🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[owengtam09]

My Picks and Prediction for the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Leon Edwards (1.65) VS Colby Covington (2.42)


Going for this fight Leon Edwards has the technical aspect of striking while for me Colby Covington's Striking is not that great in terms of the wresting game Colby Covington is superb in this game but for me, Leon Edwards can counter with his takedown defense as for sure he has already prepared on this back when he fights Kamaru Usman, and on their 1st fight he is good at getting Usman in the scramble so for sure his wrestling has also improved so for me Leon Edwards is very well-rounded so for sure my pick is Leon Edwards,

Alexandre Pantoja (1.54) VS Brandon Royval (2.70)


This fight, is also their rematch and a title shot for Royval, for this fight, Alexandre is pretty much good with the wrestling game, and for sure his grappling is also what he has beating Brandon Moreno, so with that in mind, Pantoja has a bigger chance, while I don't know if Brandon Royval has improved much during back then when they fight but for sure Alexandre Pantoja is a stud in this fight so my pick is Alexandre Pantoja

Shavkat Rakhmonov (1.17) VS Stephen Thompson (6.00)


For this one, Stephen Thompson has great striking, and for sure he has prepared his standing defense for this fight, as he also got a decent one, apparently Shavkat Rakhmonov is pretty much well-rounded in my opinion, he surely got the option of choosing how he could defeat Thompson whether it is on strike because he got power or submitting Stephen Thompson on this fight so my pick is Shavkat Rakhmonov,

[Rampagoe004]

For sure Jon Jones is a talented monster sure it was like every IQ in the world he has gotten it, but after seeing Tom Aspinall doing that to Sergei Pavlovich I am sure that he can take on Jon Jones and I am likely excited for that fight to happen but for sure Stipe Miocic will likely to be the focus for Jon Jones right now for sure no Miocic fight then there will be no other fights aside from that,

I don't know what Jon Jones was thinking. He has everything to be the strongest but yesterday he didn't seem like he wanted to fight Ngannou. His match against Cyril Gane was extraordinary because Gane is also a new UFC prospect. But we all know Gane has many flaws with his wrestling. Dan Jones beats Gane with wrestling/lockdown. The fight against Miocic is entitled goat vs goat but as I said, currently Miocic is no longer the goat in the heavyweight class. Did Jones pick Miocic because he would claim to be the guy who beat Goat when we know it would be an easy win?

[TopTort777]

I was expecting an early finish in both championship fight. I can even say that was disappointed. Only Rakhmonov did his homework well. And Tony vs Pimblett fight went as expected. Once again Tony looks tired in the octagon. Walking, blocking with head, makes 1 or 2 dangerous moments and that is it, he runs out of everything.

[Synchronice]

I have a bad feeling about the Ferguson vs Paddy fight. Obviously as a fellow Liverpool fan I want Paddy to win but I dunno, I think it will be a big test for him. Ferguson is a seasoned fighter, a real yard dog.

Weigh in video - https://youtu.be/hVceH46XUHk

Tony Ferguson said that Paddy is hated by his own people. After Tony's speech, it's curious to read someone supports him because of Liverpool.

After seeing Tony Ferguson vs Paddy Pimblett, I have to admit that it broke my heart when I saw how Paddy destroyed him. I don't like Paddy because of his attitude but he was a favorite of this fight because he had advantage over Tony, he is a better fighter than Tony right now, Tony's time has long gone. It hurt me to see Tony losing again because Tony was an amazing fighter with amazing mentality and he still has this mentality but so many loses in a row, that's a huge shame for a legendary fighter, a huge shame. I wish he hasn't fought this time.

Does anyone know why was he training with David Goggins? For marketing purposes? Because as far as I know, like Paddy mentioned, he never had cardio endurance and mentality problems. I think it would be better for him to spend his time to train in techniques.

[TopTort777]

Tony was an amazing fighter with amazing mentality and he still has this mentality but so many loses in a row, that's a huge shame for a legendary fighter, a huge shame. I wish he hasn't fought this time.

I would no call it shame for Tony to have 7 losses in a row. First, because his time already has come, but for the last 3 years he has been fighting against tol fighters. Oliveira, Garthji, Dariush, Chandler. They are in their prime, but he wasnt. Give him someone no-name and there would be a victory in his record. Second, we should shame UFC instead. They have been using his name to sell tickets. Even if Tony is in prime, he is still on the poster and main card.

P.S. DDP gonna take belt from Strickland, he has already beaten his ass https://www.instagram.com/reel/C08cqVWueNe/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ== 

[tokeweed]

I was expecting an early finish in both championship fight. I can even say that was disappointed. Only Rakhmonov did his homework well. And Tony vs Pimblett fight went as expected. Once again Tony looks tired in the octagon. Walking, blocking with head, makes 1 or 2 dangerous moments and that is it, he runs out of everything.

I kinda expected the co main event to go exactly how it went.  Pantoja kinda got tired up there but was able to carry on and avoided giving Royval the momentum.  But yeah, the main event was a huuuge let down.  I mean after hyping everybody up at the pre fight press conference he wasn't able to back it up.  Covington didn't look like himself up there.

Here's the post fight press conference.  I usually just skip the vid to Dana White and hear what he has to say about what's next and what match ups are coming.  I think it's gonna be another awesome year for UFC fans.

UFC 296:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehW_A_g9Sj4

Ahd here's another fun press conference.  Watch Strickland and DDP try to get into each other's heads.  

UFC 2024 Season Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVtJoje20vM

Anyway, UFC 296 early prelims and the prelims were reeeaally good.  The PPV card started good but then main event was meh. But overall had fun with this one.

Edit:  Check out the first match...

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/107061-ufc-299

Hope it doesn't get cancelled.

[TopTort777]

Agree, Covington performed strange. Only starting from third round he has started to show some wrestling. To my surpize, Edwards managed to stand up from all take down from that all American wrestler. He even took Covington down himself, and tried to close triangle in fifth round. Just some stats - Colby has lost 3/3 title fights. I bet no one would give him same opportunity soon or ever again.

A bit of ha-ha. Synchronice said that he is ashamed of Tony performance, but I am more ashamed of Paddy, who started to breath heavily in third round, while veteran was more fresh.

[Synchronice]

Tony was an amazing fighter with amazing mentality and he still has this mentality but so many loses in a row, that's a huge shame for a legendary fighter, a huge shame. I wish he hasn't fought this time.

I would no call it shame for Tony to have 7 losses in a row. First, because his time already has come, but for the last 3 years he has been fighting against tol fighters. Oliveira, Garthji, Dariush, Chandler. They are in their prime, but he wasnt. Give him someone no-name and there would be a victory in his record. Second, we should shame UFC instead. They have been using his name to sell tickets. Even if Tony is in prime, he is still on the poster and main card.

P.S. DDP gonna take belt from Strickland, he has already beaten his ass https://www.instagram.com/reel/C08cqVWueNe/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ== 

Tony Ferguson is a fighter that had 15 wins in a row and out of 15 wins, 13 wins were by knock out. Isn't that amazing stats? And what we see right now? A legendary fighter getting beaten by every next opponent. His time has long gone, he has to retire to respect himself. Sorry but I think that the fact that he doesn't retire and loses after lose, is a huge disrespect of his own self.

DPP got elbow hit 5 times without a chance to respond back, what a fantastic method from Stickland to fire someone with full rage.

[TopTort777]

Tony Ferguson is a fighter that had 15 wins in a row and out of 15 wins, 13 wins were by knock out. Isn't that amazing stats? And what we see right now? A legendary fighter getting beaten by every next opponent. His time has long gone, he has to retire to respect himself..

How are you familiar with lightweigth, UFC greed and how crazy Tony is?

Peak of lighweigth fighter career comes at the age of 32-33. At that age, he was one of the best. Now he is no longer peak form, but UFC keep on prolonging his contract, because his name makes good ppv and tickets sales. Add to this, that Tony had menthal issues. And we get what we get now. Old fighter that refuses to retire and UFC that keep on triggerim him to continue fighting.

About 7 losses in a row - he had lost to one of the best. He is like old Ronaldo (not Christiano), that plays against Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland or Mbappe. Yes he runs on the field, he can score, but he isnt as quick, have same reflexes as they. Hope you get it.

[electronicash]

Tony Ferguson is a fighter that had 15 wins in a row and out of 15 wins, 13 wins were by knock out. Isn't that amazing stats? And what we see right now? A legendary fighter getting beaten by every next opponent. His time has long gone, he has to retire to respect himself..

How are you familiar with lightweigth, UFC greed and how crazy Tony is?

Peak of lighweigth fighter career comes at the age of 32-33. At that age, he was one of the best. Now he is no longer peak form, but UFC keep on prolonging his contract, because his name makes good ppv and tickets sales. Add to this, that Tony had menthal issues. And we get what we get now. Old fighter that refuses to retire and UFC that keep on triggerim him to continue fighting.

About 7 losses in a row - he had lost to one of the best. He is like old Ronaldo (not Christiano), that plays against Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland or Mbappe. Yes he runs on the field, he can score, but he isnt as quick, have same reflexes as they. Hope you get it.

at one point in his prime, those guys who beat him wouldn't last a round but he did survive 3 rounds with Paddy.

for the longest time they have been in MMA, fighting may just be the only thing that Tony knows to make a living. so it doesn't matter now whether he lost and was humiliated several times as long as he can make it in these crazy times. after the fight, Dana said he would like to see Tony retire already which i think will soon be goodbye for Tony.

[Balmain]

Tony Ferguson is a fighter that had 15 wins in a row and out of 15 wins, 13 wins were by knock out. Isn't that amazing stats? And what we see right now? A legendary fighter getting beaten by every next opponent. His time has long gone, he has to retire to respect himself..

How are you familiar with lightweigth, UFC greed and how crazy Tony is?

Peak of lighweigth fighter career comes at the age of 32-33. At that age, he was one of the best. Now he is no longer peak form, but UFC keep on prolonging his contract, because his name makes good ppv and tickets sales. Add to this, that Tony had menthal issues. And we get what we get now. Old fighter that refuses to retire and UFC that keep on triggerim him to continue fighting.

About 7 losses in a row - he had lost to one of the best. He is like old Ronaldo (not Christiano), that plays against Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland or Mbappe. Yes he runs on the field, he can score, but he isnt as quick, have same reflexes as they. Hope you get it.

As long as ticket sales do not drop, there is no problem on the UFC side. Tony still has a contract, but the damage he receives will further worsen his illness, or perhaps he will feel worse in the void when he quits fighting altogether. Paddy respects him. He wanted to greet Tony a few times, but Tony didn't even look at him. Tony Ferguson has slowed down a lot due to his age.

[notblox1]

Oh man, it is so sad to look at Tony Ferguson fights in last few years
This guys just does not know when to stop to compete in professional MMA, he is getting old and slow, but I blame Dana White for keeping him in UFC for so long.
After loss from Paddy Pimblett and seven loss in a row, I think this is finally enough, or he is going to permanently damage his health.

[owengtam09]

I don't know what Jon Jones was thinking. He has everything to be the strongest but yesterday he didn't seem like he wanted to fight Ngannou. His match against Cyril Gane was extraordinary because Gane is also a new UFC prospect. But we all know Gane has many flaws with his wrestling. Dan Jones beats Gane with wrestling/lockdown. The fight against Miocic is entitled goat vs goat but as I said, currently Miocic is no longer the goat in the heavyweight class. Did Jones pick Miocic because he would claim to be the guy who beat Goat when we know it would be an easy win?

And he may never have a fight against Francis Ngannou even though they would want to fight each other they can not clash inside the octagon as Francis Ngannou is now on PFL and has an issue with Dana White, so there will be no chance for us to witness those 2 fight but If Jon Jones retired and go to the PFL then we might have a chance on witnessing this 2 fight,


My pick and prediction for the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Leon Edwards (1.65) VS Colby Covington (2.42) - WIN


There are a lot of factors why Colby Covington lost this fight but Leon Edwards was very technical moving forward in getting Covington, you can clearly see Edwards faints, and for sure his composure is there while getting Covington, those takedown attempts of Covington was no used to Leon Edwards takedown defense for sure there is no way for Covington to takedown and scramble against Leon Edwards and this is a win for Leon Edwards,

Alexandre Pantoja (1.54) VS Brandon Royval (2.70) - WIN


Even though this fight ended with a decision win over Brandon Royval, and it was a masterful class performance for Alexandre Pantoja, for sure even in a rematch with Brandon Moreno I think Moreno will have a hard time against him, Brandon Royval could have the striking output but Alexandre Pantoja has dominated the wrestling, as Pantoja throws 14 takedowns and 8 or it was successful and he also got 1 submission attempt that scores him big in this fight, while Royval throw 1 takedown and it was failed,

Shavkat Rakhmonov (1.17) VS Stephen Thompson (6.00) - WIN


Shavkat Rakhmonov really outclassed Stephen Thompson you can clearly see from this fight that it was really a one-sided fight as in terms of striking Rakhmonov has the output and the speed was really great that Thompson all they did was to defend, Shavkat Rakhmonov throws 5 takedowns and 2 submission attempts and it ended in a rear naked choke win for Shavkat Rakhmonov,

[YuginKadoya]

Great UFC event and here are my bet and prediction results for the UFC 296

Leon Edwards VS Colby Covington ROUND 5 - DECISION - WIN

Actually, Donald Trump was not looking proud of what was happening with Colby Covington and Covington did promise the belt would be back in America, but he got a shameful performance in front of the crowd and that is not a good showcase for sure, as Leon Edwards has done it again, those faint's was really something and he always gets Covington with those shots, even though Colby Covington has the much strike output  and even if Covington has the most takedown attempts of 10 and got 2 success over it he doesn't have any submission attempts to get himself a greater score, while Leon Edwards just got 3 takedowns but have 2 success in those takedowns and got 2 submission attempts that is why he got the score card for him,

Shavkat Rakhmonov VS Stephen Thompson ROUND 2 - SUBMISSION - WIN

Great job for Shavkat Rakhmonov and just expected that Stephen Thompson could not handle the pressure with Rakhmonov and that he could not do anything against him clearly from striking and wrestling Rakhmonov is dominant over Wonderboy, there is clearly a huge gap between their speed and strength, and those takedowns and that successful submission for sure it was a great performance for Shavkat and Stephen Thompson is not near him for sure,

Tony Ferguson VS Paddy Pimblett ROUND 3 - DECISION - LOST

Actually, I think this fight is a close one, I think Tony Ferguson did a great job aswell in his old age he can still do something like this and I think this but for sure the UFC will let Paddy Pimblett win, and I think they are not wrong with their decision as Paddy Pimblett got the most striking those takedowns was only 4 and 1 was a success for Paddy Pimblett, but even though I don't like that Paddy win this fight  the decision was correct that Paddy Pimblett did win,




Just in, In the recent UFC 296 there was a scuffle in the crowd seats as Sean Strickland got into a heated argument with Dricus du Plessis, and then Strickland told Gilbert Burns's kids to step aside and then he jumped and clobbered the hell out of Dicus, here is the video of the incident and this is during the Paddy Pimplett VS Tony Ferguson's that they heated up, and here is the video https://x.com/ufc/status/1736275668256567687?s=20

And This is what Dana White has to say and he added what kind of an asshole that they let Strickland sit next to Dricus du Plessis, and that he said that he was the asshole that let Sean Strickland sit apart of Dricus  du Plessis here is the video, https://x.com/jedigoodman/status/1736280139426943321?s=20

[Hanadawa]

Peak of lighweigth fighter career comes at the age of 32-33. At that age, he was one of the best. Now he is no longer peak form, but UFC keep on prolonging his contract, because his name makes good ppv and tickets sales. Add to this, that Tony had menthal issues. And we get what we get now. Old fighter that refuses to retire and UFC that keep on triggerim him to continue fighting.
About 7 losses in a row - he had lost to one of the best. He is like old Ronaldo (not Christiano), that plays against Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland or Mbappe. Yes he runs on the field, he can score, but he isnt as quick, have same reflexes as they. Hope you get it.

I once heard that one time Tony was interviewed on a podcast. Whether it was after his fight against Charles or Chandler. He said that people belittled and insulted him when he lost. But he didn't care. He earned a big payday and went home enjoying his life. Meanwhile, the person who blasphemed him got nothing. I don't know if this means that currently Tony is only making a living from the UFC and has lost his passion for fighting. Or is this a mental problem that Tony is facing so he keeps wanting to fight and keeps wanting to fight. But whatever it is, I really regret that the UFC is still maintaining it. I think it's time for Tony to retire, hire someone who is an expert in financial management and start thinking about other businesses.

[bbc.reporter]

@Hanadawa. I speculate that El Cucuy is not only having mental problems. He might be also having financial problems. This is only speculation from be, however, this case of drunk driving is very strange for someone like Tony. He wasnever mentioned to be a drinker and one day we witness that he got into an accident because he was drunk?

I reckon the UFC might be only giving him a slot to fight because he needs money. Uncle Dana has said that he needs to retire already.



UFC fighter Tony Ferguson was taken into custody after allegedly crashing his truck into two parked cars before it flipped over during the early hours of Sunday morning.

Street footage from L.A. shows the 39-year-old's vehicle capsized to its left side at around 2 a.m. near a club in Hollywood. The former interim UFC Lightweight champ' is believed to not have suffered any injuries, L.A.P.D. confirmed to DailyMail.com

Source https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ufc/article-12056737/UFC-Tony-Ferguson-arrested-suspicion-drunk-driving-crashing-truck-two-cars.html


Also, it will not be shocking if he had more problems in his home life.

This is El Cucuy's wife. I will not trust her with her own cellphone hehehehehheee.

[Rampagoe004]

My Picks and Prediction for the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Leon Edwards (1.65) VS Colby Covington (2.42)


Alexandre Pantoja (1.54) VS Brandon Royval (2.70)


Shavkat Rakhmonov (1.17) VS Stephen Thompson (6.00)

This time all the fighters favored by the bookies won their fights. I mean of course the top three games. But I also see that Edwards, Pantoja and Shavkat really have a good chance of beating their opponents. Even though Colby looks convincing, he is not the Colby Covington he used to be. This can be seen from his physique, which looked fatter than Edwards that night. The fight that surprised me was Pantoja vs Rovyal because I didn't expect Rovyal to be able to give an intensive fight. I think there will be Pantoja vs Rovyal III in the future.

[TopTort777]

At first I wanted to blame lazy tokeweed for not having his job done this morning As we all dont see new event announcement. But it turns out that UFC is now off to Christmas & New Year holidays, as the next event will be only on January 13-14 2024. tokeweed, you are officially forgiven.

Lets focus on DDP vs Strickland free fight of the night This looked so fake, so artificial, so staged. I like how Strickland asked Burns wife and kids to move and give him space Its is nice that he wasnt dumb enough to start brawl so near them. Why I think it was staged - because camera was suddenly in front of them, and they sat so close. They had all time of the world to start brawl, but they have started it only when camera was shooting

[tokeweed]

It's funny how Ferguson isn't the fighter he was around 4 - 5 years ago but the fans can't seem to stop talking about him.  It's prolly why the UFC likes keeping him around because he's still a good draw who could help sell PPV's.  Think about it...  Why would a guy with a 6 fight losing streak still get a spot in a PPV in one of the hest cards of the year?  He wouldn't be there if he didn't make it better.

Was rooting for Ferguson but there's no way he's winning vs Pimblett.

And speaking of Pimblett, the guy should leave his camp for a better camp to improve.  His physical attributes are there and you know he could be a better fighter but I feel like his camp isn't gonna be the one to get his best out of him.

[TopTort777]

It's funny how Ferguson isn't the fighter he was around 4 - 5 years ago but the fans can't seem to stop talking about him.  It's prolly why the UFC likes keeping him around because he's still a good draw who could help sell PPV's.  Think about it...  Why would a guy with a 6 fight losing streak still get a spot in a PPV in one of the hest cards of the year?  He wouldn't be there if he didn't make it better.

Was rooting for Ferguson but there's no way he's winning vs Pimblett.

And speaking of Pimblett, the guy should leave his camp for a better camp to improve.  His physical attributes are there and you know he could be a better fighter but I feel like his camp isn't gonna be the one to get his best out of him.

His camp should ban him from every pub and fast food that are near 1000km the place he trains. And it wont be a miracle if triple pepperoni mozzarella cannelloni extra majo king size big tasty whooper suddenly became the reason why he was breathing heavily during last round against almost 40yo veteran, who he had to beat easily.

During post fight conference Dana told that it isnt respectful to discuss Tony retirement, but if he was him, he would think of retirement. Maybe we are wrong here to say that UFC are using him as milking cow. Maybe its Tony's decision to continue to fight, and UFC only give him such opportunity.