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

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UFC Vegas 47 competition is up and can be entered into here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5383931.0
We have Hermansson vs Strickland at the Apex this weekend. So get in on it and put in your predictions.

[buwaytress]

^ Thanks for the note, last one in so far, surprised not many more predicted yet. Went for Strickland, despite my usual leanings towards the less trash talking candidate, but I made my pick before I saw the news about him saying he'd go turn Hermansson into a coward ha ha ha. Oh well.

Then I gone and went for all the favourites with odds less than 14/10, see if I get "luckier" siding the bookies.

[rdbase]

This is the event many have been waiting for UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker taking place in Houston Texas this weekend.
Israel won the first match by knockout in the second, but Robert has been training and says he is ready to take his belt back.
The press conference will be in the next few days so those should be an exciting build up to the fight happening Saturday night.

Here is the UFC multimaster competition for this event for your chance to win some prizes:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385117.0

[buwaytress]

This is the event many have been waiting for UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker taking place in Houston Texas this weekend.
Israel won the first match by knockout in the second, but Robert has been training and says he is ready to take his belt back.
The press conference will be in the next few days so those should be an exciting build up to the fight happening Saturday night.

Here is the UFC multimaster competition for this event for your chance to win some prizes:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385117.0

Thanks for the notify, my picks all locked in. Funny thing about Adesanya is I backed him plenty when he wasn't such the obvious favourite (and lost) but now the odds put him firmly as the likely winner, I wonder if it's worth now backing Whittaker just for the value? Or was Israel just too good for him?

Recognised some other names too in the list. UFC fighters finally rubbing itself off on me I guess.

[rdbase]

This is the event many have been waiting for UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker taking place in Houston Texas this weekend.
Israel won the first match by knockout in the second, but Robert has been training and says he is ready to take his belt back.
The press conference will be in the next few days so those should be an exciting build up to the fight happening Saturday night.

Here is the UFC multimaster competition for this event for your chance to win some prizes:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5385117.0

Thanks for the notify, my picks all locked in. Funny thing about Adesanya is I backed him plenty when he wasn't such the obvious favourite (and lost) but now the odds put him firmly as the likely winner, I wonder if it's worth now backing Whittaker just for the value? Or was Israel just too good for him?

Recognised some other names too in the list. UFC fighters finally rubbing itself off on me I guess.

Adesanya is the champion as he beat him to get the belt and it was by a decisive knockout early on in the fight, so yes he is a heavy favorite in this one. It is probably not a good decision to pick Whittaker to win even if there is a whole lot of value on a bet on him. Cause it would seem you will just be throwing away money and a fight that is pretty locked in.
Watch some of the commentaries that Israel have done and you will see what I mean on this advice.

The pre-fight press conference is starting 5 hours from now, so just in time to get home from your work and watch the action unfold in anticipation for the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9E5vSNcrRg

[buwaytress]

Adesanya is the champion as he beat him to get the belt and it was by a decisive knockout early on in the fight, so yes he is a heavy favorite in this one. It is probably not a good decision to pick Whittaker to win even if there is a whole lot of value on a bet on him. Cause it would seem you will just be throwing away money and a fight that is pretty locked in.

Yeah, I guess I'm not seeing myself putting any money on this weekend after all. Am still considering some silly money bets, but I've been coming fairly close on several accas this week, not usual for me to get a few close calls in a row (and that was after a week of back to back acca hits). Superstition says I shouldn't ruin it by putting MMA into the mix.

Saw some noise about him actually agreeing this fight without signing (he's signed now). That's... uncharacteristic of a sport I'd say. Or maybe it's normal with MMA. Now the 2nd highest paid fighter behind McGregor. Let's see if he pays his value from the first bout.

[rdbase]

The one to put something on and worth it would be the Derrick Lewis vs Tai Tuivasa bout.
After the press conference last night it seemed these two are really wanting to throw it down and have it end in the second round.
As the only thing I got from the main card fight was Whittaker not talking too much and it was mostly just Adesanya saying the same thing as his other interviews and showing the NFT on his necklace.
Anyways it should be a non-stop night with 15 fights going on for this event so you shouldn't be bored in anyway.

Weigh-ins are going on so here is the link to watch these official ones then the one later on for promotional purposes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAv3rlZKB4s

[buwaytress]

^ I need to find a way to take a day off on Monday one of these fight nights so I can stay up watching it all. You guys in US must be pleased with Super Bowl coming up too.

Ok I finally bit the bullet and put a tenner on Adesanya's opponent. 35/10 felt like too good to pass when you've just woken up about to consume an entire afternoon of football. I guess Adesanya's press comments also rubbed off on me the wrong way, and I'm terrible when it comes to betting sometimes this way, as I have a tendency to bet against people and teams I "dislike" temporarily.

[rdbase]

^ I need to find a way to take a day off on Monday one of these fight nights so I can stay up watching it all. You guys in US must be pleased with Super Bowl coming up too.

Ok I finally bit the bullet and put a tenner on Adesanya's opponent. 35/10 felt like too good to pass when you've just woken up about to consume an entire afternoon of football. I guess Adesanya's press comments also rubbed off on me the wrong way, and I'm terrible when it comes to betting sometimes this way, as I have a tendency to bet against people and teams I "dislike" temporarily.

Fights are going on right now (it is Saturday night so Sunday morning where you are), football the american one a'la Superbowl is Sunday evening so Monday for you. But yeah everyone is excited this weekend for non-stop action in sports here!

So you put it down on Whittaker. Well good luck on that one for the main event cause last time I looked he was 3.60x.
Got all the early prelims wrong and now the prelims are happening and got those right so far.
Will wait to see how the rest of the fight night goes.

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^ I need to find a way to take a day off on Monday one of these fight nights so I can stay up watching it all. You guys in US must be pleased with Super Bowl coming up too.

Ok I finally bit the bullet and put a tenner on Adesanya's opponent. 35/10 felt like too good to pass when you've just woken up about to consume an entire afternoon of football. I guess Adesanya's press comments also rubbed off on me the wrong way, and I'm terrible when it comes to betting sometimes this way, as I have a tendency to bet against people and teams I "dislike" temporarily.

Fights are going on right now (it is Saturday night so Sunday morning where you are), football the american one a'la Superbowl is Sunday evening so Monday for you. But yeah everyone is excited this weekend for non-stop action in sports here!

So you put it down on Whittaker. Well good luck on that one for the main event cause last time I looked he was 3.60x.
Got all the early prelims wrong and now the prelims are happening and got those right so far.
Will wait to see how the rest of the fight night goes.

This is the result of the fight Tuivasa knocking out the beast Lewis and Adesanya masterfully and skillfully show superiority against Whittaker to retain his middleweight title, another fight that lives up to the hype is the match between Cannonier and Brunson I thought Brunson is winning the fight until he ran out of gas.

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I could never see Derrick Lewis losing from Tai Tuivasa after watching first few rounds of co-main event, but it happened with those Tai elbows and maybe Lewis was to reckless in some moments.
Not the best main event with Adesanya winning against Whittaker but you can't have every fight a spectacle with KO win.

[rdbase]

Great fights in the UFC last night with the major of the favorites winning on the main card except for the surprise for Tuivasa getting a KO on Lewis the way he did. What an elbow that froze even the announcers not knowing why he was falling.
Well deserved win by knocking out the king of KOs.
Dana's post fight press conference was interesting as he confirmed what Cannonier asked him directly right after his fight with Brunson.
Whether he will get that title shot against Adesanya and he actually touched on what Israel said there probably be a fight in June.
Here is the interview with the UFC president on these discussions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpO7Kc3xf68

[rdbase]

Did anyone catch the 1st round knockout in the main event for Jamahal Hill.
He made Johnny Walker look like a straight board on his feet just before falling over for the win.
Didn't see that happening so fast from Walker's last few fights I thought he had more fight in him to withstand Hill's blows to atleast the 3rd round.
Here is the fight from the official UFC youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YJ4Qk0eRg

[buwaytress]

Did anyone catch the 1st round knockout in the main event for Jamahal Hill.
He made Johnny Walker look like a straight board on his feet just before falling over for the win.
Didn't see that happening so fast from Walker's last few fights I thought he had more fight in him to withstand Hill's blows to atleast the 3rd round.
Here is the fight from the official UFC youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YJ4Qk0eRg

Thanks for the share. Still wince inside everytime I see a lightning-quick KO. Walker tried to lure him in for his right kick but I think he didn't connect well on his first attempt and then seemed to have lost patience after as Hill just kept encroaching, accepting the invite and then pow. All over, but Hill was my pick. Hard for me to ignore 12/10 odds when predicting.

[7788bitcoin]

I could never see Derrick Lewis losing from Tai Tuivasa after watching first few rounds of co-main event, but it happened with those Tai elbows and maybe Lewis was to reckless in some moments.
Not the best main event with Adesanya winning against Whittaker but you can't have every fight a spectacle with KO win.

I never saw that coming from Tai Tuivasa to be frank even though he is in a winning streak but Derrick Lewis is big step up in competition, i knew the fight will not go the distance and luckily i placed a bet on that rather than going for the moneyline. Derrick Lewis showcased his wrestling skills and i am not sure whether he was injured coming into the fight but one clean shot and he was down in the mat while Tai Tuivasa took some solid punches from Derrick Lewis and was able to come back from that.

Did anyone catch the 1st round knockout in the main event for Jamahal Hill.
He made Johnny Walker look like a straight board on his feet just before falling over for the win.
Didn't see that happening so fast from Walker's last few fights I thought he had more fight in him to withstand Hill's blows to atleast the 3rd round.

Johnny Walker needs to change his camps and find his old magic where he was fighting 5 times in 2018 and now he needs to take a break as he is loosing against top opponents. I remember him challenging Jon Jones and he would have eaten him alive and now he needs to regroup and find his motivation rather than getting hammered in the fight.

[rdbase]

Another big fight night this weekend for UFC Vegas 49 and we have the sportsbet challenge to compete with picks on the winners for each fight.
Here is the link for you to enter for free and be able to win some prizes: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5387180

At first I liked Makhachev but then changed my mind and went with Bobby Green since he looks to be lean & mean and looking to cause some damage for the night in the main event.

[rdbase]

Good fight night over the weekend in Vegas and Makhachev showed why he is next inline for a title shot.
Green got put away in the 1st round and to me it was a no contest since he didn't much of anything during the fight.
Had most of my predictions even on the underdogs come through but lost to a single match to spoil the 5 match acca @50x odds.

The next UFC fight for the first of the month looks to be a good one as well.

[buwaytress]

Good fight night over the weekend in Vegas and Makhachev showed why he is next inline for a title shot.
Green got put away in the 1st round and to me it was a no contest since he didn't much of anything during the fight.
Had most of my predictions even on the underdogs come through but lost to a single match to spoil the 5 match acca @50x odds.

The next UFC fight for the first of the month looks to be a good one as well.

Yeah I saw your single failed selection. Big bummer there, would have been a great slip to share. It's going to be a huge bunched up schedule again in March with every other sport in Europe coming to the latter stages of cup games, UFC isn't about to let up either so we'll be spoilt for choice.

Saw the poster already for the big Santos vs Ankalaev Vegas night in 2 weeks. I'll probably dip back into it then. 5th rank vs 6th rank, let's see who gets to push into the top 3.

[rdbase]

There is one even sooner than in 2 weeks @buwaytress.
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal is the one I was referring to and is this weekend.
Masvidal has the quicked KO in the UFC where he had a running start and kneed his opponent to knock him out.
A very interesting card.
Here is the challenge:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5387885.0

[rdbase]

UFC 272 press conference going down in 8 hours from now so plenty of time to see what the fighters have to say before the weigh-ins beginning tomorrow.
Here is the link when it goes live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inFLfwmhBy8

Everybody is on Covington but I like Masvidal by KO.
His video on what he is planning to do come fight night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ78eY7ZNrE