UFC 207: Rousey vs Nunes Prediction and Info Thread

[tokeweed]

Date: Saturday, December 30th
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)

Amanda Nunes (13-4) vs. Ronda Rousey (12-1) (Women's Bantamweight Championship)
Dominick Cruz (22-1) vs. Cody Garbrandt (10-0) (Bantamweight Championship)
Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1) vs. Cain Velasquez (14-2) (Heavyweight)
T.J. Dillashaw (13-3) vs. John Lineker (29-7) (Bantamweight)
TBA vs. TBA

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Johny Hendricks (17-5) vs. Neil Magny (18-5) (Welterweight)
Dong Hyun Kim (21-3-1) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (16-5) (Welterweight)
Mike Pyle (27-12-1) vs. Alex Garcia (13-3) (Welterweight)
Louis Smolka (11-2) vs. Ray Borg (9-2) (Flyweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Tim Means (26-7-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (15-4-1) (Welterweight)
Antonio Carlos Junior (6-2) vs. Marvin Vettori (11-2) (Middleweight)
Brandon Thatch (11-4) vs. Niko Price (8-0) (Welterweight)

Other

- Johny Hendricks stated that he will retire from MMA if he loses to Neil Magny. (It's not a knock on Magny, more so that Hendricks' career is basically done and he knows if he can't win this fight, he should quit -- he is 1-3 in his last 4 fights, and that one win was him taking Matt Brown down 9 times and winning by decision and not doing much damage at all).

- Matt Brown was expected to face former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Tarec Saffiedine at the event. However, Brown was pulled from the fight on November 11 in favor of a match-up with former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone three weeks earlier at UFC 206. Brown was replaced by Dong Hyun Kim on November 16.

- Maryna Moroz was very briefly linked to a fight with Jessica Andrade at the event. On December 7 Moroz was replaced by Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela Hill. Hill was then ruled out of fighting at UFC 207 because of a rule in the UFC's anti-doping policy with USADA. Subsequently, promotion officials have not determined whether or not they would attempt to find a replacement to face Andrade, or reschedule her for another event.

- Sabah Homasi was linked to a fight with Brandon Thatch at the event. However, Homasi pulled out due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Niko Price on December 12.

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[Lionidas]

I do think Rousey will get rocked from not being in the ring for so long and just crying and drowning in her tears all this time.

[nydiacaskey01]

I watched the last fight of Amanda Nunes and Meisha Tate on UFC 200 and she means business when it comes to striking. Rhonda Rousey will have a hard time knocking this girl out and I think UFC should have at least paired Rousey to a contender to the Championship Belt and not to the Champion it self. Rhonda is coming out from a loss and she is coming back straight to a title shot. I don't think it's fair to the #2 in line.

[deadsilent]

Its a good matchup. I think Rhonda Rousey gonna have a hard time knocking out Nuñez. Its a hard comeback fight for Rousey. But if Rousey takedown Nunez, she has a chance winning this bout but its gonna be a hard because the striking of Nunez. Nuñez is a dangerous opponent, she can knocked you out if she wants to. This will be a good fight.

[bbc.reporter]

The best way for Ronda Rousey to have a good chance in winning is to have a mental coach. Dominic Cruz would make a good one for her because Cruz believes that every hard challenge can be overcome by using the mind. He once said that ring rust is all in the mind. He has proven to be correct when he fought TJ Dillashaw for the bantam weight championship. I speculate that Ronda is in the same kind of situation.

[23dzmaz]

Wow Rousey is back, i hope she win versus Nunes. So Rousey can get a fight versus Cyborg. I hope this will happened, Rousey vs Nunes. It will be a good match though.

[DRaGoN RaNTaRo]

if rousey looses this match against nunes i am here to bet that she will commit suicide  ,since she could not handle a loss is just pathetic ,before she was cursing all of her opponents and disrespecting even after the match and after the defeat she went from mean to a cry baby 

[xuan87]

really anticipated to watch this match, after the lost Rousey seems to be so down until want to suicide, i think her ego is too high and too arrogant, but despite all of that she is one of the greatest UFC female fighter, and i like to watch her arm bar grappling technique,it is going to be an awesome match

[Rubberduckie]

man this is going to be awesome!

I really hope Rousey wins. The sport is so much better when she is kicking
arse. Plus it sets up for a epic re-match with Holly Holm.

[tokeweed]

really anticipated to watch this match, after the lost Rousey seems to be so down until want to suicide, i think her ego is too high and too arrogant, but despite all of that she is one of the greatest UFC female fighter, and i like to watch her arm bar grappling technique,it is going to be an awesome match

Then again if she wins, it would be the biggest victory of her life and get her status back as the UFC's most popular fighter.  Well with McGregor around they would be the two most popular fighters.  It's a big risk for her, but a risk worth taking.

[Lionidas]

if rousey looses this match against nunes i am here to bet that she will commit suicide  ,since she could not handle a loss is just pathetic ,before she was cursing all of her opponents and disrespecting even after the match and after the defeat she went from mean to a cry baby 

No doubt about that man! No doubt about it!
What else does she have in her life? Just that mole under her eye is getting bigger and bigger every time that I see her (UGH! She is becoming quite the beastly one isn't she!?! ) and the fat piglet looking fugly beeotch that she is!
So i would not be surprised if she off't herself really. 

[BlockEye]

if rousey looses this match against nunes i am here to bet that she will commit suicide  ,since she could not handle a loss is just pathetic ,before she was cursing all of her opponents and disrespecting even after the match and after the defeat she went from mean to a cry baby 

No doubt about that man! No doubt about it!
What else does she have in her life? Just that mole under her eye is getting bigger and bigger every time that I see her (UGH! She is becoming quite the beastly one isn't she!?! ) and the fat piglet looking fugly beeotch that she is!
So i would not be surprised if she off't herself really. 

your too harsh to rousy, but honestly, i think she will gonna win this one considering that she is hungry for victory and start building again her career, She is the one of my favorite fighter, I think her defeat to holmes is just a lucky punch, I like her mole, Everytime i saw it, It reminds me of something i want to see. It's up to you to figure it out..
Rousy for the win on this game!

[SaShiRaJaVu]

your too harsh to rousy, but honestly, i think she will gonna win this one considering that she is hungry for victory and start building again her career, She is the one of my favorite fighter, I think her defeat to holmes is just a lucky punch, I like her mole, Everytime i saw it, It reminds me of something i want to see. It's up to you to figure it out..
Rousy for the win on this game!

did you just watch the match between holmes and rousey ,sure you have not seen the match go watch and come back and tell me how the match went ,rousey was humiliated in the match and she could not even reach holly in the entire fight,she was eating punch after punch and to reconstruct her face  UFC gave her the best doctors after the match and you are calling it as a lucky punch 

[CoolJakeB]

Excited to see Ronda Rousey back in the octagon! It will be very interesting to see how she copes with the recent brutal loss to Holm and being away from the sport for over a year. Nunes is a good champion who has very good striking. If Rousey decides to stand and trade with Nunes, there is a good chance she will suffer another KO loss, so her best strategy would be to try to take the fight to the ground as quickly as possible and submit Nunes with the armbar. I am predicting that Rousey will win by submission in the 2nd, after a shaky first round, followed by calling out Cyborg.

[Malsetid]

Excited to see Ronda Rousey back in the octagon! It will be very interesting to see how she copes with the recent brutal loss to Holm and being away from the sport for over a year. Nunes is a good champion who has very good striking. If Rousey decides to stand and trade with Nunes, there is a good chance she will suffer another KO loss, so her best strategy would be to try to take the fight to the ground as quickly as possible and submit Nunes with the armbar. I am predicting that Rousey will win by submission in the 2nd, after a shaky first round, followed by calling out Cyborg.

yeah my money's on rhonda too although i think the challenge here would mainly be mental since she's coming from her first loss and the time that she wasn't in the octagon. looking forward to seeing her fight again though especially now that cris cyborg's already in the ufc

[NorrisK]

man this is going to be awesome!

I really hope Rousey wins. The sport is so much better when she is kicking
arse. Plus it sets up for a epic re-match with Holly Holm.

Couldn't agree more with you! This is going to be one good match for sure.

Maybe ill do something I never normally do this time: place a bet on sports..!

[Patatas]

-Too Early to predict anything,man.
-I hope Nunes doesn't break one of her ankles before the actual match.You can call it "backing-out".

man this is going to be awesome!

I really hope Rousey wins. The sport is so much better when she is kicking
arse. Plus it sets up for a epic re-match with Holly Holm.

Is tha a thing to say ? Rousey takes this easy.All the frustration from Floyd Maywheather drama is soon to be released I reckon! Not sure about the re-match with Holly.Where did you get that information from?

[DeathAngel]

About time Rousey returned, she has a lot of unfinished business. I predict she'll deal with Nunes & seek out out a rematch with Holly, I think that's what the public will want to see.

[bbc.reporter]

@DeathAngel. For me a championship match such as this is very early for her. Maybe it would be better for her to take on easier opponents to build her confidence first. Also during that time of confidence building, she can challenge Holly Holm again and the winner of that match could have a chance to challenge Nunes.

With this decision to let Ronda fight Nunes I am thinking that Ronda is ready to retire and is only fighting for the money. If she wins, ok she can continue but I believe she is coming in this fight expecting to lose.

[Rubberduckie]

What do you guys think the spread will be?

I think it should be close odds but I bet it will be -200 rousey because
they know how much money will be bet on her.