🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[TopTort777]

I'm more interested to bet Darren Till and Bryce Mitchell since both of them have higher rank but they're an underdog.

It might be that this is going to be the last fight in UFC for Darren Till. 4 losses in last 5 fights. His opponent is on a series of 5 (3 in UFC) wins. This would be a very complicated fight for Darren. He isnt showing good results lately, so UFC bosses might consider not to prolong his contract. Both fighters are strikers than ground game masters, so I think this fight is not going to go full distance in and in second round Till is going to be KOed.

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[posi]

Khabib Nurmagomedov always liked to fight. He had this passion from his childhood. The famous kid who fought against bears for training. And I also think that another thing that okay Habib Nurmagomedov that age over everyone is, he did not get too distracted by anything. Just look at his rival Conor McGregor. McGregor wanted to show off, he wanted to drink and party a lot.

But Khabib was not the type of guy. He basically sacrificed himself for fighting, to fighting, and above all, towards his religion. And it is very hard to beat a guy, who is that much disciplined.

As I have said, not only Khabib Nurmagomenodov, he was really the 1st to do it, but right now there are many that are inspired by the life-changing experience of Khabib, and many of his friends, and family want to be like him, for them he was a Legend and what he did was very outstanding and for that, he becomes a coach now, to the students that he was very close to because most of them are his friends and family

Personally, Khabib Nurmagomenodov was the one that introduced to me UFC, I have an idea about MMA, but the 1st UFC I watched was the fight of Khabib Nurmagomenodov, and from that, for me, he got unique movements, that could surely grapple his opponent,

But again Right now we had the likes of, Islam Makhachev,

As Khabib was the first one to do something like this, I am going to respect him a lot more. Islam is probably the second. Let me ask you something. can you remember who is the third person to land on the moon?

Exactly, there will always be someone who is going to follow in the footsteps of a certain person. But the one who did it first is the one who had to work the hardest to achieve that. Because that means I do not respect others? Absolutely not, I respect them very much. But the one who does it first is always going to get the most amount of respect.

Conor McGregor introduced the UFC to a lot of people. But Khabib Nurmagomedov was the one to become a legend and make people understand what hard work is.

[Balmain]

^  True that.  Even tho Dana White has been given negative press every now and them, deserved or not deserved, one thing I really love about him is the guy dgaf.  When it was the height of the pandemic, he went on while everybody was on lock down and it turned out to be the best decision.  People needed that sense of normalcy.

I think it sucks for Teixeira as he lost his opportuntiy to go at it another time.  I'm not sure why the UFC decided to drop him from the chance to get an interim belt.  

It was not UFC to blame this time, Teixeira made this decision to refuse this fight on his own, maybe because he knows how serious opponent Ankalaev is and he would probably lose a fight.
People probably underestimate ANkalaev is same way like they did it with Khabib when he was starting to win his fights, and then he cleaned up all division  
This is perfect time for Ankalaev to take fast road to championship belt, and it's going to be hard for other guys to come back after serious injuries.
Someone said that Jiri shoulder injury is worst injury he ever saw in UFC.

Oof Ankalaev may be a slow starter and a low volume fighter but he's tough.  And pretty sure Teixeira had a camp tailored and trained for a specific opponent in Prochazka.  But what also sucks for Teixeira is his age.  He wouldn't get as much opportunities if he misses the first one that drops on his lap.

Yes, you are right. Dana White continued these promotions during the pandemic, one of the best activities for me in those days was watching UFC on weekends. He is a businessman and it is normal to be disliked, but he provides a good service without a doubt.

It was unfortunate that Prochazka injured his shoulder during training at camp, and I learned that he would be out of fights for almost six months. The worst part of Texerira was that if he was a little younger, maybe he would have accepted the match with Ankalaev. Anyway, I can say that Blachowicz and Ankalev match is more interesting for me. I predict that Ankalev's rise will continue.

[TopTort777]

Texeira made a smart move, he has refused to fight Ankalaev, because he already has a victory over Blachowicz. Texeira has sort of a an early call for this fight, so, as he has already know what to expect from him. And he had to do a full camp to prepare for Ankalaev. If I was Texeira, I would have done the same. Chances of loosing due to being unprepared against Ankalaev are high. So Texeira decided to skip. So it is not like Texeira is scared of Ankalaev. Also, I think Texeira somehow promised Prochazka to meet again. So instead of fighting someone else, he decided to wait for Jiri. +1 to Texeiras karma from .

[YuginKadoya]

As Khabib was the first one to do something like this, I am going to respect him a lot more. Islam is probably the second. Let me ask you something. can you remember who is the third person to land on the moon?

Exactly, there will always be someone who is going to follow in the footsteps of a certain person. But the one who did it first is the one who had to work the hardest to achieve that. Because that means I do not respect others? Absolutely not, I respect them very much. But the one who does it first is always going to get the most amount of respect.

Conor McGregor introduced the UFC to a lot of people. But Khabib Nurmagomedov was the one to become a legend and make people understand what hard work is.

That will be Charles "Pete" Conrad? well, there will be a lot of Russian brethren that will likely want to be next in the footsteps of the great Khabib Nurmagomenodov, and just like the 3rd person to the moon pretty much he surely gained inspiration from the 1st person that walked or landed on the moon, now Islam Makhachev, Umar, and Usman Nurmagomedov, and other Dagestani wrestling pretty much got their inspiration from Khabib Nurmagomedov for sure, that is why there are many successful Russian Dagestani fighter in different combat sports, for me Khabib Nurmagomedov's wrestling has also proven something,

Yes, you are right. Dana White continued these promotions during the pandemic, one of the best activities for me in those days was watching UFC on weekends. He is a businessman and it is normal to be disliked, but he provides a good service without a doubt.

It was unfortunate that Prochazka injured his shoulder during training at camp, and I learned that he would be out of fights for almost six months. The worst part of Texerira was that if he was a little younger, maybe he would have accepted the match with Ankalaev. Anyway, I can say that Blachowicz and Ankalev match is more interesting for me. I predict that Ankalev's rise will continue.

I remember getting to watch a close door match that doesn't have any live audience in it, it was really historical to see something like this in the UFC, and we all know that Dana White will surely do or try anything just to give us entertainment or Dana White will surely do anything to gain profit even though it is Pandemic, I really think both are likely positive to for me I am pretty much OK with it,

Jiri Prochazka surely has had great and worse year in his career, the great thing will be in winning the belt against Glover Teixeira we all know Prochazka will likely lose to Teixeira because of his ground game, but it was shocking fight when Jiri Prochazka win the fight via Submission,

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I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved. I don't think any fighter will going to be a friendly match no matter how big their friendship is, they will sorry after the match will end, but during match they will be professional and want to beat their opponent.

Now you are jumping conclusions and misreading what i meant. I wasn't talking anything about cancelling fights, you did that. And i merely mentioned the heat between those countries. But i'll explain myself:

As Thomas Mann said "Everything is politics." And obviously when things get heated enough, it affects to Fighters/players motivation. And when you think about professionalism, do you think that fights in other non combat sports let's say in ice hockey are staged, professional or in any way planned? No. Why it would be anything else in MMA? It doesn't matter how professional you plan to look like if you are frustrated enough, especially when you are getting beaten by them.

[serjent05]

He probably can, Błachowicz has more experience but that's because Błachowicz is an old man (39) compared to Ankalaev (30) and even if he have more fights behind him, percetually he has lost way more of them (Błachowicz around 31% while Ankalaev has lost under 6% of his).

I am still cheering for Błachowicz out of principle and as an underdog.

Then there's the fact that Ankalaev is from Russia and Błachowicz from Poland, because relations between those countries are politically heated to say the least, i am guessing that this is not going to be a friendly match.

I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved.

Sorry to butt in but there is actually politics happening in any sports division.  By saying politics, it isn't about politics as in politics that involved the country leaders' point of view.  It is politics within the UFC.  And that is also the reason why Russian athletes are still participating in UFC fights.

I don't think any fighter will going to be a friendly match no matter how big their friendship is, they will sorry after the match will end, but during match they will be professional and want to beat their opponent.

Just because they have a fight they will become enemies?  One of the reasons why friends that are matched in sports division become so interesting is because it caters a lot of attention to how they will behave during the fight.  A friendly match doesn't mean that they will not do their best, instead, they should do their best in respect of their friend as an opponent. That is also part of UFC politics.  Anything that is scheduled and fighting contracts meddled by the governing body of UFC is also considered politics.  As the politics meaning stated ...

the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

Anyway it's sad to see Prochazka cancelled the fight, the odds for Ankalaev is really small, I wouldn't make a bet for him.

Nothing to do about it, Prochazka injured his shoulder so he needs to recuperate in order to fight again.  Sadly he had to  vacate the light heavyweight title and will be out for about a year. [1]


[1] https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mma/news/jiri-prochazka-injury-ufc-282-main-event-light-heavyweight/w59xn4vxrbkcedgk6n4f4h6l

[TopTort777]

He probably can, Błachowicz has more experience but that's because Błachowicz is an old man (39) compared to Ankalaev (30) and even if he have more fights behind him, percetually he has lost way more of them (Błachowicz around 31% while Ankalaev has lost under 6% of his).

I am still cheering for Błachowicz out of principle and as an underdog.

Then there's the fact that Ankalaev is from Russia and Błachowicz from Poland, because relations between those countries are politically heated to say the least, i am guessing that this is not going to be a friendly match.

I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved.

Sorry to butt in but there is actually politics happening in any sports division.  By saying politics, it isn't about politics as in politics that involved the country leaders' point of view.  It is politics within the UFC.  And that is also the reason why Russian athletes are still participating in UFC fights.

Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

[YuginKadoya]

Now you are jumping conclusions and misreading what i meant. I wasn't talking anything about cancelling fights, you did that. And i merely mentioned the heat between those countries. But i'll explain myself:

As Thomas Mann said "Everything is politics." And obviously when things get heated enough, it affects to Fighters/players motivation. And when you think about professionalism, do you think that fights in other non combat sports let's say in ice hockey are staged, professional or in any way planned? No. Why it would be anything else in MMA? It doesn't matter how professional you plan to look like if you are frustrated enough, especially when you are getting beaten by them.

Well, we could say that there are some that have been planned, and there are some that do not, regardless of whether being political or not if the fighter doesn't have free will his fight would end up then it can be fixed but there is not a way we can know if the fight will include a political agenda or not if the backer of a certain fighter is a politician then certainly there could be a fixing that is happening, and certainly anything can be controlled with a certain amount of money they have,

Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

Dana White doesn't really care at all if there is money involved he will certainly dive right into it, and not say a thing about it, there are certain ways political views would certainly change the way the fight goes, but for me as a viewer of some combat sports, you will not look at some fights that it will have a political agenda involve in it because if you do you will not enjoy certain things, at some point it surely happens to me I have questioned if UFC is legit or there will be a fixed that would go on with a certain fight if you would think about that you will certainly not enjoy watching a fight because of your suspicion you would certainly think that all are not legit or all will be just fixed for you, and you will not enjoy the essence of MMA

[bittraffic]

Now you are jumping conclusions and misreading what i meant. I wasn't talking anything about cancelling fights, you did that. And i merely mentioned the heat between those countries. But i'll explain myself:

As Thomas Mann said "Everything is politics." And obviously when things get heated enough, it affects to Fighters/players motivation. And when you think about professionalism, do you think that fights in other non combat sports let's say in ice hockey are staged, professional or in any way planned? No. Why it would be anything else in MMA? It doesn't matter how professional you plan to look like if you are frustrated enough, especially when you are getting beaten by them.

Well, we could say that there are some that have been planned, and there are some that do not, regardless of whether being political or not if the fighter doesn't have free will his fight would end up then it can be fixed but there is not a way we can know if the fight will include a political agenda or not if the backer of a certain fighter is a politician then certainly there could be a fixing that is happening, and certainly anything can be controlled with a certain amount of money they have,

Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

Dana White doesn't really care at all if there is money involved he will certainly dive right into it, and not say a thing about it, there are certain ways political views would certainly change the way the fight goes, but for me as a viewer of some combat sports, you will not look at some fights that it will have a political agenda involve in it because if you do you will not enjoy certain things, at some point it surely happens to me I have questioned if UFC is legit or there will be a fixed that would go on with a certain fight if you would think about that you will certainly not enjoy watching a fight because of your suspicion you would certainly think that all are not legit or all will be just fixed for you, and you will not enjoy the essence of MMA

Russians or any other fighters can still wear thier flags when they are introduced in the cage but they are to shoulder the fine that UFC imposes on them. I wouldn't say the UFC decides this one alone but perhaps MMA organization wouldn't want to be in the political hot seat.

While anyone is proud to represent themselves for thier countrymen, the fine may just be too big. Russian names are obvious though. Doesn't need a flag for it.

[tokeweed]

^  Wait...  There's a fine if a Russian flag is displayed by the fighter?  I know Russian flags were disallowed in F1 but I didn't notice it was also the same in the UFC or even football.

Anyway, next event is kinda decent.  Way better than the last Fight Night event for sure.  Lol.  And it's a nice filler before 282.  I don't mind a main event with Holland vs Thompson after the gap week.  I just wanna watch some UFC fights. 

A couple of tapes to watch.  Enjoy.

UFC Free Fight:  Holland vs Buckley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4UyVvObwQ

UFC Free Fight:  Thompson vs Luque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlNkPgUd0qg

[Twentyonepaylots]

He probably can, Błachowicz has more experience but that's because Błachowicz is an old man (39) compared to Ankalaev (30) and even if he have more fights behind him, percetually he has lost way more of them (Błachowicz around 31% while Ankalaev has lost under 6% of his).

I am still cheering for Błachowicz out of principle and as an underdog.

Then there's the fact that Ankalaev is from Russia and Błachowicz from Poland, because relations between those countries are politically heated to say the least, i am guessing that this is not going to be a friendly match.

I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved. I don't think any fighter will going to be a friendly match no matter how big their friendship is, they will sorry after the match will end, but during match they will be professional and want to beat their opponent.

Anyway it's sad to see Prochazka cancelled the fight, the odds for Ankalaev is really small, I wouldn't make a bet for him.

I'm more interested to bet Darren Till and Bryce Mitchell since both of them have higher rank but they're an underdog.

When we say political, it is not just about government officials or any leaders in a country. When we say political, it refers to a variety of activities that are involved in group decision-making or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

[kro55]

He probably can, Błachowicz has more experience but that's because Błachowicz is an old man (39) compared to Ankalaev (30) and even if he have more fights behind him, percetually he has lost way more of them (Błachowicz around 31% while Ankalaev has lost under 6% of his).
I am still cheering for Błachowicz out of principle and as an underdog.
Then there's the fact that Ankalaev is from Russia and Błachowicz from Poland, because relations between those countries are politically heated to say the least, i am guessing that this is not going to be a friendly match.

I mean why you're trying to link between UFC and politic? if politic is really happen on UFC, any Russian fighter can't fight in UFC anymore since their country get blacklisted until the problem is already solved.

Sorry to butt in but there is actually politics happening in any sports division.  By saying politics, it isn't about politics as in politics that involved the country leaders' point of view.  It is politics within the UFC.  And that is also the reason why Russian athletes are still participating in UFC fights.

Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

UFC cannot afford to lose the Russian fan base. Because the Russian fan base is almost half of the fans of UFC. And obviously having Khabib Nurmagomedov had a big influence on the UFC and that is a big reason why we see so many Russian fighters in the UFC right now.

In addition, more and more Russians are becoming interested in the UFC day by day. I like what UFC is doing right now. They are not making a fuss about it and just doing what they should. They are just handling business right now and they are staying as far away as they can from all the propaganda and politics about the Russia versus Ukraine war.

[eaLiTy]

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Conor McGregor introduced the UFC to a lot of people. But Khabib Nurmagomedov was the one to become a legend and make people understand what hard work is.

Every fighter who fights at an elite level has to sacrifice and undergo immense training and hard work to be on that level, if not you will see your face planted in the mat in front of the world to see  . The skill level of Khabib is on a different level and all credits to his father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov because he created 18 champions in different discipline and a bunch of youngsters coming through in the world stage in the coming years.

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Russian athletes participate in UFC right now with a small remark - I think they are not allowed (or at least asked) not to bring Russian flags during ring walk and decision announcement. Remember how they always put flags on their shoulders or back? Havent seen flags for a while. Maybe there are more politics involved in other MMA promotions, but, as UFC are a lot about money, they will never lose a chance to earn. UFC rooster is full of Russian fighters, Russian UFC fan base is huge. UFC will never turn back against such a sweet peace of pie.

You do not need to mix sports, politics and agenda together. There is no flags allowed in the UFC and it is their policy now. The best fighters get a contract with the UFC and if that turns out to be Russians, what is there is to do. UFC was loosing money when it started and for years even when Dana was the president and now they are making money, so is it a bad thing or a good thing.

I love to watch elite level fighting and UFC provides them, there was a time when Pride FC and Strike Force were better but they had to shut their doors because they are not making profit. Glad that Dana White was able to create a sports and make fans interested in it so that they will not shut down like the others.

^  Wait...  There's a fine if a Russian flag is displayed by the fighter?  I know Russian flags were disallowed in F1 but I didn't notice it was also the same in the UFC or even football.

No flags of any country will be carried by any fighter and that is the new policy by the UFC, if any fighters violate them, there wont be any fine but probably released from the UFC and that is how Dana White usually conducts business, his way or the highway  .

[notblox1]

I don't trust anything coming from McGregor and all theater around him, but he is now calling out his ex training partner Lobov to fight and settle their problems.
This could be one more of his marketing tricks to attract attention from people to pay and watch this two guys in octagon.
If this fight ever happens my theory would shown to be true, but that is only if people show enough interest to watch and pay.

Would you pay to watch McGregor vs Lobov?

[ChiBitCTy]

I have to say that the UFC has just not been the same for me since the days of Chuck Lidell, Tito Ortiz, etc etc.  Those were certainly the glory days for the UFC in my opinion, and have to think they were the most popular days of UFC's history (though I could be very wrong about this). 

Anyways I had really lost a lot of love for it, especially seeing douchebags like Connor McGregor run the show for such a long period of time.  But now I'm pretty pumped to have a new favorite fighter in Paddy the Baddy from Ireland.  Anyways else become a fan of his too?!

[OgNasty]

Woodley seems to be trying to get Jake Paul to enter into an MMA fight for a third matchup between them now. Jake has moved on, but it’s crazy that he’s getting called out by fighters now. Jake looks like he’ll be staying with boxing though and apparently has fight offers out to Tommy Fury, Nate Diaz, & Andrew Tate. I personally don’t care about Tommy Fury but the other two would probably be fun to watch.

[YuginKadoya]

Russians or any other fighters can still wear thier flags when they are introduced in the cage but they are to shoulder the fine that UFC imposes on them. I wouldn't say the UFC decides this one alone but perhaps MMA organization wouldn't want to be in the political hot seat.

While anyone is proud to represent themselves for thier countrymen, the fine may just be too big. Russian names are obvious though. Doesn't need a flag for it.

Right now I think Russian fighters in all sorts of combat sports know the situation right now there is a war that is going on at the moment and I guess the UFC is not really prohibiting Russian fighters to wear their flags but there will be fine if they did that, they just need to pay, but at least not prohibiting them from doing so, but yeah I think Russian fighters know the situations right now and I think for now  haven't seen any flags yet, but yeah if the situations subside which is not really happening right now this may continue for as long as we really don't know,

UFC cannot afford to lose the Russian fan base. Because the Russian fan base is almost half of the fans of UFC. And obviously having Khabib Nurmagomedov had a big influence on the UFC and that is a big reason why we see so many Russian fighters in the UFC right now.

In addition, more and more Russians are becoming interested in the UFC day by day. I like what UFC is doing right now. They are not making a fuss about it and just doing what they should. They are just handling business right now and they are staying as far away as they can from all the propaganda and politics about the Russia versus Ukraine war.

I really think they will not lose the Russian fan base sure there are just a lot of Russian Fighters and many of them are really dominating on the ground, surely because of the ground game of Khabib Nurmagomedov, it was a game-changer for the UFC and other combat sports so far, and their style on ground game is also dominating the Jiujitsu users in all combat sports right now, pretty much if a Russian Dagestani fighter is present inside the octagon or ring, it will surely showcase Dagestani Wrestling VS Brazilian Jiujitsu for sure,

[TopTort777]

I might be incorrect (cant google it properly from the phone right now), but for example Petr Yan always wear flag during decision announcement. But he had no flag after his fight against Sean O'Malley. Come on, Petr Yan is a 100% Siberian, which means he is Russian from toe to head, wears Orthodox cross all the time, and he is without the flag ? Hard to believe there are no shady games behind UFC scenes.

But please, enough of the politics here, lets get back to business. Did you guys noticed, that Nate Diaz is a free agent right now ? The bird is free and not can start creating his own promotion.

[tokeweed]

^  Wait...  There's a fine if a Russian flag is displayed by the fighter?  I know Russian flags were disallowed in F1 but I didn't notice it was also the same in the UFC or even football.

No flags of any country will be carried by any fighter and that is the new policy by the UFC, if any fighters violate them, there wont be any fine but probably released from the UFC and that is how Dana White usually conducts business, his way or the highway  .

Yeah..  But I think some people are trying to pin the issue totally on Dana White or the UFC.  He has his hands tied and he prolly doesn't give a fk which flag you wave around during walk outs.  You could wave a flag around that says the UFC sucks and he wouldn't care.  It's the United States gov imposing those rules as Russia is currently 'the enemy'.  It's a weird time.  

Anyway, you guys got any picks and bets for this weekend's event?  There are some pretty good match ups in here...  Levy vs Valdez is gonna be good, Price vs Rowe, Hermansson vs Dolidze, Tuivasa vs Pavlovich and Nicolau vs Schnell.