PFL now has more money and better names and I think they are better than Bellator.
There is no way UFC is going to work with any other MMA organization in the world for some cross promotion, I can guarantee that.
Only way for Ngannou and Jones guys to fight in future is when Jones contract with UFC is finished, maybe after his next drug test fail or after beating his wife again.

There's an another event PFL challenger week 8 that will happen today, actually there will be 5 fights in this event, but the fight between Quemuel Ottoni vs. Chris Brown got cancelled. The good fight is only on the main card Louis vs Henrique, while the other fighters are too strong than the opponent they will face in the ring. Henrique have better grappling and wrestling skill, so I think he's will beat Louis.



PFL Challenger Series 2023 Quick Card:

Kendly St. Louis  vs.  Paulo Henrique 155 lbs
Jackie Cataline  vs.  Evelyn Martins 145 lbs
Denzel Freeman  vs.  Raiden Kovacs 265 lbs
Sanon Sadeck  vs.  Ali Omar 170 lbs

Source: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/95446-pfl-challenger-series-16

Is it just me or do I feel Leon Edwards is scared inside he is showing the spirit of a fighter but he can not hide his trembling when you look at his hands it kind of gives a trembling vide on him while Kamaru Usman is just calm and ready to do this, that is what I see when I watch the Press Conference It is really a simple one just the 4 fighters non-other else was there,

And with the Weigh-in we still got 22 hours left and I got to see this first before I can get my pick and bet on there, because if there are missed weigh there are some advantages with certain fighters when it comes to wrestling they could just rely on their weight to do its bidding, so that was it,

@owengtam09
The way Usman is calm like that during the press conference is how he always is. So I don't blame Leon acting scared and looking erratically at times. He knew he got extremely lucky with that shin kick to the head he did to win the title.
But I was going with an Usman win due to the hype but now am leaning towards Edwards since the odds are more favorable for a bettor to take also he will be fighting in his home countries arena. Raised in Birmingham, England but born from Kingston, Jamaica. And why not, he is the Champion.

About the other matches it seems the rumors about Justin Gaethje were just this, false information, as the media has found it all to be not true.
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2021/6/15/22534678/ufc-mma-news-interview-twitter-justin-gaethje-retirement-rumor-fight
But I am still going for a Rafael Fiziev win even before the second round. He is just a that explosive in his fights.

I have a few others which I am sure are winning their matches and will put together an acca for all my selections for this UFC 286 event just before the event begins so to get some advantage in the odds closer to the start.

Good luck to all who are placing any bets on this major MMA event in just a couple of days.

Its a shame and i am really disappointed from Dortmund a bit.
And also Union Berlin against Wolfsburg played a draw and they all have played again for Bayern munich.
Hopefully this lost points for Dortmund and Union Berlin will be not missed for them laters when the season gets to the end.
Next week it would be interesting when Munich is playing in Leverkusen.

There are still a few games for Dortmund to catch up with Bayern Munich, although it was a little disappointing that Dortmund were held to a draw by Schalke, but at least Dortmund didn't lose points so they were only 2 points away and could still compete as league champions this season, especially since Dortmund also failed in the UCL yesterday, losing against Chelsea, so the focus on the bundesliga at this time is right so that in the next match Dortmund can get full points.

I got Fiziev as he has more tools in striking than Justin Gaethje, has good enough wrestling defense and has improved cardio as seen in his match vs Dos Anjos.  But I don't think Fiziev will pulverize Gaethje.  It's going to be a good fight with Fiziev edging it out.  

One thing with Gaethje tho is the shots he's taken throughout the years could be accumulated and is ready for a KO.  

As for Usman, he'll improve his chances of winning and make his current line look like value if he goes out there and have a wrestling heavy game plan.  IMHO.  I think he will...  He just wants his belt back.

Definitely. Either who will drop KO on the floor we'll like it. But I have some doubts that Edwards can do it again with Usman. This is the 3rd time I think Usman may have now prepared the kind of adjustments he will do probably just take down Edwards by force and pound him to the ground with all his might.

If Edwards still can get up over and over as he did in the last fight, the result may still be the same. Usman will be frustrated and gas out which is what the opportunity that Edwards looks for.

We are on the same side here, mate. I bet on the Warriors at 2.20 during the live game. It was a close game, although the Warriors were always trailing. However, bad shots in the 4th quarter and a lack of defense allowed the Clippers to capitalize on their mistakes. Anyway, it's normal to win some and lose some, but in your case, winning three out of four isn't bad.

Many thought that it will be like this knowing that the Bulls are on the bottom seed while the Kings is on the top
However, the Kings won on the road, but they won in a hard way. I'm thinking what if that shot of Fox that sealed the deal didn't went in, and it goes to overtime? Can they still win? Anyway, it didn't happen, and now they are 2nd again currently tied with the Kings with 4.5 games behind the top seeded Nuggets.

As expected. It's on the road. The Warriors lost yet again.

They can't stop Big Zu on the paint. I mean even Looney is having a hard time with him inside. Curry's heroic performance in this game has been spoiled by PG and Kawhi. Let's give credits to Terance Mann as well because he adjusted from their starting PG when Westbrook isn't in the Clippers to now their bench and their potential 6th man. Credits to Eric Gordon as well because he played really well on this game scoring 14 points in the 3rd quarter.

1/5 road game for the Warriors. 4 consecutive road games to go. If you want to bet on their next, maybe it's safe to bet against them if they will play on the road. Not an advice though.

This might help you to make a right bet. Gaethje is a base wrestler that did not rely or use his skills lately. What we usually hear about Gaethje - ooohh he has vicious low kicks, watch for them. What I know about Fiziev - his current residence is Thailand and earn for a living by fighting and training with thai boxers. Yes, the guys who rely much on elbows and low kicks. Fizies is 10000% ready against Gaethje low kicks. I would say that Gaethje will be partly disarmed in this fight. Plus Fizies is fast. Fiziev previous fight against RDA, a black belt in BJJ, showed that Fiziev is able to defence against master of subs for 5 rounds, have enough stamina for 5 rounds.

I'll give Leon credit for the win, obviously. However, Alex Pereira was a little different, he was always in that fight, and always looked dangerous. Leon, didn't even look competitive at certain stages of that fight. So, while there definitely was a element of luck to land that kick, at least to connect in the way it did. He had the technique, and patience to actually throw it. So, he made his own luck.

I'm quite liking the odds though, Usman at 1.40 is extremely good considering how dominant of a performance it was up until that kick. Whether or not he comes out guns blazing, I think he takes the win whatever way he wants. He's going to be extra motivated to get his belt back, and save himself from the embarrassment of the last fight. I think he's a good one to beef up anyone's accumulator, and should win.

Big news! Francis Ngannou reveals he is very close to signing new contract with PFL or ONE Championship, but he is going to have boxing fights as well.
He is still thinking if it's going to be PFL or ONE, but if he asks me I think PFL is better option right now, unless ONE is accepting all his conditions.
PFL has better heavyweight fighters and they can always create cross promotion fight with other organizations.
YOu can listen full interview Ngannou gave to Ariel Helwani on MMA Hour youtube channel.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/3/15/23641926/francis-ngannou-reveals-hes-close-to-signing-with-pfl-or-one-championship

exactly in one week (17-03) the ksw 80 event will take place in lubin, poland. the main fight for the interim featherweight belt will be contested by german cage fighter Lom-Ali Eskiev (2-1-0) and pole Robert Ruchała (5-0-0). among other things, there will again be a female duel - Emilia Czerwińska (poland, 2-0-0) will meet the debutant Yasmina Guimarães (brazil)

Much agreed with you @hydrogen both make a good team. Rogan being the platform where to get the warhorn blown and Coffeezilla being the catalyst to spark up the fire against these scam artists and fraudsters out in the open.

There was a piece he had did against another cryptoscam which is still causing contagion in the markets.
Celsius and it's founder Alex Mashinsky.

No, they paid him in Spottycoin.
Actually if they did something like you had laid out for paying him for his restitution inuse of their platform to stream the show from.
It sounds more of just like what Sam Bankman-Fried did during his scamrun of FTX. Paying everybody with the FTT token which is worth pennies on the dollar by now since it's failure.
SVB seemed to want to take a page out of Sam's book and try and raise capital as fast as they could.
Doesn't that just sound so familiar for a corporate entity to bully around it's investors and steal their funds from right under their noses?

Joe Rogan is crypto clueless and he doesn't try to hide it during his interviews with guest who are so called experts in the space.
And most if not all of his audience are the same way. Up until someone like Stephen Findeisen comes along and tries to clear things up a bit for the nescient towards cryptocurrencies and how these newly made projects are mostly trying to scam their customers eventually at the end by rugging them all.

Charlotte Hornets - Cleveland Cavaliers - WIN

Charlotte Hornets comes into this game having achieved 22 wins and 48 losses, and in the last 10 games they have had 5 wins and 5 losses, it is not a good performance, they have 2 consecutive losses, in their last game they lost against the Cavaliers which will be your opponent again. on the other hand, we only have the Cleveland Cavaliers who come into this game with 43 wins and 27 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 5 wins and 5 losses, but coming from a victory against the Hornets. my guess is that Cleveland will win this game

Washington Wizards - Detroit Pistons - WIN

Wizards comes to this game with 31 wins and 37 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to get only 3 wins, they had 7 losses and 3 consecutive losses, lost 2 times against the Hawks and 1 time against the Philadelphia 76ers. meanwhile their opponent the Detroit Pistons comes to this game with 16 wins and 53 losses, in their last game they managed to win, but it is worth remembering that before this victory they had losing streaks. in my opinion the Wizards will win this game

Toronto Raptors - Denver Nuggets - No Specific Bet

Raptors come to this game with 32 wins and 36 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to get 5 wins and 5 losses, and to make matters worse for them, they have 3 consecutive losses, lost against the Denver Nuggets, Clippers and Lakers. is missing Otto Porter Jr. on the other hand, their opponent the Denver Nuggets comes to this game with 46 wins and 22 losses, they have 3 consecutive losses, lost against the Bulls, then lost against the San Antonio Spurs and against the Brooklyn Nets.

New Orleans Pelicans - Los Angeles Lakers - LOST

Pelicans comes to this game with 33 wins and 35 losses and in the last 10 games they managed to get 3 wins and 7 losses, in their last game they beat the Portland Trail Blazers. they are missing Zion Williamson and Jose Alvarado. on the other side we have the Lakers who also have 33 wins and 35 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 7 losses and 3 wins, and in the last game they lost against the New York Knicks. in my opinion new orleans will win this game

Oklahoma City Thunder - Brooklyn Nets - LOST

Oklahoma City Thunder comes to this game with 33 wins and 35 losses and in the last 10 games they won 5 games and lost 5 goals, but have 2 consecutive wins. meanwhile their opponent Brooklyn Nets comes to this game with 39 wins and 29 losses, and in the last 10 games they had 5 wins and 5 losses. has a streak of 2 consecutive wins. in my opinion the nets will win this game

San Antonio Spurs - Orlando Magic - LOST

San Antonio Spurs comes into this game with 17 wins and 50 losses, and in the last 10 games they only won 3 games and lost in the last game. on the other side we have the Orlando Magic that has 28 wins and 40 losses, and in the last 10 games they managed to have 4 wins and 6 losses. But they won in the last game. my guess is that the Orlando Magic will win this game

Same here, wasn't expecting that to happen and AD did commit quite a lot of mistakes which is somehow important for their situation earlier, and because of that mistake, the team got a challenge in the last quarter and even with D'Angelo's contribution, it is not that enough to keep the team afloat and continue their steak. But if AD was performing well, I doubt if Randle can still do what he did earlier.

Anyway, it's pretty much time for us to bounce back.

Memphis Grizzlies -1.5 vs Dallas Mavericks
Phoenix Sus vs Golden State Warriors -4.5
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Atlanta Hawks -5.5

Kamaru Usman is likely going to be much safer this time, he'll likely look to chain wrestle, while Leon has good take down defense, he still isn't the best at wrestling. Obviously, it was a bit of a shock moment last time when Leon manged to knock him out, but I can't see that happening again. The good thing is, Usman was at 1.40 which is decent odds considering he pretty much dominated that fight up until he was knocked out. We'll have to get closer to the event to see what the odds are on him winning a decision, which is what I think will be the value bet here.

This year we have a tendency of underdogs winning big fights. This only makes UFC more interesting to watch, as you never know what a surprise move would a fighter perform. I would not be surprise if Edwards manages to upset Usman for the second time. Besides, Edwards is fighting on his motherland, that is a little extra help for him.

The match between Gaethje and Fiziev excites me more than the main event.  Fiziev has been one of my favorite fighters in the roster since his win vs Marc Diakiese...  I bet for Diakiese in that one.    But I was pretty impressed with Fiziev.

For Vettori vs Dolidze, I feel like Dolidze is a live dog.  Would I bet it or put in my lottery ticket?  I don't know...  :/  

As for Mokaev, remember that Malcom Gordon gave him a hard time on the ground during Mokaev's last time in the cage.  If it went the distance, it could've been a split decision that would've gone either way.  I'll watch it again at MMACore.

The expected trilogy will be this week. The match will be in Europe, which means that I can watch the match live at midnight, which is very good, it will be good to watch this trilogy live. There are other good matches on the card. In this trilogy, Usman won the first game, and in the second game, he had made it all the way to the last round very neatly, and he probably won, but that unexpected kick from Edwards completely shattered him. In the third game, Usman will be more careful, I'm sure he will not drop his head forward again. I think he can win with the decision of the referee. It would be very interesting if Edward does a TKO again, of course, but I don't feel it's going to happen.

@YuginKadoya,

Thanks, that means the world to me! I would love to have my art piece seen by him, but getting his attention might not be so easy haha  .

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree that there are no boundaries when it comes to online journalism. YouTube is a massive platform backed by Google, making it the video version of searching stuff on the internet. You can literally find anything on there, INCLUDING Coffeezilla. That guy is just on fire right now with all of the content, investigations, and memes coming from him.

He doesn't work alone, however. He is teamed up with content creators such as XQC, Moist Critical, SomeOrdinaryGamers, Asmongold, and Ludwig. I featured all of them in the piece of Fan Art I made.

I also agree with you when it comes to Coffeezilla's fearlessness. The man just ISN'T afraid of calling out the bad players! God bless that man, we need fifty more just like him.

We need to be fighting the fight for good.
 
We need to be weeding out every person that wants to make money off of telling retail investors straight up lies about the space we care so dearly about.

Just an ordinary day @YuginKadoya. We can bounce back tomorrow if we still bet on games.

I'm eyeing the Warriors -4.5 against the Suns at home. I'm following the trend, as they are exceptionally good at home. With a 28-7 home record and 23-11-1 ATS, I think that's enough to convince me that they will not only win but will also cover the spread.

One more win for Usman Nurmagomedov, and now he has perfect record in MMA 17-0, reminding a lot of his cousin Khabib.
Biggest problem is to find good opponent who can fight him in Bellator, so maybe they are going to try cross promotion with PFL and others.
I think Usman is one of the best lightweight fighters in the world now, including guys from UFC like Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliveira.

Every fight in a main card has a finished Nice event actually. I think that Bellator would become boring for Usman soon. Few more title defences and I think he would be signed in UFC. Usman would win Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix Tournament (with 1 million dollars prize) and would be at perfect age to enter UFC. He would be about same age Khabib and Islam, when they were signed by UFC. I dont think that Usman would be like Michael Page, that stays in Bellator probably forever.