Topic: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion - page 89. (Read 18160 times)

The one to put something on and worth it would be the Derrick Lewis vs Tai Tuivasa bout.
After the press conference last night it seemed these two are really wanting to throw it down and have it end in the second round.
As the only thing I got from the main card fight was Whittaker not talking too much and it was mostly just Adesanya saying the same thing as his other interviews and showing the NFT on his necklace.
Anyways it should be a non-stop night with 15 fights going on for this event so you shouldn't be bored in anyway.

Weigh-ins are going on so here is the link to watch these official ones then the one later on for promotional purposes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAv3rlZKB4s

Yeah, I guess I'm not seeing myself putting any money on this weekend after all. Am still considering some silly money bets, but I've been coming fairly close on several accas this week, not usual for me to get a few close calls in a row (and that was after a week of back to back acca hits). Superstition says I shouldn't ruin it by putting MMA into the mix.

Saw some noise about him actually agreeing this fight without signing (he's signed now). That's... uncharacteristic of a sport I'd say. Or maybe it's normal with MMA. Now the 2nd highest paid fighter behind McGregor. Let's see if he pays his value from the first bout.

Adesanya is the champion as he beat him to get the belt and it was by a decisive knockout early on in the fight, so yes he is a heavy favorite in this one. It is probably not a good decision to pick Whittaker to win even if there is a whole lot of value on a bet on him. Cause it would seem you will just be throwing away money and a fight that is pretty locked in.
Watch some of the commentaries that Israel have done and you will see what I mean on this advice.

The pre-fight press conference is starting 5 hours from now, so just in time to get home from your work and watch the action unfold in anticipation for the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9E5vSNcrRg

Thanks for the notify, my picks all locked in. Funny thing about Adesanya is I backed him plenty when he wasn't such the obvious favourite (and lost) but now the odds put him firmly as the likely winner, I wonder if it's worth now backing Whittaker just for the value? Or was Israel just too good for him?

Recognised some other names too in the list. UFC fighters finally rubbing itself off on me I guess.

This is the event many have been waiting for UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker taking place in Houston Texas this weekend.
Israel won the first match by knockout in the second, but Robert has been training and says he is ready to take his belt back.
The press conference will be in the next few days so those should be an exciting build up to the fight happening Saturday night.

Here is the UFC multimaster competition for this event for your chance to win some prizes:
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^ Thanks for the note, last one in so far, surprised not many more predicted yet. Went for Strickland, despite my usual leanings towards the less trash talking candidate, but I made my pick before I saw the news about him saying he'd go turn Hermansson into a coward ha ha ha. Oh well.

Then I gone and went for all the favourites with odds less than 14/10, see if I get "luckier" siding the bookies.

UFC Vegas 47 competition is up and can be entered into here:
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We have Hermansson vs Strickland at the Apex this weekend. So get in on it and put in your predictions.

Doubling up is a good thing in the UFC cause the matches can not last more than 25 minutes when it comes to 5 rounder like the Gane vs Ngannou one did, so your good there.
I had Francis at 2.29 but it did reach all the way up to 2.32 so those who got him at this price were laughing after the third round where he was just dominating Cyril and rode on to a win after that.

Don't think anyone got the way the main event was going to end(to go the distance) except for buwaytress.
I would imagine it was at around 3.60x. Well that is from what I recall it being to one point in the day.

Reporting in. Weird Sunday for me. Was earlier waking up to losses in less familiar territory (NFL) but also to this surprise news on the slight underdog win in UFC.

Even won a small outlay on this to go all the way, which it certainly did. My money had always been flagging on for Gane, but his odds kept improving, so the value for me did not, ended up pocketing some decent change on Ngannou, instead of withdrawing I now more than doubled that change (yay).

A few tips here and there from any experts will not make any drastic changes to the technical striking of Francis Ngannou, i am sure he will be able to beat many Heavyweight boxers simply because of his power, but if he is planning to face Tyson Fury who is a technical wizard, there is no way he is going to land a punch.

Even against Ciryl Gane he was not able to land any punch on the feet, only with his takedowns he was able to dominate him. Forget landing anything near the face of Tyson Fury . Technically Tyson Fury is far superior than any boxers and his muscle memory is there from a small age and Francis Ngannou who learned boxing after 24 years could somehow scratch with him is ridiculous. Stick to MMA and fight non elite boxers, he could win against them for sure.

Called the right winners.

Only got the method of KO for Ngannou's win incorrect. Should have been decision.

Hope everyone did well if they placed bets on UFC 270.

I stuck to my original pick even though the hype therefore odds kept dropping for a Ciryl win.
I've posted videos of Ngannou through out the entire time upon the buildup to the fight.
He was just too much of a powerhouse to go against at anytime and his focus was not to be ignored.

Went with an Ngannou win and was only off by not having it end early as the odds for that to happen were 1.33x just before the fight. As everybody thought there would be a knock out from either of these heavyweights.

As for Tyson Fury. I did Francis in a few videos getting boxing tips from Mike Tyson circulating around so he just might move his skills over to the boxing ring if Mr. Dana White doesn't up his paygrade as a true champion, as this fight without a doubt has shown the world.
The championship title from Gane has been unified into his own belt now.

Ciryl was no match for the power horse, and the battle was rather simple: Ciryl was running around the cage throwing some schoolboy leg. I believe it was worth watching since Nagannuo chose not to knock him out.

Now we looking forward to the Tyson Fury Challenge!!


I hope you did not change your tips at any point like buwaytress did along the way after the Ciryl hyping by Welsh 

Thanks for yet another answer to the question I've been asking a lot as someone still new to MMA and in UFC I haven't been able to find out for certain despite responses above.

Was sure someone here would be able to point me to the rules clarifying this but I guess it's different for UFC and other types of MMA? The allowed use of the cage for height momentum to me seems logical, great to know, feels like I need to watch more to understand why not more people use it!

Anyway, let's hope we get some all-the-way fights that get us some new cage scenes

True eaLiTy. Thanks for that clarification on the rule in the UFC on cage usage where you just can't grab and hold.

Talking about wrestling moves in the UFC being used.
The Rock has signed a historic deal with the UFC fighters entering the octagon to use of his footwear apparel.


https://www.ufc.com/news/dwayne-the-rock-johnsons-project-rock-named-official-footwear-partner-of-ufc

There is no disqualification for using the cage for the momentum. Anthony Pettis used the cage to knock down Benson Henderson and it was a crazy move and a highlight reel for a long time as he actually ran on the side of the cage and use that momentum and many fighters use cage to gain the momentum, like super man punch getting the momentum from the cage and it is common. You cannot hold the cage to prevent a take down or hold on to the cage and that is illegal but you can use the cage for the momentum and there is no restrictions on that.

I watched the press conference and I see there is a lot of history between Ngannou - Gane and I was not aware of that.
Both of them can understand each other very well and I think they speak French language, they had more training camps together and they know each other well.
I think the winner will be the one with the right mind set, but this is must watch event nobody should miss if they love MMA.

Nobody is talking about co-main event Brandon Moreno vs Deiveson Figueiredo but this can be more interesting to watch than main event.
I see there is Khabib cousin Said Nurmagomedov fighting in this card against Cody Stamann, and Matt Frevola is fighting in prelims, so don't miss that.
Better set your alarm reminders and get your popcorns and drinks ready early.

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Ciryl Gane's manager released old sparring footage of Gane and Ngannou when they both trained together in france.

Ngannou said: why didn't you show the part of the sparring where I accidentally knocked you out with a left high kick.

Ngannou later apologized saying he should not be proud of it, since it was an accident.

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Brandon Moreno was on the ultimate fighter, the year Henry Cejudo and Joseph Benavidez were coaches. Later Moreno trained with Henry Cejudo.

Figueiredo says Moreno betrayed Henry Cejudo when Moreno helped Joseph Benavidez prepare for his fight with Henry Cejudo.

Figueiredo says this while training at arizona combat sports which is Henry Cejudo and his brothers MMA gym.


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Predictions

Francis Ngannou defeats Ciryl Gane via knockout/TKO

If Deiveson Figueiredo can get his weight cutting issues solved, I think he will beat Brandon Moreno.

Brandon Moreno has very good cardio, that is his strength which aligns with Figueiredo's weakness which is cutting weight and endurance.

But it is hard to say who has the advantage there since Figueiredo's weight cut was very bad for the 2nd fight.

Essentially the main focus was on the sparring session both fighters had and each of them stating they knocked down the other.
Gane said he does not remember since it was back in 2019 but Ngannou doesn't buy that excuse but does agree it was a gym where they were not team.
It was all just to create hype and something to talk about in this fight since they do not have any rivalry really going on.
Francis and Jones does.
The main thing to take away from this press conference were the antics between Moreno and Figueiredo.
With one calling their opponent the bad guy and the other the hero of the match. Guess which one is which.
Also Figueiredo complaining about Brandon always bringing out that boom box and blasting it all over the venue.
This to me was quite funny and they actually showed the Moreno camp doing this during the junket.
Ngannou did mention about his partnership with dapperlabs to bring in the NFT market to the UFC under their own brand called UFCStrike. So expect to see some advertisement of this new platform before and during the fight tomorrow.
https://www.ufc.com/news/dapper-labs-and-ufc-launch-ufc-strike-all-new-nft-experience-mma-fans-everywhere

Here are the official weigh-ins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EUp-hhaIhY

Great documentary on Francis rough upbringing that made him tough all the way up to the top of UFC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JPqV9ees6I
Started working in the dirt mines where kids were exposed to mercury, Wow that stuff is surprising to hear.

The ceremonial one later on in the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE9KTslhUdE
So enjoy!

Get ready for the pre-press conference starting in about 3 hours.
Here is the official channel of the UFC for the link when it starts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZGGDnO4_g8

I think it will be something to watch before the weigh-ins as everybody is saying it will be lit.

Get your thoughts in after watching on what you think will happen during the bouts for all cards.
Am liking a KO from Ngannou in my predictions when I throw down my bet for the main card.