🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[YuginKadoya]

I understand that and indeed fighters can't fight more often in a championship or a certain event unless there is a rematch challenge maybe this can happen in a not long term.
Actually there are several other fighters who are really my favorite fighters but for the greatest has retired because of his father's wish to retire from fighting in the second UFC he has done the fight a few months ago and still long to wait for the next fight so it's only waiting for Aspinall later.
I love watching and betting on UFC events but I can't favorite all fighters.

Yup! That is just how the UFC is doing things not it is so much different from when the UFC first started when there is no wrestling back then and so the Legendary Royce Gracie was born and fought 4 fighters in a row, back then but that is on the old UFC, well the heavyweight division is likely changing and we are having wrestlers now in the Heavyweight or a well-rounded fighter like Tom Aspinall, then fight back then that only last 1 round because Heavyweights tend to finish their opponent in 1 punch only or 1 strike,

There was nothing special in previous UFC event but I liked main event and I was litle surprised with Maycee Barber KO win.
Ilia Topuria is now on a really nice run and he has perfect MMA record 14-0, so he is starting to be serious contender in featherweight category.
I expected him to win by submission but decision win is still and he was very dominant in this fight, now UFC needs to think about his next opponent, but Topuria said he would fight Holloway.

Maycee Barber's win is a surprise for me aswell, but it was a great fight for a woman's division fight, it was brutal, while Topuria had a masterclass performance donating Emmett it is also good that Josh Emmett had a decent chin and durability but Topuria isn't really giving his heavy strike to Emmett because Emmett is always throwing those heavy overhand punch, and just like you I also thought that this fight will end up in submission because I also bet for a KO or Submission win for Ilia Topuria that lost,

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[tokeweed]

^  Yup credit to the guy who took Topuria via decision.  No one else itt considered it before the event and seeing the match's over - under was lined at 2.5 rounds with the under slightly juiced.  

That's why I love MMA betting so much even if it's just betting for small amounts of money.  The Topuria via decision at 10 was like finding a memecoin that you def know would pump soon.

[TopTort777]

UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov



Date: July 1, 2023
Main Card: SUN, JUL 2 / 2:00 AM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, JUL 1 / 11:00 PM GMT+3

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Sean Strickland vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov            
Lightweight: Damir Ismagulov vs. Grant Dawson            
Welterweight: Max Griffin vs. Michael Morales            
Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski vs. Melissa Gatto            
Lightweight: Ismael Bonfim vs. Benoît Saint-Denis            
Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Brunno Ferreira   

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov            
Featherweight: Joanderson Brito vs. Westin Wilson            
Women's Featherweight: Yana Santos vs. Karol Rosa            
Lightweight: Guram Kutateladze vs. Elves Brenner            
Women's Flyweight: Ivana Petrovic vs. Luana Carolina            
Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov vs. Blagoy Ivanov      

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Strickland_vs._Magomedov

[Synchronice]

Emmett's eyes were so swollen, I guess he saw no light in the end By the way, if you do trash talk, like he died, then you should back your words up like Conor did before he started coke and parties, otherwise you should shut your mouth.

There was nothing special in previous UFC event but I liked main event and I was litle surprised with Maycee Barber KO win.
Ilia Topuria is now on a really nice run and he has perfect MMA record 14-0, so he is starting to be serious contender in featherweight category.
I expected him to win by submission but decision win is still and he was very dominant in this fight, now UFC needs to think about his next opponent, but Topuria said he would fight Holloway.

That would be a very good and interesting fight, I would love to see that!

^  Yup credit to the guy who took Topuria via decision.  No one else itt considered it before the event and seeing the match's over - under was lined at 2.5 rounds with the under slightly juiced.  

I knew Topuria would win and I bet on him, I was 100% confident but when I was watching the match, I really couldn't imagine that he would win via decision. Topuria just brutally destroyed his face, credit to Emmett for not giving up too!

[tokeweed]

UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov



Date: July 1, 2023
Main Card: SUN, JUL 2 / 2:00 AM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, JUL 1 / 11:00 PM GMT+3

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN+)
Middleweight: Sean Strickland vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov            
Lightweight: Damir Ismagulov vs. Grant Dawson            
Welterweight: Max Griffin vs. Michael Morales            
Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski vs. Melissa Gatto            
Lightweight: Ismael Bonfim vs. Benoît Saint-Denis            
Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Brunno Ferreira   

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov            
Featherweight: Joanderson Brito vs. Westin Wilson            
Women's Featherweight: Yana Santos vs. Karol Rosa            
Lightweight: Guram Kutateladze vs. Elves Brenner            
Women's Flyweight: Ivana Petrovic vs. Luana Carolina            
Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov vs. Blagoy Ivanov      

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Strickland_vs._Magomedov

Was thinking it would be a bad even but looking at the roster again, it isn't really that bad.  The match ups are so so but there are fun fighters to watch  up there like Guram Kutateladze, Romanov, Brito, Bonfim, Morales, Ismagulov vs Dawson will be good and the main event is a potential banger.

Watch Mavomedov's highlights and I think the UFC did a good job in getting these guys to fight as Strickland stands square in front of his opponents which makes him open to Magomedov's front kicks.  I think Magomedov is also slightly faster...  If it was just three rounds maybe he could win?  Dunno.  

Edit:  The Multi Master is on just now.  Let's go get it!

UFC on ESPN 48:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5457651.0

[YuginKadoya]

^  Yup credit to the guy who took Topuria via decision.  No one else itt considered it before the event and seeing the match's over - under was lined at 2.5 rounds with the under slightly juiced.  

That's why I love MMA betting so much even if it's just betting for small amounts of money.  The Topuria via decision at 10 was like finding a memecoin that you def know would pump soon.

Yes! It was really a risky move in betting for the Topuria via decision because most of his fights end in submission and KO the only decision he got was Youssef Zalal back on UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen event, so this recent fight makes him 2 decision wins only, it was hard to predict the result but I am OK with it because I still bet for Topuria to win,

Emmett's eyes were so swollen, I guess he saw no light in the end By the way, if you do trash talk, like he died, then you should back your words up like Conor did before he started coke and parties, otherwise you should shut your mouth.

It was badly swollen I think that Ilia Topuria has given Josh Emmett a complete boxing tutorial in their fight it was total domination, Ilia Topuria is really a masterclass fighter and for me, if Topuria and Paddy Pimblett fight Ilia Topuria will win and crush Pimblett 100%, next  fight for Ilia Topuria just like you I want to also see a Max Holloway fight aswell,

I knew Topuria would win and I bet on him, I was 100% confident but when I was watching the match, I really couldn't imagine that he would win via decision. Topuria just brutally destroyed his face, credit to Emmett for not giving up too!

Josh Emmett has solid durability and chin I can give that to him he is very durable but surely Josh Emmett is only punching overhead punches, and really committing to his punching and hoping that it could hit Ilia Topuria that is why Ilia Topuria has a good read on Josh Emmett movements and so and with that punching strategy of Emmett Topuria just needed a short ranges punches for Emmett that is mid damaging to him, that is why the fight end up in a likely decision Ilia Topuria didn't manage to try and go for a submission and risk getting his heavy approach to Emmett that he might got in the line of fire for Emmett if he did, I can say the strategy and fight IQ of Topuria was really superb,

[bittraffic]

^  Yup credit to the guy who took Topuria via decision.  No one else itt considered it before the event and seeing the match's over - under was lined at 2.5 rounds with the under slightly juiced.  

That's why I love MMA betting so much even if it's just betting for small amounts of money.  The Topuria via decision at 10 was like finding a memecoin that you def know would pump soon.

Yes! It was really a risky move in betting for the Topuria via decision because most of his fights end in submission and KO the only decision he got was Youssef Zalal back on UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen event, so this recent fight makes him 2 decision wins only, it was hard to predict the result but I am OK with it because I still bet for Topuria to win,

Investing in PEPE while no one yet knows the coin right?  

Can't remember how many times I did that and lost actually. Sometimes it's 0 out of 10 I think. It's a good thing I just put $5. I even tried Charles by KO against Islam because of the odds lol Can you imagine Submitting Yan vs Aljo? Why not. It's satisfying when I win though. Looking at Magomedov vs Strickland, both are actually good. Magomedov by KO is my pick, the options are not yet open.  Just crossing my fingers when watching it live.

[tusandii]

I understand that and indeed fighters can't fight more often in a championship or a certain event unless there is a rematch challenge maybe this can happen in a not long term.
Actually there are several other fighters who are really my favorite fighters but for the greatest has retired because of his father's wish to retire from fighting in the second UFC he has done the fight a few months ago and still long to wait for the next fight so it's only waiting for Aspinall later.
I love watching and betting on UFC events but I can't favorite all fighters.

Yup! That is just how the UFC is doing things not it is so much different from when the UFC first started when there is no wrestling back then and so the Legendary Royce Gracie was born and fought 4 fighters in a row, back then but that is on the old UFC, well the heavyweight division is likely changing and we are having wrestlers now in the Heavyweight or a well-rounded fighter like Tom Aspinall, then fight back then that only last 1 round because Heavyweights tend to finish their opponent in 1 punch only or 1 strike,

Yes, Royce Gracie is a UFC legend with mixed martial arts Jiu-Jitsu and he is a fighter who is considered the most influential figure in MMA history.
When fighting with UFC Royce Gracie managed to become a winner at UFC 1 UFC 2 and UFC 4.
His family is also known as the consummate martial art of Jiu-Jitsu.
Everyone knows and knows him, who is nicknamed a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter.

Now there are lots of fighters in the UFC and we can watch and favor some of those fighters like Tom Aspinall.

[TopTort777]

Was thinking it would be a bad even but looking at the roster again, it isn't really that bad.  The match ups are so so but there are fun fighters to watch  up there like Guram Kutateladze, Romanov,

This is an interesting fight "Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov". Attention on Kevin Lee. He was once in UFC, got released from it due to bad performance (lost 4 out of 5 last fights) and was signed by Eagle FC that belongs to Khabib, a fighter Kevin criticized a lot. There he fought only once, and was resigned by UFC. Kevin has lost to every more or less famous fighter, and now is back to UFC. Strange tactics by UFC.

[tokeweed]

I think the UFC didn't want him to go but Kevin Lee wouldn't sign a new contract so he left for Eagle FC for supposedly big money.  Dunno...

^  Yup credit to the guy who took Topuria via decision.  No one else itt considered it before the event and seeing the match's over - under was lined at 2.5 rounds with the under slightly juiced.  

That's why I love MMA betting so much even if it's just betting for small amounts of money.  The Topuria via decision at 10 was like finding a memecoin that you def know would pump soon.

Yes! It was really a risky move in betting for the Topuria via decision because most of his fights end in submission and KO the only decision he got was Youssef Zalal back on UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen event, so this recent fight makes him 2 decision wins only, it was hard to predict the result but I am OK with it because I still bet for Topuria to win,

Investing in PEPE while no one yet knows the coin right?  

Can't remember how many times I did that and lost actually. Sometimes it's 0 out of 10 I think. It's a good thing I just put $5. I even tried Charles by KO against Islam because of the odds lol Can you imagine Submitting Yan vs Aljo? Why not. It's satisfying when I win though. Looking at Magomedov vs Strickland, both are actually good. Magomedov by KO is my pick, the options are not yet open.  Just crossing my fingers when watching it live.

Hah...  Not that of a good comparison with PEPE as most of the people who has known about it were the devs, the insiders and the friends of the insiders.  Everything about it might have already been planned from the start.

Anyway, I like the match up for the main event stylistically but having somebody who's unranked and had just a couple of fights in the UFC getting a main event spot against a top 10 guy in MW shows weak the weight class is...  It also shows how desperate the UFC is in getting some new blood in there.

As for your pick, I think Magomedov via KO is the way to go if you like the guy.  Can't imagine him winning via decision vs the more high volume striker in Strickland.  If I were to guess, Magomedov via KO could be around 4.50 - 5.00 which will be good value.

[yazher]

This is an interesting fight "Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov". Attention on Kevin Lee. He was once in UFC, got released from it due to bad performance (lost 4 out of 5 last fights) and was signed by Eagle FC that belongs to Khabib, a fighter Kevin criticized a lot. There he fought only once, and was resigned by UFC. Kevin has lost to every more or less famous fighter, and now is back to UFC. Strange tactics by UFC.

I guess Rinat Fakhretdinov has more advantage in this one, and he will gonna dominate him in this fight based on this kind of record 20-1-0 (W-L-D), Lee is nothing to him, and this era is for them since they have some kinds of intensive training that hone them to become the stronger fighter that we ever have in this competition. If Fakhretdinov wins this fight, he may be 2 fights away to be given a chance for a championship fight because right now, fans are more interested in watching a fighter that can actually compete to give his opponent a hard time rather than a one-sided fight like we used to see in the past.

[notblox1]

This is an interesting fight "Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov". Attention on Kevin Lee. He was once in UFC, got released from it due to bad performance (lost 4 out of 5 last fights) and was signed by Eagle FC that belongs to Khabib, a fighter Kevin criticized a lot. There he fought only once, and was resigned by UFC. Kevin has lost to every more or less famous fighter, and now is back to UFC. Strange tactics by UFC.

Eagle FC and UFC are probably working together or there was some other issues because they mostly have events in Russia.

I think the UFC didn't want him to go but Kevin Lee wouldn't sign a new contract so he left for Eagle FC for supposedly big money.  Dunno...

He is not the only one who is getting paid much better in other MMA organizations.
Shane Burgos switched from UFC and signed for PFL this year and he already earned serious money in two fights, this was released in public.
It is no secret that Dana and UFC are keeping most of the profits for themselves or with Connor, and scraps are left for all other fighters.
Everyone knows about Francis Ngannou story so I don't have to repeat that, but it is not all about money.

[TopTort777]

This is an interesting fight "Welterweight: Kevin Lee vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov". Attention on Kevin Lee. He was once in UFC, got released from it due to bad performance (lost 4 out of 5 last fights) and was signed by Eagle FC that belongs to Khabib, a fighter Kevin criticized a lot. There he fought only once, and was resigned by UFC. Kevin has lost to every more or less famous fighter, and now is back to UFC. Strange tactics by UFC.

Eagle FC and UFC are probably working together or there was some other issues because they mostly have events in Russia.

I think the UFC didn't want him to go but Kevin Lee wouldn't sign a new contract so he left for Eagle FC for supposedly big money.  Dunno...

He is not the only one who is getting paid much better in other MMA organizations.
Shane Burgos switched from UFC and signed for PFL this year and he already earned serious money in two fights, this was released in public.
It is no secret that Dana and UFC are keeping most of the profits for themselves or with Connor, and scraps are left for all other fighters.
Everyone knows about Francis Ngannou story so I don't have to repeat that, but it is not all about money.

Come on notblox1, you should be the person who knows that UFC does not work with anyone I did not expect that from you. I can suppose that he was signed for Eagle FC only for one fight, or got released from there (by his own will) because they did not offer him new fights (as he is young and already spent a year being inactive). The only think I dont understand that why he has returned to UFC, as Bellator or PFL probably could offer him more.

[YuginKadoya]

Investing in PEPE while no one yet knows the coin right?  

Can't remember how many times I did that and lost actually. Sometimes it's 0 out of 10 I think. It's a good thing I just put $5. I even tried Charles by KO against Islam because of the odds lol Can you imagine Submitting Yan vs Aljo? Why not. It's satisfying when I win though. Looking at Magomedov vs Strickland, both are actually good. Magomedov by KO is my pick, the options are not yet open.  Just crossing my fingers when watching it live.

That is suicidal investing, surely betting on a coin that you don't have any given insider or knowledge while comparing this betting to investing in a MEME coin but surely did you put it there without a purpose

Anyway, It was a close try that Ilia Topuria could win with KO and Submission it really just happens, and Josh Emmett has a rock-sturdy chin that never breaks but because of Topuria's damage on him that chin on his will surely have a dent in the future it will suddenly break and don't forget father time he will eventually diminish that Dubality of his just like the Korean zombie,

Yes, Royce Gracie is a UFC legend with mixed martial arts Jiu-Jitsu and he is a fighter who is considered the most influential figure in MMA history.
When fighting with UFC Royce Gracie managed to become a winner at UFC 1 UFC 2 and UFC 4.
His family is also known as the consummate martial art of Jiu-Jitsu.
Everyone knows and knows him, who is nicknamed a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter.

Now there are lots of fighters in the UFC and we can watch and favor some of those fighters like Tom Aspinall.

Royce Gracie is already a legend and he is the most respected for sure but sure the UFC is now changed and the Mixed Martial Arts name has suddenly shifted to the course where the MMA name now has a literal purpose, and suddenly fighters now have the idea to capitalized in mixing style combining different Martial arts and techniques, this is truly what Gracie has brought up to the table within the UFC,

It seems you likely like Tom Aspinall that much and hearing that he is returning from that long recovery has made you brought his name many times now, but for me wait till you see Jailton Almeida, beating Jairzinho Rozenstruik easily,

[TopTort777]

What are your thought about Strickland and Magomedov fight ? This is going to be Magomedovs second fight in UFC (first one he won in only 19 seconds), but he has a nice record outside UFC. If not mistaken, last time Strickland had a fight he was on a short notice and fought not in his usual division. Before that he had two hard fights. It seems that UFC is giving him an easy opponent, to make him rest. Otherwise I dont how to explain why we have practically an unranked debutant vs top7 fighter fight.

[tokeweed]

^  Matomedov's first opponent in the UFC, Dustin Stoltzfus, isn't really that good tho...  I think his contract wasn't renewed and he was released after the fight.  And with the 19 second KO, there isn't really much to tell how good Magomedov is.  We don't know if he has the cardio, the ground game or if he's durable enough to go toe to toe vs Strickland for 5 rounds.

And it's a huge step up in competiton.  But watching his highlights in YT, he does have decent stand up, he seems to have powerrr in those hands and his front kick could be a problem for Strickland.  If Magomedov is gonna win, it's gonna be via KO more often than not.

[TopTort777]

If, if he wins Hard to predict him winning, Strickland is in top of weight division after all and Magomedov hasnt such background as Pereira for example, to compete with tops from the start. If we look on his page on Sherdog (https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Abusupiyan-Magomedov-60755) we would see that he did not stay for long in promotions, but has been jumping here and there all the time. I would say that he is in MMA only for the money, as I suppose he jumps from promotion to promotion only to earn, and as he has got many early finishes, he tries to earn as quick as possible and move on. I expect he will either have bad stamina, or will rush on Strickland and will be caught by counter strike and TKOed in first two rounds. I bet he Magomedov wont stay for long in UFC.

[tokeweed]

^  Yeah we'll see.  It will depend on how he does with the UFC.  If he keeps on winning, he'll prolly stay as it's the pinnacle of MMA.  Most MMA fighters dream of going to the UFCin hopes of making it big.  Can't really do that in the B leagues.

Anyway, official weigh ins will start in three hours or so.  Let's see how these guys look before making your bets.  

UFC on ESPN 47:  Strickland vs Magomedov Official Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb59yUCQ4jA

Here's Magomedov's Stoltzfus match up that we were talking about.  That front kick...  That could be the money maker.  Line is at 4.30.  That could be a fun bet. 

UFC Free Fight:  Magomedov vs Stoltzfus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I--rjdxOBGE

UFC Free Fight:  Strickland vs Imavov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2Eom4FBuU

[bittraffic]

^  Matomedov's first opponent in the UFC, Dustin Stoltzfus, isn't really that good tho...  I think his contract wasn't renewed and he was released after the fight.  And with the 19 second KO, there isn't really much to tell how good Magomedov is.  We don't know if he has the cardio, the ground game or if he's durable enough to go toe to toe vs Strickland for 5 rounds.

And it's a huge step up in competiton.  But watching his highlights in YT, he does have decent stand up, he seems to have powerrr in those hands and his front kick could be a problem for Strickland.  If Magomedov is gonna win, it's gonna be via KO more often than not.

I really feel like this is gonna be a big upset. You already know by the way they stand, compare to how flatfooted Strickland is. It would be hard for Strickland to move quickly if the front kick comes.

Magomedovs gonna KO Strickland in the first round also, it will be a quick fight. He better do it quickly if he can't last 3 rounds else it will be him lying on the ground. And we'll not see him again.

[Marvell1]

If, if he wins Hard to predict him winning, Strickland is in top of weight division after all and Magomedov hasnt such background as Pereira for example, to compete with tops from the start. If we look on his page on Sherdog (https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Abusupiyan-Magomedov-60755) we would see that he did not stay for long in promotions, but has been jumping here and there all the time. I would say that he is in MMA only for the money, as I suppose he jumps from promotion to promotion only to earn, and as he has got many early finishes, he tries to earn as quick as possible and move on. I expect he will either have bad stamina, or will rush on Strickland and will be caught by counter strike and TKOed in first two rounds. I bet he Magomedov wont stay for long in UFC.

Well, I am expecting that if Magomedov can actually win this fight, he will get a good deal from Dana White in the future. I don’t think Dana White wants to invest in this player a lot so early on. I don’t know about the contract that he has with the UFC. But I also actually agree that it is not probably very long and if he does not find proper success here, he will move somewhere else to achieve the money that he wants.

He is aggressive. That might be a good thing. But he does not have much experience in the UFC. Professionally, he has fought well before. But lack of experience in the UFC might actually be a bad thing. I hope he does not rush and try to win the fight as fast as he can as you said