I'll support you on that as I have been doing that already..Timberwolves is not really a bad team for me, but these Rockets and Cavaliers really surprise me, if they cannot win, at least they'll cover the handicap.

Both are bad teams, so it's always up to you to choose what team you think will win, that 2.75 is a decent odds too since the Pistons are not consistent.

How about the Spurs? They are +7.5 now against the Suns? not sure if Booker will already play, but if he is not, then I guess Spurs ML would be a good risk too.

I just have to see this fight! Oliveira is still very dangerous and he can definitely achieve a lot more, but in my opinion his best time is behind him. Poirier, on the other hand, is on the wave and, driven by successes, should defeat Oliveira. It will definitely be a great fight!

Strange that UFC did not edit poster. Masvidal vs Edwards wont fight due to Masvidals injury (which is unknown). UFC would better put that poodle, sorry O'Malley on the poster.

This event is one of rare cases, when every fight in main card is worth watching. Specially lightweight fight. Lightweight imho is most competitive weight in UFC right now.

Hannover won against Hamburg and is in 15th place. the interim coach should really only be there for this one game. But now he is supposed to continue until Christmas. The previous coaching candidates Uwe Rösler and Daniel Thioune might now no longer be interested in a coaching job. Could become a risk for Hannover.

Yes, this could certainly be a problem for Hannover. In my opinion, they should really look for a better coach who can actually run the team and show some unique starts. They only have four wins in the 16 games they have played and now they are facing issues with their management so I think this situation could be worse and if not fixed quickly.

Werder Bremen could potentially go up and challenge for the top-4 places if they play well in future matches. Because, you know, they are not really far behind in terms of points from even the 2nd place team. They had a really good win in the last match but the next match is going to be tough for them for sure, my prediction Jahn Regensburg vs Werder will be draw.

^
Jazz won in the end but Cavaliers could have easily stolen the win if the tip-in was successful or the shot from Darius Garland had went in, It was a really close game from 1st to 3rd Quarter, Cavaliers gave the Jazz a run for their money and were never for once out of sight, but the Jazz took a 15 point lead early in the 4th and that should have been the pace setter for them, but the Cavaliers just wouldn't back down.

Bayern has much better ball possession and shots on goal, this means Dortmund loses the technical strategy and skill. If relying on only one player, Dortmund could be difficult to balance, at least, 15 minutes before finish Dortmund still shows pressing which makes Bayern change the strategy and win the games. as we can see how a young Dortmund player creates the 2 assists, Bellingham is could be the next star.

Probably this is possible only in the Bundesliga, when first Borussia Mönchengladbach can defeat Bayern 5:0, and then lose to Freiburg at home with a score of 6:0. And by the way, Bayer also won a victory at Greuther Furth, with a score of 7:1, this is a real fireworks of goals in the Bundesliga. Bayern also won a very important victory over Borussia, as I expected, and thus is leaving Borussia behind.

We have only 4 games tonight, I think I'm gonna pass as I don't see a game that I like to cap.

Good luck on your Jazz pick, that's a tough call for me although Jazz are the better team.
Looking at the record of the Cavaliers, they seemed to be playing good basketball lately as they won all their 4 road games by a huge margin.

Werder Bremen is going to face lot more problems in the next two matches and I really don't be surprised if both matches are drawn. In the last match, they cruised to victory because their opponent was in really bad shape. And I have to say that winning by a four-goal margin is surely going to help their goal difference a lot.

It was a really dominant performance from Werder Bremen. They scored two quick goals to start the match and also two more goals after the first half. Interesting to see the opponent lose their concentration at the start of each half. Werder Bremen is currently in ninth place in the table and has a chance to prove further up the table if they keep winning.

She's sexy alright but I don't wanna end up a battered husband.  

With the personal stuff going on, she tells everything like an openbook in the media like when they are broke and had to take a loan for a house. Things like this often restrain an individual from performing. The good side is that Mallory is not a volume striker, maybe she can win. But Mallory is patient in finding an opportunity to throw a big shot. She can wrestle too like Montserrat, she should even be the fav.

Rob Font VS Jose Aldo

I think this is the only fight worth looking at, Rob Font, sure have good striking, and have good takedown defense but getting a match with Jose Aldo I think he doesn't have what it takes yet, this is just my opinion, you can say that Aldo has many experiences but that fight with Cody Garbrandt looks awesome, but that is the only fight remember about him, but with Jose Aldo, he has fought great opponent like Conor McGregor, Alexander Volkanovski, Petr Yan, Max Holloway, even though he lost to those fighters I think the experience would surely be paid off by just fighting that opponent, and against Rob Font, this will surely surface, when he fought Marlon Vera a technical striker, I think he might do that again against Font when Jose Aldo fought Petr Yan he Savage kicks his front leg that Yan shifted to southpaw, but Yan is so good of a boxer that he still beats Aldo if he can be done that to Font and Rob Font style would crubble because of that then Aldo will sure win this, Stake odds for this fight 1.67 for Rob Font and 2.17 for Jose Aldo but I will go with Jose Aldo.

As for my preferences, on the one hand, I will be glad to any champion of Germany, but on the other hand, even despite the fact that I have been rooting for Bayern in the German championship for many years, I am very tired of the fact that there is always one champion and that Bayern always gets top players from Borussia. It would be more useful for everyone if a new champion and a serious competitor of Bavaria appeared in Germany.

Exactly, we just don't follow because we also have our own analysis and we sometimes see it differently compared to what others see.
By the way, what happened to the line between the Lakers and Clippers game, it opened at LAL +2, and now they are -2.5?

I would go so far as to say that this is one of the most important matches of this season for Schalke. We have to consider though that Pauli has 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses at home with 22 to 4 goals. Hard to imagine that Schalke has a chance to take the three points, maybe they can achieve a draw. If they lose this one it also shows that they aren't able to compete with the top of the second league. Might change in January for some weird reason, but I think the most optimistic goal for them this season could be rank 3. But that is the maximum in my opinion.

A good wrestler usually does get the advantage, however Adesanya proves that a good takedown defense is good enough, you don't necessarily need good wrestling skills to avoid being taken down. As we know, generally when you have a pure striker versus' a wrestler the wrestler usually not only out performs them on the ground, but also out performs them in the stand up because the pure striker is a little hesitant, and wary of the take down, and therefore stops throwing.  

However, what I'm trying to put an emphasis on is being well rounded, since not many fighters can say they're both exception at one thing, but also good enough to avoid most issues presented in the other thing. For example, Justin is great because he can do both, Khabib was exceptional because he could do both, Khamzat Chimaev hasn't really had the chance to demonstrate this at the moment, at least I haven't seen too much of his stand up. Admittedly, I haven't watched all of his fights as I missed some of his earlier ones. Though, I don't think he's been tested by a well enough rounded fighter to be getting behind the hype. I actually think the UFC are desperate for someone who can replace Khabib, and they would love it to be Khamzat since he actually does a bit of calling out, and a bit of talk.

Chimaev is very likelly the future star of the UFC, all I'm asking is he gets tested by a well rounded fighter before he gets a title shot. I think someone like Justin or someone with similar skillset would be a brilliant test before giving him a title shot. Though, I'll be honest there isn't too many fighters in Welterweight that would have the skill set or at least the all roundness of Justin. I guess putting him up against a pure wrestler like Brady, but I don't think Brady is good enough for one, and his gas tan is suspect. Maybe, I'm being unfair, and asking for a real test when it doesn't really exist in the division, and really only Usman has that all roundingness to him.

I'm sorry mate, even if the Lakers are fully healthy, I am still not convinced yet that they already have the chemistry to win. LA Clippers has the chemistry and Paul George will lead the team to win, so sorry, I'm going against your pick. Good luck with your other picks.

Wrestling isn't dominant, however it is definitely something that can give the advantage in a fight. I do believe Khabib was an anomaly, not many people have done what he has done. He's gone undefeated in one of the most competitive, and dangerous divisions in the UFC. There are plenty examples of wrestlers which haven't got as many fights or anywhere near a undefeated record. This is usually because they aren't well rounded. They might be fantastic wrestlers, but lack elsewhere.

Look at Adesanya as an example. Undefeated until he went up against Jan in a higher division. However, his wrestling skills are nearly not existent. However, due to the way he's built, and some smarts on his behalf he's absolutely brilliant at preventing takedowns. However, against Jan I thought it was pretty clear that the weight difference made...well a difference.

I actually think some of the Dagestan fighters are a great example of being well rounded. They are particularly good at wrestling, but in fact they actually have decent stand up. Justin as another example is pretty decent on the ground, but is well rounded. Oliveria, very good on the ground, but can also stand his own on the feet. This is MMA, and it's vitally important that a fighter is good in all disciplines.

In fact, one of my favourite fighters is a brilliant example for this. Ryan Hall, one of the most technically gifted submission artists in the UFC. However, he isn't good on the feet which means its much easier to avoid the takedown, and many fighters aren't even concerned about him throwing hands. He knows this; he doesn't hardly ever attempt to land anything with his fists, he usually goes for the roll, and looking for a submission.

Now, Ryan doesn't exactly have the best grappling skills, he doesn't come off as particularly powerful, but just has superb technique. I think if Ryan could develop his skills a little in grappling, and on the feet he would be a real problem for everyone in the division, however its unlikely to happen, and he'll probably never make it anywhere near the top in the division (obviously ignoring his age as hes getting on a bit now).

Makhachev for example; brilliant wrestler, however he knows how to throw fists too. I was quite impressed with his jab in previous fights, and hes pretty quick too. Khabib was also fantastic on the feet, hes given Justin, and Conor trouble on the feet. Obviously, the threat of the takedown definitely plays a part into these fighters being a little more cautious, but he definitely is one of the most well rounded fighters I've ever seen.