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

[YuginKadoya]

Here are the next Dana White's Contender Series surely I want to know who's going to be new and will be next to get the contract

Lot of fighters from Brazil this week and main event could be interesting in Lightheavyweight division.
Dana White is always looking to add new blood and that heavyweight Jimmy Lawson VS Kevin Szaflarski could be good KO fight.
Szaflarski is much taller, has reach advantage and more fights in his carrier.

There are a lot of boxers and now MMA fighters in Brazil indeed that is why there are many Brazilian in the UFC and any MMA sports events, like the Rodolfo Bellato and Victor Petrino, well this fight is a rematch for these two and on the 1st fight Victor Petrino won via KO/TKO with just 1 shot and in just 25 seconds Petrino defeated Bellato but I think Rodolfo Bellato is a different fighter now that is why I like to see how much he improved,

Another one is Gabriel Bonfim surely has a lot of experience but Trey Waters surely is a must-watch fight and the lightweight fight between Ismael Bonfim and Nariman Abbasov, and the fighting kitten Tereza Bledá,

[notblox1]

Big news coming in MMA world as Nate Diaz announced launch of his own combat sports promotion called Real Fight Inc, and he is going to apply for promoter license.
Diaz has plans to host MMA, boxing and jiu-jitsu events, so he went the steps of ex-champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Difference compared to Khabib is that Nate Diatz could also be active in fighting, so he is going to stay active.
Exact date for first event id not clear, but we are going to find out more after his fight with Khamzat Chimaev in UFC.

[TopTort777]

Big news coming in MMA world as Nate Diaz announced launch of his own combat sports promotion called Real Fight Inc, and he is going to apply for promoter license.
Diaz has plans to host MMA, boxing and jiu-jitsu events, so he went the steps of ex-champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Difference compared to Khabib is that Nate Diatz could also be active in fighting, so he is going to stay active.
Exact date for first event id not clear, but we are going to find out more after his fight with Khamzat Chimaev in UFC.

Good to hear that. But I dont think Diaz brothers will have similar support and sponsors Khabib Nurmagomedov has. They are simply on the different level of media. I cant even imagine what promotion will Nate has. As he has a problematic childhood, it might be that the fight in his promotion will be semi legal, or rules will be weird. By looking on Diaz brothers, their lifestyle, I find it hard to believe their promotion will have high level of professionalism. Anyway, I might be wrong and good luck to Nate.

[YuginKadoya]

Big news coming in MMA world as Nate Diaz announced launch of his own combat sports promotion called Real Fight Inc, and he is going to apply for promoter license.
Diaz has plans to host MMA, boxing and jiu-jitsu events, so he went the steps of ex-champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Difference compared to Khabib is that Nate Diatz could also be active in fighting, so he is going to stay active.
Exact date for first event id not clear, but we are going to find out more after his fight with Khamzat Chimaev in UFC.

He indeed prepared for this by leaving the UFC, and I wish there would be promoters that would support his own combat sports and unlike Khabib Nurmagomedov that already has some sponsors, and indeed even though Khabib is the face of the Eagle FC combat sports he has a team that will help him with a lot of things and he surely got his sponsors like Elite Development, FLXcast, and a cryptocurrency Saitama token that has a current value of $0.00169815 USD so pretty much it is ready to go, while that Real Fight Inc, is not yet established but wishing it success,

Good to hear that. But I dont think Diaz brothers will have similar support and sponsors Khabib Nurmagomedov has. They are simply on the different level of media. I cant even imagine what promotion will Nate has. As he has a problematic childhood, it might be that the fight in his promotion will be semi legal, or rules will be weird. By looking on Diaz brothers, their lifestyle, I find it hard to believe their promotion will have high level of professionalism. Anyway, I might be wrong and good luck to Nate.

As I am reading your comments about the Combat sports of Nick Diaz, there is something that comes to my mind, well maybe USADA will be banned on his combat sports would likely the use of weed will not be prohibited, well you said the Diaz brothers will surely be setting their own rules and they would likely be fighting in it aswell, well after reading it all I surely now doubt if this could be a success, but I could be wrong, and let's surely hope it succeded aswell,

[notblox1]

Good to hear that. But I dont think Diaz brothers will have similar support and sponsors Khabib Nurmagomedov has. They are simply on the different level of media. I cant even imagine what promotion will Nate has. As he has a problematic childhood, it might be that the fight in his promotion will be semi legal, or rules will be weird.

There is no such thing as semi-legal because he is asking for official promotional license, so everything is going to be legal with normal rules.
Dana White didn't have best childhood and he was able to make something like UFC, so it doesn't really matter.
Start small and I am sure he is going to earn more than warming bench for years in UFC.
Now I see Nate is saying that trilogy fight with McGregor will happen for sure, maybe in Real Fight Inc

Dana White Contender Series Week 7 is starting in few hours and we have plenty of fighters from Brazil.

[TopTort777]

Good to hear that. But I dont think Diaz brothers will have similar support and sponsors Khabib Nurmagomedov has. They are simply on the different level of media. I cant even imagine what promotion will Nate has. As he has a problematic childhood, it might be that the fight in his promotion will be semi legal, or rules will be weird.

There is no such thing as semi-legal because he is asking for official promotional license, so everything is going to be legal with normal rules.
Dana White didn't have best childhood and he was able to make something like UFC, so it doesn't really matter.
Start small and I am sure he is going to earn more than warming bench for years in UFC.
Now I see Nate is saying that trilogy fight with McGregor will happen for sure, maybe in Real Fight Inc

Ok, not semi-legal, but it will be allowed to take a joint between rounds I am sure something unusual will be allowed. Because who needs another promotion when there are already a lot of them. Promotion must stand out with something to be noticed. Dana did not have a best childhood, but he had some good connections (Fertitta brothers and their money) and businessman's vein. Nate has only "hood and brothers". We already have Khabib, his popularity and sponsors, but his promotions isnt even close to fame of "middle class mma promotions". Anyway, if Nate really makes his own promotion, it will be interesting to see what it will be and he will achieve.

[YuginKadoya]

Dana White Contender Series Week 7 is starting in few hours and we have plenty of fighters from Brazil.

I forgot about the Contender Series, and I missed watching and betting for it as well, watching the highlights of the fights

Vitor Petrino vs Rodolfo Bellato

This is surely one fight that you want to watch Vitor Petrino got the power and he isn't afraid to brawl, Rodolfo Bellato is getting ready for a triangle lock on Petrino but Vitor Petrino just carry and power bomb Bellato, which gets Petrino free from the lock, and Petrino pretty much has a counter from Bellato's takedowns, now on the 2nd round both fighters are now tired but that left hook punch has succumbed Bellato down by Petrino from all the fight this is the one that I like, and so Welcome to the UFC Vitor Petrino,

Gabriel Bonfim VS Trey Waters

A fast submission choke from Bonfim, have got him the win, it was really a fast win for Gabriel Bonfim and both he and his brother got the Contract,

Karl Williams  VS Jimmy Lawson

Even though the fight was a decision for Karl Williams he still got that UFC Contract that he wants I guess Dana white has given him a chance,

Ismael Bonfim VS Nariman Abbasov

just like his brother Gabriel Bonfim congrats to Ismael Bonfim for getting the UFC contract Dana White has seen the potential for these two brothers, and even though Bonfim just got a decision win, just like his Brother Gabriel Ismael they have pretty much impressed Dana White,

Tereza Bledá VS Nayara Maia

It was a boring fight but the fighting Kitty needs to keep it up until she gets a UFC contract but right now this is not her lucky day, Tereza Bleda,doesn't got the contract,

[notblox1]

Ok, not semi-legal, but it will be allowed to take a joint between rounds

Yeah this should be allowed for all MMA fights happening in Jamaica with his oragnisation, so maybe Nate Diaz opens main office in that country.  

I forgot about the Contender Series, and I missed watching and betting for it as well, watching the highlights of the fights

Do you know who won UFC contracts from Dana White?
Ok I see, Brothers Ismael and Gabriel Bonfim, with Karl Williams and Vitor Petrino all got contracts.

I know some people are following KSW more than me and in few days there is interesting event with heavyweight championship title figtht Phil De Fries vs Ricardo Prasel.
In same card there is contender fight in same category with Darko Stosic and legend Michał Kita, so this KSW 74 fight card is must watch for mma fans.


http://www.kswmma.com/en/

[YuginKadoya]

Do you know who won UFC contracts from Dana White?
Ok I see, Brothers Ismael and Gabriel Bonfim, with Karl Williams and Vitor Petrino all got contracts.

I know some people are following KSW more than me and in few days there is interesting event with heavyweight championship title figtht Phil De Fries vs Ricardo Prasel.
In same card there is contender fight in same category with Darko Stosic and legend Michał Kita, so this KSW 74 fight card is must watch for mma fans.


http://www.kswmma.com/en/

Pretty much the Bonfim Brothers, Karl Williams, and Vitor Petrino all have a contract

Well, they are surely following the KSW and I think we should put the fight schedule here and who's fighter will be on that event,

KSW 74: De Fries vs. Prasel



Saturday 09.10.2022
Location: Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight: Phil De Fries VS Ricardo Prasel
Middleweight: Tom Breese VS Damian Janikowski
Heavyweight: Darko Stošić VS Michał Kita
Bantamweight: Werlleson Martins VS Paweł Polityło
Woman Strawweight: Sofiia Bagishvili VS Anita Bekus
Welterweight: Emil Weber Meek VS Kacper Koziorzębski
Middleweight: Cezary Kęsik VS Tomasz Romanowski

PRELIMINARY CARD

Middleweight: Arkadiusz Mruk VS Borys Dzikowski
Lightweight: Eduard Demenko VS Wojciech Kazieczko

[OgNasty]

I feel a little bad for Nate Diaz.  He's got one hell of a fight coming up and his opponent is likely to smash him.  I don't hear anybody thinking Nate can win this and it's clear that he's being thrown to the wolves for wanting out of his contract so he could fight Jake Paul.  I'm excited to watch the fight and am hoping for an upset from the Stockton native (close to where I grew up), but I honestly don't think he has a chance.  I just hope he loses without taking too much damage, since the UFC is doing him dirty.

[notblox1]

I feel a little bad for Nate Diaz.  He's got one hell of a fight coming up and his opponent is likely to smash him.  I don't hear anybody thinking Nate can win this and it's clear that he's being thrown to the wolves for wanting out of his contract so he could fight Jake Paul.

It's his job to get punched so you shouldn't feel bad for him before fight even started.
Anything could happen in octagon and he would need miracle to win this weekend, but he is now saying that he didn't even prepare for this fight.
Sorry but I don't trust him about this

Big news coming from PFL!
Ex UFC fighter Thiago Santos just signed a contract with PFL and joined their light heavyweight division.


https://www.pflmma.com/

[YuginKadoya]

I feel a little bad for Nate Diaz.  He's got one hell of a fight coming up and his opponent is likely to smash him.  I don't hear anybody thinking Nate can win this and it's clear that he's being thrown to the wolves for wanting out of his contract so he could fight Jake Paul.  I'm excited to watch the fight and am hoping for an upset from the Stockton native (close to where I grew up), but I honestly don't think he has a chance.  I just hope he loses without taking too much damage, since the UFC is doing him dirty.

In the recent UFC 279 news because of the fiasco on the press conference backstage scuffles where Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland are getting at each other's throat and some multiple MMA fighters and teams were brawling backstage, and with the weigh-ins, Chimaev purposely missed weigh that Dana White rearrange the fighter's opponent for the Main event, co-main event, and 1st fight before the co-main, is shifted by Dana White, right now Nate Diaz is fighting Tony Ferguson, Khamzat Chimaev is fighting Kevin Holland, and Li Jingliang is fighting Daniel Rodriguez, it was a crazy and 1st time that it happen on UFC, so I think Nate Diaz will now have a chance on winning against Ferguson,

Big news coming from PFL!
Ex UFC fighter Thiago Santos just signed a contract with PFL and joined their light heavyweight division.


https://www.pflmma.com/

Wow! Thiago Santos is now switching to PFL, For me, I really don't know why he switches to the PFL but maybe it has to do with his bad records in the UFC, pretty much another loss and he will now have a zebra stripe on his records but for sure he is thinking of retiring soon, but maybe he is aiming to lessen the playing field but I really don't underestimate the fighters on the PFL, it just maybe Thiago Santos will have a huge chance in winning on PFL, then continuing to the UFC,

[TopTort777]

I am disappointed that UFC has lost Thiago Santos among light heavyweight fighters. He looked good in his last UFC fight, if not mistaken, they even got fight of the night award. He could have played role of a gate keeper or someone that can replace a fighter on a short notice. UFC light heavyweight division lack good fighters, no it has one fighter less. Light heavyweight PFL rooster isnt great either. Dunno where it is better to be... Anyway, I am glad that he has got a contract and not sitting on a bench.

[notblox1]

I am disappointed that UFC has lost Thiago Santos among light heavyweight fighters. He looked good in his last UFC fight, if not mistaken, they even got fight of the night award.

Santos lost five from his last six fights in UFC and Dana White is not going to tolerate that unless you are Conor McGregor or someone like that
PFL might be a good option for Santos because he is not so young anymore with 38 years.

New Dana White Contender Series Week 8 is starting soon with five new fights and co-main event looks very interesting.
I didn't watch any of this fighters before but this could be one in the lifetime chance for them if they win.

[TopTort777]

Or, Santos could try his luck in Eagle FC Khabib likes to pickup all aged UFC fighters.

I see that you follow every or most Dana White Contender Series fights and events. Have you noticed, that since first season, the amount of light heavyweight or heavyweight, or lets just say heavy guy, has decreased? What do you think about that? The amount of big guys by nature is decreasing, or this is due to USADA ? (Because it is not that difficult to convert +/-80kg guy into 100+ freak in 2-3 years).

[notblox1]

Or, Santos could try his luck in Eagle FC Khabib likes to pickup all aged UFC fighters.

Eagle FC have mostly young fighters and few UFC veterans, but they can't hire them all.

I see that you follow every or most Dana White Contender Series fights and events. Have you noticed, that since first season, the amount of light heavyweight or heavyweight, or lets just say heavy guy, has decreased? What do you think about that? The amount of big guys by nature is decreasing, or this is due to USADA ? (Because it is not that difficult to convert +/-80kg guy into 100+ freak in 2-3 years).

No I didn't notice this and I clearly remember Week 7 and weeks before had big guys in fight card.
UFC have a lot of heavyweight fighters, I would say more than enough, but it's not easy to find someone to defeat champions.

After last event new contracts awarded to five fighters Daniel Marcos, Bruna Brasil, Trevor Peek, Ikram Aliskerov and Farid Basharat.

[TopTort777]

UFC have a lot of heavyweight fighters, I would say more than enough, but it's not easy to find someone to defeat champions.

What about light heavyweights ? I think there are not so many in UFC right now. I would say that I see same faces when light heavyweight fight. As if light heavyweight fighters prefer to either bulk and be heavyweight, or cut a lot and be a middleweight on scales, but a LH during the fight (like Costa). But when I look on KSW card, I often see a light heavy there. Dont know there are lots of LH everywhere, but few in UFC.

[YuginKadoya]

I am disappointed that UFC has lost Thiago Santos among light heavyweight fighters. He looked good in his last UFC fight, if not mistaken, they even got fight of the night award. He could have played role of a gate keeper or someone that can replace a fighter on a short notice. UFC light heavyweight division lack good fighters, no it has one fighter less. Light heavyweight PFL rooster isnt great either. Dunno where it is better to be... Anyway, I am glad that he has got a contract and not sitting on a bench.

Not a very great last fight on the UFC, for Thiago Santos, and his win over Johnny Walker doesn't really consider a win for me apparently Johnny Walker is also at fault in his loss, but he surely consider the advice of his corner but all I have seen is not the Johnny Walker that I know, full of feints and never the aggressive one that I used to watch, for me, Thiago Santos was just lucky I think that Johnny Walker should have won that fight,

For me, I think Thiago Santos made the right decision in leaving UFC, I think he doesn't want to be just a gate keeper he wants to push the boundaries of being a champion but if he can not get it in the UFC then it might be on the PFL,

Santos lost five from his last six fights in UFC and Dana White is not going to tolerate that unless you are Conor McGregor or someone like that
PFL might be a good option for Santos because he is not so young anymore with 38 years.

New Dana White Contender Series Week 8 is starting soon with five new fights and co-main event looks very interesting.
I didn't watch any of this fighters before but this could be one in the lifetime chance for them if they win.

Yes and there it is Dana White doesn't care for Thiago Santos anymore, while Tony Ferguson is living the dream of still staying despite his 5 consecutive losses now, he will not get any privilege like that, while Santos really has a chance in the PFL in my opinion and who knows his experience in the UFC paid off, and he might become champion in a different MMA event,

[notblox1]

Yes and there it is Dana White doesn't care for Thiago Santos anymore, while Tony Ferguson is living the dream of still staying despite his 5 consecutive losses now, he will not get any privilege like that, while Santos really has a chance in the PFL in my opinion and who knows his experience in the UFC paid off, and he might become champion in a different MMA event,

With rate of signing new fighters in UFC from Contender Series I am sure Dana will lay off much more old fighters soon.
He is not signing one or two fighters, it's usually five fighters for one week and this people need to sign contracts for more fights.
Either they are planning to have much more events around the world, or Ferguson and guys like him are waiting to get one way exit ticket.

[YuginKadoya]

Yes and there it is Dana White doesn't care for Thiago Santos anymore, while Tony Ferguson is living the dream of still staying despite his 5 consecutive losses now, he will not get any privilege like that, while Santos really has a chance in the PFL in my opinion and who knows his experience in the UFC paid off, and he might become champion in a different MMA event,

With rate of signing new fighters in UFC from Contender Series I am sure Dana will lay off much more old fighters soon.
He is not signing one or two fighters, it's usually five fighters for one week and this people need to sign contracts for more fights.
Either they are planning to have much more events around the world, or Ferguson and guys like him are waiting to get one way exit ticket.

I would never be surprised if the UFC fighters could become congested, but maybe Dana White is planning something and the UFC got a list of older fighters that may retire about a year or so because most on the contender series Dana White mostly gives a contract to 5 to 4 fighters, I think this is a good opportunity for newer MMA fighters to be listed in the UFC, but I feel like there are fighters that might not get much attention because of this,


Now I think we have a fight today on LFA and it is between two lovely ladies, The LFA 142: Amorim vs. Nichols, here are my picks

Jaqueline Amorim VS Ashley Nichols

Because of the background of Jaqueline Amorim in her Brazilian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Ashley Nichols has expertise in Muay Thai, this could be a deadly fight for the Muay Thai Practitioner, and Jaqueline Amorim can have an advantage on the ground, maybe she will force her way to the ground game,

Thomas Petersen VS Kory Moegenburg

For me, I think that Thomas Petersen has a good advantage in winning with a KO/TKO, but Kory Moegenburg is a BJJ practitioner so there is a chance that the fight may go to the ground but as a wrestler, I think Thomas Peterson has good takedown defense, so my pick will be Thomas Petersen,