🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

[rdbase]

I am going to bet only on Vallejos. I dont find this event much exiting, decent but nothing more. Dont see fights that would really make me turn TV at night Emmett must retire soon. 41, lost two last fights. I dont think he is going to stay for long in UFC. I think Vallejos will have an easy win.

Jake Paul is offering Bones 30 millions for joining his MVP promotion. He already has Ngannou. If Jake organizes Ngannou vs Bones, Dana would have heart attack.

You would think that this fight between Emmett and Vallejos is a hands down win for the favorite.
But haven't we seen all underdogs in the main events so far this year win their fights?

Just seen the announcement for Strickland vs Chimaev and the other fights coming up in the next few months.
Think that is the biggest one out of all of them.
UFC has been getting alot of slack for the upcoming card at the white house and their competition are starting to get the fighters everybody wants to see.

[TopTort777]

Another guy we should be looking out for at HW is Pereira. 

If Pereira takes heavyweight belt, that is going to be amazing. No only because he will be first tripple champ, but he will be a guy who is first, without elite wrestling and grappling skills, are going to be best current MMA fighter.

Remember when Pereira first appeared in UFC 5 years ago, we were talking that kickboxer will quickly be dominated by wrestlers-grapplers. We talked that he is in UFC to bring more challenge for Izzy (because he became bored). Now this guy is dominating every opponent.

Ffs, 5 years have already passed…

[Hanadawa]

Does anyone here think Strickland has any chance of winning? He would have to be able to keep the fight standing, but I have my doubts if he can do that.
Anyhow, it's still a good match-up and probably more entertaining than Khamzat Vs Imanov. The build-up before the event should be pretty intense. Strickland will probably try to get into Khamzat's head as far as possible.

In my personal opinion, Chimaev has an explosive fighting style, almost always pressuring his opponents from the first second. Chimaev is very dangerous on the ground, especially in rounds 1 and 2, where he will try to target and take his opponent to the ground, then pressure them with wrestling while trying to finish them. So, I think if Strickland wants to increase his chances, he should keep the fight standing and keep Chimaev at arm's length in the early rounds.

Remember when Pereira first appeared in UFC 5 years ago, we were talking that kickboxer will quickly be dominated by wrestlers-grapplers. We talked that he is in UFC to bring more challenge for Izzy (because he became bored). Now this guy is dominating every opponent.
Ffs, 5 years have already passed…

It's been five years since Pereira's UFC debut. I still remember Izzy was in his prime, and Pereira was brought in with a ghost story from Adesanya's past. As far as I can remember, it didn't take long for Alex to get his first title shot. Alex has achieved the highest level of success in the UFC and his name is already part of the UFC's legend. If Alex actually fights in HW and wins a world title, he will become the first triple champion and a true triple champion in the UFC.

[OgNasty]

Does anyone here think Strickland has any chance of winning? He would have to be able to keep the fight standing, but I have my doubts if he can do that.
Anyhow, it's still a good match-up and probably more entertaining than Khamzat Vs Imanov. The build-up before the event should be pretty intense. Strickland will probably try to get into Khamzat's head as far as possible.

In my personal opinion, Chimaev has an explosive fighting style, almost always pressuring his opponents from the first second. Chimaev is very dangerous on the ground, especially in rounds 1 and 2, where he will try to target and take his opponent to the ground, then pressure them with wrestling while trying to finish them. So, I think if Strickland wants to increase his chances, he should keep the fight standing and keep Chimaev at arm's length in the early rounds.

Remember when Pereira first appeared in UFC 5 years ago, we were talking that kickboxer will quickly be dominated by wrestlers-grapplers. We talked that he is in UFC to bring more challenge for Izzy (because he became bored). Now this guy is dominating every opponent.
Ffs, 5 years have already passed…

It's been five years since Pereira's UFC debut. I still remember Izzy was in his prime, and Pereira was brought in with a ghost story from Adesanya's past. As far as I can remember, it didn't take long for Alex to get his first title shot. Alex has achieved the highest level of success in the UFC and his name is already part of the UFC's legend. If Alex actually fights in HW and wins a world title, he will become the first triple champion and a true triple champion in the UFC.

I want Strickland to win. Will he? We’ll have to wait to find out. I do feel like Chimaev has lost a step from his days of just running people over, but maybe that is a result of facing better opponents. One thing I believe is that this won’t be a quick fight. Both guys will be punishing each other and this is the first fight I’ve looked forward to seeing in a while.

[TopTort777]

Chimaev and Strickland has been in same gym for a while and Strickland told that first he was impressed how Chimaev handled easy much heavier guys and Chimaev won him in playful manner all the time. I dont know why all of a sudden Strickland has become so much against Chimaev and that he can be on same level with him. Year or more ago, Strickland was talking that nobody is even close to same strength and skill as Chimaev. Now as Khamzat moved to middleweight, Strickland no longer talk friendly Hyping their fight? Strickland would better be at White House event with mic on He would make some show there for sure

[Balmain]

The Strickland vs. Khamzat fight will be great. The question on everyone's mind is whether Khamzat will be able to take down Strickland. I remember the Gilbert Buns fight; when Khamzat wanted to fight standing up, he almost got knocked out. He definitely won't make that decision in this fight; he'll try to get Strickland to submit with a takedown. If Strickland can defend against the takedown, he could finish Khamzat with his economical standing fight, but I don't think that will happen Khamzat will take him to the ground.

[rdbase]

Seems that the new format for these fight nights under the new deal for the UFC has them beginning very early.
Usually they begin around this time but when I tuned in they are already past the early preliminary fights and into the prelims.
So by the time the main event fight starts it will be in a couple of hours from now so barely into the night but early evening.
They are around five fights into the prelims. So the Tavares vs Anders fight just began.
Thought Anders would be finished after getting knocked out but he survived the second round and is being competitive again with takedowns on his opponent.
Looking at the odds for Vallejos didn't know there was such a wide gap between him and Emmett.
Think I saw the odds for the underdog at 4.80x last I checked.
I really do think Josh will put up a good fight and they have really made him look like someone without any experience with those odds.

[TopTort777]

I am going to bet only on Vallejos. I dont find this event much exiting, decent but nothing more. Dont see fights that would really make me turn TV at night Emmett must retire soon. 41, lost two last fights. I dont think he is going to stay for long in UFC. I think Vallejos will have an easy win.

Jake Paul is offering Bones 30 millions for joining his MVP promotion. He already has Ngannou. If Jake organizes Ngannou vs Bones, Dana would have heart attack.

You would think that this fight between Emmett and Vallejos is a hands down win for the favorite.
But haven't we seen all underdogs in the main events so far this year win their fights?

We have seen how underdogs wins, you are right, but not this time. We have old guy who has taken a lot of damage in his career vs a guy who mostly win by KOes. Even if Emmett is more skilled, a punch to his chin will give x2 or x3 effect. With years, you cant train chin, only make it more vulnerable. If they both were more grappling oriented guys, the fight might be more close, no matter what odds were. It was enough for Vallejos to land one counter punch to turn whole fight.

[tokeweed]

Seems that the new format for these fight nights under the new deal for the UFC has them beginning very early.
Usually they begin around this time but when I tuned in they are already past the early preliminary fights and into the prelims.
So by the time the main event fight starts it will be in a couple of hours from now so barely into the night but early evening.
They are around five fights into the prelims. So the Tavares vs Anders fight just began.
Thought Anders would be finished after getting knocked out but he survived the second round and is being competitive again with takedowns on his opponent.
Looking at the odds for Vallejos didn't know there was such a wide gap between him and Emmett.
Think I saw the odds for the underdog at 4.80x last I checked.
I really do think Josh will put up a good fight and they have really made him look like someone without any experience with those odds.

Prolly it just depends from event to event.  And the US just recently removed the daylight saving time.  Before the removal, the matches start an hour later in other time zones outside the US.

Here are the results.  How did everybody do from a betting perspective?  As for me, I just had the thread's degen parlay which lost of course.   

Kevin Vallejos def. Josh Emmett via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:33
Gillian Robertson def. Amanda Lemos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jose Delgado def. Andre Fili via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Marwan Rahiki def. Harry Hardwick via TKO (retirement) – Round 2, 5:00
Ion Cutelaba def. Oumar Sy via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 4:21
Charles Johnson def. Bruno Silva via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Myktybek Orolbai def. Chris Curtis via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Vitor Petrino def. Steven Asplund via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Elijah Smith def. SuYoung You via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:04
Manoel Sousa def. Bolaji Oki via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 4:12
Eryk Anders def. Brad Tavares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Bia Mesquita def. Montserrat Rendon via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:07
Hecher Sosa def. Luan Lacerda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Piera Rodriguez def. Sam Hughes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)