🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[bbc.reporter]

@eaLiTy. Cowboy is also weak versus body punches and kicks. I predict that Justin Gaethje will begin the fight with strong leg kicks and punches to the body to weaken Cowboy and might win in the 1st round or in the beginning of the 2nd round by knockout or technical knockout.

Cowboy might be prepared for this, however, and he might try to take the fight to 5 rounds where Justin weakens. But how can he defend Justin's attacks for 3 or 4 rounds? Maybe running hehehehe.

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[TravelMug]

Glover still fighting huh? He still hungry for that belt.

Khabib will meet his match. Maybe his is the king in his division for now, but there will be a time that someone will dethrone him in the 155 division.

He will if he does not retire early or if he does not choose/avoid his opponent later on. 

Discipline, Respect and Skills, put them all together and you have an undefeated fighter.

You can also add tough chin (at the moment) in there. He has been hit hard a few times but his chin held up. There will come a time where he will lose it and will be knocked out.

Khabib's chin was never tested by Dustin. He tried on the 2nd round, but he did not have a strong convincing punch on Khabib's head.

Also, Dustin appeared to be weaker than his fights before this. It might be the heat.

I agree, I'm not really sure if he hit Khabib clean in the second round, he may have clip him, but I don't think it's solid enough.

Dustin appeared to be weaker because Khabib was all over him in the first round. Took a toll on him that's why he try to swing at every angle in the second round. However, when Khabib is on his back again, his energy was drained perfect for the Khabib attempted choked in the 3rd.

Khabib would have out balance and fall if he were tagged in the 2nd round. His hip and foot wasn't in the position while he was backing away. Dustin is bigger, more knuckle power but is out of luck and Khabib's wrestling took in control. Khabib has defeated super stars in MMA nothing, he is still young so he will be challenged every time by the rising stars.

As you pointed, "out of balance" when he was backing away he might tripped or something but definitely can stand up again. Dustin is probably a few inches in hitting Khabib right in the mouth, but that's the way separate the winners from the losers.

@bbc.reporter yeah, that's his weakness, and together with Justin Gaethje who goes right off the bat, Cerrone might be put in an uncomfortable position early and this is disadvantageous to him and very difficult to overcome with the likes of Gaethje.

[NavI_027]

What a vicious right counter from Gaethje! It makes Cerrone kneel and lead to his finish in no time . I'm not surprise with the result tho because right the very beginning I already saw how fast Gaethje is. He can easily snatch leg kicks and jabs against his opponent.

When it comes to the stoppage, I think referee did the right thing despite of Cerrone's complaint. The referee notice that he is no longer responding from the punches thus he stop the fight and for me that's enough because if he wouldn't then Cerrone will be more brutalized. Here are the results of UFC 158.

[mich]

Good performance from HIGHLIGHT I was hoping it was going to go for some more time past round 1
COWBOY has a personality to want the ufc to keep him around for some time

[7788bitcoin]

COWBOY has a personality to want the ufc to keep him around for some time

Cowboy is the most active fighter in the entire UFC and he will fight anyone anytime and he is the only fighter that is ready to take any risk in a short period of time and if you have a fighter like that who will release him, he has more knockouts in UFC history more fights in history and more fight night bonus than anyone.

@eaLiTy you prediction was spot on with Justin Gaethje and Donald Cerrone, will be looking for your prediction in the future.

[btc_angela]

What a vicious right counter from Gaethje! It makes Cerrone kneel and lead to his finish in no time . I'm not surprise with the result tho because right the very beginning I already saw how fast Gaethje is. He can easily snatch leg kicks and jabs against his opponent.

Right, Gaethje punch was spot on, even after a few minutes on the game, you can surely see how strong his punch are and it was coming at all angle together with the leg kick.

When it comes to the stoppage, I think referee did the right thing despite of Cerrone's complaint. The referee notice that he is no longer responding from the punches thus he stop the fight and for me that's enough because if he wouldn't then Cerrone will be more brutalized. Here are the results of UFC 158.

No question about it, Cerrone is already down and another combo would brutally knock the hell out of Cerrone, those guys are friends and Gaethje doesn't want to hurt him more.

[Yaunfitda]

Good performance from HIGHLIGHT I was hoping it was going to go for some more time past round 1
COWBOY has a personality to want the ufc to keep him around for some time

That's what he said post interview that he still wanted to continue despite this lost. We can't question his heart, but can his body take this kind of damage at his age?

So what's next for Gaethje here? Fight the winner of Ferguson vs Khabib? or directly go to Conor at this point? Sort of tune-up fight for Conor?

[TravelMug]

As expected, Gaethje just used his superior stand up game and finished Cerrone in round one. Of course we wanted them to fight for more. But Cerrone was hit cleanly, buckle on his knees and that what Gaethje needed to finished him.

Mad respect for Cerrone for wanting to fight for more even at his age. Gaethje should wait for the Khabib vs Tony fight. There is no incentive fighting Conor if he wanted to get the belt except for huge money in the table.

[notblox1]

What are your predictions for fight Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya ?

And where do you bet for UFC MMA?
I saw betmatch.io but I don't know how credible it is...

[NavI_027]

What are your predictions for fight Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya ?

And where do you bet for UFC MMA?
I saw betmatch.io but I don't know how credible it is...

Oh! You made me visit Google for this one I'm surprised for knowing that it will happen very soon. I'm so excited to watch this unification bout and see who is the real GOAT of the Middleweight Division — only one will be reigned as a champion.

Hmm, in this fight, I'll go for the Last Stylebnder not only because he got the height and reach advantage against his opponent but mainly because of his fighting style. For me he is more verstaile than Robert (he will not be called Stylebender for no reason lol). Click here for more details.

[notblox1]

Oh! You made me visit Google for this one I'm surprised for knowing that it will happen very soon. I'm so excited to watch this unification bout and see who is the real GOAT of the Middleweight Division — only one will be reigned as a champion.

Hmm, in this fight, I'll go for the Last Stylebnder not only because he got the height and reach advantage against his opponent but mainly because of his fighting style. For me he is more verstaile than Robert (he will not be called Stylebender for no reason lol). Click here for more details.

Yeah, I also think Adesanya will win this one.
He is a great fighter and also mentally strong.
Should be fun fight to watch.

If anyone missed my question before...
Where do you guys bet for UFC/MMA with crypto Ethereum or Bitcoin?

[tokeweed]

This weekend's main event is decent.  Rodriguez showed a lot of heart when he fought KZ.  Let's see if he shows the same vs Stephens (who's a badass).  It's a coin flip with both at 1.90 (last time I checked).  I think Stephens edges Rodriquez out tho.

And Esparza is a live dog.  IMHO.

Date:  Saturday, September 21
Main Card (ESPN+):  20:00 EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN+):  17:00 EST
Venue:  Mexico Arena, Mexico City, Mexico



Main Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight:  Yair Rodríguez vs Jeremy Stephens            
Women's Strawweight:  Carla Esparza vs Alexa Grasso            
Flyweight:  Brandon Moreno vs Askar Askarov            
Women's Bantamweight:  Irene Aldana vs Vanessa Melo            
Featherweight:  Martin Bravo vs Steven Peterson

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Featherweight:  Polo Reyes vs Kyle Nelson            
Women's Strawweight:  Ariane Carnelossi vs Angela Hill            
Light Heavyweight:  Vinicius Moreira vs Paul Craig            
Women's Bantamweight:  Sijara Eubanks vs Bethe Correia            
Lightweight:  Claudio Puelles vs Marcos Rosa Mariano

All info from Wikipedia:  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Rodr%C3%ADguez_vs._Stephens

[ene1980]

This weekend's main event is decent.  Rodriguez showed a lot of heart when he fought KZ.  Let's see if he shows the same vs Stephens (who's a badass).  It's a coin flip with both at 1.90 (last time I checked).  I think Stephens edges Rodriquez out tho.

The fight against Korean Zombie was a war and Yair Rodríguez was loosing the fight till the last second when he scored an unpredictable elbow and i have not seen a fight before that was won at the last moment and that fight took a lot out of him as he was out of competition for a very long time and Jeremy Stephens is a real hard hitting opponent than the rest of his opponents he faced but he is coming off a two fight loss and hence it is really unpredictable.

[pereira4]

As expected, Gaethje just used his superior stand up game and finished Cerrone in round one. Of course we wanted them to fight for more. But Cerrone was hit cleanly, buckle on his knees and that what Gaethje needed to finished him.

Mad respect for Cerrone for wanting to fight for more even at his age. Gaethje should wait for the Khabib vs Tony fight. There is no incentive fighting Conor if he wanted to get the belt except for huge money in the table.

Donald should be stopped from fighting so often, he is going to end up with bad CTE. He has a kid now, he can't be taking that much punishment, and he is approaching 40. Not smart. I made some money with the fight because I also went for a Justin KO.

I think Justin has no business with Khabib, he will get stopped like the rest. He should fight Conor, and be thankful that he can get the money fight. I will bet for Conor winning that one. People is underrating Conor to absurd levels. McGregor's stock is at all time low, it's time to buy some. I reckon he is going to bounce back in the near future. He's had only 2 losses, one in a boxing match against the best boxer ever, another against the most dominant fighter in UFC ever after a 3 year break. Suddenly people doesn't think Conor isn't a draw anymore. Just madness.

[mich]

My girl ALEXA GRASSO was looking so nice at the weighin and she is good pick for tomorrow
MEXICAN woman do well when they fight in MEXICO

[rosezionjohn]

UFC 159 about to go down. Yair Rodriguez's first fight after ten months and he may come in rusty. Jeremy Stephens on the other hand looking to get back to winning ways. It's not as popular as the recent fights we've seen but it's good to see two fighters who loves to strike go at it. Rodriguez wide range of striking skills vs. Stephens KO power.

Stephens will take advantage of Yair's lay off and try to finish this early while Rodriguez will try to drag it then finish Jeremy or just win on points.

Here's a preview:
https://youtu.be/thZG6s_5vH8

[YuginKadoya]

My opinion with Yair Rodríguez vs Jeremy Stephens I guess this may end up by a unanimous decision Well because Stephens had power with his punches and I guess it will be a threat for Rodriguez because Yair Rodriguez defense is not that good but Rodriguez can really make Stephens life hell because Rodriguez can give the fight to Jeremy Stephens that bad and Yair can sure last until the End of the Fight, For me Yair Rodriguez can win this.

And for Carla Esparza vs Alexa Grasso, I really think that Alexa Grasso is really gorgeous in my opinion but looking at Esparza she seems bulky and physically huge for Alexa Grasso but I guess she can take Esparza just find because Esparza will have difficulty with his Cardio and I guess Grasso can make this a win by unanimous decision.

[Bttzed03]

A disappointing ending to the Rodriguez and Stephens fight. An accidental eye poke 15 seconds into the fight ended the match and resulted into a no-contest. Such a shame that after months of preparation, it ended that way. An immediate rematch between the two is a must but it still depends on Stephens condition.

Now that the event is over, looking forward to the main event in the land down under. UFC 243!

[Yaunfitda]

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1175602402864484352

The infamous strike that cause the fight to be ruled as No Contest (NC).

At least the ladies give us something to cheer upon. Gratz to Carla Esparza for giving us a thriller and not tapping.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup.  She is tough.  And I don't really rate Grasso highly for some reason.  She's too pretty for MMA.  

Here are the results: