🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[notblox1]

Let's get ready for UFC fight night Blaydes vs. Lewis with Dana White introduction:
https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1331688895000367105

Don't miss early prelim fight Su 'Tibetian Eagle' Mudaerji vs. Malcolm X Gordon and fight I mention earlier as my pick for fight of the night Miguel Baeza vs Takashi Sato.
Like Dana said, do not blink on this one, and don't expect this to be decision fight.

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[hilariousetc]

Did nobody mention the Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor fight was finally confirmed for UFC 257 in January? Can't say I'm that fussed for the match up itself but it will be nice to see Conor fight again. I feel like he's still to reach his potential and hope he doesn't sulk off again.

People are getting excited about Khabib's insta post a couple of days ago saying see you soon to Dana White, but they could just be meeting up for a kebab for all we know  .



Conor eventually fighting Khabib again would surely break records especially as it will be his 30th fight and potentially 30th win. I hope Khabib doesn't retire either way and hopefully he was just emotional after the fight which is understandable.

Let's get ready for UFC fight night Blaydes vs. Lewis with Dana White introduction:
https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1331688895000367105

Don't miss early prelim fight Su 'Tibetian Eagle' Mudaerji vs. Malcolm X Gordon and fight I mention earlier as my pick for fight of the night Miguel Baeza vs Takashi Sato.
Like Dana said, do not blink on this one, and don't expect this to be decision fight.

Can't say I'm that excited about this card either. UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Chimaev in December 19th has some good fighters on it. Khamzat Chimaev, Greg Hardy and Jose Aldo are all fighting on the main. Michel Pereira is always fun to watch with his acrobatic street fighter moves but no idea why he's on the preliminary card though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Edwards_vs._Chimaev

[tokeweed]

^  The Dec 19 Fight Night event could be a PPV in on itself imo.  McGregor wanted to headline but Dana White wouldn't budge.

This weekend's card isn't that good but do try to watch the matches.  You could find some value here and there.

[JEFE92]

2 bets for Fight Night:

Anthony Smith - Devin Clark: My bet
Curtis Blaydes - Derrick Lewis: My bet

Anthony Smith - a former contender for the UFC light heavyweight champion has more experience in fights, although the last 2 defeats may put off the decision to bet on him, but I am 100% sure that he will try his best to stay in UFC today. Derrick The Black Beast Lewis, he's one of greatest, huge experience - 20 fights in UFC, last fights he was really incredible, remembering TKO vs Oleynik. I believe he's in a good form today. GL! 

[SaShiRaJaVu]

People are getting excited about Khabib's insta post a couple of days ago saying see you soon to Dana White, but they could just be meeting up for a kebab for all we know  .

May be Khabib will be meeting Dana White for Kebab  but there is hope that he might come back, it was the one of the few easy bets we can do in fighting along with Jon Jones and with Jones making his move to the heavyweight division i am not too confident if i want to bet like i used to  .

Conor eventually fighting Khabib again would surely break records especially as it will be his 30th fight and potentially 30th win. I hope Khabib doesn't retire either way and hopefully he was just emotional after the fight which is understandable.

I do not think that Khabib will fight Conor again but i would like to see him fight Tony Ferguson the cursed fight and if GSP is happy to return i want to see that as a fan.

[tokeweed]

Weigh ins started a few minutes ago.  Could help to get more reads from this sketchy card from a betting perspective.

UFC Vegas 15:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79ziy7N5po

[bbc.reporter]

Did nobody mention the Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor fight was finally confirmed for UFC 257 in January? Can't say I'm that fussed for the match up itself but it will be nice to see Conor fight again. I feel like he's still to reach his potential and hope he doesn't sulk off again.

People are getting excited about Khabib's insta post a couple of days ago saying see you soon to Dana White, but they could just be meeting up for a kebab for all we know  .



Conor eventually fighting Khabib again would surely break records especially as it will be his 30th fight and potentially 30th win. I hope Khabib doesn't retire either way and hopefully he was just emotional after the fight which is understandable.

It appears my speculation on Khabib's return might be real hehehe. His decision on his retirement was from his emotions. He will return after the grieving stage of father's passing. He is a fighter, his mind will be restless in retirement.

@SaShiRaJaVu. It might only be Conor. Fans will not watch El Cucuy anymore after his bad loss to Justin Gaethje.

@tokeweed. My fight of the night is Martin Day versus Anderson dos Santos. The loser of this fight will be out of the UFC. They might fight intensely to have an offer for a new contract hehehehe.

[notblox1]

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1332722261988573184

This is my plan, a bit of Boxing fun with Tyson/RoyJones and then switching to UFC, but I need two monitors for this

Stupid covid testing eliminated Curtis Blades because he tested positive, and main event is now changed. 
New main event is  Smith vs Clark, and this will be very important fight for Smith after losing last to matches against Rakic and Teixera.
He is favorite if we look at the odds, but I have a feeling Devin Clark may upset him tonight and continue his wining streak.

My betting prediction is Su Mudaerji KO/TKO win against Malcolm Gordon.
Don't miss this fight.

[TopTort777]

This is my plan, a bit of Boxing fun with Tyson/RoyJones and then switching to UFC, but I need two monitors for this

Boxing did not turn to be fun as Tyson was robbed imho. Because of the boxing, I’ve missed ufc event. When I have remembered aboud ufc, I did not find Blaydes - Lewis results...Turned out it was cancelles   But I was so excited to see one of them falling asleep via TKO... weekend spoiled...

[notblox1]

I didn't have to miss much of the action and I watched both Mike Tyson winning and judges saying it was draw... and in UFC  Smith dominated and win very fast, but I was super impressed with tibetian fighter Mudaerji and I think he is potential for champion in his category.
Parisian vs Porter was also interesting fight to watch between two heavyfat weight fighters

Full results:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Smith_vs._Clark

[7788bitcoin]

Even i missed watch the event completely because i was glued to the Tyson fight and then came to know about the UFC event when i got notification multiple times that UFC is going on  and started watching from the Parker Porter fight .

The fighters that impressed me the most is Miguel Baeza and Anthony Smith who was on a loosing streak and to win by submission was surprising.

[TopTort777]

UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori



Date: SUN, December 6
Main Card: Sun, Dec 6 / 5:00 AM EET
Prelims: Sun, Dec 6 / 2:00 AM EET
Venue: UFC APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Main card (ESPN)
Middleweight: Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori            
Light Heavyweight: Ovince Saint Preux vs. Jamahal Hill            
Women's Flyweight: Montana De La Rosa vs. Taila Santos            
Light Heavyweight: Roman Dolidze vs. John Allan Arte            
Featherweight: Movsar Evloev vs. Nate Landwehr

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight: Gian Villante vs. Jake Collier            
Lightweight: Matt Wiman vs. Jordan Leavitt            
Flyweight: Jimmy Flick vs. Cody Durden            
Featherweight: Ilia Topuria vs. Damon Jackson            
Lightweight: Gabriel Benítez vs. Justin Jaynes            
Bantamweight: Louis Smolka vs. José Alberto Quiñónez      

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Hermansson_vs._Vettori

[SaShiRaJaVu]

@SaShiRaJaVu. It might only be Conor. Fans will not watch El Cucuy anymore after his bad loss to Justin Gaethje.

You cannot write off Tony Ferguson because he was defeated one time in 8 years and before coming into that fight you need to remember that Tony Ferguson was foolish enough to cut weight twice in successive period which was not the best of ideas and it will have an impact on the body. He is scheduled to face Charles Oliveira this December and i am expecting him to come out victories.

[tokeweed]

Even i missed watch the event completely because i was glued to the Tyson fight and then came to know about the UFC event when i got notification multiple times that UFC is going on  and started watching from the Parker Porter fight .

The fighters that impressed me the most is Miguel Baeza and Anthony Smith who was on a loosing streak and to win by submission was surprising.

Lol.  I can't believe some of you guys wasted 50 bucks to watch that dog and pony show.  

And Smith winning wasn't really that surprising imho.  It was a huge jump in competition for Clark.  Even a low motivated Smith won.

A couple of good spots I'm looking at the coming event are Damon Jackson and John Allan.  Books and the sharps seem to value Topuria and with Allan, wait for his weigh in...  He was suspended by USADA for PEDs and was off for a year.  But I think he's better than Dolidze.

Edit:  Another spot is the under 2.5 for Benitez vs Jaynes.  Jaynes has baaad cardio.  Watch the bout vs Tucker.

[7788bitcoin]

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Lol.  I can't believe some of you guys wasted 50 bucks to watch that dog and pony show.

 Mike Tyson and Roy Jones were my favorite boxers growing up and i was in two minds till the day of the fight and then though of watching them scrap at this age and it was fun. I was expecting a draw as it is how exhibition fights are done but i wanted to know who gasses out first and i was expecting Mike Tyson but to my surprise Roy Jones gassed out after the body shots.

And Smith winning wasn't really that surprising imho.  It was a huge jump in competition for Clark.  Even a low motivated Smith won.

Smith winning was not a surprise but winning by submission in the first round was a surprise as he was coming into this fight with a lot of pressure.

[YuginKadoya]

Well, here we go again I have never made another bet on the previous fights because I got caught up with emergencies, but I think I can make a bet in this upcoming one, and I will put my picks here later or tomorrow when I am done with my research on the UFC Fight Night,

Good luck to all of us here and wishing that there will be another pool betnomi will offer. 

[Bttzed03]

I've been busy with football on local and international leagues that I wasn't paying attention to the fights (including that of Tyson and Jones) but dang, should have placed money on this.

~ I'm choosing Anthony Smith vs. Devin Clark as fight of the night just in case.

So three more fights remaining and I must say the last two cards looks interesting. UFC 256 should have been the final event of the year though instead of Fight Night (Edwards vs. Chimaev)

[TopTort777]

Any suggestions on what should not be missed in next ufc event, as I’m not familiar with any of the fighters (I’m more like old school aka pride/glory guy).

As usually I’m going to watch all “middleweight and above fights”. But is there any particular fight I shouldnt miss? Thanks.

[bbc.reporter]

Khabib's real meeting with Dana is to create a partnership with the UFC for the promotion of his new fighting league. It appears that he will never fight again in the octagon.



UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has made his first major move to continue his association with MMA after his retirement by buying Russian MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship, according to reports.
The promotion, better known as GFC, operates out of Khabib's native Dagestan, and last staged an event, GFC 29, on October 16, with two more shows set to take place on Dec. 4 and 19 to round out its 2020 schedule.

But now, according to Russian journalist Azamat Bostanov, Khabib has purchased the GFC promotion, which will be renamed Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC). The purchase price? $1 million.

The news may shed some light on the "something interesting" Khabib plans to discuss with UFC president Dana White, with a partnership with the UFC to have the newly-branded EFC shows streamed worldwide on UFC Fight Pass a distinct possibility.

Source https://www.rt.com/sport/508103-khabib-purchases-gfc-mma-promotion-dagestan/

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Any suggestions on what should not be missed in next ufc event, as I’m not familiar with any of the fighters (I’m more like old school aka pride/glory guy).

As usually I’m going to watch all “middleweight and above fights”. But is there any particular fight I shouldnt miss? Thanks.

There's nothing I'd recommend on the upcoming December 5th card but UFC Fight night on December 19th has a few good fighters taking part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Thompson_vs._Neal

Welterweight    Stephen Thompson    vs.    Geoff Neal             
Heavyweight    Marcin Tybura    vs.    Greg Hardy             
Bantamweight    Marlon Moraes    vs.    Rob Font             
Light Heavyweight    Misha Cirkunov    vs.    Ryan Spann             
Bantamweight    José Aldo    vs.    Marlon Vera             
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight    Michel Pereira    vs.    Khaos Williams             
Flyweight    Alexandre Pantoja    vs.    Manel Kape             
Welterweight    Belal Muhammad    vs.    Dhiego Lima             
Catchweight (195 lb)    Deron Winn    vs.    Antônio Arroyo             
Women's Bantamweight    Sijara Eubanks    vs.    Pannie Kianzad             
Bantamweight    Aiemann Zahabi    vs.    Drako Rodriguez             
Middleweight    Tafon Nchukwi    vs.    Jamie Pickett             
Lightweight    Rick Glenn    vs.    Carlton Minus    

And then of course the return of McGregor in January vs Poirier.

Khabib's real meeting with Dana is to create a partnership with the UFC for the promotion of his new fighting league. It appears that he will never fight again in the octagon.



UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has made his first major move to continue his association with MMA after his retirement by buying Russian MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship, according to reports.
The promotion, better known as GFC, operates out of Khabib's native Dagestan, and last staged an event, GFC 29, on October 16, with two more shows set to take place on Dec. 4 and 19 to round out its 2020 schedule.

But now, according to Russian journalist Azamat Bostanov, Khabib has purchased the GFC promotion, which will be renamed Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC). The purchase price? $1 million.

The news may shed some light on the "something interesting" Khabib plans to discuss with UFC president Dana White, with a partnership with the UFC to have the newly-branded EFC shows streamed worldwide on UFC Fight Pass a distinct possibility.

Source https://www.rt.com/sport/508103-khabib-purchases-gfc-mma-promotion-dagestan/

Interesting. Dana should probably try wrangle another fight out of him as part of the deal to broadcast the shows. Seems Khabib is more interested in trying to get MMA accepted by the Olympics right now though:

Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed his grand plan to have MMA included in the Olympics from 2028.

The Russian, who retired undefeated after his win against Justin Gaethje back in October, pledged to lobby the powers that be to have his sport as part of the Games in Los Angeles in eight years.

At a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the UFC pound-for-pound No 1 said: 'The inclusion of MMA in the Olympics is one of my main tasks for the next couple of years, we are already working in this direction.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-9009259/Khabib-Nurmagomedov-unveils-grand-plan-MMA-included-Olympics-2028.html

Has the Khabib press conference happened yet? It seems that it was planned for today but can't see any confirmation of that and there's nothing on his Instagram. Hoping there's more than just the announcement of his MMA company he's apparently just bought.