Topic: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread - page 91. (Read 96993 times)

Dustin will have the fighting will if it's a rematch with Gaethje. Gotta relight that fire within him.

Conor is not into MMA anymore. I think he shifted his focus on politics already, rumor was that he is running for President in Ireland. Who would have thought?
Well, the guy can fight physically and verbally, which seems a perfect combination for a politician. Chandler is going to wait forever.

Dustin is one of the best Lightweights out there. But I think I agree with what you said. Dustin has really been through a very difficult time in his UFC career. Losing to Khabib when fighting for the belt, then preferring the match against Conor to the title fight, losing to Oliveira when trying to fight for the next belt, and then losing by Knouckout against Gaetjhe who he had already beaten before. LW is very competitive.

The new fighter is also a Monster in the ranks of elite fighters in the UFC. I think Dustin doesn't have the fighting will he used to have. After all, he already earned a lot of money from his match against Conor.

^  It's hard to disagree, there were a couple more guys saying that about McGregor too itt.  :/  Too much money just fcks you up as a fighter.  But then again, that's the goal.  So it's all good.

Anyway here are the weigh in results...  Just one fighter missed weight.

Song Yadong (136) vs Chris Gutierrez (136)
Anthony Smith (205.5) vs Khalil Rountree (204)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs Jamie Mullarkey (156)
Tim Elliott (136) vs Su Mudaerji (136)
Andre Muniz (186) vs Junyong Park (185.5)
Kevin Jousset (170.5) vs Song Kenan (170.5)
Sung Hyun Park (126) vs Shannon Ross (126)
Melquizael Costa (155.5) vs Steve Garcia (155)
Stephanie Egger (135) vs Luana Santos (139)*
Carlos Hernandez (125) vs Tatsuro Taira (125.5)
Talita Alencar (116) vs Rayanne Amanda (115)

*Missed weight

And here are the weigh in vids and face off.  I think Song Yadong is gonna fck Gutierrez up.  And he's been training in Team Alpha Male which surely makes have some wrestling skills in his back pocket.

UFC Fight Night:  Song vs Gutierrez Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzZaFAdPI_8

UFC Fight Night:  Song vs Gutierrez Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBJFZO_Tjo

Last call for jeremypwr's Multi Master.

UFC Fight Night 233:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-233-multi-master-challenge-saturday-5476543

@Welsh. However, after fighting Conor 2 times and earning his highest purses from those fights, he might not have the determination to challenge himself anymore. If uncle Dana announces that Arman and Dustin will fight, I will be wishing that the underdog will be Arman hehehee. Similar to Dustin Poirier's fight against Justin Gaethje, Poirier's own mind will tell his body to stop. I reckon this is because his will power is not anymore there.

I don't think Poirier is a easy target for anyone. He's still a top, top fighter. Although, you might be right that he's a little less motivated these days, but I can't say that for sure. He definitely showed up to the Conor fights that's for sure. He was definitely competitive with Justin before getting knocked out, definitely wasn't outclassed up until that moment.

I think I agree with you about Khalil Rountree Jr. and how he can have a chance against Anthony Smith and I surely have a feeling that Khalil Rountree Jr. will win this fight, sure Anthony Smith has great experience in the MMA but his recent record was 3 consecutive losses and a win for a Ryan Spann which is not a great success in my opinion, while Khalil Rountree Jr. has 4 consecutive wins his last fight was against Chris Daukaus with a round 1 straight punch win for sure 1 punch on smith and it is a win for Khalil Rountree Jr.


I also like the Yadong Song VS Chris Gutierrez fight this is an interesting fight as both fighters have interesting records both fighters have something that makes me interested in watching, a great mixed fighter Song Yadong is well-rounded but even though his striking is decent his wrestling game is on another level while Chris Gutierrez is more well-versed when it comes to striking for sure this is interesting as I really don't know if Chris Gutierrez has a decent takedown defense,

Yup, as pitting Tsarukyan vs Makhachev next would be anti climactic imho.  We already know Makhachev is gonna win it.  As for going against somebody like Gaethje, it's going to be another old guard vs the prospect scenario.  Kinda like when Fiziev was pitted vs Gaethje.  Lots of guys like me thought Fiziev was going to win.  Lol.  But no...  Gaethje still has more in the tank.

Anyway, live weigh ins are gonna be in around 3.5 hours. 

UFC Fight Night:  Live Official Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUhB789q8cM

We have plenty of time to predict and discuss Tsarukyan fight, half a year as minimum I guess. So lets switch to current events better As I understand, we are skipping Song vs Gutierrez, as it general vision here of this event is boring Then we have Edwards vs Covington. High chance that fight gonna go full distance. And if this goes like this, then Colby is going to win. If during first 3 rounds Edwards did not manage to knock him out, then Colby, as usually, gonna increase fight tempo and win thanks to endless tank.


Imho Poirier gonna be an easy target for Tsarukyan. For me Poirier looks like he is about to retire. Fights against Conor made him earn enough to lose motivation to win. KO by Gaethji only increased that wish to retire Sub from Oliveira showed that his bjj black belt is from toys store. Arman gonna eat him.

P.S. You guys gonna laugh or smile now - I've got stuck in the elevator and I am waiting for tech guy for 20min already. In a complete dark. It is so boring here. What makes it worse, my mobile data is not 4g anymore, not even 3g, its E - Edge... Because I am basically in the basement...

(Tsarukyan is like Makhachev on low settings) Dang, I like that, Arman Tsarukyan looks beef even though Beneil Dariush's Height was 5'10" (178cm), and Arman Tsarukyan was only 5'7" (170cm), just like you said Arman Tsarukyan looks huge in that fight, that is why he was able to knock out Beneil Dariush that way, and so I really like to see a Charles Oliveira VS Arman Tsarukyan fight for sure and that is why I really believed that Arman Tsarukyan also won against Mateus Gamrot for sure and the judges have called it wrong,

And against Dustin Poirier even though he got boxing those kicks of Arman Tsarukyan was really solid and hearing those kicks for sure it would surely hurt Poirier for sure,


For sure I want to see Arman Tsarukyan fight those top opponents Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, and even Charles Oliveira 1st because getting his fangs against Islam Makhachev could be a long road for him getting into the title fight but will solidify his percentage in winning and getting the belt for sure, actually, I like Arman Tsarukyan and if Islam Makhachev fights Arman Tsarukyan early I really don't know who am I going to pick between the two, while for sure I might go with the champion for sure,

While the replacement for Allan Nascimiento is Tim Elliott which I really don't like aswell it was depressing to see that he withdrew in this fight which the odds were for him, and withdrawing without any reason, was pretty much what I expected, but let's just wait,


For sure Oliveira and his camp don't want Oliveira to be injured and for sure they really don't expect that to happen, but if it is intentional and just an alibi just to not fight Islam Makhachev then he doesn't really deserve the title shot anymore, but for this kind of fight now that Arman Tsarukyan is here I think a Charles Olveira VS Arman Tsarukyan fight will be a banger,

I think there's some truth to that too. Thank you for giving your opinion Bro. Oliveira is different from Volkanovski. During the Islam vs Volk 1 fight, the results of the fight were still debatable because the fight ended on the judges' table. But the Oliveira vs Islam 1 fight was indeed an absolute victory for Islam. It's just that before the Dariush vs Arman fight I thought Oliveira was a worthy candidate for the belt. But now my mind has changed. Will this be Islam vs Arman 2? Oliveira would probably turn down a match against Arman because of the small amount of money he would earn and the risk of losing the right to fight for the belt (although he has messed up in the past with injuries).

I don't necessarily think that Oliveira has a "right" to the title shot. He had his chance and he messed it up by getting injured, it's entirely on him and his camp. He already lost to Islam and only defeated Dariush since then, but so did Tsarukyan.
I think both, Islam and Tsarukyan are not comfortable opponents for Charles, but, out of those 2, he'd definitely get more money fighting Islam.
It's ultimately the UFC's decision not his.
 

Sport-wise, yes, but such match up would be disappointing to both of them, both are after the big-money fights with the top names.

I wouldn't mind seeing that happen too.  But dunno, I kinda feel like we need to see the old guard fight against the new top guys and make a name for themselves...  And winning against either Gaethje or Poirier would def do it for Tsarukyan.  He's relatively unknown at this point.  

Anyway, one of the guys that I'm more confident with withdrew from the event, Allan Nascimiento.  No reason given in Tapology.  Tim Elliott is the replacement fighter.  Hmmm...  If Elliott has 15 minutes of cardio, he'll win.  If not, it could happen like how he lost vs Royval.

I would really love to see Oliveira vs Tsarukyan fight. Have you noticed btw how big Tsarukyan was compared to Dariush? How huge and muscled Armans back was. I would say that he cuts and gains back a lot. Why I think Tsarukyan a fight against Oliveira would be good? Poirier, what could he show us except boxing? Little. Imho Tsarukyan would submit him. As he is kind of a Makhachev on low settings Gaethji - famous for powerful low kicks, and suppose to have a good wrestling background (Gaethji and wrestling? And we hear an echo as answer "Wrestling?, ...ling, ...ling, ....ling, none, ...ling.). Being training among Thai fighters, Tsarukyan is more than ready for low kicks.

Actually, I am more interested in the Co-Main Event than in the Main Event Khalil Rountree Jr. is a solid fighter even though he is just 6'1" (185cm) and smaller than Anthony Smith his build is massive and I think his shorter physique is an advantage for wrestlers and because of that he is not easy to be taken down, for sure his takedown defense is decent in my opinion, and for sure Anthony Smith has decent wrestling but does his wrestling attack is enough for Khalil Rountree,


For me, Arman Tsarukyan might not be a person that is really hyped right now but he has the quality to be likable for sure for a given time if he can defeat a guy that is in the top 4 for sure his rankings will skyrocket I really believed that Tsarukyan will give the good fight to Islam Makhachev but there is 1 more thing that I doubt in his ability and I want him to fight against Charles Oliveira first before anything he head out to fight the champion,


For me, that will be a very unpredictable fight and the odds might get in favored with Charles Oliveira, but they can not underestimate Tsarukyan for sure because he is a technical fighter even though he is not really shooting some takedowns he got a decent wresting defense for me I really like the age of Arman Tsarukyan he is much younger and still has some progresses to increase his performance and strategy, so for me, he got a decent chance against Arman Tsarukyan because he can surely take the edge, but for now Charles Oliveira is still recover from his injury, for sure he will return stronger for sure,

I think Oliveira is worthy of fighting for the next belt. Although the ration is actually used during UFC 294 and then attracts because of injury. Of course it would be very risky if Oliveira fought with Arman and risking the right to fight over the belt. Unless Oliveira likes challenges like that.

For the fight for the title, Arman has indeed deserved it. But it is not easy because it seems like Arman has to run another match against the Top 5 to ensure his rights.

After the first fight with the victory for Gamrot, then Gamrot lost against Dariush, and Dariush lost against Tsarukyan, I thought the Arman vs Gamrot 2 battle was very interesting to watch.

Tsarukyan is currently fighting pretty well, and I think he should definitely keep improving. I will actually also say that Gamrot vs Tsarukyan does not make a lot of sense right now. Yes, it was definitely a very anticipated match but at the same time right now Tsarukyan seems to have improved a lot. so I think he will be able to get a better opponent. But the thing is as you guys said that probably some fighters might actually not want to fight against him. The situation is definitely interesting right now.

I haven't seen his post fight interview but my news feed is saying that Tsarukyan wants to fight for the title next. Sport-wise, it would make more sense than Islam Vs Charles, as Tsarukyan did quite good in his first fight with Islam (lost by decision) and he improved since then.
I don't really want to see Gamrot Vs Tsarukyan, but I think it might happen as neither Gaethje/Poirier/Oliveira or Chandler would want to fight either of them. But if Oliveira is to get that title shot next, then what I'd like to see is Gamrot Vs Gaethje and Tsarykyan Vs Poirier (Gamrot and Poirier are in the same team so probably not keen on fighting each other).

^  It's better for Tsarukyan to keep moving up imho.  Didn't he say that he wanted Gaethje?  That's the fight to make.  I hope Gaethje obliges.


Judging from optics alone, it looks like Rountree is hard to take down...  The guy is kinda short but he is think and those legs are like tree trunks.  Lolol.  But according to UFC Stats he has 56% TD defense and if you remove strikers from the list, that's prolly lower.

But Smith has low TD accuracy.  Just around 28%.

You can check out the stats here.

http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/91093a019d32af2e

Yeap, Tsarykyan's rematch against Gamrot is highly awaited. It was a really close fight. Arman took first rounds, Mateusz second half of the fight. 1 point difference (3 if we consider all judges) is not much. That can be changed with more activity, control or landed strike. Also these two are close in ranking table. But I think ufc match makers gonna start with finding opponents for Poirier, Oliveira and Gaethji. Based on how they performed, Tsarukyan either gonna have someone of them, or a rematch with Gamrot. Even though Arman won and deserves a more high ranked opponent, he would have to wait till more popular guys figure out what they want to do next.

Arman definitely deserves to fight guys from the top 4, but they don't necessarily want to fight him as he's not yet hyped up to that level so it won't be a big-money fight.
I've no idea what's the plan for Oliveira and whether he'll get the next title shot or will he have to fight someone else instead. If the latter, Tsarukyan is quite likely. But if not Oliveira, I wouldn't be surprised if we see Tsarukyan Vs. Gamrot 2.


Good. We need some competition between organisations. It's good for the sport.