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[danherbias07]

Diaz will win this easily as he has some great experience to counter Lawler's skill. Diaz knows how to counter his opponent but lately, he was just not that confident enough to win his last fight. I wonder if he still gets some guts to execute some good plan to win this fight since he already suffered straight losses in his last 2 fights.

I don't know about that. Both have the head and body endurance, and I am sure it will be a brawl match. I think Lawler won't stop until he gets that lucky KO punch just like last time when Nick got wobbly. He may really have a chance for a knockout but he needs to throw more punches.
On the other hand, there's no question Nick can endure a lot of punches but sometimes he waste too much time with taunts. He could just preserve those energy and use it for his fist.

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[tokeweed]

I hope the Diaz vs. Lawler 2 doesn't turn out to be like Diaz vs. Silva. If you remember Nate had to lay down on the floor because Anderson was too cautious Roby has always been aggressive but who knows how he'll approach the match this time.


If Bryan wins, it will be another great chance for Max to get the belt back.

It was Nick he fought, not Nate.

I hope the Diaz vs. Lawler 2 doesn't turn out to be like Diaz vs. Silva.

That fight gave us more than just a boring fight because Diaz was not as fast as Spider and wanted to submit him. That fight showed how bad and unfair athletic commission is. That fight allowed current fighters to smoke marijuana and not be afraid to be disqualified.

Reminder - even though both fighters failed drug tests, Silva was disqualified for 1 year because NSAC found anabolic steroids in his tests, but Diaz was disqualified for 5 years because they found marijuana in his tests. I cant comment why marijuana is worse than anabolic steroids...

After that case, smoking marijuana will no longer affect on drug tests results. So after that case, commission will close eyes if they find it in test.

Lol.  No one really calls it ‘marijuana’ anymore.  ‘Marijuana’ is a dumb made up term to make a plant look like it was harmful for your psyche.  It was mostly used for propaganda during the first rounds of the ‘war on drugs’ in the US.  This was around the late 1930’s.

[kro55]

Diaz will win this easily as he has some great experience to counter Lawler's skill. Diaz knows how to counter his opponent but lately, he was just not that confident enough to win his last fight. I wonder if he still gets some guts to execute some good plan to win this fight since he already suffered straight losses in his last 2 fights.

I don't know about that. Both have the head and body endurance, and I am sure it will be a brawl match. I think Lawler won't stop until he gets that lucky KO punch just like last time when Nick got wobbly. He may really have a chance for a knockout but he needs to throw more punches.
On the other hand, there's no question Nick can endure a lot of punches but sometimes he waste too much time with taunts. He could just preserve those energy and use it for his fist.

Nicks' attitude might get the better of him. I feel like he sometimes plays too passive and tries to endure some of the punches which might end up having him getting KO'd. Sometimes trying to play aggressive and confidently landing some punches on your opponent does the job to break his confidence. I like how Nick tries to read his opponent by taking the time but that could cost him the match. You really don't want to wait for too long to read your opponent to make a counter only to get KO'd in the face.

[TopTort777]

Lol.  No one really calls it ‘marijuana’ anymore.  ‘Marijuana’ is a dumb made up term to make a plant look like it was harmful for your psyche.

No one except wikipedia article  How it called then? Weed? Or Cannabis?

Anyway it was really a bad decision to disqualify because Nick had a smoke recently.

[Welsh]

I'm excited for Ortega. I'll be honest, I haven't always routed for him, especially against the Korean Zombie, but my word did he prove me wrong on that night. One of the best performances I've seen against the Zombie. I'm not 100% confident on him winning this weekend, but I'm confident enough to put a outright win down. I feel like it'll go to a decision, but I know there's knock out power in both fighters. Alex is the favourite, but the odds are fairly close, I think there's good enough value on Ortega though.

The Diaz fight I'm not actually that interested in. I think Lawler wins, but wouldn't be bothered either way. Definitely won't be including it on my accumulator.

What are we thinking about the main event?

[notblox1]

Conor McGregor had some problem with police before but his friends are following him, like Dillon Danis who was choked by security guard and later arrested
https://twitter.com/RyanSpencerMMA/status/1440671740137402375

Four more fighters signed a deal with UFC after last Dana White Contender Series and I am very interested to see young Michael Morales in Welterweight and AJ Dobson in Middleweight.

[laurenB7742]

Diaz will win this easily as he has some great experience to counter Lawler's skill. Diaz knows how to counter his opponent but lately, he was just not that confident enough to win his last fight. I wonder if he still gets some guts to execute some good plan to win this fight since he already suffered straight losses in his last 2 fights.

I don't know about that. Both have the head and body endurance, and I am sure it will be a brawl match. I think Lawler won't stop until he gets that lucky KO punch just like last time when Nick got wobbly. He may really have a chance for a knockout but he needs to throw more punches.
On the other hand, there's no question Nick can endure a lot of punches but sometimes he waste too much time with taunts. He could just preserve those energy and use it for his fist.

When Nick fought Coner, I still remember that blood was pouring all over his face and I was amazed that he could even see through all those blood, and eventually Nick came out victorious. So I don't care what anyone says about this fight and about Nick and Nick being on the losing side, I still think Nick will be the winner if something magical doesn't happen.

[Bttzed03]

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It was Nick he fought, not Nate.

Oh my bad. I'm still confused with the names of those two.

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Nicks' attitude might get the better of him. I feel like he sometimes plays too passive and tries to endure some of the punches which might end up having him getting KO'd. Sometimes trying to play aggressive and confidently landing some punches on your opponent does the job to break his confidence. I like how Nick tries to read his opponent by taking the time but that could cost him the match. You really don't want to wait for too long to read your opponent to make a counter only to get KO'd in the face.

Yeah the passive style comes with his confidence on his almost unlimited gas tank and iron chin. He was quite the aggressor during their first fight though and that somehow intimidated Roby.

[TopTort777]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUJL5rBpnBa/ - after seeing these, my prediction to this fight would be Lawler winning it.
https://www.instagram.com/Ruthless_RL/ - he looks more hungry and ready. While Nick is somehow, does not look like he is prepared well. There is a funny comment - "This in slow mo?"  

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's. 

[KennyXBTC]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUJL5rBpnBa/ - after seeing these, my prediction to this fight would be Lawler winning it.
https://www.instagram.com/Ruthless_RL/ - he looks more hungry and ready. While Nick is somehow, does not look like he is prepared well. There is a funny comment - "This in slow mo?"  

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's. 

what wrong's with nick , he look unprepared for this match.

lawler 100% gonna win this match , it might not go for decision

[TheNineClub]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUJL5rBpnBa/ - after seeing these, my prediction to this fight would be Lawler winning it.
https://www.instagram.com/Ruthless_RL/ - he looks more hungry and ready. While Nick is somehow, does not look like he is prepared well. There is a funny comment - "This in slow mo?"  

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's. 

Sure, it was actually suggested by Diaz camp to fight a different weight. And at this point in Lawler's career, I'm sure he doesn't care. The crazy thing of all of this is that Gibert Melendez thinks Diaz could be in title contention with a win ower Lawler XD I don't know if he's toling or just brain-damaged.

[YuginKadoya]

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega

Both will return after a lot of months without a fight but Ortega has recently fought the Korean Zombie last Oct. 18, 2020, and it is a great fight for Brian Ortega, and Volkanovski has another controversial fight with Max Halloway, but for this pick, I will be basing my decision with the Max Halloway fight, Brian Ortega doesn't quite go his way with Max Halloway and lose the fight but Alexander Volkanovski have settled a 2 win decision against Halloway, but we can not say for sure if this is a new Ortega that can take Volkanovski or if the favor will not go again for him and with being said Volkanovski has a win versus Halloway, and with that stat, I am going with Alexander Volkanovski, and with stake.com odds, Volkanovski has 1.59 while Ortega got 2.55.

Curtis Blaydes vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

This is a great fight for a heavyweight but oh man this two is just below in the great division of the Heavyweights, just below Derrick Lewis, and much below than Cyril Gane and Francis Ngannou, both are just can surely compete to the top leverage of the Heavyweight food chain and right now we are seeing them clash against one another, and this fight I think that Jairzinho Rozenstruik had the power on his right and left strike, he surely has the takedown defense that he needs but he never really fought Curtis Blaydes and I think that Rozenstruik doesn't really have a ground game or a takedown move he is just using this power and always ending the fight with a sudden punch, but I think that Blaydes has the durability to withstand that, and can takedown Jairzinho and go with a barrage of punches, to win this, so I am going with Curtis Blaydes and has 1.34 on his odds while 3.65 on Rozenstruik on stake.com.

[danherbias07]

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's. 

Could this be the reason why Nick is now the underdog?
Last time I checked here I saw one member posted about the odds being almost equal but now Lawler became the favorite.
This will be good for all the Diaz fans and I am one of them. So I am locking my bet for him and I do think this will be a decision match for points because of the endurance of both fighters. If that happens, it will be a win for Diaz as Lawler doesn't throw many punches with the aim for a one punch knockout.
Good luck guys.

[tokeweed]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUJL5rBpnBa/ - after seeing these, my prediction to this fight would be Lawler winning it.
https://www.instagram.com/Ruthless_RL/ - he looks more hungry and ready. While Nick is somehow, does not look like he is prepared well. There is a funny comment - "This in slow mo?"  

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's.  

Yup..  Always put your money in the more active guy.  How many years was Nick Diaz in the sidelines..  And when was his last win?  Around 10 years ago?  That’s a long time.  But I’m skipping it from s betting perspective.  I’ll just get my popcorn and soda and enjoy the match.  

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[laurenB7742]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUJL5rBpnBa/ - after seeing these, my prediction to this fight would be Lawler winning it.
https://www.instagram.com/Ruthless_RL/ - he looks more hungry and ready. While Nick is somehow, does not look like he is prepared well. There is a funny comment - "This in slow mo?"  
Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's.  

Yup..  Always put your money in the more active guy.  How many years was Nick Diaz in the sidelines..  And when was his last win?  Around 10 years ago?  That’s a long time.  But I’m skipping it from s betting perspective.  I’ll just get my popcorn and soda and enjoy the match.  

Damn, that makes me think about my opinion on Nick being the winner. And I am honestly disappointed about Nick not making the weight. Now I am not sure about my decision I really thought that Nick was going to win easily as in my opinion Nick is the better fighter among these two but when I see these things it makes me question my thoughts about Nick. Honestly now I still want nick to win but if Lawler does win this, I won't be much surprised.

[CryptoBuds]

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega
Both will return after a lot of months without a fight but Ortega has recently fought the Korean Zombie last Oct. 18, 2020, and it is a great fight for Brian Ortega, and Volkanovski has another controversial fight with Max Halloway, but for this pick, I will be basing my decision with the Max Halloway fight, Brian Ortega doesn't quite go his way with Max Halloway and lose the fight but Alexander Volkanovski have settled a 2 win decision against Halloway, but we can not say for sure if this is a new Ortega that can take Volkanovski or if the favor will not go again for him and with being said Volkanovski has a win versus Halloway, and with that stat, I am going with Alexander Volkanovski, and with stake.com odds, Volkanovski has 1.59 while Ortega got 2.55. 

^ Brian Ortega has improved his striking a lot lately. But I still think his jiujitsu is the best version of him. And looking at the press conference I think Brian is well ready for the fight however Volkanovaki's stand-up is something to be feared. I will say Volkanovaki is going to have a better chance here.

Curtis Blaydes vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
This is a great fight for a heavyweight but oh man this two is just below in the great division of the Heavyweights, just below Derrick Lewis, and much below than Cyril Gane and Francis Ngannou, both are just can surely compete to the top leverage of the Heavyweight food chain and right now we are seeing them clash against one another, and this fight I think that Jairzinho Rozenstruik had the power on his right and left strike, he surely has the takedown defense that he needs but he never really fought Curtis Blaydes and I think that Rozenstruik doesn't really have a ground game or a takedown move he is just using this power and always ending the fight with a sudden punch, but I think that Blaydes has the durability to withstand that, and can takedown Jairzinho and go with a barrage of punches, to win this, so I am going with Curtis Blaydes and has 1.34 on his odds while 3.65 on Rozenstruik on stake.com.

^ This should be an easy one for Curtis. I think he's just a really good grappler. So he is going to take the fight to the ground and if he does so it will be a really long night for Jairzinho. Curtis just needs to close the gap and score takedown and then use his ground and pound.

[minairia3]

Btw, Diaz vs Lawler fight had to be in welterweight, but several days before the event they were allowed to fight as middleweight. Someone did not manage to make weight. And according to Instagram, this is Nick Diaz. Good point - these veterans wont be exhausted by weight cutting, bad point - Lawler gonna win. Make your bets gentlemen's. 

Could this be the reason why Nick is now the underdog?
Last time I checked here I saw one member posted about the odds being almost equal but now Lawler became the favorite.
This will be good for all the Diaz fans and I am one of them. So I am locking my bet for him and I do think this will be a decision match for points because of the endurance of both fighters. If that happens, it will be a win for Diaz as Lawler doesn't throw many punches with the aim for a one punch knockout.
Good luck guys.

Me being a Nick fan, I think he should have prepared himself better for this fight. This fight is important, but Nick should think the same about this fight. If this goes to the judge's scorecard, this fight might go to Nick's way but there's gonna be carnage in that ring if that happens and both fighters gonna get hurt real bad. Lawler does look better prepared for this fight though and also seems to be the favorite. But I still want nick to win.

[YuginKadoya]

^ Brian Ortega has improved his striking a lot lately. But I still think his jiujitsu is the best version of him. And looking at the press conference I think Brian is well ready for the fight however Volkanovaki's stand-up is something to be feared. I will say Volkanovaki is going to have a better chance here.

I also think the same, Brian Ortega needs to prove that he can really take Volkanovski even though Alex Volkanovski is small in height than Max Halloway he can quite get the fight on Halloway, and with his calm demeanor, I guess this is a good trait for him and never really rushing things.

^ This should be an easy one for Curtis. I think he's just a really good grappler. So he is going to take the fight to the ground and if he does so it will be a really long night for Jairzinho. Curtis just needs to close the gap and score takedown and then use his ground and pound.

Yes, I also agree, Blaydes is a technical fighter than Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Rozenstruik is just there to make an attack and count that his durability can handle those strikes, but Curtis Blaydes has a variety of what he may do inside the ring, he can destroy the momentum of Jairzinho with takedowns, and with his first fight over Francis Ngannou, I think he has done well on that fight if it wasn't for that doctor stoppage, and those takedowns on their 2nd match it will likely not going to work on Ngannou but I think it will definitely work against Rozenstruik.

[jeremypwr]

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Yup..  Always put your money in the more active guy.  How many years was Nick Diaz in the sidelines..  And when was his last win?  Around 10 years ago?  That’s a long time.  But I’m skipping it from s betting perspective.  I’ll just get my popcorn and soda and enjoy the match.  

I do agree with you but i think this is going to be the last fight for Robbie Lawler as well so you cannot make a conclusive decision on how this fight will go but Robbie being active and a tough fighter he does have the chance to win, the amount of time Nick Diaz was in the sidelines because they were flagged for smoking marijuana is the main reason he was not interested in returning to fight even though they relaxed the weed rule .