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

[danherbias07]

Uninteresting card for the UFC this weekend and not going to waste any effort in mentioning about it. If you want to go ahead but I doubt you will find it interesting to even discuss about.
Much like the CEO of his own company doesn't care about fights that he is promoting and even sitting in the APEX and watching as MMA Experts had exposed him to have gambled on an NFL game instead.

Fighter Exposes Dana White! He wasn’t even watching “Least Fun Fight Ever”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXXjG_fGq8

There is possibly only one fight that I would have interest in placing a bet on or even watching and that is of Robelis Despaigne. And that's about it for this St. Louis card which Joaquin crashed the UFC press conference for prior. What an absolutely foolish and childish thing to do as everybody remembers what Dana's reaction was to that outburst on the mic by Buckley.

Daddy Dana only care about the money, that's a fact. Maybe he does care a little bit especially when it's events like the UFC 300 when more money will come in.

All of a sudden, many of them are interested in Aldo.  His hype restarted and then Chito Vera also asked for a rematch.  

Hoping they can set it up real quick. Both fighters are aging and it's better if the rematch will happen as soon as Aldo recovers from his last fight while the hype is strong.

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/110365-ufc-fight-night


Date/Time: Saturday 05.11.2024 at 04:00 PM ET
Venue: Enterprise Center
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Main Event
Derrick Lewis  vs.  R. Nascimento
Co-main Event
J. Buckley  vs.  N. Ruziboev
Main Card
A. Menifield  vs.  Carlos Ulberg
Diego Ferreira  vs.  M. Rębecki
Alex Caceres  vs.  Sean Woodson
W. Cortes-Acosta  vs.  R. Despaigne
Preliminaries
Chase Hooper  vs.  V. Borshchev
T. McKinney  vs.  E. Ribovics
Tabatha Ricci  vs.  Tecia Torres
Trey Waters  vs.  Billy Goff
Jake Hadley  vs.  C. Johnson
Jared Gooden  vs.  Kevin Jousset
JJ Aldrich  vs.  Veronica Hardy

I'll be betting for Joaquin Buckley and Derrick Lewis in this card.
Good luck everyone!

[rdbase]

Yes, few people really believed in Aldo and he came back with everything and showed that he is still a great fighter. But I don't think he will remain or at least fight sporadically. I don't believe he's a regular ranked fighter in the UFC.

Yes, a few people not including myself because I bet for Martinez but do you hear Jose Aldo's Ring interview? He said that this is not his last fight and he could go and get the belt to be the Champion, he is taking the risk and going for it and becoming the champion for sure I think that he meant something and he will do it here is the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-5TZQcKUIg

Very interesting, I hadn't seen his speech yet, I hadn't paid attention. But it is very interesting that he is a ranked fighter, if he manages to maintain his pace in all his next fights, as was the case in this last one, he could easily be a top 3 or top 5 fighter. The UFC only stands to gain both competitively and financially.

No doubt Aldo capitalized on his last win and he said he's going to sit with Dana who is probably working out another contract for him. There were discussions on some channels that after Sean Omalley vs Merab, it's going to be Sean vs Aldo because of the money they could make.  He said he wants to get a title, maybe Dana will grant this wish.

All of a sudden, many of them are interested in Aldo.  His hype restarted and then Chito Vera also asked for a rematch.  

If Chito Vera gets a rematch than why not McGregor too?
We all need to remember, Aldo retired and took his career to boxing. His rank doesn't look so good even with that win last weekend.

Uninteresting card for the UFC this weekend and not going to waste any effort in mentioning about it. If you want to go ahead but I doubt you will find it interesting to even discuss about.
Much like the CEO of his own company doesn't care about fights that he is promoting and even sitting in the APEX and watching as MMA Experts had exposed him to have gambled on an NFL game instead.

Fighter Exposes Dana White! He wasn’t even watching “Least Fun Fight Ever”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXXjG_fGq8

There is possibly only one fight that I would have interest in placing a bet on or even watching and that is of Robelis Despaigne. And that's about it for this St. Louis card which Joaquin crashed the UFC press conference for prior. What an absolutely foolish and childish thing to do as everybody remembers what Dana's reaction was to that outburst on the mic by Buckley.

It really is a very weak card. But I look at it positively as there will be many better ones and everything is closing in on that. There are categories that have their belts at a standstill and will soon have to move. Bad days are necessary for better days.

Yeah it is. Anything after will be compared to UFC 300 from now on.
That is how it was the BIGGEST CARD EVER for the UFC!
Anyone who says different is just a fool who only comes in here to troll us and should just move on.
Cap!

Will check out the Despaigne and throw some bills on that fight. The Ulberg fight could be something but the guy fights are just uniform and very boring.
Out of Israel's camp so you know those bums are going downhill fast.

[jakelyson]

Very interesting, I hadn't seen his speech yet, I hadn't paid attention. But it is very interesting that he is a ranked fighter, if he manages to maintain his pace in all his next fights, as was the case in this last one, he could easily be a top 3 or top 5 fighter. The UFC only stands to gain both competitively and financially.

Yup! he is still interested in the belt and in winning against Jonathan Martinez he surely got a lot of confidence As for how old he is compared to Martinez I really think he is surging with confidence and looking forward to beating guys younger than him and guys that are in the top rank for sure but still doubting if he can really get the belt but I will surely watch his performance for sure.

Uninteresting card for the UFC this weekend and not going to waste any effort in mentioning about it. If you want to go ahead but I doubt you will find it interesting to even discuss about.
Much like the CEO of his own company doesn't care about fights that he is promoting and even sitting in the APEX and watching as MMA Experts had exposed him to have gambled on an NFL game instead.

Fighter Exposes Dana White! He wasn’t even watching “Least Fun Fight Ever”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXXjG_fGq8

There is possibly only one fight that I would have interest in placing a bet on or even watching and that is of Robelis Despaigne. And that's about it for this St. Louis card which Joaquin crashed the UFC press conference for prior. What an absolutely foolish and childish thing to do as everybody remembers what Dana's reaction was to that outburst on the mic by Buckley.

This is really Disgusting as Dana White has his gambling addiction on Football games while Movsar Evloev is having his fight for sure maybe Dana White's fashion for MMA was gone but this is really disrespectful to Movsar Evloev and the president of the UFC should resign if he doesn't want to give his attention to certain fight like this while Movsar Evloev is a really great fighter and saying that it was a boring fight while he is not really paying any attention I was really boiling while watching this and that certainly something that UFC needs to focus with it.

[Pumared]

I have few guesses for this card, I really believe in Nascimento's victory, but it will be quite difficult and will probably end before five rounds. This is one of the few times that I won't bet on all the fighters or a large part of the card.

[rdbase]

I have few guesses for this card, I really believe in Nascimento's victory, but it will be quite difficult and will probably end before five rounds. This is one of the few times that I won't bet on all the fighters or a large part of the card.

Same here @Pumared !
As I had mentioned before, I'll be only placing a bet on the Cortes-Acosta vs Despaigne bout.
Because this guy is a massive favorite so will be betting on the KO to get better odds.
And might bet on Carlos Ulberg but that is about it.
None of the other fights inspire me to place a big parlay for this UFC fight night.

[Pumared]

I have few guesses for this card, I really believe in Nascimento's victory, but it will be quite difficult and will probably end before five rounds. This is one of the few times that I won't bet on all the fighters or a large part of the card.

Same here @Pumared !
As I had mentioned before, I'll be only placing a bet on the Cortes-Acosta vs Despaigne bout.
Because this guy is a massive favorite so will be betting on the KO to get better odds.
And might bet on Carlos Ulberg but that is about it.
None of the other fights inspire me to place a big parlay for this UFC fight night.

My bet that there wouldn't be five rounds ended up being successful, but Nascimento's defeat was expected but as I bet on him I ended up losing. In any case, it was a good fight, Lewis adds another KO to his list. What he does is impressive.

[rdbase]

I have few guesses for this card, I really believe in Nascimento's victory, but it will be quite difficult and will probably end before five rounds. This is one of the few times that I won't bet on all the fighters or a large part of the card.

Same here @Pumared !
As I had mentioned before, I'll be only placing a bet on the Cortes-Acosta vs Despaigne bout.
Because this guy is a massive favorite so will be betting on the KO to get better odds.
And might bet on Carlos Ulberg but that is about it.
None of the other fights inspire me to place a big parlay for this UFC fight night.

My bet that there wouldn't be five rounds ended up being successful, but Nascimento's defeat was expected but as I bet on him I ended up losing. In any case, it was a good fight, Lewis adds another KO to his list. What he does is impressive.

Congratulations on your prediction but since he is one of the knockout artists now, I would imagine the odds were quite low for it not going the distance. I hadn't checked those odds when it comes to such fighters.

Cortes-Acosta was the shocker of the night where he taught the Cuban that knockout power is not the only thing in MMA if you want to be successful in the UFC. The dominican handed Despaigne his first loss with a good tactical fight where he had a takedown in every round.
Ulberg of course finshed his opponent in no time and as I said before is a uniform fighter.

[danherbias07]

UFC's Dana White CEO CONFIRMS end of UFC Apex Events, UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs. Nascimento results!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLFu02c7Dk

Finally! I agree with MMA Guru here. The Apex is becoming boring, we are not in the pandemic anymore, time to change the view.
FINALLY! Dana White Confirms NO MORE APEX? Female Media Caught Edging? Jones vs Miocic In November?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtldZtTlBRI

A lot of fans do like the idea of using other places as the venue for UFC Fight Nights some have mixed reactions about it and are worried. It's not the "end" it will become an occasional event in the APEX and I think it will bring more good things for the industry. This move of Dana might also help out in comparing if he did the right thing or not. Only the fans, pay-per-view, and ticket sales can tell that and he must wait for the results first.

[cabron]

UFC's Dana White CEO CONFIRMS end of UFC Apex Events, UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs. Nascimento results!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLFu02c7Dk

Finally! I agree with MMA Guru here. The Apex is becoming boring, we are not in the pandemic anymore, time to change the view.
FINALLY! Dana White Confirms NO MORE APEX? Female Media Caught Edging? Jones vs Miocic In November?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtldZtTlBRI

A lot of fans do like the idea of using other places as the venue for UFC Fight Nights some have mixed reactions about it and are worried. It's not the "end" it will become an occasional event in the APEX and I think it will bring more good things for the industry. This move of Dana might also help out in comparing if he did the right thing or not. Only the fans, pay-per-view, and ticket sales can tell that and he must wait for the results first.

Not everyone can go to Vegas these days. They've been doing it a lot and they must have compared the growth in profits whenever they do it in APEX and other places. I'm not sure if there is a difference in fees for the fighters when Fight Nights is somewhere else.

Yes, I think it will be good for the industry. I think Dana has to start looking for local fighters in every location. In the Enterprise Center which is located in Missouri, he should have fighters residing there ready to be scheduled if they plan the FN in the Enterprise Center.

[danherbias07]

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/110359-ufc-fight-night
Date/Time: Saturday 05.18.2024 at 04:00 PM ET
Venue: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States



Main Event
Edson Barboza  versus  Lerone Murphy
Co-Main Event
Khaos Williams  versus  C. Harris
Main Card
Ramiz Brahimaj  versus  Themba Gorimbo
Adrian Yanez  versus  V. Salvador
Angela Hill  versus  Luana Pinheiro
Preliminaries
Tom Nolan  versus  V. Martinez
Oumar Sy  versus  Tuco Tokkos
Tamires Vidal  versus  Melissa Gatto
Abus Magomedov  versus  Warlley Alves
P. Rodriguez  versus  A. Carnelossi
Alatengheili  versus  K. Rodrigues
Emily Ducote  versus  V. Demopoulos

Like MMAJunkie said in his video, most of the schedules listed in Tapology are still in the Apex, Las Vegas. But maybe that will change once Dana White announces where the new places for the upcoming events will be.
Let's be patient about the changes but it will probably happen.

[Pumared]

UFC's Dana White CEO CONFIRMS end of UFC Apex Events, UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs. Nascimento results!
IMG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLFu02c7Dk

Finally! I agree with MMA Guru here. The Apex is becoming boring, we are not in the pandemic anymore, time to change the view.
FINALLY! Dana White Confirms NO MORE APEX? Female Media Caught Edging? Jones vs Miocic In November?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtldZtTlBRI

A lot of fans do like the idea of using other places as the venue for UFC Fight Nights some have mixed reactions about it and are worried. It's not the "end" it will become an occasional event in the APEX and I think it will bring more good things for the industry. This move of Dana might also help out in comparing if he did the right thing or not. Only the fans, pay-per-view, and ticket sales can tell that and he must wait for the results first.

It's great news for the company and fans. Therefore, having events held in other locations would result in more people consuming the event and bringing more people into the mix, generating discussions, etc.

[rdbase]

Could of sworn we had discussed about Barboza on this thread before and look what I dug up from mid October of last year's Vegas 81 when he fought:

USADA had announced in a statement earlier than president Dana White intended they would not longer be doing the drug testing for fighters.
So of course this had made alot of noise by fighters in the past who were cut out competing in the UFC made their voices heard. Especially Mcgregor.

Edson Barboza had a photo a month ago showing how big he can get and at his age had people wondering if he was on the same training regiment as the Notorious one.


With the next UFC Vegas 81 starting in about 7-8 hours from now, there was a fight which had been scheduled to happen due to a controversial stoppage ending in a no contest was cancelled right after the weigh-ins:
https://cagesidepress.com/2023/10/13/ufc-vegas-81-loses-edgar-chairez-daniel-lacerda

The cancelation wasn't due to either fighter missing weight but due to a non-disclosed medical condition for Lacerda.

He is around 38 years old but still has a younger looking psyche. We will see from the weigh-ins later on today if he still looks that way.

[bbc.reporter]

@rdbase. There is another fighter in this event who also has a very good body. This is the mannish woman called Ariane Carnelossi. Her muscles are very hard and strong very much similar to Edson Barboza and much of the men. This appears to be very much similar to Kayla Harrison's muscles, I reckon. Also, she is very much underestimated by the sportsbooks henehehe.



We can be quite certain that her breakfast is dinosaur meat.

[rdbase]

Just watching the weigh-ins for this event and waiting to see what she looks like @bbc.reporter
Checked the odds about an hour ago and seen her as an underdog so will also want to see what her opponent looks like now.
Of course the size of a fighter won't determine who will win with many fights in the past having them getting knocked out with all that roid rage.

Surprised to see Barbosa the underdog in the main event by a wide margin.
Looking at his resume he is the more experienced fighter of the two.
Also the co-main looks good with Khaos Williams and he looked more jacked on the scale than almost every other fighter up there and yes even Ariane Carnelossi.

[rdbase]

So without any UFC for the next couple of weeks we have a peaceful calm to the storm of fights coming up in June.

Watching MMA Experts latest telecast on youtube so to get hyped for the next main event of UFC 302 next month:
UFC 302 Early Predictions, Barboza vs Murphy Recap, McGregor Teases HUGE Announcement | Moneyline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vU584IoDU

[Pumared]

I'll leave my prediction in this thread as well. I really believe that Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way to defeat him and in the next fight Makhachev will lose. I really believe that this year he will lose in some way.

Regarding Strickland, I believe he will beat Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

This is it.

[rdbase]

^^
Still a long ways off until this event is upon us as the other sports leagues are wrapping up for the summer break. So still have those to keep us bettors busy enough and it is a well needed rest for the fighters on memorial day long weekend where the UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas.

McGregor announced during one of the many podcasts he was on the other day, that he has something big in store for the fans soon.
Another world tour after his fight with Chandler perhaps?

Anyways, here is the video:
Conor McGregor: 'Michael Chandler's head on a Pike... I'm cold in the soul"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbBRtnQ6NnY

[danherbias07]

I'll leave my prediction in this thread as well. I really believe that Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way to defeat him and in the next fight Makhachev will lose. I really believe that this year he will lose in some way.

Regarding Strickland, I believe he will beat Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

This is it.

I don't know, Makhachev is a dominant fighter and his record and performances show it. Yeah, maybe someone will defeat him this year but it will be a tough fight.
The odds now also show the difference against Dustin. I will not bet on this fight or I'd rather just go for other options like a KO, if the fight will be a decision, or if it will go the distance.


Also, look at the Sean Strickland odds. I think that is worth a bet because I am in good belief that he can defeat Paulo. Plus, he is hungry to get his belt back and revenge against DDP so he might end it with a bang that will show how dominant he can be and he just needs his shot one more time against the champion.

This is still far but the roster is really great that it gets more exciting as we get closer to the event.

[Pumared]

I'll leave my prediction in this thread as well. I really believe that Makhachev will lose, if he doesn't lose Dustin will show the way to defeat him and in the next fight Makhachev will lose. I really believe that this year he will lose in some way.

Regarding Strickland, I believe he will beat Paulo by knockout, the judges won't need to decide this one.

This is it.

I don't know, Makhachev is a dominant fighter and his record and performances show it. Yeah, maybe someone will defeat him this year but it will be a tough fight.
The odds now also show the difference against Dustin. I will not bet on this fight or I'd rather just go for other options like a KO, if the fight will be a decision, or if it will go the distance.

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Also, look at the Sean Strickland odds. I think that is worth a bet because I am in good belief that he can defeat Paulo. Plus, he is hungry to get his belt back and revenge against DDP so he might end it with a bang that will show how dominant he can be and he just needs his shot one more time against the champion.

This is still far but the roster is really great that it gets more exciting as we get closer to the event.

Yes, it will be two big fights. But I believe in my hunches, and it's time for someone to either defeat or show the path to defeat for Makhachev. This will be good for him and for the category to run a little longer, because his fights are very boring to watch, he just goes there and takes him down, and traps him and stays on the ground. This doesn't generate entertainment, it's boring and boring to watch.

[rohang]

Du Plesis expects to fight Adesanya and then khamzat on his way to earn a spot at light heavyweight

https://www.pinkvilla.com/sports/dricus-du-plessis-reveals-complete-future-roadmap-as-ufc-champ-including-challenge-for-light-heavyweight-championship-1309375

In the same article, they are talking about his sexuality 

"Have you seen my girl? So, I don't care about that. "
Welll i just searched for her and danm dudes winning