🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

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8 cm is not a huge difference   He is even 2kg heavier - does is makes him slower also ?   Just kidding.

If he is not really comfortable to 114 kg. as his weight then I can say yes. Fighters cannot feel that 2 kg. in the early rounds but they might suffer when the late rounds come. Such factor could lead to decrease in cardio, lowered guards and decrease in power .


Have you already heard that Gustaffsson will now climb up to HW division? And his first opponent would be the former HW champion Fabricion Erdum, pretty interesting isn't it? Article

I hope this news encourages Bones to do the same thing for real.

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Excessive in everything is not good all the time . He is too tall IMO which makes him move slower thus having slower reflexes as well. With this height disadvantage (how ironic lol), he is wretched from take down and dirty boxing attempts of his opponents. That's why I'm also in favor of Blaydes.

There is height difference but i does not matter but reach difference would matter but Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov have the same reach and that is what is important, the fighters with wrestling background will have an advantage and Blaydes is a knockout fighter not like Fabricio Werdum who rely on his ground game and stand up is not adjust for that situation.

Have you already heard that Gustaffsson will now climb up to HW division? And his first opponent would be the former HW champion Fabricion Erdum, pretty interesting isn't it?

I hope this news encourages Bones to do the same thing for real.

Alexander Gustafsson had his time and if you look at the heavyweight division the chances of becoming a champion is a real possibility with the lack of many world class fighters, if you look beyond the top ten then there is not much of a name and a couple of good fights could land a title bout.

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8 cm is not a huge difference   He is even 2kg heavier - does is makes him slower also ?   Just kidding.

If he is not really comfortable to 114 kg. as his weight then I can say yes. Fighters cannot feel that 2 kg. in the early rounds but they might suffer when the late rounds come. Such factor could lead to decrease in cardio, lowered guards and decrease in power .


Have you already heard that Gustaffsson will now climb up to HW division? And his first opponent would be the former HW champion Fabricion Erdum, pretty interesting isn't it? Article

I hope this news encourages Bones to do the same thing for real.

Yup..  I'm leaning Werdum for that one.  Sure Werdum is old but Gus isn't really the fighter he once was.

Edit:  And Gus is moving up to Werdum's turf.

Here are a couple of tapes to watch before making your bets for the main event.

UFC Free Fight:  Volkov vs Werdum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g5u6VEd6f0

UFC Free Fight:  Blaydes vs Dos Santos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kMf-r3X8lQ

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According to sportsbet.io odds, Volkov has no chances agains Blaydes and bookies already buried him.
1,24 Blades : 3.70 Volkov

I think this would be a victory by TKO, even though Blaydes is a wrestler.

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According to sportsbet.io odds, Volkov has no chances agains Blaydes and bookies already buried him.
1,24 Blades : 3.70 Volkov

I think this would be a victory by TKO, even though Blaydes is a wrestler.

Curtis Blaydes is a heavy favorite because of his wrestling credentials and his striking power and as one of the member said above Volkov usually struggle against elite level grapplers and that is the reason the bookies are burying him and giving him any chance to win the fight.

We have back to back fight cards and the main event on the next three fight cards are easy to predict. Curtis Blaydes, Dustin Poirier and Kamaru Usman.

[notblox1]

UFC just announced fight card for Fight Island 3 in AbuDhabi for July 25, and it is full and packed.

Signed and confirmed:
RobWhittaker vs DarrenTill
FabricioWerdum vs Gustafsson
Shogun vs Nogueira
Wood vs Nurmagomedov (Khabibs brother)
and more...
https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1273682971422310404

I am so exited to watch this event! 

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UFC just announced fight card for Fight Island 3 in AbuDhabi for July 25, and it is full and packed.

Signed and confirmed:
RobWhittaker vs DarrenTill
FabricioWerdum vs Gustafsson
Shogun vs Nogueira
Wood vs Nurmagomedov (Khabibs brother)
 
I am so exited to watch this event! 

UFC is putting great match ups one after another but Shogun and Nogueira i did not expect that fight, to be frank i am really surprised Nogueira is not retired as i thought both the Nogueira brothers are retired from the sport.  Gustafsson returning to heavyweight is interesting and i am waiting for Antony Johnson to return to heavyweight and if that happens then the heavyweight division would be interesting with a mix of interesting fights.

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FabricioWerdum vs Gustafsson
Shogun vs Nogueira

Forget about the rest of fight cards, I can say that I'm already full after watching these two. Just kidding . I guess I'm just more excited to watch Mauler's debut as well as the two legandary HW. Nevertheless, what an interesting line up!




Check this out guys! Jones, Gracie, Nunes and  Liddell as Dana's version of Mt. Rushmore. Agree or diagree? Well, for me they're all good but it would be nice if GSP replace Amanda . Your thoughts?

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8 cm is not a huge difference   He is even 2kg heavier - does is makes him slower also ?   Just kidding.

If he is not really comfortable to 114 kg. as his weight then I can say yes. Fighters cannot feel that 2 kg. in the early rounds but they might suffer when the late rounds come. Such factor could lead to decrease in cardio, lowered guards and decrease in power .


Have you already heard that Gustaffsson will now climb up to HW division? And his first opponent would be the former HW champion Fabricion Erdum, pretty interesting isn't it? Article

I hope this news encourages Bones to do the same thing for real.

Jon Jones wanted to go to heavyweight also, however, Dana did not want to pay Jon the $15 million that Jon was asking to fight Francis Ngannou.

In any case, also wait for the return of Anthony Johnson, another light heavyweight fighter that might return as a heavyweight.

[tokeweed]

UFC just announced fight card for Fight Island 3 in AbuDhabi for July 25, and it is full and packed.

Signed and confirmed:
RobWhittaker vs DarrenTill
FabricioWerdum vs Gustafsson
Shogun vs Nogueira
Wood vs Nurmagomedov (Khabibs brother)
and more...
https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/1273682971422310404

I am so exited to watch this event!  

Leaning on Till and Werdum at first glance.  I think Till will knock Whittaker out on the counter.

Anyway..  Already got some action on Lauren Murphy ML 2.01, Guida ML 2.95, the under for Roberts vs Miller at 1.98 and Burgos ML at 1.70 for the event this weekend.  Let's see how it goes.  All props go to the Free Rent MMA boys.  

Edit:  Added the lines.  All from FJ.

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According to sportsbet.io odds, Volkov has no chances agains Blaydes and bookies already buried him.
1,24 Blades : 3.70 Volkov

I think this would be a victory by TKO, even though Blaydes is a wrestler.

Curtis Blaydes is a heavy favorite because of his wrestling credentials and his striking power and as one of the member said above Volkov usually struggle against elite level grapplers and that is the reason the bookies are burying him and giving him any chance to win the fight.

But Volkov trains bjj. He defended himself well agains Verdum, that is why I dont think Blaydes wrestling will work well. Blaydes is quite slow in parter (gnp), he changes positions rarely. That is why I think the fight will end in stance TKO by Blaydes (stance - this is probably the correct word. sorry for my english)

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Jon Jones wanted to go to heavyweight also, however, Dana did not want to pay Jon the $15 million that Jon was asking to fight Francis Ngannou.

In any case, also wait for the return of Anthony Johnson, another light heavyweight fighter that might return as a heavyweight.

I am waiting to see the return of Anthony Johnson who is probably one of the scariest strikers with knockout power and once he returns in the heavyweight division the interesting fight would be against Francis Ngannou and it will be the biggest fight in heavyweight history as both like to stand and bang.

Jon Jones has some unfinished business in the light heavyweight division as his last two fights was not convincing and he needs to rematch and then move on to the heavyweight division when the audience is allowed in the arena, until then the UFC will not be paying huge numbers.

[notblox1]

Odds going down hard for Curtis Blaydes win against Alexander Volkov for next UFC event happening tommorow.
Sure Blades may have advantage, but I will not bet that he will win this easy.
Some more stats, odds, videos and comparison:
https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/mma/ufc-espn11-blaydes-volkov-odds-picks-betting-preview-burgos-emmett/
One more analysis breakdown:
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/06/ufc-on-espn-11-blaydes-vs-volkov-analysis-breakdown

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In any case, also wait for the return of Anthony Johnson, another light heavyweight fighter that might return as a heavyweight.

I am waiting to see the return of Anthony Johnson who is probably one of the scariest strikers with knockout power and once he returns in the heavyweight division the interesting fight would be against Francis Ngannou and it will be the biggest fight in heavyweight history as both like to stand and bang.

Oh really, Rumble is coming back?! That was nice . He is one of my favorite LHW fighters way back then including Rampage and Machida. And I am excited with with this one because I know that he is very entertaining to watch.

Anyway, are you sure that he might return as a heavyweight? I don't think so because according to Dana, his possible opponents would be Rakic or Oezdemir. It means that he will be in the LHW division. Article

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Here are the weigh ins and the face offs.  Everybody made weight except one.  And I put some action on Lyman Good at 2.05.  So that's 5 bets for this event. 

Have fun guys.

UFC Blaydes vs Volkov:  Face offs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1vNt9SI0w

UFC Blaydes vs Volkov:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXEGNtK4vMU


Curtis Blaydes (261) vs Alexander Volkov (247)
Josh Emmett (146) vs Shane Burgos (146)
Raquel Pennington (136) vs Marion Reneau (136)
Belal Muhammad (170.5) vs Lyman Good (170.5)
Jim Miller (159.5) vs Roosevelt Roberts (160)
Bobby Green (155.5) vs Clay Guida (154.5)
Tecia Torres (116) vs Brianna Van Buren (115)
Marc-Andre Barriault (185.5) vs Oskar Piechota (185.5)
Cortney Casey (123.5) vs Gillian Robertson (125.5)
Frank Camacho (158)* vs Justin Jaynes (156)
Roxanne Modafferi (125.5) vs Lauren Murphy (125.5)
Austin Hubbard (156) vs Max Rohskopf (155)

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Watching UFC prelims and main card now.
Still can't get used to small venue, no crowd thing, and that every voice is heard so clearly.
Canadians have good score so far but I am waiting for main event

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Here are the weigh ins and the face offs.  Everybody made weight except one.  And I put some action on Lyman Good at 2.05.  So that's 5 bets for this event.  

Have fun guys.

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Oh, we made the same bet on Lyman Good. Here's to hoping our bets win. Though I didn't put any bet on the main event, not feeling it, not gonna lie.  

For those who are still looking for information on who to bet today, my analysis below might help you a bit (follow me on my thread if you want to read the full length analysis of these fight). Take a peek at it.  

UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs Volkov  
*These tips will not count to my stats here in this thread.

WIN - Take Austin Hubbard over Max Rohskopf (5:10 p.m., Saturday, June 20th)

Take Jim Miller over Roosevelt Roberts (8:10 p.m., Saturday, June 20th)

Take Lyman Good over Belal Muhammad (8:40 p.m., Saturday, June 20th)

Take Josh Emmett over Shane Burgos (9:40 p.m., Saturday, June 20th)

[notblox1]

Blaydes was dominating fighter in this main event and won on points against Volkov, but it was not as easy to do it.
He had 14 takedowns and 28 legs strikes, and was all over Volkov.
Now he wants to fight for title with winner of Miocic vs. Cormier fight.
https://youtu.be/EvB7puEcCKw

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Had some good fights in the card and majority of them went the decision. Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos was a really great fight and i was betting for Burgos to win the fight and it was a really close fight and a bit of disappointment with that but it was a great fight.

I wanted Clay Guida to win the fight and it was competitive and it went the distance as expected but Guida still could not pull the victory.
 

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Meh...  I am 3 - 2 for the event.  I would've just broken even if I didn't put that last minute action on Lyman Good.  Oh well.  On to the next.  Poirier vs Hooker should be good.

Edit:  Burgos' loss was his own fault for letting himself get hit.  IMHO.  It could've been avoided.