🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[OgNasty]

I know it's easy to get carried away, but Izzy actually had a lot of success on the night. He was moving well, and picking his shots. It wasn't like Alex didn't try to engage like that multiple times, but Izzy was rolling with it. There might be something to that hurt leg of Izzy. It might have prevented him from actually getting out of the pocket.

I think it's a little unfair to be dogging on Izzy just because he basically got knocked out once again. However, he did very well for much of the night. Most people seem to have him up 3-1, including myself. Now, I'm trying to take anything away from Alex, he fully deserved that win. It's just I'm not sure why Izzy is getting so much hate, and people are ignoring how good of a job he was doing up until that point.

I think people expected to see growth from his former fight with Alex.  Unfortunately, it seems like Alex may have Izzy's number.  While Izzy is talking about making this a trilogy, I think most other people including Alex already feel he won two fights and that is good enough.  Rumors now that Alex is retiring from fighting, which will leave Izzy with a stain on his career.  I honestly think it's best for Izzy if they don't meet again.  Alex seems to have his number and another loss to him would make Izzy look like his fighting days are best left behind him.  A shame because there was so much hype but money talks so maybe another fight is in the future between Izzy/Alex.

[notblox1]

It's just I'm not sure why Izzy is getting so much hate, and people are ignoring how good of a job he was doing up until that point.

Maybe because all those people placed big bets on Adesanya to win in this fight, and now they can only blame him for not winning money for them
He got little to confident in last round and he wanted to play it safe, but Pereira went 100% all or nothing and it paid off big time.
I expect both of this guys to improve for next fights, but let's be fair and say that Adesanya carrier could finish early if ref didn't stop the fight like he did.

I had Zhang Weili winning the rematch vs Namajunas tbh.  They first fight sure, it was a KO kick to the head for the finish.  Buuut..  It was kind of a fluke.  First kick in the first few seconds of the match and it was a flash KO.  That ain't happening anytime again soon for sure.

She is now calling for her next fight to be in China, but with situation in that country right now I don't want to see any MMA event in empty arenas with lunatic measures.

[Apocollapse]

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak

So it says here:

Derrick Lewis has gone from a slight betting favorite to a sizable underdog in his upcoming bout with Sergey Spivak.

The Black Beast opened at -115 odds with Spivak coming back at -105. But after the early betting action seen at online sportsbook SportsBetting.ag, Lewis is now the +170 underdog with Spivak moving up as the -200 odds-on favorite.

Anyone knows what that is all about?

Unless there was some bad news that happened to Lewis that would easily give Spivak an advantage, I don't see how casinos would just flip odds like that.

I don't think it has anything to do with his recent losses otherwise the odds would have made him the underdog from the beginning.

It's nothing surprised, this is why I don't want to make bet in early odds since it can be easily get flipped. There's few fight like this one, the recent one is Paul vs Silva in boxing where Paul is actually an underdog, but when the fight get closer, Paul become favorited.

I think many people think Lewis suffer many losses, he's get older and his performance isn't quite stable. While Sergey Spivak only lose for 3 match, still young and the recent fight win via KO which make people think he has a good potential to beat Lewis.

[YuginKadoya]

Pereira remains an invincible opponent for Adesanya, the third fight between them and the third defeat (the first two were in kickboxing). During the fight, Adesanye controlled the situation, although Pereira was more assertive and tried to constantly force the fight. This time the champion did not succeed in an easy expectant fight, the 5th round really became unexpected, Pereira chose close combat tactics and Adesanye could not withstand this pressure. The result is unexpected, but Pereira's victory is well deserved, but how long can he be in champion status? Something tells me it won't be long.

Well, it surely is a frustrating loss, but I really enjoyed the fight I have seen a different side of Israel Adesanya in this fight and Alex Pereira is really something for Adesanya to show his ace in his sleeve, but in the 5th round Pereira's trainer is really something to see through a hole in the fight and that last round was all he needs to win it, but I really want to see a rematch between this two but right now Israel Adesanya is in 60 days suspension right now because of health protocol,

I had Zhang Weili winning the rematch vs Namajunas tbh.  They first fight sure, it was a KO kick to the head for the finish.  Buuut..  It was kind of a fluke.  First kick in the first few seconds of the match and it was a flash KO.  That ain't happening anytime again soon for sure.

And yes, this new version of Weili is going to be a hard one for Namajunas.  Not saying it's a sure win as Namajunas also has a good trainer and training camp with Trevor Wittman.

I was for Rose Namajunas in their 1st 2 fights but if there would be a rematch I would now go with Zhang Weili this time, and right now Weili is a threat for Namajunas that fight with Carla Esparza made Namajunas cautious enough to land full punch ort never punch at all because she is cautious on the takedowns, and for Weili to Successful with Esparza on the ground make Weili a bigger threat than Esparza,

[TopTort777]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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[danherbias07]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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A theory that might be right.
They are going to lose customers if they cannot entertain it anymore and the odds will always be for Adesanya if it's just a rematch from a former defeated fighter. Either in PPV, tickets, or gambling, there would be no profits in it so adding spice to the game will be the key to making it exciting once again.
And then here shows a fighter who once defeated him. Most just didn't expect it would go that far as winning, better, TKO.
I think the number of gamblers who lost their bet on that match proves how much we expect Adesanya to win.
Dana White is good at doing his job. The middleweight is loud again.

Pereira's build looks heavy, a strong wrestler or take-down specialist will be essential to defeating him.

[Inwestour]

Well, it surely is a frustrating loss, but I really enjoyed the fight I have seen a different side of Israel Adesanya in this fight and Alex Pereira is really something for Adesanya to show his ace in his sleeve, but in the 5th round Pereira's trainer is really something to see through a hole in the fight and that last round was all he needs to win it, but I really want to see a rematch between this two but right now Israel Adesanya is in 60 days suspension right now because of health protocol,

I have not yet seen this news about suspension for 60 days anywhere. Yes, the revenge will be interesting to watch, but in general the fight will most likely be the same, Adesanya will wait for his chance if Pereira allows him to do it, now he has already realized that he has a clear advantage in close fight, and he will try to take advantage of this. Adesanya said before the fight that it was personal to him, perhaps this was what prevented him from winning.

[inthelongrun]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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A theory that might be right.
They are going to lose customers if they cannot entertain it anymore and the odds will always be for Adesanya if it's just a rematch from a former defeated fighter. Either in PPV, tickets, or gambling, there would be no profits in it so adding spice to the game will be the key to making it exciting once again.
And then here shows a fighter who once defeated him. Most just didn't expect it would go that far as winning, better, TKO.
I think the number of gamblers who lost their bet on that match proves how much we expect Adesanya to win.
Dana White is good at doing his job. The middleweight is loud again.

Pereira's build looks heavy, a strong wrestler or take-down specialist will be essential to defeating him.

Yeah, Alex Pereira is indeed a huge guy in his weight even during his kickboxing days. Israel Adesanya's advantage is his experience in MMA and as I predicted earlier, he cannot easily impose the ground game because it is obvious that Poatan is the bigger and the stronger fighter just like what happened when they fought twice in kickboxing.

Adesanya already cleared the division before but he also became boring in his fights. I think it started when he lost to Jan Błachowicz and he felt that he needs to play it safe for longevity. Dana White as a businessman has to do something of course. Although I do not think the UFC signed Pereira just because of Adesanya as its champ. Pereira is a 2 division champion in Glory and the UFC as the biggest MMA organization has been watching him for years. Pereira's contract probably expired and he seemed annoyed losing a controversial rematch to Artem Vakhitov.

Now Poatan has to deal with contenders that already lost to Adesanya. But he seemed beatable by Robert Whittaker. Khamzat Chimaev probably needs 1 or 2 fights in this division to get his shot. But I won't be surprised if Artem Vakhitov once free from any contracts will get signed by the UFC soon. Artem Vakhitov is a Russian though, dunno if the UFC is keen on signing another Russian unless the fight in Ukraine ends.

[Maidak]

Well, it surely is a frustrating loss, but I really enjoyed the fight I have seen a different side of Israel Adesanya in this fight and Alex Pereira is really something for Adesanya to show his ace in his sleeve, but in the 5th round Pereira's trainer is really something to see through a hole in the fight and that last round was all he needs to win it, but I really want to see a rematch between this two but right now Israel Adesanya is in 60 days suspension right now because of health protocol,

I have not yet seen this news about suspension for 60 days anywhere. Yes, the revenge will be interesting to watch, but in general the fight will most likely be the same, Adesanya will wait for his chance if Pereira allows him to do it, now he has already realized that he has a clear advantage in close fight, and he will try to take advantage of this. Adesanya said before the fight that it was personal to him, perhaps this was what prevented him from winning.

This will certainly surprise a lot of people because I think most people thought that Israel Adesanya is going to win this fight against Alex Pereira. I am quite sure that he was a hit in terms of score. And if this was not a knockout, I am also quite sure that Israel Adesanya would have won the fight.

But that one slip in the fifth round cost him the fight. At the end of the day, it does not matter who was the head on the scoreboard. Israel Adesanya got knocked out and lost because of that. That is the end of the story. And currently, there is a lot of controversy going on about this fight. But I have not seen anything about any Ban anywhere.

my bad, Sorry for the wrong quote, edited it now.

[Welsh]

I think people expected to see growth from his former fight with Alex.  Unfortunately, it seems like Alex may have Izzy's number.  While Izzy is talking about making this a trilogy, I think most other people including Alex already feel he won two fights and that is good enough.  Rumors now that Alex is retiring from fighting, which will leave Izzy with a stain on his career.  I honestly think it's best for Izzy if they don't meet again.  Alex seems to have his number and another loss to him would make Izzy look like his fighting days are best left behind him.  A shame because there was so much hype but money talks so maybe another fight is in the future between Izzy/Alex.

Yeah, but that's absolutely fine in my opinion. Some fighters do have another persons number. While, Alex likely will struggle against a lot of the contenders in the division, since they'll be much better at wrestling than Israel is. Alex is probably one of the most dangerous kickboxing fighters in the game, and Izzy is probably the most technical. Unfortunately, for Izzy that muscle, and power seems to beat technique when it comes to him, and Alex. I'm fine with that, I don't blame Izzy whatsoever he actually put on a good show. He wasn't too shy, and actually landed more than Alex. Plus, he did rock Alex so it wasn't like his fights of recent where he's just looking to point fight.

Ultimately, kickboxing Alex is just not a good idea, and unfortunately that's where Izzy is strongest. I mean, we all saw it, Alex was absolute huge. Even the commentators pointed it out, since it was just so obvious how much weight he actually cuts, because he was much bigger in pretty much every single way compared to Izzy.

Maybe because all those people placed big bets on Adesanya to win in this fight, and now they can only blame him for not winning money for them
He got little to confident in last round and he wanted to play it safe, but Pereira went 100% all or nothing and it paid off big time.
I expect both of this guys to improve for next fights, but let's be fair and say that Adesanya carrier could finish early if ref didn't stop the fight like he did.

Yeah, I had around a return of 2k riding on my accumulator which Izzy was included on. Fortunately for my appreciation of Izzy, Reyes ruined it beforehand so the pressure was off. I did say I'd probably have a little salt left in my mouth if it was Izzy that close to winning the fight.

[tokeweed]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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That's true and Alex Pereira is the only guy who has ever beaten in kick boxing...  Twice!  And now in MMA too.  After everything and all the talk, Pereira proved that it was no fluke.  It's now Adesanya's turn to prove if he's really the best in 185.

I think Pereira could even move up to 205 and be double champ.  It could happen if Glover Teixeira loses vs Jiri Prochazka next month.  :/  And Pereira has been training with Teixeira too.  

And as for Vechain, are we back at 2017?  Lmao.

[kro55]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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Even though they brought in Alex Pereira to kick the ass of Israel Adesanya, it was very close that he was about to get his own ass kicked, lol. We all know that Israel Adesanya was ahead in terms of score. And if the error by Israel Adesanya did not happen, I feel the fight could very well have ended the other way. I think we are very likely to see a rematch very soon between these two fighters. And a lot of people might also say that it was an early stoppage but I think it was a very appropriate stoppage. Otherwise, Israel Adesanya might actually have a long-term injury.

Yeah, Alex Pereira is indeed a huge guy in his weight even during his kickboxing days. Israel Adesanya's advantage is his experience in MMA and as I predicted earlier, he cannot easily impose the ground game because it is obvious that Poatan is the bigger and the stronger fighter just like what happened when they fought twice in kickboxing.

Adesanya already cleared the division before but he also became boring in his fights. I think it started when he lost to Jan Błachowicz and he felt that he needs to play it safe for longevity. Dana White as a businessman has to do something of course. Although I do not think the UFC signed Pereira just because of Adesanya as its champ. Pereira is a 2 division champion in Glory and the UFC as the biggest MMA organization has been watching him for years. Pereira's contract probably expired and he seemed annoyed losing a controversial rematch to Artem Vakhitov.

Now Poatan has to deal with contenders that already lost to Adesanya. But he seemed beatable by Robert Whittaker. Khamzat Chimaev probably needs 1 or 2 fights in this division to get his shot. But I won't be surprised if Artem Vakhitov once free from any contracts will get signed by the UFC soon. Artem Vakhitov is a Russian though, dunno if the UFC is keen on signing another Russian unless the fight in Ukraine ends.

I think bringing in the Russian guy is likely to be beneficial for the UFC. Because bringing him in is almost certain to create controversy, and that will ultimately result in more pay-per-view. Since a lot of people are saying that they put in Alex Pereira to beat Israel Adesanya, it will be more interesting if they call in Vakhitov because people might say that he was brought in to beat Alex Pereira.

[YuginKadoya]

I have not yet seen this news about suspension for 60 days anywhere. Yes, the revenge will be interesting to watch, but in general the fight will most likely be the same, Adesanya will wait for his chance if Pereira allows him to do it, now he has already realized that he has a clear advantage in close fight, and he will try to take advantage of this. Adesanya said before the fight that it was personal to him, perhaps this was what prevented him from winning.

As I have said it was for health protocol, and I should have clarified that it was a medical suspension and not just only Adesanya but 19 fighters in the event were given a medical suspension to recuperate from the fight, and if you want to read it here in the Article, and what Adesanya has shown on the fight could be his triumph card against Alex Pereira, but surely a rematched is fitted for these two fighters,

This will certainly surprise a lot of people because I think most people thought that Israel Adesanya is going to win this fight against Alex Pereira. I am quite sure that he was a hit in terms of score. And if this was not a knockout, I am also quite sure that Israel Adesanya would have won the fight.

But that one slip in the fifth round cost him the fight. At the end of the day, it does not matter who was the head on the scoreboard. Israel Adesanya got knocked out and lost because of that. That is the end of the story. And currently, there is a lot of controversy going on about this fight. But I have not seen anything about any Ban anywhere.

my bad, Sorry for the wrong quote, edited it now.

Well, it really happens It happened to Kamaru Usman, against Leon Edwards, and Edwards like Pereira would just need 1 round to finish the fight, there is no immortal fighter in the UFC, there would be a better fighter that will surely emerge to get that title from a known fighter that many surely think will win, and that Israel Adesanya VS Alex Pereira have provided us with good entertainment and that is what's important, for me both fighters really did win it, and there is no doubt about that,

[TopTort777]

I have read a very weird theory, that Alex Pereira was signed from kickboxing into UFC to add more excitement to middleweight. Because Adesanya has kicked everyones ass there, and fighting second or third time with his fighting style would ruin interest to that division. Any decent fighter that has wrestling skills would submit Pereira. He has done his mission - removed current king. Now it is Adesanyas time to regain belt back. Pereira would lost belt in next title defence, Adesanya would have 1-2 fights before he regain belt back.

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Even though they brought in Alex Pereira to kick the ass of Israel Adesanya, it was very close that he was about to get his own ass kicked, lol. We all know that Israel Adesanya was ahead in terms of score. And if the error by Israel Adesanya did not happen, I feel the fight could very well have ended the other way. I think we are very likely to see a rematch very soon between these two fighters. And a lot of people might also say that it was an early stoppage but I think it was a very appropriate stoppage. Otherwise, Israel Adesanya might actually have a long-term injury.

About Israel Adesanya and injury. In post fight interviews Israel say that he was injured during the fight. Specifically - leg injury, probably something with joints or nerve issue. Adesanya says, that he wasnt injured before, and did not understand how to act. So he decided to get back to fence and survive or hide legs from low kicks. That can be true, that can be not, but the result of their fight is known.

Dustin Poirier isnt happy that Chandler cleaned his nose on him (https://www.tiktok.com/@talesoftheoctagon/video/7166020655853341957?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7166020655853341957) and put finger into Poiriers mouth during choke attempt (https://twitter.com/FTBeard7/status/1591652263520792577).

Your thought about that guys?

[tokeweed]

I have not yet seen this news about suspension for 60 days anywhere. Yes, the revenge will be interesting to watch, but in general the fight will most likely be the same, Adesanya will wait for his chance if Pereira allows him to do it, now he has already realized that he has a clear advantage in close fight, and he will try to take advantage of this. Adesanya said before the fight that it was personal to him, perhaps this was what prevented him from winning.

As I have said it was for health protocol, and I should have clarified that it was a medical suspension and not just only Adesanya but 19 fighters in the event were given a medical suspension to recuperate from the fight, and if you want to read it here in the Article, and what Adesanya has shown on the fight could be his triumph card against Alex Pereira, but surely a rematched is fitted for these two fighters,

This will certainly surprise a lot of people because I think most people thought that Israel Adesanya is going to win this fight against Alex Pereira. I am quite sure that he was a hit in terms of score. And if this was not a knockout, I am also quite sure that Israel Adesanya would have won the fight.

But that one slip in the fifth round cost him the fight. At the end of the day, it does not matter who was the head on the scoreboard. Israel Adesanya got knocked out and lost because of that. That is the end of the story. And currently, there is a lot of controversy going on about this fight. But I have not seen anything about any Ban anywhere.

my bad, Sorry for the wrong quote, edited it now.

Well, it really happens It happened to Kamaru Usman, against Leon Edwards, and Edwards like Pereira would just need 1 round to finish the fight, there is no immortal fighter in the UFC, there would be a better fighter that will surely emerge to get that title from a known fighter that many surely think will win, and that Israel Adesanya VS Alex Pereira have provided us with good entertainment and that is what's important, for me both fighters really did win it, and there is no doubt about that,

^  And on a lower tier match up, it could also happen to Sergei Spivak this weekend.  I got Spivak to win but we just never know with Lewis and he did it before...  It could also happen just like the one vs Volkov imho.  

Anyway let's move forward, who do you guys got this weekend?  It looks like everybody is still hung over 281 as the discussion still won't go away from the event.  Lol.  At first glance I think the most likely winners who could make a decent 5 leg parlay are Turcios, Johns, Johnson, Don Anjos and Pearce.  That would be around 6.45 or something close to it.

Edit:  Here's the Multi Master.

UFC Fight Night 215 - Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5420994.0

[TopTort777]

Anyway let's move forward, who do you guys got this weekend?

Do you think Ion Cuțelaba gonna make his usual "shout on opponent" during staredowns ?

I think I am gonna watch main event and Cutelaba fight. This is going to be a hard (mentally) fight for Lewis. Spivak isnt easy opponent. Lewis has a series of two losses.

Some news: It was said Chimaev next opponent is going to be Covington, but he has signed the contract yet. Dana White said, that UFC matchmakers are considering Shavkat Rakhmonov to be Chimaev next opponent then, but they havent decided yet, should Rakhmonov have one more fight before facing Chimaev or not.

[Inwestour]

This will certainly surprise a lot of people because I think most people thought that Israel Adesanya is going to win this fight against Alex Pereira. I am quite sure that he was a hit in terms of score. And if this was not a knockout, I am also quite sure that Israel Adesanya would have won the fight.

But that one slip in the fifth round cost him the fight. At the end of the day, it does not matter who was the head on the scoreboard. Israel Adesanya got knocked out and lost because of that. That is the end of the story. And currently, there is a lot of controversy going on about this fight. But I have not seen anything about any Ban anywhere.

my bad, Sorry for the wrong quote, edited it now.

Whatever it was, Pereira was able to get to the championship fight and become a champion in just a few fights, this is a big surprise, but it happened. There is a lot of hype around the fight, but there can be no debate, Pereira deservedly won, he was more active the whole fight, he tried to attack and Adesanya stuck to his tactics, waiting for his moment, but this time luck was not on his side. Even before this fight, many criticized Adesanya for such tactics, but he was the champion and therefore he was right, now everything can change.

[inthelongrun]

Yeah, Alex Pereira is indeed a huge guy in his weight even during his kickboxing days. Israel Adesanya's advantage is his experience in MMA and as I predicted earlier, he cannot easily impose the ground game because it is obvious that Poatan is the bigger and the stronger fighter just like what happened when they fought twice in kickboxing.

Adesanya already cleared the division before but he also became boring in his fights. I think it started when he lost to Jan Błachowicz and he felt that he needs to play it safe for longevity. Dana White as a businessman has to do something of course. Although I do not think the UFC signed Pereira just because of Adesanya as its champ. Pereira is a 2 division champion in Glory and the UFC as the biggest MMA organization has been watching him for years. Pereira's contract probably expired and he seemed annoyed losing a controversial rematch to Artem Vakhitov.

Now Poatan has to deal with contenders that already lost to Adesanya. But he seemed beatable by Robert Whittaker. Khamzat Chimaev probably needs 1 or 2 fights in this division to get his shot. But I won't be surprised if Artem Vakhitov once free from any contracts will get signed by the UFC soon. Artem Vakhitov is a Russian though, dunno if the UFC is keen on signing another Russian unless the fight in Ukraine ends.

I think bringing in the Russian guy is likely to be beneficial for the UFC. Because bringing him in is almost certain to create controversy, and that will ultimately result in more pay-per-view. Since a lot of people are saying that they put in Alex Pereira to beat Israel Adesanya, it will be more interesting if they call in Vakhitov because people might say that he was brought in to beat Alex Pereira.

Without politics, I would also like the UFC to sign Vakhitov too. But the guy probably needs MMA experience first before getting a title shot. Maybe putting him in the supporting bouts of Alex Pereira's title defenses would create hype and demand. I think 3 MMA solid wins and Vakhitov should be ready against Pereira who's not keen on ground fighting anyways, so it'll be a kickboxing fight most of the time.   

In the meantime, are we expecting an immediate rematch here?

[Welsh]

Anyway let's move forward, who do you guys got this weekend?  It looks like everybody is still hung over 281 as the discussion still won't go away from the event.  Lol.  At first glance I think the most likely winners who could make a decent 5 leg parlay are Turcios, Johns, Johnson, Don Anjos and Pearce.  That would be around 6.45 or something close to it.

For main event, I've got Lewis. Although, he's suffered some defeats as of recent, and I believe his last fight was against ol' shoey right? Where he got knocked out pretty badly with that elbow. Not sure if that's going to effect him going into this fight. I've never truly been convinced by Spivak, and I know Lewis could knock out anyone in the division given the chance. The safer bet honestly might be the fight not going the distance, but I haven't checked the odds on that. I do find the value bets with heavyweights is betting on it to go the distance.

[cabron]

Anyway let's move forward, who do you guys got this weekend?  It looks like everybody is still hung over 281 as the discussion still won't go away from the event.  Lol.  At first glance I think the most likely winners who could make a decent 5 leg parlay are Turcios, Johns, Johnson, Don Anjos and Pearce.  That would be around 6.45 or something close to it.

For main event, I've got Lewis. Although, he's suffered some defeats as of recent, and I believe his last fight was against ol' shoey right? Where he got knocked out pretty badly with that elbow. Not sure if that's going to effect him going into this fight. I've never truly been convinced by Spivak, and I know Lewis could knock out anyone in the division given the chance. The safer bet honestly might be the fight not going the distance, but I haven't checked the odds on that. I do find the value bets with heavyweights is betting on it to go the distance.

The loss of Adesanya is still hard to forget. Up to this day, the trolling on Izzy-Alex youtube video keeps coming.

Lewis 2.60/ Spivak 1.48
It's still a breathtaking fight whenever is Derrick on. It's either him or his opponent that lies on the ground. Compare to Derrick, Spivak is a light-footed big man though. I say the fight will likely end in the 1st round by Spivak.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta is an exciting boxer in MMA.