🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread

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I'm feeling this way, I think the fight I'm most looking forward to is Ian Machado Garry vs. Islam Makhachev. That one will really shake things up, because I see a great chance of Islam finally being defeated. And that will make things different because it will significantly affect the rankings.

That will be a very interesting fight. The thing is, every GOATed fighter ended with a lose recently and I think that it's time for Islam to lose too. This year is full of surprises (including Merab vs Petr Yan). Honestly, I'd bet on Islam but interesting thing about Garry is that he really went to Georgia and if I'm right, he spent a few months there, training in wrestling. He was in a particular city in Georgia to train with the best local wrestlers and this country really has amazing olympic wrestlers. So, it's interesting to see what he gained while he was in Georgia. I hope he will translate that knowledge into the octagon in August.
Anyways, I can't really wait to watch this fight.

[pawel7777]

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And no way Usman would win against DDP.  Usman gonna get finished before R3 imho. 
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I too can't imagine Usman winning, but, in all fairness, I think people underestimate him a bit.
Yes, he's past his prime and approaching 40, and he lost 3 out of his last 4 fights, but that can be deceptive. If we look closer to his losses, things are not looking that bad:
- the first loss to Leon - he was dominating the whole fight and was dropped by a lucky kick.
- second loss to Leon - a close fight lost by decision.
- loss to Khamzat - a close fight taken on a short notice against a boogieman from a higher weight class.

Then he redeemed himself and won against Joaquin Buckley, who was on the rise and had massacred Colby Covington in his previous fight.
DDP is solid and he's the rightful favourite, but his confidence might not be at the same level after Khamzat handed him his first UFC defeat.

[notblox1]

I too can't imagine Usman winning, but, in all fairness, I think people underestimate him a bit.

I can imagine him winning because Dricus showed that he has weaknesses in his previous match with Khamzat Chimaev, that he lost.
Usman record is still 21-4, and that is great, despite losing few fights before, last one against Joaquin Buckley he won, so he is in uptrend.
I dont think odds are correct and I see value betting something on Usman, and I think we should see more than 3 rounds in this fight.

[pawel7777]

I can imagine him winning because Dricus showed that he has weaknesses in his previous match with Khamzat Chimaev, that he lost.
Usman record is still 21-4, and that is great, despite losing few fights before, last one against Joaquin Buckley he won, so he is in uptrend.
I don't think odds are correct and I see value betting something on Usman, and I think we should see more than 3 rounds in this fight.

That loss to Khamzat is not something DDP should be very ashamed of. He was a big underdog and everyone expected him to get mowed, but what we had instead was Khamzat applying the 'blanket' tactic by taking DDP to the ground but not being able to do anything there.
Usman is an accomplished wrestler himself, but I'm not sure if he could pull off the same type of win as Khamzat did. And let's not forget Usman is a welterweight who moved up to the middleweight division, while Dricus is one of the biggest middleweights out there.
I think for Kamaru this is mostly a money fight against a big name. I don't think he moved up because he thinks he has a real chance of conquering the middleweight.

[bbc.reporter]

With all the disappointment that was the McGregor fight (I know everyone should have seen it coming), it feels like the awesome performance by Paddy the Baddy went overlooked a bit. It seems like he came in much more serious this time and had his way with his opponent. He didn’t seem to take his fight seriously before that where he lost, so hopefully we see a more serious Paddy going forward.

I did not predict this occurrence on Conor. I have speculated that we will witness the Conor Gregor return of the king! However, what he has given us is a man who only wants liquid cash to deposit in his bank account, Conor ScamGregor heheheeh!

On Paddy the baddy, I very much wish his next fight will be against the big headed Topuria! This will certainly give Paddy more confidence because the big headed Topuria's passion in his heart might presently be weak.

I see McGregor keeps talking about how he’ll be back. I don’t think anyone will care after what happened with this fight. Losing is one thing, but immediately having an injury screams that he screwed all his fans for a payday. He might as well have released and rugged a memecoin. At least that wouldn’t have tarnished his fight reputation.

An Admin locked the McGregor thread so I guess we aren’t allowed to talk about sporting events more than 72 hours after they happen. Imagine being that miserable of a person. Lol

However, the fans will forget the big scam of Conor ScamGregor in only 1 year and they will welcome him back in the UFC and be very much excited to pay to watch him again heheheh. The Irishmen will be very much the biggest buyers of this scam heheheh!

[tokeweed]

Here are the weigh in results for the event..  There a couple of misses but that's alright.  Those matches are still on.  Lol.  Nothing really at stake with those guys, 

Anyway, enjoy the event and good luck with your bets.

Dricus Du Plessis (185.5) vs. Kamaru Usman (186)
Jared Cannonier (185) vs. Christian Leroy Duncan (185.5)
Chase Hooper (157.5)* vs. Mitch Ramirez (155.5)
Fatima Kline (115.5) vs. Tabatha Ricci (116)
Tommy McMillen (145) vs. Alberto Montes (146)
Austin Bashi (145) vs. Jose Delgado (146)
Seokhyeon Ko (169) vs. Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani (171)
Felipe Franco (205) vs. Levi Rodrigues (206)
Alden Coria (126) vs. Stewart Nicoll (125)
R.J. Harris (262.5) vs. Alvin Hines (264)
Dione Barbosa (125) vs. Alice Melisano (126)
Damien Anderson (146) vs. Ezra Elliott (147.5)*

*Missed weight

UFC Oklahoma City:  Ceremonial Weigh In
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqNg1ECqs4