These ladies are still working hard with the salary there are receiving compared to NBA. They are still showing their true talents and playing to the fullest in every single game. It is what I like about this game. There is still no superstar's attitude that destroys the game.

I also want them to have a higher salary but not to the level of the NBA. If that level is reached by WNBA players, the tournament might change as well. I am afraid that if that happens, the players will have too much power and it will destroy the pureness of the game. Hopefully, in the future, if the games get more audience, the players will get better contracts and deals.

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I was able to catch some games earlier and was able to bet on some of them. The games were early in our time zone but fortunately, I was doing some work that pave the way for me to be able to catch the early games of the WNBA. Dallas Wings and Connecticut Suns were favorites and I know they will be able to win their respective matches.

It is the Phoenix Mercury vs Indiana Fever that I was not really sure about. They are both at the bottom of their conference and most likely will be on equal footing. Luckily, Indiana was able to build an early lead and never looked back. They were able to maintain their lead and win the game. Thanks to that, my parlay is complete.

Oh, I thought your bet was series win for Team Bright. I think it was x3 at the time, I am not so sure. It was big if you just have bet on Bright to win.


I am not sure if there is any restriction on that. I guess the competition in that region is easier than in the EU. It is just like EG moving to South America. But at least with EG, they dropped all their EU players and acquired SA players.

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Won my bet on the Lower Bracket Finals of China Qualifiers. Xtreme Gaming was able to force a 3rd map after a quick win on the second map. Team Zero had the early lead on the 3rd map but with a few team fights that went to Xtreme's favor, Xtreme was able to catch up the lead and eventually win the series. I was not able to watch the draft, but I am not sure why they put Naga on support. I think it was a bad draft that caused the chance for Team Zero to go to the Finals and have a shot at qualifying for TI.

Anyway, Xtreme Gaming won the series and will again face Azure Ray for the Finals and a slot for TI 2023. Based on their match yesterday, it will be another full series.

Nobody cares about it at all well all there is are UFC this and that many here don't really care about Bellator, LFA, and other fighting Combat organizations, and with this thread  because there are so many events posted here, and for sure many don't know what to discuss, but surely because the event sometimes have the same time and date that we can not focus on things, well, I am not saying that we should focus on 1 event but we can not control others if they want to discuss other things,

But here are the result for the Bellator 298: Storley vs. Ward

MAIN CARD
Logan Storley defeated Brennan Ward
Valentin Moldavsky defeated Steve Mowry
Aaron Jeffery defeated Dalton Rosta
James Gallagher defeated James Gonzalez
Sidney Outlaw defeated Islam Mamedov

PRELIMINARY CARD
Justine Kish defeated Diana Avsaragova
Enrique Barzola defeated Jaylon Bates
Lucas Brennan defeated Weber Almeida
Kasum Kasumov defeated Josh Hill
Vladimir Tokov defeated Jairo Pacheco
Leandro Higo defeated Nikita Mikhailov
Alfie Davis defeated Aalon Cruz
Ekaterina Shakalova  defeated Dayana Silva
Sullivan Cauley defeated Hamza Salim
Marcirley Alves defeated Jerrell Hodge
Jordan Oliver defeated Andrew Triolo
Michael Blockhus defeated Eli Mefford

I did not think anybody would take the underdog against team Aster, but you did. Congratulations, you did well. I think most of us were expecting Aster to take the lower bracket easily, they were the heavy favorite after all. That bet was a big risk, but the reward is quite worth it. Congratulations for taking the risk and winning it.

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I lost my bet earlier in the lower bracket as well. It is not a good day for the favorites today. Invictus Gaming also lost to the underdog, Team Zero.

I do not know this Team Zero but it seems that they are on a streak while sweeping their opponents. It is only one more step before they reach the finals if they can dispose of Xtreme Gaming tomorrow. Then it will be just Azure Ray blocking them from reaching TI. It will be a Cinderella story if this underdog will reach TI all the way from the lower bracket. I do not know if they will be able to do it though. For me, Xtreme and Azure Ray are quite a strong team in this qualifier.

That was an upset, I did not expect that Aster will end their year this way. They have been performing quite well in previous tournaments. And now they are eliminated by an unknown team. Congratulations to those who bet for Team Bright if there were any. Aster was so a heavy favorite. I think the odds for Aster were just 1.01.

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Speaking of unknown teams, Team Zero is moving up their bracket while sweeping the competition. They have 2-0 all their opponents in the lower bracket. That is quite a feat since they have beaten Invictus Gaming and Team Bright which beat Team Aster. I wonder if they will continue their streak and beat their next opponent tomorrow, Xtreme Gaming.

Azure Ray is already waiting for the Finals. They will face either Team Zero or a rematch of the upper bracket finals, Xtreme Gaming.

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Here is my bet for tomorrow's Lower Bracket finals in China Qualifier. I am not sure who will win so I am taking the over maps. I am not sure if Team Zero will continue their streak or if Xtreme Gaming will eliminate them. The only series Team Zero went full series was against Invictus Gaming. I think Xtreme Gaming is better and will give Team Zero a harder time. This might be a full series as well.

For sure Rolando Romero doesn't know what he is talking about, that he can attain a level like Manny Pacquiao he looks like he has Autism sorry about people that has Autism I surely never view this kind of thing negatively but Rolando Romero is like an Autistic dude that still remained in his childish ways, for sure if he fought Ryan Garcia this will surely end his reign for sure,


Tapology Might be an MMA page but you can surely see some boxing events that have more advanced information than the ESPN information, after hearing about the Oscar Collazo VS Garen Diagan fight I have to search for it there in Topology, and the fight will be on August 26, and a Golden Boy Promotions fight

Pretty congrats to the people here that risk on Sean O'Malley @rdbase is pretty much confident that O'Malley will surely win this match and he surely did, after watching the fight Sean O'Malley look good in this fight and I am excited about the Marlon Vera vs Sean O'Malley rematch for sure,

Now the result of my pick and bets,

Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O'Malley  - LOST

Right now I am not really pissed with the result may be because I really don't like Aljamain Sterling as well, even though I really don't like O'Malley as well I don't hate them, but in this fight, O'Malley has proven that he can set up things to end on what he wants and the 1st round was full of setting up for O'Malley hand traps, feeling the range of Sterling, and setting up his strong punch on the right timing and Sterling is not committing with the takedowns because O'Malley is not allowing it and Sterling really had a hard time taking an opening towards it,

Weili Zhang vs Amanda Lemos - WIN

This fight is a one-sided one Zhang Weili is pretty much well-rounded dominating the Stand-up capitalizing on the Errors of Amanda Lemos, and getting her into the ground, even though this fight ended in a Decision it is pretty much a dominant for Zhang Weili, Lemos didn't stand a chance against Zhang Weili, pretty much that Weili will dominate this division for a long time for sure,

Neil Magny vs Ian Machado Garry - WIN

Those massive kicks from Ian Machado Garry are pretty much devastating and were hurting Neil Magny so much that Ian Garry was pretty much dominating this fight Machado Garry is pretty much faster than Magny and he can not do anything about it, this fight was a decision it was a dominant performance for Ian Machado Garry,

Lost my bet yesterday on DOTA China qualifiers. Azure Ray was just too much for Invictus Gaming. They disposed of them in just 2 maps with both maps in just about 37 minutes.




I did not think it that way when I was making my bets. I think you could be right on Xtreme Gaming. They had taken down the favorite Team Aster in 3 maps so they could be really strong to defeat Azure Ray. Anyway, I already placed my bet so here is to hope that Azure Ray will retain their form and will be able to win.

I think your -1.5 map bet on IG is a bit risky but no guts no rewards, right? Actually, I was contemplating on doing that bet as well but since I am putting it on a two-legged parlay, I opted to go on a safer bet.

Good luck on both of us.

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EEU qualifier is about to start in 2 days as well. I looked on participants and I only recognized two teams on the list. It is Virtus Pro and Navi. I guess I will just be following and betting on two teams in this region.

Below are the matches on the first day of the EEU qualifiers.

I never thought you are a big fan of Sean O'Malley well good luck with your bet for sure, I think that danherbias07 is really amazed at your confidence In taking O'Malley because I think a lot is surely for Aljamain Sterling sure even me I think that Sterling will be ready in taking the fight to the ground,


I agree, actually, I have watched the fight again and it is clear that Petr Yan is just close to making a rear naked choke on O'Malley but he did not take it I really don't know what happened but it is clear that Yan had easily takedown O'Malley on the ground and for sure Petr Yan is not really into the Submission game but Sean O'Malley is in clear advantage over him when he decided to let him on the stand-up,

For sure Aljamain Sterling has seen this fight sure he has already taken this down into consideration just like what Merab Dvalishvili did to Petr Yan rag dolled and controlled the fight toward the 45 takedowns he shot, only 11 were successful, but that was really an insane feat 45 takedowns is a massive amount and people are completely shock on how Merab Dvalishvili accomplished this, because of this he completely have shown how good is his cardio,

Seriously right now I am searching for Boxing events that feature Filipino Fighters on it, and I came across this event in Tapology there are two Filipino fighters that will be fighting, and 1 is a main event surely this is not a well-known fight but surely this is for the Filipino Citizen,

Lifetime Boxing Fights 16



DATE: Thursday 08.24.2023
TIME: 08:00 AM ET

MAIN EVENT
Yoshimitsu Kimura vs Jestine Tesoro

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Jakpan Sangtong vs Ryota Yamauchi
Toshihiro Suzuki vs Virgel Vitor
Yasuomi Soda vs Taiga Ito
Ryan Joshua Yamamoto vs Daiki Sakamoto
Yuma Aiba vs Yamato Uehara

Information was from Tapology: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/104087-lifetime-boxing-fights-16

Here are my Bets and Picks for the UFC 292

Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O'Malley

For this fight actually, I really don't see Sean O'Malley having a defense for those takedowns, and going back to his fight with Petr Yan it is pretty much safe to say that he is getting the best of himself against O'Malley The only problem is O'Malley is using the fence holding to then so he can not get taken down, which he can also apply the same, with his fight with Sterling, So for me, Sterling can bring this fight to the ground easily and can also go into submission which Petr Yan Didn't do, so for me, this is a win for Aljamain Sterling,

Weili Zhang vs Amanda Lemos

In this fight, the improvement of Zhang Weili is pretty much shown in her career her loss to Rose Namajunas was because she doesn't have any knowledge
with wrestling back then but for this fight, Zhang Weili is a different fighter now, and because of Henry Cejudo's guidance the wrestling game was up to the roof, but she can not underestimate Lemos punches because they surely got power in it, but for me, Weili can manage this one, so my pick is Zhang Weili,

Neil Magny vs Ian Machado Garry

Ian Machado Garry surely got some technique and skills sure he is towering over his opponent sure this is a great fight for sure as Neil Magny and Ian Garry are surely into the stand-up for sure and I am still curious who's going to win here although I don't really like Ian Machado Garry because for me he is like imitating Conor McGregor, surely he is a McGregor Wannabe for sure but I see him winning this fight so my pick is Ian Machado Garry,

Never doubt the heart of a champion. Luckily for me, I am not aware of that history between these two teams. I do not know that the ACES only won 1 game against New York Liberty. If I have known that I might also have bet against them. I guess it is my luck not to know too much of their history. I just believe that the Aces are strong in their homecourt, so it is a plus factor for them in this game. And luckily for me, I won my bet.


They should at least have that in mind going in this game. They were wrecked by Breanna the previous game so it will be obvious that she will be their focus on defense. I at least expected that adjustment from a HOF coach. It is a good thing that it was enough for them to get the win. Sabrina Ionescu was not enough to turn the tide against the Aces.

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I was late today and was not able to place a bet on WNBA. There were a few games today but these two are the only games I was able to catch. Not going to bet anymore though, the odds is already too low for the favorite team. Does anyone made a winning in today's matches?

I still think they deserve to qualify for TI. They fell short of qualifying through DPC points but if they put their acts together and be consistent, they should be able to get the last slot. I enjoy how they play the game and I hope they will qualify. There is only a week left before the SEA qualifiers begins so we will see if they can be consistent enough to snatch the TI slot from other strong contenders in SEA.

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CHINA QUALIFIER

Still no good competition today. Almost all the matches are 2-0 in the bottom bracket. Most games are under 30 minutes. It almost feels like the DOTA scene in China is downgrading.
The competition is not as fierce as the previous years. They are one of the powerful regions in DOTA but if this continues, SA might overtake them. SA competitiveness is improving lately.



Hopefully, it will be a different scenario in the upper-bracket semifinals. The top teams are scheduled to have their series tomorrow. The first game will be Aster vs XG and followed by IG vs AR.
I am not sure how competitive the teams will be, but I am hoping the series will not be as boring and as one-sided as the games in the previous days. Aster and Azure Ray are the favorites to win their matches but I am hoping that Xtreme and Invictus Gaming will not be easily disposed by the favorite.

This is to hope that the series tomorrow is not as boring as today and will go all the way to the third map.

Not me. I believe that the Aces are still good in their homecourt, and they will be able to adjust their gameplay to match your idol's game. It is the first quarter and the score is close.

The Aces have to prevent New York from dominating the long-distance shot. They should be up their faces and take away their 3s. In the past games, the team that shot better in the 3-point area wins the game. The Aces must make sure Liberty is not comfortably taking 3s. Once that happens, it will open up their drives and will blow the game away.

here is my bet for this game

ASTER is really strong this year. I am looking at the participants for China Qualifier, and I think there is no team that can compete against Team Aster. Maybe the closest competition will be IG or Xtreme Gaming. But based on the last competition they had; Aster is the throw-in to reach TI this year. Expect Sumail in TI 2023.

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China Qualifier will begin in a few hours. The matches are not that exciting yet though. It seems almost all the matches later will be one-sided leaning on the heavy favorites: Aster, IG, Xtreme, and Azure.

Here is the schedule for the matches later.




I think Execration deserves the slot more. This year, they have been consistently in the top 3 on all three tours. They just fell short to qualify for TI. It is their last chance to get on the top since the top dogs in SEA are already qualified for TI.

It will be a tough competition between the teams in this SEA qualifier. There is only one slot open, and 14 teams vying for that slot. It will not be as tough as WEU, but I am sure it will still be good to watch.

The matches for SEA qualifiers will begin a week from now so these teams still have a lot of time to prepare.

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Speaking of SEA qualifiers, there is a new team: Made in Philippines. This all-Filipino team is from the disbanded Xerxia which failed to qualify for TI. They are Division II teams and finished last in Tour 3 of SEA Division I. They still have a chance to qualify for TI this year and hopefully, they could be better now that they are all Filipino. Will be watching this team and support my fellow filipino players.

I do not know if Topson's playstyle will jive well with Tundra's playstyle. I know Tundra is inclined to play the animal hero's and sometimes they are playing slow, boring but strategic game. While Topson plays really aggressive to the point that he often overextends himself. But it would be really fun to see Topson play again in TI if he and Tundra will be able to sync their playstyle. We all know that talent will not be an issue here because between those players, there are tons of talent. The only issue I really see is the playstyle.


Yeah it will be very hard to get qualified since they are 14 teams fighting for a single slot. But I think the battle will just be between the favorites like Execration, Bleed, Boom, SMG and maybe Blacklist.

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I just noticed that there is a team named Made in Philippines in SEA qualifiers. It is the released roster of Xerxia and reformed as Made in Philippines. I do not know this team but I think I have to support it since I am from Philippines.

Yup! Elon Musk is just riding the trend and he is not really serious about it when I saw his tweet (is this right it should be X) and there are no given dates and venue, it is sure an elaborate hyping and there is many that ride on and believe this tweet's from Elon Musk, just because he is Elon Musk all of what he is saying is not legit 100% right and yeah he is just messing around with everybody that is why,


Well, I can not blame you for 100% believing this one on the 1st day that I have seen that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will fight it was hilariously funny, and surely doubted this and for sure is this news serious, but it was really hype and many were really skeptic and also believe in this shit, that has spread like wildfire that nobody has stopped, I really don't know if what is the original post or when it has started, but for the curious minds it was really interesting for Musk and Zuckerberg to have a fight  but surely for me it is not going to happen,

Great event for the UFC fight night but I was frustrated with my result because 1 out of 3 was my win so here are my result for the UFC fight night,

Vicente Luque vs Rafael dos Anjos - LOST

Pretty much I was surprised about Vicente Luque returning like he doesn't have any Brain hemorrhage that happen to him, he got the speed and the technique on when he will attack RDA, pressuring dos Anjos in the standing and making good counter with RDA submission ground game and keeping the position for him was really a great feat for Vicente Luque, surely a unanimous win for Vicente Luque,

Cub Swanson VS Hakeem Dawodu - LOST

Close match that I was really surprised about for me it was like Hakeem Dawodu win this fight but the judges scored a unanimous for Cub Swanson, pretty much a likely suspicious win for him, and sure Cub Swanson was also surprised with this result he thought he lost this match, again he won the fight and maybe because of his wrestling,

Khalil Rountree VS Chris Daukaus - WIN

Khalil Rountree surely has the speed and he was really calm going into the fight for sure a great fighter has emerged into the Light Heavyweight Rountree looks really scary and durable surely many will have a hard time about him for this division and a former Heavyweight was destroyed in an instant like that with 1 punch and a brutal follow-up you can surely see the power in his punches,

Well, you guys are making your bets now which is good, so here are my bet for today's game

Indiana Fever VS New York Liberty

The Indiana Fever will be having their game against the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, right now The Indiana Fever doesn't have any injuries while the New York Liberty's key Injuries are  Han Xu (foot) can not play for the New York Liberty, but even with that injury the New York Liberty is the number 1 in the eastern conference for sure so it is not surprising that they are the favorite to win thin this game, so my bet is for the New York Liberty,

Seattle Storm VS Phoenix Mercury

The Seattle Storm will be having a game against the Phoenix Mercury, at Climate Pledge Arena, right now key injury for the Seattle Storm is Gabby Williams (foot) can not play for the Storm, while the key injuries for the Phoenix Mercury are Skylar Diggins-Smith (personal) and Shey Peddy (Concussion) and both can not play for the Mercury, this is a pretty much hard prediction and the game could go both ways, but for this game, the Seattle Storm can win on paper, but for me, I will pick the Phoenix Mercury to win this game,

Las Vegas Aces VS Atlanta Dream

The Las Vegas Aces will be having a game against the Atlanta Dream, at Michelob ULTRA Arena, right now key injuries for the Las Vegas Aces are Candace Parker (ankle) and Riquna Williams (suspended), who can not play for the Aces while Atlanta Dream doesn't have any injuries, for this game even with those injuries the Las Vegas Aces is still on an advantage because they are number 1 in the Western conference for sure, so my bet in the Las Vegas Aces,

This is really good news for Harry Kane and Bayern Munich and right now they are training with him surely there is a chance for Bayern Munich to be dominant again in the Bundesliga but apparently that DFL-Supercup and debut for Harry Kane was a loss for them against Leipzig, and was a dominant win for Leipzig with the help of Dani Olmo and that HatTrick on his last penalty goal, was really great,


Bayern Munich must be desperate in getting Harry Kane now because they can surely give him a try with the DFL Supercup but Dani Olmo Spoiled the Debut of Harry Kane for a chance in getting a DFL Supercup, it was a horrible lost as Dani Olmo was pretty much making great plays for Leipzig, that he hasn't shown before, it was really a great win for RB Leipzig as they got the DFL Supercup and this is an upset for Bayern Munich that now has Harry Kane on their side, now pretty much Leipzig got themselves a great talent


Bayern Munich surely address all of their issues I think Thomas Tuchel just wants to put the experience 1st on Harry Kane in putting him in there but for sure he is not ready for the kind of play Bayern Munich does, which is they are not in the top caliber and Harry Kane doesn't have proper chemistry with this team yet, so for sure it is not going to work,

Is it the GoalKeeper issue of Dani Olmo is just superb, actually, I was amazed at this player's IQ in getting those goals all 3 goals were for Dani Olmo, as  RB Leipzig is surely firing up with the DFL Supercup this season, and for Bayern Munich they need to ready up Harry Kane in just a short time ready for the Bundesliga August 19, is the start of their 1st game against Werder Bremen,