🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[pawel7777]

Not a single word about Strickland vs Costa fight What do you think about it? Could Strickland survive power of Costas and secret juice? Is Costa able to crack Philadelphia defence of Strickland? Will black belt in JJ help Costa (did he ever even used his skills or only rely on his strength all the time?).

Apparently both of them have black JJ belts, which only shows how little this means nowadays. Strickland even joked about tossing his black belt into the boot of his car and never bothering getting it out.
I honestly don't know what to think of this fight. Obviously we should expect it to be a 100% stand up fight, but who wins is open for debate.
Strickland is the favourite and if he shows up properly focussed and keeps his discipline as he did against Adesanya, that should be enough to grab a win.
Costa can make an impression of a social media clown, who is more pre-occupied on PR stunts than he is on training, but then again, he didn't look all that bad fighting against Whittaker, and showed that he can do some damage.
If both come 100% prepared, I'll give it a 60/40 for Strickland.

[cabron]

Not a single word about Strickland vs Costa fight What do you think about it? Could Strickland survive power of Costas and secret juice? Is Costa able to crack Philadelphia defence of Strickland? Will black belt in JJ help Costa (did he ever even used his skills or only rely on his strength all the time?).

Apparently both of them have black JJ belts, which only shows how little this means nowadays. Strickland even joked about tossing his black belt into the boot of his car and never bothering getting it out.
I honestly don't know what to think of this fight. Obviously we should expect it to be a 100% stand up fight, but who wins is open for debate.
Strickland is the favourite and if he shows up properly focussed and keeps his discipline as he did against Adesanya, that should be enough to grab a win.
Costa can make an impression of a social media clown, who is more pre-occupied on PR stunts than he is on training, but then again, he didn't look all that bad fighting against Whittaker, and showed that he can do some damage.
If both come 100% prepared, I'll give it a 60/40 for Strickland.

If Sean can survive up to 3rd round I think he will be winning this fight. As long as the fight will just be standing and Strickland will not receive big blows, he will get his hand raised. I think Costa's secret juice will not save him when it comes to gassing out. He doesn't have the tank to last 5 rounds. This could be a decision since Costa is also aware of his gas. He will save some just to avoid getting KO'd.

[coolcoinz]

If Sean can survive up to 3rd round I think he will be winning this fight. As long as the fight will just be standing and Strickland will not receive big blows, he will get his hand raised. I think Costa's secret juice will not save him when it comes to gassing out. He doesn't have the tank to last 5 rounds. This could be a decision since Costa is also aware of his gas. He will save some just to avoid getting KO'd.

IMO it's Strickland's fight, unless he makes a mistake.
Costa is a heavy hitter, muscular, but lacks finesse and isn't very fast, rather likes to punch slower but harder, same with kicks they're not that fast but hard. Strickland moves better, has better cardio.

Also, Costa lost most of his recent fights, including Adesanya, who lost vs Strickland. The only fight he managed to win was Rockhold, who is also on a losing streak an already on his way to retirement, because let's face it, at 40 you're not going to win any belts in UFC.

[Pumared]

If Sean can survive up to 3rd round I think he will be winning this fight. As long as the fight will just be standing and Strickland will not receive big blows, he will get his hand raised. I think Costa's secret juice will not save him when it comes to gassing out. He doesn't have the tank to last 5 rounds. This could be a decision since Costa is also aware of his gas. He will save some just to avoid getting KO'd.

IMO it's Strickland's fight, unless he makes a mistake.
Costa is a heavy hitter, muscular, but lacks finesse and isn't very fast, rather likes to punch slower but harder, same with kicks they're not that fast but hard. Strickland moves better, has better cardio.

Also, Costa lost most of his recent fights, including Adesanya, who lost vs Strickland. The only fight he managed to win was Rockhold, who is also on a losing streak an already on his way to retirement, because let's face it, at 40 you're not going to win any belts in UFC.

Strickland doesn't usually get tired easily, so if he can make it to the end he can gain an advantage and score more points. However, he needs to manage the first two well, otherwise there's no point in reaching the third without winning the first two or at least one.

[bbc.reporter]

Everyone appears to be talking about Islam and Dustin Poirier and also being reminded that there is also Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa. However, I also want to remind everyone that there is a sexy fighting kitten for this event and her name is Ailin Perez from the country of Argentina.



On her introduction by Bruce Buffer in the octagon she will show her respect on her opponent with her welcome circle walk and bow.



However, on her victory dance, this does not appear to be very respectful heehhehehehe.