🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[notblox1]

Interesting news is coming from Jean-Claude Van Damme who is going to partner with Nick Diaz to act in his new action movie called Darkness of Man.
Everyone who loves martial marts must know about Van Damme and movies like Bloodsport, Kickboxer or Universal Soldier, but his recent movies are mostly lower quality.
It's going to be fun watching Nick Diaz acting and I sure he will earn more money than he did in UFC last few years, he only had one fight since 2015, thank you for that mister Dana White
https://www.mmamania.com/2023/1/25/23570676/nick-diaz-makes-his-acting-debut-alongside-jean-claude-van-damme-in-darkness-of-man

[Welsh]

It's going to be fun watching Nick Diaz acting and I sure he will earn more money than he did in UFC last few years, he only had one fight since 2015

Probably one of the last fighters I'd think that would make a good movie star. It'll definitely be interesting to see. Yeah, I believe his last fight was against Robbie Lawler, and then the one in 2015 was against Anderson Silva which was deemed a no contest due to as far as I can remember both fighters having questionable drug tests prior to the fight? Then, I believe later Silva was deemed not guilty, and his first positive for steroids was false. I don't know, I can't quite remember, but I know it was very confusing. Weird, how Nick didn't get much else after that. Wonder, if it was because he had already failed several drug tests up to that point. Then, obviously giving him his retirement fight against Lawler which he lost quite convincingly.

[YuginKadoya]

Yeah, even though fights tried to turn his face more mature, he still looks young for his 29 years. Do you know that he is a huge Lego fan? He is not like most of adults, that likes Lego technic or Lego powered up series, he is fan of casual Lego A kid in adults body.

As to the fight. Damn, wish it has ended differently. This doctor stoppage gives soil for another fight. Another fight Carl I am 100% sure they will have another fight.


Michael Bisping has left a funny tweet about that:

After realizing that it has ended up in a doctor stoppage there is surely a reason that Deiveson Figueiredo would fight Brandon Moreno again, but moving up a division might halt for now, but Deiveson Figueiredo doesn't have any announcement yet if he's going to stay on the same division or if he's going to the bantamweight now, we just need to wait for it,

Speaking of Lego I also like Legoes well actually Mega Bloks I love Mega Bloks, Call of Duty, and their new brand Game Of Thrones well anyway Brandon Moreno is still a kid and I think it is always OK to make his mind at peace at something he enjoyed most and right now Lego are really a wort while play for me in my opinion,

Is this announced already? Because I start to see everywhere that they are going to fight, and somehow bookies think that Prochazka is an underdog. Maybe because Jiri had injury and it is impossible to recover in half a year?

Do you guys remember we talked about Dana White's show Power Slaps? Do you know how much participants earn? 2k for participation and 2k for the win. You can get brain damage, become deaf or even worse for just 2k. Imagine if what Ngannou told about insurance was true. You get 2k, spend more on doctors and end being crippled. Why UFC fighters get more, when both get a direct hit to the face and identically risk?

At some point they will surely clash, I am just ahead of thinking on who's next for Jamahal Hill, and for me because Jiri Prochazka can return now a fight with Jamahal Hill the champion can be a great returned ticket that Dana White can give to the Samurai, it is really a bummer that Glover Texeira's age have come to his doorstep and have claimed his strength but I think if not Jiri Prochazka if Jamahal Hill next fight will be a win for him then the previous champion that lost his belt not because of a fight will be a great challenge for Hill,

[TopTort777]

At some point they will surely clash, I am just ahead of thinking on who's next for Jamahal Hill, and for me because Jiri Prochazka can return now a fight with Jamahal Hill the champion can be a great returned ticket that Dana White can give to the Samurai, it is really a bummer that Glover Texeira's age have come to his doorstep and have claimed his strength but I think if not Jiri Prochazka if Jamahal Hill next fight will be a win for him then the previous champion that lost his belt not because of a fight will be a great challenge for Hill,

Lately, I see a lot of Jamahal Hill on YouTube and social media. Before becoming a champ he was sort of a dark horse to me. Now he is everywhere. I see him challenging Prochazka, I see him saying he would love to beat Pereira (because Pereira is big and easily can move to light heavyweight).

I observe a strange tendency in UFC - fighters move to other divisions for a fight. Volkanovski to lightweight, both Pereira and Hill want to fight in light heavy, Chimaev from welterweight wants to fight Pereira in middle weight. Edwards is also barking on middleweight. Like all of a sudden everyone dont want to cut to fit in division.

[Balmain]

Derrick Lewis has apparently lost a lot of weight recently, not sure how true that is since I don't really keep up with everything outside of fight nights. It could have an impact on his power if so. I mean, he's never been the most technical of fighters, but has always had that power, which basically wins him the fights. So, if he has lost a bit of power, it could be easy money on Spivak. Since it's five rounds, I'm kind of expecting Spivak to win via knockout anyhow as Lewis does get sloppy when he's looking for that knock out.

Isn't this man's best feature to finish off his opponent with one punch? I can say why he felt the need to lose so much weight, I find it meaningless. What could be the reason for losing weight, is he going to wrestle or want mobility? We'll see what happens in this match, I think this decision will go against Lewis. If he loses the fight, he will immediately revert to his old form. Let's see what kind of fight we will watch on Spivac's side.

[Slow death]

Interesting news is coming from Jean-Claude Van Damme who is going to partner with Nick Diaz to act in his new action movie called Darkness of Man.
Everyone who loves martial marts must know about Van Damme and movies like Bloodsport, Kickboxer or Universal Soldier, but his recent movies are mostly lower quality.
It's going to be fun watching Nick Diaz acting and I sure he will earn more money than he did in UFC last few years, he only had one fight since 2015, thank you for that mister Dana White
https://www.mmamania.com/2023/1/25/23570676/nick-diaz-makes-his-acting-debut-alongside-jean-claude-van-damme-in-darkness-of-man

I wonder if Nick Diaz will also receive this famous kick:



Years ago when I was younger I always watched Van Damme movies and I was anxious to see the part where van dame kicked the bad guy, honestly I confess that even with the need to go to the bathroom I wouldn't go until I saw the part where van dame kicked the bad guy, so I'm already looking forward to seeing if I'll see the famous kick again

about Nick Diaz entering the world of cinema I would say it's a good thing, I hope he manages to make movies that can show MMA fights well, I know it's not easy to find a good studio because many movies I've seen talk about mma in the most were comedy and others the story was meaningless, the action montages were not good, they even made me wonder how it was possible that the matrix movie that was from years ago had such good quality that movies from 2020 - 2022

[TopTort777]

Years ago when I was younger I always watched Van Damme movies and I was anxious to see the part where van dame kicked the bad guy

We expect:


We get:


Because Diaz brothers are involved Even if Nate Diaz and Belgium kid really makes a movie. It will be only an action movie with few fighting scenes only. Dont even think that Nate will be the main antagonist. All these MMA or combat sport start rarely film in a movie that we see in cinemas. They are released straight on dvd (streaming platform now). I wish we would see Van Damme in real exhibition fight one day, to bad he is 62 already. I really think he would be good in octagon if he was in his prime.

[Smack That Ace]

It's going to be fun watching Nick Diaz acting and I sure he will earn more money than he did in UFC last few years, he only had one fight since 2015

Probably one of the last fighters I'd think that would make a good movie star. It'll definitely be interesting to see. Yeah, I believe his last fight was against Robbie Lawler, and then the one in 2015 was against Anderson Silva which was deemed a no contest due to as far as I can remember both fighters having questionable drug tests prior to the fight? Then, I believe later Silva was deemed not guilty, and his first positive for steroids was false. I don't know, I can't quite remember, but I know it was very confusing. Weird, how Nick didn't get much else after that. Wonder, if it was because he had already failed several drug tests up to that point. Then, obviously giving him his retirement fight against Lawler which he lost quite convincingly.

notblox1, this is actually going to be funny. Imagine they actually put the actual neck deals in the movie. Nick Diaz smoking and fighting at the same time. That's going to be hilarious .

Welsh, Actually, you never know. Probably he might perform well in this movie, who knows?
But knowing his character, I honestly cannot say that he is going to be a good movie star.
However, we also know that UFC fighters have to be very punctual and sacrifice a lot of things for fighting.
Probably he will be able to do that for the movie as well.


Duke

[Welsh]

Isn't this man's best feature to finish off his opponent with one punch? I can say why he felt the need to lose so much weight, I find it meaningless. What could be the reason for losing weight, is he going to wrestle or want mobility? We'll see what happens in this match, I think this decision will go against Lewis. If he loses the fight, he will immediately revert to his old form. Let's see what kind of fight we will watch on Spivac's side.

Basically, although losing weight doesn't always mean you lose power. There's extra weight behind your punches, but that might be at a cost of speed. Power, is basically a combination. So, what he might gain in speed, might mitigate the loss of strength behind those punches. Plus, a lot of people are just built different, which allows them to generate more power than the average person. Lewis, is very likely one of these people since he seems to have some of the more powerful punches in the division despite being relatively small compared to some of the fighters.

I don't know how much weight he has lost either, but it might be worth considering when putting your bets out there.

[tokeweed]

I'll probably go with Lewis just because it's hard to bet against him, however it depends on how much weight he's lost, and if that's going to impact him negatively or positively in the cage.

What do you mean by how much weight he's lost?  I think the most weight he's lost is around 5 lbs.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/14023-derrick-lewis-the-black-beast

So I don't think it's gonna affect the powerrr in his hands too much.  It would be another story if he decided to lose around more than 10 lbs which would something he'll never do.  Lol.

Anyway, here are some vids to watch in advance for UFC 284.  Enjoy...

UFC Free Fight:  Volk vs Holloway 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9uIoWFKbY

UFC Free Fight:  Makhachev vs Oliveira
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drRNlyD-bIE

UFC Free Fight:  Rodriguez vs Fili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscdghQd6IA

I wonder what everybody think about Volk going against Makhachev...  Will Volk make Makahachev look mortal or will Makhachev make it look easy?

[Welsh]

What do you mean by how much weight he's lost?  I think the most weight he's lost is around 5 lbs.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/14023-derrick-lewis-the-black-beast

So I don't think it's gonna affect the powerrr in his hands too much.  It would be another story if he decided to lose around more than 10 lbs which would something he'll never do.  Lol.

There's been a few pictures floating around of him jogging along the road, and he looks considerably thinner. Now, I don't know how accurate these photos are. We won't know until the weigh I suppose. Obviously, he's not going to end up losing like 100lbs, since he'd be in a different weight class . However, I think it's more than 5 pounds judging on the recent photos.

I know you can't rely on that information before your bet, but if he is considerably lighter come the weigh ins I'll definitely be taking that into consideration. Although, he had power to spare to be fair, and it might even help him keep up with the volume much more than usual. Since, he's usually very relaxed, and doesn't throw much until he can get that one big punch.

[AverageGlabella]

Spivak will beat Lewis and I would not doubt that he knocks him out in the 1st or 2nd round. Lewis has been knocked out in his most recent fights and he does not show any improvement he just tries to throw big punches but Spivak is too smart for that. I think Spivak knocks Lewis out in the 2nd when Lewis is getting tired. If not Spivak by decision.

[Welsh]

Ah, tokeweed I didn't pick up on that. Is there seriously not an event this weekend. We've just had several weeks off for the Christmas period.

Welsh, Actually, you never know. Probably he might perform well in this movie, who knows?
But knowing his character, I honestly cannot say that he is going to be a good movie star.
However, we also know that UFC fighters have to be very punctual and sacrifice a lot of things for fighting.
Probably he will be able to do that for the movie as well.

I'm not saying he's going to be awful, and I didn't mean for it to come across as him not being very good. He could be, I don't know. I just wouldn't have thought he would've been interested in it, and I wouldn't have thought anyone would've approached him for a role. Simply, because he doesn't really look like the movie star type. He's very rugged, and all he's really talked about is fighting. Obviously, there will be fighting in the movie, but I still wouldn't have thought he would've been into acting.

[notblox1]

Probably one of the last fighters I'd think that would make a good movie star. It'll definitely be interesting to see.

I don't want to be mean but I don't think Nick Diaz and his brother can remember long lines on text to be good actors but you never know
Some people surprised me and they turned as good actors with lot of hard work like Dave Bautista for example, but he was not smoking so much weed like Diaz brothers.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong but Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and Ronda Rousey all had some acting roles.

I wonder if Nick Diaz will also receive this famous kick

Or maybe Nick Diaz will be villain trying to kill Van Damme like this in Universal Soldier  

[Welsh]

Just looked at the full card for the 4th of Feb. Honestly, I'm not all that hyped about this event. We've got some well matched fights, but really other than Spivak, and Derrick we don't really have any big names competing on the day. Feel like this might be one of those events that doesn't look great on paper because of the lack of names, but actually turns out to be one of the better more competitive nights.

I'm just excited to see Jon Jones back in action, so I'll forgive them for their lack of big names on this event. I'll probably give this a miss in terms of betting though. I'll still get some predictions out.

[YuginKadoya]

Lately, I see a lot of Jamahal Hill on YouTube and social media. Before becoming a champ he was sort of a dark horse to me. Now he is everywhere. I see him challenging Prochazka, I see him saying he would love to beat Pereira (because Pereira is big and easily can move to light heavyweight).

I observe a strange tendency in UFC - fighters move to other divisions for a fight. Volkanovski to lightweight, both Pereira and Hill want to fight in light heavy, Chimaev from welterweight wants to fight Pereira in middle weight. Edwards is also barking on middleweight. Like all of a sudden everyone dont want to cut to fit in division.

I don't really see Jamahal Hill as a threat to Jiri Prochazka and it looks like he surely not going to last as a champion, and right now who have lasted in the light heavyweight as a champion in the UFC, Jan Błachowicz was 398 days Glover Teixeira was 225 days Jiří Procházka was 164 days and now Jamahal Hill is on his 5th day being Champion, well Jon Jones was the most days reign the light heavyweight championship belt, that will be 2,098 days total, and Jamahal Hill is still starting,

Well, I think fighters now want a challenge, and who doesn't want to have 2 belt divisions in the UFC, just like Henry Cejudo then vacated Flyweight and Bantamweight the belt so they now own a belt Georges St-Pierre, was Welterweight and Middleweight and also vacated the belt, I think this two now have a portion of that belt that they have vacated well correct me if I am wrong,

Probably one of the last fighters I'd think that would make a good movie star. It'll definitely be interesting to see.

I don't want to be mean but I don't think Nick Diaz and his brother can remember long lines on text to be good actors but you never know
Some people surprised me and they turned as good actors with lot of hard work like Dave Bautista for example, but he was not smoking so much weed like Diaz brothers.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong but Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and Ronda Rousey all had some acting roles.

I wonder if Nick Diaz will also receive this famous kick

Or maybe Nick Diaz will be villain trying to kill Van Damme like this in Universal Soldier  

I really think that Nick Diaz is not really protagonist material, he looks like a villain to me, or maybe he could become a leader of a cartel group, sorry Diaz fans he seems very antagonistic you may never see him say something nice because it is not in his nature and if he could act for that part I really don't know if it will be that natural well this is just my assumption if he's going inside the film industry then that is good for him, pretty much I will be curious about it if he's going to be perfect for that role,

[Ayers]

Just looked at the full card for the 4th of Feb. Honestly, I'm not all that hyped about this event. We've got some well matched fights, but really other than Spivak, and Derrick we don't really have any big names competing on the day. Feel like this might be one of those events that doesn't look great on paper because of the lack of names, but actually turns out to be one of the better more competitive nights.

I'm just excited to see Jon Jones back in action, so I'll forgive them for their lack of big names on this event. I'll probably give this a miss in terms of betting though. I'll still get some predictions out.

To be honest, almost all of these fights on the 4th of February are very close as it seems to me. There are not many big names at the event. But I believe that the fights are going to be very competitive and closely contested. But the reason why a lot of people are probably going to even miss this event is the lack of big names and starfighters.

I myself might only actually see the main event. Because I believe that is probably the only fight that at this moment gets me interested.

[TopTort777]

Spivak will beat Lewis and I would not doubt that he knocks him out in the 1st or 2nd round. Lewis has been knocked out in his most recent fights and he does not show any improvement he just tries to throw big punches but Spivak is too smart for that. I think Spivak knocks Lewis out in the 2nd when Lewis is getting tired. If not Spivak by decision.

If you are so confident in that, why dont you place a bet then? It does not have to be a precise bet in which round Spivak would win, just bet on Spivak by KO.

Media say that Lewis has lost quite a lot. He is not longer big black beast, but more like a black puma. I think we would see new or upgraded Lewis in this fight. That is a reply (or info for consideration) on your "Lewis will get tired in second round". I dont think that Lewis will run out of stamina. More likely the first to land more precise punch will be winner in this fight. I think right now both fighters are in similar form, have similar experience.

I don't really see Jamahal Hill as a threat to Jiri Prochazka and it looks like he surely not going to last as a champion

That is what always make me smile. We have a champion, that does not look like a champion and no one think that he will last long. I also think that light heavyweight belt wont stay long on Hills waist. But  take a look on Sterling. Everything thought that he is a fake or paper champ, but he has now two title defences, and he is a champ for almost 2 years already.

[Welsh]

Media also talking about the weight loss, so the pictures I saw of him running must have been real. I actually think he'll benefit from it, and won't lose too much of his power. However, it's worth considering like I said before betting on Derrick.

I myself might only actually see the main event. Because I believe that is probably the only fight that at this moment gets me interested.

I'll watch the whole event, as I quite like just MMA, and aren't there to just watch the big names. However, I won't be personally supporting any of the fighters, especially since I won't be betting on it. Too many close calls as you say. I'll get some predictions out, but I'm not expecting good results from it. The last two events for me I've nearly nailed every single fight, but this isn't one of those events that I'd be confident in doing that.

[Ayers]

I myself might only actually see the main event. Because I believe that is probably the only fight that at this moment gets me interested.

I'll watch the whole event, as I quite like just MMA, and aren't there to just watch the big names. However, I won't be personally supporting any of the fighters, especially since I won't be betting on it. Too many close calls as you say. I'll get some predictions out, but I'm not expecting good results from it. The last two events for me I've nearly nailed every single fight, but this isn't one of those events that I'd be confident in doing that.

Actually, I have honestly been spoiled especially because of Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anderson Silva, and a lot of others. I have seen them fight. So it is going to be really hard for me to find interest in these types of fights which are happening on the 4th of February.

Actually, in my time zone, it's going to be on 5th February but that's all right. I am also not going to give any predictions. Because even though I say I am not going to follow this event very closely, I know that almost every fight in this event is going to be very competitive and close.