[UFC 219: Cyborg vs Holm. NEW EVENT!] The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

Hey guys, just dropping by to post a couple of vids in preparation for UFC 219.  I know the card isn't that great, but what can we do?  At least we get to see Khabib fight again.  Let's see what he can do vs Barboza.

Enjoy the vids!

UFC 219 Free Fight:  Cris Cyborg vs Leslie Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65o86ZrjINA

UFC 219 Free Fight:  Holly Holm vs Bethe Correia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnQsLPTFD3c

[thejaytiesto]

I mean the card is decent, nothing worth for me to stay up watching it live let alone paying for it, but I want to see the Khabib fight, hopefully he remains undefeated. He shouldn't much problems with Barboza. I really want to see how he does against Conor. Conor has abnormally long arms with insane reach, Khabib has short t-rex arms, Conor is one of best strikers in UFC, Khabib is one of the best in the ground. A nice chess match between two warriors. The problem is Conor needs to fight Ferguson fight, and if he loses it would suck, so hopefully both Khabib and Conor get their next fights right to meet after that in an epic card.

[tokeweed]

I'll wait and see how Khabib performs vs Barboza before doing any ratings.  Sometimes it feels like Khabib 'the Eagle', who wrestled bears when he was a kid (LOL), is overrated.  The bout vs Ferguson would have been his real test.  Too bad he chickened out.

[tokeweed]

Thread update for the new event guys, check it out!  And I didn't know that Dominic Cruz was supposed to be in this event.  I should pay more attention next time.  Anyway it would have been nice to see him in the octagon again...

I'll be posting some pre fight videos later or tomorrow.

[gabmen]

Two women that sits right up there in the womens division. These two were the ones that can put up wel with rhonda rousey during her prime and its unfortunate that cyborg wasn't in the ufc then.

[Netnox]

If I am not wrong, Cyborg is yet to lose a fight in the MMA. On the other hand, Holly Holm lost three matches consecutively (including UFC 209), before defeating Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111. I am going to bet on Cyborg. On the other hand, Edson Barboza vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is going to be a tough call. I'd rather skip this one.

[bbc.reporter]

@gabmen. If the Cyborg and Ronda fought during Ronda's prime, I reckon Ronda would have lost and would have her style and strategy exposed in the same way Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes exposed her.

She is not the problem, her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan, is. No one knows why she does not leave his gym. Also, if Edmond was a cryptocoin, he is a scam ICO token hehehe.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

@bbc.reporter there is no doubt that Cyborg would have smoked Ronda if they fought in her prime,the problem with Ronda is that she won all of her fights with her take down and submission and not with her striking but with Holly she tried to stand with her and got smoked and she could not stand a chance with Cyborg. With Holly and Cyborg ,i would like to see whether Holly could be the legend killer who defeats invincible fighters.Cyborg has not shown all of her skill sets because she was winning the fights easily,lets see whether Holly could drag this fight to the later rounds.

[bbc.reporter]

Ronda did not try to win by striking versus Holly Holm.It was Holly who made sure that Ronda did not get a hold of her on the clinch. Also, the problem of Ronda's team was they did not have a plan B in case plan A did not work.

It was also the same on her fight versus Amanda Nunes, I reckon.

[btctalk4life]

any vlog yet for ufc 219 ?

[tokeweed]

^ Damn I forgot about this event.  Lol.  I don't care about it much except for the bout with Khabib.  Let's see what's next for him if he wins his bout vs Barboza.

Anyway, here are a couple of videos to get you guys pumped (somewhat lol) for the event.

UFC 219:  Countdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1PN6bd5Jk

UFC 219:  Inside the Octagon.  Cyborg vs Holm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEE1kQSMqg

UFC 219 Embedded:  Vlog Series Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xH4u0NLuk4

UFC 219 Embedded:  Vlog Series Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvzsKnV-LE

Enjoy! 

[nydiacaskey01]

@bbc.reporter there is no doubt that Cyborg would have smoked Ronda if they fought in her prime,the problem with Ronda is that she won all of her fights with her take down and submission and not with her striking but with Holly she tried to stand with her and got smoked and she could not stand a chance with Cyborg. With Holly and Cyborg ,i would like to see whether Holly could be the legend killer who defeats invincible fighters.Cyborg has not shown all of her skill sets because she was winning the fights easily,lets see whether Holly could drag this fight to the later rounds.

I agree with this, Rhonda is good with her ground and pound game but she needs to improve more on her striking skills. She really looked bad with her fight with Nunez. She has the heart to continue fighting but her skills cannot match the striking skills of Nunez. If you look at the starts of Holm and Cyborg, both fighters are good with striking and take down defense so with might see a short fight this coming Saturday.

[Tipestry]

Lineker is out with a tooth infection. Looks like Marc Diakiese VS Dan Hooker is the replacement.

[eaLiTy]

I'll wait and see how Khabib performs vs Barboza before doing any ratings.  Sometimes it feels like Khabib 'the Eagle', who wrestled bears when he was a kid (LOL), is overrated.  The bout vs Ferguson would have been his real test.  Too bad he chickened out.

Khabib did not chicken out from that proposed fight,his bad weight cutting issues made him withdraw because his kidney was not functioning and he was forced out of the card because of the weight cutting issues he was facing.Now he is having a special nutritionist to handle his food and diet and i hope he will make weight without much struggle.

[thejaytiesto]

I'll wait and see how Khabib performs vs Barboza before doing any ratings.  Sometimes it feels like Khabib 'the Eagle', who wrestled bears when he was a kid (LOL), is overrated.  The bout vs Ferguson would have been his real test.  Too bad he chickened out.

No way Khabib is overrated... he is a legit beast. Im not ready to claim if he chickened out against Ferguson or not... im still yet to see him perform against a guy with a killer reach and and a killer striking skills, which is why I want to see Khabib vs McGregor, but Fergusson would have been a great matchup too.

I think Khabib should win tonight, when we get Tony vs McGregor next year, then we get the winner of this one vs Khabib, and then Conor can go back to boxing or go for a 3rd match against Nate. He is going to make a fuckton of money either way, can't go wrong.

[notserp]

what a crap card to end the year i dont really like anything but i might put small bets on Carla and Edson

[tokeweed]

I'm so tired today...  So Jay, I won't be arguing.  Lol.

Anyway here are the weigh ins and I'm also posting a couple of UFC Embedded videos since someone requested them.  Didn't think anyone really watched them.  Enjoy guys and have a happy new year!  

UFC 219:  Official Weigh in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoJLWk41Tks

UFC 219 Embedded:  Vlog Series - Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2pTpwz3w8

UFC 219 Embedded:  Vlog Series - Episode 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6Gw2JvuhY

Cris Cyborg (145) vs. Holly Holm (144)
Khabib Nurmagomedov (155.5) vs. Edson Barboza (155)
Dan Hooker (155.5) vs. Marc Diakiese (155.5)
Cynthia Calvillo (116) vs. Carla Esparza (115.5)
Carlos Condit (170.5) vs. Neil Magny (170.5)
Khalil Rountree (205) vs. Michael Oleksiejczuk (203.5)
Myles Jury (146) vs. Rick Glenn (145.5)
Marvin Vettori (185.5) vs. Omari Akhmedov (185.5)
Louis Smolka (126) vs. Matheus Nicolau (125.5)
Tim Elliott (135) vs. Mark De La Rosa (135.5)

[eaLiTy]

what a crap card to end the year i dont really like anything but i might put small bets on Carla and Edson

Brendan Schaub predicted Carla and Neil Magny to win the fight and ,to bet against Khabib is a bold move as he is undefeated in the elite division in the best organization and the only worry about him was to get on weight during the weigh ins and he defeated Edson easily ,the fight against Holly Holm and Cyborg was close than expected as i thought Cyborg would defeat Holly easily but it was closer than i thought.

[Baofeng]

what a crap card to end the year i dont really like anything but i might put small bets on Carla and Edson

Brendan Schaub predicted Carla and Neil Magny to win the fight and ,to bet against Khabib is a bold move as he is undefeated in the elite division in the best organization and the only worry about him was to get on weight during the weigh ins and he defeated Edson easily ,the fight against Holly Holm and Cyborg was close than expected as i thought Cyborg would defeat Holly easily but it was closer than i thought.

The ladies (Cyborg vs Holly) put up a good fight, actually is a great fight to watch. I was rooting for Holly, however, I think Cyborg really proves that she can adjust and raise her bar. Respect to both of them. I don't know who will be her next challenger, but I love to see her go up against Nunes.

Khabib? Just wow, one of the most lopsided fight I have seen. Khabib vs Ferguson should be next. Connor wouldn't fight Khabib. He is enjoying his millions from his fight with Floyd. 

[pixie85]

@gabmen. If the Cyborg and Ronda fought during Ronda's prime, I reckon Ronda would have lost and would have her style and strategy exposed in the same way Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes exposed her.

She is not the problem, her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan, is. No one knows why she does not leave his gym. Also, if Edmond was a cryptocoin, he is a scam ICO token hehehe.

Of course because Ronda can't fight at all. The only thing she knew is how to win on the ground and if she happened to get a good grab she'd win.
She never could take a punch or throw a good combination and was popular mainly because she had the looks and was cocky. Anybody can simply compare how ripped Holy or Cyborg are when compared to Ronda.

I think Cyborg can win this one.