^  Yup!  Brilliant race by Vettel.  He was already doing well before the red flag even he wasn’t finishing in the podium.  But getting it and at second place at that is just reeeaally great!  It’s races like these that makes me look forward for the next one.

F1 Azerbaijan GP 2021 Race Results

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   51 laps
2   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   +1.385s
3   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   +2.762s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   +3.828s
5   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   +4.754s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   +6.328s
7   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   +6.624s
8   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   +7.709s
9   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   +8.874s
10   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   +9.576s
11   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   +10.254s
12   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   +11.264s
13   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   +14.241s
14   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   +14.315s
15   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   +17.668s
16   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   +42.379s
DNF   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   48 laps
DNF   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   46 laps
DNF   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   29 laps
DNF   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   3 laps

Judging just from the face offs, I think fight of the night or at least performance of the night will be Baeza vs Ponz or Baeza.  It’s his time.  This kid could be at the top 10 by next year.

UFC Vegas 28:  Face offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8lJx6C2jU4

Just saying..  I’d take any sane analysis on why BTC would trend up to 500k than telling me 500k will just happen because it’s part of the 4 year cycle.  I mean really?  With the market falling everytime Elon Musk tweets something negative about BTC?  Lolol. 

Here’s the thing and maxis would surely hate this:  Elon Musk will sell BTC for ETH come December.  I could feel it.

Interesting...  I wonder which player City is bankrolling for.  Kane?  Haaland?  They pretty much got everything covered except the no. 9 position.

But if I were to make a fearless forecast, I have a gut feeling Haaland to Chelsea would be it.  Watch out for Werner transfer news. 

Missed the quali.  But I heard there were around 4 crashes?  And I also heard Vettel was going for his last lap at Q2 but then Ricciardo crashed and he couldn’t finish it.  I assume red flag.  But if was able to finish the lap, would’ve he had gotten to Q3?  Just curious...

Huh?  Mendy has played very well for them just this recent season.  I’d say if it ain’t broke, don’t ‘fix’ it.  And his recent performances just based on stats puts him among the top 5 keepers in Europe rn.  That’s huge.

That’s why guys..  Keep those side bets small enough to make paying it easy and small enough to not mind not getting paid.  I think I have a couple won that went unpaid.  But whatever.  I don’t really care.  I made those bets to lose.  

Anyway, the promoted club I’m rooting for to stay up next season is Brendford.  Anybody want to make an small side bet?  I say they stay up.  Give me 2 to 1.  My 25 bucks for your 50 bucks or we could go less, 15 for 30.

^  Yup I don’t think Merc are sand bagging anymore.  Lol.  

And coinlocket$, on the contrary the Ferraris could be RBR’s main rival in this weekend’s race if Merc doesn’t figure out the right tweak with their car.  

Crossing my fingers for Vettel to get some points again.  

F1 Azerbaijan GP FP2 Results

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m42.115s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m42.216s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.243s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.436s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m42.534s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m42.693s
7   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m42.941s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.018s
9   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m43.020s
10   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.130s
11   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.156s
12   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m43.220s
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.298s
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.812s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.881s
16   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.184s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m44.557s
18   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m44.563s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.095s
20   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m46.983s

^  Ferguson is kinda old now.  He’s 37..  For the lower weight classes, that’s a wee bit over the hill now.  He’ll prolly have a couple of good fights in him vs lower competiton tho.  But to go for another title run, I don’t think so.

^  Yup and the stats don’t really matter.  Like if some fighter has a high TDD percentage but if you look into their opponents fought, they’re mostly strikers.  And MMA math doesn’t work...  Like if fighter A beat fighter B and fighter B beat fighter C, it doesn’t automatically mean fighter A def beats fighter C.  

Weigh ins will be live in 20 mins or so.

UFC Fight Night:  Sakai vs Roz - Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg3JQ-4wRaQ

Edit:  My parlay of the event:  Sakai, Harris and Baeza at 10.17 at Stake.

^  Nah.  The City board and the oilers are pretty much happy with what they see with Pep.  It’s all up to Pep.  If he wants to stay, he stays.  If not then there will prolly be some negotiations but ultimately it’s up to him. 

And it’s not just that.  City is building and developing their academy.  I think Pep has a say in that, not sure.  But if he does, it’s more than just winning silverware.

I think the match is more of a test for Tybura imho.  Harris has more experience in fighting the ranked guys at HW tho he lost them.  And he just wasn’t given any favors with the tough match up vs Volkov.  That match being right after a loss to Overeem and all.  

So things to watch in that bout are Tybura’s chin in the first round.  If it holds up, Harris’ cardio at the later rounds.

Ooof.  Is he sure?  Lol.  I mean I like Traore.  Loved watching him with the Wolves and had high hopes for him to reach elite level.  He has all the physical attributes but dunno..  He lacks game IQ.  Sometimes I feel like he doesn’t know what to do with the ball. 

But maybe Tuchel thinks he can unlock the potential within Traore.  We’ll see...

^  Hah no way.  They’re just the usual rumors after the end of mostly every season.  I’ve said this a lot of times around the gambling section:  Pep got his big break by being Barca’s manager.  And it wouldn’t have happened without Ferran Soriano and Txiki, both who are now at City as CEO and director of football.  Out of respect Pep won’t leave before his contract ends.  And those three are trying to bring the same success they brought at Barca.

^  Another option is if Harris goes for it like he did Overeem but doesn’t finish Tybura in the first round, live bet Tybura could be a good idea.  Tybura prolly be a 2.5 underdog by then in between rounds.  Harris is very poor cardio.  

And if books start opening lines on the over 2.5 or over 3.5 rounds for the main event it could also be a good idea to go for the over.  Roz is a slow starter and really I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a boring fight.

^ I used to trade more actively back in the day but it took a toll.  The stress, sleepless nights and the constant watching of the screen all day burned me out.  I just hold BTC and XMR mostly and do some trades here and there.

I traded CRV, SNX and SXP but haven’t tried any of their stuff in terms being a liquidity provider or anything.

^  Dunno I just can’t see it in the way you tried to explain it.  It’s like saying that BTC will go trend up to 500k just because.  There has to be a reason for increased demand.  I’ll take ‘the willy bot is back’ than telling me ‘it’s the 4 year cycle and that’s just the way it is.’.  You know what I mean?

^  A case could be made for Chelsea to win the EPL.  They have the squad for it and now they def have the manager for it.  It’s around the same price as Liverpool so prolly the same odds boosted.  And I hope Werner stops being a ‘Torres’ or Tuchel finds a replacement.  I think they’ll stick with him tho. 

Lolol.  True.

As for Zidane or Conte, I don’t mind Zidane but I’d like to see Conte come back to the EPL, thank you very much.  And I think his style suits the Spurs’ squad better.  

So what’s the rumor on Zidane’s next club?  I think he did well with Real even though they had a disappointing season.  He carried that Real squad in the CL up to the semis.  I don’t think they could’ve reached the semis in their current state without Zidane.

And I’ll be watching more of Barca’s matches this season.  I’m going to have a field day if he wins the CL trophy with them.  

Edit:  Ah so Zidane left then later Ancelotti left Everton.  Pretty sure he’ll take over Real.  Lol.  It’s so obvious.