Topic: UFC FN 137: Santos vs Anders Prediction and Info Thread (Read 139 times)

Hit 2/4 picks (with Randa Markos' fight being a draw). This UFC event and the past two have been very shameful for the picks I posted(even though my average accuracy has been around 60% which might be considered "ok"). 

Upcoming MMA events~

Bellator 206 is on september 29th.

Gegard Mousasi (c)   vs.   Rory MacDonald            
Quinton Jackson   vs.   Wanderlei Silva            
Douglas Lima   vs.   Andrey Koreshkov            
Aaron Pico   vs.   Leandro Higo            
Keri Melendez   vs.   Dakota Zimmerman   

Then UFC 229 Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is october 6th.

Khabib Nurmagomedov (c)   vs.   Conor McGregor            
Tony Ferguson   vs.   Anthony Pettis            
Ovince Saint Preux   vs.   Dominick Reyes            
Derrick Lewis   vs.   Alexander Volkov            
Michelle Waterson   vs.   Felice Herrig            

Sean O'Malley   vs.   José Alberto Quiñónez            
Sergio Pettis   vs.   Jussier Formiga            
Aspen Ladd   vs.   Tonya Evinger            

Lina Länsberg   vs.   Yana Kunitskaya            
Scott Holtzman   vs.   Alan Patrick            
Gray Maynard   vs.   Nik Lentz            
Ryan LaFlare   vs.   Tony Martin


I think it might be fair to say that most people circle to the left when fighting southpaws to make it harder for them to land that left hand. Barao actually circled to his right in the beginning to mid portions of the fight & didn't move in the "approved direction" until late in the fight, which is something rare to see from a veteran who has been fighting for 10-15 years.

So Barao is overweight.  Lol.  His fight purse is deducted 30%.  And wtf is going on with him anyway?  He used to be really good (and actually BW champ at one point), now he's just like a bum happy to get paid.

UFC FN 137:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWOqrxWtIkE

Thiago Santos (203.7) vs. Eryk Anders (205.6)
Alex Oliveira (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (170.3)
Sam Alvey (205.6) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205.3)
Renan Barao (141.75*) vs. Andre Ewell (135)
Randa Markos (115.7) vs. Marina Rodriguez (115.4)
Charles Oliveira (153.9) vs. Christos Giagos (155.6)
Francisco Trinaldo (155.0) vs. Evan Dunham (156)
Luis Henrique (204.8 ) vs. Ryan Spann (203.8 )
Augusto Sakai (265.6) vs. Chase Sherman (257.1)
Sergio Moraes (170.8 ) vs. Ben Saunders (170.3)
Mayra Bueno Silva (125.4) vs. Gillian Robertson (125.6)
Thales Leites (185.9) vs. Hector Lombard (185.7)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (170.6) vs. Luigi Vendramini (170.4)
Livia Renata Souza (116) vs. Alex Chambers (115.8 )

Believe me 50% of those fights don’t rely on track records for the outcome of it.
I’ve learned my lesson with rouseY and mcgregor and it cost me a thousand bucks.

smh /underdogs have more eagerness to finish a fight/

I’ll bet my eyebags for that. Lmao

I honestly don't care much about this event.  Lol.  I mean it's McGregor vs Khabib in a couple of weeks, I don't think we could be more stoked than that.  I just want this event to be done and over with so we could move to the 'next' one. 

Notes~

--This will be Evan Dunham's retirement fight.

--Thales Leites also retiring after this event.

--Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Little Nog) is 42 years old. This might also be a retirement fight for him if he doesn't do well.

--Renan Barao moved gyms from Nova Uniao to American Top Team around december 2017, if I remember right. His fighting style did change a little with the move. While Barao did lose to Brian Kelleher his last time out. It was an extremely close fight and Barao is still very dangerous.

--Hector Lombard technically won his last fight but was disqualified due to hitting his opponent with a KO punch after the bell.

--Sergio Moraes may have lost his last fight with Tim Means but been awarded the winning decision from hometown judges.

Picks for this card~

-Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos
-Sam Alvey
-Randa Markos
-Livia Souza
-Renan Barao

Just taking a look at the odds available for tomorrow. Santos isn't the best defensively and has been caught out a few times, but if he manages to land a few of those beastly strikes early on then it could be a very quick fight. Tempted to go for Santos under 1.5.

Date: Saturday, September 22nd
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 22:30 BCT / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 00:30 BCT / 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 2:30 BCT / 7:30pm PST / 10:30pm EST
Live Streams: http://www.fìrstrow.eu/




Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Thiago Santos (18-6) vs. Eryk Anders (11-1) (Light Heavyweight)
Alex Oliveira (18-5-1) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (11-1) (Welterweight)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (22-8) vs. Sam Alvey (33-10) (Light Heavyweight)
Renan Barao (34-6) vs. Andre Ewell (13-4) (Bantamweight)
Randa Markos (8-6) vs. Marina Rodriguez (10-0) (Women's Strawweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)

Charles Oliveira (23-8) vs. Christos Giagos (15-6) (Lightweight)
Francisco Trinaldo (22-6) vs. Evan Dunham (18-7-1) (Lightweight)
Luis Henrique (10-4) vs. Ryan Spann (14-5) (Light Heavyweight)
Augusto Sakai (11-1-1) vs. Chase Sherman (11-5) (Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Sergio Moraes (13-3-1) vs. Ben Saunders (22-9-2) (Welterweight)
Mayra Bueno Silva (4-0) vs. Gillian Robertson (5-2) (Women's Flyweight)
Thales Leites (27-9) vs. Hector Lombard (34-9-1) (Middleweight)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (19-5) vs. Luigi Vendramini (8-0) (Welterweight)
Livia Renata Souza (11-1) vs. Alex Chambers (5-4) (Women's Strawweight)

Other

- A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, Teixeira pulled out on August 14 due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Thiago Santos. In turn, Manuwa pulled out on September 16 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Eryk Anders on September 16.

- Mark Godbeer was briefly scheduled to face Luis Henrique at the event. However, Godbeer pulled out of the fight in early August citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ryan Spann on August 3.

- Neil Magny was scheduled to face Alex Oliveira at the event. However Magny was removed from the pairing on August 22 in favor of a matchup with Santiago Ponzinibbio in November at UFC Fight Night 140. He was replaced by Carlo Pedersoli Jr. on August 23.

- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos was expected to face Belal Muhammad at the event. However on September 14, it was announced that Muhammad pulled out due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Luigi Vendramini on September 14.

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