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[TopTort777]

It looked like Rampage had a training camp in McDonalds.
He gained to fit in heavyweight, but his “gains” were not effective. In post fight interview he told that he felt all that extra lbs and how they made him slow.

Yeah, and compared to him Fedor looked like a Flash or Superman.  
He started in Japan and finished his MMA journey in Japan

Here is his post-fight for MMA Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHjLFp9FJ1s

I've heard he is planning to make 2 more fight and only then Fedor will retire.
But I think he should have retired few year/fights ago.

[nydiacaskey01]

There's another MMA promotions based in the Middle East called Brave CF or Brave Combat Federation. It is based in Bahrain. They are not as big as One FC yet but they are making a name already because of the hard hitters in their roster. Here is the link to their official website https://www.bravecf.com/ What caught my attention about this promotion is that they have a lot of Filipino fighters.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I've heard he is planning to make 2 more fight and only then Fedor will retire.
But I think he should have retired few year/fights ago.

By hearing the post fight interview i thought he retired and that was his last fight, it was planned as a retirement tour for Fedor Emelianenko as Scott Coker was the president when he was fighting in Strikeforce and i do not think he will be fighting again as he had a great last fight and that too a first round knockout in Japan where he was dominating for a long time and it is a good farewell fight and he is 43 years old and it is time to retire and he has nothing to prove.

[notblox1]

By hearing the post fight interview i thought he retired and that was his last fight, it was planned as a retirement tour for Fedor Emelianenko as Scott Coker was the president when he was fighting in Strikeforce and i do not think he will be fighting again as he had a great last fight and that too a first round knockout in Japan where he was dominating for a long time and it is a good farewell fight and he is 43 years old and it is time to retire and he has nothing to prove.

I can confirm also.
I watched his last fight and post fight interviews.
Most likely he won't fight again, and he wanted to finish it in Japan.

[uray]

By hearing the post fight interview i thought he retired and that was his last fight, it was planned as a retirement tour for Fedor Emelianenko as Scott Coker was the president when he was fighting in Strikeforce and i do not think he will be fighting again as he had a great last fight and that too a first round knockout in Japan where he was dominating for a long time

I have watched all the past fights of Fedor Emelianenko and it was all impressive and at one point he was a much better fighter than any of the heavyweight fighters UFC had when he was dominating but he was not able to fight in the UFC and when he returned i expected him to be the champion once again but the competition has changed completely and there were some world class fighters in Bellator too to stop him from achieving that.

[nydiacaskey01]

OneFC will have an event before end of this month here in the Philippines. Philippines has always been a good destination for OneFC lately because OneFC showcases several Filipino fighters.
Fire and Fury
January 31, 2020
Mall of Asia Arena

Looking at their Calendar, it looks like they have an event twice a month. They had one last January 10 in Bangkok Thailand. 

[cygan]

would like to give this thread a new life again!
cause today there is the next ksw/mma 55 gala in lodz where Scott Askham & Mamed Khalidov will fight against each other in the mainevent.



more fights are:

Michal Materla vs. Aleksandar Ilic
Damian Janikowski vs. Andreas Gustafsson
Tomasz Romanowski vs. Ion Surdu
Damian Stasiak vs. Patryk Surdyn
Przemyslaw Mysiala vs. Stipe Bekavac
Krystian Kaszubowski vs. Jakub Kamieniarz
Sylwia Juskiewicz vs. Karolina Wojcik

[TopTort777]

Never heared about this organization, KSW. Googled a bit and found out they exist for 16 years already.
Find out that Jan Blachowizc started his career in this organization, and now he won a vacant ufc light heavyweight belt.

The bad thing about this ksw/mma 55 gala event is that there is no info where I can see it live. Even though if I wish to watxh it, it wont be broadcasted by my local tv, I’m sure for 100%. The only way to see the fights is to search on youtube.

[cygan]

Never heared about this organization, KSW. Googled a bit and found out they exist for 16 years already.
Find out that Jan Blachowizc started his career in this organization, and now he won a vacant ufc light heavyweight belt.

The bad thing about this ksw/mma 55 gala event is that there is no info where I can see it live. Even though if I wish to watxh it, it wont be broadcasted by my local tv, I’m sure for 100%. The only way to see the fights is to search on youtube.

maybe this is what you are looking for:
https://kswtv.com/

[tokeweed]

^ ^  Current UFC LHW champ Jan Blachowicz started his MMA career at KSW.    

notblox1, add Cage Warriors up there too.  Some of their fighters also move up the ladder and go to the UFC like McGregor.

I think only FJ started laying lines of the different leagues, Cage Warriors, KSW and Bellator.

[cygan]

in the first duel a year ago Scott Askham and Mamed Khalidov spent 15 minutes together in the cage, in the rematch it was not even one. after 36 seconds Khalidov started to jump and fired a switch kick in the air. a direct hit. Askham fell like a wet sack to the back of the fence. Khalidov followed with hammerfists, three of them were enough to break it off.

one of the best knockouts of this year ... but take a look for yourself👉https://twitter.com/i/status/1315115661463629824

[notblox1]

add Cage Warriors up there too.  Some of their fighters also move up the ladder and go to the UFC like McGregor.

I think only FJ started laying lines of the different leagues, Cage Warriors, KSW and Bellator.

Cage Warriors now added to the list in first post.

I still think UFC did amazing job during pandemic and became number one sport in the world when everything was closed, but sometiems there are great fights in other alternative leagues.
You are free to post your predictions in this topic when you find something interesting to watch and bet.

[TopTort777]

one of the best knockouts of this year ... but take a look for yourself👉https://twitter.com/i/status/1315115661463629824

Nice one. Even though it was not the strongest kick, or even flying kick, that losses a lot of energy becaus of the jump (but gains speed), but it landed perfectly. Straight to the chin. Sort of a “kick-uppercut”.
Just look how his opponent looked dazed when he walked to his team.

[notblox1]

http://www.bellator.com/

People are focused on ufc but there are many good fights in other organisations like Bellator.
Last week we could also see Cris Cyborg fight and she won again, and I think many people know her as UFC champion.

We are now waiting for Bellator 250 fight Gegard Mousasi (46-7-2) vs Douglas Lima (32-7) for their Middleweight belt.
Both fighters have not fight for more than one year, and many remember Mousasi as he was ex ufc fighter.

We can see that odds are now in Mousasi favor:
https://www.bestodds.ai/odds/sport-mma/bellator

[tokeweed]

^  As impressive as Mousasi's record at the UFC is, his matches at Bellator didn't really look that good.  And sure he's mostly better than Lima and Lima is moving up to MW for this bout.  But dunno..  Check the weigh ins.  Lima looks right about the same size as Mousasi, he's also more active and his line is plus money.  I like the spot on Lima.

And a guy I know says the price on Arteaga could be off.  It should be something like 1.60.  So at the current line he says 1.82 is def value.

Bellator 250:  Weigh ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N249klZoH9w

[notblox1]

^  As impressive as Mousasi's record at the UFC is, his matches at Bellator didn't really look that good.  And sure he's mostly better than Lima and Lima is moving up to MW for this bout.  But dunno..  Check the weigh ins.  Lima looks right about the same size as Mousasi, he's also more active and his line is plus money.  I like the spot on Lima.

And a guy I know says the price on Arteaga could be off.  It should be something like 1.60.  So at the current line he says 1.82 is def value.

I agree that odds should be a bit more even but bookies gave Lima the role of underdog here.
His brother Dhiego Lima fights in UFC welterweight and they trained together so I believe he is in good shape, and he has never been finished in all of his MMA fights.
I expect to see great fight here, and my bet here would be that fight will go to distance.


 

[tokeweed]

^  After the match, the line should've been wider...  around 1.4 - 1.5.  Lol.  Total domination by Mousasi.  Not sure what Lima's game plan was out there.

Watch Homasi vs Voelker!  Def fight of the night.

[notblox1]

Watch Homasi vs Voelker!  Def fight of the night.

Thanks, I will take a look.
There are many good fights we miss because we mostly focus on ufc.

One nice thing about Bellator is that anyone can watch all card fights on Youtube for free:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTYcgBlkbLM

Next one is Bellator 251 Manhoef VS. Anderson on November 5th

[notblox1]

We have two upcoming events in MMA in few days, Bellator 251 and Dana White Contender Series Season 4.
Countdown for both events: https://www.countdownmma.com/

Bellator 251, November 5, 2020

Main card
Melvin Manhoef   vs.   Corey Anderson            
Tyrell Fortune   vs.   Said Sowma            
Austin Vanderford   vs.   Chris Curtis            
Derek Anderson   vs.   Killys Mota   
         
Prelims
Georgi Karakhanyan   vs.   Bryce Logan            
Janay Harding   vs.   Jessica Miele            
Jaylon Bates   vs.   Joe Supino            
Nainoa Dung   vs.   Piankhi Zimmerman            
Julius Angelickas   vs.   Alex Polizzi            
Terrence Jean-Jacques   vs.   Gustavo Trujillo            
Sumiko Inaba   vs.   Jessica Ruiz

Corey Anderson is making his Bellator debut after he asked for release from his UFC contract, after six years, so some of you may know him and his lost fight with Jan Blachowicz, but before that he had good wins against Cummins, Teixeira, Latifi and Johnny Walker.
Melvin Manhoef much older kickboxer with good score with two wins in Bellator.
I would give advantage to Anderson here early.

[BChydro]

Next one is Bellator 251 Manhoef VS. Anderson on November 5th

I am picking Corey Anderson to win the fight and since it is his debut fight with Bellator and that too against Melvin Manhoef who is a striker and if Corey Anderson could take down Manhoef he could control the fight on the ground.

Total domination by Mousasi.  Not sure what Lima's game plan was out there.

Gegard Mousasi is a legend of the sport and what i do not like about Bellator is they are forcing Welterweight fighters to move up and kill their hype, last they derailed Rory MacDonald and now Douglas Lima.