UFC 208: Holm vs De Randamie Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

Date: Saturday, February 11th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 12:00 BCT / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 1:00 BCT / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 3:00 BCT / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (PPV)

Holly Holm (10-2) vs. Germaine de Randamie (6-3) (Women's Featherweight Championship)
Anderson Silva (33-8) vs. Derek Brunson (16-4) (Middleweight)
Ronaldo Souza (23-4) vs. Tim Boetsch (20-10) (Middleweight)
Glover Teixeira (25-5) vs. Jared Cannonier (9-1) (Light Heavyweight)
Dustin Poirier (20-5) vs. Jim Miller (28-8) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Randy Brown (9-1) vs. Belal Muhammad (10-2) (Welterweight)
Wilson Reis (21-6) vs. Ulka Sasaki (19-3-2) (Flyweight)
Nik Lentz (27-7-2) vs. Islam Makhachev (13-1) (Lightweight)
Ian McCall (13-5-1) vs. Jarred Brooks (12-0) (Flyweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

TBA vs. Marcin Tybura (14-2) (Heavyweight)
Ryan LaFlare (12-1) vs. Roan Carneiro (21-10) (Welterweight)
Phillipe Nover (11-7-1) vs. Rick Glenn (18-4-1) (Featherweight)

Other

- Neil Seery pulled out of his fight against Ian McCall on January 29 due to the passing of his mother-in-law. Seery was replaced by promotional newcomer Jarred Brooks on January 30.

- George Sullivan was scheduled to face Randy Brown at the event. However on January 26, Sullivan was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier this year. Belal Muhammad was chosen as his replacement on February 4.

- Luis Henrique was expected to face Marcin Tybura, but pulled out on February 1. A search is currently underway for a replacement.

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[maku]

When I look at the statistics then Aldo is more entitled to win this fight: Aldo 26-2 vs. Holloway 19-4

Also Holloway is fishing from a loser position after his lost his last fight vs Pettis.

Aldo won his last fight vs McGregor - it might be a huge confidence boost for him.

Conclusion: Jose Aldo will be a winner here.

[Dmitry.Vastov]

Aldo has a slightly edge to this fight against Halloway. Than only thing that bothers me is Aldo's jaw. Its very fragile like a jar. Just one big shot at the jaw and its all over. For the light heavy weight. My bet is to Glover Texeira. For heavyweight, im gonna go for Luis Henrique. And Roan Carneiro for the welterweights.

[bbc.reporter]

When I look at the statistics then Aldo is more entitled to win this fight: Aldo 26-2 vs. Holloway 19-4

Also Holloway is fishing from a loser position after his lost his last fight vs Pettis.

Aldo won his last fight vs McGregor - it might be a huge confidence boost for him.

Conclusion: Jose Aldo will be a winner here.

Are those results you posted come from the Bizzaro UFC division? You got them in reverse. If you really are not a fan of the UFC please refrain from posting the wrong information and avoid spamming the thread.

This is expected from Aldo. He will be wanting to fight again and be in the lime light. I can see him calling out Conor after that fight assuming he won it. I also speculate that Bisping will also defend his belt against Yoel Romero for the co main event.

[tokeweed]

Just a little update.  It now looks like the main event for 208 is Holly Holm vs De Randamie for the inaugural Women's FW Championship.  The big question:  Where's Cyborg in all this?

[babyjesusftw1]

Umm maku, you're mistaken about the Holloway fight. Holloway won by TKO in the third round. However, I still think Aldo is the better fighter. He haw 26 wins and only 2 losses for a reason. Holloway won't be ready for Aldo so soon after a tough fight against Pettis. Aldo takes this by TKO/submission.

[eaLiTy]

The UFC should have waited for the legendary Cyborg to fight for the inaugural 145 pound belt and i am really surprised by the lack of support for Cyborg by the UFC new owners and Dana White especially. Cyborg is the pound for pound best female fighter in the world and she should have been the first UFC 145 pound champion,instead they have other plans. Holm lost her last two matches and lets hope the best fighter wins.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Aldo has a slightly edge to this fight against Halloway. Than only thing that bothers me is Aldo's jaw. Its very fragile like a jar. Just one big shot at the jaw and its all over. For the light heavy weight. My bet is to Glover Texeira. For heavyweight, im gonna go for Luis Henrique. And Roan Carneiro for the welterweights.

Aldo is a really good fighter and Holloway is on a ten fight winning streak and is high on confidence and you really cannot count out Jose Aldo.Connor Mcgregor connected with a precise shot and broke him  but that does not mean that he is fragile. He is one of the toughest fighter in the division and remember he was undefeated for over ten years before losing to Connor.I will wage my bet on Aldo in this match.

[tokeweed]

The UFC should have waited for the legendary Cyborg to fight for the inaugural 145 pound belt and i am really surprised by the lack of support for Cyborg by the UFC new owners and Dana White especially. Cyborg is the pound for pound best female fighter in the world and she should have been the first UFC 145 pound champion,instead they have other plans. Holm lost her last two matches and lets hope the best fighter wins.

I think I know where this is all going, and it doesn't need Cyborg.  If true, then I wanna say that Dana White is a genius.  This might be the most likely scenario that he wants to happen:  

Rousey wins her title back against Nunes at BW.  Then Holm wins the inaugural FW title fight making her a champ there.  Then have those two fight again at either BW or FW, most likely at BW and then one of them get to be the first woman who holds two UFC titles.

That will be one mega fight that could out sell McGregor's selling record.  

What do you think?  Plausible?

[Harry Callahan]

When I look at the statistics then Aldo is more entitled to win this fight: Aldo 26-2 vs. Holloway 19-4
Also Holloway is fishing from a loser position after his lost his last fight vs Pettis.
Aldo won his last fight vs McGregor - it might be a huge confidence boost for him.
Conclusion: Jose Aldo will be a winner here.

Do you even follow the sport or is this a troll,Holloway is on a record breaking winning streak both Holloway and Jose Aldo faced Mcgregor and on both occasions Mcgregor was the winning and the only difference is Holloway took Mcgregor to a decision and never lost again for ten straight fights while Aldo was knocked out in record breaking time.I do like Aldo and i do believe he will be the champion again but this is a really interesting fight for the fans.

[bbc.reporter]

The UFC should have waited for the legendary Cyborg to fight for the inaugural 145 pound belt and i am really surprised by the lack of support for Cyborg by the UFC new owners and Dana White especially. Cyborg is the pound for pound best female fighter in the world and she should have been the first UFC 145 pound champion,instead they have other plans. Holm lost her last two matches and lets hope the best fighter wins.

Maybe the reason why the UFC decided not to have Cyborg in the event was because she was flagged in an anti doping violation by the USADA. I will not be very surprised if she is proven to use drugs and steroids to enhance for performance. Simply looking at her makes me think she is full of testosterone injected in her. Or maybe "him".

[nydiacaskey01]

So far this is what I found in the net for the fight card for UFC 208

Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie (Women's Featherweight)
Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis (Heavyweight)   
Glover Teixeira   vs. Jared Cannonier (Light Heavyweight)   
Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller (Lightweight)
Ryan LaFlare vs. Roan Carneiro (Welterweight)      
Paul Felder vs. Gilbert Burns (Lightweight)      
Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery (Flyweight)   
Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev (Lightweight)   
George Sullivan   vs. Randy Brown   (Welterweight)      
Marcin Tybura vs. Luis Henrique (Heavyweight)
Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki (Flyweight)

Not much talk about this fight, all are about Rhonda's return to the octagon at UFC 207 and they keep on pushing that fight and making a hype out of it while Holly Holm is left with out PR for this event. Dana White is banking again on Rhonda Rousey's popularity but they have to think about the other UFC events.

I'll go for Holly Holm for this one and Travis Browne.

[tokeweed]

So far this is what I found in the net for the fight card for UFC 208

Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie (Women's Featherweight)
Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis (Heavyweight)   
Glover Teixeira   vs. Jared Cannonier (Light Heavyweight)   
Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller (Lightweight)
Ryan LaFlare vs. Roan Carneiro (Welterweight)      
Paul Felder vs. Gilbert Burns (Lightweight)      
Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery (Flyweight)   
Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev (Lightweight)   
George Sullivan   vs. Randy Brown   (Welterweight)      
Marcin Tybura vs. Luis Henrique (Heavyweight)
Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki (Flyweight)

Not much talk about this fight, all are about Rhonda's return to the octagon at UFC 207 and they keep on pushing that fight and making a hype out of it while Holly Holm is left with out PR for this event. Dana White is banking again on Rhonda Rousey's popularity but they have to think about the other UFC events.

I'll go for Holly Holm for this one and Travis Browne.

Thanks for posting the roster of the event.  I'll put it in the OP if you don't mind.  Now just to see a super mega fight of Conor McGregor proportions, I would like Rousey to win vs Nunes at BW and then Holm to win at 208 bagging the FW Women's title.  These two fighers will surely meet again and fight in the future as champions in their own right.

[BlockEye]

So far this is what I found in the net for the fight card for UFC 208

Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie (Women's Featherweight)
Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis (Heavyweight)   
Glover Teixeira   vs. Jared Cannonier (Light Heavyweight)   
Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller (Lightweight)
Ryan LaFlare vs. Roan Carneiro (Welterweight)      
Paul Felder vs. Gilbert Burns (Lightweight)      
Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery (Flyweight)   
Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev (Lightweight)   
George Sullivan   vs. Randy Brown   (Welterweight)      
Marcin Tybura vs. Luis Henrique (Heavyweight)
Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki (Flyweight)

Not much talk about this fight, all are about Rhonda's return to the octagon at UFC 207 and they keep on pushing that fight and making a hype out of it while Holly Holm is left with out PR for this event. Dana White is banking again on Rhonda Rousey's popularity but they have to think about the other UFC events.

I'll go for Holly Holm for this one and Travis Browne.

Thanks for posting the roster of the event.  I'll put it in the OP if you don't mind.  Now just to see a super mega fight of Conor McGregor proportions, I would like Rousey to win vs Nunes at BW and then Holm to win at 208 bagging the FW Women's title.  These two fighers will surely meet again and fight in the future as champions in their own right.

Holm and Rousey fight again will happened soon no matter what is the result of their respective match. Rousey is very thirst to do a rematch with her. But i will bet again on holm because he have a huge odds besides i like her fighting style. Only the build of the body of rousey is great. 

[bbc.reporter]

@BlockEye. I do not think so. There is already a lot at stake if Ronda and Holly will fight again. Ronda will not fight unless there is some incentive for her to do so like winning a UFC championship belt because she knows Holly has her number. Why risk it all again for nothing but pride. Another loss from Holly will be devastating for Ronda. So only a big incentive like money or the glory of winning the belt might make her risk it.

[nydiacaskey01]

@BlockEye. I do not think so. There is already a lot at stake if Ronda and Holly will fight again. Ronda will not fight unless there is some incentive for her to do so like winning a UFC championship belt because she knows Holly has her number. Why risk it all again for nothing but pride. Another loss from Holly will be devastating for Ronda. So only a big incentive like money or the glory of winning the belt might make her risk it.

It might happen but it will depend on the outcome of UFC 207. If Rhonda wins her fight in a very convincing way, expect that she will call out all those who are in line to beat the current champion. Rhonda was out for a year and the character that she always want to show to the fans of UFC is she is ready, she is angry and want's to avenge her loss but that's what they did when Tate was still around until recently she said "I don't want to fight, I don't have it in me anymore".

[tokeweed]

@BlockEye. I do not think so. There is already a lot at stake if Ronda and Holly will fight again. Ronda will not fight unless there is some incentive for her to do so like winning a UFC championship belt because she knows Holly has her number. Why risk it all again for nothing but pride. Another loss from Holly will be devastating for Ronda. So only a big incentive like money or the glory of winning the belt might make her risk it.

It might happen but it will depend on the outcome of UFC 207. If Rhonda wins her fight in a very convincing way, expect that she will call out all those who are in line to beat the current champion. Rhonda was out for a year and the character that she always want to show to the fans of UFC is she is ready, she is angry and want's to avenge her loss but that's what they did when Tate was still around until recently she said "I don't want to fight, I don't have it in me anymore".

Whether she wins convincingly or if it's really close it won't matter.  Rousey is against Nunes here and fighting her isn't exactly a walk in the park.  I think she's even harder to beat than Holly Holm imho.  And even if she wins convincingly, I think we're seeing a new Rousey from now on.  She'll be more humble and a lot wiser.  So I don't expect her calling out Holm or others just to look tough.

[eaLiTy]

Not much talk about this fight, all are about Rhonda's return to the octagon at UFC 207 and they keep on pushing that fight and making a hype out of it while Holly Holm is left with out PR for this event. Dana White is banking again on Rhonda Rousey's popularity but they have to think about the other UFC events.

I'll go for Holly Holm for this one and Travis Browne.

Holly Holm can win the title and sure my bet is on her even though she is on a losing streak i think she can very well defeat De Randamie ,what ever may be the case when Cyborg returns this belt belongs to her as she is the real champ in the 145 pound category and i do not think anyone could challenge her on the feet as well as on the ground.Hope see comes back a stays natural 

[tokeweed]

How could I have missed this piece of news...  This is the best thing that happened for UFC 208.  Without it I don't think I'll make an effort and waste my money to get PPV just to watch it.  Anderson Silva being in the event makes a huge improvement in the main card.

Anderson Silva vs. Derek Brunson set for UFC 208 in Brooklyn
http://www.mmafighting.com/2017/1/13/14270364/anderson-silva-vs-derek-brunson-set-for-ufc-208-in-brooklyn

Can't wait to see the legend fight in the octagon again.

[Marma Kalari]

Good to see a good fight card,but i thought Aldo will be facing Max Holloway in this card, what happened to that fight as Holloway was teasing Aldo after his intern title. It will be a heavy card if that match was scheduled and now the main card will be a title belt featuring Holly Holmes but i am not sure who De Randamie is and i have not seen her matches to take sides on who will be winning the belt.