Now that’s a finish!  That’s something City needs right now.  A proper finisher and a guy who can take it from outside the box.  KDB should quit being a soy boy and man up.  These guys aren’t worth the money they got spent on imo.  Tends to become very stale in the attacking third.  Again IMHO.

^  Jfc..  That guy is done.  I don’t know how many more outs the UFC can give him right now.  And it really sucks cos we never saw him fight against the elite at HW.  But then again Dana White will prolly let things cool off and see if he can still fix this shit with Jones.

Edit:  And what did his wife do?  Was there a reason why she got beaten up?  There has to be a reason.

But is it totally just Norris’ fault or is his team is also part of the blame?  I think the guys on the radio should have been firm that he needs to pit right away.  From the limited info we have with what we heard with the team radio, it looked like the guys on the other end were not firm or maybe were not even sure heavy rain was coming.

I’m gonna do some reading and see what I find...

At first glance, Niko Price and Jamie Mullarkey stand out as possible bets.  I have’t looked at any lines yet but this looks like a card with some good underdogs.  Daukas could be one if he’s an underdog, Casey O’Neill and maybe Jared Gordon..?

Some vids to watch.  Enjoy guys. 

UFC Free Fight:  Santos vs Manuwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EErcjtI7YqI

UFC Free Fight:  Walker vs Spann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAl4BAW7Kzg

No bets but I feel like City vs PSG would end up low scoring.  Probably under 2.5 goals, maybe even both teams to score.  1 - 1?   I haven’t checked the lines but 1 - 1 correct score, draw and the BTTS under 2.5 goals combo could be in play here.  Dunno...  What do you guys think?

Thinking about this again...  Would you guys think all the transaction spikes have a connection with what’s going on in China?  There’s prolly lots of financial fraud going on over there waiting to be exposed.  And those people know BTC ain’t the coin to use if they have lots of stuff to hide.  Lolol.    ‘How you guys liking XMR now?’.

It wasn’t just ring rust.  He looked like he didn’t want to be in there.  And he didn’t look like he trained much for the event.  Lolol.  He was sloooow.  The Diaz of old is gone.  And how was that match supposed to be for 5 rounds?    He should retire.

I’m break even for the event.  Lost the Pearce vs Morales bet.  Pearce improved a lot since switching to another gym.

^  Southampton sucks now.  Maybe that could be the result two years ago when Hasenhuttl first arrived at the club.  But then again a couple of years ago the Wolves was showing a lot of promise under Nuno.

And yeah I think the under 2.5 is in play for the Gunners vs Spurs match.  But I’m not too sure about the result.  Yeah Spurs hasn’t won at the Emirates in their last how many matches vs Arsenal but Tottenham should be looking for a come back here after two straight losses.  And that draw no bet at 2.32 for Tottenham is tempting.  Lol.

Lol driver of the day:  Lando Norris. 

But in the end it all worked out for Verstappen.  Tentative results in the driver’s championship before the rain, he was 5 points behind Hamilton.  After the rain he’s just behind Hamilton by a couple of points.

2021 F1 Russian FP Race Results

1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   53 Laps
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   + 53.271s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   + 62.475s
4   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   + 65.607s
5   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   + 67.553s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   + 81.321s
7   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   + 87.224s
8   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   + 88.955s
9   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   + 90.076s
10   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   + 100.551s
11   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   + 1:06.198s
12   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   + 1 Lap
13   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   + 1 Lap
14   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   + 1 Lap
15   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   + 1 Lap
16   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   + 1 Lap
17   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   + 1 Lap
18   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   + 2 Laps
    Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   DNF
    Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   DNF

^  That’s money ball.  A lot of the people are skeptical if the philsophy would work in football.  Liverpool tried it under King Kenny but they did it wrong.  With Brenford they obv are doing it right.  It’s all thanks to the owner Matthew Benham.

Liverpool defenders were slow to react vs Brentford.

It’s going to be a good race even tho the track is kinda meh.  We got Norris, Sainz and Russell ahead of Hamilton and we got Ricciardo and Alonso behind him.  Both drivers behind him pretty quick at the start of the race.    

I took fastest lap for Verstappen at 3.75.  It’s a new engine and he’s motivated to get as much as he can for the race.

2021 F1 Russian GP Quali Results

1   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m47.238s   1m45.827s   1m41.993s
2   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m47.924s   1m46.521s   1m42.510s
3   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m28.303s   1m46.435s   1m42.983s
4   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m45.992s   1m45.129s   1m44.050s
5   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m48.345s   1m46.361s   1m44.156s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m47.877s   1m45.514s   1m44.204s
7   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m46.396s   1m45.306s   1m44.710s
8   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m48.322s   1m46.360s   1m44.956s
9   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m46.455s   1m45.834s   1m45.337s
10   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m48.099s   1m46.070s   1m45.865s
11   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m47.205s   1m46.573s   
12   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m47.828s   1m46.641s   
13   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m48.854s   1m46.751s   
14   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m48.252s   No Time Set   
15   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m48.470s   No Time Set   
16   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m49.586s       
17   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m49.830s       
18   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m51.023s       
19   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m53.764s       
20   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   No Time Set   

My picks for the event are Morales at 1.69 and Daukas, Andrade parlay at 2.17.  Just small bets for fun but trying to be safe and not to lose money too.  Lol.  The rest are just pop and popcorn. 

Anyway Stake has their own thing going for the event:  https://promotions.stake.com/ufc-266-triple-winnings/

Triple your winnings in selected matches if your pick finishes the fight. 

So I picked Jamie Vardy in my roster and he scored an own goal.  That still counts right?  I mean it should count.  A goal is a goal and an own goal is the hardest goal to make since players try their hardest to prevent goals from coming in in their side.  

Edit:  Doesn’t matter..  Vardy scored a goal.  I’m not watching any matches.  Watched some of the first half of Chelski vs City then switched to F1.

So I’m hearing Verstappen is starting behind the whole grid due to the engine change..?  I haven’t checked the lines yet but I think a nice spot could be top 6 finish for Verstappen if you could find decent line.  Something around 1.80 and up would def be good.

Edit:  Meh..  1.62 at Stake. No value.  Fastest lap is at 3.75 tho.  With the new engine that’s a good spot imo.

14)  Brian Ortega
13)  Valentina Shevchenko
12)  Robbie Lawler
11)  Curtis Blaydes
10)  Jessica Andrade
9)  Merab Dvalishvili
8 )  Nasrat Haqparast
7)  Chris Daukaus
6)  Taila Santos
5)  Uros Medic
4)  Manon Fiorot
3)  Nick Maximov
2)  Matthew Semelsberger
1)  Omar Morales

^  Free money guys and all it takes is around 5 minutes of your time.  And it’s fun.

Anyway here’s another one from Fortune Jack this time.  You bet on the main event and if your pick loses via decision, you get your money back:  https://fortunejack.com/promotions/ufc-266

I’m not sure what FJ’s thought process here is but this is an easy spot to lay some action on Ortega.  If Volk wins it’s most likely via decision.

BTC seems to have bounced as soon as 9:00am ET hit.  Let’s see if this is just a dead cat bounce or if it’s a recovery.  Hoping for the latter of course, for all our sakes.  Lol. 

Around 15 minutes to go til the next hourly candle...

^  Rofl!  Does that face look like a guy who wouldn’t dump BTC?  

But here’s the thing tho, if BTC dumps, everything else dumps.  BTC still owns the space, love it or hate it...  I mean just look what happened an hour ago.  BTC dumps then drags everything down with it.

And so...  Euro time zone dumped, let ‘s wait for the US time zone.  They’re due up in a couple of hours or so.  It’s almost 7:00am ET.  There’ll be a lot of broken clocks.  

^  Exactly.  But will Daniel Levy pay for what United will be asking for him tho.  He stillhas up to 2025 in his contract.  And Marital getting a new big, fat contract at United a year ago is beyond me.  He’s not worth it imho.

Yup..  Always put your money in the more active guy.  How many years was Nick Diaz in the sidelines..  And when was his last win?  Around 10 years ago?  That’s a long time.  But I’m skipping it from s betting perspective.  I’ll just get my popcorn and soda and enjoy the match.  

UFC 266 Embedded:  Vlog Series 1 - 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtV9SWImSaI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca05_2gF71s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcybizKI1A