🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[notblox1]

The fights were on way too late or me, so I only saw a few of them. Missed the main event, but obviously I know what happened. Despite, maybe the results of that main card. I'm kind of disappointed since my bet nearly came in, but because the Kim fight didn't go ahead due to illness, I couldn't cash out as it was suspended the whole time, which was quite annoying.

Derrick Lewis should really make bigger break from UFC fighting, he is losing fights left and right, but Dana want's to milk him more.
Serghei Spivac made it look easy but I want to see him fighting against better fighter, I am not sure he is material for heavyweight champion.
I am glad I was right on my UFC predictions on Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac, but this was not event to remember for long time.
I am expecting much more from next fight card Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski.

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Bookies are not rooting for Volkaanovski however. Personally, I wanted Volkanovski to win and remain at the top still as he had defended the title before. He just has to avoid the takedown by countering it with his accurate strike or by knee and this will fall as one of the upsets again.

Once Makhachev wins in this weight class, this will be another set of fights for him, another to challenge by the guys in featherweight which will be an opportunity for bettors though.

If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.

It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.

So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.

[tokeweed]

I'll have another one of my lottery tickets for 284 but if I just break even or lose, I won't be having one for a couple of events.  It's funny as it doesn't matter if my bet is big or small, they all stress me out.  Something is wrong with me.  I don't seem to mind much in football tho.  There's something about betting MMA.

And yeah, Lewis is dead to me now.  

It's your hard earned money at the end of the day, so of course you'll care. However, if you feel it getting to you, it might be good to have a few weeks off. You don't want to get into that toxic cycle of trying to recoup what you've lost from the last event, as you likely won't. Since, there's always a massive favourite that shuts down your entire bet. Guess, who mine was in Bellator? The biggest favourite there was on that card...

I've tapered off betting as much recently, and only do it to events I'm actually going to watch. There's no point betting on something you can't enjoy that tense feeling that betting brings. Otherwise, you're probably doing it for the wrong reasons. I'm not saying you're tokeweed you've obviously been betting for a good period of time now, so I imagine you're responsible, but I hope it's not getting you down too much.

Lol...  I'm pretty sure you'll be betting on some of the matches at 284 then.    Since it's a 'shouldn't miss' event and all.    But yeah, I looove watching MMA, so I just couldn't not make at least a lottery ticket and out a little something in it.

Anyway here's what my lottery ticket for 284 might look like.  Haven't bet it yet.

Tukughov - Mackhachev - Lookboonmee
Add:  Pedro - Maddalena - Rodriguez
Add:  Bilder - Rodrigues - Porter
Add:  Jenkins - Mullarkey - Culibao
Add:  Menifield

And here's the Multi Master.

UFC 284 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5438397.0

Have fun!

[AverageGlabella]

Bookies are not rooting for Volkaanovski however. Personally, I wanted Volkanovski to win and remain at the top still as he had defended the title before. He just has to avoid the takedown by countering it with his accurate strike or by knee and this will fall as one of the upsets again.

Once Makhachev wins in this weight class, this will be another set of fights for him, another to challenge by the guys in featherweight which will be an opportunity for bettors though.

If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.

It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.

So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.

He is the favorite and Makhachev has some of the best  ground game ever witnessed. Probably only Khabib and Chimaev who can rival him. Volk has good takedown defense but he is a lot smaller then Makhachev and I do not see Volk being able to keep him off of him. I still think Makhachev will get the submission but if not he will probably win by gnp. Volk is too small.

[TopTort777]

Bookies are not rooting for Volkaanovski however. Personally, I wanted Volkanovski to win and remain at the top still as he had defended the title before. He just has to avoid the takedown by countering it with his accurate strike or by knee and this will fall as one of the upsets again.

Once Makhachev wins in this weight class, this will be another set of fights for him, another to challenge by the guys in featherweight which will be an opportunity for bettors though.

If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.

It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.

So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.

I can easily agree that Volkanovski is a monster, but gonna try to start a discussion why he is not going to win First of all it is a very rare case when a fighter advances to other weight class and performs well there. Going down in a weight class is different. But when you go up to fight against a champion and top2 p2p, imho this is a suicide mission. Islam will be only a weigh-ins a lightweight, next day he will be a welterweight . This will be first time Volkanovski fighting as a lightweight. No warm-up fight, straight against champ... I wont stop saying that wrestler beats striker. Volkanovski, I think, had only 1 or 2 (probably only Ortega) good wrestler opponents. I wish this fight to have more drama, but I think everyone knows how it is going to end.

[YuginKadoya]

We will once again witness another history next week when Islam Makachev will fight Alexander Volkanovski, will he get passed on to him? or his luck will run up?

I haven't paid much attention to this schedule until I found out it's gonna be next week. Looks like they will gonna once again surprise us with their techniques on how they will gonna beat each other most fans are rooting for Alexander Volkanovski because they think he has all the skills to beat Makachev but things will be different once they face each other inside the octagon.

Well, I think it is the other way around if you look at the stake odds Islam Makhachev has an insane amount of odds right now he is at 1.26 while Alex Volkanovski is at 4.20 right now so I think there are many rooting for Makhachev and he is the favorite to win here, and for me, I will be rooting for Islam Makhachev aswell  Alex Volkanovski had a great striking and Makhachev don't need to underestimate it, for me go with the takedowns pretty early in the fight, after all weakness to strikers are wrestlers, and takedowns,

The fights were on way too late or me, so I only saw a few of them. Missed the main event, but obviously I know what happened. Despite, maybe the results of that main card. I'm kind of disappointed since my bet nearly came in, but because the Kim fight didn't go ahead due to illness, I couldn't cash out as it was suspended the whole time, which was quite annoying.

Anyhow, some good fights from what I saw. Real competitive like I was hoping for, but also some of those fighters were putting massive amounts of volume out there. Anyway, onto the next event. We've got a awesome line up in the next few months.

That was really a bummer to have your bet suspended because the fight was canceled and I feel you man, anyhow next event will surely be awesome overload for us, and right now I can not wait to watch it, the feeling that you want to play a game but that game is not yet released I got the feeling like that when waiting for an event in the UFC for sure many has a different feeling than me, but surely champion vs champion fight is really one of a kind and a chance for Alex Volkanovski to get 2 belt for himself,

If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.

It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.

So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.

I really dislike the idea of saying if he beat him that beat the other fighter technically he also beat him, for me, it is not really respectable for the other fighter, because there might be some skill on that fighter that could be a weakness for the other, I am saying is if he wants to fight to see what is real and what is really not for me if Max Holloway wants to also fight Makhachev then let him prove himself not just because Volkanovski lost to Makhachev for example doesn't really mean that Islam Makhachev also beat Max Holloway aswell,

[AverageGlabella]

Bookies are not rooting for Volkaanovski however. Personally, I wanted Volkanovski to win and remain at the top still as he had defended the title before. He just has to avoid the takedown by countering it with his accurate strike or by knee and this will fall as one of the upsets again.

Once Makhachev wins in this weight class, this will be another set of fights for him, another to challenge by the guys in featherweight which will be an opportunity for bettors though.

If Volkanovski can beat Makhachev, I think he's a monster since he's already destroy every fighters in featherweight and he's able to win against top 2 P4P rank.

It's possible for other featherweight's fighter will challenge Makhachev, but there's no better fighter except Max Holloway, even Holloway is a good fighter, he have been beaten by Volkanovski for 3 times. He ever fight with Dustin Poirier which is top 3 rank in lightweight, but he's lose.

So if Makhachev beat Volkanovski, technically he already beat Holloway too.

I can easily agree that Volkanovski is a monster, but gonna try to start a discussion why he is not going to win First of all it is a very rare case when a fighter advances to other weight class and performs well there. Going down in a weight class is different. But when you go up to fight against a champion and top2 p2p, imho this is a suicide mission. Islam will be only a weigh-ins a lightweight, next day he will be a welterweight . This will be first time Volkanovski fighting as a lightweight. No warm-up fight, straight against champ... I wont stop saying that wrestler beats striker. Volkanovski, I think, had only 1 or 2 (probably only Ortega) good wrestler opponents. I wish this fight to have more drama, but I think everyone knows how it is going to end.

It is very rare that a fighter dominates his division so fast like Makhachev. Makhachev has smashed everyone in front of him and does not look like losing in that division. Volk is good but we is very small compared to Makhachev and volk has struggled a couple of times before with wrestlers. Makhachev is one of the best wrestlers in the ufc and that is why volk is going to struggle. If volk can keep it on the feet then I think he will win but that would be a big thing to because Makhachev out reaches him too. I know that volk is normally the smaller fighter but this is a big difference when a good wrestler like Makhachev is the opponent.

[Welsh]

Lol...  I'm pretty sure you'll be betting on some of the matches at 284 then.    Since it's a 'shouldn't miss' event and all.    But yeah, I looove watching MMA, so I just couldn't not make at least a lottery ticket and out a little something in it.

Anyway here's what my lottery ticket for 284 might look like.  Haven't bet it yet.

Tukughov - Mackhachev - Lookboonmee
Add:  Pedro - Maddalena - Rodriguez
Add:  Bilder - Rodrigues - Porter
Add:  Jenkins - Mullarkey - Culibao
Add:  Menifield

You know it. I'm probably fancying Volkanovski, but I'm liking your Maddalena, Mullarkey, and Lookboonmee picks. The latter I'd probably be the most concerned with, since Elise Reed is pretty good on the ground, just not great getting it there. Lookboonmee has the volume though, so I do feel somewhat confident in that pick. I'll get my proper picks out closer to the date, but that's my early leans, and for the most part I agree with your picks.

Although, I said I fancy Volky I'm absolutely not betting on that fight. Too many variables, but I've doubted Volkanovski before, but it turns out you just can't go against a ex rugby player .

[notblox1]

Although, I said I fancy Volky I'm absolutely not betting on that fight. Too many variables, but I've doubted Volkanovski before, but it turns out you just can't go against a ex rugby player .

Did you see the odds for main event?
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-284/matches

Islam Makhachev is massive favorite but I don't see any value in betting on him.
I do expect fight won't go to distance, so only potential bet for me would be Makhachev to win by submission.
Let's see how Islam will be in first fight without coach Khabib in corner.
I am not very excited about other fights on this card, but I must watch main event.

[YuginKadoya]

It is very rare that a fighter dominates his division so fast like Makhachev. Makhachev has smashed everyone in front of him and does not look like losing in that division. Volk is good but we is very small compared to Makhachev and volk has struggled a couple of times before with wrestlers. Makhachev is one of the best wrestlers in the ufc and that is why volk is going to struggle. If volk can keep it on the feet then I think he will win but that would be a big thing to because Makhachev out reaches him too. I know that volk is normally the smaller fighter but this is a big difference when a good wrestler like Makhachev is the opponent.

Both fighters have one loss if they would look at each other's weaknesses they will look for people that led them to lose the fight well both were pretty much alike when it comes to their losses, both miscalculated the situation, and I think this will be their cap window of opportunity that they will be exposing and seeing when these two clashes, Well, in my opinion, Alex Volkanovski has some wrestling in him aswell he surely practice in that and got a few wins on the ground, but when it comes to wrestling Makhachev is really high regarding his wrestling and is very proud with the Dagestan Wrestling for sure, so yeah Volkanovski will surely struggle a lot!

Did you see the odds for main event?
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-284/matches

Islam Makhachev is massive favorite but I don't see any value in betting on him.
I do expect fight won't go to distance, so only potential bet for me would be Makhachev to win by submission.
Let's see how Islam will be in first fight without coach Khabib in corner.
I am not very excited about other fights on this card, but I must watch main event.

Yup! will be betting on a combo mode and not with the regular win, it is not really profitable when you want to bet for Islam Makhachev, and he is the heavy favorite to win, that is why but will be giving my picks for the other fights will be just completing some of my information about the fighters, to make my final verdict and prediction of what may happen on the fight, well I think it will affect Makhachev's performance by a little but it will not stop him in smashing Volkanovski for sure,

[TopTort777]

It is very rare that a fighter dominates his division so fast like Makhachev. Makhachev has smashed everyone in front of him and does not look like losing in that division. Volk is good but we is very small compared to Makhachev and volk has struggled a couple of times before with wrestlers. Makhachev is one of the best wrestlers in the ufc and that is why volk is going to struggle. If volk can keep it on the feet then I think he will win but that would be a big thing to because Makhachev out reaches him too. I know that volk is normally the smaller fighter but this is a big difference when a good wrestler like Makhachev is the opponent.

Lets see how he is going to fight this weekend without Khabibs assistance. His striking coach Javier Mendez, told that they will cope well without Khabib in Islams corner. Btw, the odds, because of no Khabib in Islams corner, did not change at all. Bookies are also as confident in this win as Islam Due to Volkanovski being smaller than Islam, and all those muscles, it a bit lowers Makhachevs wrestling level, because it will be harder to choke opponent that has no neck lol

[Welsh]

Did you see the odds for main event?
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-284/matches

Islam Makhachev is massive favorite but I don't see any value in betting on him.
I do expect fight won't go to distance, so only potential bet for me would be Makhachev to win by submission.
Let's see how Islam will be in first fight without coach Khabib in corner.
I am not very excited about other fights on this card, but I must watch main event.

Yeah, now the bookies might be right, but that gap in odds is very odd to me. It's like Makhachev is going against a unknown or unproven fighter, but Volky has proven the bookies wrong multiple times. Khabib might not be in his corner, but he's taught him enough for it to be muscle memory. It probably won't make much of a difference not having him in the corner on the night.

It's a pretty good event top to bottom. Obviously, the main draw is usually the main event, hence why you see all the empty seats around the octagon. I've never really understood that though, if I'm paying the prices they ask for these days, you can bet I'm watching every single one of those fights including the prelims.

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I really dislike the idea of saying if he beat him that beat the other fighter technically he also beat him, for me, it is not really respectable for the other fighter, because there might be some skill on that fighter that could be a weakness for the other, I am saying is if he wants to fight to see what is real and what is really not for me if Max Holloway wants to also fight Makhachev then let him prove himself not just because Volkanovski lost to Makhachev for example doesn't really mean that Islam Makhachev also beat Max Holloway aswell,

I didn't mean to disrespect Holloway, although there's a chance something will happen when no one expect it before. The reason why I said that because Holloway isn't an unique fighter which has a capability to beat Makhachev, if he's a volume puncher and has more than 90% KO rate, I might think he can beat Makhachev. So I wouldn't think we will see paper rock scissors.

But maybe in the next year(s) we will see good contender who can beat Volkanovski or Makhachev, it's Alex Pereira.

[TopTort777]

Khabib might not be in his corner, but he's taught him enough for it to be muscle memory. It probably won't make much of a difference not having him in the corner on the night.

Allow me to comment a little.

On the UFC we have two fighter, Islam Makhachev in main card and Zubaira Tukhugov in early prelims. They both are students of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, they both a good and close friends, and friends of Khabib. Basically they have trained together, lived together, spend time together. They are almost same age. On the paper, based on their fighting background, they should be a copy paste of each other. They have parallel paths of becoming professional fighters. However, Makhachev is a lightweight champ with 23-1 (12-1 in UFC). record, Tukhugov 20-5 (5-3-1 in UFC).

Abdulmanap has taught them identically, but they are different. Teaching is not enough. Their next fights gonna show how they are prepared without Khabib. Some people say that Makhachev is sort of a Abdulanaps account who is playing "same Khabib but under new character", or Makhachev was in Khabibs shadow. Now Makhachev is on his own. Excited to see how he performs.

[AverageGlabella]

It is very rare that a fighter dominates his division so fast like Makhachev. Makhachev has smashed everyone in front of him and does not look like losing in that division. Volk is good but we is very small compared to Makhachev and volk has struggled a couple of times before with wrestlers. Makhachev is one of the best wrestlers in the ufc and that is why volk is going to struggle. If volk can keep it on the feet then I think he will win but that would be a big thing to because Makhachev out reaches him too. I know that volk is normally the smaller fighter but this is a big difference when a good wrestler like Makhachev is the opponent.

Lets see how he is going to fight this weekend without Khabibs assistance. His striking coach Javier Mendez, told that they will cope well without Khabib in Islams corner. Btw, the odds, because of no Khabib in Islams corner, did not change at all. Bookies are also as confident in this win as Islam Due to Volkanovski being smaller than Islam, and all those muscles, it a bit lowers Makhachevs wrestling level, because it will be harder to choke opponent that has no neck lol

But volk only has a chance because of his punching ability but because he is so small and there is a wrestling threat from Makhachev then Volk is not going to be able to get close to him. I think he could get knocked out to because he will be to worried about the submission and will lower his guard to prevent the TD and will get caught. Makhachev has got a good haymaker and some good jabs. The safest bet imo would be the money line for Makhachev but I will be going for submission for the better odds.

[YuginKadoya]

Lets see how he is going to fight this weekend without Khabibs assistance. His striking coach Javier Mendez, told that they will cope well without Khabib in Islams corner. Btw, the odds, because of no Khabib in Islams corner, did not change at all. Bookies are also as confident in this win as Islam Due to Volkanovski being smaller than Islam, and all those muscles, it a bit lowers Makhachevs wrestling level, because it will be harder to choke opponent that has no neck lol

Those muscles were for the takedowns and the submission attempts and to ensure that he will be dominant when it comes to the ground game, Islam Makhachev is really something, and just like Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Khamzat Chimaev or other fighters that are well verse in combat sambo and Dagestan Wrestling then needed strength in their wrestling in controlling their opponent, Khamzat Chimaev doesn't go to the ground with Gilbert Burns because he knows that he will surely struggle and have a hard time with him on the ground because of Burns Physique, and Gilburt Burns also doesn't went for the takedowns and don't want to engage with Chimaev on the ground, because he is doubting his capabilities in the ground,

I didn't mean to disrespect Holloway, although there's a chance something will happen when no one expect it before. The reason why I said that because Holloway isn't an unique fighter which has a capability to beat Makhachev, if he's a volume puncher and has more than 90% KO rate, I might think he can beat Makhachev. So I wouldn't think we will see paper rock scissors.

But maybe in the next year(s) we will see good contender who can beat Volkanovski or Makhachev, it's Alex Pereira.

Don't worry that is your opinion on Holloway, but regarding saying that Makhachev already beat Holloway if he beat Volkanovski, is surely not applicable for now, in some cases, I am very positive that Islam Makhachev can win against Alex Volkanovski, but there is this doubt that I feel because Alex Volkanovsi is pretty much confidence in getting this fight, he also asks for this fight aswell, If Alex Volkanovski is pretty much confidence like this he surely have a game plan ready for Makhachev, and Islam Makhachev for me he doesn't want to underestimate a man full of confidence, so there is a chance for Volkanovski in defeating Makhachev and for Holloway to beat Makhachev aswell,

[OgNasty]

Interesting to read that if Conor McGregor wins his next fight he’ll immediately be given a title shot. I don’t blame the UFC for making his path incredibly easy given that he’s their cash cow, but I imagine a lot of fighters are going to be angry about this and want to take Conor’s head off as a result. He’s going to have a hard time on this next run I think. Not sure he’s going to become champion ever again. I wouldn’t want to be the first guy to face him in his comeback though.

[Balmain]

Interesting to read that if Conor McGregor wins his next fight he’ll immediately be given a title shot. I don’t blame the UFC for making his path incredibly easy given that he’s their cash cow, but I imagine a lot of fighters are going to be angry about this and want to take Conor’s head off as a result. He’s going to have a hard time on this next run I think. Not sure he’s going to become champion ever again. I wouldn’t want to be the first guy to face him in his comeback though.

On his return, many fighters will fight him and beat him, estimating him as weak, and want to say I beat McGregor. McGregor is like Aslan, you never know what will happen, so I wouldn't want to meet him on his return. His next fight will be very difficult, I am very undecided about whether he will be able to leave here successfully. We have almost zero knowledge of his condition after the injury so it will be a bit of a surprise.

[tokeweed]

Lol...  I'm pretty sure you'll be betting on some of the matches at 284 then.    Since it's a 'shouldn't miss' event and all.    But yeah, I looove watching MMA, so I just couldn't not make at least a lottery ticket and out a little something in it.

Anyway here's what my lottery ticket for 284 might look like.  Haven't bet it yet.

Tukughov - Mackhachev - Lookboonmee
Add:  Pedro - Maddalena - Rodriguez
Add:  Bilder - Rodrigues - Porter
Add:  Jenkins - Mullarkey - Culibao
Add:  Menifield

You know it. I'm probably fancying Volkanovski, but I'm liking your Maddalena, Mullarkey, and Lookboonmee picks. The latter I'd probably be the most concerned with, since Elise Reed is pretty good on the ground, just not great getting it there. Lookboonmee has the volume though, so I do feel somewhat confident in that pick. I'll get my proper picks out closer to the date, but that's my early leans, and for the most part I agree with your picks.

Although, I said I fancy Volky I'm absolutely not betting on that fight. Too many variables, but I've doubted Volkanovski before, but it turns out you just can't go against a ex rugby player .

Reed really isn't that good on the ground and even if she is at this match, Lookboonmee as the shorter fighter has a lower center of gravity that could make it harder for Reed to take her down.  If anything I think it's Lookboonmee who could take Reed down via body lock and trip take down.  But pretty confident it will stay on the feet. I got her at the top.

As for Volk, I get why some folks fancy him.  The line is too wide imho as Volk is tough.  It could go for the whole 5 rounds and I worry about Makhachev's cardio if pushed.

[Welsh]

Reed really isn't that good on the ground and even if she is at this match, Lookboonmee as the shorter fighter has a lower center of gravity that could make it harder for Reed to take her down.  If anything I think it's Lookboonmee who could take Reed down via body lock and trip take down.  But pretty confident it will stay on the feet. I got her at the top.

As for Volk, I get why some folks fancy him.  The line is too wide imho as Volk is tough.  It could go for the whole 5 rounds and I worry about Makhachev's cardio if pushed.

I've seen some decent ground game from her, it's just she's awful getting there. Although, I'll be going for Lookboonmee her striking is crisp, and she gets the volume out there. In close matches where a finish isn't probable then volume wins you the fights.

Yeah, I've seen Makhachev's cardio struggle before, and Volky is literally the king of cardio. I'm not betting on it, as it's just too unpredictable, but I'll be cheering on Volk you can guarantee that. A few weeks ago when they first announced the odds he was at 4.00 which is absolutely crazy to be rated that low. I haven't checked yet, but will be tomorrow when I hope to get the predictions out for this event.