UFC 208: Holm vs De Randamie Info and Prediction Thread

[Wendigo]

germaine will dominate. thank me later

You sure? I was thinking of going with Holly Holm because of her performance vs Ronda Rousey which is basically the last match I have seen of her but she left a lasting impression on me so I am backing her up tonight for fun. And apparently she is the underdog so the odds are even higher on her and that's an extra bonus. I won't be upset if she loses though that's gambling 

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Let's not kid ourselves here... Anderson Silva is a living legend and a hall of famer, no doubt about that, but the guy is starting to be too old for this shit. He has taken too much punishment. He can win? sure, he can defeat anyone, but as age creeps in, most fighters start being the underdogs at least in terms of odds.

And speaking about odds... surprised to see Randamie with better odds than Holms. Randamie has a very limited UFC record.

The odd makers are really weird and they make these odds according to the spur of the moment and the reason for Randamie being a favorite is simply because Holy Holmes is coming into this fight with two consecutive losses in her career and that is what favors Randamie to be the favorite in the eyes of the bookies and she has a huge fan following in her native country.

[Southpaw0]

germaine will dominate. thank me later

You sure? I was thinking of going with Holly Holm because of her performance vs Ronda Rousey which is basically the last match I have seen of her but she left a lasting impression on me so I am backing her up tonight for fun. And apparently she is the underdog so the odds are even higher on her and that's an extra bonus. I won't be upset if she loses though that's gambling 

MMA is all about skillset v skillset... One particular win against another fighter isnt always an indicator of who will win..  Germaine is a muay thai and kick boxing champion.. the more skilled striker overall and since Holm is a striker herself she wont have to worry much about Holm taking her down which favors Germaine by a long shot...

[notserp]

Germaine de Randamie
Anderson Silva
Tim Boetsch only for the odds
Glover Teixeira
Dustin Poirier

Randy Brown my pick of the card
Wilson Reis
Nik Lentz
Ian McCall

[bbc.reporter]

germaine will dominate. thank me later

You sure? I was thinking of going with Holly Holm because of her performance vs Ronda Rousey which is basically the last match I have seen of her but she left a lasting impression on me so I am backing her up tonight for fun. And apparently she is the underdog so the odds are even higher on her and that's an extra bonus. I won't be upset if she loses though that's gambling 

Why are you asking if he is sure when you last watched a Holly fight it was over one year ago. He might know better than you and with your post it shows you do not know any better.

Everything Ronda in the octagon was hyped by the UFC to promote women's MMA. In her fights before Holly, Ronda's weaknesses were not exposed. Holly exposed them all as showed in that fight.

[tokeweed]

Here's the results of the event.  Overall the card was average at best.  The only thing that made it interesting was the Silva vs Brunson fight.  But then that turned out to be underwhelming as well.  I'm happy Silva won tho.  It's still good to see a new W in his column.  So yeah, can't wait for 209.  I got Woodley on that one.  



UFC 208: Post-fight Presser
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=--s0SQgWDZM

[krach]

I think Anderson won , a lot of people say he didnt. I gave him rd 1 and 3.

[Yuhee]

What the heck what a boring fights except for Randamie vs Holly and Silva vs Brunson because of the controversies after the match. I would like to watch the all matches but nah better to watch the highlights at youtube. This is the worst series so far in my opinion 99% decision match ups. Waiting for the upcoming UFC 209 Thompson vs Woodley I hope this will not disappoint me.

[tokeweed]

I think Anderson won , a lot of people say he didnt. I gave him rd 1 and 3.

It was def close.  At one point I really was thinking he lost, then the ref raised his arm.  Literally made me sigh in relief that one.  I'm gonna have to watch that fight again without any anxiety and with a clear mind later.

[krach]

lol

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What the heck what a boring fights except for Randamie vs Holly and Silva vs Brunson because of the controversies after the match. I would like to watch the all matches but nah better to watch the highlights at youtube. This is the worst series so far in my opinion 99% decision match ups. Waiting for the upcoming UFC 209 Thompson vs Woodley I hope this will not disappoint me.

idk what people want, I guess watch street fights on youtube, or worldstar you will get your satisfaction.


Miller vs Poirier, was a barn burner

Souza vs Boetschm ,somehow Souza gets the sub in rd1 really dangrous fighter

AS vs Brunson was classic AS troll mode like he is in the matrix GOAT

Holm vs Germine was damn close , sure they could have taken a point away the first time

[eaLiTy]

What the heck what a boring fights except for Randamie vs Holly and Silva vs Brunson because of the controversies after the match.

It was not an Wwe event and knockouts are not only the interesting matches bro. As Krach said  Miller vs Poirier was a good match as well as Souza vs Boetschm and Anderson Silva vs Brunson .

I think Anderson won , a lot of people say he didnt. I gave him rd 1 and 3.

It is a win for Anderson Silva without a doubt ,Brunson did not do anything of substance to score more points and the only shots he could do was in the clinch and Silva was not having any issues receiving those and he stuffed almost all of his take downs .The title fight was a bit disappointment as i think she should have reduced points for Randamie for hitting Holmes twice after the bell and if so the match would have being a draw.

[vennali]

I think Anderson won , a lot of people say he didnt. I gave him rd 1 and 3.

It was def close.  At one point I really was thinking he lost, then the ref raised his arm.  Literally made me sigh in relief that one.  I'm gonna have to watch that fight again without any anxiety and with a clear mind later.

Round 1 was his but after looking at round 2 I thought Anderson Silva had a huge task ahead of himself. I though Brunson had scored a lot more points that Silva by the end of round 3. Not really shocked by the final verdict but I think one can make a good case for Brunson for a win.

[thejaytiesto]

So as predicted, we saw an Anderson Silva that is past his prime and won a very unclear fight, in my book he didn't won but whatever.

Germaine de Randamie had a good kick boxing as expected but she should have been disqualified by punching after the belt 2 fucking times, what a scam. Holly Holm had a great kick to the head and a couple of good punches. Holms deserved the win because of the good shots she had and the scam that was Germaine not getting a disqualified.

[electronicash]

 it doesn't look like its a close fight, seem a very fix fight. both fights deserves a rematch. i'm still not convince how it turned out but a lot of those who watch it closely are disappointed. dana is whore. i wonder whos in the 210 matches.

[pereira4]

Yeep, the referrer was so stupid and out of his mind. He should have stopped the fight at the second time De Randamie punched Holm out of time, or at least deduct a god damn point, that was uncalled for.

Im glad I didn't took any bets. Both wins a total gamble, very diffuse wins.

[krach]

I would watch out for calling things fixed fights
that leads down the road of blaming "fixed fights" for your lost bets

in any case we have to take into account NYC judges and refs the next time a fight happens there.

[pereira4]

I would watch out for calling things fixed fights
that leads down the road of blaming "fixed fights" for your lost bets

in any case we have to take into account NYC judges and refs the next time a fight happens there.

Yeah it's a dangerous thing but there is no other way to explain what happened with that referrer.

But then again, what necessity would the UFC have to make Silva and Holms lose? they are bigger names in the UFC that sell more, so I doubt if there was a fix the UFC was involved. Anyway this is just conspiracy so if anyone lost money better luck next time.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Yeep, the referrer was so stupid and out of his mind. He should have stopped the fight at the second time De Randamie punched Holm out of time, or at least deduct a god damn point, that was uncalled for.

Im glad I didn't took any bets. Both wins a total gamble, very diffuse wins.

The referee was really inexperienced to feature in a title match and the commission has to be blamed as it could have being a draw have they deducted the points for hitting twice which is not acceptable under any circumstances ,i lost a big parlay because of this loss and UFC 208 was an predictable event and all of the fighters i wagged won the match.

[asdalani]

Yeep, the referrer was so stupid and out of his mind. He should have stopped the fight at the second time De Randamie punched Holm out of time, or at least deduct a god damn point, that was uncalled for.

Im glad I didn't took any bets. Both wins a total gamble, very diffuse wins.

The referee was really inexperienced to feature in a title match and the commission has to be blamed as it could have being a draw have they deducted the points for hitting twice which is not acceptable under any circumstances ,i lost a big parlay because of this loss and UFC 208 was an predictable event and all of the fighters i wagged won the match.

The ref did pretty good as far as I know, I think the rules are kind of different when woman are fighting in the ring.

The second cheap shot that Germaine de Randamie did after the round looked accidental.


I am not sure if anyone realized but even though Holly Holm lost that fight she was really professional with her fighting style.

The imbalance of the two fighters was kind of in plain site in my opinion, it was like Professional vs Intermediate (the after the round punches is another discussion, I won't get into that lol).

Example shown in this video:

0:27-0:33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oCd-Cd8uQc




Anderson Silva and Derek Brunson showed who was more professional when it comes down to fighting. Even though Derek Brunson seemed to get more hits in, he didn't have enough to intimidate his opponent. Silva was pretty much chilling. I thought that he lost the match but since UFC changed their scoring system Anderson Silva won.

I feel like Anderson Silva might retire soon though...

[Pattberry]

The ref did pretty good as far as I know, I think the rules are kind of different when woman are fighting in the ring.

The second cheap shot that Germaine de Randamie did after the round looked accidental.


I am not sure if anyone realized but even though Holly Holm lost that fight she was really professional with her fighting style.

The imbalance of the two fighters was kind of in plain site in my opinion, it was like Professional vs Intermediate (the after the round punches is another discussion, I won't get into that lol).

Example shown in this video:

0:27-0:33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oCd-Cd8uQc
Anderson Silva and Derek Brunson showed who was more professional when it comes down to fighting. Even though Derek Brunson seemed to get more hits in, he didn't have enough to intimidate his opponent. Silva was pretty much chilling. I thought that he lost the match but since UFC changed their scoring system Anderson Silva won.

I feel like Anderson Silva might retire soon though...

I am not able to video as it is blocked in my area. The rules are same for men and women and if the referee did a good job he should have deducted a point for hitting the opponent for the second time after the bell. Anderson Silva was really enjoying his time inside the cage and he really performed well and i expected him to win and let him decide when he wants to retire.