🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[TopTort777]

I know that I am jumping far ahead, but can someone explain and remind me about BMF belt and title. Wasnt it like a special belt that was challenged between Masvidal and Diaz, and it supposed to be one time challenge/belt/title? I mean how can it travelled from Masvidal to Gaethe/Poirier? Sure they arent most BMF in UFC Now on UFC 300 Gaethje is defending this title Title that is not even in UFC ranking

Well, I know that the BMF is a special belt but for some like Masvidal, Porier, and McGregor this belt meant something them but it is just a special belt for fighters that don't want that belt or holds real significance to them, but for sure it is one of the additional belt that a fighter can take if you won that fight and that BMF belt is at stake and for some fighters this is a significant something for sure an additional Belt and collection for them.

Somehow I dont believe fighters are really that happy to get BMF belt instead of division champions belt As I doubt it has any value outside UFC. I even think that other fighters might laugh at BMF holder. Like he isnt able to get a real belt, and UFC game him this Also there are no much competition to get this belt. It is like beat one guy and get a belt. Also look at Gaethje face when he got it. Not so happy at all. As to collecting belts, I believe every fighter has a huge stand of trophies that they get during their career. One more or one less reward it does not matter if it isnt a champions belt/trophy.

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[tokeweed]

^  I think the value of the BMF is not that it comes with prestige for the belt holder.  It's the money the fighters get just by fighting for the belt.  It's a 'belt match', it's always in a PPV event and afaik the fighters get a cut of the PPV monies.  Dunno...  But that's how it always works even in boxing.

And does anybody else think Ian Garry is annoying af or is it just me?

UFC 298:  Embedded Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=towMIFkql-0

Some fight replays...

UFC Free Fight:  Neal vs Luque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDyTtHJJLAM

UFC Free Fight:  Garry vs Rodriguez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSlbkjsKik8

UFC Free Fight:  Merab vs Moraes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb9zgOaxxoM

UFC Free Fight:  Cejudo vs Cruz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Tzaf6Nw28

UFC Free Fight:  Topuria vs Emmett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahi-btqB8N4

UFC Free Fight:  Volk vs Rodriguez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTwTd6ab4Ew

Enjoy...

[vennali]

2 months to go and we still don't know what the main event is. Is the poster a sign of one of the fighters featuring in the fight or is it just a model? He does look a bit like DDP but I doubt he'll fight so soon again. What are the bitcointalk MMA experts speculating? What will be the headline for 300?

[TopTort777]

2 months to go and we still don't know what the main event is. Is the poster a sign of one of the fighters featuring in the fight or is it just a model? He does look a bit like DDP but I doubt he'll fight so soon again. What are the bitcointalk MMA experts speculating? What will be the headline for 300?

Dana White vs his wife

I dont know who will be the main even, and I dont even want to guess that or speculate on it, as I think I could get disappointed. Everyone has its own favourite fighter and wish to lead the tournaments card, but I think we will get something that we dont want to see. Like for UFC it will be a fight that deserve to be main event, but for us it will be just a good fight. I even think UFC hasnt decided it yet themselves. They have create all that drama, now they get feedback in for of predictions, and try to organize the fight with both profitable terms for them and for those two guys.

[vennali]

I dont know who will be the main even, and I dont even want to guess that or speculate on it, as I think I could get disappointed. Everyone has its own favourite fighter and wish to lead the tournaments card, but I think we will get something that we dont want to see. Like for UFC it will be a fight that deserve to be main event, but for us it will be just a good fight. I even think UFC hasnt decided it yet themselves. They have create all that drama, now they get feedback in for of predictions, and try to organize the fight with both profitable terms for them and for those two guys.

It is confirmed now that the main event for UFC 300 will be revealed during the post-fight press conference of the UFC 298. Yeah, I think so too, that they haven't had confirmations in the backroom for who will be fighting. We'll find it out soon enough though.

[tokeweed]

2 months to go and we still don't know what the main event is. Is the poster a sign of one of the fighters featuring in the fight or is it just a model? He does look a bit like DDP but I doubt he'll fight so soon again. What are the bitcointalk MMA experts speculating? What will be the headline for 300?

If it's DDP then who would be the opponent?  I think the only guy who could be a huge draw is Adesanya as he and DDP has some 'who's the real African' beef going on.  Would def watch that but from a match making perspective it doesn't make any sense to give Adesanya the shot as he lost royally vs Strickland.  Would've been a different story if the fight was close.

UFC 298:  Embedded Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZeVPJgslIM

And here's what everybody is looking for...  jeremypwr's Multi Master Challenge.

UFC 298:  Multi Master Challenge
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5485024.0

Glgl!

[DanWalker]

2 months to go and we still don't know what the main event is. Is the poster a sign of one of the fighters featuring in the fight or is it just a model? He does look a bit like DDP but I doubt he'll fight so soon again. What are the bitcointalk MMA experts speculating? What will be the headline for 300?

Dana White vs his wife

I dont know who will be the main even, and I dont even want to guess that or speculate on it, as I think I could get disappointed. Everyone has its own favourite fighter and wish to lead the tournaments card, but I think we will get something that we dont want to see. Like for UFC it will be a fight that deserve to be main event, but for us it will be just a good fight. I even think UFC hasnt decided it yet themselves. They have create all that drama, now they get feedback in for of predictions, and try to organize the fight with both profitable terms for them and for those two guys.

Why do I have a feeling that the event is either going to be incredibly awesome or it will absolutely be boring? I definitely do not have any strong logic behind that but it's just a feeling. I hope UFC will be able to make sure that the best fight happens. Does anyone else think that the popularity of UFC has been going down? Maybe I am wrong. Maybe that is because we have been saying some fights that are pretty boring. Maybe that could be just a feeling. But is it only me or do anyone else also think that?

[OgNasty]

^ It is a bit concerning that Dana White seemingly has no idea what UFC 300 is going to do for a main event and everyone keeps asking him about it. His behavior leaving a podcast yesterday after his intro sort of displayed his frustration. Everyone wants the biggest UFC event of all time and Dana doesn’t even know if Conor will be able to fight by then or not.

[Lykslyks]

I know that I am jumping far ahead, but can someone explain and remind me about BMF belt and title. Wasnt it like a special belt that was challenged between Masvidal and Diaz, and it supposed to be one time challenge/belt/title? I mean how can it travelled from Masvidal to Gaethe/Poirier? Sure they arent most BMF in UFC Now on UFC 300 Gaethje is defending this title Title that is not even in UFC ranking

I don't know why Dana White is enjoying something like this, that BMF belt is really nothing but for show or just for collection purposes, for me, it is really nothing if it is not the championship belt then it really amounts to nothing, and for nothing to be something they will make it something out of the ordinary like making a belt out of it, but I got to admit that Belt is really something it looks unique and legit because of its unique color all black, maybe that was the one that are making some fighters want this kind of belt.

Dana White vs his wife

I dont know who will be the main even, and I dont even want to guess that or speculate on it, as I think I could get disappointed. Everyone has its own favourite fighter and wish to lead the tournaments card, but I think we will get something that we dont want to see. Like for UFC it will be a fight that deserve to be main event, but for us it will be just a good fight. I even think UFC hasnt decided it yet themselves. They have create all that drama, now they get feedback in for of predictions, and try to organize the fight with both profitable terms for them and for those two guys.

For sure that will be a spectacle to behold, that will be one unique fight you can see and it is the 1st time to be viewed in the UFC, but no Pun intended, I want to see his wife plummet him to the ground but for sure that will be an epic kind of thing to behold.

But yeah the Main Event for the UFC 300 should be a fight that will make everyone want to watch that event and be included in the list of people's much-awaited fighters, it could be Israel Adesanya's Comeback or Jon Jones's comeback which one do you guys prefer to see, for me I haven't  thinking of it yet, maybe it is because the UFC 299 is more juicy than with the UFC 300.

Why do I have a feeling that the event is either going to be incredibly awesome or it will absolutely be boring? I definitely do not have any strong logic behind that but it's just a feeling. I hope UFC will be able to make sure that the best fight happens. Does anyone else think that the popularity of UFC has been going down? Maybe I am wrong. Maybe that is because we have been saying some fights that are pretty boring. Maybe that could be just a feeling. But is it only me or do anyone else also think that?

Well, I'm feeling bored with the upcoming UFC 300, for sure I just want to see the UFC 299 instead, but for sure it will depend on who's fighting in the main event because right now some are saying that it will be a boring event as they still didn't know what they will be witnessing in the Main event for this card, and for sure I definitely agree with it.

[vennali]

Another topic of discussion. Who do you think is most likely to lose their belt soon? For me personally, I think it's Sean O'Malley and DDP. I can see Sean losing to at least 2-3 fighters in his division and highly likely that Izzy will beat DDP. Will just have to wait and see.

[pawel7777]

Dana White vs his wife

That's more suitable for the PowerSlap  

It is confirmed now that the main event for UFC 300 will be revealed during the post-fight press conference of the UFC 298. Yeah, I think so too, that they haven't had confirmations in the backroom for who will be fighting. We'll find it out soon enough though.

Good to know. It's about time. The expectations are set so high that whatever fight will get announced, many people will get disappointed anyway. And there are limited options for high-profile fights. The most viable options are probably Adesanya Vs DPP, or Aspinall Vs Pereira.

Everyone wants the biggest UFC event of all time and Dana doesn’t even know if Conor will be able to fight by then or not.

He confirmed that McGregor will not fight until later this year (Autumn).

[tokeweed]

^ It is a bit concerning that Dana White seemingly has no idea what UFC 300 is going to do for a main event and everyone keeps asking him about it. His behavior leaving a podcast yesterday after his intro sort of displayed his frustration. Everyone wants the biggest UFC event of all time and Dana doesn’t even know if Conor will be able to fight by then or not.

Even if McGregor is able to fight, he's not really a draw of high magnitude anymore.  The guy is washed as seen twice vs Poirier.  There's just nothing he can do...  He is past his prime.  :/

What the UFC could do is pay Jon Jones a bunch of money to return earlier than intended to fight Tom Aspinall.  That would be a good match up.  They should just forget Miocic and pay him a bunch of money too, to stfu.  Lol.  No one really wants to watch him anyway.

Live in 12 hours...  Should be good. 

UFC 298:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ORoTVxxDY

[TopTort777]

Why do I have a feeling that the event is either going to be incredibly awesome or it will absolutely be boring? I definitely do not have any strong logic behind that but it's just a feeling. I hope UFC will be able to make sure that the best fight happens. Does anyone else think that the popularity of UFC has been going down? Maybe I am wrong. Maybe that is because we have been saying some fights that are pretty boring. Maybe that could be just a feeling. But is it only me or do anyone else also think that?

Well, honestly it already can be boring, since we know most part of the card. If we I close eyes on kitten matchups, then every fight from the card I want to watch. Probably Lopes vs Yusuff fight looks not so promising. But I clearly remember Diego Lopes flashed somewhere in media. Some people made fun of his hairstyle, some trolled for bad English and pronunciation. All other fights are great. Cant even imagine who are going to be prelims, as all look great for main card.

[DanWalker]

Why do I have a feeling that the event is either going to be incredibly awesome or it will absolutely be boring? I definitely do not have any strong logic behind that but it's just a feeling. I hope UFC will be able to make sure that the best fight happens. Does anyone else think that the popularity of UFC has been going down? Maybe I am wrong. Maybe that is because we have been saying some fights that are pretty boring. Maybe that could be just a feeling. But is it only me or do anyone else also think that?

Well, honestly it already can be boring, since we know most part of the card. If we I close eyes on kitten matchups, then every fight from the card I want to watch. Probably Lopes vs Yusuff fight looks not so promising. But I clearly remember Diego Lopes flashed somewhere in media. Some people made fun of his hairstyle, some trolled for bad English and pronunciation. All other fights are great. Cant even imagine who are going to be prelims, as all look great for main card.

I am most interested in the Alexander volcanovski fight, the Pablo Costa fight. Other than that I am not very much interested in other fights to be honest. I am not saying that those fights are not going to be interesting. Those fights might be very close as well. But those fights definitely do not interest me as much. And it is just a personal opinion.

[cabron]

Why do I have a feeling that the event is either going to be incredibly awesome or it will absolutely be boring? I definitely do not have any strong logic behind that but it's just a feeling. I hope UFC will be able to make sure that the best fight happens. Does anyone else think that the popularity of UFC has been going down? Maybe I am wrong. Maybe that is because we have been saying some fights that are pretty boring. Maybe that could be just a feeling. But is it only me or do anyone else also think that?

Well, honestly it already can be boring, since we know most part of the card. If we I close eyes on kitten matchups, then every fight from the card I want to watch. Probably Lopes vs Yusuff fight looks not so promising. But I clearly remember Diego Lopes flashed somewhere in media. Some people made fun of his hairstyle, some trolled for bad English and pronunciation. All other fights are great. Cant even imagine who are going to be prelims, as all look great for main card.

I am most interested in the Alexander volcanovski fight, the Pablo Costa fight. Other than that I am not very much interested in other fights to be honest. I am not saying that those fights are not going to be interesting. Those fights might be very close as well. But those fights definitely do not interest me as much. And it is just a personal opinion.

Volkanovski was knocked hard 3 months ago, it's surprising he was allowed to fight considering it was a head kick and several hits behind the head. He may not be what he was before that loss as he accepted the fight at short notice. He will be very defensive in this fight I think and it could be that Tuporia is the one handling this fight.

It's still a hard fight for Tuporia if Volkan is back to his own already as Volkan has a hard chin and a good striker as well.  Volkan took care of Holloway who is a better striker than Tuporia. For Tuporia, his advantage will be taking down Volkan. How the fight will go depends on where they could first hurt each other.

Costa expected to fight Khamzat months ago, he could be preparing for it still until this 298. Whitaker has slowed down too. I think this is the boring fight that you may be expecting. But I expect Costa to be more explosive since he wanted to fight Khamzat and needed to impress Dana.

[jakelyson]

Somehow I dont believe fighters are really that happy to get BMF belt instead of division champions belt As I doubt it has any value outside UFC. I even think that other fighters might laugh at BMF holder. Like he isnt able to get a real belt, and UFC game him this Also there are no much competition to get this belt. It is like beat one guy and get a belt. Also look at Gaethje face when he got it. Not so happy at all. As to collecting belts, I believe every fighter has a huge stand of trophies that they get during their career. One more or one less reward it does not matter if it isnt a champions belt/trophy.

For sure the BMF Belt is just a mere belt that does not amount to anything at all, and I truly agree with that, but why do many fighters still want the possibility of getting their hand on that belt, that amounts to anything at all, well I really don't like the Belt at all but if there would be something that could replace the BMF Belt I think it is OK if they abolish it, and Dana White can not really put the owner of the belt one into fighting a fighter that wants that belt or having that fighter fight multiple times for the BMF belt.

^ It is a bit concerning that Dana White seemingly has no idea what UFC 300 is going to do for a main event and everyone keeps asking him about it. His behavior leaving a podcast yesterday after his intro sort of displayed his frustration. Everyone wants the biggest UFC event of all time and Dana doesn’t even know if Conor will be able to fight by then or not.

It is a bit concerning that many fans don't have any interest anymore with the UFC 300 event anymore because of this kind of approach Dana White is taking, well it is better to watch UFC 299 than the 300, as people are blind in not seeing the next fight Dana White should just said it than keeping it a mystery for fans to wonder is not the best solution in making this event more great as it is just making people more not interested towards it.

Another topic of discussion. Who do you think is most likely to lose their belt soon? For me personally, I think it's Sean O'Malley and DDP. I can see Sean losing to at least 2-3 fighters in his division and highly likely that Izzy will beat DDP. Will just have to wait and see.

For me, I really think Volk will lose to Ilia Topuria after watching several fights for both Volk and Topuria I have a conclusion that Topuria is a dangerous fighter for Volkanovski, another one is Sean O'Malley I think Marlon Vera can possibly have some ace on his sleeve for sure Sean O' Malley might have the reach advantage but Vera has the technicality in making this happen, Leon Edwards, I guess it could be the end for Edwards but maybe, and don't forget the women division as Raquel Pennington could be another one that amount to getting lost when he fight again.

[OgNasty]

^ It is a bit concerning that Dana White seemingly has no idea what UFC 300 is going to do for a main event and everyone keeps asking him about it. His behavior leaving a podcast yesterday after his intro sort of displayed his frustration. Everyone wants the biggest UFC event of all time and Dana doesn’t even know if Conor will be able to fight by then or not.

Even if McGregor is able to fight, he's not really a draw of high magnitude anymore.  The guy is washed as seen twice vs Poirier.  There's just nothing he can do...  He is past his prime.  :/

What the UFC could do is pay Jon Jones a bunch of money to return earlier than intended to fight Tom Aspinall.  That would be a good match up.  They should just forget Miocic and pay him a bunch of money too, to stfu.  Lol.  No one really wants to watch him anyway.

Live in 12 hours...  Should be good. 

UFC 298:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ORoTVxxDY

I disagree.  I believe that Conor McGregor is the biggest draw in MMA still to this day and I don't think that second place is even close.  Sure, he may be washed, but he's still the best entertainment in the sport along with being the most widely known. 

Dana saying that UFC 298/299/300 are going to be the best trilogy in UFC history is seemingly laughable at this point.  It's possible he's just keeping his cards close to his vest, but from what I've seen from Dana over the last couple weeks, it seems like he has no idea who is going to headline UFC 300 or even what good fights will be happening.  He's supposed to make an announcement today.  We'll see...

[Synchronice]

It is confirmed now that the main event for UFC 300 will be revealed during the post-fight press conference of the UFC 298. Yeah, I think so too, that they haven't had confirmations in the backroom for who will be fighting. We'll find it out soon enough though.

Wasn't it said that Conor VS Chendler would be the main event of UFC 300 or did I really read something wrong back then?

Even if McGregor is able to fight, he's not really a draw of high magnitude anymore.  The guy is washed as seen twice vs Poirier.  There's just nothing he can do...  He is past his prime.  :/

What the UFC could do is pay Jon Jones a bunch of money to return earlier than intended to fight Tom Aspinall.  That would be a good match up.  They should just forget Miocic and pay him a bunch of money too, to stfu.  Lol.  No one really wants to watch him anyway.

Live in 12 hours...  Should be good. 

UFC 298:  Pre Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ORoTVxxDY

McGregor is washed, finished. As I understood, he wants to gain fame again and at the same time he has new ambitions but you know, coke makes you too confident in yourself and that's where McGregor makes a mistake, he can't become a champion in a new division at this age, especially since he wasn't training and was snorting bunch of coke lines. Dana will use him to make money, he is super happy when he sees Conor. I laugh all the time when I see Dana's face when Conor is there.

[Rampagoe004]

Another topic of discussion. Who do you think is most likely to lose their belt soon? For me personally, I think it's Sean O'Malley and DDP. I can see Sean losing to at least 2-3 fighters in his division and highly likely that Izzy will beat DDP. Will just have to wait and see.

If you look at their track record and how they got the belt, I think I agree with you. Sean got the belt after beating Aljo but I see it not being a convincing win even if it was a knockout win. And for DDP I also saw him win the belt by split decision, if my memory serves me correctly. DDP also seemed to have difficulty beating Sean several times. I think if it was a rematch then chances are Sean would beat DDP too. For the other champions, I think there is still nothing that can threaten their position at the moment.

[TopTort777]

Speaking about Conor McGregor, with the amount of money he already has, and the amount of businesses and opportunities to earn outside UFC he has, I find it hard to understand his motivation to continue participating in fights. Sometimes I just think he is trolling Dana and fooling everyone around with his return. If he wants people attention and fame, he already has it and now can get even more through movies. If he likes to fight, then he has enough money to pay for sparring partners (that would not counter his strikes and only defend) and change them every day.