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Some say it's a robbery though. By the looks of their faces after the fight, it looks obvious Sean won the fight but well it's their decision. But I can tell the face of Dricus is just not someone who looks like he won the fight.

owengtam09 won 3 of his bets. That's a big win considering the odds he chose. Pennington is 2.45, I couldn't begin to think of betting her because I thought this would end in a submission. Congratulation.

Wow! My thinking was spot on!

Sean dominated early few rounds and was down to 1.3 odds live, however he couldnt finish and lost when it went to judges     

Atleast those 3 odds cashed 

Which other fighter missed weight? Knew one of the prelims did, forgot his name though.

I have Dricus for the K.O @3.60x so will see who gets it!

Noticed the odds have changed drastically for the main card.
DDP is the favorite now to win the title from Strickland. They were pretty much even odds all week.

The co-main isn't that exciting even if the Brazilian tried to make it look like she will make hype to it but failed.
There is only one Lioness and she and Pennington aren't it.


https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-297-strickland-vs-du-plessis/matches

My bet and prediction for UFC 297

Sean Strickland VS Dricus Du Plessis

The odds for this fight are 1.95 for Strickland and 1.98 for Du Plessis, actually, I really hate Sean Strickland but seeing his defense I surely notice the way he did it, and for sure Sparring with Alex Pereira and the different kinds of strikers he has enhanced his Philly shell defense while Dricus Du Plessis is kind of clunky with his striking for sure Strickland has more superior boxing while Dricus has power in his punches for sure while is grappling is exceptional in this fight but for sure Strickland would be ready with his takedown defense, and from that fight against Adesanya all Strickland did was sparring just to enhanced his defense and because of that I remembered the quote of Bruce Lee, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” and so my pick is Sean Strickland.

Neil Magny VS Mike Malott

The odds for this fight are 4.10 for Magny and 1.29 for Malott, in this fight this is a real step up for Mike Malott while for Neil Magny this is a real step down, and if he lost again against Malott his record will likely be a pattern of a zebra, but a younger Malott means he is still improving and Neil Magny is a great gatekeeper for this division, but he must prove that he can also a threat for the new fighters, for sure Magny has the range advantage, but Mike Malott can become explosive and has a good grappling going into the fight so my pick for this fight is Mike Malott.

Arnold Allen VS Movsar Evloev

The odds for this fight are 2.70 for Allen and 1.54 for Evloev, for sure Arnold Allen is a great fighter and a great guy but he has never fought a grappler as good as Movsar Evloev, for sure Allen has great striking but you can not say for sure because Movsar Evloev also have that standing in him, he fought against Dan Ige, and Diego Lopes, for sure he got great names under him and he is still a improving fighter and once trained with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and I think of Advise that Khabib have told him is to accept the fight that the UFC have offered him, even if that fight is a unranked fighter because inactivity is Illadvised so my pick for this fight is surely Movsar Evloev.

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There wasn't much trash talk for Sean Strickland maybe because the ticket and PPV sales have reached what they expected just like Dana White said, but for sure it will be a great fight right now it is a close odds for these two fighters and I also am still picking who to pick yet, because each style can surely go on their way, but after seeing that press conference Dricus Du Plessis looks serious it could be a seriousness that he can not defeat Strickland or a seriousness that he has a plan in defeating Strickland this is the way I see things, but right now here is my pick for the UFC 297,

Sean Strickland (1.95) VS Dricus Du Plessis (1.98)


Getting into this fight Sean Strickland's defense is a sure massive threat for Dricus Du Plessis the question is can Dricus penetrate it, for sure Du Plessis has the power in his striking so this is what Strickland should be careful with but if he can negate that using Philly Shell defense he is safe but as Dricus is not all about striking as he has grappling that is deadlier than stand-up fight for sure even though Strickland has said in the press conference that they will come at each other in a standing match Dricus Du Plessis for sure would soon realize that he truly needed to take the fight in the ground and because of that wrestling advantage my pick is Dricus Du Plessis,

Raquel Pennington (2.45) VS Mayra Bueno Silva (1.63)


For this fight, Mayra Bueno Silva can finish the fight on the ground while he doesn't have great boxing it doesn't matter because he got great takedown and grappling and even clinched that knee that he can try against Pennington, while Raquel Pennington, is definitely a beast in her own right and just like she had said she is long in the business and have fought well-known fighter than Bueno Silva ever did, Ketlen Vieira, Aspen Ladd, Macy Chiasson, Miesha Tate, Amanda Nunes, and even Holly Holm her level of stand-up was superb, and for sure Raquel Pennington has more experience, also my pick is Raquel Pennington,

Chris Curtis (1.56) VS Marc-André Barriault (2.65)


In this fight, I like Chris Curtis and how his Striking can progress with the fight for Marc-André Barriault he likes to break guys and pressure them in the standing, but I think he can not break Chris Curtis the fundamental with Curtis's boxing is superb while he also got great ground game, for sure I would like to believe that Andre Barriault can defeat Curtis because he was from a lost while Barriault was from 2 consecutive wins which is not the thing in the UFC, right now I am leaning towards Chris Curtis and my pick for sure is definitely Chris Curtis,

Ufc 297 weigh in happened yesterday and 2 prelim fighters missed weight


https://youtu.be/IMKDnfWiRt4?feature=shared

For main fight i like sean to win by KO at 3.6 odds, however i think 3 odds to goto judges isnt bad either

Well the Pre-fight press conference happened and of course there was an incident while Strickland was talking when a fan came up on stage surprising even the security while the person up on stage looked like he had his camera to take an up close and personal photo of the main event fighter.


UFC 297: Pre-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llEtPoJY-rw

Overall an eventful press conference and the face-offs didn't disappoint for the two either.
Seems like they will behave themselves and Dana told them to keep the fighting in the octagon since that is where they get paid to do it and not outside of it.

Strickland getting knocked out by Dricus in this fight will make Adesanya come out again ready to fight since he will have something to say to derail Strickland, especially his daddy issues. Strickland vs Adesanya next when Strickland loses against Dricus. 

Strickland going to keep his distance and just keep blocking Du Plessis's attack because Strickland is hoping he can wear out Dricus like Abus. If he turns out to be right, he could put Dricus to sleep.

There is one thing I like about what Strickland said in one of his interviews was his stand when asked by a reporter about gays/trans.

In the last VLOG I posted they did met in the hallway of the hotel they are staying at for the duration of this event.
DDP was with his girlfriend so he kept it quite civil and just shook Strickland's hand and wished him all the best this weekend for the fight. That was it.
Whenever I see Sean on stage, something lights up in his head and he is like a deer in the headlights in where he can't keep his mouth shut long enough to think about what he is saying.
Never have I ever been disgusted by what a fighter has had to say during these pressers but this guy has talked non-stop about subjects nobody wants to hear about.
He has gotten into discussions about transgender, politics within the country the main events are hosted and even verbally attacks reporters that are there to ask him questions. Which he has deemed as too stupid to even respond too, but he has!
What I say is, just do what you are there to do and get out. No need to get on everyone's nerves with these foolish subjects that has nothing to do with the task at hand and that is to knockout or submit your opponent in the octagon. So just do that!
Dricus Du Plessis seems to know how to handle himself very well as he is utterly composed and calm out of the two.
So we will see which attitude favors which in the octagon on Saturday night.

Yup! I watched the whole video, and I was like the gun was way like a Gell blaster in my perspective that is why I was just surprised by the color, and yeah I have watched 1 of Sean Strickland's Vlogs about how he loves collecting guns, he even showcases them in his channel, but as I have said giving this insane man a gun and now a customized gun for him it was crazy I will not be surprised if one of the days he will be triggered mad and will use those gun in possession, for sure, everybody can be triggered even he has his inner demons,


These two really get into a heated argument, for sure it was all Sean Strickland's mouth that he doesn't know how to stop, and when Dricus Du Plessis counters with a real talk Sean Strickland didn't take it lightly but for sure it can also just be for the hype as we all know that Dana White was the one at fault why they are in a close proximity seat at each other for sure it is staged, but some fighters in the crowd are talking that it is not because they can hear the punches of Strickland but as there are some proofs still it is really believable for some as I know Strickland is a better actor for sure,

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yZIfF0P4OYs
Well in this video maybe this is proof that Sean Strickland really is a real GTA Character, as you can see this is also a great advertisement for the upcoming GTA 6 and so the hype is really on for sure, as there is no confirmation yet if who is the design for the main character of the game would be a lot is speculating that it is Sean Strickland,

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.