while showing that Sterling and Merab was there Cejudo has said that he has the most advance wrestling than Merab and Aljamain combined if I am correct with what I have remembered and he never have heard something from Merab, Merab Dvalishvili had only shown it inside the octagon and guess what he was dominating Cejudo in their fight.

I haven't watched the fight yet but I have seen some doctors review the results of not tapping when his knee was like that he refuses to tap, he is one tough Dagestan, and seeing him I am really excited to see him fight again, and on an interview, he has said that he is not a black belt but he is one dude that is hard to crack and after that fight for sure he has gained a lot of respect he has shown heart by not tapping and Jafel Filho is one nasty guy that Mokaev have come back from.


For sure most Dagestan fighters are cocky as hell, but you are right that he is backing that up inside the ring I kind of impressed with a lot of them as they are not just talking but they are showing good results aswell, that is why I am following this guy from now on, I could say we might have another Khabib Nurmagomedov in the making as he is still undefeated.

I can't say it is a bad fight, it was a huge fight and it was absolutely crazy bro.
Both of the fighters did not want to give up till the last moment.

Honestly, the fight could have gone either way in my opinion. I do not think I am qualified enough to say that the judges made a mistake. But for me, the fight was very even. Both of them were very active in this fight and both of them used every tool available in their arsenal.


Moreno did miss some really powerful punches in the fourth round if I am not wrong.
If he did connect them, the fight could have been over then and there.

if you look at the scorecard their score are very closed, i can't say it was a bad fight anymore...

^  Lol yeah...  He fights out of Manchester.    And Mokaev is the kind of guy you like to hate as he's cocky and he likes to talk a lot of sht.  But he's also good and he could back it up in the cage.  He's def a future title contender.  We prolly see him go for it late this year or around early 2025.

Anyway, more replays.

UFC Free Fight:  Roz vs Daukas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTjLoRT8hA

This one below convinced me that Petrino could be the real deal.  His two matches prior were good but they were vs easy opponents.  Bukauskas isn't really that good but he usually tests up and coming fighters.  And it wasn't much of a test vs Petrino.

UFC Free Fight:  Petrino vs Bukauskas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5oTxwofe0

If I am not mistaken, then Muhammad Mokaev is a popular guy also, whos fights are cool to watch. Wasnt he the one who endured nasty knee submission till round ended, later finished his opponent, and later suffered injured joints for a long time ? I think he was that one. And I remember that he is undefeated. Another Dagi Look at this guys beard. Who he wants to fool with UK citizenship?

Found it ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0w49SK3rk

Sad to say Yair Rodriguez lost the fight you may have lost your bet but for sure you will go back and get it someday, well I have won because of Brian Ortega, I may have lost the Main Event pick but with Brian Ortega's come back performance it was really awesome and he is the underdog for this fight so it is a very juicy win, and PS I was wrong in putting Yair Rodriguez there and it should be Brian Ortega for sure.

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Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval - LOST

Brandon Moreno [1.34] - It was pretty much a close fight but Brandon Royval was on edge, and Brandon Moreno is not that slick anymore it was a worse fight for Brandon Moreno and a loss for me as Brandon Royval also slightly controlled the ground against Moreno it seemed like a very different Moreno I am seeing a weird kind of fighter and not Moreno if he continues being like this he better quit it.

Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega - WIN

Brian Ortega [1.69] - In this fight, I was right but take a risk at Ortega he was the underdog in this fight I picked Ortega but for some reason, I put Yair Rodriguez instead but yeah I can not remember Brian Ortega's odds but just putting the name of Ortega in there even though my pick was Yair Rodriguez my bet was really Ortega, sorry guys.

Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios - CANCELED

Raul Rosas Jr. [1.42] - Bad Illness for Raul Rosas and it was not looking good I was really disappointed to hear that the fight was canceled.

I agree that rematch with Volk is more possible, and I would prefer to see that, but the UFC seemed a bit hesitant to say if it's a possibility. Maybe they have a plan to elevate Topuria to a superstar-level and, if so, they might choose to give him a bit weaker opponent than Volk to make sure he becomes a dominant champion.
Like him or not, Brian is very entertaining and goes all in in all his fights, like his fight with Max for example - he was getting beaten up but kept coming until the doctor stopped the fight.

But maybe it would be better if they matched up Ortega with Volk and let Topuria fight Holloway, but Max would have to present himself really well (not necessarily win) against Gaethje.
I don't think they'll match Max against Volk, as they fought 3 times already.


If I remember correctly, Ortega was close on submitting Volkanovski, but Alex managed to escape somehow.
Topuria looks invincible right now, but he needs to be tested against other top fighters, to prove he's really that good and it was not all due to Alex's being in decline.

To be fair, Dvalishvili's and Aljamain Sterling's brotherhood is a little bit strange. In Georgia, such brotherhood exists but as far as I know, it's impossible to find a person with that belief in the USA because our mentality is very different.
UFC is not popular in my country, it has never been. In my country, Judo, Wrestling and Rugby are very popular. UFC is becoming popular because of Dvalishvili and Topuria are achieving a huge success. Their success makes UFC popular here. I don't know if you remember #NBAvote ZazaPachulia, Georgians are extremely supportive when a person from their nation wins something or achieves success.