🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[Bttzed03]

Tony challenged Conor in his twitter and I think that would be far more interesting than Dustin vs Tony or Conor.
Even though, Dustin has more chances agains Tony than vs Conor. And Conor will be more interested to fight Tony than Dustin.

I'm quite confident Tony wouldn't mind fighting Dustin especially after this fight.

For Conor, he's more interested on who's going to be the bigger draw that will bring in more PPVs. I don't know if Tony still has that appeal after losing badly to Justin. He might need one convincing win before Conor faces him.

[JanpriX]

^  Lawl.  I head that from Rent Free MMA.  

Anyway here's the vid.  There's not much info in this one tho.

Rent Free MMA:  Poirier vs Hooker Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amOkmlzhVx8

Nope.  Not much advice from me except the over 2.5 rounds.  Even Rent Free MMA doesn't have a serious pick except for Poirier ML which the Puertorican already made last week at the good price at 1.59ish.  Let's wait for JanpriX's picks.  

~snipped~

I did decide to gamble small on Poirier to win at round 4 at 11.41, at round 5 at 14.11 and by decision at 3.64 since he's so confident.  

What do you guys think about the over 1.5 at 2.06 for Perry vs Gall?  Gall's mostly a wrestler, BBJ guy.  So he could prolly hold Perry off for a couple of rounds...

Hey, great win on your betslip. I only got a very short card in the last event. 2 bets only and went 1-1 with it though I bet bigger units on the winning fight.  Hope you followed it and read the rationale of those picks.

So the next event to look out for will be in 2 weeks - UFC 251. Any early favorites on the main card?

[7788bitcoin]

Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker was a great fight and the first two rounds Dan Hooker took the fight to Dustin Poirier and the second round was really awesome. I expect Dustin Poirier to fight Conor McGregor for the rematch and it would be a great fight.

Here is the results

[NavI_027]

Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker was a great fight and the first two rounds Dan Hooker took the fight to Dustin Poirier and the second round was really awesome.

It was a great fight indeed. What a slug fest! The match was so close (very obvious with the score cards lol). Hooker got the first 2 rounds and I thought he will dominate all throughout the fight but the tables have turned. Porier take his revenge especially the 4th and 5th round (IMO). Some fans are saying that Hooker should be the winner but I barely agree because Porier is always on the offensive mode and got guillotine and arm bar attempts as well. Maybe the opposite happened if Hooker finished him on round 2 .

[tokeweed]

^  No way Hooker won.  He was already half way of giving up towards the end of the fifth imo.  Kinda like his bout vs Barboza.

^  Lawl.  I head that from Rent Free MMA.  

Anyway here's the vid.  There's not much info in this one tho.

Rent Free MMA:  Poirier vs Hooker Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amOkmlzhVx8

Nope.  Not much advice from me except the over 2.5 rounds.  Even Rent Free MMA doesn't have a serious pick except for Poirier ML which the Puertorican already made last week at the good price at 1.59ish.  Let's wait for JanpriX's picks.  

~snipped~

I did decide to gamble small on Poirier to win at round 4 at 11.41, at round 5 at 14.11 and by decision at 3.64 since he's so confident.  

What do you guys think about the over 1.5 at 2.06 for Perry vs Gall?  Gall's mostly a wrestler, BBJ guy.  So he could prolly hold Perry off for a couple of rounds...

Hey, great win on your betslip. I only got a very short card in the last event. 2 bets only and went 1-1 with it though I bet bigger units on the winning fight.   Hope you followed it and read the rationale of those picks.

So the next event to look out for will be in 2 weeks - UFC 251. Any early favorites on the main card?

It's not my betslip.  It's from one of the Rent Free MMA guys.  He makes decent picks.  He also had Erosa to win.  Lol.

[ene1980]

Some fans are saying that Hooker should be the winner but I barely agree because Porier is always on the offensive mode and got guillotine and arm bar attempts as well. Maybe the opposite happened if Hooker finished him on round 2 .

The first two rounds was madness and the number of strikes landed is really huge and then they could not maintain that kind of crazy pace for the last three rounds and it was incredible to see Dustin Poirier edging in the third round and then the last two rounds belong to Dustin Poirier and i did not expect the fight to be this crazy and after seeing the first two rounds i thought Poirier would loose and this could be the fight of the year.

[eaLiTy]

It's from one of the Rent Free MMA guys.  He makes decent picks.  He also had Erosa to win.  Lol.

I messed up big time in three of my parlay in this fight card by adding Luis Peña and Sean Woodson in all the parlay and both of them lost by submission. It was a really great fight card with 6 stoppage victories and the main card was incredible and i assume you went for over in Dustin Poirier   v Dan Hooker and Mike Perry v Mickey Gall but i was not expecting the Mike Perry fight to go the distance and it was a great pick.

this could be the fight of the year.

We had some great fights this year and Dan Hooker was involved in two fights and his fight against Felder was also great and this fight against Poirier is another contender and my other picks are Ferguson and Gaethje, Zhang and Jędrzejczyk.

[notblox1]

Has anyoone checked odds for July 11th and UFC 251 fight Island Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns?
Temping to make a bet on Kamaru win the fight, as well as Holloway against Volkanovski.
Even champ Khabib Nurmagomedov agrees with me
https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1270438049751592962

[ene1980]

Has anyoone checked odds for July 11th and UFC 251 fight Island Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns?
Temping to make a bet on Kamaru win the fight, as well as Holloway against Volkanovski.
Even champ Khabib Nurmagomedov agrees with me

I am also going with Kamaru Usman to retain his belt but it will be a great battle because of his wrestling credentials and Glibert Burns for his ground and submission skills but i think Kamaru usman is a bit stronger and could out perform him but in the case of Max Holloway not sure how he will rectify the flaws he had in the first fight and Volkanovski is a tough fight and over 2.5 rounds will be a good bet.

[Bttzed03]

UFC 251

First fight on the much anticipated fight island has three belts on the line:

• Welterweight Championship
• Featherweight Championship
• Bantamweight Championship

Here are some videos you might want to watch before you place your bets:
UFC 251: Usman vs Burns – Can't Hold Us Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I309uumP0A
UFC 251 Free Fight: Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=107E61aOCxA
UFC 245 Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Max Holloway I (highlights) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqDkYvIuUs


Main card
Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Gilbert Burns            
Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs.   Max Holloway            
Petr Yan vs. José Aldo            
Jéssica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas            
Amanda Ribas vs.   Paige VanZant            

Preliminary Card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Volkan Oezdemir   vs. Jiří Procházka            
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov            
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry            
Leonardo Santos   vs. Roman Bogatov            

Early Preliminary Card (ESPN / UFC Fight Pass / ESPN+)
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov            
Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov            
Karol Rosa   vs. Vanessa Melo            
Davey Grant vs. Martin Day

- source




Expectation is high!
I hope to see one or two or more (why not?) fight of the year contender from this event.

[TopTort777]

I'm very interested in Petr Yan vs. José Aldo fight. Based on Russian youtube videos, Yan is called one of the best strikers (but I don't agree) in his division. Aldo is a deadly muay thai. This fight gonna be non stop strikes exchange and would definitely get a fight of the night award, if there were no belt fights in the card.

[ene1980]

I'm very interested in Petr Yan vs. José Aldo fight. Based on Russian youtube videos, Yan is called one of the best strikers (but I don't agree) in his division. Aldo is a deadly muay thai. This fight gonna be non stop strikes exchange and would definitely get a fight of the night award, if there were no belt fights in the card.

Petr Yan is yet to face any top fighters and i am surprised he is fighting for the title because there is no lack of a solid contender for the title and defeating Urijah Faber is not a worthy contender to get a title shot as he was coming back after a gap and i am expecting Jose Aldo as a worthy opponent and looking at the odds i am going with Aldo to win the fight.

[eaLiTy]

I'm quite confident Tony wouldn't mind fighting Dustin especially after this fight.

For Conor, he's more interested on who's going to be the bigger draw that will bring in more PPVs. I don't know if Tony still has that appeal after losing badly to Justin. He might need one convincing win before Conor faces him.

You have to see these in aspect of the Lightweight division which is the best and the toughest division in the history of MMA, Tony Ferguson is a top level fighter and one loss against Justin Gaethje will not take the shine away from his performances he was doing for the past decade and he was undefeated for a long period of time and you should remember Tony Ferguson made weight two times in a few weeks which is not a good thing for your body and he is not getting younger.

As for Conor McGregor he can fill any stadium whenever he fights and hence it is not a big deal for him, all he need to do is to create interest and a story line so that causal fans gets glued to the screen and he is more than capable to do that and you need to remember Conor McGregor just two fights in the division with one loss and he is not even considered to be in that division. The best bet is to have some fun fights and make the money he can and then retire for good as he is well settled in life with his other business ventures.

[MCobian]

I'm very interested in Petr Yan vs. José Aldo fight. Based on Russian youtube videos, Yan is called one of the best strikers (but I don't agree) in his division. Aldo is a deadly muay thai. This fight gonna be non stop strikes exchange and would definitely get a fight of the night award, if there were no belt fights in the card.

Petr Yan is yet to face any top fighters and i am surprised he is fighting for the title because there is no lack of a solid contender for the title and defeating Urijah Faber is not a worthy contender to get a title shot as he was coming back after a gap and i am expecting Jose Aldo as a worthy opponent and looking at the odds i am going with Aldo to win the fight.

I am also sure that Jose Aldo will win the battle with Petr Yan, besides having the strength of deadly muay thai. I read the preparatory article
several times by Jose Aldo who was more prepared to face the battle with Petr Yan. Even so Petr Yan's attacking style is also quite frightening,
so Jose Aldo will not easily defeat Petr Yan.

[cabron]

I doubt that. Its going to be a challenging fight for Aldo. 3rd losing streak for him with Petr Yan.  He's still young with good MMA records but doesn't fight as he used after defeated by Mcgregor. Its still a good fight to watch and he'd be back on track if he wins this fight. He is really up to have another chance to Mcgregor.

[TopTort777]

Petr Yan is yet to face any top fighters and i am surprised he is fighting for the title because there is no lack of a solid contender for the title and defeating Urijah Faber is not a worthy contender to get a title shot as he was coming back after a gap and i am expecting Jose Aldo as a worthy opponent and looking at the odds i am going with Aldo to win the fight.

Maybe because he is in a streak of 9 win he is about to get a title fight ? Champ is Moraes (Cejudo retired from bantamweight) and Sterling has only 4 win streak.

I am also sure that Jose Aldo will win the battle with Petr Yan, besides having the strength of deadly muay thai. I read the preparatory article
several times by Jose Aldo who was more prepared to face the battle with Petr Yan. Even so Petr Yan's attacking style is also quite frightening,
so Jose Aldo will not easily defeat Petr Yan.

At first I was going to write that Aldos main rival is his age, but checked his profile and he is only 33. Damn I thought he is around 40, by looking on his face. I think this fight wont go to decision and I'm going with Jose.

[yazher]

I doubt that. Its going to be a challenging fight for Aldo. 3rd losing streak for him with Petr Yan.  He's still young with good MMA records but doesn't fight as he used after defeated by Mcgregor. Its still a good fight to watch and he'd be back on track if he wins this fight. He is really up to have another chance to Mcgregor.

He needs to give all his best in this fight or everything will be ruin. this is the only chance he can prove that he's still got that killer moves that he once has. Things are getting rough for him though but this fight should give him some chance to regain his momentum again and may lead to another rematch with Mcgregor.

[Erumo]

I doubt that. Its going to be a challenging fight for Aldo. 3rd losing streak for him with Petr Yan.  He's still young with good MMA records but doesn't fight as he used after defeated by Mcgregor. Its still a good fight to watch and he'd be back on track if he wins this fight. He is really up to have another chance to Mcgregor.

Some people call it "Curse of McGregor". Fighters after loosing to him often perform worse than they used to.
One of the variants why this happens - Money. Fighting vs McGregor means earning a lot. After fight against him, his opponents wont see such huge paycheck in nearest future. So he looses motivation.

[ene1980]

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I am also sure that Jose Aldo will win the battle with Petr Yan, besides having the strength of deadly muay thai. I read the preparatory article
several times by Jose Aldo who was more prepared to face the battle with Petr Yan. Even so Petr Yan's attacking style is also quite frightening,
so Jose Aldo will not easily defeat Petr Yan.

If Jose Aldo could make the weight without taking away much of his energy then he can defeat anyone, Conor McGregor fight was really different with all the mind games and that was main reason Aldo wanted to kick his ass without understanding the gameplan of McGregor and once he launched to attack Conor countered with a perfect left but Petr Yan is yet to fight someone like Aldo and if he overcomes the battle then he will go a long way.

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Maybe because he is in a streak of 9 win he is about to get a title fight ? Champ is Moraes (Cejudo retired from bantamweight) and Sterling has only 4 win streak.

Aldo and Cejudo was supposed to fight and because of the pandemic that fight was dropped and i see Sterling more deserving of the title shot and i would not mind him against Aldo rather than Yan, Moraes needs to win some fights to get back in the title contention.

[bbc.reporter]

I'm very interested in Petr Yan vs. José Aldo fight. Based on Russian youtube videos, Yan is called one of the best strikers (but I don't agree) in his division. Aldo is a deadly muay thai. This fight gonna be non stop strikes exchange and would definitely get a fight of the night award, if there were no belt fights in the card.

You do not agree? I reckon Urijah Faber's face might disagree on your disagreement hehehe. Urijah was immediately retired after coming out of his retirement hehe.

However, agreed, Petr Yan and Jose Aldo might be fight of the night.