🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

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I'm feeling this way, I think the fight I'm most looking forward to is Ian Machado Garry vs. Islam Makhachev. That one will really shake things up, because I see a great chance of Islam finally being defeated. And that will make things different because it will significantly affect the rankings.

That will be a very interesting fight. The thing is, every GOATed fighter ended with a lose recently and I think that it's time for Islam to lose too. This year is full of surprises (including Merab vs Petr Yan). Honestly, I'd bet on Islam but interesting thing about Garry is that he really went to Georgia and if I'm right, he spent a few months there, training in wrestling. He was in a particular city in Georgia to train with the best local wrestlers and this country really has amazing olympic wrestlers. So, it's interesting to see what he gained while he was in Georgia. I hope he will translate that knowledge into the octagon in August.
Anyways, I can't really wait to watch this fight.

[pawel7777]

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And no way Usman would win against DDP.  Usman gonna get finished before R3 imho. 
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I too can't imagine Usman winning, but, in all fairness, I think people underestimate him a bit.
Yes, he's past his prime and approaching 40, and he lost 3 out of his last 4 fights, but that can be deceptive. If we look closer to his losses, things are not looking that bad:
- the first loss to Leon - he was dominating the whole fight and was dropped by a lucky kick.
- second loss to Leon - a close fight lost by decision.
- loss to Khamzat - a close fight taken on a short notice against a boogieman from a higher weight class.

Then he redeemed himself and won against Joaquin Buckley, who was on the rise and had massacred Colby Covington in his previous fight.
DDP is solid and he's the rightful favourite, but his confidence might not be at the same level after Khamzat handed him his first UFC defeat.

[notblox1]

I too can't imagine Usman winning, but, in all fairness, I think people underestimate him a bit.

I can imagine him winning because Dricus showed that he has weaknesses in his previous match with Khamzat Chimaev, that he lost.
Usman record is still 21-4, and that is great, despite losing few fights before, last one against Joaquin Buckley he won, so he is in uptrend.
I dont think odds are correct and I see value betting something on Usman, and I think we should see more than 3 rounds in this fight.

[pawel7777]

I can imagine him winning because Dricus showed that he has weaknesses in his previous match with Khamzat Chimaev, that he lost.
Usman record is still 21-4, and that is great, despite losing few fights before, last one against Joaquin Buckley he won, so he is in uptrend.
I don't think odds are correct and I see value betting something on Usman, and I think we should see more than 3 rounds in this fight.

That loss to Khamzat is not something DDP should be very ashamed of. He was a big underdog and everyone expected him to get mowed, but what we had instead was Khamzat applying the 'blanket' tactic by taking DDP to the ground but not being able to do anything there.
Usman is an accomplished wrestler himself, but I'm not sure if he could pull off the same type of win as Khamzat did. And let's not forget Usman is a welterweight who moved up to the middleweight division, while Dricus is one of the biggest middleweights out there.
I think for Kamaru this is mostly a money fight against a big name. I don't think he moved up because he thinks he has a real chance of conquering the middleweight.