🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[eaLiTy]

Nate announced that he will not fight on UFC 244. This might be a good situation for Conor if he wants to take the risk hehe. He said he has always been in training since his suspension. Also, Jorge Masvidal is not that big compared to him. Conor is 5 feet, 9 inches and 74 inches reach. Jorge is 5 feet, 11 inches, also with 74 inches reach.

Nate Diaz announced this one in the social media because he was popped by USADA but UFC restricted him from releasing this news but we all know Nate Diaz does not hold back to anything but for Conor to take this match in a short notice is really a high risk but if he takes this fight and win the belt then it will be the perfect trilogy with Nate Diaz but even now UFC have the power to continue with the match as they hold some power but with Nate releasing the failed test i am not sure how the UFC can overcome that.

[lemipawa]

Nate announced that he will not fight on UFC 244. This might be a good situation for Conor if he wants to take the risk hehe. He said he has always been in training since his suspension. Also, Jorge Masvidal is not that big compared to him. Conor is 5 feet, 9 inches and 74 inches reach. Jorge is 5 feet, 11 inches, also with 74 inches reach.

Nate Diaz announced this one in the social media because he was popped by USADA but UFC restricted him from releasing this news but we all know Nate Diaz does not hold back to anything but for Conor to take this match in a short notice is really a high risk but if he takes this fight and win the belt then it will be the perfect trilogy with Nate Diaz but even now UFC have the power to continue with the match as they hold some power but with Nate releasing the failed test i am not sure how the UFC can overcome that.

It would be interesting if Conor Mcgregor will take this fight on a very short notice. If UFC agreed proceed with this fight, for sure this will be one of those most watched matches in UFC since we will see a fighter coming out from a semi retirement and a fighter who finished a fight in less than 10 seconds. Time to prove that he (Conor) is not just all talk but also can walk his talk.

[eaLiTy]

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It would be interesting if Conor Mcgregor will take this fight on a very short notice. If UFC agreed proceed with this fight, for sure this will be one of those most watched matches in UFC since we will see a fighter coming out from a semi retirement and a fighter who finished a fight in less than 10 seconds. Time to prove that he (Conor) is not just all talk but also can walk his talk.

It is highly unlikely that Conor McGregor will take this fight in a short notice as he was planning to make his return in the January 18 card in Las Vegas and he was not even active for a long time and i doubt he will be in fight shape in a short time, Rafael dos Anjos already showed his interest to fight if there is a change in the opponent, lets see how this goes and it is possible that UFC could find a way to sort the issue with the USADA.

[Bttzed03]

Source https://www.mmanews.com/breaking-nate-diaz-announces-he-is-out-of-ufc-244/

Nate prides himself of not taking in any drugs that's why he is not taking this lightly.

Nate announced that he will not fight on UFC 244. This might be a good situation for Conor if he wants to take the risk hehe. He said he has always been in training since his suspension. Also, Jorge Masvidal is not that big compared to him. Conor is 5 feet, 9 inches and 74 inches reach. Jorge is 5 feet, 11 inches, also with 74 inches reach.

~ but for Conor to take this match in a short notice is really a high risk but if he takes this fight and win the belt then it will be the perfect trilogy with Nate Diaz but even now UFC have the power to continue with the match as they hold some power but with Nate releasing the failed test i am not sure how the UFC can overcome that.

It would be interesting if Conor Mcgregor will take this fight on a very short notice. If UFC agreed proceed with this fight, for sure this will be one of those most watched matches in UFC since we will see a fighter coming out from a semi retirement and a fighter who finished a fight in less than 10 seconds. Time to prove that he (Conor) is not just all talk but also can walk his talk.

Conor already has a plan I believe and will not take any fight other than Khabib. How about Askren again after his fight with Maia? 

[eaLiTy]

Nate prides himself of not taking in any drugs that's why he is not taking this lightly.

Majority of the fighters that got popped were caught because of tainted supplement and not necessarily for cheating as they are testing at random and it is hard to use steroids with a testing regime like this and T J Dillashaw was a high profile case and an exception because majority of the times the USADA will not test for EPO and so was the reason he was able to avoid them for a long period of time and EPO is used for faster recover and that is an undue advantage and banned by them.

Conor already has a plan I believe and will not take any fight other than Khabib. How about Askren again after his fight with Maia?  

Conor has a plan to return by January 18 but he will not be facing Khabib, first Askren has to win over Maia and then will think about it as it is not an easy fight for both fighters.

[notblox1]

Conor has a plan to return by January 18 but he will not be facing Khabib, first Askren has to win over Maia and then will think about it as it is not an easy fight for both fighters.

Khabib would not even fight with Conor, and Conor odes not deserve that rematch anyway.
I predict that next fight he will lose again, no mater who his opponent will be.

[ene1980]

Khabib would not even fight with Conor, and Conor odes not deserve that rematch anyway.
I predict that next fight he will lose again, no mater who his opponent will be.

I am not expecting a rematch with Khabib either but there are plenty of fighters for Conor to fight anyway, he can rematch with Dustin Poirier or a title fight against Max Holloway which is another rematch, then there is option for a fight with Justin Gaethje or he can even fight Rafael dos Anjos as they were scheduled to fight anyway earlier but was changed as Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of the title fight due to injury and then there is the third fight between Nate Diaz, so there are many fights left for Conor McGregor and these fights will be record breaking shows even without fighting Khabib.

[tokeweed]

What a bummer...  Besides McGregor I heard Leon Edwards' name thrown out there as one of the possible replacements.  But it wouldn't be as huge as Masvidal vs Diaz. 

McGregor stepping in would make the event more yuuuge.

[ene1980]

What a bummer...  Besides McGregor I heard Leon Edwards' name thrown out there as one of the possible replacements.  But it wouldn't be as huge as Masvidal vs Diaz.  
McGregor stepping in would make the event more yuuuge.

It is true that it will not be that huge to be a main even if there is no replacement like fighters of Nate Diaz or McGregor status. From what i see Nate Diaz released the story to the media rather than the USADA or the UFC releasing those and if Nate would not have done that i really think that the UFC had carried on with the fight, we all know Brock Lesnar for flagged and UFC kept that silent and went on with the fight and later Mark Hunt came to know about that and now he is fighting against them in court.

[eaLiTy]

Magic magic Nate Diaz is cleared to fight and the USADA said he did not failed a drug test  . I knew the UFC will pull the strings and Nate Diaz being cocky he released the news to the public through social media and if it was any other fighter they would have sorted this behind closed doors and no one would have known  . They are claiming it to be contaminated food and he is allowed to fight while the rest of the fighters who failed due to contamination were suspended earlier unless they went through hearing and other court procedures.

[tokeweed]

^  Why is USADA so damn strict?  Seriously.  If it were up to me, allow everybody to use a regulated amount of PED's and let them throw leather!  

[YuginKadoya]

^  Why is USADA so damn strict?  Seriously.  If it were up to me, allow everybody to use a regulated amount of PED's and let them throw leather!  

Well, I think they really want the sports industry clean of drug-abusing and players cheating, their way to winning I guess I understand their point but sometimes they are getting abusive with certain things and we don't know if they are really messing things around Nate Diaz, or if Diaz is really telling the truth, Well or maybe this is just for publicity stunt only and they are all messing things up, but pretty sure this can be fixed before the next UFC bout the UFC 244 starts to process, I just think that the government just wants a fair fight.

[eaLiTy]

^  Why is USADA so damn strict?  Seriously.  If it were up to me, allow everybody to use a regulated amount of PED's and let them throw leather!  

The reason for the strict decisions is because if someone is using PED they are cheating a hard working individual who is trying their best to make a career, this is pure business and these sports can make someone a millionaire or destroy their life and hence they need to be strict and it is simply because if you look in the past the entire Russian Olympic team were doing PED with the help of government approval and to avoid those it is necessary.

For you to understand better T.J. Dillashaw used illegal substance and made a career and the difference of pay scale as a champion is high and imagine the fighters he defeated including Cody Garbrandt, if Dillashaw was clean i still believe Cody would have been the champion and made a good life and would have changed his career but that was robbed by someone with unfair advantage.

Saying all these the athletes who are popped because of tainted supplement should get exception as they are not getting any performance enhancing benefits.

[Bttzed03]

Further laboratory testing conducted by the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL), a WADA-accredited lab in Salt Lake City, Utah, has confirmed that two bottles of the same organic, vegan, plant-based daily multivitamin that Mr. Diaz was using were each contaminated with LGD-4033, which the evidence supports resulted in Mr. Diaz’s positive sample.

So it's the bottles fault.

I've said earlier the Nate prides himself of being free from these substances that's why he's that confident. I can't say that announcing to the public made USADA go "soft" on him but that surely expedite the review of his case.

With all the drama, I hope they (Nate/Jorge) don't disappoint.

[eaLiTy]

Ben Askren got humbled again as he was submitted by Demian Maia in the third round and yet another fighters undefeated record is gone for good with conviction considering the quick knockout he had in his last fight, so now there is no excuse and it is time for him to reconsider his future plan.
Two fights ended in submission and the rest of the fights were decisions.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup...  So I guess he's done at the UFC?  I think he should stick to coaching.  He's a really smart guy imo.

[7788bitcoin]

^  Yup...  So I guess he's done at the UFC?  I think he should stick to coaching.  He's a really smart guy imo.

I missed the fight altogether, he is a smart guy and he might consider retiring , unless and until he is able to move down the division or create a new 165 pound division i do not think that he is able to compete with the elite UFC fighters in the 170 pound division and now it is difficult to be back in the title contention as he already lost two fights in a row.

[notblox1]

Ben Askren is finisihed!
I think this guys should not fight in UFC anymore.
You can see that UFC is top class compared to all other similar organisations

[YuginKadoya]

A great fight for both fighters the first round was for Demian Maia giving pressure to Askren with some punches even though Askren is doing some sneak attacks on the upper Maia keep on waging the fist on Askren, While on the 2nd round was Ben Askren had turned the table and pretty sure Maia was slow in this round but still when the 3rd round comes Maia was so crafty with his moves turning the tables against Askren by taking the submission and turning it on until Ben Askren got in a wrong position that Maia take the chance in taking the punches then the submission rear-naked choke on Askren,

Well, I get quite the lost over there but I somehow managed to take my lost back by betting on Stevie Ray on the Co-Main fight but it is still a great fight and I think Askren needs to make a decision if he may still continue or enough is enough for his career. 

[notblox1]

I was a bit surprised with Stevie Ray decision win against Michael Johnson (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).
Before fight I was thinking that Johnson was favorite and odds where in his favor also.

I wish there was some countdown to UFC events, as I can't track all this time zone changes