🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[TheNineClub]

There is lot of talking that Jon Jones is finally coming back to fighting in octagon with man, not fighting girls and woman in his personal life anymore.
His opponent should be Stipe Miocic if everything goes well, and I am excited to see if he can really compete in heavyweight division.
I am not sure in what shape Miocic is now and he needs to step up if he wants to come back after that nasty defeat from N'Gannou.

I have a feeling that any hype that was produced when JBJ first said he would be fighting at HW is long gone by now. Stipe is not the champ anymore, and Jones fights so sporadically that people have moved on, especially regarding his out of the octagon behavior. I myself was excited about something like that when it first was talked about, but now, there is so much going on in the other divisions that this seems fairly bland. Maybe I change my tune if it really gets set up, but until then...

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[TopTort777]

There is lot of talking that Jon Jones is finally coming back to fighting in octagon with man, not fighting girls and woman in his personal life anymore.
His opponent should be Stipe Miocic if everything goes well, and I am excited to see if he can really compete in heavyweight division.
I am not sure in what shape Miocic is now and he needs to step up if he wants to come back after that nasty defeat from N'Gannou.

I dont believe Jon Jones would ever come back to UFC or continue his MMA career. Fans still want to see him, UFC want to make their last money on that milking cow. But nobody knows what Jon Jones really want. He talks a lot, but he really wanted to return, he would have done it long time ago. Two years have passed since his last fight. He has been mixing his training with alcohol and breaking law. UFC rooster has changed greatly since his last fight. He can return to UFC to make his last fight only.

Jon Jones want to be a heavyweight. Ok, as a former lightheavy champ, he should not get a fighter from bottom of the top. Heavyweights top5 will smash him easily. Jones wants to fight Miocic? I think it will be easy money if you bet on Stepe.

[tokeweed]

There is lot of talking that Jon Jones is finally coming back to fighting in octagon with man, not fighting girls and woman in his personal life anymore.
His opponent should be Stipe Miocic if everything goes well, and I am excited to see if he can really compete in heavyweight division.
I am not sure in what shape Miocic is now and he needs to step up if he wants to come back after that nasty defeat from N'Gannou.

I have a feeling that any hype that was produced when JBJ first said he would be fighting at HW is long gone by now. Stipe is not the champ anymore, and Jones fights so sporadically that people have moved on, especially regarding his out of the octagon behavior. I myself was excited about something like that when it first was talked about, but now, there is so much going on in the other divisions that this seems fairly bland. Maybe I change my tune if it really gets set up, but until then...

^  Yup same..  And I think the UFC would make a match for the winner as interim champion since Ngannou is still recovering from his knee surgery.  Dana White is trying to leverage that interim belt to make sure Ngannou stays in line and fights or he'll be stripped off his title.  Ngannou is undergoing a contract dispute with the UFC.

Here's jeremypwr's multi master in case some of you guys haven't made your picks yet.

UFC Fight Night 205 Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395141.0

Here's my event's lottery tickets.  Lol.

Andrade - Romanov - Dean at 1.71
Add:  Kape - Aori at 3.55
Add:  Guida - Vannata - Barriault at 19.43
Add:  Dela Rosa - Grant - Prachniao at 177.49
Add:  Villianueva at 887.43

Take note that my picks for the multi master and my full card parlay have two picks that are different.  I think Barber and Pedro will be the pie shitters of the week.  

[Welsh]

Thinking of just putting out some predictions, however I probably won't be betting on anything this weekend. Not liking the look of the card, and I'm not too familiar with a lot of the fighters. Thinking of saving my money for the coming weeks.

^  Yup same..  And I think the UFC would make a match for the winner as interim champion since Ngannou is still recovering from his knee surgery.  Dana White is trying to leverage that interim belt to make sure Ngannou stays in line and fights or he'll be stripped off his title.  Ngannou is undergoing a contract dispute with the UFC.

I think the UFC will be the ones to cave, since I believe they need him more than he might need them. Ngannou definitely has some leverage going into boxing, and while he might not make it anywhere big, he would probably make a lot more money. So, I guess it depends on his goals. Whether he wants to carve out a legacy or bring in as much money as possible for his family.

[notblox1]

Thinking of just putting out some predictions, however I probably won't be betting on anything this weekend. Not liking the look of the card, and I'm not too familiar with a lot of the fighters. Thinking of saving my money for the coming weeks.

I have the same feeling like you, and I will maybe watch main event Jessica Andrade against Amanda Lemos in all Brazillian fight.
There are no other fights that are interesting to me this time but I did place my prediction picks in Games and rounds, there is always a chance of winning free bets from Sportsbet

Now, I know this is not directly related with UFC, but this is what happens when you are trying to piss of Mike Tyson in plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3C4pWwDqps

[Welsh]

I'll probably watch the event, as it probably will be a competitive night, I just won't be betting on it. Too many variables, and I don't have enough information other than old tapes, and some of the fighters don't really have a lot of tape to watch either.

I always forget to chuck my predictions in the games, and rounds thread. Hopefully I remember by the end of the week, since I've learned my lessons about predicting to early with all the drops outs, and step ins.

Now, I know this is not directly related with UFC, but this is what happens when you are trying to piss of Mike Tyson in plane

Tyson, Ngannou, and well pretty much every Heavyweight in the UFC you definitely don't want to be pissing off. Braver than me if you choose to do so.

[notblox1]

Tyson, Ngannou, and well pretty much every Heavyweight in the UFC you definitely don't want to be pissing off. Braver than me if you choose to do so.

This guy was doing this on purpose and he wanted to get a punch from Tyson so he could late release some stupid video like this.
I think I will watch some heavyweight boxing this weekend with Tyson Fury fighting against Dillian Whyte, but I am not sure exact timing when both events are starting, so maybe I can watch both of them.
For anyone who likes free bets Sportsbet and jeremypwr have nice boxing competition with free bet rewards, and check out my Championship competition:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395286.0

[Welsh]

I think I will watch some heavyweight boxing this weekend with Tyson Fury fighting against Dillian Whyte, but I am not sure exact timing when both events are starting, so maybe I can watch both of them.
For anyone who likes free bets Sportsbet and jeremypwr have nice competition with free bet rewards, and check out my Championship comeptition:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395286.0

I do believe it's being hosted in England, so the event will be early. So, even if the UFC is on earlier this week (I haven't checked) you should still be able to catch the majority of it hopefully. The boxing should be on around 10-11pm UK time I believe. So, UFC events even when they start early the main card goes into the early hours in the UK. So, the main event should be safe. I usually like to split screen them when possible, as quite a few big events have clashed.

[bittraffic]

Feels the same too. The fights are not very intesting when the fighters are not very known. The ones that is exciting is the Olivera card. I'm reserving my BTC to that event.

Tyson, Ngannou, and well pretty much every Heavyweight in the UFC you definitely don't want to be pissing off. Braver than me if you choose to do so.

This guy was doing this on purpose and he wanted to get a punch from Tyson so he could late release some stupid video like this.
I think I will watch some heavyweight boxing this weekend with Tyson Fury fighting against Dillian Whyte, but I am not sure exact timing when both events are starting, so maybe I can watch both of them.
For anyone who likes free bets Sportsbet and jeremypwr have nice boxing competition with free bet rewards, and check out my Championship competition:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395286.0

Lucky him there is a barrier between them, his face would worse. Myke doesn't care what people says about him, he's done with it back in his dark years. Nothing destroys him anymore so even if he does something negative in front of a camera, its nothing to him.

[YuginKadoya]

There is lot of talking that Jon Jones is finally coming back to fighting in octagon with man, not fighting girls and woman in his personal life anymore.
His opponent should be Stipe Miocic if everything goes well, and I am excited to see if he can really compete in heavyweight division.
I am not sure in what shape Miocic is now and he needs to step up if he wants to come back after that nasty defeat from N'Gannou.

He should go up against Juliana Peña, Amanda Nunes, or Holly Holm, and be the Women's Bantamweight Champion, No pun intended but yeah I really don't like Jon Jones, but If he's going to the Heavyweight Division I want him to face Ciryl Gane and not Stipe Miocic, but that is what the UFC wants, and they already set up the fight the only thing that needed was the confirmation between the two fighters,

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I have a feeling that any hype that was produced when JBJ first said he would be fighting at HW is long gone by now. Stipe is not the champ anymore, and Jones fights so sporadically that people have moved on, especially regarding his out of the octagon behavior. I myself was excited about something like that when it first was talked about, but now, there is so much going on in the other divisions that this seems fairly bland. Maybe I change my tune if it really gets set up, but until then...

There still many people wants to see him fight in the Octagon or wants to see him lost inside the Octagon, for doing such things outside the Octagon, I truly admit I really don't like him at all, there are no excitement for me when Jon Jones, Jorge Masvidal, or Colby Covington is fighting I really don't know why but that is what I am feeling but with the upcoming Colby Covington VS Khamzat Chimaev I am surely going to be excited with that fight not because of Covington but with your know who,

Thinking of just putting out some predictions, however I probably won't be betting on anything this weekend. Not liking the look of the card, and I'm not too familiar with a lot of the fighters. Thinking of saving my money for the coming weeks.

I agree I think I will not make any bet at all but I will still make my picks regarding the Main and Co-main fight, and will be giving my full picks on the jeremypwr UFC Fight Night 205 Multi Master Challenge, this upcoming weekend, wish I am not busy on something, but regarding this event the next event seems juicy in my opinion, the UFC Fight Night: Font vs Vera, but still I think I like Marlon Vera and because stake is sponsoring Vera along Alexa Grasso and they are Stake's brand ambassadors I smell big money regarding their bet.

[TopTort777]

There still many people wants to see him fight in the Octagon or wants to see him lost inside the Octagon, for doing such things outside the Octagon, I truly admit I really don't like him at all, there are no excitement for me when Jon Jones, Jorge Masvidal, or Colby Covington is fighting I really don't know why but that is what I am feeling but with the upcoming Colby Covington VS Khamzat Chimaev I am surely going to be excited with that fight not because of Covington but with your know who,

I think people just want to see Jones for the last time, before he goes completely crazy. If he wins, he will claim himself to be new rising king and go breaking bad. If he looses, his mental instability will force him to go breaking bad also. I just dont believe he could return normally. I think this guys has wasted his talent already. I believe in that a fighter can be in his top shape only once. Jones times is gone. He can get back, get some beating and be released. Maybe he will manage to sell lots of PPV first time, but after he will never be a huge PPV seller anymore.

Do you know that Makhachev will be a replacement in a fight Oliveira vs Gaethje on UFC 274, if any fighter gets injured? There is a small chance to get another champ from Dagestan

[TheNineClub]

^  Yup same..  And I think the UFC would make a match for the winner as interim champion since Ngannou is still recovering from his knee surgery.  Dana White is trying to leverage that interim belt to make sure Ngannou stays in line and fights or he'll be stripped off his title.  Ngannou is undergoing a contract dispute with the UFC.

You could be right on the money with that one, but I am just so fed up with those interim titles and the whole ''fake belt'' narrative that comes with that, I just don't have the capacity to tolerate those word regurgitations.  Every time that gets mentioned I just hope it gets avoided somehow. I mean, especially in cases where the fighter is recovering from an injury, and since he actually fought once this year, I don't think they have a reason to do it, but you know what, UFC will UFC whenever they can.

[tokeweed]

^  Yeah, I used to think the same.  But these days I don't mind so much.  I just want to see Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic throw leather, belt or no belt.  And I think it's really advantageous for the fighters if they were going at it for a belt, be it an interim one or a real one.  I'm not sure but it's possible that they get paid more since championship fights get a share of the PPV buys.

Here's the stream for the official weigh ins.

UFC Fight Night 205:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsx2Kvi7eU

Enjoy..  

And guys..  Post your picks, c'mon!  I'm the only guy hanging my balls out in the open every week.  Lolol.

Edit:  Well in fairness there are a couple of other guys with me.

[Welsh]

And guys..  Post your picks, c'mon!  I'm the only guy hanging my balls out in the open every week.  Lolol.

Edit:  Well in fairness there are a couple of other guys with me.

Ask, and you shall receive! Although, disclaimer I'm not including any of these picks in a betting slip, as I'm not overly confident on a lot of them. So, for anyone looking for some influence on what you choose, bear that in mind.

Dean Barry
Philipe Lins
Preston Parsons
Cameron Else
Tyson Pedro
Dwight Grant
Marc-André Barriault
Lando Vannata
Alexandr Romanov
Montana De La Rosa
Clay Guida
Jéssica Andrade

Haven't got many dogs in the race for this event, so I'm fancying quite a few underdog wins. Big favourites for me personally would be Alexandr Romanov, and Dean Barry. Other than that, toss up on a lot of those. Potentially Jessica Andrade, but I tend to find WMMA odds are a little skewed with the favourite, and it's often much more competitive than the odds show.

[YuginKadoya]

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I think people just want to see Jones for the last time, before he goes completely crazy. If he wins, he will claim himself to be new rising king and go breaking bad. If he looses, his mental instability will force him to go breaking bad also. I just dont believe he could return normally. I think this guys has wasted his talent already. I believe in that a fighter can be in his top shape only once. Jones times is gone. He can get back, get some beating and be released. Maybe he will manage to sell lots of PPV first time, but after he will never be a huge PPV seller anymore.

I certainly believe that Jon Jones is a wreck loose the UFC shouldn't even bother taking his mental stability fix because whatever happens to him inside that Octagon can surely cause many problems in his mental health, he could hurt anyone, not even his partner anymore but even some bystanders and I agree Jones is not in his shape anymore even if he gained weight for the Heavyweight in is not really stable, I really think his career is over after this fight if he wins he can eventually face a fighter that is not in his caliber whether it's going to be Ciryl Gane or Tai Tuivasa, Jon Jones is just good in fighting women, the UFC should not make him a champion, but giving him another chance will only make things worst,

Do you know that Makhachev will be a replacement in a fight Oliveira vs Gaethje on UFC 274, if any fighter gets injured? There is a small chance to get another champ from Dagestan

I haven't heard of it yet, but that is the Lightweight division, if Khamzat Chimaev wants that then that is a good thing for him and he could have a double belt and champion on the two-division, but if Oliveira or Gaethje could get injured I really don't want to wish anyone to get injured but if Khamzat Makhachev would likely to fight on that position then I am willing to support it, but not wish any fighter to get injuries.

[tokeweed]

And guys..  Post your picks, c'mon!  I'm the only guy hanging my balls out in the open every week.  Lolol.

Edit:  Well in fairness there are a couple of other guys with me.

Ask, and you shall receive! Although, disclaimer I'm not including any of these picks in a betting slip, as I'm not overly confident on a lot of them. So, for anyone looking for some influence on what you choose, bear that in mind.

Dean Barry
Philipe Lins
Preston Parsons
Cameron Else
Tyson Pedro
Dwight Grant
Marc-André Barriault
Lando Vannata
Alexandr Romanov
Montana De La Rosa
Clay Guida
Jéssica Andrade

Haven't got many dogs in the race for this event, so I'm fancying quite a few underdog wins. Big favourites for me personally would be Alexandr Romanov, and Dean Barry. Other than that, toss up on a lot of those. Potentially Jessica Andrade, but I tend to find WMMA odds are a little skewed with the favourite, and it's often much more competitive than the odds show.

Mostly agree with all your leans except for Lins.  Dunno..,  Ever since he won 1m USD in the PFL grand prix I feel like he doesn't really care anymore.  I mean yeah he still likes fighting and the pay but as far as wanting to win goes, I'm not sure.  He is kinda has fast hands tho and quick movement and Prachniao is kinda low volume.

And it looks like everybody made weight and there no last minute canellations...  Good to see.  

Jessica Andrade (115.5) vs Amanda Lemos (115)
Clay Guida (154) vs Claudio Puelles (155.5)
Maycee Barber (125.5) vs Montana De La Rosa (125.5)
Alexandr Romanov (240.5) vs Chase Sherman (249)
Charles Jourdain (144.5) vs Lando Vannata (146)
Evan Elder (170) vs Preston Parsons (170)
Marc-Andre Barriault (188.5) vs Jordan Wright (190)
Dwight Grant (170.5) vs Sergey Khandozhko (169.5)
Tyson Pedro (205) vs Ike Villanueva (205.5)
Cameron Else (135) vs Aori Qileng (136)
Philipe Lins (205) vs Marcin Prachnio (205)
Dean Barry (170.5) vs Mike Jackson (170)

Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxUpqcETNgs

Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_xyNcV4Fyo

[TopTort777]

Here are the results of this weekend event:



I was take by Fury vs Whyte fight, so I have missed this event. By look on results of main card, on a timing and amount of submissions, I would say that these fights looked like a mismatch to me. I think I am not going to search the Internet for replays. But I am definitely gonna search for Jackson vs Barry fight, to see this eye gouging. Just to have another proof that UFC gloves are bad, compared to Pride or Bellator.

[YuginKadoya]

Now that the UFC Fight Night: Lemos VS Andrade has settled here comes the new event for the UFC,

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
Saturday 04.30.2022

Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ownership: Endeavor
Venue: UFC APEX



MAIN CARD

Bantamweight: Rob Font    VS     Marlon Vera
Heavyweight: Jake Collier    VS    Andrei Arlovski
Featherweight: Darren Elkins    VS    Tristan Connelly
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert    VS    Krzysztof Jotko
Lightweight: Jared Gordon    VS    Grant Dawson
Featherweight: Andre Fili    VS    Joanderson Brito

PRELIMINARY CARD

Women's Flyweight: Gina Mazany    VS    Shanna Young
Flyweight: Daniel da Silva    VS    Francisco Figueiredo
Lightweight: Mike Breeden    VS    Natan Levy
Welterweight: Yohan Lainesse    VS    Gabe Green
Flyweight: Tatsuro Taira    VS    Carlos Candelario
Heavyweight: Alexandr Romanov    VS    Chase Sherman

Information was from TAPOLOGY

[Welsh]

Dean Barry ruined a fight that he was basically cruising through. Think he might have got a little bit too excited, which ultimately bit him in the arse. Main event was good, Andrade I thought was brilliant, first ever standing triangle I believe in the UFC.

I'm looking forward to the next event, I think there's a few tasty fights, and one I'll likely put a bet on for. There was nothing wrong with last nights event, it was just rather iffy in terms of odds, and the fights being evenly matched,

[TheNineClub]

Now that the UFC Fight Night: Lemos VS Andrade has settled here comes the new event for the UFC,

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
Saturday 04.30.2022

Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ownership: Endeavor
Venue: UFC APEX

MAIN CARD

Bantamweight: Rob Font    VS     Marlon Vera
Heavyweight: Jake Collier    VS    Andrei Arlovski
Featherweight: Darren Elkins    VS    Tristan Connelly
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert    VS    Krzysztof Jotko
Lightweight: Jared Gordon    VS    Grant Dawson
Featherweight: Andre Fili    VS    Joanderson Brito

PRELIMINARY CARD

Women's Flyweight: Gina Mazany    VS    Shanna Young
Flyweight: Daniel da Silva    VS    Francisco Figueiredo
Lightweight: Mike Breeden    VS    Natan Levy
Welterweight: Yohan Lainesse    VS    Gabe Green
Flyweight: Tatsuro Taira    VS    Carlos Candelario
Heavyweight: Alexandr Romanov    VS    Chase Sherman

Information was from TAPOLOGY

the crazy thing is, that if Arlovski wins rhis, he will be on a similar wining streak as he had around 2015, and back then we thought he was allready done XD He is a god damn machine. And I would like to think that he could again make some headlines before hanging up the glives while on top (so to speak)