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

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Here are my full picks for the upcoming UFC 287 Pereira VS Adesanya 2

Alex Pereira VS Israel Adesanya

I will also be expecting and hoping that Israel wins this. He needs the win so much at this critical point in his career, and judging from his interview he knows what he stands to loose which is his recognition as a one time champion. Israel said that he is considered the underdog in this fight, and I think so too. Pereira had defeated him before, will be more confident in his ability, and it will take a lot of wits for Israel to snatch the win from him.

AJ already recorded a win on his way back to the top, Isreal can as well.

Adesanya should stop talking and do the actual talking in the bout; he's been all over the media lately, giving interviews and gaining too much confidence; our brother Usman did the same thing, much talking, no hard work. I just hope he doesn't blow the opportunity again. Ive got Izzy on this one.

"Hammer fist of the gods!" - Israel Adesanya

That guy sure knew how to bring the game to the champion. Played him until he saw the opportunity to let him think he had him cornered with that knee.
Then he unloaded just like in the first fight but this time he had enough until the bell ended for the second round.
It didn't go past that round.
Spectacular fashion as Joe Rogan said after the fight.

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[OgNasty]

Trump in the crowd getting shout outs from fighters. Izzy getting revenge with a knockout. What an event. I think if Conor McGregor would’ve been able to fight in this one with his return  it probably would’ve been the greatest UFC event ever. So many celebrities and awesome moments. Seems like everything went the way it should have.

[danherbias07]

Adesanya should stop talking and do the actual talking in the bout; he's been all over the media lately, giving interviews and gaining too much confidence; our brother Usman did the same thing, much talking, no hard work. I just hope he doesn't blow the opportunity again. Ive got Izzy on this one.

I think the reason for him talking back was because of all the trash talk thrown at him.
Well now, he proved it. He worked hard, he grind and pushed himself to his limits, that's what he said post-fight with Joe Rogan.
He is the champion once again and I doubt there will be anyone who would try again. Pereira might, but he should strategize first. We all saw how he almost knocked him out in the first round of their last fight, he was just saved by the bell. Now, it's round 2. Being knocked down twice that early has a lot to say.
His chin is weak and worse he is a boxer who relies on his hook.
I really thought Izzy will be using his grappling skills but to my surprise, he didn't even make an attempt and ended it with a punch.

Funny, I made two bets. I guess I was just so sure that Izzy will get this one. Though I forgot to bet for a KO.

[coin-investor]

I think the reason for him talking back was because of all the trash talk thrown at him.
Well now, he proved it. He worked hard, he grind and pushed himself to his limits, that's what he said post-fight with Joe Rogan.

With this win, he shuts out all haters who questioned his greatness what he did is just the right way to get back all the frustration way back on their first fight, he is actually winning in all the first three fights until he got caught with that left hook, now its Alex to get caught by that counter punch.

He is the champion once again and I doubt there will be anyone who would try again. Pereira might, but he should strategize first. We all saw how he almost knocked him out in the first round of their last fight, he was just saved by the bell. Now, it's round 2. Being knocked down twice that early has a lot to say.
His chin is weak and worse he is a boxer who relies on his hook.
I really thought Izzy will be using his grappling skills but to my surprise, he didn't even make an attempt and ended it with a punch.

Its 3 to 1 so Izzy still has two losses to even up but if there is a third fight here in UFC and he did the same thing, that will be over and will establish Izy as the better fighter between the two although, in the minds of the majority, he really is a better fighter because he is still the favorite going into this fight.

[YuginKadoya]

Congratulations to all that believed in Israel Adesanya, he surely lit the octagon winning in a spectacular fashion and with style, he doesn't want to go to the ground and finish it that way he surely wants to finish this fight in what his trademark is, and giving all the doubters what they deserve, I really love it, and watching that knockout win gives me the chills and I was really jumping on the edge of my sits with unbelievable awe!

Now here are the result of my pick for the UFC 287

MAIN EVENT

Alex Pereira VS Israel Adesanya - WIN

CO-MAIN EVENT

Gilbert Burns VS Jorge Masvidal - WIN

MAIN CARD

Rob Font VS Adrian Yanez - LOST
Kevin Holland VS Santiago Ponzinibbio - WIN
Raul Rosas Jr. VS Christian Rodriguez - LOST

PRELIMINARY CARD

Kelvin Gastelum VS Chris Curtis - LOST
Michelle Waterson-Gomez VS Luana Pinheiro - LOST
Gerald Meerschaert VS Joseph Pyfer - WIN
Karl Williams VS Chase Sherman - CANCELLED
Cynthia Calvillo VS Lupita Godinez - WIN
Trey Ogden VS Ignacio Bahamondes - WIN
Steve Garcia VS Shayilan Nuerdanbieke - WIN
Sam Hughes VS Jaqueline Amorim - LOST

[Davidvictorson]

Its 3 to 1 so Izzy still has two losses to even up but if there is a third fight here in UFC and he did the same thing, that will be over and will establish Izy as the better fighter between the two although, in the minds of the majority, he really is a better fighter because he is still the favorite going into this fight.

Adesanya was able to KO Pereira. In my humble opinion, Pereira took Adesanya too lightly. I was actually disappointed when Izzy lost a battle a few months ago, despite the online jokes, even though I knew he would win it back because of the champion he is and the gentlemanly way in which he conducts himself in competition. As for the fight, Izzy baited Alex into being overly aggressive at the end. You can see him sort of noticing how Alex was starting to be more aggressive and using that against him when he got hit with that leg kick, he didn't even flinch but he paused then put his hands up as if he was injured to trick Alex into applying more pressure and leaving himself open.

[Igebotz]

Adesanya should stop talking and do the actual talking in the bout; he's been all over the media lately, giving interviews and gaining too much confidence; our brother Usman did the same thing, much talking, no hard work. I just hope he doesn't blow the opportunity again. Ive got Izzy on this one.

"Hammer fist of the gods!" - Israel Adesanya

That guy sure knew how to bring the game to the champion. Played him until he saw the opportunity to let him think he had him cornered with that knee.
Then he unloaded just like in the first fight but this time he had enough until the bell ended for the second round.
It didn't go past that round.
Spectacular fashion as Joe Rogan said after the fight.

hahaha overconfidence kills, I saw that in Alex last night, he kept talking between rounds, trying to get into Izzy's head, but Izzy was too smart, stuck to his game plan, set a trap for his overconfidence, lured him in, and countered. It was a great night for Izzy because he had the entire world on his side. I've never seen a fighter so loved, and everyone wanted him to retain it, and he did..

Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Adesanye- this name carries weight he is the true son of the land.

[rdbase]

Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Adesanye- this name carries weight he is the true son of the land.

Didn't know his entire Nigerian born name. Thank you for describing it in length as I wouldn't have successfully accomplished this Igehhh.

Very nice post-fight video courtesy of TheWeasle with extremely technical descriptions of how Israel actually managed to put away his arch nemesis with calculating accuracy:
REVENGE! What Really Happened Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VhJbhoVT8

Great video of all the hype after the fight was over and done. Party time in South Florida!
MMA Community reacts to one of the greatest UFC Knockout in Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira, UFC 287
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbJmSuIY-A

[Rruchi man]

hahaha overconfidence kills, I saw that in Alex last night, he kept talking between rounds, trying to get into Izzy's head, but Izzy was too smart, stuck to his game plan, set a trap for his overconfidence, lured him in, and countered.

Israel made us proud and showed the world that he is still a formidable fighter. Who would have guessed a KO? Israel did it for the culture. Perhaps fighting without the weight of defending the championship belt made him more comfortable to express himself. A lot of talk before the fight, but his victory has validated it all.

 Anthony Joshua is back, Adesanya is back, Usman Kamaru should be the next to get back to winning ways.

[erep]

Israel made us proud and showed the world that he is still a formidable fighter. Who would have guessed a KO?

Of course, the result of the fight was beyond expectations as izzy was in trouble when Pereira got close to him with a knee punch, I thought he was almost beaten the same way he was in the previous fight, but we were pleasantly surprised he saved a heavy right hand that Pereira had to fall from his attack. The fight reminded me of the Kamaru vs Edwards fight, Edwards executed Kamaru with an unexpected hard kick to finish the fight, so every fighter has a new attack strategy to beat the stronger fighter than him, they will seize every opportunity to get the right moment to launch an attack hard knockout.

[YuginKadoya]

hahaha overconfidence kills, I saw that in Alex last night, he kept talking between rounds, trying to get into Izzy's head, but Izzy was too smart, stuck to his game plan, set a trap for his overconfidence, lured him in, and countered. It was a great night for Izzy because he had the entire world on his side. I've never seen a fighter so loved, and everyone wanted him to retain it, and he did..

Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Adesanye- this name carries weight he is the true son of the land.

It was really the overconfidence of Alex Pereira that destroys him and not really Adesanya, and Israel Adesanya were reading him like a book so pretty much Alex Pereira was still doing the same this just like their 1st fight and Israel Adesanya was aware of it, listening to on his corner, and it was really a successful plan, but I guess if this plan doesn't work there is still wrestling that he can still count on, at least that is what I believe in for Izzy's game plan,

Chuck Lidell from training Alex Pereira ahead of UFC 287 Here is the clip Video from Partying with Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya, Here is the Video very real quick changing sides,



And here is another great video from Mojahed Fudailat depicting the UFC 287 fight and it was really hilarious,

Frozen Like Elsa

[ralle14]

Just when I thought Pereira was starting to heat up in round 2 Adesanya found the perfect opportunity to counter for the knockout.

Congrats to you guys who took Adesanya, even though I lost my bet on Pereira and my prediction on the BSFL cup, I still enjoyed that and hoping for a third fight.  

[danherbias07]

Just when I thought Pereira was starting to heat up in round 2 Adesanya found the perfect opportunity to counter for the knockout.

Congrats to you guys who took Adesanya, even though I lost my bet on Pereira and my prediction on the BSFL cup, I still enjoyed that and hoping for a third fight.  

Pereira was really heating up as he can feel all those calf kicks connecting. Then, Adesanya is actually acting like it is hurt, even Joe Rogan thought so.
But that overconfidence bites him back.
Like what others said, he just repeated what he did in their last fight, trying to corner Adesanya in the cage and punishing him there.
But it's different now, Adesanya came prepared and predicted he would do it again, in the first round Pereira already did it and he almost got Adesanya there, but the second round was a different story and I do believe Adesanya's camp saw it coming and gave him the right coaching to counter it.

The last four fights of the UFC 287 were truly entertaining. Watching Kevin Holland KO'ed Santiago Ponzinibbio was amazing.
But my parlay was broken with Yanez being KO'ed by Font.

[YuginKadoya]

Just when I thought Pereira was starting to heat up in round 2 Adesanya found the perfect opportunity to counter for the knockout.

Congrats to you guys who took Adesanya, even though I lost my bet on Pereira and my prediction on the BSFL cup, I still enjoyed that and hoping for a third fight.  

I think their 3rd match will surely take time a while Israel Adesanya said he's not going to allow that rematch for a while and I think because the fight end up in a brutal knockout Alex Pereira will need to stay out for a while and needs to heal because that was 1 brutal punch to the head so yeah I think next title defense for Israel Adesanya will be Robert Whittiker or Khamzat Chimaev, And in that interview, he was talking about getting back on Pereira's kid when he lies down next to Izzy on their Brazil kickboxing fight it was a sweet revenge,

Here are videos you can watch for fighters that won UFC 287, plus Dana White's as well, he is talking about the fight of the night goes to Curtis and Gastelum, and the Performance of the night goes to Font and Adesanya,

Post-Fight Press Conference
Israel Adesanya

Post-Fight Press Conference
Gilbert Burns

Post-Fight Press Conference
Rob Font

Post-Fight Press Conference
Dana White

[bittraffic]

hahaha overconfidence kills, I saw that in Alex last night, he kept talking between rounds, trying to get into Izzy's head, but Izzy was too smart, stuck to his game plan, set a trap for his overconfidence, lured him in, and countered. It was a great night for Izzy because he had the entire world on his side. I've never seen a fighter so loved, and everyone wanted him to retain it, and he did..

Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Adesanye- this name carries weight he is the true son of the land.

It was really the overconfidence of Alex Pereira that destroys him and not really Adesanya, and Israel Adesanya were reading him like a book so pretty much Alex Pereira was still doing the same this just like their 1st fight and Israel Adesanya was aware of it, listening to on his corner, and it was really a successful plan, but I guess if this plan doesn't work there is still wrestling that he can still count on, at least that is what I believe in for Izzy's game plan,

Chuck Lidell from training Alex Pereira ahead of UFC 287 Here is the clip Video from Partying with Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya, Here is the Video very real quick changing sides,



And here is another great video from Mojahed Fudailat depicting the UFC 287 fight and it was really hilarious,

Frozen Like Elsa

Damn more salt to the injury. Pereira must feel betrayed because of this. Chuck has been enjoying the party so much that he won a lot of money betting against Pereira while he is part of the team that trained Perera. But is the video even after Pereira's loss? Adesanya looks bigger these days, in this video, he seems skinny.

Videos like this are like a campaign for the rivals to really disrespect each other. And then there's one incident where Izzy mocks the son of Pereira just as the son did during the time when he lost against Alex in kickboxing.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Just when I thought Pereira was starting to heat up in round 2 Adesanya found the perfect opportunity to counter for the knockout.

Congrats to you guys who took Adesanya, even though I lost my bet on Pereira and my prediction on the BSFL cup, I still enjoyed that and hoping for a third fight.  

Pereira was really heating up as he can feel all those calf kicks connecting. Then, Adesanya is actually acting like it is hurt, even Joe Rogan thought so.
But that overconfidence bites him back.
Like what others said, he just repeated what he did in their last fight, trying to corner Adesanya in the cage and punishing him there.

Yes, Izzy did a good job playing possum, but I think he was hurt prior to that with the calf kick. But then against Alex was to confident that he can just go and knockout Izzy, but as you have said, maybe Adesanya has played this part in his mind many times and so he come prepared with that quick right hand to the side of the head. And just like that it's fight is over.

Maybe we are going to see another fight, the magnitude of this rivalry is big.

[Queentoshi]

Pereira was really heating up as he can feel all those calf kicks connecting. Then, Adesanya is actually acting like it is hurt, even Joe Rogan thought so.
But that overconfidence bites him back.
Like what others said, he just repeated what he did in their last fight, trying to corner Adesanya in the cage and punishing him there.
But it's different now, Adesanya came prepared and predicted he would do it again, in the first round Pereira already did it and he almost got Adesanya there, but the second round was a different story and I do believe Adesanya's camp saw it coming and gave him the right coaching to counter it.

Poor thinking for Pereira to believe that he will win a fight against a fighter as good as Israel Adesanya with the sam strategy he used formerly in defeating him. He underestimated Israel's ability to have developed from their last fight where he cornered Israel up with punches and there was nothing he could do, just like you said, Israel expected it and was ready. Israel knew the importance of this fight and was not just going to let Pereira win him again without working for it. I did not watch the fight but I saw some highlights and I say that in that last moment, It must have taken a lot of motivation for Israel to throw the right punch from a position of disadvantage, he really did not let himself down.

[YuginKadoya]

Damn more salt to the injury. Pereira must feel betrayed because of this. Chuck has been enjoying the party so much that he won a lot of money betting against Pereira while he is part of the team that trained Perera. But is the video even after Pereira's loss? Adesanya looks bigger these days, in this video, he seems skinny.

Videos like this are like a campaign for the rivals to really disrespect each other. And then there's one incident where Izzy mocks the son of Pereira just as the son did during the time when he lost against Alex in kickboxing.

Israel Adesanya Looks Buff in their 2nd match for sure because of the intense training he is doing, so yeah I think they are evenly matched but the thing is Adesanya really caught Alex Pereira off guard, well Chuck Liddell may have bet on Adesanya for him to party so hard like that, and I think the video was latest, and Israel Adesanya also said that there will be a party for sure, but surely I think Alex Pereira doesn't have a bad feeling about this Chuck is not his friend and is OK to party with anyone and make bets even on the opposite side for sure,

Yes, Izzy did a good job playing possum, but I think he was hurt prior to that with the calf kick. But then against Alex was to confident that he can just go and knockout Izzy, but as you have said, maybe Adesanya has played this part in his mind many times and so he come prepared with that quick right hand to the side of the head. And just like that it's fight is over.

Maybe we are going to see another fight, the magnitude of this rivalry is big.

Alex Pereira will take his time for sure he has lost with a knockout and he will take time to heal that punch to the head even though it is a 1-time punch multiple hit to the head is pretty much crucial, so pretty much any fighter will have to take a break even UFC will need to forcefully suspend a fighter to take a time off, but we will surely see them inside the Octagon in the future for sure,

Poor thinking for Pereira to believe that he will win a fight against a fighter as good as Israel Adesanya with the sam strategy he used formerly in defeating him. He underestimated Israel's ability to have developed from their last fight where he cornered Israel up with punches and there was nothing he could do, just like you said, Israel expected it and was ready. Israel knew the importance of this fight and was not just going to let Pereira win him again without working for it. I did not watch the fight but I saw some highlights and I say that in that last moment, It must have taken a lot of motivation for Israel to throw the right punch from a position of disadvantage, he really did not let himself down.

Good assessment Alex Pereira just underestimated Adesanya if he doesn't come up with another game plan to stop him, for sure Chuck Liddell and Glover Teixeira didn't anticipate something like this could happen and they didn't even teach Pereira some new moves or even wrestling moves to subdue Israel Adesanya, but surely both fighters will go with the stand-up always at the beginning of the fight for sure but the fight didn't go to the ground as expected because it is already finished in round 2,

[rdbase]

hahaha overconfidence kills, I saw that in Alex last night, he kept talking between rounds, trying to get into Izzy's head, but Izzy was too smart, stuck to his game plan, set a trap for his overconfidence, lured him in, and countered.

Israel made us proud and showed the world that he is still a formidable fighter. Who would have guessed a KO? Israel did it for the culture. Perhaps fighting without the weight of defending the championship belt made him more comfortable to express himself. A lot of talk before the fight, but his victory has validated it all.

Anthony Joshua is back, Adesanya is back, Usman Kamaru should be the next to get back to winning ways.

There are a couple of more you missed but one more I can currently think of who is active in the UFC: Sodiq Yusuff
He congratulated Israel right after the match with a tweet.
There is anther one about Pereira's son coming back for revenge against that act after the match in anime form of course.

https://twitter.com/Super_Sodiq/status/1645555710984622081

Very funny stuff and Adesanya is just taking this all in stride and just laughed it off during the post interviews.
"If you can crawl we can brawl!"
source: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-287-israel-adesanyas-post-fight-celebrations-come-full-circle-for-cold-revenge-155951859.html

The main media are just rolling with it and it would make a great revenge story ark for his anime studio when he retires from the UFC.

[bittraffic]

He really took that kid's mocking personal. Indeed he gave Pereira the fast track to get a title shot even when he only has a few fights in UFC. But this time Pereira will really take the hard road going up which if he goes up to LHW, a losing streak awaits.

1 loss out of 5. is a good winning week for me. Next week will be Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen. The most exciting fight in this card is Clay Guida vs Rafa Garcia.