UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion

[rdbase]

I agree with you on that.
He is strong. Those punches are scary and Volk might've felt it that's why he is too cautious to get in and try to brawl him.
Indeed, he will be the future of the UFC and he might even defend that title for a long time if he keeps this up. Still, I want to see him win a title defense first before I call him a true champion.

Well, UFC 300 was announced. What do you guys think?
I have high expectations which is why I wouldn't say I liked the announcement.

UFC 300 finally has a main event, but it’s tough to say if many predicted Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill would headline the historic card on April 13.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/2/18/24076429/dana-white-explains-how-ufc-300-main-event-came-together-praises-leon-edwards-accepting-fights
Here is an explanation of Dana White on why he made that decision.

White admitted that the biggest hurdle that the UFC had to clear really came down to stacking three pay-per-view cards in a row between UFC 298, UFC 299 and then UFC 300 that the cupboard was nearly bare. Thankfully, Pereira and Hill were available and ready to fight.

“This was not about money,” White said. “It was all about timing. We’ve got three killer cards in a row and in this business you have injuries and all kinds of other bulls*** that goes on behind the scenes. We’ve been talking about 300 forever. We were just trying to make the best fights that we could possibly make. We had two more fights to make and we’re trying to put on two bad ass fights.

Well, we just have to accept it.
Perhaps he has more plans after it and maybe that is where my expectations will be satisfied.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-300
It's not that bad and I love watching Alex Pereira but I thought UFC 300 should be something that would mark as an unforgettable moment which is why I want more.

There is one more fight to announce for UFC 300 so you never know.
They will pull another famous "Oh we forgot!" and Mr. White announces it on his youtube instead.
Because the fact he mentioned it on his instagram makes it look if even Dana doesn't care much about this fight to announce it on there instead of the way he normally does it which is on youtube.
Still along ways away with several fight nights and another main event before 300 so anything can happen.

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[danherbias07]

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Yeah, that's what I am expecting, some changes or additions in UFC 300. This should be a satisfying event for the fans and I think with all the bad reactions, he will do something incredible to it.

Anyway, UFC Fight Night is on Saturday or Sunday for GMT +8.
Here is the Multi-Master Challenge Event.
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https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/107471-ufc-fight-night
Main Event
Brandon Moreno  vs.  Brandon Royval
Co-Main Event
Yair Rodriguez  vs.  Brian Ortega
Main Card
Daniel Zellhuber  vs.  Francisco Prado
Raul Rosas Jr.  vs.  Ricky Turcios
Yazmin Jauregui  vs.  Sam Hughes
Manuel Torres  vs.  Chris Duncan
Preliminaries
Cristian Quiñonez  vs.  Raoni Barcelos
Jesus Aguilar  vs.  Mateus Mendonça
Edgar Cháirez  vs.  Daniel Lacerda
Claudio Puelles  vs.  Fares Ziam
Luis Rodríguez  vs.  Denys Bondar
Victor Altamirano  vs.  Felipe dos Santos
Muhammad Naimov  vs.  Erik Silva

Brandon Moreno dropped Royval in their first meeting in 2020 at Round 1 of the fight. Royval on the other hand got stronger after that fight and defeated most of his opponents that will be faced against him. It's just Alex Pantoja where he is always defeated. Now, this is a question of if he can claim his revenge.
Royval is the underdog at 3.20. Moreno is the favorite at 1.34.
Good luck with your bets everyone.

[rdbase]

This looks like an interesting fight card @danherbias07 so thanks for posting the fight night event and the details describing who is fighting against who.
Haven't seen some of these guys fight in quite a while especially Royval.
But I am sticking to the fighters that I know so will be backing the former champ the other Brandon.
Yair for the co-main will be an interesting one because from I remember Dana was saying whoever is the winner will face Topuria.
So this makes the results of some of these bouts alittle more interesting with the stakes set high.

Here are the markets for this fight night:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-moreno-vs-albazi/matches

[cabron]

Gonna go for Yair, Ortega likely be KO'd in the 2 round. Dana must have given him a chance to redeem since Ortega is fun to watch after all the first fight was due to a shoulder injury. But none of them can match Tuporia.  Ortega nor Yair is too underdog for Tuporia.

These are the 3 that I would be siding for.

Daniel Zellhuber by UD
Yair Rodriguez by KO
Brandon Moreno by UD

[danherbias07]

Gonna go for Yair, Ortega likely be KO'd in the 2 round. Dana must have given him a chance to redeem since Ortega is fun to watch after all the first fight was due to a shoulder injury. But none of them can match Tuporia.  Ortega nor Yair is too underdog for Tuporia.

These are the 3 that I would be siding for.

Daniel Zellhuber by UD
Yair Rodriguez by KO
Brandon Moreno by UD

Nice! I like your picks.

Here are the odds for the fight.
Brandon Moreno - | Regular Win @1.31 | By KO or Submission @2.35 | By KO or points @1.87 | By Submission or points @1.76 |
Brandon Royval - | Regular Win @3.15 | By KO or Submission @5.20 | By KO or points @4.70 | By Submission or points @4.90 |
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-moreno-vs-albazi/moreno-brandon-vs-royval-brandon-65ae5c151612c50001b54fa1
Moreno is the heavy favorite. Well, considering their history, I bet that will be the case without any doubt.
Round 1 KO in their last meeting so they might be using that. I think the safest path for me is the KO or points win for Moreno.

Yair Rodriguez - | Regular Win @1.65 | By KO or Submission @7.60 | By KO or points @4.00 | By Submission or points @3.05 |
Brian Ortega - | Regular Win @2.11 | By KO or Submission @6.40 | By KO or points @6.70 | By Submission or points @3.95 |
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-moreno-vs-albazi/ortega-brian-vs-rodriguez-yair-65a380c61612c50001db0fd9

So, they are saying Ortega has more chances for a KO win by checking the odds. While Yair might take this to distance and win it by points. Hmm, that's kind of intriguing.

Yair for the co-main will be an interesting one because from I remember Dana was saying whoever is the winner will face Topuria.
So this makes the results of some of these bouts alittle more interesting with the stakes set high.

Here are the markets for this fight night:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/mma/ufc/ufc-fight-night-moreno-vs-albazi/matches

Wow! That's nice. Going directly against the new champion? Amazing! I bet this will be a bloody one if that's the case. I have not sniffed that news, so thanks for sharing.

[rdbase]

Gonna go for Yair, Ortega likely be KO'd in the 2 round. Dana must have given him a chance to redeem since Ortega is fun to watch after all the first fight was due to a shoulder injury. But none of them can match Tuporia.  Ortega nor Yair is too underdog for Tuporia.

These are the 3 that I would be siding for.

Daniel Zellhuber by UD
Yair Rodriguez by KO
Brandon Moreno by UD

Was wondering what happened during their last fight because even though it was less than two years ago it seemed longer than that.
Surprised to see they are nearly the exact same age and would of thought Ortega was much older than Yair. With Brian only a year older.
Here is their first engagement in the octagon:
Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega 1 | FULL FIGHT | UFC Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nop6J8uY6Ls

Really good promotional video from the UFC to watch right before the fight which they will no doubt run right before the commercials during this event.
Rodriguez vs Ortega 2 - The Real Fight | UFC Mexico

Funny how during this interview with Yair he mentions he didn't want to face Brain again:
Yair Rodriguez explains why he didn’t want to fight Brian Ortega again | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCvXSg9vbw

Also Ortega explaining why he was out of the ring for so long due to that injury:
Brian Ortega didn’t expect to be out so long from injury before UFC Mexico return | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SCQXM9qXfs

I agree with danherbias07, I like those picks too and will probably add them to a 10 leg acca.

[danherbias07]

UFC Fight Night 237 Moreno versus Royval Results.

Round 1: It was a slow start, both are hesitating to attack, mostly fakes, getting the range, and feeling each other. Royval somehow hurt his left leg by attacking. Moreno was waiting for the counter most of the time, not that aggressive.

Round 2: So different from Round 1. Moreno now stays in the center of the octagon, unlike in the first round.
Round 3: I thought it was going to end here. Royval had a near submission although it was Moreno who was on top. That was a nice defensive maneuver from Royval.
Round 4: Leg kicks from Moreno but he should've done that earlier and it could've affected Royval more if he did.
Round 5: Mostly hard punches from Moreno but the clinches were not going to help. Royval still punching in volumes.

Royval has a big chance to punish Moreno in the body. It was always open but he is too focused on the face.
Royval won in a split decision. It was obvious because he was using the volume punches. He also dominated the center of the octagon. He changed. Tough chin, more stamina, good win.

Herb Dean might've raised his hand too early, they are both Brandon. He is lucky that he raised the correct hand.

[rdbase]

UFC Fight Night 237 Moreno versus Royval Results.

Round 1: It was a slow start, both are hesitating to attack, mostly fakes, getting the range, and feeling each other. Royval somehow hurt his left leg by attacking. Moreno was waiting for the counter most of the time, not that aggressive.

Round 2: So different from Round 1. Moreno now stays in the center of the octagon, unlike in the first round.
Round 3: I thought it was going to end here. Royval had a near submission although it was Moreno who was on top. That was a nice defensive maneuver from Royval.
Round 4: Leg kicks from Moreno but he should've done that earlier and it could've affected Royval more if he did.
Round 5: Mostly hard punches from Moreno but the clinches were not going to help. Royval still punching in volumes.

Royval has a big chance to punish Moreno in the body. It was always open but he is too focused on the face.
Royval won in a split decision. It was obvious because he was using the volume punches. He also dominated the center of the octagon. He changed. Tough chin, more stamina, good win.

Herb Dean might've raised his hand too early, they are both Brandon. He is lucky that he raised the correct hand.

Quite an enjoyable UFC event in Mexico with having all my selections correct but exactly when the pulling out of  Rosas Jr. it all went wrong right on cue.
This is when all the underdogs which I hadn't picked all won their bouts.

Saw up until when Yair lost in the co-main then missed the entire main event.
It was funny when the referee was lifting the hand of the winner and thinking the other Brandon won.
It was a close fight from what I heard the next morning.

Looking forward to the Vegas 87 fights on this weekend.

[danherbias07]

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Speaking of UFC Vegas 87.
The Multi-Master is already up for that event.
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Saturday 03.02.2024 at 01:30 PM ET | UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Main Event
J. Rozenstruik  vs.  Shamil Gaziev
Co-Main Event
Vitor Petrino  vs.  Tyson Pedro
Main Card
Alex Perez  vs.  Muhammad Mokaev
Matt Schnell  vs.  Steve Erceg
Umar Nurmagomedov  vs.  Bekzat Almakhan
Raul Rosas Jr.  vs.  Ricky Turcios
Preliminary
Eryk Anders  vs.  Jamie Pickett
Javid Basharat  vs.  Aiemann Zahabi
Loik Radzhabov  vs.  A. Al-Selwady
C. Duncan  vs.  Claudio Ribeiro
Ľudovít Klein  vs.  AJ Cunningham
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/106064-ufc-fight-night

I have not yet decided my picks and I still have 4 days to choose.
Shamil Gaziev is the favorite for the main event at 1.62.
Vitor Petrino will be the heavy favorite at the co-main event at 1.30
Oh, and I like Raul Rosas Jr. El Nino Problema too on that Main card. He finished strong in that Grasso vs Shevchenko 2 event.
Let's see if a bit of change will come up in the next few days as I want to maximize the profits.

[rdbase]

It was a surprise to hear Rosas Jr was fighting Turcios since Raul didn't fight last UFC event due to a last minute withdrawal and Ricky agreeing to a fight the following week.
Weird to hear and looking at the official UFC main website they aren't listed on there as of yet:
https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-march-02-2024
Even though there are 11 bouts scheduled.
Must of been announced after all the MMA youtubers put out their prediction videos too early in the week.

Here are the known changes to the fight card from the UFC site:
https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-announces-updates-ufc-fight-night-rozenstruik-vs-gaziev

note: after doing a search it was announced 20 minutes ago that the fight is off.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/2/27/24085182/raul-rosas-jr-vs-ricky-turcios-no-longer-expected-at-ufc-vegas-87-on-saturday

[danherbias07]

note: after doing a search it was announced 20 minutes ago that the fight is off.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/2/27/24085182/raul-rosas-jr-vs-ricky-turcios-no-longer-expected-at-ufc-vegas-87-on-saturday

Crap. I was expecting Raul Rosas Jr. to fight and I was actually preparing my bet for him. Sad.

Anyway, media day is done.
Here is the video.
UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev Media Day Live Stream | Wed. 2:45 p.m. ET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1nE4Fm1TAM

Vitor Petrino is so optimistic about his talent and he said he prepared well and they are productive. 10-0. 7 KO/TKO, 1 submission, and 2 decisions. This guy is strong and he will probably win that fight against Tyson Pedro.
He also said that he used to watch Pedro before and he likes his skill set too. Pedro also has a knockout skill and he can also do submission. 5 wins in KO/TKO and 5 wins in submissions. Yeah, I think this will be a good fight but Petrino should be careful with the takedowns. It will be better if he can keep it in a standing match.
Petrino also aiming for that "Fight of the Night" award. Nice!

On the main event, let's see if "Bigi Boy" Jairzinho Rozenstruik has upgraded himself after that sad loss against Jailton Almeida. That was his first submission loss and they said they already trained his grappling so it won't happen again. It's something to look forward to that main event against the undefeated Shamil Gaziev.

[rdbase]

Yes Raul Rosas Jr. wanted to fight since he was just a week out of training camp and already easy to cut the weight 7 days out.
But I imagine it was due to Ricky Turcios not agreeing since he feels once a fighter makes these kind of decisions then it is unfair to him.
Think of what happened to Wonderboy with not agreeing to fight while his opponent didn't make weight for last year's event.
Might even be seen in the sameway of what Khamzat did to Diaz. But he just refused to fight with missing weight by alot.

For my predictions with this event I have the following:
Alex Perez  vs.  Muhammad Mokaev
Matt Schnell  vs.  Steve Erceg
Umar Nurmagomedov  vs.  Bekzat Almakhan
Eryk Anders  vs.  Jamie Pickett
Javid Basharat vs.  Aiemann Zahabi
Ľudovít Klein  vs.  AJ Cunningham

And for the main event J. Rozenstruik  vs.  Shamil Gaziev hadn't decided on a winner as they both can throw down.
So went for the under 1.5 rounds instead.

Remember this UFC has an early start time tomorrow.

[rohang]

Umar nurmagomedov has challenged petr yan , saying that he can 'smash' yan

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/mma/i-can-smash-umar-nurmagomedov-challenges-petr-yan-cory-sandhagen-after-ufc-vegas-87-triumph-article-108182847

Hes 17-0 after ufc vegas and now challenging yan and cory sandhagen

Umar vs petr would certainly be a smash fest 

[rdbase]

Vitor Petrino is so optimistic about his talent and he said he prepared well and they are productive. 10-0. 7 KO/TKO, 1 submission, and 2 decisions. This guy is strong and he will probably win that fight against Tyson Pedro.
He also said that he used to watch Pedro before and he likes his skill set too. Pedro also has a knockout skill and he can also do submission. 5 wins in KO/TKO and 5 wins in submissions. Yeah, I think this will be a good fight but Petrino should be careful with the takedowns. It will be better if he can keep it in a standing match.
Petrino also aiming for that "Fight of the Night" award. Nice!

On the main event, let's see if "Bigi Boy" Jairzinho Rozenstruik has upgraded himself after that sad loss against Jailton Almeida. That was his first submission loss and they said they already trained his grappling so it won't happen again. It's something to look forward to that main event against the undefeated Shamil Gaziev.

Didn't know Pedro was going to retire but it was mentioned even before the fight started by one of the announcers saying he was wanting to spend more time with his daugther.
If it was known before hand, then those who were betting on Petrino would be more inclined to place their bet on him.
The favorite Gazlev was gone before the first round ended as he had a hard time breathing after that.
If you had seen MMA Guru's rundown of the fight he made some valid points. Such as Shamil not being able to keep his mouth guard from falling out due to him panting so badly. If the doctor didn't tell the referee he couldn't see from one eye, Rozenstruik would of finished him because he looked as he was ready to fall over by the start of the final round.

And yeah @rohang Umar Nurmagomedov believes he can go against either of these fighters so to be considered an opponent for title contention.
But he got knocked out in the first round. So I don't know if he has what it takes to go against Sandhagen. Because we have seen Petr and how he can get demolished in the octogon.
Now if he finished Bekzat Almakhan with a flying knee such as one fighter did earlier in the event, he can call out whoever that he wants in making his way for a title shot.

[danherbias07]

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I don't understand why his cornermen are trying to hide it. Are they trying to let Gaziev continue the fight even with the handicap? That is one of the things I am curious about.
I mean, he had been telling something ever since he sat down after the 4th round. Fighters rarely talk when they are resting, they mostly just listen to their coaches but this time it was different, he was talking there saying something, it just meant something was wrong and the cornermen should've been the one who told the referee that he cannot continue, but it seems they don't want to admit his defeat so they will roll the dice at Round 5. That is one bad coaching, in my opinion.

From the start of Round 2, he was already exhausted with his mouthpiece hanging out breathing in the mouth. That dude badly needs to train his stamina. He got used to ending the fight super early, but now the gatekeeper stopped him.
Bigi Boy Rozenstruik was definitely a great fighter, those jabs are all punishment to Gaziev and he showed that he improved his take-down defense too. He didn't lie or just made it up.  Gaziev only got one chance and it was never repeated.

UFC 299 is next. That will be exciting.

[rdbase]

Guys such as Gazlev shouldn't be in the UFC let alone headlining a main event.
He certainly can't go five full rounds and nobody would want to see that even if it did. The fighter was on the verge of having a heart attack the way he was breathing if Jairzinho didn't put him out from the first few punches into the last round.

As you say, onto the next UFC Main Event which is making itself out to be a good one.
Aljamain of course has something to say about this main event bout with O'Malley taking on Vera:
"Sterling predicts O’Malley avenges his loss to Vera, but narrowly gets by."
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/03/ufc-299-aljamain-sterling-says-sean-omalley-vs-chito-vera-could-be-snoozefest

Also seen a recent video of Merab wanting to fight Suga Show next once he gets past Marlon.

[danherbias07]

Gilbert Burns is in Miami watching the Heat.


UFC 299. Here we go.
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Place your picks here.
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Exciting line-up. Full pack.
Main Event
Sean O'Malley  vs.  Marlon Vera
Co-Main Event
Dustin Poirier  vs.  B. Saint-Denis
Main Card
Kevin Holland  vs.  Michael Page
Gilbert Burns  vs.  J. Maddalena
Petr Yan  vs.  Yadong Song
Preliminary
Curtis Blaydes  vs.  Jailton Almeida
Katlyn Cerminara  vs.  Maycee Barber
Mateusz Gamrot  vs.  Rafael dos Anjos
Pedro Munhoz  vs.  Kyler Phillips
Michel Pereira  vs.  M. Oleksiejczuk
Philipe Lins  vs.  Ion Cutelaba
Robelis Despaigne  vs.  Josh Parisian
CJ Vergara  vs.  Asu Almabaev
Joanne Wood vs Maryna Moroz

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/107061-ufc-299

Even the preliminaries are a must-watch in my opinion. We have big names in there too. Gilbert Burns was right when he was interviewed during that Miami Heat game, this is going to be a full-packed event and I doubt I will miss it.
Good luck to everyone that will make some parlays here. It's difficult to decide as the odds on the last 5 games are so close, but I will go for it too.

[rdbase]

UFC 299 is finally here with Media day in about 5 and 1/2 hours from now.
Countdown to it can be seen here on MMAFightingonSBN's channel:
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 Media Day Live Stream | MMA Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3e3wpxPvE

Debut of Michael Venom Page is one of those fights were the odds are good to take since this fighter has had a very high success rate in his MMA fights in the UK and just in transition into the UFC.

Most if not all the fights are very difficult to choose who will win in their bouts except for the main event.

[danherbias07]

UFC 299 is finally here with Media day in about 5 and 1/2 hours from now.
Countdown to it can be seen here on MMAFightingonSBN's channel:
UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 Media Day Live Stream | MMA Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3e3wpxPvE

Debut of Michael Venom Page is one of those fights were the odds are good to take since this fighter has had a very high success rate in his MMA fights in the UK and just in transition into the UFC.

Most if not all the fights are very difficult to choose who will win in their bouts except for the main event.

MVP? From Bellator right?
Against Kevin Holland? Looking at the odds, Holland is the favorite but I guess it could be a trap because not many UFC fans will expect MVP to dominate especially those who do not know him.
I just finished watching his highlights and yes, he is indeed a strong fighter with an awkward style. I mean he has a lot of tricks in his bad.
We will see. Holland is not to be underestimated too even though he just came back from a loss against Maddalena. He has the experience though and he can use that to take advantage against his opponent.

Main Event.
I am with Suga Sean all the way.
Marlon Vera is strong with submission skills but I want to see Suga Sean get his revenge so that maybe we can have a trilogy and that will be fun on who is really the strongest among them.
But if he loses here, I bet it will affect him mentally and who knows if he will come out stronger in their next meeting.
Still, I am more optimistic that he will win this fight. I can imagine his face already gritting his teeth to get his revenge.

Co-Main Event.
Benoit Saint-Denis. Without a doubt.
This dude had been winning all of his recent fights. Ground and Pound, Submissions, there's just too much talent for that guy and all he needs is that takedown attempt to be successful and I bet he can do many things to end the fight.

[rdbase]

MVP huh, they already have an abbreviation for him just like most of the veterans on the UFC roster and he hasn't even stepped foot in the octagon for his new organization yet.
Since he is from the UK there was some footage out with him training with Tom Aspinall.
As one person put it during the weigh-ins yesterday, these two are dopplegangers.
Holland has the reach and exact same fighting style as Page so this will make for an interesting fight for sure.
I believe that is why the odds are so close.

Actually the entire main card has fights that are very hard to decide on who will win their bouts and you just have to make a choice and stick to it. That's all you need to do.

Merab is the backup fighter and weighed in yesterday just incase. So it would be good if Suga Show won because fans want to see those two go at it ever since the jacket wearing incident with Aljo.

As for the co-main event, it is 5 rounds so this one will test Saint Denis cardio because we all know Poirier can go the distance but the question is, can he comeback from that devastating loss to Gaethje?

Think I will be betting fight by fight and rolling the winnings into the next fight until the end.
No parlay busters for me this time!