🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

^  Yup..  He had like around 2.5 rounds in the tank and could still push to the fourth round vs Adesanya imo.  So yeah, safer bet for me is to go for the over.  

Anyway I'm looking at Eubanks and also looking for another good favorite to parlay with Kai Kara France.  Maybe Reyes but his line is a bit wide.  It should be closer.

UFC 253:  Embedded 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAqnRCQ9Abc

[YuginKadoya]

This is great! Israel Adesanya's fighting style is what I want to see but getting to look at his opponent Paulo Costa that is like a tank and the body that is a dose with supplements I think that Adesanya will surely be having a hard time with this guy, Costa is a hard-hitting brawler that could kick, you can imagine getting a rampaging hulk on the Ring but I think that Adesanya is very well equipped because of his fighting style and he got a huge range advantage.

And I could say many of the fighters will be going with Adesanya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwIem9acbJk

[TopTort777]

Costa only had one 3 round fight in his professional career. All other fights ended in first and second rounds, while Adesanya had experience of long fights. As Costa looks a bit heavy, maybe it will be hard for him to breathe in last round. This might be the key for Adesanya to win.

[YuginKadoya]

Costa only had one 3 round fight in his professional career. All other fights ended in first and second rounds, while Adesanya had experience of long fights. As Costa looks a bit heavy, maybe it will be hard for him to breathe in last round. This might be the key for Adesanya to win.

That is what I think may happen, If Adesanya would not let Costa touch him for the reminder until round 3 or longer Adesanya can sure win this, Adesanya is one of the fighters that is accurate in his striking and able to used his opponents aggressiveness towards them and counter at the same time, Adesanya can sure fight a long round but Costa in the other hand looks exhausted in ending the fight against Yael Romero.

[7788bitcoin]

This is great! Israel Adesanya's fighting style is what I want to see but getting to look at his opponent Paulo Costa that is like a tank and the body that is a dose with supplements I think that Adesanya will surely be having a hard time with this guy, Costa is a hard-hitting brawler that could kick, you can imagine getting a rampaging hulk on the Ring but I think that Adesanya is very well equipped because of his fighting style and he got a huge range advantage.

The biggest advantage for Israel Adesanya is the range and with the striking ability and the slick movements it will be difficult for Paulo Costa to land any meaningful punch, we have seen that against Yoel Romero, as he was not able to land a knockout punch and he got really tired in the later rounds, i am expecting a really different fight but i expect both fighters would start slow and try to find their striking range initially and which fighter gets the range would have an upper hand and with Israel Adesanya being a superior striker it might be like a chess match.

Big muscles needs more energy and it will tire you up easily in the later rounds and it will be a test of will and stamina for Costa and for Adesanya he should be smart in his range of attacks.

[notblox1]

That is one huge reach advantage for Israel Adesanya, and I am expecting to see him fully using this when Costa runs on him like a wild bull. Adesanya likes to say that precision is more important than pure power and I agree with him.
This won't be easy fight for both of them, but I think Adesanya will win.
Here is his latest pre-fight interview:
https://youtu.be/JNABVM41OYY

[tokeweed]

^  The more I look into it, the more I get kinda lost.  It's just one of those match ups that you just aren't sure what's gonna happen.  I decided to stay away...

For my bets I got two kinda risky bets on Knight at 2.41 and Klein at 1.91.  And two kinda safe bets on the over 2.5 for Reyes vs Blachowicz at 1.76 and a KKF, Riddel parlay at 1.88ish.

Who you guys got?

[YuginKadoya]

The biggest advantage for Israel Adesanya is the range and with the striking ability and the slick movements it will be difficult for Paulo Costa to land any meaningful punch, we have seen that against Yoel Romero, as he was not able to land a knockout punch and he got really tired in the later rounds, i am expecting a really different fight but i expect both fighters would start slow and try to find their striking range initially and which fighter gets the range would have an upper hand and with Israel Adesanya being a superior striker it might be like a chess match.

Big muscles needs more energy and it will tire you up easily in the later rounds and it will be a test of will and stamina for Costa and for Adesanya he should be smart in his range of attacks.

Adesanya would become the style bender for nothing, you can really see from his fights he will surely feint his attacks that some opponent would react for a counter shots he is not throwing worthless strikes he is thinking before approaching the opponent that is so good about him, and Costa is mocking Adesanya's performance on Romero for running in the fight well that is his good side always on the safe side.

^  The more I look into it, the more I get kinda lost.  It's just one of those match ups that you just aren't sure what's gonna happen.  I decided to stay away...

For my bets I got two kinda risky bets on Knight at 2.41 and Klein at 1.91.  And two kinda safe bets on the over 2.5 for Reyes vs Blachowicz at 1.76 and a KKF, Riddel parlay at 1.88ish.

Who you guys got?

It is really hard to predict how Shane Young VS Ludovit Klein fight might end up due to the fact that Ludovit klein is just new to UFC and Shane Young after  Landwehr was tested positive on Covid-19 he needs to be replace by newcomer Klein,

In my opinion about Knight and Camur I think Knight has a huge potential winning this fight, I can say this because of his winning and the way he wins it than Camur Knightmare Knight has 1 lost and 8 win winning it with TKO/KO.

[Bttzed03]

If Adesanya vs. Costa is hard to read, then how about the Polish Power vs, the Devastator? The co-main event is harder to predict for me. One good hit can end it in seconds of the first round. It would be nice if both of them have the chin to take each others punches. When two fighters with serious KO power collides, it's a treat if they can slug it out for three or more rounds.

UFC 253 Fight Timeline: Reyes vs Blachowicz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2knU603qBw

UFC 253 Embedded Vlog Series:
Episode 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g88odXOrHA
Episode 3 -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adxuScgP-GI

[notblox1]

I am reading and watching everything related to this event like a real freak  
UFC 253 is getting closer and now we can match pre-fight press conference from Abu Dhabi with Dana White, Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa, Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz:
https://youtu.be/e3lOvFfuD7E

Paulo Costa did looked a bit weak because of his weight cut, and he said he never had lower weight before fight, and I think this will affect him for sure.

[-CryptoViking-]

I am reading and watching everything related to this event like a real freak  
UFC 253 is getting closer and now we can match pre-fight press conference from Abu Dhabi with Dana White, Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa, Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz:
https://youtu.be/e3lOvFfuD7E

Paulo Costa did looked a bit weak because of his weight cut, and he said he never had lower weight before fight, and I think this will affect him for sure.

I can not say this with 100% certainty, but I think I heard some mma people saying that Costa is very good at cutting weight and then regaining it back after the weigh ins. It was said that he has great ability and that he can get back up to 7kg after the weigh in and easily loose up to 10kg if needed for the fight.

[notblox1]

I can not say this with 100% certainty, but I think I heard some mma people saying that Costa is very good at cutting weight and then regaining it back after the weigh ins. It was said that he has great ability and that he can get back up to 7kg after the weigh in and easily loose up to 10kg if needed for the fight.

Maybe this is true, but he said it himself that he never did weight cut so much, unlike Adesanya who is having his own normal weight.
My point is that Costa power will be reduced, as we saw with other fighters react on drastic weight cuts, and nobody knows how that will affect him during the fight.
We should also keep in mind that event is happening in early morning Abu Dhabi time.

In other fight I am supporting Dominick Reyes, and I think he is one level up higher compared to Blachowicz and his girlfriend manager 

[tokeweed]

Two fighters missed weight by 4 lbs.  I'm not really sure how that affects their performance cos it's missing the weight by a lot.  It could prolly mean they didn't really try hard to cut the weight and won't really affect them in the cage that much.  Dunno..

UFC 253:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiIlguJ4I6I

UFC 253:  Face off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IarVtlYpxtE

Israel Adesanya (184) vs Paulo Costa (185)
Jan Blachowicz (205) vs Dominick Reyes (205)
Kai Kara-France (126) vs Brandon Royval (126)
Sijara Eubanks (136) vs Ketlen Vieira (136)
Hakeem Dawodu (145) vs Zubaira Tukhugov (150)*
Alex da Silva (156) vs Brad Riddell (156)
Jake Matthews (170) vs Diego Sanchez (170)
Ludovit Klein (150)* vs Shane Young (146)
Aleksa Camur (206) vs William Knight (205)
Juan Espino (255) vs Jeff Hughes (258)
Khadis Ibragimov (206) vs Danilo Marques (206)

*Missed weight

[YuginKadoya]

I can not say this with 100% certainty, but I think I heard some mma people saying that Costa is very good at cutting weight and then regaining it back after the weigh ins. It was said that he has great ability and that he can get back up to 7kg after the weigh in and easily loose up to 10kg if needed for the fight.

Maybe this is true, but he said it himself that he never did weight cut so much, unlike Adesanya who is having his own normal weight.
My point is that Costa power will be reduced, as we saw with other fighters react on drastic weight cuts, and nobody knows how that will affect him during the fight.
We should also keep in mind that event is happening in early morning Abu Dhabi time.

In other fight I am supporting Dominick Reyes, and I think he is one level up higher compared to Blachowicz and his girlfriend manager 

I guess he is having a hardtime with that weight cut but there are people that if they have a weight cut they become more slick with their movements and there are people that even though they have an overweight body they can still move gracefully with it, I guess it will depend on their performance on the ring, but I can assure that there are fighters that are not so honest in this pre-fight press conference with their ability to do in the ring in gaining and declining of weight.

[notblox1]

I guess he is having a hardtime with that weight cut but there are people that if they have a weight cut they become more slick with their movements and there are people that even though they have an overweight body they can still move gracefully with it, I guess it will depend on their performance on the ring, but I can assure that there are fighters that are not so honest in this pre-fight press conference with their ability to do in the ring in gaining and declining of weight.

I don't think he will be more slick, but lets see the fight.

Look at this...tension is bulding up and they had to pull apart Adesanya and Paulo Costa during face-offs 
What was Paulo Costa trying to do with that white belt? Maybe to upset Adesanya?? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeqp6CY9GU

[eaLiTy]

Look at this...tension is bulding up and they had to pull apart Adesanya and Paulo Costa during face-offs 
What was Paulo Costa trying to do with that white belt? Maybe to upset Adesanya?? 

Paulo Costa knew Israel Adesanya is a purple belt and he was vocal about that and then he presented him a white belt  .
Another comical face off was Shane Young, he was shouting some gibberish and the face of Dana White was priceless .
There is a tweet from Conor McGregor that he is facing Manny Pacquiao in boxing in the Middle East, since he tweets many things not sure what is future holds and when he is planning to come back to fight and get rid of controversies.

[tokeweed]

^  There's also the bit at the pre fight press conference with Costa making fun of Adesanya's earrings..  saying his mom had the same earrings.  I broke out laughing at that.  Hilarious.

[YuginKadoya]

I guess he is having a hardtime with that weight cut but there are people that if they have a weight cut they become more slick with their movements and there are people that even though they have an overweight body they can still move gracefully with it, I guess it will depend on their performance on the ring, but I can assure that there are fighters that are not so honest in this pre-fight press conference with their ability to do in the ring in gaining and declining of weight.

I don't think he will be more slick, but lets see the fight.

Look at this...tension is bulding up and they had to pull apart Adesanya and Paulo Costa during face-offs 
What was Paulo Costa trying to do with that white belt? Maybe to upset Adesanya?? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeqp6CY9GU

Maybe!? lets just watch what may happen on the fight if Costa will be not very effective and has less power now, Or as you said become slick in his movement, Because I always saw Costa in his weight and things is just going his way but Adesanya is his opponent there are a lot of theory that Costa will still be slower than Adesanya because Israel Adesanya will just toy Costa inside the ring with his defensive movement maneuver skill.

^  There's also the bit at the pre fight press conference with Costa making fun of Adesanya's earrings..  saying his mom had the same earrings.  I broke out laughing at that.  Hilarious.

that was a pretty good one on Costa and Adesanya looks irritated by that comment, For a person that loves so much anime in his life and his movement and style on the ring I think he is pissed and just wants to look cool on the crowd.

[7788bitcoin]

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Adesanya would become the style bender for nothing, you can really see from his fights he will surely feint his attacks that some opponent would react for a counter shots he is not throwing worthless strikes he is thinking before approaching the opponent that is so good about him, and Costa is mocking Adesanya's performance on Romero for running in the fight well that is his good side always on the safe side.

Two undefeated fighters, Costa known for brawls and Adesanya known as a distance striker, the cage is not small as per the media reports and if that is the case Adesanya can avoid the flurry of shots and i am expecting Costa to come out strong to knock him out in the first two rounds and the fight will be how Adesanya is avoid those and countering.

My prediction for the card is Juan Espino, William Knight, Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa over 2.5 rounds and Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz over 2.5 rounds.

[tokeweed]

Going with my gut...  But I won't be making more bets as is.  But if one of my bets win, I'll be taking Costa.  I have this funny feeling about Blachowicz too..  If another wins, I might take him.