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Dricus Du Plessis has something to say against Sean Strickland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYYvth2ZqQ
Dricus Du Plessis: “I am going to beat the s*** out of Sean Strickland”

A champion becomes a real champion once he defends his title. That is a fact. We will see on Saturday if Strickland can defend his title against Dricus. The pressure will be on him while Dricus will probably be the more aggressive type because he is so hungry for that title.
I like how Dricus talks with the media, on point, and very optimistic. "You are not gonna bully me." "Behave yourself." Those are the words that came out of him. Standing fight I do believe he can take Strickland's punches but the question is if Strickland can take his punches. It will be a fight of who is more accurate to make more damage against his opponent. I saw Strickland fight, he is damn good at measuring the distance which is why Adesanya lost. I think if Dricus could take him down, that's where it will be trouble for Sean.

All hype is on Strickland though because of his performance against Adesanya and yeah like @rdbase mentioned some fans now call him the real GTA character. Hilarious.

So guys, who is your bet between the two? My instincts tell me I should back Du Plessis.
The odds are not far though with Sean at 1.81 and Dricus at 2.10.

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Those are real guns as from the latest episode of embedded he was shown going to a place where they can buy them at while at the next venue for the fight this weekend.
He has mentioned he is an avid gun collector.
Here is the video:
UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQQFrv5-0U

Also today was media day for the UFC 297 event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_cxoQ2mMA

Is it a real gun or a toy? but yeah it was an actual gun and it was customized for Sean Strickland he got his name all over it but yeah as I am seeing it was really for real and he will be hanging it in his house as a collection as we all know Sean Strickland love guns and this maniac has allowed with such a thing for sure one of this day if this maniac would decide to go amock it will be with this Golden Gun of his, representing that he got power, for sure I really don't know why a guy like Sean Strickland would allowed to have such dangerous thing,


I think many of us think this way as I was also shocked at the fact that he could do such a thing, and the fight was a real upset to Israel Adesanya, but actually going with the Adesanya fight I got goosebumps watching his fight against Abusupiyan Magomedov and Nassourdine Imavov I was quite amazed on how he defeated them, this is after he lost to Alex Pereira and Jared Cannonier his style was abruptly changed and his defense has become formidable that is for sure, and with his coming fight against Israel Adesanya I got a bad feeling that Adesanya would have a hard time against him but I didn't follow my intuition maybe because I underestimated Strickland so because of this for sure if you underestimated Strickland's defense you will end up like Adesanya,


Maybe this is a hint that he was really the guy modeled in the new GTA 6 game because they are surely identical,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKW3oISMGWQ

This is a video of Marlon Chito Vera's interview on what he thinks about the upcoming fight against Sean O'Malley, but the interesting part of the interview is how Marlon Chito Vera thinks about the Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis altercation at ringside, for sure he recalls the things that transpired in that night when Strickland jump into Du Plessis was really insane check out the interview it is really interesting,

Thanks! I just got 2 correct but because I have put a huge amount on Magomed Ankalaev it was a juicy win for me, after this fight, Ankalaev's camp will surely be busy cooperating with the UFC to give them that title fight but for sure the UFC wants the belt to be kept by Alex Pereira so they will surely arrange something for Ankalaev before that title match, for sure Alex Pereira right now is a big money for the UFC and he will definitely give him another title match in another division that is for sure,


Thanks rdbase, not the best event but it is refreshing to finally have an event on the UFC after that long break so making bets and predictions like this is kind of what I miss,

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Now! Here is the new event this week and it is slightly OK if not for the main event sure it will not be OK,

UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis

DATE: Saturday 01/20/2024
TIME: 06:30 PM ET
PROMOTION: Ultimate Fighting Championship
VENUE: Scotiabank Arena
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada



MAIN EVENT
Sean Strickland VS Dricus Du Plessis

CO-MAIN EVENT
Raquel Pennington VS Mayra Bueno Silva

MAIN CARD
Neil Magny VS Mike Malott
Chris Curtis VS Marc-André Barriault
Arnold Allen VS Movsar Evloev

PRELIMINARY CARD
Brad Katona VS Garrett Armfield
Charles Jourdain VS Sean Woodson
Serhiy Sidey VS Ramon Taveras
Gillian Robertson VS Polyana Viana
Yohan Lainesse VS Sam Patterson
Jasmine Jasudavicius VS Priscila Cachoeira
Malcolm Gordon VS Jimmy Flick

CANCELLED CARD
Aexander Volkanovski VS Ilia Topuria
Islam Makhachev VS Charles Oliveira
Jan Błachowicz VS Aleksandar Rakić
Dominick Reyes VS Carlos Ulberg

The Information was from Tapology: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/105840-ufc-297
UFC 297 Multi-Master Challenge: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.63504212
Sportsbet.io Odds and Betting Site: https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-297-strickland-vs-du-plessis/matches

Neither can I.
That championship bout against Israel seems like a vivid dream and to this day hasn't completely sunk in quite yet. But then again, here we are!
He is going against DDP and from accounts on all the rampant MMA youtubers are contending to say whomever wins will face Adesanya in UFC 300.
Either way Dana gets a fight which he can hype up bigger than a McGregor fight. But not as big as a Khabib comeback to the octagon. Who are we kidding, that would be massive as Zlatan put on his socials the other day with a photo with the retired owner of Eagle MMA fighter.

But back to Strickland, this youtuber of his has mentioned he is a real life GTA character:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3_sq2zJTP9w

I still cant adapt to the fact that Sean Strickland is the new middleweight champion after beating Israel Adesanya, but I dont think he is going to keep the belt for long.
If Dricus Du Plessis dont take it away from him this weekend someone else will do it, maybe Adesanya in rematch.
He is a good fighter but I was never a big fan of him.

The first UFC main event of the year Here we go!:

So we are off to the next UFC and it is just explosive since they had been building it up where it climaxed at the last event with these two throwing down in the crowd.

Here is where they had released a day ago:
UFC 297 Countdown ! FULL EPISODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OES8O0YAEzo

The first embedded released an hour ago so lets get to it!
UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8VB9SvTxw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swEt21KEe5s

After watching this video That Punch from Magomed Ankalaev surely has bombs when he throws them, leaving his opponent stunned for a short time I think that happened to Johnny Walker in Ankalaev's 1st punch at him he was stunned and then that 2nd shot was destroyed him completely for sure the referee has made a great thing by stopping the fight or else there will be blood spilling all over the Octagon, as of now blood was pouring on Johnny Walker's nose, that is how hard Ankalaev can punch and it was really a good stoppage, well in that Video it was a complete Magomedov Ankalaev most fights of the Dagestani Knockout Master,


It is good to just wait for Dana White's and the UFC's announcement of what is the next fight for Magomed Ankalaev, for sure there are more exciting fights after this so let's just watch what is in store for us in the year 2024, that Magomed Ankalaev will surely be getting his title shot one day as Dana White is letting Alex Pereira savor that belt for the meantime as there is no one stopping Ankalaev in getting it, not even Jiří Procházka, or Jamahal Hill can stop Ankalaev getting into Alex Pereira for sure,

Dana White will not let that happen since he favors the fighters which he likes and unfortunately Anakalaev is not one of them. He does not want to see him move up in his organization at all.
There are political motivations behind it also what Magomed said after the fight with Walker during the interview which he did not like at all. Having that illegal knee thrown towards Walker in their last fight made Dana White even more mad about Anakalaev's face value fighting in the UFC,
Seen all the mess Magomed had done within the UFC from a youtuber I regularly watch but he mostly talks about what happens outside of the octagon and not what actually matters and that is what happens inside, so for this very reason is why I don't bring that kind of discuss in here because that is just drama and deserves to stay outside our talks here. Poltical agendas and who says what is irrelevant to us as it is unjustified to even speculate about unreliable facts.

@owengtam09
Congratulations on the selections you have got correct for this UFC 84 in Vegas as yours was on the previous page so did not see them when I responded to YuginKadoya.
But well done and it is the first event of the year so this is just a warm up session for us fans.

Congratulations to you guys who bet for Magomed Ankalaev. I should've taken that KO/TKO win. But it's okay, a win is still a win.
Johnny Walker did great in the first round showing an impressive usage of his kickboxing style. He was so aggressive offensively and I really thought he might win that fight if he could just land one of those kicks. Ankalaev on the other hand started slow, he ain't throwing much in the first round, and then the bad low blow. Ouch!
The second round was so bad for Walker, he is just circling around not throwing anything. His kicks are scary although risky but one hit could definitely change the game. But Ankalaev got him first, what a great accurate powerful punch, and just one follow-up punch made the referee decide to stop it and I think that's a perfect stoppage or else there will be more damage. It's too strong that Walker bounced on the cage and obviously that's lights out for him.
I bet Anakalaev's camp will now be hunting for the title match this year.

Yup! I got 2 out of 3 so it was not bad at all, the Co-Main Event was the one I was waiting for but it was canceled due to Manel Kape missing out weight it was really a horrible thing to happen but it really is just normal for it to happen so I switched my research and bet for this one and it got horrible losses, because the now Co-Main Event I am not really familiar with Gabriel Benítez but because Jim Miller was that old I had to bet on the younger one and failed miserably,

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Here are the results of my Bet and Predictions for the UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker

Magomed Ankalaev VS Johnny Walker - ROUND 2 KO/TKO - WIN

Amazing Knockout for Magomed Ankalaev and 1 punch is all he needs to bring down Johnny Walker I have said that Ankalaev's power with his strikes is really there and Walker even with that Capoeira style Ankalaev has already seen those weird style of Walker was on the 1st round that the Magomed Ankalaev was just waiting for an opportunity to switch stance for an Orthodox and give Johnny Walker a beating, that he needed, it was feints Ankalaev was just raising his feat to catch Walker and in that 1 mistake on Johnny Walker's part Ankalaev have caught him, and instantly that straight punch and the hook that finish him,

Jim Miller VS Gabriel Benítez ROUND 3 SUBMISSION - LOST

Now Jim Miller was surprisingly still able to throw takedowns more often I thought that he never did that but in this fight, Jim Miller threw 2 takedowns and both were successful the sad part is that Gabriel Benitez doesn't have a good takedown defense or is not able to defend those fast takedowns of Jim Miller because Miller has the speed than Benitez and with that 3rd round Miller has successfully get those grappling into action and gotten the rear naked choke on Gabriel Benitez that led him to tap,

Marcus McGhee VS Gaston Bolaños ROUND 2 KO/TKO - WIN

Marcus McGhee's striking was superb for sure if he can not get this into the stand-up he still has other options and he has said in the interview he will wrestle and get this fight to the ground for sure the level of performance of McGhee is just incredible and for sure he deserves a fight that will raise him above the top 10 contenders, for sure that is his next plan in his next fight and Gaston Bolaños stand no chance against Marcus McGhee, in this fight he has shown that and what he is capable of,

I got a lot more wins than losses but still, I got a loss my pick is 2 out of 3 so it was not really that bad, so here is the result of my picks for today's UFC Fight Night Ankalaev vs. Walker

Magomed Ankalaev (1.19) VS Johnny Walker (4.80) - WIN


2nd Round was all Ankalaev needed to defeat Walker, well actually 1 round is what Ankalaev needed because, in the 1st round, Magomed Ankalaev had a slow start and a slow pace for this fight Ankalaev is just looking for an opening and seeing how Walker moved, and surely pressuring Johnny Walker and Walker backing out from that feint, and that low blow to Johnny was not that hard but for sure it is still painful to Johnny's part and for sure  Johnny got the rest he needed, and Magomed need to be careful but in the round 2 it was really in favor for Magomed and he keeps on pressuring Walker and as Johnny Walker moves closer Magomed Ankalaev got that opening shot and 1 mistake from Johhny and the fight was all finish as Ankalaev does have knockout power,

Jim Miller (1.67) VS Gabriel Benitez (2.21) - WIN


Actually, Gabriel Benitez has a great strategy for keeping his distance while getting those strikes and kicks but Jim Miller is returning those shots with devastating force, and for sure Miller is getting these takedowns Benitez doesn't know what he was doing while pin on the ground, not a great fight for Gabriel Benitez because now that Miller knew that his opponent can be taken to the ground and doesn't have a takedown defense, and so the 3rd round was for Jim Miller and for this fight, it was clear that Jim Miller won it with a submission,

Ricky Simon (1.55) VS Mario Bautista (2.48) - LOST


What a performance for these two and they have shown that both of them have the potential to improve for sure in this fight Mario Bautista shot 13 takedowns but 2 were the only successful ones, while Ricky Simon really has a good takedown defense from that he has had a good volume of strikes to win this fight and for sure he is doing really great, while Simon has good striking for sure for all that striking and accuracy he has given to Ricky Simon, for sure the damage prevails from this fight and those takedown doesn't have any score at all but with those striking Mario Bautista is a clear winner,

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From the looks of it you also had a successful night in the UFC betting wise.
Well played @YuginKadoya !
The co-main event was cancelled so we had Jim Miller fill in with his fight instead and that one didn't disappoint.
To the point where there is now talk for this grizzled veteran to take on another fighter who is currently working the mic as an announcer in Felder to be in UFC 300.
As his swan song just like what happened to Lawler about 6 months back when he retired from the sport and was given a good send off with that wicked KO win.

The usual suspects won and alot of finishes this night for a not too bad UFC Fight Night at the Apex.

Jon Jones is scot-free to do it for sure when Dana White has just given the Interim Championship to Tom Aspinall, it was not a clever way to do such a thing but maybe if it is Cyril Gane he would not likely give any care at all, but this is Tom Freaking Aspinall we are talking about here, so for sure he can not sleep at night knowing that he is not the real Heavyweight champion,

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Now here are my bets and predictions for the UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker and Breaking News: Matheus Nicolau vs. Manel Kape fight was Canceled on this event because Kape Missed Weight, what a shame and it is good that I am just about betting today because I will surely go with the Main and the Co-Main for sure,

Magomed Ankalaev VS Johnny Walker

The odds for this fight are 1.90 for Magomed Ankalaev and 4.80 for Johnny Walker, for this fight Johnny Walker is surely looking bigger than Ankalaev, well, because of his height, and looking at his movement it is clear that he is faster than Magomedov Ankalev, for sure this is clear with both fighters movements but even with this Magomed Ankalev has a wrestling game and is pretty much technical with his striking and just 1 strike he can surely knockout Walker, as Johnny Walker may have decent takedown defense the tenacity of Ankalaev's wrestling he might show it today, even though Johnny Walker is much explosive with his movement I will still go with Magomed Ankalaev.

Jim Miller VS Gabriel Benítez

The odds for this fight are 1.67 for Jim Miller and 2.21 for Gabriel Benitez, for this fight at 40 Years old Jim Miller is still looking great but even though he is looking great and still moving like his old self for me he is a declining fighter now, and against Gabriel Benitez that might be on his prime this could be a wrong opponent for Jim Miller even though he is good with his striking his takedown now I don't really see him using it anymore or being consistently doing it, so for this fight, I think my pick will be Gabriel Benitez.

Marcus McGhee VS Gaston Bolaños

The odds for this fight are 1.41 for Marcus McGhee and 2.90 for Gaston Bolaños, Now with this fight Gaston Bolaños for sure has good striking and some kicks but aside from that nothing impressive while he got 2 losses with submission it is clear that he has a weakness with wrestlers, while Marcus McGhee for sure has a crazy strength with his striking and also because of his lost with a rear naked choke he is accumulating to improve his grappling by winning his one fight with a rear naked choke aswell, so for me Marcus McGhee is also a learning fighter so for me in this fight my pick is Marcus McGhee.

Tom still has bitterness about Jon not being stripped of his title and him also having the title which means they are both HW champs. It makes sense they both fight but it's yet a good time for Dana to do this. He still has plans I guess but it's all fuckedup since Ngannou is already somewhere happy, they got to bring someone big in this division.

Walker's odd is very tempting but its just too risky to see him get the lucky shot to bring Anka down.

Well, for me I am OK with this and I am thankful that we had something like this, and right now the Co-Main Event was canceled because of Manel Kape missing weight but It was OK with me I was going to bet for the Co-Main but because it was canceled I am going with the next Main Card available, I was glad that I bet late,

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Now here are my picks for the UFC Fight Night Ankalaev vs. Walker

Magomed Ankalaev (1.19) VS Johnny Walker (4.80)


OK for this fight Johnny Walker looks fast and tall compared to Magomed Ankalaev, but for me, Magomed Ankalaev is still the more technical between the two and with that wrestling for me Magomed has more power with his striking a knockout artist, so this fight can end with a knockout or a submission for Magomed Ankalaev, but if Johnny Walker can be nimble and could evade Ankalaev Striking and defended all those takedowns there is a tendency that this fight could again end with a decision win for Ankalev aswell, so my pick is Magomed Ankalev,

Jim Miller (1.67) VS Gabriel Benitez (2.21)


For me Jim Miller even in his 40 age he is still good at his striking and has wrestled for me you can not see that he is a declining fighter and many still like him to win this fight for sure Jim Miller can do this one, while Gabriel Benitez is also great actually if he keeps his distance and used the range with kicks and with those strikes and could accumulate good output he can win this fight, but if Miller can take this on the ground he can surely get this because Benitez weakness will be on the ground but for sure if Jim Miller could still take this on the ground and Benitez doesn't have great takedown defense then my pick is Jim Miller,

Ricky Simon (1.55) VS Mario Bautista (2.48)


In this fight, Mario Bautista has great striking he also has great scrambling in the ground but for sure not as good of a wrestler as Ricky Simon, although Ricky Simon just got decent striking he surely has great wrestling that will be his weapon, and bread and butter for this fight while Mario Bautista but for sure that clinch is what he has, but if Ricky Simon can get this fight to the ground he can surely get this because he has great wrestling than Bautista for sure that is why my pick is Ricky Simon,

For being one so early starting mid-afternoon, they are not having any early prelims which sounds strange but true.

Also guess what?
Manel Kape fight has been cancelled due to him missing at the weigh-ins yesterday.
"Manel Kape has missed weight for his UFC Vegas 84 co-main event against Matheus Nicolau. Kape weighed in at 129.5 lbs - 3.5 lbs over the 126 lbs flyweight non-championship limit. The fight is now canceled."
source: https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/ufc/ufc-vegas-84-main-card-fighter-misses-weight-fined-25-of-salary
Well not so much of surprise with his last year success rate at getting into the octagon being a quarter.

Still have some good fights to look forward too. So here are those markets in anticipation for them:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-ankalaev-vs-walker-2/matches

Yup! This is the 1st fight of the year and yes there might be some who are not really interested in seeing the rematch for Ankalaev VS Walker but there are some who because there is no certain available event are excited that there are right now, sure if this is a bigger event that we got in the start of the year the next event will not be appreciated for sure so a fight night like this will be appreciated by some, because right now they are thankful to have an event, because of the long wait,


Are you talking about Manel Kape? if so his opponent was Matheus Nicolau who is also a great fighter even though he got lost against Brandon Royval it doesn't mean that he will not do well against Manel Kape for sure he will do great as they already face each other on March 13, 2021, and it was a clear close match but I think Matheus Nicolau did well with his takedowns and now that they are back maybe I would go with Matheus Nicolau for this one,


Right now there is no official statement from Dana White and the UFC so yes this is just a boring talk to witness but if there is an official statement that the UFC and Dana White to say a fight schedule then we can surely see it taking place right now it is just talk,

Truth be told owengtam09 I was not too excited to see this card when I first heard about it, being the first fight event of the year and all with the fighters having all that time off for the holidays and two extra weeks afterwards you would be thinking octagon rust.
But no, it will be fine and the fights are starting to grow on me too.

Mape was the fight I was wanting to see aswell since he had three cancelled fights last year and then fought Felipe Dos Santos and won. So he is back on my interest of a fighter radar again.

As for all this Aspinall and Bones Jones talk, it has been all talk so far.
And that is all it has been and to me.
This is quite boring to hear from these two if they are not going to throw down.

Judging from Tom Aspinall's last performance against Sergei Pavlovich it is a master class one, he is more technical than Sergei Pavlovich that is for sure that is why he has a chance against Jon Jones in my opinion, I can say that he got a chance but still Jon Jones is another beast with technical striking and grappling so for sure it will be a great match to behold that is why for me I can not wait to see it, and the only thing stopping us from seeing it early is Stipe Miocic,


For sure this new event will be lit, I only wish Magomed Ankalaev to be more active with his striking, or even work out on pressuring Walker with takedowns, because Johnny Walker surely can be dominated on the ground but for sure he is ready with those takedowns,

Another fight that is going to be OK with me is the Co-Main Event Matheus Nicolau was recently defeated by Brandon Royval who was defeated by Alexandre Pantoja sure this fighter is interesting because before that lost to Royval he got 6 wins streaks, while Manel Kape has sheer will have 4 consecutive wins now, but against Nicolau this is a fight that is pretty much hard to predict that is why it is interesting,