UFC 212: Aldo vs Holloway Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

Date: Saturday, June 3rd
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 22:30 BCT / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 00:00 BCT / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 2:00 BCT / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (PPV)

Jose Aldo (26-2) vs. Max Holloway (17-3) (Featherweight Championship unification bout)
Claudia Gadelha (14-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Vitor Belfort (25-13) vs. Nate Marquardt (35-17-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Paulo Borrachinha (9-0) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2) (Middleweight)
Erick Silva (19-7) vs. Yancy Medeiros (13-4) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Raphael Assuncao (24-5) vs. Marlon Moraes (18-4-1) (Bantamweight)
Antonio Carlos Junior (7-2) vs. Eric Spicely (10-1) (Middleweight)
Johnny Eduardo (28-10) vs. Matthew Lopez (9-1) (Bantamweight)
Iuri Alcantara (34-7) vs. Brian Kelleher (16-7) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Viviane Pereira (12-0) vs. Jamie Moyle (4-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Luan Chagas (14-2-1) vs. Jim Wallhead (29-10) (Welterweight)
Deiveson Alcantara (11-0) vs. Marco Beltran (8-4) (Flyweight)

Other

- Felipe Arantes was expected to face Iuri Alcantara at the event. However on May 11, Arantes was pulled from the fight due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Brian Kelleher on the same day.

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[Immakillya]

This bout is exciting. Jose Aldo has a home advantage. But i think Holloway is gonna win this fight. He is really good fighter. He beat the top fighters on his weight class(including Pettis). In my prediction. This is a close fight. Its a Unanimous decision to me. All for Holloway.

[vennali]

If there's any a time for Max Holloway it is now. I love Jose Aldo, I really do but ever since his loss to McGregor in 13 secs I think there will be some doubts in Aldo's head. Holloway has won his last 10 bouts and had looked great in all of them. This is going to be the title bout since McGregor hasnt defended his belt over a yeah. A really good match up and I cant wait for it.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

This bout is exciting. Jose Aldo has a home advantage. But i think Holloway is gonna win this fight. He is really good fighter. He beat the top fighters on his weight class(including Pettis). In my prediction. This is a close fight. Its a Unanimous decision to me. All for Holloway.

Antony Pettis came to 145 pound division because he was not having a good time in his natural weight class of 155 pounds and he was not in good form and even in the match against Holloway he missed weight and so you really cannot count out Jose Aldo because of a freak knockout by Mcgregor. My bet is for Aldo to win the match.

[Winner]

I am not sure if I will watch this one.

With the new things going on in UFC, it's really tough to watch how they hurt players for entertainment.

Holly Holm vs Germaine de Randamie was the recent proof of why UFC kind of junk these days. If they want people to just fight without rules then they should just fight without rules.

Holloway had a pretty cool fight against Anthony Pettis. I might watch the whole fight on YouTube...maybe.

I hope that Holloway wins. Holloway is a pretty cool fighter, he reminds me of the sort of person that is fighting the celebrities and showing them that fighting isn't just entertainment -respectfully of course.

[bbc.reporter]

I like Aldo to win this fight only because I want him back in circulation on Conor's who to fight next list. The history and the drama between them too entertaining for the UFC to ignore. I speculate that Conor will ignore and avoid Jose Aldo for a while and when the time is right he will be all over him again talking trash. If Aldo cannot wait and really wants to fight Conor he has to move up to lightweight.

[Hydrogen]

Conor McGregor and Korean Zombie could be the guys that gave Aldo the toughest fights and both had reach and height advantages over Aldo.

Max Holloway has a height advantage over Aldo (but not a reach advantage). I think that gives Holloway a better chance of winning than shorter fighters like Chad Mendes or Frankie Edgar.

Jose Aldo's cardio has also not looked good. He only fought 1-2 minutes of each round when he fought Frankie Edgar. For the most part Aldo coasted in that fight & Frankie Edgar did not pressure him much.

This card is still 4 months away with no other fights announced other than Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo.

I wonder if Michael Bisping vs Yoel Romero might also be announced for Rio.

[tokeweed]

Bisping vs Romero in Rio?  I pretty much doubt that.  I don't think Bisping will want to be a side show in Brazil and not under an Aldo fight.  Maybe if it was a bigger draw in the main event (McGregor vs someone) and being fought in Vegas or NY, then yes.  Tho I think Bisping will be fighting in his home turf again or in England at least.

[DRaGoN RaNTaRo]

Bisping vs Romero in Rio?  I pretty much doubt that.  I don't think Bisping will want to be a side show in Brazil and not under an Aldo fight.  Maybe if it was a bigger draw in the main event (McGregor vs someone) and being fought in Vegas or NY, then yes.  Tho I think Bisping will be fighting in his home turf again or in England at least.

Bisping is looking for big money fights and he is nursing an injury at the moment and he is avoiding Yoel Romero as it is a really hard fight for him instead he wants to face Georges St Pierre instead because those two are having the longest wins in UFC history and recently Romero started a GoFundMe page for Bisping mocking him it is interesting to see how Romero with his limited English ability is pissing Bisping .

[Chin Cheng]

Aldo Vs Holloway is an interesting match and with Mcgregor not interested to fight in 145 pound division this is the match we want to see ,but then again i would have liked to see Frankie Edward facing Holloway for the intern title rather than Pettis ,hope the match will go on as booked as Aldo has pulled out of matches in recent times they have to come up with good co main event if someone pulls out of the main event.

[pereira4]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

[Katashi]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

Even Jose Aldo will win on their match against Holloway, Conor don't give a f**k about Aldo.

Why there's no news regarding on Conor McGregor defending his belts or he's stagnant. 

[eaLiTy]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

Conor Mcgregor is the biggest champion in the history of MMA and he has won multiple championships in Featherweight and Lightweight in Cage Warriors and UFC and he might be the only champion who never defended any of the belts he won in both organisation  and now he is not even bothered or interested to fight anyone in MMA but wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather .I like to see a rematch between Aldo and Mcgregor and Aldo really deserved a rematch because he was so dominant during his reign. Let me tell you one thing he wont face Khabib anytime soon .

[pereira4]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

Conor Mcgregor is the biggest champion in the history of MMA and he has won multiple championships in Featherweight and Lightweight in Cage Warriors and UFC and he might be the only champion who never defended any of the belts he won in both organisation  and now he is not even bothered or interested to fight anyone in MMA but wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather .I like to see a rematch between Aldo and Mcgregor and Aldo really deserved a rematch because he was so dominant during his reign. Let me tell you one thing he wont face Khabib anytime soon .

The only big sellers for Conor McGregor:

-Khabib Numbwhatever
-Tony Ferguson
-Tyron Woodley

Those 3 guys are the biggest selling points against McGregor nowadays. And of course, Mayweather would be a total success in a boxing match, probably biggest selling fight in history.

[joshy23]

Jose Aldo will definitely win this fight against Holloway. He has face tough opponents before and Holloway will not be a big challenge of Jose I think. Max better be bringing his A-game, because this is Jose's town and love there. Aldo is still eager to fight Connor so this fight will be his stepping stone to be in the limelight again. Aldo by KO round 2.

[pereira4]

Jose Aldo will definitely win this fight against Holloway. He has face tough opponents before and Holloway will not be a big challenge of Jose I think. Max better be bringing his A-game, because this is Jose's town and love there. Aldo is still eager to fight Connor so this fight will be his stepping stone to be in the limelight again. Aldo by KO round 2.

If Jose Aldo fails to deliver his chances to fight Conor McGregor will be next to 0. As discuses above, Conor has too many options which are more lucrative than an Aldo fight.
Conor would need to get beaten a couple times for him to give him a fight.

[bbc.reporter]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

Conor Mcgregor is the biggest champion in the history of MMA and he has won multiple championships in Featherweight and Lightweight in Cage Warriors and UFC and he might be the only champion who never defended any of the belts he won in both organisation   and now he is not even bothered or interested to fight anyone in MMA but wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather .I like to see a rematch between Aldo and Mcgregor and Aldo really deserved a rematch because he was so dominant during his reign. Let me tell you one thing he wont face Khabib anytime soon .

That is because Conor knows Khabib has a good chance to win versus him. It would be a wise move for him to avoid fighting Khabib or anyone until he finds an advantage. Since he is risking everything in every fight then Conor should pick his battles.

[pereira4]

Jose Aldo was destroyed by Conor in less than 20 seconds, which is why Jose Aldo vs Conor 2 is not really a main attraction anymore. I think Jose Aldo has a lot of anger and wants to prove that he is a good fighter, so he will have to win this, then aim for a second Conor shoot, but I think Conor will not give him a rematch.

I would like to see Khabib vs Conor in Russia for the inauguration of UFC Russia, that would be huge.

Conor Mcgregor is the biggest champion in the history of MMA and he has won multiple championships in Featherweight and Lightweight in Cage Warriors and UFC and he might be the only champion who never defended any of the belts he won in both organisation   and now he is not even bothered or interested to fight anyone in MMA but wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather .I like to see a rematch between Aldo and Mcgregor and Aldo really deserved a rematch because he was so dominant during his reign. Let me tell you one thing he wont face Khabib anytime soon .

That is because Conor knows Khabib has a good chance to win versus him. It would be a wise move for him to avoid fighting Khabib or anyone until he finds an advantage. Since he is risking everything in every fight then Conor should pick his battles.

Every potential future fight for Conor is a potential loss for him, that's what happen whe nyou raise the bar too high.

Any of the big selling fights, will present him big difficulties.

A Nate Diaz rematch, a Khabib match, a Tyron Woodley match... a Floyd in boxing match.. all are big risks for Conor.

[HanSchultz]

Every potential future fight for Conor is a potential loss for him, that's what happen whe nyou raise the bar too high.

Any of the big selling fights, will present him big difficulties.

A Nate Diaz rematch, a Khabib match, a Tyron Woodley match... a Floyd in boxing match.. all are big risks for Conor.

I know Connor Mcgregor is a smart individual. He wants to fight Floyd Mayweather now ,it will be the biggest draw in sports history without a doubt and the money he is going to make will be huge no problem even if he loses then he has to face Tyron Woodley the biggest match in UFC no problem if he loses he can come back to Khabib and yet another big pay day ,no problem if he loses he can go down to face jose Aldo again. With these fights he will be happy to retire as he will be the richest sports person in fight history. 

[eaLiTy]

It is almost certain that Floyd Mayweather Connor Mcgregor match will happen and it is head that the negotiations are done and only papers have to be signed for the bout to be officially announced and if its true it will be the biggest match of all time and the predictions are off the roof with this one. If that happens he will be vacating his 155 pound belt too. Another interesting news is that GSP has signed a contract with the UFC once again.