🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

I am only interested in watching Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev in next event. Because this fight is like wtf for me. Almeida had a split loss to Volkov (who might next to have a title fight, which might mean that Almeida was somewhere near a title fight also), he is #6 and accepted Kuniev on 2.5 week notice. Top vs kinda a noname for UFC. Kuniev lost his debut, came from Dana Contenders series and is facing #6 among heavyweights. Wtf? Easy money for Almeida? But what if he loses due to a random punch ? Kuniev in general is a WTF guy First fight against Blaydes who is #4 now, second fight against #6. How is he getting those top guys?

It's just one of those things when the original opponent withdraws due to an injury or some other reason.  Kuniev was supposed to fight Ryan Spann but then Spann withdrew.  So the UFC had to scramble and find somebody who would agree to fight on short notice.  And looks like Almeida agreed and saw it as an opportunity to get easy win.  The line on Almeida is decent too at 1.65.

I'll put in a bet for Almeida via SUB at 3.05.    Thanks for getting this fight in my attention.

[Pumared]

Dude, it makes absolutely no sense that they have to translate the fighters' names. They're proper names, and it's precisely because of situations like this that you shouldn't do it. Now the guy will be forever known for this unintentional meme.

Another thing, I didn't see any promo for FN this week. But I did see promo for the Oliveira vs. Holloway fight; I thought it was this week.

Someone either translated it via automatic translation (lots of companies and employees use translates because they are too lazy. Lots of people use AI for copywriting instead of thinking about the content themselves too) or the company did it intentionally to cause some fun and increase brand awareness. Now you saw this, I saw this, someone saw this and it's the effective marketing.

I think the marketing makes sense, but it will only be remembered once in a while when he's mentioned. If he were a big, famous fighter with tons of fans, I'd agree. But in two weeks we won't remember this. In my view, it's more of a mistake than marketing.

[TopTort777]

I am only interested in watching Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev in next event. Because this fight is like wtf for me. Almeida had a split loss to Volkov (who might next to have a title fight, which might mean that Almeida was somewhere near a title fight also), he is #6 and accepted Kuniev on 2.5 week notice. Top vs kinda a noname for UFC. Kuniev lost his debut, came from Dana Contenders series and is facing #6 among heavyweights. Wtf? Easy money for Almeida? But what if he loses due to a random punch ? Kuniev in general is a WTF guy First fight against Blaydes who is #4 now, second fight against #6. How is he getting those top guys?

It's just one of those things when the original opponent withdraws due to an injury or some other reason.  Kuniev was supposed to fight Ryan Spann but then Spann withdrew.  So the UFC had to scramble and find somebody who would agree to fight on short notice.  And looks like Almeida agreed and saw it as an opportunity to get easy win.  The line on Almeida is decent too at 1.65.

I'll put in a bet for Almeida via SUB at 3.05.    Thanks for getting this fight in my attention.

I have checked Kuniev wiki page: 3 times his fight against Blaydes has been cancelled. Later he has lost a very close fight; some media and experts say he has won that fight. I dont know, but there sure must be a reason why he is getting top guys from very start. All the time his opponents got sick or withdrew, but UFC keep on giving him top opponents instead of giving just somebody. Maybe there is something tricky with Kuniev Think twice before placing a bet. Maybe he is a "dark horse". Better check vids of his fights to be sure in Almeida bet