🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[YuginKadoya]

A banger indeed, and that will be on March 09, next year, for that event there is a lot of waiting so for sure the currency fighters might change you will never know if there will be an injury involved or fighter backing out of the fight, and because it is a long wait and we don't have any event for this week, Dana White has a power slap if people wants an alternative thing to watch rather than waiting for the UFC,

Yup! It is hard to say if the fighters would change or not as the event is still too far ahead, and there could be injuries along the way as the date progresses well we will be having an event next 2 weeks so yeah available event for us was the power slap and I think Rizin 45 will be on December 31, it will be a Flyweight fight between Kyoji Horiguchi VS Makoto Shinryu so this coming end of the year I will be watching this event for sure because we don't have any UFC event this week,

I think it's deserved. He fought 3 times in 2023 and won all of those fights including the championship fight. It was a great year for him as he managed to elevate himself to one of the most recognised fighters.

For sure now that Alex Pereira has gotten the belt in the Light Heavyweight for sure he will be going back to get the Middleweight and have a fight against Sean Strickland as Alex Pereira is one of the sparring partners that Sean Strickland has, and for this event, I think he will definitely going for the Middleweight next after he becomes Champion for the Light Heavyweight for sure he will do what Israel Adesanya have not done,

And if the fight really happened then what made the match interesting to watch. To be honest, I was disappointed with the appearance and role played by Colby at this time. It means that Colby who used to be really cool because it was really able to kill his opponents whatever their ranking. That's why he used to be nicknamed Chaos. But what happened right now made me think that the Colby era was over and he seemed to try to restore his lost prestige.

For sure Colby Covington is long gone, as he clearly doesn't have his recent touch I really don't trust him with a fight, and with the Leon Edwards fight he didn't convince me to bet for him clearly it is obvious that he is making the audience get into him but he didn't get their sympathy for sure, as clearly, Colby Covington is just for hype and not with his performance he is good at that kind of thing,

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[tokeweed]

Founds some nice year 2023 in review for you guys https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Fight-Facts-UFC-2023-a-Year-in-Review-192123. Some interesting data to be found there. Just drop a look when you have free time.

"Mayra Bueno Silva landed an incredibly rare ninja choke on Holly Holm and earned a POTN bonus. After Silva failed her post-fight drug test, her win was overturned, and her $50,000 check was rescinded." this one looks interesting. Fighter got a bonus, and later that bonus was given away, even though it is never officially announced anywhere.

Ah...  I remember that one as I had Holly Holm for the win at the top of my lottery ticket.    And it looks like the books have Bueno Silva as the slight favorite at 1.58 vs Pennington's 2.39.  Hmmm, so if Bueno Silva isn't juiced like she was vs Holm then she'll prolly be easier to take down?  And from optics, on the feet Bueno Silva seems more hittable than the average fighter.  Dunno...  Will have to see some stats and some tape of her past matches.  But all in all, it could be a spot to take the underdog in Pennington.  I ssink!  Don't quote me on that.  

Anyway...  Just a couple more weeks guys.  The next one is a decent event to start the year.

[TopTort777]

A bit off-topic, yet still UFC related: I was wondering how old are you guys? No need to give specific answer, just 20+, 30+ and etc. The reason I ask - do you play video games? Have you ever tried UFC video game by EA Sports?

Just for Friday smile found you some decent stats:

[pawel7777]

For sure now that Alex Pereira has gotten the belt in the Light Heavyweight for sure he will be going back to get the Middleweight and have a fight against Sean Strickland as Alex Pereira is one of the sparring partners that Sean Strickland has, and for this event, I think he will definitely going for the Middleweight next after he becomes Champion for the Light Heavyweight for sure he will do what Israel Adesanya have not done,

They also fought once already in 2022 and Pereira knocked Strickland out in the 1st round. A rematch could be interesting and becoming a double-champ would be a great achievement for Pereira, especially considering very few believed he would be successful in the UFC. But that's assuming Strickland will defend the belt against Du Plessis, which is not so obvious.
Also, Alex was absolutely huge as a middleweight, so cutting the weight must've been really hard for him. Apparently it gets even harder with age, so he may simply be unable to do that again without taking a serious health risk.

[YuginKadoya]

Ah...  I remember that one as I had Holly Holm for the win at the top of my lottery ticket.    And it looks like the books have Bueno Silva as the slight favorite at 1.58 vs Pennington's 2.39.  Hmmm, so if Bueno Silva isn't juiced like she was vs Holm then she'll prolly be easier to take down?  And from optics, on the feet Bueno Silva seems more hittable than the average fighter.  Dunno...  Will have to see some stats and some tape of her past matches.  But all in all, it could be a spot to take the underdog in Pennington.  I ssink!  Don't quote me on that.  

Anyway...  Just a couple more weeks guys.  The next one is a decent event to start the year.

For sure Holly Holm's return to the UFC is not really a good choice for her if his fighting style is still the same and if she can not adjust and have decent wrestling then she can never win against wrestlers and if she doesn't have some decent defense against an opponent that has excellent wrestling she can never get the belt and against Mayra Bueno Silva at first Mayra Bueno Silva won the fight but the result was overturned to No Contest by Nevada State Athletic Commission because Bueno Silva was Positive on her Drug Test

A bit off-topic, yet still UFC related: I was wondering how old are you guys? No need to give specific answer, just 20+, 30+ and etc. The reason I ask - do you play video games? Have you ever tried UFC video game by EA Sports?

Just for Friday smile found you some decent stats:

I am 30+ hehe and I haven't played any UFC games so far, but if I can get a version on my PC maybe I will look at the recent trailer for the new UFC game it looks smooth and real just look at the shot on Jon Jones and even the sweat was really everywhere it looks pretty much solid, is it unreal gaming because it looks crisp, for sure gamer would love to play this, and I think playing as their favorite MMA fighter,

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They also fought once already in 2022 and Pereira knocked Strickland out in the 1st round. A rematch could be interesting and becoming a double-champ would be a great achievement for Pereira, especially considering very few believed he would be successful in the UFC. But that's assuming Strickland will defend the belt against Du Plessis, which is not so obvious.
Also, Alex was absolutely huge as a middleweight, so cutting the weight must've been really hard for him. Apparently it gets even harder with age, so he may simply be unable to do that again without taking a serious health risk.

My prediction for Alex Pereira I think he will be back in the Middleweight division to get the belt from Sean Strickland or Dricus du Plessis, whoever wins the fight, and after defending the belt from the Light Heavyweight sure he will do this, then he can also go on another division may be the heavyweight and could even go even bulkier than Jon Jones, and getting a triple belt in the UFC he can surely done it,

[OgNasty]

Conor McGregor tweeted a couple of hours ago that he will be announcing his next opponent and fight date on New Years Day. Won’t be long now until we find out who and when he’ll be fighting next. I suspect it’ll be UFC 300 and it will be broadcast on the Vegas Sphere, but we’ll have to wait and see. Link to tweet posted below.

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741033599510667650

[TopTort777]

Will this be confirmed by ufc or he announce his wish for an opponent? i think uncle Dana wont support such initiative from McGregor, as the boss must make such announcement, but Conor is running in front of locomotion. Anyway, he can announce anything he wants (he has announced lots of things previously), but I will trust more what Dana would say.

[owengtam09]

Yup, Colby is becoming an inconvenient supporter to Trump, who probably doesn't want to be associated with him anymore.
It was also weak how Colby was calling out Stephen Thompson, who is 40, just lost a fight and is ranked below Colby. This shows he has low confidence in himself and is looking for an easy fight. But to be fair, it might be the best option for both of them and I wouldn't be surprised if that fight actually happened.

For now, the Credibility of Colby Covington has dwindled into nothingness, right now Donald Trump doesn't want to be affiliated with Covington anymore, and because he is now a bad example he can be a threat to Donald Trump's success in the next election, but I don't know if Donald Trump will get to watch UFC again, or not for this let's just wait, what may happen,

Right now a Colby Covington VS Stephen Thompson might be the best option for both fighters and because they both lose to their opponent this is quite not great for both fighters, but this is just their best option,

Yup! It is hard to say if the fighters would change or not as the event is still too far ahead, and there could be injuries along the way as the date progresses well we will be having an event next 2 weeks so yeah available event for us was the power slap and I think Rizin 45 will be on December 31, it will be a Flyweight fight between Kyoji Horiguchi VS Makoto Shinryu so this coming end of the year I will be watching this event for sure because we don't have any UFC event this week,

Oh! yes, we might get a changed fighter if that fighter got injured or something or pulled back from the fight, we can really never say for sure because the fight is next year and there are still a couple of months for us to really see the outcome,

Rizin 45 is on December 31, for sure it is a much greater event than the power slap in my opinion, and how I think the UFC does have an event for the end of the year, a a year-end fight will be great instead of making us wait for too long,

[TopTort777]

Conor McGregor tweeted a couple of hours ago that he will be announcing his next opponent and fight date on New Years Day. Won’t be long now until we find out who and when he’ll be fighting next. I suspect it’ll be UFC 300 and it will be broadcast on the Vegas Sphere, but we’ll have to wait and see. Link to tweet posted below.

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741033599510667650

Btw, he said that he will announce fight date and opponent. He did not mention that would be ufc. He aswell might be starting to fight alcohol from April 1. Start his election campaign and fight for more human rights. He recently got black belt in bjj. He might take a part in some bjj tournament aswell. There is so much to speculate about it. But I will trust only what Dana would say. We have already saw him planning to fight Chandler

[pawel7777]

My prediction for Alex Pereira I think he will be back in the Middleweight division to get the belt from Sean Strickland or Dricus du Plessis, whoever wins the fight, and after defending the belt from the Light Heavyweight sure he will do this, then he can also go on another division may be the heavyweight and could even go even bulkier than Jon Jones, and getting a triple belt in the UFC he can surely done it,

He'll be 37 next year, so his goal is likely to squeeze as much as he can from the next 2-3 years before retiring. I don't think he cares too much about the titles, he would probably prefer big-money fights so he and his family can be financially secure.
Your prediction makes a lot of sense, provided making weight for the middleweight is not too much of a strain on his health. If Jon Jones was to announce his retirement after the next 1 or 2 fights, there would not be much going on in the heavyweight, so I can easily imagine UFC wanting Alex to move up.

Conor McGregor tweeted a couple of hours ago that he will be announcing his next opponent and fight date on New Years Day. Won’t be long now until we find out who and when he’ll be fighting next. I suspect it’ll be UFC 300 and it will be broadcast on the Vegas Sphere, but we’ll have to wait and see. Link to tweet posted below.

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741033599510667650

Finally.
I'm not sure if it'll be UFC 300 but there's no way it will be anyone other than Chandler, he patiently waited long for that fight so I don't think UFC would screw him over.

[Synchronice]

Guys, what do you think about Ilia Topuria? This guy fights against Volkanovski in February 17, 2024. It will definitely be a great match, Volk is an amazing fighter, one of the greatest probably but so is Topuria too, this guy doesn't have any lose and seems to be a very tough opponent but that's not everything and that's not the main reason why I am reminding you him. As it seems, he wants to fight Conor Mcgregor in 2024. Just imagine, if Topuria beats Volkanovski, he will be praised on another level but if Conor agrees fight with him, he will be an easy way for Topuria to gain money and fame.
I believe that 2024 will be a very interesting year in UFC.

[pawel7777]

Guys, what do you think about Ilia Topuria? This guy fights against Volkanovski in February 17, 2024. It will definitely be a great match, Volk is an amazing fighter, one of the greatest probably but so is Topuria too, this guy doesn't have any lose and seems to be a very tough opponent but that's not everything and that's not the main reason why I am reminding you him. As it seems, he wants to fight Conor Mcgregor in 2024. Just imagine, if Topuria beats Volkanovski, he will be praised on another level but if Conor agrees fight with him, he will be an easy way for Topuria to gain money and fame.
I believe that 2024 will be a very interesting year in UFC.

Topuria looks really good. He's great on the ground (dominated and submitted Bryce Mitchell) and even better in striking (outstroke Josh Emmett). I favour him to win against Volk, but it won't be an easy fight. He hasn't been properly tested yet against the top fighters, but just from the level of dominance and the fact that he finished all of his previous opponents, except for Emmett, tells a lot. He's the real deal.
Everyone and their dog call out McGregor, as he's seen as an easy target with a huge payout, but the chances that Topuria would get that fight are close to zero. There's no reason for the UFC to match them up.

[TopTort777]

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741511352047337929?s=46&t=UAGUri9ZzHA2QTAen-RYSw

June 29 in Las Vegas against Chandler at 185lb. That is a middleweight, that is +2 divisions jump. Was it a just a joke?  UFC is in april. 185 - that was never a weight of Conor. He was best in feather and welterweight. Lightweight was the moment when his career went down. Going +2 more division. Not a best decision. Looks more like a joke to me.

[YuginKadoya]

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He'll be 37 next year, so his goal is likely to squeeze as much as he can from the next 2-3 years before retiring. I don't think he cares too much about the titles, he would probably prefer big-money fights so he and his family can be financially secure.
Your prediction makes a lot of sense, provided making weight for the middleweight is not too much of a strain on his health. If Jon Jones was to announce his retirement after the next 1 or 2 fights, there would not be much going on in the heavyweight, so I can easily imagine UFC wanting Alex to move up.

This is the only thing he can do right now and for sure he will likely do great Alex Pereira needs to fight maybe next year 4 to 5 fights if he can get the quickest fight possible then it will be good for him and his career as this will surely skyrocket him to what he wants to attain, if he wants a double or triple belt then I think that Dana White is letting Alex Pereira do this kind of things, for sure Alex Pereira can do it this year,

Guys, what do you think about Ilia Topuria? This guy fights against Volkanovski in February 17, 2024. It will definitely be a great match, Volk is an amazing fighter, one of the greatest probably but so is Topuria too, this guy doesn't have any lose and seems to be a very tough opponent but that's not everything and that's not the main reason why I am reminding you him. As it seems, he wants to fight Conor Mcgregor in 2024. Just imagine, if Topuria beats Volkanovski, he will be praised on another level but if Conor agrees fight with him, he will be an easy way for Topuria to gain money and fame.
I believe that 2024 will be a very interesting year in UFC.

For me Ilia Topuria is a technical fighter, you can say that Alexander Volkanovski might have some doubts about him while he is fighting Topuria for me this is a very close fight as both fighters are very technical but for me, Ilia Topuria has the size and reach advantage for sure but because Volkanovski is known to move his head and goes inward the shots he can counter Ilia Topuria for sure, and both fighters also are accommodated with wrestling so both are very well-balanced, but I still don't know if who am I going to make my bet but I am leaning to Ilia Topuria even more,

[pawel7777]

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741511352047337929?s=46&t=UAGUri9ZzHA2QTAen-RYSw

June 29 in Las Vegas against Chandler at 185lb. That is a middleweight, that is +2 divisions jump. Was it a just a joke?  UFC is in april. 185 - that was never a weight of Conor. He was best in feather and welterweight. Lightweight was the moment when his career went down. Going +2 more division. Not a best decision. Looks more like a joke to me.

UFC 300 is in April, so apparently he won't be fighting then. I'm not even sure if he's back in the testing pool of whatever they replaced USADA with.
The fact they'll be fighting in the middleweight made me doubt if that tweet was serious, half-serious, or pure trolling, but media are already reporting on that and Chandler responded on X with:

https://twitter.com/MikeChandlerMMA/status/1741523866810229221

I always said I wanted you at your biggest, your baddest and your best. 185 would look good on me.

Followed by:
https://twitter.com/MikeChandlerMMA/status/1741544149227049413

Don’t forget who was a natural featherweight who started his UFC career fighting cherry-picked bantamweights.

None of them fought in that weight class before so not sure what to make of that. I don't think Conor would have any problems cutting down to 170, so he probably thinks this would slow Chandler down or give him some other form of advantage. But I can't imagine any of them to actually carry on in the middleweight past that fight, they would have too much of a height and reach disadvantage.

[Hirose UK]

https://x.com/thenotoriousmma/status/1741511352047337929?s=46&t=UAGUri9ZzHA2QTAen-RYSw

June 29 in Las Vegas against Chandler at 185lb. That is a middleweight, that is +2 divisions jump. Was it a just a joke?  UFC is in april. 185 - that was never a weight of Conor. He was best in feather and welterweight. Lightweight was the moment when his career went down. Going +2 more division. Not a best decision. Looks more like a joke to me.

This is Conor McGregor comeback at International Fight Week and it might be good fight but there is also the possibility that it will be the first fight that makes him feel difficult, he has gained quite lot of weight and he looks stronger.
But all this does not necessarily mean that Conor McGregor will be able to fight well in class he has never competed in.
Many people will think that this fight will be like repeating the past and those Conor fans still think that he is capable of winning the fight.
Personally, I still doubt whether Conor will be able to beat Michael Chandler and become one of the members of the UFC who is truly considered the best fighter and UFC legend.
Indeed, he is fighter who can be the subject of attention and conversation and there will always be sensational news about Conor.

[YuginKadoya]

UFC 300 is in April, so apparently he won't be fighting then. I'm not even sure if he's back in the testing pool of whatever they replaced USADA with.
The fact they'll be fighting in the middleweight made me doubt if that tweet was serious, half-serious, or pure trolling, but media are already reporting on that and Chandler responded on X with:

https://twitter.com/MikeChandlerMMA/status/1741523866810229221

I always said I wanted you at your biggest, your baddest and your best. 185 would look good on me.

Followed by:
https://twitter.com/MikeChandlerMMA/status/1741544149227049413

Don’t forget who was a natural featherweight who started his UFC career fighting cherry-picked bantamweights.

None of them fought in that weight class before so not sure what to make of that. I don't think Conor would have any problems cutting down to 170, so he probably thinks this would slow Chandler down or give him some other form of advantage. But I can't imagine any of them to actually carry on in the middleweight past that fight, they would have too much of a height and reach disadvantage.

Many of their fans were in an uproar when Michael Chandler posted his reply to Conor McGregor, for sure all McGregor defenders will show themselves sure the trash talks will still continue speaking of this fight I thought that it was the UFC 300 but after this announcement, it is clear that it was not the UFC 300 but another event on June, it was a long wait so fight fans are just boiling with frustration but some are just thankful that Conor McGregor is back, but likely I am OK with this but this is real and official and there is no USADA anymore and the UFC will be the ones who's going to cook their drug testing now so for sure they will let McGregor fight this June, but for sure there will be controversies when that happen as USADA will not keep quiet about the results they have with McGregor,

The Fight was official and it is on Tapology this is the link and the Screenshot,


https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/109011-ufc

This is Conor McGregor comeback at International Fight Week and it might be good fight but there is also the possibility that it will be the first fight that makes him feel difficult, he has gained quite lot of weight and he looks stronger.
But all this does not necessarily mean that Conor McGregor will be able to fight well in class he has never competed in.
Many people will think that this fight will be like repeating the past and those Conor fans still think that he is capable of winning the fight.
Personally, I still doubt whether Conor will be able to beat Michael Chandler and become one of the members of the UFC who is truly considered the best fighter and UFC legend.
Indeed, he is fighter who can be the subject of attention and conversation and there will always be sensational news about Conor.

I agree all that muscle is nothing if the content is just air or fake, but I really don't mean something with that gaining power in a short period of time can be very deceiving, and for sure many are deceiving themselves in thinking they can do it, but let's wait Conor McGregor looks slower I really like his slim physique than looking at this abomination, but if Chandler is OK with this then the fight will surely continue,

[TopTort777]

185 for McGregor, that looks strange. With more weight, he looses speed. With his lifestyle, will he be ready for 3 rounds? Also rather strange to see that Chandler accepted fighting in this weight. He was a welterweight in the start of his career, 12 years ago. His body is adopted to lightweight and cutting weight. And now, due to Conor being on steroids (to cure injury) and his lifestyle (drinking and party), he needs to gain, because Conor cant or dont want to cut. Is it fair?

[pawel7777]

185 for McGregor, that looks strange. With more weight, he looses speed. With his lifestyle, will he be ready for 3 rounds? Also rather strange to see that Chandler accepted fighting in this weight. He was a welterweight in the start of his career, 12 years ago. His body is adopted to lightweight and cutting weight. And now, due to Conor being on steroids (to cure injury) and his lifestyle (drinking and party), he needs to gain, because Conor cant or dont want to cut. Is it fair?

Both will lose at least some of the speed, but McGregor had much more time to get used to being big. Chandler will only have 6 months to gain more muscles and get comfortable with it. Of course, Chandler could take the risk and decide to show up significantly below the weight limit, he could then be much more faster than Conor, but could get overpowered.
Is it fair to Michael? Nope. But apparently that's his dream fight and he'll agree to whatever terms to get it. I'd wait for the official confirmation from the UFC, as there's a big chance McGregor was joking about the weight class.

The first odds (DraftKings) are slightly favouring McGregor to win, but I disagree, I think Chandler will win it easily.
https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/conor-mcgregor-vs-michael-chandler/29906392

[YuginKadoya]

185 for McGregor, that looks strange. With more weight, he looses speed. With his lifestyle, will he be ready for 3 rounds? Also rather strange to see that Chandler accepted fighting in this weight. He was a welterweight in the start of his career, 12 years ago. His body is adopted to lightweight and cutting weight. And now, due to Conor being on steroids (to cure injury) and his lifestyle (drinking and party), he needs to gain, because Conor cant or dont want to cut. Is it fair?

All Steroid Abuse will have its downside in the end for sure even if Conor McGregor looks better than Michael Chandler it is all for the views and it is not legit power although it could surely Boost McGregor's building his muscle growth and speed in his recovery with his injuries, and in terms on power, but for sure when his mass increases his speed will decrease for sure, for me the steroid used could surely cause a cheat in your body and for sure if Michael Chandler would want an opponent that is in steroid then he could certainly lose to McGregor but that is if Chandler can maintain his speed,

Both will lose at least some of the speed, but McGregor had much more time to get used to being big. Chandler will only have 6 months to gain more muscles and get comfortable with it. Of course, Chandler could take the risk and decide to show up significantly below the weight limit, he could then be much more faster than Conor, but could get overpowered.
Is it fair to Michael? Nope. But apparently that's his dream fight and he'll agree to whatever terms to get it. I'd wait for the official confirmation from the UFC, as there's a big chance McGregor was joking about the weight class.

The first odds (DraftKings) are slightly favouring McGregor to win, but I disagree, I think Chandler will win it easily.
https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/conor-mcgregor-vs-michael-chandler/29906392

Yup! agree, for Michael Chandler is looking for big money to fight Conor McGregor and I think he will accept the fight maybe the UFC has something for him if he fights Conor McGregor in this fight an additional payment perhaps, but I am just making my speculation on how did Michael Chandler accept this fight as he doesn't want to fight Conor McGregor because the fight was too long to manifest, for sure I though that they will fight this April on the UFC 300, but after seeing McGregor's Announcement that their fight was on June, the people are divided in what they have expected,