Try to resist turning this topic from sports discussion into politics discussion. Sports and politics comes together, but lets focus more on sports. If we ban every country that was once involved in war as an aggressor, then we will have nobody to compete. Until seen in this topic, I have never thought that breakdancing will be one of Olympic games sports programs. I find it interesting how the judges are going to select who will get gold medal, as there are different dance styles in breaking. I think breaking wont last in Olympic games, as it will hard to rate performance adequate. In few decades breaking will join discontinued Olympic sports programs list. Well, if someone is opening up about that topic, it will surely drag down the thread to that, but surely all I want is for all available countries to participate no banning of the said countries, just because you have hate for that said country because their country has decided in waging war, against another country, But let's end the discussion about it and yeah move on to sports, well certain I think this is too early to discuss but regarding adding sports in the Olympic that summer base is a great idea,
Agreed w.r.t Russian athletes. IOC has already banned Russia from competing the Games and the athletes are only allowed as neutral candidates. Now the suggestion to ban individual athletes is stupid. Because ordinary Russians doesn't have anything to do with the Putin regime. And a vast majority of the Russian and Ukrainian soldiers fighting this war have been recruited through forceful means. Punishing them for the crimes of the regime doesn't make any sense. The most vocal proponents of this Russian athlete ban are those from countries that engage in political interference in other countries - such as the NATO bloc.
And I have similar concerns regarding breakdancing. The scoring is going to be quite controversial, as thee are no fixed rules available. Asian Games have included Esports and some of the other multi-sports events have included motor-sports as one of the disciplines. And at the same time, they are planning to shelve genuine sports such as Wrestling and Boxing. I am not happy with the direction they are taking.
As I have said let's just bring peace not war, and certainly, Russian Civilians don't want that to happen it is all political and a misunderstanding of the two leaders, not the people so please stop hating the people Well Break Dancing is included maybe they will have a plan for how they can score it and they surely have criteria for judging it just like in most different show that depicts break dancing or other dancing contest I really think they have certain plans for it, well this is a summer Olympics so all said games are based on sports that are likely be on warm weather and another thing Indoor games are also can be included here aswell, but apparently, I like Taekwondo so maybe I will likely watch and if I could make a bet on that, |
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It is very rare that a fighter dominates his division so fast like Makhachev. Makhachev has smashed everyone in front of him and does not look like losing in that division. Volk is good but we is very small compared to Makhachev and volk has struggled a couple of times before with wrestlers. Makhachev is one of the best wrestlers in the ufc and that is why volk is going to struggle. If volk can keep it on the feet then I think he will win but that would be a big thing to because Makhachev out reaches him too. I know that volk is normally the smaller fighter but this is a big difference when a good wrestler like Makhachev is the opponent.
Both fighters have one loss if they would look at each other's weaknesses they will look for people that led them to lose the fight well both were pretty much alike when it comes to their losses, both miscalculated the situation, and I think this will be their cap window of opportunity that they will be exposing and seeing when these two clashes, Well, in my opinion, Alex Volkanovski has some wrestling in him aswell he surely practice in that and got a few wins on the ground, but when it comes to wrestling Makhachev is really high regarding his wrestling and is very proud with the Dagestan Wrestling for sure, so yeah Volkanovski will surely struggle a lot! Did you see the odds for main event? https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-284/matchesIslam Makhachev is massive favorite but I don't see any value in betting on him. I do expect fight won't go to distance, so only potential bet for me would be Makhachev to win by submission. Let's see how Islam will be in first fight without coach Khabib in corner. I am not very excited about other fights on this card, but I must watch main event. Yup! will be betting on a combo mode and not with the regular win, it is not really profitable when you want to bet for Islam Makhachev, and he is the heavy favorite to win, that is why but will be giving my picks for the other fights will be just completing some of my information about the fighters, to make my final verdict and prediction of what may happen on the fight, well I think it will affect Makhachev's performance by a little but it will not stop him in smashing Volkanovski for sure, |
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Ya, I believe the Lakers not only grabbed Scottie Pippen’s son (while MJ’s son grabbed Scottie Pippen’s ex-wife) but also Shaquille O’Neal’s son, but I believe Shaq’s son wasn’t good enough to make the roster. Not sure where he ended up but I recall both their sons in Lakers uniforms playing in the preseason if I’m not mistaken.
I don’t think LeBron gets the record tonight. I think he saves it for Thursday so it’s definitely happening and fans can make sure to plan for it. If he got it tonight I think there would be people who missed it because statistically he should only score 31 tonight.
I was shock aswell in seeing the name and thinking is this really Scotty Pippen's son? that is why I have made a few google and he really is Scotty Pippen's son, and the latest game of the Lakers have played with the Houston Rockets and Jabari Smith's son was there as he was talking with Lebron he have said that he was Jabari Smith's son Jabari Smith Jr. Lebron James surely is getting older, and he is nearing his retirement once he played with his sons in the NBA, Lebron James is 16 points away in getting the record and he might get it in this game agaisnt the Oklahoma Thunders, No one can stop Thomas.  It's his 3rd straight consecutive game where he scored 40+ points. I considered him as a reserve, but when Irving got traded, he is not the starting shooting guard of the team and he is very impressive in his last 3 games. Though they lost again against the Suns, he is showing some improvements already. He might get the player of the week award. And scarier is when Kevin Durant returned this two will be a problem for most teams, surely Cam Thomas is the ace in the hole and the secret weapon even the Brooklyn Nets doesn't know they have, surely they don't need Kyrie Irving anymore so for me they can approved setting him free, and for the record I don't really know if there are a team that would likely want him for something like this that he is doing, |
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Here are my picks for today's game
Orlando Magic VS New York Knicks
The stake odds for this game are 2.00 for the Magic and 1.85 for the Knicks, right now Chuma Okeke can not play for the Magic, Mitchell Robinson can not play for the Knicks, and R.J. Barrett is questionable if he can play for the Knicks, fairly enough it can be a close game, and I don't really trust the Knicks right now so I would go with the Orlando Magic, I will go to the slight underdog,
New Orleans Pelicans VS Atlanta Hawks
The stake odds for this game are 1.90 for the Pelicans and 1.95 for the Hawks, right now Zion Williamson, Dyson Daniels, and E.J. Liddell cannot play for the Pelicans, while Jonas Valanciunas and Brandon Ingram are both questionable if they can play for the Pelicans, while the Atlanta Hawks doesn't have any injuries, for this match, because of the number of injuries and doubtful players I will go with the Atlanta Hawks this time,
Brooklyn Nets VS Phoenix Suns
The stake odds for this game are 2.95 for the Nets and 1.42 for the Suns, right now Seth Curry, and Kevin Durant can not play for the Nets, and T.J. Warren, Spencer Dinwiddie, Ben Simmons, Dorian Finney-Smith are all doubtful if they can play for the Nets, while Cameron Payne, Landry Shamet, and Jae Crowder can not play for the Suns, even though many are doubting the Nets right now I still see a bright future for them, because of 2 players I will not take the side of the underdog, my pick is the Brooklyn Nets,
Los Angeles Lakers VS Oklahoma City Thunder
The stake odds for this game are 1.39 for the Lakers and 3.15 for the Thunders, Right now LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Scotty Pippen Jr., and Austin Reaves are all questionable if they can play for the Lakers, while Luguentz Dort and Aleksej Pokusevski can not play for the Thunders and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl is questionable if he can play for the Thunders, but for this game, I think the Lakers could capitalize that doubtful players and may still use them in a proper rotation, so my pick is the Los Angeles Lakers,
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I saw Joao Cancelo's performance. He performed well with Bayern Munich. I also had the opportunity to enjoy several of his matches in the past. Joao Cancelo is an excellent defender. Even so, I don't understand why Guardiola wouldn't be interested in keeping such a player on the team. Guardiola is an experienced coach. He could have used Joao Cancelo better.
Joao Cancelo has been able to assist in both matches played in Bayern Munich's jersey. He has proved his mettle. Now if he can maintain his fitness then he can help to strengthen the Bayern Munich team. Bayern Munich scored 8 goals in these two matches. And conceded only two goals. Bayern Munich is back in form.
Well, João Cancelo was just loaned to Bayern Munich which means he is not a permanent player for Bayern Munich and may return to Manchester City again I think Pep Guardiola was hesitant in really giving away João Cancelo but in terms of lending him to Bayern Munich I guess he still has possession on João Cancelo next season, right now I think Pep Guardiola right now is fed up at Manchester City and players on their training and this is because Manchester City's alleged financial breaches broke and it was not a good sign,
I agree with your prediction. They are both highly motivated teams that like to score. Teams in the Bundesliga generally like to score goals, so both teams to score is a pretty good and safe bet.
I think that game will not end in a draw. For unknown reasons I believe there would be a winner, so if you want to take a little risk you can also go with a 'home or away" bet. I don't know how the odds are exactly cause I haven't checked but I know it won't be much.
Games like this are very tricky, I means games between top table teams. If I am to pick a winner I'll bet on Leipzig. Yea, Union Berlin are In a better position but I think Leipzig would get the better of them in that fixture. A
For me, I will surely go with Leipzig, but if Union Berlin wins against Leipzig, I will admit that Union Berlin is a different team than they used to be and surely they are an improved team, and their winning on the start of the season was not a fluke, but if Leipzig win this game, I will still say that Union Berlin was just pretty much lucky winning on the beginning of the season, and getting to that 1st position was just a coincidence for them, |
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We will once again witness another history next week when Islam Makachev will fight Alexander Volkanovski, will he get passed on to him? or his luck will run up?
I haven't paid much attention to this schedule until I found out it's gonna be next week. Looks like they will gonna once again surprise us with their techniques on how they will gonna beat each other most fans are rooting for Alexander Volkanovski because they think he has all the skills to beat Makachev but things will be different once they face each other inside the octagon.
Well, I think it is the other way around if you look at the stake odds Islam Makhachev has an insane amount of odds right now he is at 1.26 while Alex Volkanovski is at 4.20 right now so I think there are many rooting for Makhachev and he is the favorite to win here, and for me, I will be rooting for Islam Makhachev aswell Alex Volkanovski had a great striking and Makhachev don't need to underestimate it, for me go with the takedowns pretty early in the fight, after all weakness to strikers are wrestlers, and takedowns, The fights were on way too late or me, so I only saw a few of them. Missed the main event, but obviously I know what happened. Despite, maybe the results of that main card. I'm kind of disappointed since my bet nearly came in, but because the Kim fight didn't go ahead due to illness, I couldn't cash out as it was suspended the whole time, which was quite annoying.
Anyhow, some good fights from what I saw. Real competitive like I was hoping for, but also some of those fighters were putting massive amounts of volume out there. Anyway, onto the next event. We've got a awesome line up in the next few months.
That was really a bummer to have your bet suspended because the fight was canceled and I feel you man, anyhow next event will surely be awesome overload for us, and right now I can not wait to watch it, the feeling that you want to play a game but that game is not yet released I got the feeling like that when waiting for an event in the UFC for sure many has a different feeling than me, but surely champion vs champion fight is really one of a kind and a chance for Alex Volkanovski to get 2 belt for himself,
If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.
It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.
So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.
I really dislike the idea of saying if he beat him that beat the other fighter technically he also beat him, for me, it is not really respectable for the other fighter, because there might be some skill on that fighter that could be a weakness for the other, I am saying is if he wants to fight to see what is real and what is really not for me if Max Holloway wants to also fight Makhachev then let him prove himself not just because Volkanovski lost to Makhachev for example doesn't really mean that Islam Makhachev also beat Max Holloway aswell, |
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I did a quick search on Google on how many shots he is taking per game this season.
As per ESPN, he is taking 8.3-18.1 shots per game. He's a Power Forward and not a Shooting Guard like you said. I did also made a quick search on how many shots a Shooting Guard is attempting per game and the average is at around 10-20 though some are lower, but the point is Randle isn't playing the position he is right now. He feels that he's the shooting guard of the team well he's not. He's also awful in defense as well.
Yup! he is not really a shooting guard I really don't know why he doesn't stick to his position but he might be up to something or maybe training himself on how to be like Kevin Durant, or maybe imitating Stephen Curry, because if it is not effective why he keeps on doing it, he is just too slow in doing this kind of things in dribbling and driving the ball towards the ring instead of making a pass to his teammates and making a play from there, It seems if this continues the New York Knicks might think of trading him They still have Thompson and Poole that can still erupt anytime. The Warriors are 20-6 in their home and the Thunder are 9-16 on the road so maybe gambling with a Curry-less Warriors is still a good bet for me. Don't try it though with a large amount. . And the Warriors did great, for me even without Stephen Curry they can win a game at home with Jordan Poole, but with the guidance of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green I guess Jordan Poole can surely go out of his comfort zone, anyway, they still need Stephen Curry in some crucial game surely for the championship,
I am seeing lucky people here that are winning perfectly congrats to you, I haven't made any bets for today's game because of the unlucky bet I made, surely all I need is a breather, but I will gather intel 1st for tomorrows game, |
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wait, isn't surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding have been part of the Olympics? I mean I saw them during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the only new sport I see that has been added is breaking.
anyway, I wonder if they are going to allow another trans woman to participate in the women's category.
Well, it was until it was added again, I don't really know the exact details about this but there are no sports regarding Surfing, Sport Climbing, Skateboarding, and even Breaking that was 1st time I am hearing, were not included in the recent Beijing 2022 Olympics, Right now Alpine Skiing was not in there aswell maybe because of a certain area that sports availability, so certain aspect that have Skiing was not included aswell like Nordic Combine, and it was in the summertime so no Ice Hockey, all form of skating or skiing so all sports in the 2022 Olympic was a winter type of sports, but all these sports will be available in the 2024 Gangwon Olympics, like I have said it may vary depending on the place, or the weather,
No athlete from Russia or Belarus should be part of the Olympic games,the only games Russia knows to play are murdering innocent civilian and raping women beside doing every new day a new war crime and breaking International Law so based on this it would be a big hypocrisy for the committee who is responsible for organizing such games that are a representation of the free world to make any Russian or Belarus athlete to take part in this competition.
If they normally will not let them then from the betting perspective it increases the chances of those who want to bet here to win something.
Problems with Russia and Ukraine are all political, they will not include all Russian people or it really doesn't involve the society, tend not to include everyone with it because political things are not the same with personal agenda, but I sure don't approve of war at all, it is between two parties, so could be a provocation involve for the other to start a war, well that is their issue, and I really don't know the full details, |
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The Bayern Munich team still has players who are great enough to defend themselves at the top of the standings because in the match against Wolfsburg it was very clear that a player like Kingsley Coman was a very extraordinary player for the Bayern Munich team so that Bayern Munich was able to win earlier at other teams' home and of course this will be a very good motivation for Bayern Munich itself when they compete at home against Bochum.
There are many extraordinary players in Bayern Munich for sure, and yeas Kingsley Coman is one of that few, having 3 goals and 4 assists in his 13 appearances surely is not like Serge Gnabry that right now has 8 goals and 5 assists in his 19 appearances but he will surely be there and maybe become just like Gnabry,
Bundesliga and English Premier League both are having completely different way of play with EPL is surely much better and having high pressure, but Bundesliga is relatively not like this specially teams quality and performance also having big difference just because of this we can't compare them in terms of quality and performance but still we have many players those were not good in EPL done good job in Bundesliga and having their mark just like this happening in case of Joao Cancelo who was not regular in Manchester City and having issues for the first team choice but as he arrived here in Germany with Bayern Munich he brought good changes and now doing amazing job which can give good advantage to him and his new team as well.
There is a quite difficult technicality when it comes to Premier League than with the Bundesliga, all I can say is that, if you look at Erling Haaland in the Bundesliga he is a natural goal machine, when he is with Dortmund so Dortmund play will surely base with how Erling Haaland play but when in the Premier League They need to be more defensive and technical with their every move because the most team would really play defensively, and will surely not rely on 1 player alone to make the goals, or to play basically alone, that is why Erling Haaland has a lot of challenge when it comes to Premier League, |
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Durant is not the old Durant who won championships with the Warriors, he became a fragile player now that could be injured anytime, so there's no assurance that even if he will stay the Nets will be a championship team. The thing is, if they rely solely on Durant, what would happen if he'll get injured?
Most Injured player goes too, well there is plenty to say but mostly they are players that mostly miss many games, and right now both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are also injured and this is not surprising when a player has some age surely they become so brittle they tend to break, but yeah some of this players wants to chill more or wants to go on a team that will likely land championship even if they are injured, I think Kyrie Irving is thinking of retirement now, he is not really getting younger and wants some rings before that time comes, but for me, he doesn't really need to do such things he just needed to some push to get what he wants I think in the Brooklyn Nets they surely have a chance for a championship, Now Cam Thomas is really a wonder and should be given more time to play he is a real steal on the drafts, Reports are saying that the Cavaliers have removed Kevin Love from their rotation. Speculation is that he may be on the trading block. He’s been playing great this year but he is getting older… I’m not sure where would be a good landing spot for him, but the Cavs have been playing so well maybe they’re trying to make a run this year and think they could do better than Love. They are pretty stacked with big guys already.
That is sad news for Kevin Love and at the same time an opportunity to go with the team that will likely has a huge chance of being a champion, Kevin Love has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers for I think 9 years. and pretty much he doesn't request something from them, right now since January 27 they are not using Kevin Love anymore, so since January 27 he is really out of the rotation he is just 34, but clearly he isn't playing like something that the Cavaliers would need, but maybe they are readying him for a trade, |
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Yup, I thought Fedor had somewhat of a chance before the event. Lol. Like Lewis I feel like they're just out there to fight and treating it more like a job and as a way to earn money now rather than going out there for the glory and the W then somehow getting a title shot. I guess it comes with age.
Henry Corrales on the other hand, schooled Magomedov and showed him what's what. I think the line was something over 3 to 1. Bellator events used to have most of the favorites winning. Now it looks like the books aren't as sharp as they used to. Could be good to start paying more attention to it.
At 1st I think that Fedor Emelianenko could have had a good fight with Ryan Dark Bader but seeing Fedor Emelianenko stepping inside the octagon I have said to myself why he is still fighting, he is not the Fedor Emelianenko back in 2021 fight with Timothy Johnson was really epic and he is a different fighter back then I guess 1 year not showing himself inside the ring have some effects on him aswell and combining it with his age, surely Ringrust plus Age definitely take a toll on Fedor Emelianenko, Magomedov doesn't have the strength in pushing Henry Corrales into takedowns and the guy was way bigger than Akhmed Magomedov you can surely see the strength and height advantage so Akhmed Magomedov would surely think very frustrated not getting Corrales in his takedowns, this surely stop his tracks in getting those takedowns, and begin in the standup which is not really helpful because Henry Corrales is one step ahead of Akhmed Magomedov,
Wont it be better to end career with a victory or have an exhibition fight? Instead of challenging current champion and get face smashed? Perhaps his plan was to win, get heavy weight belt and retire as a champion. Imho Fedor Emelianenko has chosen wrong opponent to put a dot and end his career. If we look on Fedors opponents, then it is obvious, that he has a high win rate against huge and heavy opponents, and low win rate against smaller but quick opponents or formed light heavy weight (Dan Henderson, Ryan Bader - they were all light heavy weights). Fedors trick was speed of a light weight and power of a heavy weight. With that he has beaten everyone in his past. But as soon as he faced someone whos speed matches his, he has lost. Lost to Werdum - Werdum has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and it helped him to win. Lost to Silva - Silva was better, more lucky, more prepared. Lost to Mitrione - Fedor got old. Lost to Bader - even more old and Bader is a former light heavy weight.
Didn't you see their age difference it was 10 years, and surely enough Ryan Bader is one big dude to tackle even though he is a Light Heavyweight back then he gained weight to make himself look bigger, I really think there is nothing to do with the size but the performance you can see that Ryan Bader is too fast and too accurate while Fedor is just too old, he wobbles every time Bader landed a strike, those punches of Fedor is not the same Ryan Bader could easily read them and just like you have said Ryan Bader is once a Light Heavyweight so he got the speed, well, it is just Fedor Emelianenko was now to slow and too old to handle those speed, |
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Yes you're right, Real Madrid defeat made their condition a little worse, even more worse. Disappointed, this is what I'm experiencing right now, I have no other words than that for Real Madrid. This season's title is clear for Barcelona, because Real Madrid is still not back to best performance. Barcelona currently is ahead of 8 points for a while, also Barcelona is likely to continue in good trend of getting more points, so that it is difficult for Real Madrid to come close.
I also didn't expect Real Madrid to lose aswell I even bet for them knowing that this is going to be an easy win for them, but sadly it wasn't, it turns out that Mallorca's goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic was most likely good at what he does best, and guarding the net is his expertise, Sadly Real Madrid Nacho got a mistake when he accidentally gets an own goal that turns for the Mallorca efficiently all Mallorca did was focus on defense, and they have won the game,
xavi risked everything to revive the Barcelona squad which had slumped last season, even though they failed in the champions league but there was still a la liga trophy and also a uel that xavi had to get. I don't think it's too early to congratulate Barcelona on their achievements this season.
And it was a good risk that he made, regarding Barcelena's performance now it is really worth the risk, they made an adjustment and even not making any mistakes and keeping their cool together, but 1 thing that I have noticed is they are not using Lewandowski in getting so many goals, I really think they are not used in making some plays with Lewandowski, or they just don't want to risk their all to Robert Lewandowski, which is if they can manage to incorporate Lewandowski in their offense, because right now Barcelona's defense was pretty much solid,
Right now there is 1 game today that is starting and this is my pick, Rayo Vallecano VS UD AlmeriaThe stake odds for this game are 1.89 for Vallecano, 3.55 for a draw, and 4.40 for Almeria, Right now both Óscar Valentín and Rubén de Tomás, are doubtful if they can play for Vallecano, while it doesn't matter because their Main players are just OK while Almeria doesn't have any injured, but surely Rayo Vallecano have proven time to time that they are on the top than Almeria so my pick is Rayo Vallecano, |
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I put my bet on the 3rd quarter I guess when they are only down by 3 points and I saw the odds are very attractive that's why I gambled on the Knicks and luckily, I won.  TBH, I hate Randle's style of playing which is more of an isolation, but there are times where he can just score 20+ points out there and carry the team alongside Brunson. Still, he's inconsistent and doesn't know when to stop to shoot when needed. Hartenstein and Fournier fouled out, but both of them has a big help towards their win on their home especially Fournier who scored 17 points and McBride stepped up as well in the absence of Barrett with 14 points. An impressive win for the Knicks who are down double digits in the early parts of the game. Congrats to you I was near any kind of media or whatever to know something about the NBA until this time I was really busy that time, and yeah because of that I lost most of my bets it was a bad day for me and it will never be recovered, Well, that is how Julius Randle way how plays but yeah this is really making Knicks fans so furious about him, he is a Power forward but playing as a shooting guard which is a bad position to be in right now, but maybe he could actually improve but I really don't know, Jokic and Murray didn't play and I believe it's expected because they just played on their home and travelled going to Minnesota. This is the reason why they didn't play thus, the odds in Stake are favoring the Timberwolves.
An easy win for the Wolves with this one. 6 players in double digits and they had more FG's than Denver. They also won in assists category with 33 against 19 for the Nuggets. Wolves now are at the 7th place and there only 2 games separating the 3rd and the 7th spot so a win streak will be a big help not only with the Wolves, but in the whole Western Conference.
You lost 3 out of your 4 bets. Not a good day for us brother.
Congrats to you I also win this game the only game I win, it was a good thing that I was busy and never saw the game that I have leave the bet for the Timberwolves, so it was an easy win for the Minnesota Timberwolves, that the Dallas Mavericks doesn't have Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and yeah not a really good day and sign that I am now losing so many bets, I am thinking to sit the next games for today and see if the Golden State Warriors could win against the Thunders without Stephen Curry again,
Here are the result of my picks today, Indiana Pacers VS Cleveland Cavaliers SCORE 103 - 122 - LOSTNew York Knicks VS Philadelphia 76ers SCORE 108 - 97 - LOSTNew Orleans Pelicans VS Sacramento Kings SCORE 136 - 104 - LOSTMinnesota Timberwolves VS Denver Nuggets SCORE 128 - 98 - WIN |
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UFC 284Date: February 12, 2023 Main Card: SUN, FEB 12 / 5:00 AM EET Prelims: SUN, FEB 12 / 3:00 AM EET Early prelims: SUN, FEB 12 / 1:00 AM EET Venue: RAC Arena Main card (ESPN+)Lightweight: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski Featherweight: Yair Rodríguez vs. Josh Emmett Welterweight: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Parker Porter Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)Light Heavyweight: Tyson Pedro vs. Modestas Bukauskas Featherweight: Joshua Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan Flyweight: Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey vs. Francisco Prado Early prelims (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)Featherweight: Jack Jenkins vs. Don Shainis Women's Strawweight: Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed Featherweight: Shane Young vs. Blake Bilder Lightweight: Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Elves Brenner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_284 Here we go!!! and it is now happening champions vs champion match for me Alexander Volkanovski surely is a great striker and has a decent takedown defense that I think Islam Makhachev would struggle but surely that strength that he showed against Charles Oliveira is legit just like Khamzat Chimaev I think Volkanovski is aware with this but knowing Makhachev that takedown defense he could dominate it when they are near the fence, For this event, I am surely into Yair Rodríguez vs. Josh Emmett, Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown, Joshua Culibao vs. and Melsik Baghdasaryan, UFC 284
This is one of UFC's biggest match where top 1 P4P will fight with top 2 P4P rank. Checking the odds on the bookies, it's not worth to bet Makhachev in moneyline because the odds is only @1.25. Winning method odds is attractive, if you want to bet Makhachev, bet him win via submission the odds is @2.29. If you want to bet Volkanovski, I think better go with win via decision, the odds is high for @8.20. The other main cards aren't interesting, I will only watch Makhachev vs Volkanovski in this event. The big event actually and UFC is really eager to make this happen this big event another big event coming to UFC is the Jon Jones VS Ciryl Gane on the vacant Heavyweight sure is a big deal to have and both these fighters would like that idea but for me, Jon Jones was very lucky for this privilege in not starting below the rankings but getting a title match shifting to the Heavyweight division, |
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Like someone has expected other outcome from Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader fight. That is a naturel outcome of a fight between an old fighter against much younger. Age takes its all. You cant expect to be the same at 30 years and at 45 years. No matter how hard you work, no matter if you die in the gym, the age will be your only opponent against a younger and hungry fighter. Fedor must have ended his fighting career when he has changed his path from sport to politics. Wikipedia says that he is now a deputy, a coach and active professional fighter. A person cant be good at everything. Either choose something one, or be satisfied with average results.
Well, Fedor Emelianenko has surely used his time well in doing many things in his career not only with MMA but with some we surely are surprised to know about him, but in those years pass his strength is surely depleted and at some point, he will need to stop one career at a time that he can not hold anymore, and MMA fighting is the 1st one to go, surely Fedor Emelianenko was a great fighter for most audiences calling his name while he is going in the octagon, but that was his prime days because right now that prime days can not be replay again, this is the sad truth about getting old, but we will surely remember those years when he is winning inside the octagon, surely hs fans will miss that,
Fedor was at some point the greatest during his prime. This is the first MMA fighter that made me interested in the sport, people are shouting his name in every corner. But yep there is always an end to everything. It does look like he easily got out of balance and then the whole round is just on the ground. Even if you are capable of outsmarting an opponent, age prevents it physically.
It's like a ritual ceremony just when he announced his retirement. The names surrounding him are the few that I remember.
At some point, Fedor Emelianenko and his fans will surely remember at some point when Emelianenko was fighting his winning moments and his prime, there is no shame in losing this actually Fedor Emelianenko needs to be proud at that age he fights Dark Bader at some point in his life was he can not balance when landing a punch because that is what I see from him, we all know he will surely throw punches out of nowhere and at some point without any relatively any technical meaning to it, that way of fighting is not suit to his age now if he wants to win a belt in his age he needs to get advise from Glover Teixeira, |
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^^ Devin Clark surprised me with his offence and takedowns and that kind of fighting style had an impact on Da Un Jung to open up and land his patented elbows, it was a great fight plan by Devin Clark and i lost one parlay because of that  .
Was expecting Derrick Lewis to bounce back and win but another wrestling masterclass from Serghei Spivac who ragdolled Derrick Lewis as if he was some lower weight division fighter . Yup! I lost a bet aswell this is why I am not often making Parley's because 1 bet lost will surely blow that parley away, and yeah Devin Clark is faster than the Korean guy, Da Un Jung, Man I really thought the Korean guy was slick but Devin Clark is slicker he even got the majority of judges with the score cards, While Derrick Lewis I really don't know what will await him and I really think that losing weight that we saw him exercising has surely backfired on him because Serghei Spivac have rog dolled him like he doesn't have any weight at all, Serghei Spivac is really fighting technically but Derrick Lewis also lost to Tai Tuivasa that also isn't that technical but a brawler, and he lost it big time, for me another lost for Lewis and I think he needs to call it over,
It's very exhausting for Derrick, he is put to the ground many times right after getting up. Spivac can go do it over and over til the round ends and Derrick will still not recover in the 2nd round. Spivac deliberately allows him to get up and then pins him again.
I also thought Derrick can do it this time but reducing his weight is not enough. He lacks the skills to defend himself on the ground, not utilizing his legs.
A brawler like Lewis doesn't really stand a chance against wresting moves of Serghei Spivac have gas out Lewis, and it is really enough to make him grasp for air because Serghei Spivac know the weakness of strikers and surely enough he continues doing this he can even take on the championship aswell, but for Lewis sad to say but maybe this is the end of his career, he surely never change he thinks that brawling and strength was the answer in winning every fight but that is not the answer anymore, or it is not enough, |
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When placing a bet on a match, we consider the recent performance of the teams and their past results in head-to-head matches. If I look at the recent performances of Girona and Valencia, I forget the last time I saw a Valencia team win. This team is consistently losing points. Girona, on the other hand, have lost their last two matches but have performed well in several previous matches. However, in the last 5 matches between these two teams, Valencia have won four matches. Girona won a match. But this match is most likely to be a draw. Because the two teams are now at the bottom of the points table. No team wants to lose. So securing 1 point by playing defensively is a good result for them.
In my case, I don't think like that for me what happens in the past may tend to change in the future and we may never see the outcome of Football, and yeah Girona FC is performing pretty well but the end result is still a failure if they don't make a goal, but for me, if they got a consecutive loss I think that is the time they will even step up their game, and as a result, Girona FC have won against Valencia and you are right because the match was closely even, but Girona have made 1 goal in order for them to win,
Here are the results for yesterday's picks RCD Mallorca VS Real Madrid GOAL 1 - 0 - LOST Pretty much Real Madrid had a great performance than Mallorca and Mallorca won this match out of luck, because of the Own goal of Nacho and Real Madrid was devastated by this because the following half they look like they are tired of that mistake and Predrag Rajković is making an interesting goal saves that make a goal more challenging for Real Madrid, this should be a Real Madrid win but an unexpected event happened, Girona FC VS Valencia CF GOAL 1 - 0 - WINGirona has done it they also perform well in the remainder of the match, and just like I thought they will do better even with those injuries after halftime Girona's Juan Román Riquelme made a great pass to Borja Garcia resulted in Girona making their 1st goal, and right now Girona FC really need this win very badly because of their consecutive losses, but now a performance that has shocked Valencia because Girona was out there to win, |
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Here are my picks for today's game while posting this the Hornets and Magic are in the 4th quarter
Indiana Pacers VS Cleveland Cavaliers
The stake odds for this game are 2.55 for the Pacers and 1.54 for the Cavaliers, right now Daniel Theis can not play for the Pacers, while Dylan Windler can not play for the Cavaliers, and Caris LeVert is questionable for the Cavaliers, for me this is a close game for sure but I may go with the underdog the Indiana Pacers for this one,
New York Knicks VS Philadelphia 76ers
The stake odds for this game are 2.43 for the Knicks and 1.59 for the 76ers, right now Mitchell Robinson can not play for the Knicks while Joel Embiid is questionable if he can play for the 76ers, for this game I will surely go with the Philadelphia 76ers, I think that Joel Embiid can still play for this game,
New Orleans Pelicans VS Sacramento Kings
The stake odds for this game are 2.11 for the Pelicans and 1.77 for the Kings, Right now Brandon Ingram, Dyson Daniels, Zion Williamson, and E.J. Liddell can not play for the Pelicans, and Jonas Valanciunas are questionable if he can play for the Pelicans, while De'Aaron Fox can not play for the Kings, for this game Brandon Ingram is back now with Toe Injury, man this dude is prone to be injured, him and Zion Williamson so for this game my pick are the Sacramento Kings,
Minnesota Timberwolves VS Denver Nuggets
The stake odds for this game are 1.32 for the Timberwolves and 3.50 for the Nuggets, right now Karl-Anthony Towns can not play, and Kyle Anderson, Rudy Gobert, and Jordan McLaughlin is doubtful they can play for the Timberwolves, while Collin Gillespie can not play for the Nuggets, and Jack White, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Nikola Jokic are all questionable if he can play, for this game I will look if Nikola Jokic can not play but for now I think I may switch if Jokic and Murray could play so my pick will be Minnesota Timberwolves at the moment,
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There is always at least one good thing about a loss match. Underestimating the opponent will never be good in any match because we will not really know what will happen in the match, what are trying to do to the opponent, and what they have prepared tot eh match. Moreover, the readiness of a team in the field may be increasing if they have high motivation to defeat a certain team. Everton is good enough to prove it. I don't know if Arsenal really underestimated Everton or not, or if Everton was also added with some luck in the victory or not. But, a victory is a victory, a loss is a loss whatever and however the ways and conditions. We cannot say that the club was actually playing very well, but we expect the result of the match itself.
Yup! Everton has proven themselves that other teams shouldn't be messing around with Everton because if they did underestimate Everton again just like Arsenal that team will surely fall victim to this team if they underestimated them Because Everton could also be the Dark Horse, of the Premier League, but again I really think that every team can become a dark horse from the Premier League, but Everton just got a nasty win over Arsenal the number 1 in the standings so far, surely Arsenal doesn't have the perfect defense at all, so that is why, Tottenham vs Manchester City promises to be a very interesting match. With Arsenal's surprise defeat yesterday, City have a chance to reduce the gap to the leaders to 2 points. Tottenham, on the other hand, intend to catch up with Newcastle, who also dropped points yesterday, in 4th place. I don't see a clear favourite, but I'm hoping for a game as good as two weeks ago when City won 4-2 despite Tottenham leading 2-0 at half-time.
It will be a fun start for sure, but for me, Manchester City will eventually take the lead, over their match-up and surely it will be a great match in my opinion but Manchester City will win this, they need to in order to get to the top one and get the 1st position from Arsenal, they will surely win this right now Erling Halland is exposed Manchester City will surely need to find a way in dealing with this, issue, well I guess that is all the common thing to do here is to get the top position the other teams have, Manchester City to Arsenal and Tottenham to Newcastle, and Newcastle to Manchester United,
Here are the result for today pick Nottingham Forest VS Leeds United GOAL 1 - 0 - WINJust like I thought Nottingham will win this surely Leeds United have done a great performance but it was not enough for Nottingham Forest have made 1 goal to win, Brennan Johnson made a goal for Nottingham Forest, until the end of the 1st half and thanks to Nottingham's goalkeeper Keylor Navas for stopping a goal for Leeds United, |
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WOW! I think I am not really lucky with my bet now 1st 2 out of 2 on the NBA, then zero wins in the Bundesliga, and now a 1 win here in the UFC,
Derrick Lewis VS Serghei Spivac ROUND 1 SUBMISSION - LOST
I am really doubting Derrick Lewis but why did I still but why did I pick him to win, I guess because of his new Physique he might give us a new Derrick Lewis but it seems that he is still relying on his power, which is not very effective even the heavyweight division most fighters here are now evolving and has some technicality in them that strength can not win alone, and I don't know if Derrick Lewis has learned that, which is I am doubting now and he wants to even set down the division which is many guys there that are very technical he will be very much pulverized in there,
Da Un Jung VS Devin Clark ROUND 3 DECISION - LOST
Pretty much it was a majority win for Devin Clark, and I thought that Da Un Jung can win this he is just too slow for Clark, Pretty much the majority of the judges scored for Devin Clark all judge 30 for Devin Clark and 27 for Da Un Jung it was total domination for Devin Clark, and he can surely probably do it even better and pretty much has a ceiling to fill along the top ranks,
Marcin Tybura VS Blagoy Ivanov ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN
Well pretty Marcin Tybura just still got it inside of him and even though Blagoy Ivanov has a granite chin, the speed, and technicality in Tybura because he knows that Ivanov can surely knock down someone if he was given a chance, and pretty much it was no doubt a majority of the scores goes to Marcin Tybura Ben Cartlidge scored the fight 29 - 28 for Tybura, Junichiro Kamijo scored the fight 30 - 27 for Tybura and David Lethaby with 29 - 28 for Tybura having a unanimous decision win for Marcin Tybura,
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