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Don't think we will be seeing Marlon Vera fight for a long while until he recovers from that full five round massacre.
Suga Sean O'Malley displayed a masterclass performance and what the Suga Show is all about.
He could face Merab and still turn out a few more fights for the year.

As for the one more bout we were all waiting to be announced for April's main event.
It is Renato Moicano vs Jalin Turner so to complete the schedule for UFC 300:
https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/3/10/24096106/ufc-300-card-finalized-after-1-last-fight-added-bout-order-set-with-main-card-and-prelims

I'm surprised Chito was still standing after that big knee of Suga Sean in the 2nd round. In striking, we can see the big difference, Sean is just too accurate with his punches.

Some spark from Chito in the 4th round but he must continue with his rampage. When he stops, Sean would just use his accurate punches again and jab him to hell so Sean still wins that round. 0-4 in favor of Sean.
Chito needs a knockout to win in the final round.

In the final Round, first minute Chito is hurt and whenever that happens he becomes aware of every punches that Sean will throw which means he will shell again at every feint move.

If only Chito had been aggressive from start to finish, it may have had a different result. It's obvious Suga Sean was exhausted when the fight ended which means even with a small amount of attack that went in from Vera, it still affected him.
Chito was also tough, damn that chin. He could really use that as an advantage when he is attacking.

UFC 299 was a really good fight card with alot of the fighters many MMA fan's predictions going very well.
Underdogs were getting those wins many were going for regardless.
Dustin Poirier beating Saint-Denis in the co-main was a great example of those who liked seeing the Diamond coming back.
Petr Yan was good to see as many saw him being washed up after having four losses and not looking good to continue if he lost to Song Ya Dong. But somehow he came back with top notch takedowns and wrestling that he was known for in octagon.

Sean O'Malley didn't disappoint and just destroyed Chito's face with a knee that could be heard threw out the Arena when it landed.

Merab had tried to congratulate Suga Show after the match at the back hallway but Sean didn't seem to recognize him.
It was a funny thing to see:
https://twitter.com/bjpenndotcom/status/1766740723167035767

He is the full story and it was what he said after his win:
https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-video-sean-o-malley-caught-awkward-backstage-exchange-merab-dvalishvili

So yeah, he will @cabron but he rather see Topuria.

Suga still can fight Merab if he loses against Chito. I don't think there will be another 3rd fight when this happens, he has to face Merab. I feel like Chito can win again, Sean will be very focused on hurting Chito he'd go for every opportunity he finds will can very likely be careless.

It's a bit late for Page almost past his prime but I think we still can see him do his tricks. Prime Page vs Kevin would have been a more exciting match. If Kevin loses this fight, I think Page will have a shot at the title fight after 3 or 4 fights.

Sean o malley vs marlon vera 2 is tommorrow and people are rehashing how sean got injured on their first fight-

https://talksport.com/sport/1774748/sean-omalley-leg-freak-injury-ko-marlon-chito-vera

https://www.youtube.com/live/jlwG3vrTerc?si=jECZdrXpkehGHaKc

Last 7 mins cover their first fight, sean is pretty big favorite and i think he will definitely win , perhaps win by KO is the best bet at 3.5+ odds.
That would perfectly setup fight #3

MVP huh, they already have an abbreviation for him just like most of the veterans on the UFC roster and he hasn't even stepped foot in the octagon for his new organization yet.
Since he is from the UK there was some footage out with him training with Tom Aspinall.
As one person put it during the weigh-ins yesterday, these two are dopplegangers.
Holland has the reach and exact same fighting style as Page so this will make for an interesting fight for sure.
I believe that is why the odds are so close.

Actually the entire main card has fights that are very hard to decide on who will win their bouts and you just have to make a choice and stick to it. That's all you need to do.

Merab is the backup fighter and weighed in yesterday just incase. So it would be good if Suga Show won because fans want to see those two go at it ever since the jacket wearing incident with Aljo.

As for the co-main event, it is 5 rounds so this one will test Saint Denis cardio because we all know Poirier can go the distance but the question is, can he comeback from that devastating loss to Gaethje?

Think I will be betting fight by fight and rolling the winnings into the next fight until the end.
No parlay busters for me this time!

MVP? From Bellator right?
Against Kevin Holland? Looking at the odds, Holland is the favorite but I guess it could be a trap because not many UFC fans will expect MVP to dominate especially those who do not know him.
I just finished watching his highlights and yes, he is indeed a strong fighter with an awkward style. I mean he has a lot of tricks in his bad.
We will see. Holland is not to be underestimated too even though he just came back from a loss against Maddalena. He has the experience though and he can use that to take advantage against his opponent.

Main Event.
I am with Suga Sean all the way.
Marlon Vera is strong with submission skills but I want to see Suga Sean get his revenge so that maybe we can have a trilogy and that will be fun on who is really the strongest among them.
But if he loses here, I bet it will affect him mentally and who knows if he will come out stronger in their next meeting.
Still, I am more optimistic that he will win this fight. I can imagine his face already gritting his teeth to get his revenge.

Co-Main Event.
Benoit Saint-Denis. Without a doubt.
This dude had been winning all of his recent fights. Ground and Pound, Submissions, there's just too much talent for that guy and all he needs is that takedown attempt to be successful and I bet he can do many things to end the fight.

UFC 299 is finally here with Media day in about 5 and 1/2 hours from now.
Countdown to it can be seen here on MMAFightingonSBN's channel:
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 Media Day Live Stream | MMA Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3e3wpxPvE

Debut of Michael Venom Page is one of those fights were the odds are good to take since this fighter has had a very high success rate in his MMA fights in the UK and just in transition into the UFC.

Most if not all the fights are very difficult to choose who will win in their bouts except for the main event.

Gilbert Burns is in Miami watching the Heat.


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Exciting line-up. Full pack.
Main Event
Sean O'Malley  vs.  Marlon Vera
Co-Main Event
Dustin Poirier  vs.  B. Saint-Denis
Main Card
Kevin Holland  vs.  Michael Page
Gilbert Burns  vs.  J. Maddalena
Petr Yan  vs.  Yadong Song
Preliminary
Curtis Blaydes  vs.  Jailton Almeida
Katlyn Cerminara  vs.  Maycee Barber
Mateusz Gamrot  vs.  Rafael dos Anjos
Pedro Munhoz  vs.  Kyler Phillips
Michel Pereira  vs.  M. Oleksiejczuk
Philipe Lins  vs.  Ion Cutelaba
Robelis Despaigne  vs.  Josh Parisian
CJ Vergara  vs.  Asu Almabaev
Joanne Wood vs Maryna Moroz

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/107061-ufc-299

Even the preliminaries are a must-watch in my opinion. We have big names in there too. Gilbert Burns was right when he was interviewed during that Miami Heat game, this is going to be a full-packed event and I doubt I will miss it.
Good luck to everyone that will make some parlays here. It's difficult to decide as the odds on the last 5 games are so close, but I will go for it too.

Guys such as Gazlev shouldn't be in the UFC let alone headlining a main event.
He certainly can't go five full rounds and nobody would want to see that even if it did. The fighter was on the verge of having a heart attack the way he was breathing if Jairzinho didn't put him out from the first few punches into the last round.

As you say, onto the next UFC Main Event which is making itself out to be a good one.
Aljamain of course has something to say about this main event bout with O'Malley taking on Vera:
"Sterling predicts O’Malley avenges his loss to Vera, but narrowly gets by."
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/03/ufc-299-aljamain-sterling-says-sean-omalley-vs-chito-vera-could-be-snoozefest

Also seen a recent video of Merab wanting to fight Suga Show next once he gets past Marlon.

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I don't understand why his cornermen are trying to hide it. Are they trying to let Gaziev continue the fight even with the handicap? That is one of the things I am curious about.
I mean, he had been telling something ever since he sat down after the 4th round. Fighters rarely talk when they are resting, they mostly just listen to their coaches but this time it was different, he was talking there saying something, it just meant something was wrong and the cornermen should've been the one who told the referee that he cannot continue, but it seems they don't want to admit his defeat so they will roll the dice at Round 5. That is one bad coaching, in my opinion.

From the start of Round 2, he was already exhausted with his mouthpiece hanging out breathing in the mouth. That dude badly needs to train his stamina. He got used to ending the fight super early, but now the gatekeeper stopped him.
Bigi Boy Rozenstruik was definitely a great fighter, those jabs are all punishment to Gaziev and he showed that he improved his take-down defense too. He didn't lie or just made it up.  Gaziev only got one chance and it was never repeated.

UFC 299 is next. That will be exciting.

Didn't know Pedro was going to retire but it was mentioned even before the fight started by one of the announcers saying he was wanting to spend more time with his daugther.
If it was known before hand, then those who were betting on Petrino would be more inclined to place their bet on him.
The favorite Gazlev was gone before the first round ended as he had a hard time breathing after that.
If you had seen MMA Guru's rundown of the fight he made some valid points. Such as Shamil not being able to keep his mouth guard from falling out due to him panting so badly. If the doctor didn't tell the referee he couldn't see from one eye, Rozenstruik would of finished him because he looked as he was ready to fall over by the start of the final round.

And yeah @rohang Umar Nurmagomedov believes he can go against either of these fighters so to be considered an opponent for title contention.
But he got knocked out in the first round. So I don't know if he has what it takes to go against Sandhagen. Because we have seen Petr and how he can get demolished in the octogon.
Now if he finished Bekzat Almakhan with a flying knee such as one fighter did earlier in the event, he can call out whoever that he wants in making his way for a title shot.

Umar nurmagomedov has challenged petr yan , saying that he can 'smash' yan

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/mma/i-can-smash-umar-nurmagomedov-challenges-petr-yan-cory-sandhagen-after-ufc-vegas-87-triumph-article-108182847

Hes 17-0 after ufc vegas and now challenging yan and cory sandhagen

Umar vs petr would certainly be a smash fest 

Yes Raul Rosas Jr. wanted to fight since he was just a week out of training camp and already easy to cut the weight 7 days out.
But I imagine it was due to Ricky Turcios not agreeing since he feels once a fighter makes these kind of decisions then it is unfair to him.
Think of what happened to Wonderboy with not agreeing to fight while his opponent didn't make weight for last year's event.
Might even be seen in the sameway of what Khamzat did to Diaz. But he just refused to fight with missing weight by alot.

For my predictions with this event I have the following:
Alex Perez  vs.  Muhammad Mokaev
Matt Schnell  vs.  Steve Erceg
Umar Nurmagomedov  vs.  Bekzat Almakhan
Eryk Anders  vs.  Jamie Pickett
Javid Basharat vs.  Aiemann Zahabi
Ľudovít Klein  vs.  AJ Cunningham

And for the main event J. Rozenstruik  vs.  Shamil Gaziev hadn't decided on a winner as they both can throw down.
So went for the under 1.5 rounds instead.

Remember this UFC has an early start time tomorrow.

Crap. I was expecting Raul Rosas Jr. to fight and I was actually preparing my bet for him. Sad.

Anyway, media day is done.
Here is the video.
UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev Media Day Live Stream | Wed. 2:45 p.m. ET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1nE4Fm1TAM

Vitor Petrino is so optimistic about his talent and he said he prepared well and they are productive. 10-0. 7 KO/TKO, 1 submission, and 2 decisions. This guy is strong and he will probably win that fight against Tyson Pedro.
He also said that he used to watch Pedro before and he likes his skill set too. Pedro also has a knockout skill and he can also do submission. 5 wins in KO/TKO and 5 wins in submissions. Yeah, I think this will be a good fight but Petrino should be careful with the takedowns. It will be better if he can keep it in a standing match.
Petrino also aiming for that "Fight of the Night" award. Nice!

On the main event, let's see if "Bigi Boy" Jairzinho Rozenstruik has upgraded himself after that sad loss against Jailton Almeida. That was his first submission loss and they said they already trained his grappling so it won't happen again. It's something to look forward to that main event against the undefeated Shamil Gaziev.

It was a surprise to hear Rosas Jr was fighting Turcios since Raul didn't fight last UFC event due to a last minute withdrawal and Ricky agreeing to a fight the following week.
Weird to hear and looking at the official UFC main website they aren't listed on there as of yet:
https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-march-02-2024
Even though there are 11 bouts scheduled.
Must of been announced after all the MMA youtubers put out their prediction videos too early in the week.

Here are the known changes to the fight card from the UFC site:
https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-announces-updates-ufc-fight-night-rozenstruik-vs-gaziev

note: after doing a search it was announced 20 minutes ago that the fight is off.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/2/27/24085182/raul-rosas-jr-vs-ricky-turcios-no-longer-expected-at-ufc-vegas-87-on-saturday

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Speaking of UFC Vegas 87.
The Multi-Master is already up for that event.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetio-ufc-fight-night-238-multi-master-challenge-2-march-5486684
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Place your picks guys.

Saturday 03.02.2024 at 01:30 PM ET | UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Event
J. Rozenstruik  vs.  Shamil Gaziev
Co-Main Event
Vitor Petrino  vs.  Tyson Pedro
Main Card
Alex Perez  vs.  Muhammad Mokaev
Matt Schnell  vs.  Steve Erceg
Umar Nurmagomedov  vs.  Bekzat Almakhan
Raul Rosas Jr.  vs.  Ricky Turcios
Preliminary
Eryk Anders  vs.  Jamie Pickett
Javid Basharat  vs.  Aiemann Zahabi
Loik Radzhabov  vs.  A. Al-Selwady
C. Duncan  vs.  Claudio Ribeiro
Ľudovít Klein  vs.  AJ Cunningham
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/106064-ufc-fight-night

I have not yet decided my picks and I still have 4 days to choose.
Shamil Gaziev is the favorite for the main event at 1.62.
Vitor Petrino will be the heavy favorite at the co-main event at 1.30
Oh, and I like Raul Rosas Jr. El Nino Problema too on that Main card. He finished strong in that Grasso vs Shevchenko 2 event.
Let's see if a bit of change will come up in the next few days as I want to maximize the profits.

Quite an enjoyable UFC event in Mexico with having all my selections correct but exactly when the pulling out of  Rosas Jr. it all went wrong right on cue.
This is when all the underdogs which I hadn't picked all won their bouts.

Saw up until when Yair lost in the co-main then missed the entire main event.
It was funny when the referee was lifting the hand of the winner and thinking the other Brandon won.
It was a close fight from what I heard the next morning.

Looking forward to the Vegas 87 fights on this weekend.

UFC Fight Night 237 Moreno versus Royval Results.

Round 1: It was a slow start, both are hesitating to attack, mostly fakes, getting the range, and feeling each other. Royval somehow hurt his left leg by attacking. Moreno was waiting for the counter most of the time, not that aggressive.

Round 2: So different from Round 1. Moreno now stays in the center of the octagon, unlike in the first round.
Round 3: I thought it was going to end here. Royval had a near submission although it was Moreno who was on top. That was a nice defensive maneuver from Royval.
Round 4: Leg kicks from Moreno but he should've done that earlier and it could've affected Royval more if he did.
Round 5: Mostly hard punches from Moreno but the clinches were not going to help. Royval still punching in volumes.

Royval has a big chance to punish Moreno in the body. It was always open but he is too focused on the face.
Royval won in a split decision. It was obvious because he was using the volume punches. He also dominated the center of the octagon. He changed. Tough chin, more stamina, good win.

Herb Dean might've raised his hand too early, they are both Brandon. He is lucky that he raised the correct hand.

Was wondering what happened during their last fight because even though it was less than two years ago it seemed longer than that.
Surprised to see they are nearly the exact same age and would of thought Ortega was much older than Yair. With Brian only a year older.
Here is their first engagement in the octagon:
Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega 1 | FULL FIGHT | UFC Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nop6J8uY6Ls

Really good promotional video from the UFC to watch right before the fight which they will no doubt run right before the commercials during this event.
Rodriguez vs Ortega 2 - The Real Fight | UFC Mexico

Funny how during this interview with Yair he mentions he didn't want to face Brain again:
Yair Rodriguez explains why he didn’t want to fight Brian Ortega again | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCvXSg9vbw

Also Ortega explaining why he was out of the ring for so long due to that injury:
Brian Ortega didn’t expect to be out so long from injury before UFC Mexico return | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SCQXM9qXfs

I agree with danherbias07, I like those picks too and will probably add them to a 10 leg acca.