🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[YuginKadoya]

It appears Conor McGregor will fight Dustin Poirier on December 19. Also yes it will be this year, 2020 hehehe. I speculate that Conor only agreed on this fight to be on welterweight for his advantage.



Hello Dustin! I accepted the @ufc offer to fight you, but told them it must happen in 2020. I’m ready for Nov 21st, given that cards recent injury issues, as well as any of the December dates, the 12th and the 19th. I’ll also still donate the $500k to The Good Fight Foundation

Source https://twitter.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1314237969436475393?s=12



This image was tweeted by Conor's trainer.



Source https://twitter.com/john_kavanagh/status/1314298501308788737?s=12

Dustin Poirier really wants to settle the score and this rematch is a conclusion if McGregor really beat him in their recent fight and I have seen Tweets of Conor McGregor Accepts the challenge so it is up to Dana White if he would accept this,



But I am most excited on the Khabib Nurmanogomedov fight than any of the fight we have I will bet on him 100% a large sum of money, And I have seen videos on Khabib really getting ready for his fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXkMlpJhRX8

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[notblox1]

That is why Conor McGregor was doing all that corona testing... and Dana White acted stupid like he doesn't know anything about it:)
My early bet would be on Dustin Poirier, but let's see if Conor can make surprise comeback first.

Back to next UFC event look at this Joker Markus Perez at face-off 
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1314588786035220480

[eaLiTy]

That is why Conor McGregor was doing all that corona testing... and Dana White acted stupid like he doesn't know anything about it:)
My early bet would be on Dustin Poirier, but let's see if Conor can make surprise comeback first.

Conor McGregor and Dana White were not in good terms when Conor McGregor published some of the private conversation they had and after the forced removal of Manny Pacquiao fight Conor posted a fight for charity between him and Dustin Poirier and since both these fighters are having contract with the UFC Dana White said they will send them the contract and see whether they will sign for the fight and both accepted the fight.

After the resurgence of Dustin Poirier i wanted to see this rematch and it will be a really tough tight for both the fighters and i am rooting for Dustin Poirier to win the fight .

[tokeweed]

There's a back story before McGregor vs Poirier was set up.  Poirier was supposed to fight Ferguson but according to Dana White, Poirier 'negotiated himself out of the match' with Ferguson even sticking out his own neck tellling the UFC to 'pay the man' (meaning Poirier).  

Just over a month later McGregor comes into the scene and Poirier agrees to whatever the UFC is offering him?  Poor Ferguson, left out in the cold.

Anyway here are the weigh ins for the event.

UFC Fight Island 5:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XayqcRy-yhU

UFC Fight Island 5:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZc_wzZWFec

Marlon Moraes (136) vs Cory Sandhagen (136)
Edson Barboza (145.5) vs Makwan Amirkhani (146)
Ben Rothwell (265) vs Marcin Tybura (263)
Markus Perez (186) vs Dricus Du Plessis (186)
Tom Aspinall (252) vs Alan Baudot (254)
Youssef Zalal (146) vs Ilia Topuria (146)
Tom Breese (186) vs KB Bhullar (186)
Chris Daukaus (227) vs Rodrigo Nascimento (265)
Impa Kasanganay (185.5) vs Joaquin Buckley (185.5)
Ali Alqaisi (136) vs Tony Kelley (135)
Giga Chikadze (146) vs Omar Morales (145.5)
Tracy Cortez (136) vs Stephanie Egger (135.5)
Bruno Silva (125.5) vs Tagir Ulanbekov (126)

My final bets:  Moraes ML at 2.15, Barboza via KO/TKO at 2.20 and Daukaus at 3.1.

[SirLancelot]

Total domination by Holm.  But here's the thing...  Are they giving her another title shotvs Nunes ?  Ugh..  Boring.  I was kinda hoping Aldana would win.  We need new faces to rise up the ranks.

So true but Holm was just too good and experienced while Aldana felt lost in the ring completely. The funniest fight wad the co main event where Felipe won but the referee was so funny man every time he separated the fighters they will again go to the grappling game and the ref separated them like 5 times if not more.

It was a pretty dull fight night to be brutally honest but there was some good action and there were some out of the world submission where the grappler herself got submitted in a shocking manner, Penna was surprised by how hard the grip was from her opponent and Penna was unconscious.

[YuginKadoya]

Back to next UFC event look at this Joker Markus Perez at face-off 
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1314588786035220480

That was pretty clumsy and embarrassing at the same time when Du Plessis show Perez face-first to the canvas, I know it is a gimmick to make his opponent intimidate but I think it is not working with Dricus Du Plessis, Or Markus really wants to show how good he can portray the Joker to his fans, But I have seen pictures and video that he also pulled out the same stunt against Eric Spicely.


Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen - I don't really know who's going to win this fight but I am going with Cory Sandhagen beating Marlon Moraes in a split decision, for me Moraes has huge experience than Sandhagen but I can not ignore Sandhagen's potential younger than Moraes and has a 7.6 CM advantage with the reach.

[notblox1]

I would not be to much interested for upcoming UFC event but I saw face-offs and Joker face of Markus Perez and now I must watch his fight with Dricus Du Plessis who is favorite in this fight. I have no idea who will win here and not bet, but I support the Joker
One more fight is Edson Barboza vs Makwan Amirkhani, and I think Barboza is clear favorite here.

edit: Anyone saw this amazing KO in Kasanganay vs Buckley fight? 
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1315066583962849283

[coinfinger]

The way Holly Holm dominated the fight gave me a sad feeling that how we expect the fight to unfold is not always how it goes, I was expecting big punches from Aldana early in the rounds but she was just worked around by Holm as she was chasing Holm all the time while getting punched, kicked and thrown down like a rag doll.

I like the fight between Williams and Imavov because the guys were throwing big punches and despite being punched so much Williams was always coming back which was a great sign of a fighter and he has some real chin man he took so many punches but he was never going to slow down or get down at all.

[tokeweed]

I would not be to much interested for upcoming UFC event but I saw face-offs and Joker face of Markus Perez and now I must watch his fight with Dricus Du Plessis who is favorite in this fight. I have no idea who will win here and not bet, but I support the Joker
One more fight is Edson Barboza vs Makwan Amirkhani, and I think Barboza is clear favorite here.

edit: Anyone saw this amazing KO in Kasanganay vs Buckley fight?  
https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1315066583962849283

Yup!  Wow..  Possibly KO of the year imo.  Almost everybody was fading Buckley cos he got KO'd by Holland just a few weeks ago.  Lol.

But Kasanganay did look way better from the Contender Series to the Maki Pitolo bout.  Then again in hindsight, it's easy to look good vs a gassed Pitolo.  

[YuginKadoya]

(Main Card)

Bantamweight  
Cory Sandhagen def. Marlon Moraes - TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches)

Featherweight  
Edson Barboza def. Makwan Amirkhani - Decision (unanimous)

Heavyweight
Marcin Tybura def. Ben Rothwell - Decision (unanimous)

Middleweight
Dricus du Plessis def. Markus Perez - KO (punches)   

Heavyweight
Tom Aspinall def. Alan Baudot - TKO (elbows and punches)   

Featherweight
llia Topuria def. Youssef Zalal   - Decision (unanimous)

(Preliminary Card)

Middleweight
Tom Breese def. KB Bhullar - TKO (punches)

Heavyweight
Chris Daukaus def. Rodrigo Nascimento - KO (punches)

Middleweight
Joaquin Buckley def. Impa Kasanganay - KO (spinning back kick)

Bantamweight
Tony Kelley def. Ali AlQaisi - Decision (unanimous)

Featherweight
Giga Chikadze def. Omar Morales - Decision (unanimous)

Women's Bantamweight
Tracy Cortez def. Stephanie Egger - Decision (unanimous)

Flyweight
Tagir Ulanbekov def. Bruno Gustavo da Silva - Decision (unanimous)


Just as I thought Sandhagen and Dricus du Plessis would win their matches it is just my intuition but certain videos from their previous fights and this threads supports on information that is why I have seen some intuitions like this thanks.

[7788bitcoin]

It was a good set of fights but i stayed away from placing any bets because i was in two minds as some of the fighters were coming into this fight after a couple of losses and how they are going to perform was a mystery but i was impressed with the performance of Tom Breese ,Tom Aspinall and Cory Sandhagen but the star of the fight card is Joaquin Buckley who won the fight by a spinning back kick.

I was planning to place a bet on Tagir Ulanbekov as he was coming from Khabib Nurmagomedov camp even though i have not seen any of his past fights but then thought of leaving that after remembering the performance of Zubaira Tukhugov.

[Bttzed03]

One last filler before the UFC 254. Let's get this over with!

UFC FIGHT NIGHT - ORTEGA VS KOREAN ZOMBIE
October 17, 2020



MAIN
Featherweight: Brian Ortega vs. Chan Sung Jung            
Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane vs. Ante Delija            
Women’s Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jéssica Andrade            
Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute vs. Modestas Bukauskas            
Featherweight: Thomas Almeida vs.   Jonathan Martinez   

PRELIMS
Lightweight: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Guram Kutateladze            
Women's Flyweight: Gillian Robertson vs. Poliana Botelho            
Welterweight: Cláudio Silva vs. James Krause            
Middleweight: John Phillips vs. Jun Yong Park            
Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey vs. Fares Ziam            
Light Heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Maxim Grishin            
Bantamweight: Mark Striegl vs. Said Nurmagomedov   
SOURCE

FIGHT ISLAND 6 FREE FIGHTS

• Korean Zombie vs Frankie Edgar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_RKgJFGpHY
• Brian Ortega vs Cub Swanson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtcgrTowsIA

I like that both guys in the main event are entertaining when they fight. I just don't quite understand why Ortega is the underdog (at 2.39 from Bitsler) but it's probably good odds for me because I'm leaning towards him.

Interesting to see Said Nurmagomedov as the favorite against the debuting Mark Striegl.

Early picks?

[tokeweed]

^  You guys are so weird.  Now that I'm in the mood doing the roster and stuff you and toptort beat me to it.  It happened twice now.  

Anyway, early leans before watching tape, research and checking the market, I like TKZ, Andrade and Gillian Roberston.

Edit:  Just checked the lines.  I'll prolly end up parlaying those. 

[Bttzed03]

lol sorry about that.

I was actually about to check the odds for UFC 254 only to find out there's still one more fight night. I checked the cards and kinda like the main events.

I'm definitely gonna watch more videos before finally picking who to bet on. I gotta admit I'm biased towards Ortega because I still remember how his brutal uppercut lifted Edgar's both feet off the floor. Maybe the Korean Zombie's ground game is better which gives him the edge. 

[TopTort777]

Ortega is an underdog because he fought last time in December 2018. However Zombie havent been in action since December 2019 also. Cant imagine any explanation why Ortega is an underdog.

I might say, that despite these two, other fights are just to fill the gap between previous event (which kinda boring from first sight) and Khabib vs Gaethji. Surprisingly Joaquin Buckley showed nice spinning kick last Sunday  

[YuginKadoya]

One last filler before the UFC 254. Let's get this over with!

I am pretty excited with UFC 254 as well, after style bender's awesome fight and the unexpected performance of Holly Holme I guess this main event will surely give a worth watch but I am not betting now, because I am saving it all for the next fight, pretty much there are many fans excited to see the next fight than this one but I will surely sniff some fighters that have a quality in the future so I will just sit and watch this one.

[eaLiTy]

I was actually about to check the odds for UFC 254 only to find out there's still one more fight night. I checked the cards and kinda like the main events.

I am also waiting for the most anticipated return of Khabib Nurmagomedov and the fight against Justin Gaethje will be a great battle and even i was neglecting the rest of the fight cards .

Maybe the Korean Zombie's ground game is better which gives him the edge.

Jung Chan sung AKA the Korean Zombie is a good stand up fighter as far as i know and i have not seen him taking the fight to the ground even though he has many submission wins, the fight i remember is the Jose Aldo title fight where he dislocated his shoulder while throwing a punch and Jose Aldo seeing that and went for the kill and finished him and the next fight i remember is where he was dominating and Yair Rodríguez finishing him with an reverse elbow with one second left and if not for that the Korean Zombie would have won that fight.

I give the ground control to Brian Ortega as he is capable of locking in a submission anytime.

[notblox1]

Finally, we have one amazing UFC fight card in 5 days with Fight Island 6 main event Brian Ortega vs. Korean Zombie!
I have been waiting to see this fight for weeks.  
Ortega (14-1-0) is coming back in octagon after very long pause and lost from Max Holloway in UFC 231 in 2018, and he has bad blood with Korean Zombie after slapping his friend rapper Jay Park.
Korean Zombie (16-5-0) last fight was win against Frankie Edgar in the end of 2019 and mma fans remember many of his fights, and expecting win from him against Ortega, and odds suggest he is heavy favorite here.

UFC released first video preview:
https://youtu.be/b08jQwyrbxg

Don'r underestimate other fights on this card as we have one Nurmagomedov (not Khabib) and other great fighters.
I will wait for few more days to read news and listen what they have to say before posting my final bet.

[7788bitcoin]

I give the ground control to Brian Ortega as he is capable of locking in a submission anytime.

Both the fighters are good on the ground and i think both will keep the fight standing and if there is an opportunity then we will see a scramble and the edge might go to Ortega because of his long reach and his submission skills.

Korean Zombie (16-5-0) last fight was win against Frankie Edgar in the end of 2019 and mma fans remember many of his fights, and expecting win from him against Ortega, and odds suggest he is heavy favorite here.

I think the odds are favoring Korean Zombie because it is almost two years Brian Ortega last fought and that too a brutal beating by Max Holloway, the ring rust will be an issue and it is hard to predict this fight. News are coming out that one of the coaching staff of Brian Ortega tested positive. I might skip betting on the main event but i might change my mind as it depends upon how they are cutting the weight and how healthy they look.

[Bttzed03]

More promotions for UFC fight night Ortega vs TKZ.

• Top Finishes: Brian Ortega - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQYQdBN7aM
• Top Finishes: The Korean Zombie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLTVk7qPo_Q

Watch the top finishes video and you'll notice similarities of the two fighters. Both of them could finish an opponent on the feet and submit on the ground. TKZ looks to have the better overall game though (including defense). I don't like how Ortega just walks down his opponent with his hands down. I don't know how he's improved after Max thought him a lesson.

Ring rust and the fact that we don't don't know how Ortega will bounce back after the his first loss makes me think twice to betting on him.