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I feel like Adesanya really doesn't have the kind of confidence he shows when he's talking at interviews...  Watch his face off after the weigh in.  Hmmm...  Somebody could be in biiig trouble when the cage is locked.  

UFC 243:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXCAYuuW-jY&t=632s

Robert Whittaker (185) vs Israel Adesanya (184)
Al Iaquinta (155) vs Dan Hooker (155)
Tai Tuivasa (264) vs Sergey Spivak (233)
Luke Jumeau (171) vs Dhiego Lima (171)
Justin Tafa (265) vs Yorgan De Castro (265)
Jake Matthews (171) vs Rostem Akman (171)
Callan Potter (171) vs Maki Pitolo (170)
Jamie Mullarkey (156) vs Brad Riddell (156)
Megan Anderson (146) vs Zarah Fairn dos Santos (146)
Nadia Kassem (126) vs Ji Yeon Kim (128 )*
Khalid Taha (137)* vs Bruno Silva (136)

*Missed weight

“If McGregor wants it, then Moscow is waiting for him,”  - it would be more epic, if they fight in Dagestan. After the fight, not only will Zubaira jump in the cage, but the whole stadium would

Btw, I’ve seen in the news, that Khabib and sponsors are building “Eagles Arena” in Dagestan. This will 200% perfect place for a rematch.

Robert looks skinny from this photos. The fight is probably going to end up in a knockout and we will see them swinging from the get go. I hope this fight lives up to expectations.


Conor being Conor here again. We can say that he is not afraid of the condition like weight or location. Remember when he had to move up to fight Nate twice in the same weight class.

Great news to the fans of the notorious Conor Mcgregor and this time it’s like watching Rocky 4, he will be a guest in Khabibs homeland which is already an advantage to Khabib. I guess Conor really wants this fight badly if he agreed and signed. Imagine the pressure of fighting with the crowd against you.

Is it going to be kiss of death for one of this two fighters after this face off ?
One more day and the show begins.



https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1180105287774003200

^^ Right. Let Khabib finished Tony first and let's see how Dana will set up this fight.

I'm sure Dana in a hear beat will organised everything and set up a rematch. After all it will bring more money in UFC specially if it will be held in a hostile environment such as Russia. I don't know how will Conor will market this fight, I mean will he go that route attack, (attacking Khabib's wife and religion etc.)

Huge news... Khabib's dad agreed on a Conor McGregor rematch in Russia... this will be epic:

https://www.mmamania.com/2019/10/3/20897858/ufc-khabib-father-conor-mcgregor-rematch-russia-timeline-eagle-return-mma

He has given this statement:


I really hope to see the rematch. McGregor has got way too much him. I mean I get it, he punched the guy on that bar and stuff, but people are sleeping on him. He's had 3 losses, and all of them were extremely difficult fights. McGregor if anything can be said about him is that he has balls. He wants Khabib in Russia. Everyone would be scared to even dare to do that. Now he must be happy because Khabib does pretty much anything his dad says, so I can really see this happening in 2020. I just wonder if McGregor is going to have an intermediate fight.

The obvious bet is Khabib winning as usual, but people saying that Khabib will have an easy night against McGregor are underrating him. I don't consider the upset happening to be impossible. I mean we've had Ruiz and other upsets happening, why couldn't McGregor do it again? There's a chance if he fixes his cardio and is also more prone to exchange on the feet without constant treat of takedowns. He did better than Barboza, Johnson and Poirier after a big time out. If he remain active im going to give him a chance.

But for this to happen, first goes Fergusson, and that is an huge night for Khabib. I really wonder if he can beat Fergusson. In any case, it seems the rematch is in 100%.

This kid should stop taking jabs at other people while he's on the biggest fight of his career so far. This distraction just brings harm to him. A strong punch to the face from Robert during the fight should bring back his 100% focus provided he doesn't sleep from eating that punch.

Check out this odds from sportsbet

Adesanya win by decision 3.65
Adesanya win by submission 24.00
Adesanya win by ko 3.00

I think we are much closer to see win by decision, either for Adesanya or Whittaker.
I would exclude KO win for either.

Do you know what bookie offer highest odds for Adesanya win atm?

Odds now at Nitrogensports for Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya is as follows
Robert Whittaker -104
Israel Adesanya -108
As the fight draws near, odds are changing as well and slowly going in favor of Robert Whittaker.
Now i'm thinking that Israel Adesanya might loose to Robert Whittaker and that's not going to look good at his record.

Taking the UNDEFEATED AFRICAN to win the belt

Israel Adesanya: I won't make same mistakes as 'overly inflated balloon animal' Jon Jones

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/10/israel-adesanya-jon-jones-overly-inflated-balloon-animal-wont-make-mistakes

Look at you, you are not different from them — you are also underestimating Adesanya . Me? I'm not underestimating Whittaker at all because I know that he is a tough fighter too. Hello? He will not become a champion for no reason lol. But in this fight, I admit that I'm in favor of Stylebender because of his versatility and showmanship.

Each one of us got our own favorites, let's just respect others' decision .  

Not underestimating Whittaker but you have to recognize the striking skills of Israel which I think is superior than Robert. Also, I think Romero won that second fight. He almost ko'd Whittaker too.  

@djsugar. Agreed. It might be because of his quiet manner and his unwillingness to join the trashtalking versus the other fighters.

@notblox1. He might lose, however, everyone will know why they call him Bobby Knuckles hehehehe.

I don't underestimate Whittaker for sure. He is a great fighter, BUT
he had a long break and hand injury, so I am not sure how he will bounce back in Octagon.

ESPN pre fight article:
https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/27728376/ufc-243-robert-whittaker-handle-israel-adesanya-accuracy

Maybe best bet would be to wait and Bet on Live if available

Everyone is underestimating Whittaker, he went 10 rounds with yoel romero. This guy wouldn't be defeated by Adesanya i think who almost got ko'd by Gastelum. I think Whittaker takes it via 3rd Round KO. Dan hooker vs Al Iaquinta is also a really good fight on the card. 

Open workouts completed today
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https://www.youtube.com/user/MMAFightingonSBN/videos

I like to check them out with everything MMA related,
as well as Ariel Helwani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktOIQ41UeXM

^  Nice vid.  Thanks.  He's confident af right now, it's scary.  He's like getting everything out there, leaving nothing if he loses vs Whitaker.

Here's another good Adesanya vid (a break down of how he fights):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8BpdM-wPV8

Edit:  'It's scary' as in I fear for him...  Lol.

Israel Adesanya Submission Radio interview before UFC 243
He talks with his coach Eugene Bareman, about fight with Whiattaker and many other topics.
Good to watch, know him more and warm up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rIITlZLN8c

I know but this is the UFC mate and it could also be down to him not being able to leverage his past achievements just like what Conor did. If he was in boxing, he probably would have made more money already.