🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[nydiacaskey01]

Huge news... Khabib's dad agreed on a Conor McGregor rematch in Russia... this will be epic:

https://www.mmamania.com/2019/10/3/20897858/ufc-khabib-father-conor-mcgregor-rematch-russia-timeline-eagle-return-mma

Great news to the fans of the notorious Conor Mcgregor and this time it’s like watching Rocky 4, he will be a guest in Khabibs homeland which is already an advantage to Khabib. I guess Conor really wants this fight badly if he agreed and signed. Imagine the pressure of fighting with the crowd against you.

[rosezionjohn]

Is it going to be kiss of death for one of this two fighters after this face off ?
One more day and the show begins.

Robert looks skinny from this photos. The fight is probably going to end up in a knockout and we will see them swinging from the get go. I hope this fight lives up to expectations.

Huge news... Khabib's dad agreed on a Conor McGregor rematch in Russia... this will be epic:

https://www.mmamania.com/2019/10/3/20897858/ufc-khabib-father-conor-mcgregor-rematch-russia-timeline-eagle-return-mma

Conor being Conor here again. We can say that he is not afraid of the condition like weight or location. Remember when he had to move up to fight Nate twice in the same weight class.

[TopTort777]

Huge news... Khabib's dad agreed on a Conor McGregor rematch in Russia... this will be epic:

https://www.mmamania.com/2019/10/3/20897858/ufc-khabib-father-conor-mcgregor-rematch-russia-timeline-eagle-return-mma

“If McGregor wants it, then Moscow is waiting for him,”  - it would be more epic, if they fight in Dagestan. After the fight, not only will Zubaira jump in the cage, but the whole stadium would

Btw, I’ve seen in the news, that Khabib and sponsors are building “Eagles Arena” in Dagestan. This will 200% perfect place for a rematch.

[tokeweed]

Is it going to be kiss of death for one of this two fighters after this face off ?
One more day and the show begins.



https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1180105287774003200

I feel like Adesanya really doesn't have the kind of confidence he shows when he's talking at interviews...  Watch his face off after the weigh in.  Hmmm...  Somebody could be in biiig trouble when the cage is locked.  

UFC 243:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXCAYuuW-jY&t=632s

Robert Whittaker (185) vs Israel Adesanya (184)
Al Iaquinta (155) vs Dan Hooker (155)
Tai Tuivasa (264) vs Sergey Spivak (233)
Luke Jumeau (171) vs Dhiego Lima (171)
Justin Tafa (265) vs Yorgan De Castro (265)
Jake Matthews (171) vs Rostem Akman (171)
Callan Potter (171) vs Maki Pitolo (170)
Jamie Mullarkey (156) vs Brad Riddell (156)
Megan Anderson (146) vs Zarah Fairn dos Santos (146)
Nadia Kassem (126) vs Ji Yeon Kim (128 )*
Khalid Taha (137)* vs Bruno Silva (136)

*Missed weight

[uray]

Great news to the fans of the notorious Conor Mcgregor and this time it’s like watching Rocky 4, he will be a guest in Khabibs homeland which is already an advantage to Khabib. I guess Conor really wants this fight badly if he agreed and signed. Imagine the pressure of fighting with the crowd against you.

Even if Khabib is fighting Conor McGregor anywhere in the world there is no way McGregor is going to defeat the wrestling style of Khabib. Why would the fans want to see another fight when he did not have an answer for anything in the last fight and what makes the fan think that he could defeat Khabib.
If they fight again in Russia, it will be a huge event and McGregor will have yet another excuse for his defeat  .

I feel like Adesanya really doesn't have the kind of confidence he shows when he's talking at interviews...  Watch his face off after the weigh in.  Hmmm...  Somebody could be in biiig trouble when the cage is locked. 

This is the biggest fight in Middleweight history and i cannot predict the fight and that is what interest me to watch this fight live, Robert Whittaker is coming back after a long lay off due to injuries and Israel Adesanya is active and have never faced defeat in MMA and both are well experienced.

[Bttzed03]

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I feel like Adesanya really doesn't have the kind of confidence he shows when he's talking at interviews...  Watch his face off after the weigh in.
Hmmm...  Somebody could be in biiig trouble when the cage is locked.  

It could also be him being overwhelmed by the venue and the crowd. It's probably a different feeling when you are one of the reason why people would flock into that arena compared to you being an audience and watching fights on that very same building.

[NavI_027]

Is it going to be kiss of death for one of this two fighters after this face off ?
One more day and the show begins.



https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1180105287774003200

I feel like Adesanya really doesn't have the kind of confidence he shows when he's talking at interviews...  Watch his face off after the weigh in.  Hmmm...  Somebody could be in biiig trouble when the cage is locked.  

I also watched their weigh ins and I can feel the heat hooh. Though they show some respect to each other but I can see their urge to knock out each other. Adesanya tell few words during their staredown but I can't hear it because of the crowd cheerings. I'm now geting intrigued about what he said .

Going back to the topic, I think Adesanya is doing fine. I don't see that he is nervous, he's just chillin. Probably the reason why he is not too cocky this time is because he knew how dangerous Whittaker is. He knew that he can't underestimate his opponent lol.

[tokeweed]

^  I hope so.  Lol.  I'm rooting for him...  And I got a bit of action on him winning the bout (a little too much action, that's why I'm nervous.  Lolol).

[eaLiTy]

^  I hope so.  Lol.  I'm rooting for him...  And I got a bit of action on him winning the bout (a little too much action, that's why I'm nervous.  Lolol).

What i understand about Robert Whittaker is that he is an intelligent fighter and learn and observe the fighting styles of other fighters and he is a realist when it comes to fight approach. Since he is coming back after an injury i still have a doubt on how he will perform. Israel Adesanya on the other hand is a stand up specialist and i expect Robert Whittaker to take the fight to the ground and it will be a great battle.

[YuginKadoya]

^  I hope so.  Lol.  I'm rooting for him...  And I got a bit of action on him winning the bout (a little too much action, that's why I'm nervous.  Lolol).

What i understand about Robert Whittaker is that he is an intelligent fighter and learn and observe the fighting styles of other fighters and he is a realist when it comes to fight approach. Since he is coming back after an injury i still have a doubt on how he will perform. Israel Adesanya on the other hand is a stand up specialist and i expect Robert Whittaker to take the fight to the ground and it will be a great battle.

Adesanya seems huge for Whittaker, but height is not an exemption when it comes to a match I still think that Robert Whittaker is the better athlete than Adesanya I am sure that Whittaker would have a plan against Adesanya and will let the experience take the wheel for him,

Adesanya would sure use his advantage with his reach on leg kicks but I guess Whittaker is always ready about this, this would surely not become a big obstacle for him because he had fight bigger opponents before so Adesanya is not a bigger threat anymore, in my opinion, And wish I am not wrong with my prediction. lol

[ene1980]

Robert looks skinny from this photos. The fight is probably going to end up in a knockout and we will see them swinging from the get go. I hope this fight lives up to expectations.

Both Robert Whittaker and Adesanya are durable fighters and they have being to wars earlier and i am expecting another war this time around, only time will tell whether they could not take another war as both of these fighters have shown that they could take a beating and will go to any length to win the fight and hence the expectations are really high and the crowd is huge for the event.

Al Iaquinta Vs Dan Hooker is another interesting fight and both need a win and a loss could take their career in a different direction.
Tai Tuivasa vs Sergey Spivak, i am rooting for the home town favorite Tai Tuivasa to win but he usually crumbles under pressure, i will not be surprised if he gets overwhelmed by Sergey.

[notblox1]

Great news to the fans of the notorious Conor Mcgregor and this time it’s like watching Rocky 4, he will be a guest in Khabibs homeland which is already an advantage to Khabib. I guess Conor really wants this fight badly if he agreed and signed. Imagine the pressure of fighting with the crowd against you.

I missed that news!
That would be epic fight, but outcome would be the same.
McGregor just don't have the guts and heart for Khabib.
Easy to bet all your crypto on Khabib

Watching UFC live
DC Daniel Cormier commenatating  

[eaLiTy]

McGregor just don't have the guts and heart for Khabib.
Easy to bet all your crypto on Khabib

It is all about the ground game and it is difficult for McGregor who is basically a striker to learn the ground game for a year and then fight against someone who spend his entire life grappling is an impossible task. If there is a rematch in the near future even i will bet a huge amount for Khabib to win.

Watching UFC live
DC Daniel Cormier commenatating  

Thank you for informing that the event started.

My predictions for UFC 243

Jake Matthews to Win against Rostem Akman because of his wrestling background i am going with him.
Al Iaquinta to Win against Dan Hooker because of the experience in competition Al Iaquinta have.
Robert Whittaker to win against Israel Adesanya, it is a tough call. I have seen all their fights and Kevin Gastilum was able to hurt Adesanya and Robert Whittaker took the heavy punches of Yoel Romero, considering all these factors i feel like Whittaker can take the shots from Adesanya and will have a great fight and Whittaker is much quicker and that will be another advantage in the fight for the champion.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Can anyone here help me on how to watch the prelim cards, i have the PPV but i am not sure how to watch the rest of the events, it is really frustrating and i am looking for streaming sites and everything is filled with advertisement which is irritating and yet cannot watch the event, if anyone can share any legal or any form of links to watch the prelim event would be great as the PPV will start in another one and half hour.

[NavI_027]

The Last Stylebender wins, flawless victory! (MK reference ). Hmm, the crowd's favorite was beaten up lol.

What I see here is that Whittaker's aggresiveness was good but it just so happened that his opponent got a higher level of dexterity that's why his head kicks didn't connect. I love how Adesanya remain on the defensive mode, he only do counters because he knew that getting closer to smaller fighter would be a big problem. Actually, I thought the match will no longer reach round two because of Whittaker's sudden knockdown, you can't blame me tho since one of the commentators thought the same thing. Nonetheless, Whittaker brought an epic fight but this is not his night .

[Bttzed03]

Israel made Robert look like an old fighter and I'm not sure if the long lay off contributed to that. There's a lot of misses by the former champ and he was also saved by the bell in round 1.

It was like watching Alvarez (Robert) and McGregor (Israel).

[LogitechMouse]

The fight is probably going to end up in a knockout and we will see them swinging from the get go. I hope this fight lives up to expectations.

It really ended in a knockout as Adesanya knocked out Whittaker in Round 2. Flawless movement of the head and the reach advantage of Adesanya really helped him get the victory. To be honest, I like how Israel move when Whittaker goes on offense. So many head kick misses too and that huge counter punch that knocks him out .

[btc_angela]

The fight is probably going to end up in a knockout and we will see them swinging from the get go. I hope this fight lives up to expectations.

It really ended in a knockout as Adesanya knocked out Whittaker in Round 2. Flawless movement of the head and the reach advantage of Adesanya really helped him get the victory. To be honest, I like how Israel move when Whittaker goes on offense. So many head kick misses too and that huge counter punch that knocks him out .

Adensanya is for real, lol, I thought Robert will win this one, but Israel was very quick and has the guts to go toe to toe with Robert and he caught him before the end of round one and I said that it will be over. I think the quickness, movements are the key to his win here. Congrats to those who bet on Adensanya.

[eaLiTy]

What a night of fights and i never expected Sergey Spivak to dominate Tai Tuivasa before the fight as i never saw any of his fights and on watching the match live i found out that Sergey Spivak is a combat sambo specialist and i knew Tai Tuivasa was in trouble and that happened exactly as he was throwing Tai Tuivasa like a dummy .

Al Iaquinta was fighting like an amateur against Dan Hooker and i was under the impression that Hooker is coming up in weight and Al Iaquinta has fought tough opponents and in the fight he could not even get inside Hooker and he fought the perfect fight against Iaquinta chopping his legs.
   
Robert Whittaker was leaping with wild strikes and was at all getting in range with Israel Adesanya and Adesanya was counter punching with good hooks when ever Whittaker kept running inside and in the first round he was floored and then in the second round he made the same mistake and Israel
Adesanya took that opportunity and stopped the fight.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Adensanya is for real, lol, I thought Robert will win this one, but Israel was very quick and has the guts to go toe to toe with Robert and he caught him before the end of round one and I said that it will be over. I think the quickness, movements are the key to his win here. Congrats to those who bet on Adensanya.

The next challenger is in line for Israel Adesanya as Paulo Costa will be facing him for the title and that is yet another big fight as both are undefeated fighters and if the UFC can promote it the right way, then it will be yet another huge fight, Paulo Costa looks like a model and i really liked the way in which Israel Adesanya trolled him and called Costa as Ricky Martin wannabe .

@ if anyone is able to inform how to watch the prelims that would be great.