After Ferrari's performance last week, how do you think they'll look this week?  The track has a couple of long straights that Leclerc and Sainz could take advantage.  And there's the factor that Ferrari could be improving their car by a lot even compared to the start of the season even though it's late at the end of the season.  Could be good news for next season.

Sched for this coming F1 weekend.  It was a boring season but at least we had a few laughs.  

2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP Schedule
Track:  Yas Marina Circuit



Nov 24, Friday:  Practice 1  13:30 - 14:30
Nov 24, Friday:  Practice 2  17:00 - 18:00
Nov 25, Saturday:  Practice 3  14:30 - 15:30
Nov 25, Saturday:  Qualifying  18:00 - 19:00
Nov 26, Sunday:  Race  17:00

5 Stellar Battles in the Abu Dhabi GP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxFecBe7erI

Enjoy...

^  He's already in physical therapy rn.  So it would take prolly 6 months for him to be fully ok and then finding a spot for him in the roster of events will prolly take a couple of months, fight camp would be around three months...  So I think around 1.5 years.  Lolol.  At the earliest maybe he'll be back by December next year?  And that's a maybe...

Anyway, here's a good one.  Lol.  These guys used to be best friends.  Not sure why Masvidal hates Covington now.

UFC Free Fight:  Covington vs Masvidal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkIDNdmWFHc

Early lines for Edwards vs Covington are 1.79 and 2.04 respectively.  :/  What do you guys think?

Any news from Layer Zero or from this supposed airdrop?  Seems like the interest for it has waned.  Lol.  Not one mention of it in my TL.    Airdrop hunters prolly have accepted that there isn't one happening this year or what?  And the longer the LZ devs wait, the narrower their window of opportunity gets.  As I said to a prior post, if they get the timing wrong like the Arbitrum devs did, they'll have an underperforming token.  And what's worse for ARB is there's a huge unlock on March 16, 2024 worth a tad over 1 billion USD at current price...  :/

That's gonna hurt the price big time.

Here's another coin that could be a nice hold short term:  WEB. 

It's another one of those memecoins that's playing around the Elon Meta.  It's based on another AI project by Elon Musk.  The other one is called Grok, hence a memecoin called GROK was made and mooned more than 50x since listing.  WEB might be the next one in line to moon.  Bottom's already in tho, but as a momentum play, it still looks good.

Check out the 4h chart.  It's breaking out for sure.

I think Jones still has 'it' as a fighter.  I kinda had my doubts before Gane, but after Gane he showed that he's still at the top of his game.  And Gane is one of the best MMA heavy weights in the world.  Nobody expected Jones to finish him that fast.

And we've already seen Jones at his worst and still managed to win.  If he wins vs Aspinall then there's only one fight to make for Jones...  A match up vs Ngannou.

Wtf you talking about?  A lot of people 'borrow' to trade crypto everyday.  You can do it right now in an exchange that has a perps market and margin trading...  It's called trading on leverage.  :/

Anyway about ARB going below 1 USD, I think it could happen again when the huge token unlock starts on March 16 next year.  And it is yuuuge.  Lol.

Next match for Chelsea could be another good one against Newcastle away.  Newcastle hasn't lost at home except vs Liverpool earlier in the season, conceding a couple of goals.  But take not that they conceded only three goals in 6 home matches and making 14 goals for themselves.  

On the other hand, Chelsea has scored at least two goals in 5 of their last 6 matches so that's gonna make it really interesting for sure.    

Yup, there are still a lot of question marks on Aspinall as we've not seen much of him in the cage cos he's finished all his opponents in less that three rounds or so.  Kindly check if I'm wrong but on the top of my head, I don't remember anybody really testing him.  He got a bit tired vs Arlovski but then finished him early at R2 with a rear naked choke.

Early finishes usually means suspect cardio at later rounds.  :/

But then again all those early finishes could mean that those opponents were not in his level.  So dunno...

Yeah but it sucks for the club if the player gets back injured and unable to play for a couple of weeks or more.  And I'm not really a fan of international football but I do enjoy the World Cup and the Euros.  But mostly it's just the EPL for me and some UCL.

But yeah...  And I don't if it's just me but don't you guys get the feeling that most matches are usually low scoring after the players have returned from international break?

Oh...  I won at Belgium GP?  Is that in Superbru or the prediction contests in Games and Rounds?  I don't seem to remember winning or somebody telling me that I won.    Still good to know tho.  I should've put more effort in this pool tbh.  It's just the paticipants are really good and it made me lose hope after 5 races or so.

I very may well just do it...  If I'm not lazy.  Lol.  And if there aren't any events during a weekend I usually watch fight replays at YT or MMACore and wherever I could find them.  I also watch the EPL which I used be a huge fan of.  I still am but I haven't been watching it as much as I used to.  And there's also F1.  But my interest has been waning as of late too tbh.

Here's a fight reply that was uploaded in the UFC's Brazilian recently.  What a banger.

UFC Free Fight:  Pantoja vs Moreno 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqA3rke8Zg

Enjoy...

Didn't continue watching the race after the first 5 laps when Verstappen pushed Leclerc off the track, went off the track himself and he didn't give the position back to Leclerc.  If Verstappen tried pulling off a move like that against Hamilton pretty sure they would've crashed and be off the race as Hamilton wouldn't take any shenanigans from Verstappen.  Lmao.

These guys need to toughen up if they want to go toe to toe vs Verstappen imho.  Hamilton showed how it can be done.  And it's gonna be more entertaining for the fans.  

2023 F1 Las Vegas GP Race Results

1   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   50 Laps
2   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   + 2.070s
3   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   + 2.241s
4   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   + 18.665s
5   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   + 20.067s
6   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   + 20.834s
7   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   + 21.755s
8   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   + 23.091s
9   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   + 25.964s
10   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   + 29.496s
11   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   + 34.270s
12   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   + 43.398s
13   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   + 44.825s
14   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   + 48.525s
15   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   + 50.162s
16   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   + 50.882s
17   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   + 85.350s
18   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri   DNF
19   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   DNF
20   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   DNF

Here are the highlights of the race.

2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Race Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9qSwDxF6YI

Am I in profit?  From sports betting?  Yup, of course I'm not!  Lolol.  But I had that one year of having a good run at betting the EPL.  It was during 2017...  I thought I could do it as a side gig for extra cash but then the next couple of years I proceeded in giving back the books the money that I've won.    So no.  Don't try to make sports betting as a form of 'work' kids.

It's fun tho cos it makes watching the matches more exciting.

^  It was decent for just a fight night event in the Apex...  9 finishes out of 14 match ups.  I'd say it delivered and the results are a lot better than many of the past events this year.

Anyway here are the results.  I think 155 and 170 should be on the look out for this guy Orolbai.  I was surprised he beat up Uros Medic the way he did on short notice...  Pure dominance.

Brendan Allen def Paul Craig  Submission R3
Michael Morales def Jake Matthews  UD
Chase Hooper def Jordan Leavitt Submission R1
Payton Talbott def Nick Aguirre  Submission R3
Amanda Ribas def Luana Pinheiro  TKO R3
Myktybek Orolbai def Uros Medic  Submission R2
Joanderson Brito def Jonathan Pearce  Submission R2
Jose Johnson def Chad Anheliger  Submission R3
Christian Leroy Duncan def Denis Tiuliulin  TKO R2
Mick Parkin def Caio Machado  UD
Jeka Saragih def Lucas Alexander  KO R1
Ailín Pérez def Lucie Pudilova  UD
Trey Ogden vs Nikolas Motta  No Contest
Rafael Estevam def Charles Johnson  UD

And here's the post fight press conference.  Enjoy.  

UFC Fight Night:  Allen vs Craig - Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FEJYRFWZU

Looks like it isn't RBR for the weekend.  Ferrari has been the fastest for most of the weekend except FP3.  And Verstappen's line is now at 1.40 - 1.45 depending on what book you look at.  Still the guy most likely to win according to the books but if Leclerc keeps calm and the team gives him a good game plan, he could end up winning it imho.

And I've always thought Ferrari and Merc were slightly faster on the straights due to their PU and Red Bull faster on the turns due to the Newey factor and better aerodynamics.

Oh..?  That sucks.  I wonder what's it gonna look like for Sainz to finish top 3 and top 6 on the grid.  They've been the fastest for almost all sessions of the weekend so far...

*checks the lines*

Ah no value.  :/  What prolly could have value tho is 'car to set fastest lap' at 3.45 for Ferrari.    Could be worth a small bet there as Sainz will surely be pushing it the whole race.

Here are FP3 and quali results.

F1 Las Vegas GP FP3 Results

1      George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.093s
2   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m34.491s
3   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m34.645s
4   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m34.643s
5   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m34.706s
6   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m34.726s
7   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m34.788s
8   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.853s
9   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m34.908s
10   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m35.067s
11   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m35.089s
12   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m35.112s
13   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m35.253s
14   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m35.297s
15   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m35.881s
16   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m35.908s
17   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m35.939s
18   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m36.087s
19   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m36.485s
20   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m37.778s

F1 Las Vegas GP Quali Results

1      Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m33.617s   1m32.775s   1m32.726s
2   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m33.851s   1m33.338s   1m32.770s
3   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m34.190s   1m33.572s   1m33.104s
4   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.137s   1m33.351s   1m33.112s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m34.272s   1m33.494s   1m33.239s
6   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m34.634s   1m33.588s   1m33.323s
7   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m34.525s   1m33.733s   1m33.513s
8   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m34.305s   1m33.809s   1m33.525s
9   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m34.337s   1m33.664s   1m33.537s
10   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m34.422s   1m33.617s   1m33.555s
11   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m34.307s   1m33.837s   
12   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Bull Racing   1m34.574s   1m33.855s   
13   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m34.265s   1m33.979s   
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m34.504s   1m34.199s   
15   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m34.683s   1m34.308s   
16   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m34.703s       
17   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m34.834s       
18   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m34.849s       
19   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m34.850s       
20   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri

^  Yup the UFC would prolly give Aspinall some respect and match him up vs the winner of Jones vs Miocic which we all already know is gonna be Jones.  Lol.  And pretty sure Aspinall made a bunch of many for taking Pav on short notice and saving the event in the process.  Giving him Blaydes hext wouldn't just not make sense but wtf would Aspinall take the risk of getting injured?

Anyway here are the weigh ins and the results.

UFC Fight Night:  Allen vs Craig - Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk2dU3oY_m0

UFC Fight Night:  Allen vs Craig - Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLGHor6GOA8

Brendan Allen (186) vs Paul Craig (186)
Jake Matthews (170.5) vs Michael Morales (171)
Chase Hooper (155.5) vs Jordan Leavitt (155.5)
Nick Aguirre (136) vs Payton Talbott (136)
Luana Pinheiro (115.5) vs Amanda Ribas (115.5)
Uros Medic (171) vs Myktybek Orolbai (170)
Joanderson Brito (145) v Jonathan Pearce (145.5)
Chad Anheliger (134.5) vs Jose Johnson (136)
Christian Duncan (186) vs Denis Tiuliulin (186)
Caio Machado (250) vs Mick Parkin (262.5)
Lucas Alexander (148)* vs Jeka Saragih (146)
Ailin Perez (136) vs Lucie Pudilova (135.5)
Nikolas Motta (155) vs Trey Ogden (155.5)
Rafael Estevam (128)* vs Charles Johnson (125)

And last call for the Multi Master.

UFC Fight Night 232:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5473979.0

I was about to make a post saying how I'm excited for the next fixtures thinking it was gonna be this weekend.  :/  Due to them being after the international break, some of them could become a bit more unpredictable.  And I hope nobody gets injured or gets a knock or something.

Anyway, some good match ups in there are...

City vs LFC:  A race to the top.
Chelsea vs NUFC:  Midtable battle
Sheffield vs Bournemouth:  Relegation battle
Spurs vs Aston Villa:  Battle for top 4
Fullham vs Wolves:  Battle to be at midtable

FP2 was delayed due to some man hole cover missing.  Lmao.  As it's a new track, this doesn't look good.  How many more shenanigans are there for the track?  I hope everything is good and ready for the race...  And not just that, I hope everything will be safe for the drivers.

All in all, watched a bit of FP2 and I gotta say the view of the buildings with the lights are good.  Kinda like a GT game.    Anybody play GT here?

Here are the results for both FP1 and FP2.

F1 Las Vegas GP FP1 Results

1      Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m40.909s
2   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m43.446s
3   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m44.261s
4   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m44.397s
5   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m45.365s
6   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m45.497s
7   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m45.824s
8   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m45.908s
9   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m46.793s
10   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m47.147s
11   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m48.253s
12   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m48.513s
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m48.650s
14   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m48.822s
15   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m48.947s
16   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   No Time Set
17   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   No Time Set
18   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   No Time Set
19   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   No Time Set
20   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   No Time Set

F1 Las Vegas GP FP2 Results

1   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m35.265s
2   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m35.782s
3   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m35.793s
4   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m36.085s
5   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m36.129s
6   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m36.183s
7   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m36.489s
8   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team   1m36.496s
9   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m36.663s
10   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m36.688s
11   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m36.864s
12   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m36.890s
13   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m36.917s
14   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m36.987s
15   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m37.134s
16   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m37.241s
17   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m37.412s
18   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake   1m37.656s
19   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Scuderia AlphaTauri   1m37.680s
20   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m38.140s

Weigh ins are gonna be live in 4 hours guys...  For those of you who care for the event.  Lol.    Seriously it's not that bad, there are good match ups in here.

UFC Fight Night:  Allen vs Craig - Live Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedojRc1Kfc

I got Allen to win but there's something about Craig.  He's like the luckiest fighter in the UFC.  He seems to get in favorable spots to use his grappling and get a sub.  :/

Some vids...

UFC Free Fight:  Allen vs Silva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xskRoqCg8

UFC Free Fight:  Craig vs Shogun Rua 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xskRoqCg8