🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[TopTort777]

Dana would say everything now to save his reputation. He can say everything, even might force his wife to say that this was due to alcohol, they were drunk, did it for fun or whatever he will come up with. But we will never know that whole story behind that slap, it will stay forever in their family as a huge secret. But we will all remember that act of man hitting woman. A lot of families got destroyed by that. I think the community will make Dana remember that case for a long time and with a an occasion will pinch him with that.

P.S. https://youtu.be/BI0lfO9_BAc?t=50 - this is not a call to aggression, but Dana should have slapped that kid (Larz) instead

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If that case is really serious and his wife report him to police, it will become big and we could expect Dana White could go to jail with some fee that he need to pay. But if the case isn't big and both of them already have a solution, I wouldn't surprised if Dana's wife will say it's just slapping for fun or something like that to make people think there's no problem and it wouldn't harm anything to Dana's reputation.

I think if Anne Stella is actually clever, she’s not going to make a big issue out of this. Because as a woman, she should always be staying with Dana White because we all know that women are judged based on their looks. So, at this age, it is far better to be with a billionaire instead of being in the marketplace looking for another partner if the situation escalates to that. Which can easily happen if Anne Stella wants to.

But on the other hand, if we look at the laws of the USA, we will see that women are incentivized to leave their partners. Not only does she get half of the wealth that he possesses, but she will also get childcare money if they have children.

But the problem is women, don’t think straight like most men. I don’t know what is going to happen, but this is certainly going to bring a lot of attention to that UFC. The outcome of Dana White’s personal life is going to decide if the attention is positive or negative.

[crunck]

Dana White just wanted to fill that 3 week pause between events, so he decided to do a main event in the club lol

Or this could be a nice promo of White's new show - Power Slap. More info here. New show is planned to start at January 11, so Dana and Fertitas bros are on a promotion tour right now

What do you think about this show? "Regulated and sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission" - show looks serious. I know that on Russian YouTube such slap shows have been popular for years, first appeared in 2020, and I saw on TV similar shows in UK. This is a first of such kind in the US with such a high promotion level. Gonna be cool, and dangerous. As you basically get a hard hit on a face and you arent allowed to defence. Could lose hearing easily.

I don’t know what is going to happen for sure. But the United States of America does not take these types of things lightly. And I am also sure that a lot of feminists are already pretty furious about this. And I think this is going to be very popular as well. Because right now I don’t see any kind of issue which can divert the attention. And there should be some serious problems for Dana White. Unless he can use a huge amount of money to cover it up.

[TopTort777]

I "like" how in a marriage, if there are kids, the father is most unprotected person. I dont know how the things are in the US, but in Europe, kids always stay with mother. The only way the father gets the kids is if the mother is junkie or alcoholic. She can be unemployed, housewife, sit at home and do nothing, and she always get the kids.

In Danas case, he seems to be the one who brings the money. Even though his was the first to slap him, Dana is about to lose half of what he has, and will have less time to spend with his 3 kids. Sad story for him, a lesson for everyone.

[inthelongrun]

So Dana White and his family seem to remain intact unless his wife will change her mind. He and his wife Anne talked it out, exchanged apologies, and settled their differences. So Dana and his wife had been together since they were very young. It probably helped them both especially Anne to forgive and apologized as well. Otherwise, Anne would've been swayed by different rights and women groups to file a case and divorce Dana which would probably endanger the UFC. Anne's statement probably ends this issue sooner than later.

[notblox1]

Mojahed Fudailat made a funny cartoon video clip with Conor McGregor giving his Proper Twelve alcoholic drink to Dana White, than his wife steps in.
Other MMA starts and famous people like Khabib are appearing in cartoon, and I think he added real voices from all this people speaking in past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZj6F1_7kKk

[YuginKadoya]

Makhachev really smashed Olivera and finished him off in less time than I expected. Volkanovski is also a much stricter man than Olivera, who does not give up easily. Ortega got rid of the place I said how many times he gave up in the match. Isn't the rate given for Volkanovski really an exaggeration? I think the rates should have been a little closer. I will take this ratio as an opportunity and try my luck with a small amount. Volkonovski continues to train hard without even celebrating New Year's, I think he is ready.

Worst case if he trained I think it is also not good as well it tends to stress out the muscles so when you are in the actual match you are prone to injuries, I really think the body also needs to rest and regained those muscle fibers and tissue into good quality one, but maybe he will have rest when the match is near, but for me, this is an interesting fight both have only 1 lost, and even though I am for Makhachev he surely can not underestimate Volkanovski this is one hell of a technical fighter than Oliveira,

Aside from Makhachev vs Volkanovski, there's will be an interesting match between Deiveson Figueriredo vs Brandon Moreno at UFC 283, this is their fourth fight. I really don't have any idea which one will win, there's also a chance it could be a draw too and we need to watch their fifth fight

Monero is more faster and better in wrestling, while Figueriredo has more power, stronger and better in physical appearance. But the fight will held in Brazil, so if it's ended in decision, I expect Figueriredo will win again. The only way for Monero to win is by submission again, just like their second match.

Well interesting as it may but Deiveson Figueiredo has collected the belt again, I think Deiveson Figueiredo is not more cautious and trying to be on the safer side of the fight, and he tends to be more like Izzy in the sense he becomes more technical with his every movement and strikes, this is interesting because Brandon Moreno is known to have a never say die attitude that if Deiveson Figueiredo will not acknowledge he may lose the belt again, that is a thing for Moreno that attitude can surely get a Deiveson Figueiredo to get his back exposed for that submission, but Deiveson Figueiredo will surely not make that same mistake,

[TopTort777]

Finally we have a card info and an event that will be in a week

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Strickland



Date: January 14, 2023
Main Card: SUN, JAN 15 / 2:00 AM EET
Prelims: SAT, JAN 14 / 11:00 PM EET

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN+)
Light heavyweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Sean Strickland            
Featherweight: Dan Ige vs. Damon Jackson            
Middleweight: Punahele Soriano vs. Roman Kopylov            
Women's Bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira vs. Raquel Pennington            
Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Claudio Ribeiro            
Lightweight: Mateusz Rębecki vs. Nick Fiore            
Bantamweight: Javid Basharat vs. Mateus Mendonça            
Flyweight: Allan Nascimento vs. Carlos Hernandez            
Featherweight: Daniel Argueta vs. Isaac Dulgarian            
Flyweight: Jimmy Flick vs. Charles Johnson            
Women's Flyweight: Priscila Cachoeira vs. Sijara Eubanks   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Imavov_vs._Gastelum

[YuginKadoya]

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This is it but it will be on next week so it is really too early to put my picks but what I think about this fight I think that Kelvin Gastelum will have a hard time with Nassourdine Imavov, and if we see a Dagestan fighter and the only loss was from a decision from Phil Hawes but Nassourdine Imavov should also need to be careful against Gastelum we all know the durability of this fighter Kelvin Gastelum has a very Durable chin that he could surely use against Nassourdine Imavov, even though he lost he still goes the distance and always losing via decision against Israel Adesanya, Darren Till, Robert Whittaker, and Jared Cannonier, while in Ian Heinisch, case Gastelum did win via decision,

Right now I am pretty much waiting for the UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill, UFC Fight Night | Lewis vs. Spivak, and the real main event the champion vs champion fight that many are waiting for, UFC 284 | Makhachev vs. Volkanovski,

[tokeweed]

^  If watch the match tho, Phil Hawes didn't really do anything vs Imavov except grind him in the cage then nothing.  It went on for a couple of rounds until there was some adjustment from Imavov in the third but it was too late.  Hawes was already up a couple of rounds.

Gastelum is prolly on his way out.

Anyway, at first glance I like Imavov, Soriano, Vieira, Nurmagomedov, Alhassan, Nascimento and Jimmy Flick.  I could go for some parlays on those guys and a straight bet on Flick.  He was pretty good in the regional scene and Charles Johnson seems like  he doesn't any urgency in the cage.  It could cost him.

[notblox1]

More bad news are coming for Dana White after slapping incident with his wife, and this time his Power Slap League gets removed from TBS programming schedule.
They said this event was moved to different date January 18, maybe they expect things will cool down and people will forget one slap
It's possible that UFC is slowly going to decline, they have betting scandal with fixed fights, biggest stars are not very active, and Jake Paul just became MMA fighter in different organization.

[YuginKadoya]

^  If watch the match tho, Phil Hawes didn't really do anything vs Imavov except grind him in the cage then nothing.  It went on for a couple of rounds until there was some adjustment from Imavov in the third but it was too late.  Hawes was already up a couple of rounds.

Gastelum is prolly on his way out.

Anyway, at first glance I like Imavov, Soriano, Vieira, Nurmagomedov, Alhassan, Nascimento and Jimmy Flick.  I could go for some parlays on those guys and a straight bet on Flick.  He was pretty good in the regional scene and Charles Johnson seems like  he doesn't any urgency in the cage.  It could cost him.

Well it was a close match in my opinion but I really thought that Phil Hawes lost that one and Nassourdine Imavov actually win it, but it was a majority for Phil Hawes for me this is but it was really too late for Nassourdine Imavov to turn the tables and to show the judges that he really deserves the win, and after this fight Nassourdine Imavov have become a more different fighter learning from this defeat,

More bad news are coming for Dana White after slapping incident with his wife, and this time his Power Slap League gets removed from TBS programming schedule.
They said this event was moved to different date January 18, maybe they expect things will cool down and people will forget one slap
It's possible that UFC is slowly going to decline, they have betting scandal with fixed fights, biggest stars are not very active, and Jake Paul just became MMA fighter in different organization.

Well, uncle Dana White doesn't want to slap a fighter that may retaliate so he is using his wife as a substitute, well he is a well-known person who needs to learn to control his temper just one piece of negative news about the UFC will surely suffer from that consequence,

If the main man in the UFC is hurting a woman or a lady what more do the fighters in that combat sports company I guess uncle Dana has something to say about this, let's just wait,

[TopTort777]

More bad news are coming for Dana White after slapping incident with his wife, and this time his Power Slap League gets removed from TBS programming schedule.
They said this event was moved to different date January 18, maybe they expect things will cool down and people will forget one slap
It's possible that UFC is slowly going to decline, they have betting scandal with fixed fights, biggest stars are not very active, and Jake Paul just became MMA fighter in different organization.

Dana would say everything now to save his reputation. He can say everything, even might force his wife to say that this was due to alcohol, they were drunk, did it for fun or whatever he will come up with. But we will never know that whole story behind that slap, it will stay forever in their family as a huge secret. But we will all remember that act of man hitting woman. A lot of families got destroyed by that. I think the community will make Dana remember that case for a long time and with a an occasion will pinch him with that.

P.S. https://youtu.be/BI0lfO9_BAc?t=50 - this is not a call to aggression, but Dana should have slapped that kid (Larz) instead ("That guy who calls people irrelevant has a very punchable face" <-- my favourite comment)

[notblox1]

Well, uncle Dana White doesn't want to slap a fighter that may retaliate so he is using his wife as a substitute, well he is a well-known person who needs to learn to control his temper just one piece of negative news about the UFC will surely suffer from that consequence

Let's be honest and say that his wife gave the first slap attack and after that he replied with his slaps, but something stinks in this whole story, and we don't know what Dana told her before slap.
Much more people are now aware of his Power Slap competition, after someone conveniently recorded that video in night club.

[bittraffic]

Well, uncle Dana White doesn't want to slap a fighter that may retaliate so he is using his wife as a substitute, well he is a well-known person who needs to learn to control his temper just one piece of negative news about the UFC will surely suffer from that consequence

Let's be honest and say that his wife gave the first slap attack and after that he replied with his slaps, but something stinks in this whole story, and we don't know what Dana told her before slap.
Much more people are now aware of his Power Slap competition, after someone conveniently recorded that video in night club.

The worse way to promote the Power Slap competition but yep it did the job. It could be done easier though since UFC is already popular.  

Can't say also it's just Dana's fault, the wife must have reasons to react that way and Dana just hit back as he is also intoxicated. They knew each other since they were young, I say this is probably not the first time they hit each other. Despite how rich the family is, it isn't always perfect.

[tokeweed]

Well, uncle Dana White doesn't want to slap a fighter that may retaliate so he is using his wife as a substitute, well he is a well-known person who needs to learn to control his temper just one piece of negative news about the UFC will surely suffer from that consequence

Let's be honest and say that his wife gave the first slap attack and after that he replied with his slaps, but something stinks in this whole story, and we don't know what Dana told her before slap.
Much more people are now aware of his Power Slap competition, after someone conveniently recorded that video in night club.

The whole slap incident with his wife is both funny and ironic because of his upcoming Power Slap promotion.  Lolol.    He prolly told his wife to slap him first so he could slap him next and show everybody how it's done.  Maybe they should make a power slap demo with Dana White.    Oh man...  The memes are gonna be hilarious.

But seriously I don't think it's over yet even tho Dana White and the UFC seem to be handling the whole thing really well...  I haven't seen a women's group or some feminism group calling for the cancellation of the UFC so that's good.  Lmao. 

[Balmain]

Finally we have a card info and an event that will be in a week

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Gastelum



Date: January 14, 2023
Main Card: SUN, JAN 15 / 2:00 AM EET
Prelims: SAT, JAN 14 / 11:00 PM EET

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Kelvin Gastelum            
Featherweight: Dan Ige vs. Damon Jackson            
Middleweight: Punahele Soriano vs. Roman Kopylov            
Women's Bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira vs. Raquel Pennington            
Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos

Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Claudio Ribeiro            
Lightweight: Mateusz Rębecki vs. Nick Fiore            
Bantamweight: Javid Basharat vs. Mateus Mendonça            
Flyweight: Allan Nascimento vs. Carlos Hernandez            
Featherweight: Daniel Argueta vs. Isaac Dulgarian            
Flyweight: Jimmy Flick vs. Charles Johnson            
Women's Flyweight: Priscila Cachoeira vs. Sijara Eubanks   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Imavov_vs._Gastelum

We are opening the first fight of the new year at UFC apex. There's a nice main card and nice matches. The match that interests me the most will be the Umar Nurmagomedov vs Raoni Barcelos match. Barcelos has fought one Nurmagomedov before and won by referee decision, will he be able to win in this match? As a matter of fact, I like his mobility, he can be creative standing and on the ground. On the other hand, there is a Nurmagomedov with a streak of 15 wins. Bookies, completely consider Nurmagomedov the favorite of the match. Still, it would be nice to watch this pairing.

[Bttzed03]

FTC banning the noncompete could potentially affect the UFC and other MMA organizations based in the US.

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the UFC might no longer be able to sign athletes to exclusive contracts which prevent them from negotiating with outside organizations and promotions.

Read more on Hydrogen's thread

The UFC's Championship clause is one that could be removed if the said ban proposal is approved. If that happens, athletes winning the belt at the end of their contract could leverage his/her title to renegotiate with UFC or sign with rival organizations.

[tokeweed]

^  That's if the other organizations are willing to match or pay more than what the UFC is paying their fighters for.  I couldn't imagine Bellator or the PFL give somebody like Ngannou a more lucrative contract without breaking the bank which could be a bad decision as nobody really gives af about Bellator compared to the UFC.  They're no. 1 for a reason.

But the clause will be good for MMA for sure and the fighters.  It could even make those guys from Bellator like AJ McKee have an easier time transitioning to the UFC without a lot of contract disputes.

[TopTort777]

Speaking about Bellator - do you know that promotion is probably on sale ? Check out Ariel Helwanis recent article about that. That might be rumors, but we all know that "there is no smoke without fire".

I think that PFL or Bellator are capable to pay Ngannou his "high standards", but Ngannou wont be that stupid to change UFC for other promotion. It will be boring for him. I doubt that there are any promotion that has enough heavyweight that has level class close to Ngannou. What he will do there? Fight his 2-5 fight contract get millions, but beat punching bags in first rounds? But then what? Retire? Ngannou career in UFC would last longer.