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UFC 276 has action pack fights starting from the main event going to Holloway and down to Omalley.  

The odds of Pereira vs Strickland looks very fair.  Pereira I think is the tough guy with speed. If you haven't heard of it, this guy is the one that knocks Izzy when he was just starting in Kickboxing. I think Pereira is about to chase the acheivement of Izzy which they may fight in the coming months. But of course, Izzy is not what he was.

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[Welsh]

Did anybody watch the pre fight press conference?  Watch it if you haven't and wait for Sean Strickland and Adesanya have a little back and forth at each other.  It is hilaaarious.  Strickland owned Adesanya's ass and it was sooo funny.  Omg, I hope those two get to face each other in a couple of years.

Strickland was just being funny and was keeping it real.  And you guys know how Adesanya gets cringey sometimes...    He had nothing on Strickland.

I wasn't really that interested in a Strickland vs Izzy fight until this. I can't remember Strickland being that good on the mic either. Don't get me wrong, he's no Mcgregor, but it was refreshing to hear from the normal things he says. Especially, since it's usually Izzy with a bit of flair, and styling on his opponents.

Honestly, if that fight were to happen, I think Izzy absolutely schools him. I don't really see much of a path to victory for Strickland in that fight. I'm not even sure he'll get past Alex.

[erep]

I wasn't really that interested in a Strickland vs Izzy fight until this. I can't remember Strickland being that good on the mic either. Don't get me wrong, he's no Mcgregor, but it was refreshing to hear from the normal things he says. Especially, since it's usually Izzy with a bit of flair, and styling on his opponents.

Strickland is only skilled when the mic is in hand and speaks his harsh opinion to all the fighters, I don't expect him to focus more on Izzy than his opponent, and and Cannonier doesn't say any harsh words even though he's guaranteed to fight Adesanya. Strickland must prove a KO win over Pereira so that if he fails he will be humiliated by his own ego during the pre-fight press conference. The big man had to win to show his abilities worthy of a candidate against Izzy.

[Welsh]

Strickland must prove a KO win over Pereira so that if he fails he will be humiliated by his own ego during the pre-fight press conference. The big man had to win to show his abilities worthy of a candidate against Izzy.

I don't think that's happening. I mean, I wouldn't recommend his normal fighting style, as I think he gets knocked out. The best approach would be mixing it up, giving Alex the take down threat, so he isn't as loose on the feet. I don't know what's going to happen in the fight, I can see Strickland winning, however I don't think he'll get the knockout, he'll be playing it somewhat safe.

It'll be an interesting event, I'll be getting my predictions out. I'll be looking to bet a little more safe like I did the other week. I'm thinking a four fold accumulator which returns something like 2k.

[notblox1]

It'll be an interesting event, I'll be getting my predictions out. I'll be looking to bet a little more safe like I did the other week. I'm thinking a four fold accumulator which returns something like 2k.

Good news is that we have all fights confirmed for upcoming event as they passed weight and some of them looked very sharp.
I don't know if anyone noticed how skinny and weak Max Holloway looked on scale, you can see it in his face, but maybe something will change and he recovers for his fight with Volkanovski.
I am leaning towards Volkanovski unless Holloway performs above my expectations or win with some insane elbow kick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Tvj_C0f-U

My main picks are Adesanya, Volkanovski, Strickland, O’Malley and Uriah Hall.

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[Welsh]

I'm still deciding on my predictions, but I think my bet will be something like this:

- Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier to not go the distance
- Alexander Volkanovski decision
- Sean Strickland decision
- Maycee Barber to go the distance

Just now seeing, I'm expecting most of the fights to reach a conclusion via points. Might need to change that . Maybe, Izzy, Volk, Sean Strickland to win, and then Maycee Barber to go the distance instead.

I don't know if anyone noticed how skinny and weak Max Holloway looked on scale, you can see it in his face, but maybe something will change and he recovers for his fight with Volkanovski.

If I was to haveth a guess, it would be a bad cut, which in theory he could recover from before the fight. Both of these guys have insane cardio though, and if he has had a bad cut, it would be interesting to see how that might affect that cardio. As we know, Volk is relentless at times.

[YuginKadoya]

Did anybody watch the pre fight press conference?  Watch it if you haven't and wait for Sean Strickland and Adesanya have a little back and forth at each other.  It is hilaaarious.  Strickland owned Adesanya's ass and it was sooo funny.  Omg, I hope those two get to face each other in a couple of years.

Strickland was just being funny and was keeping it real.  And you guys know how Adesanya gets cringey sometimes...    He had nothing on Strickland.

UFC 276:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAe4gQjibVo

That was the most hilarious press conference that I watched a great job to Strickland mostly that jacking off the cartoon thing pun really hit the spot on Izzy and what can I say all men do it? and Izzy also confirms that it's the fact,

But man! who's not gonna love Sean Strickland for those Hilarious talks, he even disses the crowd for saying bad things to most fighters, well funny as it is, Alex Pereira isn't really happy or he is just one serious dude, or maybe because he can not understand a thing at all, he sure needs to learn some English,

UFC 276 has action pack fights starting from the main event going to Holloway and down to Omalley.  

The odds of Pereira vs Strickland looks very fair.  Pereira I think is the tough guy with speed. If you haven't heard of it, this guy is the one that knocks Izzy when he was just starting in Kickboxing. I think Pereira is about to chase the acheivement of Izzy which they may fight in the coming months. But of course, Izzy is not what he was.

Well, that was the discussion at the press Conference Sean Strickland keeps on Murderizing Adesanya with those puns about Pereira making Adesanya sleeps, and Izzy just replying "Do you watch the whole fight?" maybe stating how Sean Strickland was checking on the facts, but man they are all just chilling I'd really expect much trash talk at each other but man Sean Strickland pretty much has all the highlights now I really want him to win that funny guy but he's definitely going to have a hard time with Alex Pereira no doubt about that,

I'm still deciding on my predictions, but I think my bet will be something like this:

- Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier to not go the distance
- Alexander Volkanovski decision
- Sean Strickland decision
- Maycee Barber to go the distance

Just now seeing, I'm expecting most of the fights to reach a conclusion via points. Might need to change that . Maybe, Izzy, Volk, Sean Strickland to win, and then Maycee Barber to go the distance instead.

Great choice, in my opinion, I really like your decision, especially the Izzy and Volk I also think these two fights will go the distance but I will not be surprised if Volkanovski would knockout Max Holloway, I mean he is now familiar with Holloway's movements and style, for the Izzy and Jared Cannoneer, the Cannon as his saying reference that he's not the Cannon Fodder but the Cannon itself I think will surely go the distance, but if Jared could land a devastating blow to Izzy the fight will be over because of the Cannon's powerful strikes, which is I really doubt,

[Welsh]

Right, so my bets are above. However, I've also got my predictions for the whole card:

Israel Adesanya
Alexander Volkanovski
Alex Pereira
Bryan Barberena
Pedro Munhoz
Brad Riddell
Jim Miller
Gabe Green
Dricus Du Plessis
André Muniz
Maycee Barber
Jessica-Rose Clark

I might place two bets, considering I won that money last weekend. The one bet that I've already mentioned (which I deem the safe bet), and then a slightly more risky one with more reward. Here:

Jessica-Rose Clark decision
Maycee Barber decision
André Muniz
Dricus Du Plessis
Jim Miller
Alexander Volkanovski
Israel Adesanya

I think that actually looks pretty good. It wouldn't give a massive amount of money. 23.40 odds. If you stick a Volk decision on it instead, it would be 34.32 odds.

[YuginKadoya]

Right, so my bets are above. However, I've also got my predictions for the whole card:

Israel Adesanya
Alexander Volkanovski
Alex Pereira
Bryan Barberena
Pedro Munhoz
Brad Riddell
Jim Miller
Gabe Green
Dricus Du Plessis
André Muniz
Maycee Barber
Jessica-Rose Clark

I might place two bets, considering I won that money last weekend. The one bet that I've already mentioned (which I deem the safe bet), and then a slightly more risky one with more reward. Here:

Jessica-Rose Clark decision
Maycee Barber decision
André Muniz
Dricus Du Plessis
Jim Miller
Alexander Volkanovski
Israel Adesanya

I think that actually looks pretty good. It wouldn't give a massive amount of money. 23.40 odds. If you stick a Volk decision on it instead, it would be 34.32 odds.

Great Picks Probably my picks were the same as yours and pretty much many would love to know our picks, as a guide for them to bet, this will be a great guide for them and for me as well, and just like Tokeweed and the others here in the thread, your picks sometimes consider me to not bet for some fights, and it really helps me a lot because it proves it was the right thing, surely


So here is my prediction on what may happen and picks for the UFC 276 highlighted in green are my picks

Israel Adesanya VS Jared Cannonier

Considering this fight will be the hardest fight Izzy would get so far, Considering his durability of Jared I think this could go the distance, and Jared Cannonier surely has the strength with his strikes, but for me, Israel Adesanya has the smarts and the technicality when it comes to his strikes, and surely has a great takedown defense, and considering that technicality Jared Cannonier still have a chance for an upset, if he can catch Adesanya with a heavy shot of catching him on the ground for a submission, but considering Adesanya's Wits with this kind of opponent, and how the style bender can simply evade that crucial window his opponent can take, that is why Izzy has the large portion on why he is the favorite one to win here, Stake odds for this fight are 1.24 for Adesanya while 5.00 for Cannonier, for me Israel Adesanya for a decision win,

Alexander Volkanovski VS Max Holloway

This 3rd rematch for these two surely makes me wonder why make a trilogy? but considering the fact that Max Holloway had a close fight with Volkanovski, why not, surely on the press conference these two surely love each other so much now that they consider fighting each other again, I consider this fight as close as it gets, but Alexander Volkanovski, in my opinion, has a new set of skill on his sleeve that may surprise Max Holloway, and for me, this could really turn out the same as the previous fights they had Stake odds for this fight are 1.54 for Volkanovski while 2.70 for Holloway, my take Volkanovski will win,

Sean Strickland VS Alex Pereira

Sean Strickland has a good stand-up, but for me, it is just average he surely has an option for a submission, but we rarely see him does, but for me even though he has good stand-up Alex Pereira has an excellent Striking, with that Kickboxing background, and pretty much that knock out on Izzy was not mere lucky it was a legit knockout I see Pereira as a calculating guy, trying to close the distance, and giving his opponent some fake and downloading his opponent's movement like picturing out what he may do and trying it out the next time they clash, I think this is the advantage of Pereira over Strickland but the odds for this fight is for Strickland, in Stake the odds are 1.87 for Strickland while 2.07 for Pereira, but I would go to the underdog and that is Alex Pereira,

Jessica-Rose Clark VS Julija Stoliarenko

For this fight, I am not underestimating Julija Stoliarenko, even though she doesn't have any knockout record he surely has 8 Submission wins over her 17 matches, but with that 3 consecutive losses, she may still lose with submission and her Opponent can out strike her, but for Rose Clark, my fighting kitten, she is well rounded enough to take on Stoliarenko, she can surely out strike Julija Stoliarenko, she can catch her with a submission as well but always be careful on a counter in the ground, or she can also bust a Knockout win, but for me, a sure safe win for Jessica-Rose Clark would out strike Julija Stoliarenko and win by decision, Stake odds are 1.66 for Clark, while 2.39 for Stoliarenko,

[tokeweed]

Did anybody watch the pre fight press conference?  Watch it if you haven't and wait for Sean Strickland and Adesanya have a little back and forth at each other.  It is hilaaarious.  Strickland owned Adesanya's ass and it was sooo funny.  Omg, I hope those two get to face each other in a couple of years.

Strickland was just being funny and was keeping it real.  And you guys know how Adesanya gets cringey sometimes...    He had nothing on Strickland.

I wasn't really that interested in a Strickland vs Izzy fight until this. I can't remember Strickland being that good on the mic either. Don't get me wrong, he's no Mcgregor, but it was refreshing to hear from the normal things he says. Especially, since it's usually Izzy with a bit of flair, and styling on his opponents.

Honestly, if that fight were to happen, I think Izzy absolutely schools him. I don't really see much of a path to victory for Strickland in that fight. I'm not even sure he'll get past Alex.

Yup..  It was like he had a comedy routine.  Lol.  Man he was having a field day on Adesanya's long, polished nails, his pearls and other stuff.    If anybody itt hasn't watched it yet, watch iiit!  Seriously.

But you gotta see what Strickland did there.  He made his match vs Pereira now more interesting.  What if he wins.  Does he get the title shot since he beat the guy who KO'd Adesanya in kick boxing?  I wouldn't mind that tbh.

Here are the weigh in results.  No misses.

Champ Israel Adesanya (183.5) vs Jared Cannonier (184.5)
Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs Max Holloway (144.5)
Alex Pereira (184.5) vs Sean Strickland (185.5)
Bryan Barberena (170.5) vs Robbie Lawler (171)
Pedro Munhoz (135.5) vs Sean O’Malley (135)
Brad Riddell (155.5) vs Jalin Turner (155.5)
Donald Cerrone (170.5) vs Jim Miller (170l.5)
Ian Garry (171) vs Gabe Green (170)
Dricus Du Plessis (185) vs Brad Tavares (185.5)
Uriah Hall (186) vs Andre Muniz (185.5) Maycee Barber (126) vs.
Jessica Eye (126) Jessica-Rose Clark (135.5) vs Julija Stoliarenko (136)

UFC 276:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9cMbzE1j-w

[notblox1]

UFC is just getting started so tune in and watch Prelims that are starting in few minutes with Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier as commentators.
Don't miss early prelims, there are some great fights you don't want to miss if you like watching MMA.
I played on some surprise wins this time on one of my Sportsbet ticket with Uriah Hall and Donald Cerrone, and on other I played more safe option with Adesanya and Volkanovski.
Crossing fingers and getting the drinks ready!

[KennyR]

Adesanya vs Cannonier, always the result delayed. Placed on Adesanya to win the fight @1.19 whereas the odds for Cannonier @5.80, let's wait there's is chance of someone to be lucky out of this match. Right now entire discussion is all about StyleBender walkout with style.

[Bttzed03]

Lost my bets in this card but doesn't really matter. I was having fun looking at post-fight reactions Izzy had the last laugh (again). Making easy work of Jared while Strickland lost in an embarrassing way. Izzy was right during that pre-fight conference that Sean should focus on Alex because he's a tough opponent. 'He will sleep you', he said and it's exactly what happened. It really doesn't help when you're already taunting the champ but you haven't defeated the opponent in front of you.

Hopefully, the third fight will put an end of Volkanovski vs. Holloway. Not a KO but still a convincing win for Alex.

[TheNineClub]

The full overview of the event:



I was asking myself why Hall was on the early prelims, and he loses. WTF Uriah? Lawler, Cerone, let's call it quits. As for the main events, nothing unexpected here. Adesanya is quickly becoming the Woodly of the division. Alex is seemingly unstoppable, he'll have to move up a division to get a real challenge.

[Uang_kartal]

a good defense from the match against Jared Cannonier. and some of his other finals. indeed a pretty good points adrift by Israel Adesanya. I was expecting a lot. maybe Robert Whittaker will meet him against his will. last February or will have the same fate as Marvin Vettori in the previous battle for the throne. Indeed, if you count points, Israel Adesanya is superior. Let's see Robert Whittaker's preparations or even the other way around.

[Inwestour]

I agree Max Holloway has the height and reach advantage over Volkanovski, but If you look at his fight against Brian Ortega and the Korean Zombie, he surely applied most of his recent fight mistakes so I am not bothered that he will lose against max Holloway, his fighting style is evolving due to his previous fights I think Volkanovski will fight more technically in this fight and will take the undoubtful Win in this 3rd fight,

It was a confident victory from Volkanovski. Holloway tried to demonstrate activity, but because of this he only made many mistakes. He himself crossed out his advantage in growth, by the fact that he constantly approached, and in close combat Volkonovsky beat Max very confidently. Well, now we can say with confidence that this confrontation is over, Volkanovski proved his superiority.

Max should take a cue from Israel, how coolly and prudently he uses his height advantage. No rapprochement, keeps the opponent at a distance and achieves another victory!

[YuginKadoya]

Here is the Result of my picks for the UFC 276 pretty much I must feel happy on the main and co-main result but the thing that I am not so much happy about was the Jessica-Rose Clark VS Julija Stoliarenko fight, where Stoliarenko snaps Clark's arm, it was really scary seeing that, and I really hope she is just fine,

Israel Adesanya VS Jared Cannonier Round 5 Decision - WIN

That Walkout was the real highlight, but yeah just like most of his fights Israel Adesanya does it again, it is pretty much hard to fight Izzy because of his height and Jared Cannonier is having a difficult time because Izzy can easily evade his strikes and takedown attempts, that long reach from Israel Adesanya pretty much was the problem for Cannonier, keeping the distance and those kicks were shaken Cannonier in doing something, it was the pressure in what is Izzy is doing, I think Alex Pereira is the key to handling down Adesanya, but this is MMA and it is pretty much different with kickboxing

Alexander Volkanovski VS Max Holloway Round 5 Decision - WIN

Man! Alexander Volkanovski is a better boxer, and just like what he did to Brian Ortega and the Korean Zombie, this time he dominates Max Holloway, Holloway was getting outkicked, outpunch by Volkanovski, and the only thing great about Holloway here is his chin he surely takes plenty of punishment to the face just he is still standing up, Volkanovski is a legit boxer, and if you compare their 1st and 2nd fight to this 3rd fight Volkanovski is way faster than the old Volkanovski like this is not Alexander Volkanovski Holloway is fighting, and I really enjoy this and for Volkanovski Josh Emmett could be next,

Sean Strickland VS Alex Pereira Round 1 - KO/TKO - WIN

It was a bad choice for Strickland for taking this fight on the feet if he goes for a takedown I think that he can have an advantage because Alex Pereira is on another level when it comes to striking, the initial thing Pereira did was on his jab to condition Sean Strickland he conditions Strickland in thinking that a jab was coming for him but Pereira is moving from the left and Sean really didn't see it coming to the left hook, and just one punch was all he needs to knockout Strickland, and I think he can really do this to anybody so in my opinion, Alex Pereira deserves a title shot it look like Sean was an easy opponent the number 4 on the rankings and Israel Adesanya beating all the guys with a decision is pretty much Alex Pereira is the only one who can beat Israel Adesanya,

Jessica-Rose Clark VS Julija Stoliarenko Round 1 - Submission (Armbar) - LOST

I was really scared of what happened to this fight, that Armbar was really nasty, when it snaps, I really never expected that to happen, I thought it was a knockout from Rose Clark but I think Stoliarenko made Clark think that she got the upperhand so she goes for a takedown, and from that, an armbar has proceeded and it was a hell of a fight and I think that Jessica-Rose Clark got a serious dislocation and I just hope she doesn't but congrats to Julija Stoliarenko,

[Welsh]

I was a Jessica-Rose Clark decision away from winning £15k. What's more annoying, it was the first bloody fight of the evening, so any tension was gone before we even started. I knew it, I bloody knew I should've favoured the wrestler. Especially, in Womans mixed martial arts, I find the wrestlers are usually the ones that make a good bet, when it comes to underdogs.

Love to see Strickland brought back down to reality. Feel like he overlooked Alex. Izzy did Izzy things, made it look easy, but ultimately wasn't a overly exciting fight. Honestly, despite the card being stacked, I felt a little bit disappointed by most of the fights.

Israel Adesanya
Alexander Volkanovski
Alex Pereira
Bryan Barberena
Pedro Munhoz
Brad Riddell
Jim Miller
Gabe Green
Dricus Du Plessis
André Muniz
Maycee Barber
Jessica-Rose Clark

8 out of 12, one of those being a no contest, so 8 out of 11. That's not a bad night, if Jessica had won, I'd have landed two bets.

[eaLiTy]

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It was a confident victory from Volkanovski. Holloway tried to demonstrate activity, but because of this he only made many mistakes. He himself crossed out his advantage in growth, by the fact that he constantly approached, and in close combat Volkonovsky beat Max very confidently. Well, now we can say with confidence that this confrontation is over, Volkanovski proved his superiority.

Alexander Volkanovski was a superior fighter and he was much faster than Max Holloway and he was not able to find the range and Alexander Volkanovski was landing the heavy punches frequently and now it is time for Alexander Volkanovski to move up the division and fight ‎Charles Oliveira and that is what he said during the post fight interview and i believe that is what he is going to get next because he literally cleaned the division.

Max should take a cue from Israel, how coolly and prudently he uses his height advantage. No rapprochement, keeps the opponent at a distance and achieves another victory!

Max Holloway should take some time off, he is durable fighter but got punched a lot and i believe it is a UFC record or something. As long as Alexander Volkanovski is the champion he will not get a chance to fight for the title.

[Balmain]

I almost watched most of the fights on the main card, all the fights were standing, we watched full strike matches. I don't even remember seeing Takedown, even Takedown shows were very few. I was excited for the Sean O'Malley match because it's one of the strikes I'm curious about its growing. But unfortunately, the match did not continue because his opponent caught his finger in the eye. I think he could have continued the game, I don't know. In the Volkanovski and Holloway match, Volkanovski was fast and explosive in this match, as in the last two matches, and thus dominated him. Halloway took a lot of blows, he was very durable, I think he would have taken less beating if he adjusted the distance.