UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor 2 Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

Date: Saturday, August 20th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass):  3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1):  5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV):  7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (PPV)

Nate Diaz (19-10) vs. Conor McGregor (19-3) (Welterweight)
Anthony Johnson (21-5) vs. Glover Teixeira (25-4) (Light Heavyweight)
Rick Story (19-8) vs. Donald Cerrone (30-7) (Welterweight)
Tim Means (25-7-1) vs. Sean Strickland (18-1) (Welterweight)
Cody Garbrandt (9-0) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (21-9-2) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Raquel Pennington (7-5) vs. Elizabeth Phillips (5-3) (Women's Bantamweight)
Hyun Gyu Lim (13-5-1) vs. Sultan Aliev (13-2) (Welterweight)
Alberto Uda (9-1) vs. Marvin Vettori (10-2) (Middleweight)
Neil Magny (18-4) vs. Lorenz Larkin (17-5) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Artem Lobov (11-12-1) vs. Chris Avila (5-2) (Featherweight)
Ning Guangyou (5-3-1) vs. Marlon Vera (7-3-1) (Bantamweight)
Colby Covington (9-1) vs. Max Griffin (12-2) (Welterweight)

Other

- Dong Hyun Kim was expected to face Neil Magny at the event. However, Kim pulled out due to injury on July 12 and was replaced by Lorenz Larkin.

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[plpbtc1526]

Nate Diaz vs Conor Mcgregor. -->> Conor Mcgregor
Anthony Johnson vs Glover Texeira. -->> Anthony Johnson
Rick Story vs Donald Cerrone. -->> Donald Cerrone
Tim Means vs Sean Strictland -->> Sean Strictland
Cory Garbrandt vs Takeya Mizugaki. -->>> Cory Garbrandt

[adibe]

Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2. I throw my money into McGregor and i'm sure McGregor will win this with knockout. But i want full 5 round fights for both fighters.

[bbc.reporter]

I like Nate Diaz in this fight. McGregor is overhyped and all the casual bets will go to him until the last minute. It is best to also wait until the last minute to bet on Diaz because you will get better odds.

[Junko]

Nate Diaz in Rd 3. It will be a carbon copy of their first fight. McGregor's punches will be absorbed by Diaz. McGregor will tire out and fall into Death's Nate's loving arms for the submission. Except it will be worse for McGregor this time since Daiz will have actually trained for this fight.

[lemipawa]

Not sure McGregor and Diaz will square off again at the same weight class but if it's the same, I guess Diaz again will have an advantage here, McGregor seem's to be more comfortable at a lower weight class and he feels heavy and move slower on a heavier weight class. I heard it's part of the stipulation if there will be a 2nd fight, it should be lower weight class.

[JesusHadAegis]

You can say anything about McGregor what you want and you can say anything about Nate Diazyou ...Heq you can say anything about Dana White for scheduling this fight what you want but for we know is that this fight will be awesome! They will stand in that octagon and trade shots like its their only chance to survive! In my opinion...Diaz will take the Win but this is MMA...anything can happen and McGregor is maybe a loudmouth but not a joke!

[smoothie]

Nate Diaz vs Conor Mcgregor. -->> Conor Mcgregor
Anthony Johnson vs Glover Texeira. -->> Anthony Johnson
Rick Story vs Donald Cerrone. -->> Donald Cerrone
Tim Means vs Sean Strictland -->> Sean Strictland
Cory Garbrandt vs Takeya Mizugaki. -->>> Cory Garbrandt

McTapper gonna tap out again.

[electronicash]

Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2. I throw my money into McGregor and i'm sure McGregor will win this with knockout. But i want full 5 round fights for both fighters.

5 rounds may not be possible. these guys punch accurately that could end a fight in less than a minute. Aldo versus Mcgregor end up in less than 15 seconds.
But Nate seem a calm guy so maybe 2nd round will do.

Rick Story vs Donald Cerrone -> this fight is gonna be fun.

[notserp]

im going with nate again

co main should be a quick KO not sure by who tho lol

[Lucas*]

      Nate Diaz  vs.  Conor McGregor

cote : 2.10                     1.73
 
           ==> bet for Conor McGregor  : 1.73

[Lucas*]

Anthony Johnson  vs.  Glover Teixeira => bet for  Anthony Johnson : 1.40
Rick Story    vs.  Donald Cerrone  => bet for  Donald Cerrone : 1.53
Cody Garbrandt  vs.  Takeya Mizugaki => bet for Cody Garbrandt

[Lucas*]

Raquel Pennington  vs.  Elizabeth Phillips (Women's Bantamweight) => bet for  Elizabeth Phillips
Hyun Gyu Lim vs.  Sultan Aliev (Welterweight) => bet for  Sultan Aliev
Alberto Uda vs.  Marvin Vettori  (Middleweight) => bet for  Alberto Uda
Neil Magny  vs.  Lorenz Larkin =>  bet for  Neil Magny

[rio3233]

My picks for UFC 202 is
Anthony Johnson vs Glover Teixeira, i pick Anthony Johnson and under.
Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor, i pick Conor McGregor and i guess this match will go over.

[BicolIsarog]

Just kick his legs McGregor. Dont exchange punches or ground too early. McGregor will get his redemption I know he will. 3rd round KO mark my words. "You should call me mystic Mac, because I predict these tings" I'll go for McGregor.

[rilho]

I think McGregor will pass without much difficulty Diaz probably not pass the second round.

[bbc.reporter]

I wonder what kind of training Diaz is undergoing to prepare for this fight. The last fight we know he did not have much training because of the short notice and yet he still won. In this fight he has a full camp and I hear he is training with top sparring partners. 

[bitowl]

I'll preface this by saying I like nate diaz. I think he's kind of a retard but in a retarded little brother kind of way.

But conor is going to fuck him up this time. Last time conor trained for dos anjos and was playing touch butt in the park, starting to buy his own hype. Now that he's been humbled he's going to be smart about this fight. He's getting the right coaching and training specifically for nate. All you have to do to dismantle a diaz brother is kick and stay on the outside like condit did to nick and like dos anjos did to nate. He learned the hard way to not try and box a diaz.

Everyone always nut hugging and emotional with fighters. Everyone going to think nate wins this easy and then when conor wins everyone with a drop of irish blood is going to shed a tear and say they always believed in him.

[gabmen]

My money's on nate! Although we can't deny the fact that connor is one talented guy to say the least, I don't think he has what it takes to take on a fighter of diaz's toughness. Let's face it, the connor vs aldo fight was a bit lucky for mcgregor and mostly the result would entirely be different should the two fight again. But that's another story, for the nate vs connor I think the result would be the same, well especially now that diaz has ample training time compared to the last fight.

[JimGunn]

I bet $200 on Nate at +100 a few months ago when the rematch was announced and am seriously tempted to drop at least that much again on his improved line at +115 or so or higher as it gets closer to the fight. He'll have the benefit of a full camp this time. I think Conor will pace himself better and the bout will go longer, but the fight will end the same way- with Nate's hand raised, probably by third or fourth round stoppage.