🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[strunberg]

The game of the most of the player was changed now in the good way,the game of the Charles and Dariush was improved in the good way.Charles had the potential to win the game with their own sportsman spirit as a wrestler.Even though the Islam was the good strategic player compared to Charles,but I can’t say the Charles will lose the game.Islam had their good win against the Chandler and Justin,which made he was the unique player.In both the matches,people community though Charles will loss the game.But the same was changed at the end of the game.

Khabib once said that Charles had a red zone that he had to be careful of. If he (Charles) succeeds in bringing you into his world, then you will fall into the deepest ocean. This refers to Charles' extraordinary BJJ abilities and Khabib admits that. The problem is that Khabib is Makachev's trainer who has god level sambo wrestling talent and I think Charles' defeat in the first fight was because of Khabib's support and guidance during the match.

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[YuginKadoya]

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Seriously I forgot about that match a bit. Thank you buddy for reminding me ! In that match we can see that Charles has changed a lot for the better and he knows how to face wrestlers. Dariush to me is one of the best wrestlers in LW. And Charles was able to finish the fight well. Honestly, I believe Islam will win but I also don't look down on Charles. He is a very interesting fighter. When people think he's going to lose, like his matches against Chandler and Justin, it all ends up being a win. That's what makes my adrenaline pump every time I watch Oliveira's match.

Surely Charles Oliveira is an interesting guy I like him as well but for sure it is hard to don't bet on Islam Makhachev, because for sure he is still the better wrestler than Beneil Dariush, but sure Charles Oliveira is a different fighter now adding that6 stack of strength for sure was a preparation to counter the strength of Islam Makhachev,

Sorry I'm late. Was busy with work.

Yeah, you all should man up, find a real woman, get married and have children. Simping for "kittens" is not going to get you anywhere and you're just contributing to the overall degeneracy. Quit that now and thank me later.
Also, men are the ones that are supposed to do the fighting, not women. If you enjoy women getting beaten up and looking like the below, you need to seriously self-reflect.



That is all. Good night.

I have a real woman beside me and we have 2 beautiful kids for sure and adorable as well, my adoring someone is not really Simping about them, appreciating the beauty of a fighter, for sure MMA is considered a sport, and for women to be here or to compete in the fight on UFC or other MMA fight organization for sure it is considered as Women are part equal with Men if they are competing in this kind of event and that if Men can do it Women can surely do as great and they are not entering the ring just to be beaten up by men but by an equal women fighter as well and they surely have a decision if they want and don't want to compete as well, this is the age of the equal rights for both genders and many will surely agree

[Godday]

Yeah, you all should man up, find a real woman, get married and have children. Simping for "kittens" is not going to get you anywhere and you're just contributing to the overall degeneracy. Quit that now and thank me later.
Also, men are the ones that are supposed to do the fighting, not women. If you enjoy women getting beaten up and looking like the below, you need to seriously self-reflect.

Actually, I also don't like Women's MMA. I mean, I feel that women are not created to fight in MMA. I'm not saying that men and women are different like women should be in the kitchen and looking after children. But there are some places where it is a man's place and there are some places where it is a woman's place. Women can play football, work, be heads of families. And men can also take care of children, cook or do housework. But in the place inside the cage, even though I don't think my lady will be there. This is my personal opinion.

[TopTort777]

Yeah, you all should man up, find a real woman, get married and have children. Simping for "kittens" is not going to get you anywhere and you're just contributing to the overall degeneracy. Quit that now and thank me later.
Also, men are the ones that are supposed to do the fighting, not women. If you enjoy women getting beaten up and looking like the below, you need to seriously self-reflect.

Actually, I also don't like Women's MMA. I mean, I feel that women are not created to fight in MMA. I'm not saying that men and women are different like women should be in the kitchen and looking after children. But there are some places where it is a man's place and there are some places where it is a woman's place. Women can play football, work, be heads of families. And men can also take care of children, cook or do housework. But in the place inside the cage, even though I don't think my lady will be there. This is my personal opinion.

Slowly this conversation is turning into a narrow road of man/woman rights *cough* never seen a woman working in mine *cough*

There is an expression: "scars adorn a man". But scars and bruises or just blood on women faces. That is something I dont like. For me, no matter if woman is handsome or not, her face must always shine and there always must be a smile on it. But when I see all those post fight damaged faced, I always scroll or rewind, as the beauty is destroyed. I feel sorry for them. When I see mans face in blood, with cuts or bruises, broken noses - sometimes I even zoom that or post here. And say "damn man, you are a beast, how did you survive?"

[pawel7777]

I have a real woman beside me and we have 2 beautiful kids for sure and adorable as well, my adoring someone is not really Simping about them, appreciating the beauty of a fighter, for sure MMA is considered a sport, and for women to be here or to compete in the fight on UFC or other MMA fight organization for sure it is considered as Women are part equal with Men if they are competing in this kind of event and that if Men can do it Women can surely do as great and they are not entering the ring just to be beaten up by men but by an equal women fighter as well and they surely have a decision if they want and don't want to compete as well, this is the age of the equal rights for both genders and many will surely agree

Congrats on your family. But if at least one of your kids is a girl, I don't suppose you would like the idea of her prostituting herself in the future, on onlyfans and alike, or posting sexualised photos just to get attention of simps/coomers. And if you have son(s), I'm sure you don't want them to end up being addicted to porn or porn-like content, or to spend their hard-earnt money on online whores, getting nothing in return but a fried dopamine receptors and inability to pair-bond in a real life.
There's a difference between acknowledging and appreciating woman's attractiveness, and actively pursuing/sharing sexualised content.

Bullying and publicly shaming simps is every man's social responsibility.

Slowly this conversation is turning into a narrow road of man/woman rights *cough* never seen a woman working in mine *cough*

There is an expression: "scars adorn a man". But scars and bruises or just blood on women faces. That is something I dont like. For me, no matter if woman is handsome or not, her face must always shine and there always must be a smile on it. But when I see all those post fight damaged faced, I always scroll or rewind, as the beauty is destroyed. I feel sorry for them. When I see mans face in blood, with cuts or bruises, broken noses - sometimes I even zoom that or post here. And say "damn man, you are a beast, how did you survive?"

^ This guy gets it.

[tokeweed]

Yup I hope so too.    I don't really care about the rankings that much anyway.  I just want good match ups and to see new blood going for the title.  If the UFC were to get every title shot solely from the rankings so we have to watch Jones vs Gane again, then Jones vs Pav and we'll only see Aspinall take a crack at it after a couple more years.  But by then Jones prolly might have already retired or Aspinall got a serious injury and we would end up not seeing that match up.  :/

And here's a fight replay of one of my underdog picks this weekend...  Not sure why the UFC is featuring him.  Maybe they also think as I do.  

UFC Free Fight:  Alhassan vs Ribeiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ulrDkDLyPk

Recently the UFC has not been making too much noise. At least in my personal opinion, I have seen that UFC do better. So they should try to make those fights which will generate more noise/popularity for themselves instead of thinking about which is too accurate.

Yup every event could be high in name value.  But these smaller Fight Night events are always good to watch if you like betting on the UFC.  There's value to be had every now and then.  But if you're just here to watch the biggest match ups, it's best to wait for the PPV events.  294 is coming up in a couple of weeks with Makhachev vs Oliveira at the main event.  That should be really reaally good as it's a rematch.  Let's see what adjustments both fighters make.

UFC Free Fight:  Pyfer vs GM3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_n9DnVnJ8

Oh and if you want a decent event there's Bellator 300.  It starts a couple of hours after the UFC this coming weekend.

So yeah...  For this weekend some decent value could be had on Lins and Hernandez.

[TopTort777]

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^ This guy gets it.

Women oil wrestling is the only women combat sports I accept Well, maybe Judo is good for them also, some Karate or Taekwondo is good for overall knowledge of self defence and stretching.


Original oil wrestling - not acceptable



P.S. warning, dont google for more images of that.

[bittraffic]

Original oil wrestling - not acceptable



P.S. warning, dont google for more images of that.

Can't help it, I googled.



Seem like a sign of things to come when kids today continue to learn a hundred more kinds of sex.

Anyway, the card this weekend is still considerably better than nothing to watch. A weekend without UFC just couldn't get better.  No match interests me to bet however but just the main event. Dawson by Submission is like the outcome.

[YuginKadoya]

Slowly this conversation is turning into a narrow road of man/woman rights *cough* never seen a woman working in mine *cough*

There is an expression: "scars adorn a man". But scars and bruises or just blood on women faces. That is something I dont like. For me, no matter if woman is handsome or not, her face must always shine and there always must be a smile on it. But when I see all those post fight damaged faced, I always scroll or rewind, as the beauty is destroyed. I feel sorry for them. When I see mans face in blood, with cuts or bruises, broken noses - sometimes I even zoom that or post here. And say "damn man, you are a beast, how did you survive?"

I really think we have different ideas about what women should and shouldn't do we continue with this conversation it will just go into a debate which I really don't want to and there is no right and wrong to this, for sure If I could protest for Women MMA to be ban I will gladly accept that but I think Accreciating the beauty of things well in a men's perspective the women fighters in the MMA I also don't want them to get hurt but this is their world we can not force them to leave MMA or for UFC or other MMA combat sports to ban women from fighting that is for them to decide for sure Women fighters have a mind of their own they can surely decide

-SNIP-

Congrats on your family. But if at least one of your kids is a girl, I don't suppose you would like the idea of her prostituting herself in the future, on onlyfans and alike, or posting sexualised photos just to get attention of simps/coomers. And if you have son(s), I'm sure you don't want them to end up being addicted to porn or porn-like content, or to spend their hard-earnt money on online whores, getting nothing in return but a fried dopamine receptors and inability to pair-bond in a real life.
There's a difference between acknowledging and appreciating woman's attractiveness, and actively pursuing/sharing sexualised content.

Bullying and publicly shaming simps is every man's social responsibility.

Unfortunately, my youngest is a girl and I would surely do whatever it takes to protect her, your example I think is a different kind of topic in my opinion, for as a parent the guidance of parents on their children is needed for sure and that will surely bear fruit on what they would become in the future but I am not saying that Parents with kids that has an account on only fans is a bad parent for sure it is always their decision to choose but I am saying if you guide your kids in a correct manner for sure they will nurture and eventually become kids that knows right to wrong, and they can freely choose on what they want to be and want to do for sure,

And with the Women in this kind of sports, it is always their decision, not all women are MMA fighters, and not all men are MMA or boxing fighters aswell, Women MMA is already existing and me, I think I just appreciate the fighting kitten beauty that is all, for me there is nothing wrong with that as they are really beautiful, but for sure If you file a petition to ban Women fighting in the MMA I will sign for it aswell as I also don't want women to be hurt inside the Octagon

Women oil wrestling is the only women combat sports I accept Well, maybe Judo is good for them also, some Karate or Taekwondo is good for overall knowledge of self defence and stretching.


Original oil wrestling - not acceptable



P.S. warning, dont google for more images of that.

Too late! Dang, what did I watch, is it part of wrestling to hold on to that part, that was really Ugh!

OK let's get back to the original program as we are getting near the fight Grant Dawson VS Bobby Green as that is a pretty much great fight to watch,

[bittraffic]

Like it or not. Women can be warriors too. For MMA fighters, they love the sport and they take it as their job as well.

Here is the faceoff to the next fight night. I don't get what video Green and Dawson are talking about in their faceoff but they seem to be just smiling.
Speaking of WMMA, the best faceoff in the card is Kowalkiewicz and Diana Belbita https://youtu.be/Lj2uZRMovAg?t=120 Two beautiful smiles having a peace sign like a Korean pop group, awesome!

[rohang]

I rarely bet on womens fights  but the very first fight for tomorrow de La Rosa, Montana - Aldrich, Jj has JJ at plus odds and people on reddit really like that play as shes a better wrestler than rosa and should dominate rosa on the mat, perhaps a submission as well

[notblox1]

This is not exactly what I would call interesting UFC event but I can find few matches I like, Joaquin Buckley vs Alex Morono is one of them.
There is a good story behind Joe Pyfer so it could be a good fight against Alhassan after his injury, but he remains a big favorite.

This are my main card picks:
Grant Dawson
Joe Pyfer
Joaquin Buckley
Drew Dober
Philipe Lins
Bill Algeo

Dont forget to place your predictions in Sportsbet UFC Multi Master Challenge and win free bets: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5468915.0

[YuginKadoya]

Like it or not. Women can be warriors too. For MMA fighters, they love the sport and they take it as their job as well.

Here is the faceoff to the next fight night. I don't get what video Green and Dawson are talking about in their faceoff but they seem to be just smiling.
Speaking of WMMA, the best faceoff in the card is Kowalkiewicz and Diana Belbita https://youtu.be/Lj2uZRMovAg?t=120 Two beautiful smiles having a peace sign like a Korean pop group, awesome!

Actually, I really don't get what they are talking about, and working to sniff some information about it later and share it here maybe later I can get a better understanding of what video Bobby Green was talking about because it is not really clear for sure, in what it is,

But for the Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Diana Belbiţă face-off photo, it was really great both fighters are cute and friendly for sure and so because of that let's save that moment with the Screen Shot from that face-off, here it is thank me later,

I rarely bet on womens fights  but the very first fight for tomorrow de La Rosa, Montana - Aldrich, Jj has JJ at plus odds and people on reddit really like that play as shes a better wrestler than rosa and should dominate rosa on the mat, perhaps a submission as well

For me, JJ Aldrich is a safe bet in my opinion her wrestling powers are pretty much amazing which is why the odds are for her, and for me if there are no better odds I think it is pretty much impossible to make a profit from that fight I will not forcibly make a bet on them even if they are a fighting kitten for sure,

But JJ Aldrich is a good call for sure she could win this with a decision or a submission in my opinion, but that is a risky bet but a profitable one, but money line could be a clearly easy and safe bet for sure,

[tokeweed]

Original oil wrestling - not acceptable



P.S. warning, dont google for more images of that.

Can't help it, I googled.



Seem like a sign of things to come when kids today continue to learn a hundred more kinds of sex.

Anyway, the card this weekend is still considerably better than nothing to watch. A weekend without UFC just couldn't get better.  No match interests me to bet however but just the main event. Dawson by Submission is like the outcome.

Lmaoo and yup, I'd rather watch some UFC event than having no event.  The Contender Series have been going great too.  Lots of bangers.

This is not exactly what I would call interesting UFC event but I can find few matches I like, Joaquin Buckley vs Alex Morono is one of them.
There is a good story behind Joe Pyfer so it could be a good fight against Alhassan after his injury, but he remains a big favorite.

This are my main card picks:
Grant Dawson
Joe Pyfer
Joaquin Buckley
Drew Dober
Philipe Lins
Bill Algeo

Dont forget to place your predictions in Sportsbet UFC Multi Master Challenge and win free bets: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5468915.0

^  I got the same picks as you except for the Algeo one and the Pyfer one.  Alexander Hernandez is prolly better but the cardio drops of after 1.5 rounds.  So it's either Hernandez finishes it early via TKO or Algeo finishes it late via sub.

As for the Pyfer vs Alhassan, no strong reads as to why pick Alhassan but the guy has powerrr in those hands and he has more experience in the UFC.

...  And here are the weigh ins guys.

UFC Fight Night 229:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gT9Bx_nUd8

UFC Fight Night 229:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1v23lfs99w

Everybody made weight.

Grant Dawson (156) vs Bobby Green (156)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (184.5) vs Joe Pyfer (185)
Joaquin Buckley (170) vs Alex Morono (170.5)
Drew Dober (155.5) vs Ricky Glenn (155.5)
Bill Algeo (146) vs Alexander Hernandez (145.5)
Ion Cutelaba (205.5) vs Philipe Lins (205)
Diana Belbita (115.5) vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116)
Nate Maness (126) vs Mateus Mendonca (125.5)
Vanessa Demopoulos (116) vs Kanako Murata (115.5)
Johnny Munoz (136) vs Aori Qileng (136)
JJ Aldrich (125.5) vs Montana De La Rosa (126)

[Slow death]

Yeah, you all should man up, find a real woman, get married and have children. Simping for "kittens" is not going to get you anywhere and you're just contributing to the overall degeneracy. Quit that now and thank me later.
Also, men are the ones that are supposed to do the fighting, not women. If you enjoy women getting beaten up and looking like the below, you need to seriously self-reflect.

Actually, I also don't like Women's MMA. I mean, I feel that women are not created to fight in MMA. I'm not saying that men and women are different like women should be in the kitchen and looking after children. But there are some places where it is a man's place and there are some places where it is a woman's place. Women can play football, work, be heads of families. And men can also take care of children, cook or do housework. But in the place inside the cage, even though I don't think my lady will be there. This is my personal opinion.

I also think the same way, when you put a woman in a cage to fight until she no longer has the strength to continue fighting, then I wonder what that woman's relationship must be like at home with her husband and children, but also We need to ask the same question when we see men fighting until one of them no longer has the strength to fight, we have to ask ourselves if that fighter doesn't commit violence in his home, does that fighter not beat his wife, children and friends? The strong blows that are given in MMA fights, which often involve a lot of blood even in the ring, have made me question whether we will ever leave the barbarities of ancient times when the rich would put their slaves to fight to the death.

There are times when the fighter is already extremely weak and visibly in no condition to continue fighting, so the other fighter who is still in good condition to continue fighting punches the guy who is weak and when he falls without moving he goes and starts hitting him with elbows and the referee who is very far away runs to stop the fight, but after the guy who was already weak and on the ground suffered a lot of blows and is winning and then I see the public celebrating a lot, it looks like in the UFC A good fight has to have blood, so the referee has to wait for one of the fighters to bleed to comply with the schedule.

and I saw this happen in many fights, I was even shocked in the women's fights, just look at the fights between Amanda Nunes, Ronda Rousey and other fighters, in the men's fights I'm forgetting the name of the fighter who also constantly saw blood in his fights. That's our society, in boxing it's true that there are also cases of fights that end in blood, but at least they have protection and some good rules and the fact that they don't have to put shuts down is something that makes boxing less violent

[pawel7777]

Like it or not. Women can be warriors too. For MMA fighters, they love the sport and they take it as their job as well.

Sure, we can start turning men into women and women into men, but for what purpose? We've been doing this in the West for quite some time now and it doesn't seem to be working that great, does it?
Women can pull off great fights, but the price they pay is way higher than men. They have less muscle mass and lower bone density, meaning they're more likely to suffer serious injuries. But most of all, their peak fighting career years collide with peak fertility age, meaning having a "successful" career up to the late 30s very likely will come at the price of not having any children. The ability to give birth to another human being is objectively more important than a fighting record, which no one would care few years after retirement.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz is a good example, she got into the sport as a way to fight her depression (not uncommon in the female MMA world), she nearly lost a sight in one eye after one of her fights. She announced that she will be retiring by 2023 to try for a child and focus on maternity, but it doesn't look like that worked out. Shame, you could tell just by looking at her that she's very feminine and maternal. To look at girls like her and say "yeah, she should be spending her last fertile years on getting punched and kicked in the face" is insane. That's what toxic support is.

So try to puke out the feminist pill that you swallowed, be a man and encourage women to be women.

[YuginKadoya]

Sure, we can start turning men into women and women into men, but for what purpose? We've been doing this in the West for quite some time now and it doesn't seem to be working that great, does it?
Women can pull off great fights, but the price they pay is way higher than men. They have less muscle mass and lower bone density, meaning they're more likely to suffer serious injuries. But most of all, their peak fighting career years collide with peak fertility age, meaning having a "successful" career up to the late 30s very likely will come at the price of not having any children. The ability to give birth to another human being is objectively more important than a fighting record, which no one would care few years after retirement.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz is a good example, she got into the sport as a way to fight her depression (not uncommon in the female MMA world), she nearly lost a sight in one eye after one of her fights. She announced that she will be retiring by 2023 to try for a child and focus on maternity, but it doesn't look like that worked out. Shame, you could tell just by looking at her that she's very feminine and maternal. To look at girls like her and say "yeah, she should be spending her last fertile years on getting punched and kicked in the face" is insane. That's what toxic support is.

So try to puke out the feminist pill that you swallowed, be a man and encourage women to be women.

Encouraging Women to be Women, as you have said Karolina Kowalkiewicz is very feminine and maternal for sure they know their limitations inside the ring, and for Karolina maybe this is her time to take off her gloves for sure as a Man in the house I am the one responsible in taking care of my wife and daughter and surely I will not let them get hurt and surely I will not let them get into this kind of business as they could get hurt in the process well, it is my job to provide for them so they can not go into some fights or posted their boby into Only Fans, but as I have said this kind of thing exists now stopping it will surely take time and effort for sure let's just support and hope for the best,


My late post for my bet for this UFC event I have already posted this in another thread as I was really late in posting this here and for sure Congrats to Karolina Kowalkiewicz for winning her fight

Grant Dawson VS Bobby Green

The Odds for this fight are 1.20 for Dawson and 4.60 for Green, for this fight for sure Grant Dawson has some great submission moves and his wrestling is great, and likely when he gets the back of his opponent it is all over, but for sure Bobby Green has great stand-up than Dawson and he also got great takedown defense so it will be hard for Dawson to submit Green, but if Dawson did Submits Green then he can win this match for me this is the 1st time for Grant Dawson to test going into 5 rounds but I think he can surely make it and he is a young athlete and a rising star so my pick is Grant Dawson,

Alex Morono VS Joaquin Buckley

The Odds for this fight are 2.40 for Morono and 1.58 for Buckley, For this fight the bookies have opened this up with Alex Morono as the favorite but then Joaquin Buckley just managed to turn the tables for me Alex Morono's fight with Tim Means, Means was winning that fight until he caught him with a Guillotine but in this fight, I really hate Alex Morono's Standing even though he got wrestling in his arsenal I really think it is not that good and Joaquin Buckley has better striking, and surely has a better takedown defense so  my take here is Joaquin Buckley winning this fight

Karolina Kowalkiewicz VS Diana Belbita

The Odds for this fight are 1.65 for Kowalkiewicz and 2.26 for Belbita, For this fight I really like Diana Belbita's Beauty but for this fight, I really think that Karolina Kowalkiewicz can overpower her with her range and height, and for me even if Belbita won against Maria Oliveira it is not a great of a fight and Maria Oliveira also lost to Vanessa Demopoulos while Karolina Kowalkiewicz won against her for sure I really think that the veteran Karolina Kowalkiewicz could win this but I could be wrong because Belbita had a solid Striking output, but the power and wrestling of Kowalkiewicz in there, so my pick is Karolina Kowalkiewicz,

[owengtam09]

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100% agree. Aspinall Vs Jones is an absolute must. Aspinall will probably have to score at least one more high-profile win, as he's not yet hyped up enough to pull out a proper big-money PPV fight. No offense to Stipe, but I think Tom is much better fighter, he's definitely hungrier. If Jon Jones wants to retire as a GOAT in full glory, he will have to face Aspinall, otherwise it will look like he's running away from the real challenge.
Technically Pavlovich would be next for a title shot, but I can't imagine Jones being interested in such fight.

For sure this is a huge upgrade for that fight as Tom Aspinall is more younger and well-rounded than Stipe and yeah no offense to Miocic for sure he has his ups and downs but getting him back into UFC just because Jon Jones wants it is really absurd maybe the UFC is offering him a huge amount just to accept this fight for sure but for me, Tom Aspinal is a better candidate to face Jon Jones next,


Now getting into the UFC Event this is my late picks and prediction

Grant Dawson (1.20) VS Bobby Green (4.60)

For this fight, Bobby Green is a great athlete for sure and has a great takedown defense and Striking he might have a stand-up advantage against Grant Dawson for sure but for this fight, if Grant Dawson can bring this to the ground Bobby Green will be having a hard time defending there which I really think Dawson can pull up he could get the back of Green then this is over so my pick is Grant Dawson,



Joe Pyfer (1.27) VS Abdul Razak Alhassan (3.85)

For this fight, Joe Pyfer looks huge and surely much larger than Razak Alhassan, and for me, Pyfer has better striking and a ground game for sure going into this fight but Abdul Razak Alhassan has the power to knock out his opponent getting that 12 KO wins but for sure Pyfer is definitely has a better wrestling he could easily take Alhassan into the ground and control him in there for sure I will be going into a well-rounded guy, and that is Joe Pyfer,



Alex Morono (2.47) VS Joaquin Buckley (1.55)

For this fight I think Joaquin Buckley can out-strike Morono For me Buckley has huge power output with his punches and if he catches Morono with it this will be over, for sure Alex Morono will be very keen on getting this into the ground but my take is if he can bring it because Buckley has a great takedown defense and this could be a very difficult time for Morono for sure so my pick is Joaquin Buckley,

[Rampagoe004]

100% agree. Aspinall Vs Jones is an absolute must. Aspinall will probably have to score at least one more high-profile win, as he's not yet hyped up enough to pull out a proper big-money PPV fight. No offense to Stipe, but I think Tom is much better fighter, he's definitely hungrier. If Jon Jones wants to retire as a GOAT in full glory, he will have to face Aspinall, otherwise it will look like he's running away from the real challenge.

I don't mean to offend Miocic, he is one of the best heavyweights in the UFC. But the era is over. Defeat via knockout by Francis will not make Miocic the same person. The Jon Jones vs Miocic fight would only be interesting if it was held some 6-9 years ago when Miocic still ruled this class. A Mocic vs Jones fight will only add to Jones' UFC win record as I am almost 90% sure Jones will win.

[pawel7777]

I don't mean to offend Miocic, he is one of the best heavyweights in the UFC. But the era is over. Defeat via knockout by Francis will not make Miocic the same person. The Jon Jones vs Miocic fight would only be interesting if it was held some 6-9 years ago when Miocic still ruled this class. A Mocic vs Jones fight will only add to Jones' UFC win record as I am almost 90% sure Jones will win.

It's not just that nasty KO from Francis (although it surely had some serious impact). Stipe is now 41 years old, his will be fighting after over a 2.5-year break. It's pretty obvious that he would've retired already and only agreed to fight Jon Jones for the money. I'm guessing it could be the biggest payout in his career. I doubt he actually believes he can win it or has any strong ambitions of getting the belt back.
I have nothing but respect for the guy and probably will be rooting for him to win, but we all know that Aspinall (or even Pavlovich) would be a greater challenge for Jon Jones.