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

[TopTort777]

Bo Nickal did it again. Again it only took 1 minute to finish his opponent. Together with him, UFC also signed Sam Patterson, Jack Jenkins, Rafael Ramos Estevam, and Mateus Mendonça.

Lest get back to Bo Nickal - excellent wrestling and BJJ skills, trains in American Top Team. UFC Middle weight top10 fighters - look out for this guy, as he is going to submit you This guy only needs a good striking coach and he would achieve big. P.S. This guy is from a completely sporty family. Boxers, basketball and football players. This guy knows what is discipline and working hard.

[tokeweed]

Actually Delboni is the new challenger and DeCoursey is the old one

Sorry but his is not true, when I said old I meant current old champion.
Jessica Delboni is current atomweight champion in Invicta from January 12 of this year so she can't be challenger in the same time.  
Jillian DeCoursey is the only challenger and I don't think she was ever Invicta champion.

Anyway, I think I heard the name Bo Nickal before.  Isn't he the same guy who already fought in the Contender Series?  I heard he's good and if it's him I wonder why he wasn't given a UFC contract.  

Contender Series is starting in few hours, and I also remember Dana White was impressed with Bo Nickal last time and he told him he will sign a contract if he wins one more fight.
He is just starting his MMA carrier but he is coming from American Top Team and he has good grappling background.
This could be good warm up event to watch, I see couple of fighters from Brazil with perfect MMA record.

Yeah I just checked Tapology.  Dana White prolly didn't want to rush him in his MMA career and had to make sure before he signs him in the UFC.  He has a knack for talent as he has been in the fight game for a looong time since taking over the UFC.

And there's a ONE FC event tomorrow.  It would've been nice if Stake or some other book has a betting market for it.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/92068-one-championship-161-bhullar-vs-malykhin

I guess this one won't be as good as the last couple of events we've just seen but it's better than nothing.  I've been liking ONE a lot more than Bellator lately.

Edit:  Ah...  There's another one a day after like last time.  Nice!

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/91423-one-on-prime-video-2

[YuginKadoya]

All huge favorites...  But among those picks, and I'd assume you at least checked the stats or something, which fighter is the least likely to win?  So meaning, which fighters would you not include in a parlay?  That could prolly make a good underdog pick.  

Anyway, I think I heard the name Bo Nickal before.  Isn't he the same guy who already fought in the Contender Series?  I heard he's good and if it's him I wonder why he wasn't given a UFC contract.  

Nope! no underdogs for the Contender series, getting into underdogs without properly knowing the fighter has cost me and in the Contender Series likely I just check their stats, records, height, reach and watch 1 fight, at least, but I really don't know any of them, so I parley on all favorites, and likely it all goes smooth,

Because here are the results of my picks,

Bo Nickal VS Donovan Beard -  ROUND 1 SUBMISSION - WIN

Sam Patterson VS Vinicius Cenci ROUND 2 SUBMISSION - WIN

Freddy Linares VS Jack Jenkins ROUND 3 KO/TKO - WIN

Rafael Ramos Estevam VS João Elias ROUND 2 KO/TKO - WIN

Ashiek Ajim VS Mateus Mendonça ROUND 1 KO/TKO - WIN

Congrats to all of them that got a UFC Contract,

[notblox1]

And there's a ONE FC event tomorrow.  It would've been nice if Stake or some other book has a betting market for it.

I know my favorite sports betting website Sportsbet usually don't have any ONE FC events, but I can't find this events on Stake website also.
There was nice MMA betting markets on btc365 website, but they changed providers and removed everything that was good for betting
One last option is to ask Betnomi if they could add ONE events in future.

[TopTort777]

Betway have ONE FC events. I am not sure that it supports crypto, but if KYC is not a problem, then you can use get Binance or Crypto.com card and use it to make bets and instant exchanges. Betway supports PayPal, and we have some guys here on the forum that offer PayPal to crypto exchanges. Among platforms that have ONE events, Betway seems to be one of the best. At least they are not shady gray half legal platform.

[tokeweed]

^  I think I have a verified account with them and forgot which email I used.  Lol.  I would suggest you guys use Neteller or Skrill for deposits and withdrawals from gambling sites.  Most of them accept Neteller and you can convert your BTC, USDT, BNB, etc to Neteller USD without really any hassle.

And there's a ONE FC event tomorrow.  It would've been nice if Stake or some other book has a betting market for it.

I know my favorite sports betting website Sportsbet usually don't have any ONE FC events, but I can't find this events on Stake website also.
There was nice MMA betting markets on btc365 website, but they changed providers and removed everything that was good for betting
One last option is to ask Betnomi if they could add ONE events in future.

FJ used to have ONE, together with KSW, Cage Warriors, LFA and Oktagon.  I'm not sure why they took it down.  Prolly not much traffic going into those markets.  :/

[YuginKadoya]

Well I would like a Bellator event so here is a Bellator event

Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics

Saturday 10.01.2022
Location: Long Beach, California, United States



MAIN CARD

Patricio Pitbull VS Ádám Borics
AJ McKee Jr. VS Spike Carlyle
Aaron Pico VS Jeremy Kennedy
Juan Archuleta VS Enrique Barzola

PRELIMINARY CARD

Islam Mamedov VS Nick Browne
Max Rohskopf VS Mike Hamel
Richard Palencia VS Cee Jay Hamilton
Khadzhimurat Bestaev VS Khalid Murtazaliev
Keoni Diggs VS Ricardo Seixas
Jay Jay Wilson VS Vladimir Tokov
Lance Gibson Jr. VS Dominic Clark
Sumiko Inaba VS Nadine Mandiau
Bobby Seronio III VS Miguel Peimbert
Weber Almeida VS Ryan Lilley

CANCELLED BOUTS

Chris Avila VS Lance Gibson Jr. - Avila Withdrew

And Look at Sumiko Inaba what rare beauty, an a fighting Kitten, that will need supports,

[notblox1]

Betway have ONE FC events. I am not sure that it supports crypto, but if KYC is not a problem, then you can use get Binance or Crypto.com card and use it to make bets and instant exchanges. Betway supports PayPal, and we have some guys here on the forum that offer PayPal to crypto exchanges. Among platforms that have ONE events, Betway seems to be one of the best. At least they are not shady gray half legal platform.

I am not able to access Betway website from my location and I won't go with kyc verification just because of ONE FC events.
This was never priority for me so I never asked any gambling website to add One fc events.

FJ used to have ONE, together with KSW, Cage Warriors, LFA and Oktagon.  I'm not sure why they took it down.  Prolly not much traffic going into those markets.  :/

I have zero respect for fj, I don't trust them, and I won't use them anymore after they locked my account and forced me to pass kyc verification for $200.

[tokeweed]

^  Wups.  Sorry bro...  =[

Anyway, speaking of huge underdogs winning from our convo in the UFC thread, what do you think of the huge underdog in this match up?

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/680221-bellator-286-bobby-the-humble-warrior-seronio-iii-vs-miguel-peimbert

Both guys are pretty much green.  Seems like a volatile match that an underdog can win.  And would you really be willing to lay the chalk with the favorite here?  Seems like an easy underdog pick to me.  What do you think?

[TopTort777]

It is funny that Miguel Peimbert is higher in rating than Bobby Seronio III, even though they both have almost identical record (if we take number of fights), specially when Pembert is taller and a heavier. Bookies probable took into consideration, that Seronio had more fights (that are off the record) or because his tapology profile is filled more , but his opponents were same newbies as he is This is probably the fight when you obligatorily bet little on underdog, and even if you win, you wont be that much disappointed.

[Apocollapse]

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/680221-bellator-286-bobby-the-humble-warrior-seronio-iii-vs-miguel-peimbert

Both guys are pretty much green.  Seems like a volatile match that an underdog can win.  And would you really be willing to lay the chalk with the favorite here?  Seems like an easy underdog pick to me.  What do you think?

This is interesting, I mean both of the fighters haven't shown if each of them are very experienced on MMA, so there's a chance Peimbert might pull a big upset against Seronio. Unlike the other card where the favorite have a good record whether he never lose and already fought many fights, while the underdog have loss to many matches.

I just hope the bout are not cancelled since there's a chance if Seronio will miss the weight, he was at bantamweight, not featherweight.

[YuginKadoya]

Here is my pick and prediction for the upcoming event

Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics

Patricio Pitbull VS Ádám Borics

Stake odds for this match are 1.64 for Pitbull while 2.22 for Borics this is one curious fight Pitbull was really amazing having only 5 losses in his 35 years in MMA while the young 29 years old Borics is showing great potential and only having 1 loss, both fighters could surely win this match for Pitbull he has the experience so technically he can answers all Borics would throw to him, while Borics is younger and could have an edge on the much older Pitbull, I really like Borics because he got a technical stand-up but also got some advantage on his submission, Pitbull could win this via submission but for me, Adam Borics has the ideal to win because for me he can be also well verse with the submission game, likely it could also be meant I am torn from deciding but I think I will risk it on Adam Borics,

AJ McKee Jr. VS Spike Carlyle

Stake odds for this match are 1.20 for Mckee while 4.40 for Carlyle, not like the Pitbull vs Borics fight it is still a close odds, but this one is pointing to Mckee Jr. well maybe because of AJ Mckee's height and reach he does have some advantage there, he also got experience in getting into Spike Carlyle they are both well versed in a submission game, but for me AJ Mckee reach advantage could be a pointer for him so my pick and will bet on AJ McKee Jr.

Sumiko Inaba VS Nadine Mandiau

Stake odds for this match are 1.12 for Inaba while 6.20 for Mandiau, not a profitable bet if you bet for Sumiko to win, but if Mandiau can win this you can surely party all day, but yeah without a loss in Bellator the fighting kitten Sumiko Inaba all 4 wins a KO/TKO while even with reach advantage Nadine Mandiau I think Inaba can be so technical with her fight, for me I will go with the fighting kitty and that is Sumiko Inaba to win,

[Welsh]

Predictions/bets for Bellator:

A.J McKee
Aaron Pico
Weber Almeida
Sumiko Inaba
Richard Palencia
Lance Gibson Jr
Keoni Diggs
Bobby Seronio

Not the entire card, but these are likely the one's I'll be mixing in with an accumulator, i.e with UFC fights since my bookie as a bonus currently for accumulators on MMA. I'm quite confident about those picks, but at the end of the day I'm usually at least let down by one huge favourite on Bellator nights, and every single one of these is the favourite going into the fights.

[notblox1]

Anyway, speaking of huge underdogs winning from our convo in the UFC thread, what do you think of the huge underdog in this match up?

I don't like this underdog fighter, he just started fighting and there is nearly zero chances he will win, unless his opponent gets injured somehow.
Bobby Seronio is not much more experienced, but he had more amateur matches and he didn't lose any fights so far.
I wouldn't bet on this fight at all, but I like this this event overall and as for underdog pick I would chose Jeremy Kennedy to surprise against Aaron Pico.

[YuginKadoya]

Predictions/bets for Bellator:

A.J McKee
Aaron Pico
Weber Almeida
Sumiko Inaba
Richard Palencia
Lance Gibson Jr
Keoni Diggs
Bobby Seronio

Not the entire card, but these are likely the one's I'll be mixing in with an accumulator, i.e with UFC fights since my bookie as a bonus currently for accumulators on MMA. I'm quite confident about those picks, but at the end of the day I'm usually at least let down by one huge favourite on Bellator nights, and every single one of these is the favourite going into the fights.

I surely agree with your picks and if I have more budget for my gambling funds I would surely go with that aswell, but for me, I would always go with just 3 to 4 picks per fight, and it is easier that way, well, I think AJ Mckee Jr. has the slight edge over Spike Carlyle during the beginning of the fight striking is surely essential and his height and reach advantage could be shown on the 1st round, well to some it up Bellator is getting really good with their fights,

I don't like this underdog fighter, he just started fighting and there is nearly zero chances he will win, unless his opponent gets injured somehow.
Bobby Seronio is not much more experienced, but he had more amateur matches and he didn't lose any fights so far.
I wouldn't bet on this fight at all, but I like this this event overall and as for underdog pick I would chose Jeremy Kennedy to surprise against Aaron Pico.

Yup! I don't like the underdog aswell But Bobby Serenio III has the slight advantage because of his experience, but there is still a chance that Miguel Peimbert might surprise us with a win but overall I am staying away from betting because they surely don't show much for now, but maybe in the future,

And with Jeremy Kennedy, I think that he surely had a good advantage but I can not see any domination over Aaron Pico, but they seem very limited on their ground game, and Jeremy Kennedy is an underdog that has much experience against Aaron Pico, for me the more technical the fighter is the higher chance to win, so maybe we will be blown away with the level of a technicality if there are any,

[notblox1]

Interesting stuff coming from Bellator, Scot Cooker is thinking of making mega fight between Fedor Emilianenko and Anderson Silva, but there is a problem with weight difference.
Fedor would be huge favorite for me and not just because of his weight advantage, but his looks like a fantasy match from video games
Scot Cooker also said that he wants to bring Eddie Alvarez back to Bellator, and he is currently a free agent.

Bellator 286 event is starting in few hours and anyone who missed weightins and face offs can check them on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XW5Qt8iiUY

[YuginKadoya]

Here are the results for my picks for the Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics

Patricio Pitbull VS Ádám Borics ROUND 5 DECISION - LOST

1st round was very subtle at 1st but Borics decide to go on a flying knee but was negated, Pitbull was really calm but in the 2nd round Borics is now using his range and height advantage on Pitbull, Adam Borics was really struggling to get out of Patricio Pitbull, so much he doesn't really know what to do, I would say Pitbull doesn't really put huge damage on Borics but he is capitalizing on those grappling Adam Borics is really struggling against Pitbull,

AJ McKee Jr. VS Spike Carlyle ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

At the start, Spike Carlyle rushed a kick to McKee, but to no success, it was easily evaded by AJ McKee, while Carlyle is so much aggressive, AJ McKee was calm and surely on focus on the fight now Carlyle has a cut on his face, and on this 1st round it was a super aggressive Carlyle that the fans are loving but the advantage of Mckee to turn the tides is also incredible and that rear naked choke was so very close but it was negated by Carlyle, it was really a tight fight and a great fight to watch actually that Anaconda choke was so close but Spike Carlyle doesn't really give him an easy opportunity, I should say Spike Carlyle was tough while McKee is on the advantage,

Sumiko Inaba VS Nadine Mandiau ROUND 3 DECISION - WIN

We all can see in the 1st round Sumiko Inaba is calm and relaxed in the fight despite the height and reach advantage of her opponent Nadine Mandiau, and in the 1st round Inaba was very strong she is getting kicks, punches, and also a takedown to set up her ground and pound Mandiau was rocked by Inaba's punch that makes her knockout, pretty much this could become a KO/TKO win for Inaba if she catches Mandiau when she is in the ground, Inaba escaping Mandiau's submission, for me it is a dominant win for Sumiko Inaba,

[eaLiTy]

~
In this fight, I think he has shown some guts that he is likely not stopping in getting what he wants that is why he has switched to Bellator Well the level of competition in the UFC was very high although the level of competition on Bellator aswell is something he should not underestimate I think he has a chance in getting what he wants, with Bellator,

For Yoel Romero his toughest opponent in the Middle Weight division is Gegard Mousasi, Anatoly Tokov and  Rafael Lovato Jr but in the Light Heavyweight division he lost a split decision to Phil Davis and then other strong opponents are Ryan Bader, Anthony Johnson and off course Corey Anderson and the Champion Vadim Nemkov as they have a scheduled rematch next month are tough opponents for Romero to get to the championship level, so i think he has a better chance at Middle Weight.

Bellator 286 was bit of a disappointment as majority of the fights went to decision and Aaron Pico whom i picked on a parlay lost the fight due to injury, so his title hunt will delay once again with this loss.  

[YuginKadoya]

For Yoel Romero his toughest opponent in the Middle Weight division is Gegard Mousasi, Anatoly Tokov and  Rafael Lovato Jr but in the Light Heavyweight division he lost a split decision to Phil Davis and then other strong opponents are Ryan Bader, Anthony Johnson and off course Corey Anderson and the Champion Vadim Nemkov as they have a scheduled rematch next month are tough opponents for Romero to get to the championship level, so i think he has a better chance at Middle Weight.

Bellator 286 was bit of a disappointment as majority of the fights went to decision and Aaron Pico whom i picked on a parlay lost the fight due to injury, so his title hunt will delay once again with this loss.  

Yup! he definitely will have a problem with those individuals that is for sure, and Gegard Mousasi was once in the UFC, he got 49 wins and only 8 losses, and was only 37 years old so definitely Yoel Romero will have a hard time, he once fought Ilir Latifi, Lyoto Machida, Ronaldo Souza, Uriah Hall, and Chris Weidman was his last opponent on UFC before switching to Bellator, while I have no idea about Anatoly Tokov but seeing his records he has a decent win, while Rafael Lovato Jr has only 10 fights all win and had won against Gegard Mousasi on 2019 and ever since he doesn't have any fight yet, well I will not tackle the Light Heavyweight anymore because he already got a rank in there, but maybe he will have a chance on the Middleweight if he chooses to switch division,

Well, most of the fights in both Bellator and UFC in the Main Card have finished with a decision it was really not a great sight but it surely happens well, they can never know that their opponent is a match for them or not or some likely underestimating his opponent and will not take precautionary measures, but it really happens and it is a normal thing, but if you saw the AJ McKee Jr. VS Spike Carlyle it was a crazy match and many are just awed with both fighters performance, also my reaction through this I really can't get enough when I watched it,

[cygan]

in 11 days the 75th ksw event will take place.
the 9 fights are fixed and there will again be a fight for the belt in light heavyweight
the champion from turkey Ibragim Chuzhigaev will fight against the croatian cage fighter Ivan Erslan