MMA talk - PFL, Bellator, KSW, ONE...

[TopTort777]

I think Khabibs current plan is to turn into coach, and try to get to close to achievement his father achieved. Abdulmanap has raised 16 worlds sambo-mma champtions (in different organizations), and 5 wrestling champions. Abdulmanap has started his coach career at the age of 30. Khabib left MMA at the age of 31. Makhachev is close to becoming a champion, so he could be Khabibs first I am hope Khabib will try to repeat his fathers success.

[cygan]

now the next ksw event is just around the corner. this time it will take place on may 28th in the atlas arena in lodz (poland) and the main fight will be between Pudzianowski vs. Materla.
there will also be a debut, namely the dutch Jason Wilnis will fight for the first time a ksw fight.

[notblox1]

now the next ksw event is just around the corner. this time it will take place on may 28th in the atlas arena in lodz (poland) and the main fight will be between Pudzianowski vs. Materla.
there will also be a debut, namely the dutch Jason Wilnis will fight for the first time a ksw fight.

I see Pudzianowski is back again, but I never watched Materla fighting before, and it's the same with most of the other fighters on this card, except for Erslan and maybe Rajewski.

Next in the line is ONE Championship, but I am skipping that one and waiting for Eagle FC that start few hours later.
Khabib and his cousins has done an amazing job with this new promotion, all people from Brazil will be able to watch this event on TV or on their website.
Weight-ins are starting soon on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvu2Exqnt5o

[Apocollapse]

now the next ksw event is just around the corner. this time it will take place on may 28th in the atlas arena in lodz (poland) and the main fight will be between Pudzianowski vs. Materla.
there will also be a debut, namely the dutch Jason Wilnis will fight for the first time a ksw fight.

I'm not really familiar with the other events except UFC, but it's fair Pudzianowski which in heavyweight class fight with Materla which in middleweight class in KSW? There's a lot gap of their weight, but Materla is more fresh one.
Anyway, which bookies do you guys used to bet the other events? In my bookie I can only see UFC event, the rest aren't.

[TopTort777]

I'm not really familiar with the other events except UFC

If you really want to get some fun, google "freak fight mma russia", open youtube link and you will find plenty of fun fight in related video. TV stars vs freaks, celebrities vs politicians, freak vs freak, 1 vs 2, woman vs man and etc. Of course they do it for hype and money, but they smash faces for real.

These kind of fights are gaining popularity right now in Russia. This is called pop-mma. Sometimes fighters show amazing performances, as not only freaks fight there, but combat sports champions (amateurs, European and etc) or those who are skilled (those who are unlucky to get into UFC, Bellator and etc).

[notblox1]

Eagle FC 47 Redemption even is starting in few hours and you can watch it for FREE on their website: https://watch.goflx.com/
I am not interested in main event fight Yorgan De Castro vs Junior dos Santos, and I am not sure how much bigger weight De Castro has will affect outcome of this fight.
In weight-ins De Castro was near heavyweight limit with 264.2 lbs and Dos Santos had 245.6 lbs, this could be advantage or disadvantage depends how he starts the fight.
He will be few years younger, but heavier and slower so I don't think he can go full three rounds, and dos Santos has reach advantage and speed on his side.

[eaLiTy]

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In weight-ins De Castro was near heavyweight limit with 264.2 lbs and Dos Santos had 245.6 lbs, this could be advantage or disadvantage depends how he starts the fight.
He will be few years younger, but heavier and slower so I don't think he can go full three rounds, and dos Santos has reach advantage and speed on his side.

Going into the fight i thought Junior dos Santos will win the fight considering all the factors you said, experience in the cage and even though he is 38 years old and even in the fight he was winning most of the rounds until his shoulder popped out which was really unfortunate and if not for that injury he would have won the fight and there were talks about a cross promotion between Bellator for a fight against Fedor Emelianenko and that is uncertain with the loss.

[notblox1]

Yorgan De Castro won the main event because of shoulder of Junior dos Santos, and that is the problem with getting older it means that you will have more injuries than before.
This was good Eagle FC event to watch, and now Yorgan De Castro wants to have fight against legendary Fedor Emelianenko or getting rematch with Junior dos Santos.

[TopTort777]

I think this is going to be not last Eagle FC problem with fights. Eagle FC is full of veterans. You never know when they get injured. It is promotion duty to get this guys fixed. As the fighters getting old, their sores will remind themselves more often. It will be hard to plan card with veterans.

The best tactics for EFC is to let fresh blood fight veterans, get experience and become matured elite fighters. Fans go watch EFC only to see sound and popular names. If they wont build their own stars, when all veterans retires or get injured, EFC will go bankrupt.

[notblox1]

I think this is going to be not last Eagle FC problem with fights. Eagle FC is full of veterans. You never know when they get injured. It is promotion duty to get this guys fixed. As the fighters getting old, their sores will remind themselves more often. It will be hard to plan card with veterans.

They have mix of younger and experienced older fighters, but injuries happen to all MMA fighters even much younger like it happened with Rakic knee in UFC recently.
They are all training very hard every day pushing their bodies to extreme levels, and dos Santos returned dislocated shoulder to it's place and he is not feeling any pain now, but he is going to take some recovery break.

[tokeweed]

I think this is going to be not last Eagle FC problem with fights. Eagle FC is full of veterans. You never know when they get injured. It is promotion duty to get this guys fixed. As the fighters getting old, their sores will remind themselves more often. It will be hard to plan card with veterans.

The best tactics for EFC is to let fresh blood fight veterans, get experience and become matured elite fighters. Fans go watch EFC only to see sound and popular names. If they wont build their own stars, when all veterans retires or get injured, EFC will go bankrupt.

I think Khabib is just trying to get everybody's attention by having all the ex UFC fighters in his roster and having them fight each other.  And it's not just the popular ones too like Kevin Lee or JDS.  The less popular ones who got cut from the UFC are in there too like Pitolo and Andrew Sanchez...  Then when the EFC finally reaches a milestone in ratings, he'll start feeding these ex UFC fighters to unknown Russian and Dagestani killers.    Lolol.

Anyway it's true tho.  I think the EFC is a lot better than Bellator.  If only EFC lines are made available by the bookies in crypto.

[notblox1]

This week we are taking a break in most MMA organization except Cage Warriors and KSW 70 event starting tomorrow with big heavyweight fight between legendary Mariusz Pudzianowski and Michał Materla.
Materla is a big favorite and he is much younger fighter, but Pudzianowski has big weight and reach advantage, so I think it's good to try betting in him as underdog.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup.  I'll be happy with whatever's on that's related to MMA or fighting.  I'd be open to watch some boxing if there was any good match ups.  Lol. 

There's also this event which looks kinda interesting because of the name value of the promoter's name.  I'm not sure if Faber really is the promoter tho or if the organization is just using his name.   Will look it up later.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/88046-urijah-faber-s-a1-combat-2-talbott-vs-dorado

The match ups are mostly low level...  Like looow level low, lower than the Contender Series.  But looks like it's going to he a fun watch.

[TheNineClub]

Here are the KSW results:



As a fan of strongman, I always take notice when Pudz is fighting I just can't believe they are still spinning him as the former world's strongest man XD It's been 12 years since that XD Anyway, two of my somewhat local fighters had a spot on the card and they did well. I had a chance to train a bit with Francisco Barrio and he is an amazing wrestler and strong as an Ox. Glad to see him win.

[TopTort777]

As a fan of heavyweight division, I am amazed how many heavy people are there

Pudz is an amazing man. 45 and still kicking asses And I must say, he is quite good in fighting, for a man with such a weight and physics. First I thought he would be sort of a freak show fighter. Like Bob Sapp, Akebono, Yarborough (google that guy lol), Hong Man Choi or Butterbean. But he has got good stamina, which is weird, because he must be dead after few minutes of action. And some fighting skills.

[notblox1]

As a fan of strongman, I always take notice when Pudz is fighting I just can't believe they are still spinning him as the former world's strongest man XD It's been 12 years since that XD Anyway, two of my somewhat local fighters had a spot on the card and they did well. I had a chance to train a bit with Francisco Barrio and he is an amazing wrestler and strong as an Ox. Glad to see him win.

I didn't watch any of the fights on that card, but I am not surprised that Pudzianowski won, and that was great for anyone who placed on him as big underdog.
Easy win in first round both for him and for Ivan Erslan in light heavyweight category, he could be one of the fighters to sign new contracts with UFC.
This is possible with only one defeat in his mma carrier and being 30 years old, with help of American Top Team Zagreb and Mirko Crocop.

[notblox1]

We are back in MMA events after short break and tomorrow there is ONE Championship 158 with main event Tawanchai vs Larsen in muay thai.
There is all around action including some kickboxing with fight between Rade Opacic and Guto Inocente that are furst fight on main card.
This is a nice warm up for weekend in UFC and some boxing fights.


http://www.onefc.com/

[notblox1]

ONE 158 event is finished and I saw couple of nice KO's made with a perfect shoot and a kick in liver that created late reaction and shut down in opponents.
You can watch all fights with over five hours of action for free on their youtube channel, and you can find some of the best fights separately if you want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cu50XJ8f-I

[TheNineClub]

As a fan of strongman, I always take notice when Pudz is fighting I just can't believe they are still spinning him as the former world's strongest man XD It's been 12 years since that XD Anyway, two of my somewhat local fighters had a spot on the card and they did well. I had a chance to train a bit with Francisco Barrio and he is an amazing wrestler and strong as an Ox. Glad to see him win.

I didn't watch any of the fights on that card, but I am not surprised that Pudzianowski won, and that was great for anyone who placed on him as big underdog.
Easy win in first round both for him and for Ivan Erslan in light heavyweight category, he could be one of the fighters to sign new contracts with UFC.
This is possible with only one defeat in his mma carrier and being 30 years old, with help of American Top Team Zagreb and Mirko Crocop.

Yeah, he's definatelly a prospect, and I get what you are saying, but I am not sure if throwing him into the UFC is a good thing just now. The bigest issue is money as fighters in this part of the world really struggle to financialy stay on top with all the expenses that come with a fight in the US (presumably as there are not many shows in Europe). Sure, sponsors are an option, but that might not be a longterm option and KSW makes more sense, atleast for a few more fights.

[TopTort777]

To me the main problem of Ivan Erslan is that he fight mostly against locals. No doubt that fighters from Poland and Croatia are strong. But what will he do against BJJ guys from Brazil ? Erslan fight usually ends quick via TKO/KO. Is he ready to fight a guy who knows 1001 way to make a submission from any position? UFC is full with such guys. I think Erslan can compete well against UFC strikers, but guy that have belt in wrestling and BJJ will his main problems.