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

[cabron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm1m9RBDj3o

Shillan & Duffy prediction once again. I bold their picks below but they obviously are not picking the same on the 3 main cards. Shara Bullet was said to be not qualified to fight in US, but somehow UFC made it possible. Shara's eye must be a factor for not picking him. Though he is the fave, an upset is waiting to happen especially if this guy is taken down.

Date: August 3, 2024
Preliminary Card : SAT, AUG 3 / 10:00 PM GMT+3
Main Card: SAT, AUG 3 / 7:00 PM GMT+3

Venue: Etihad Arena UAE

Main card (ESPN)
Bantamweight: Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov  (Nurmagomedov my pick) 
Middleweight: Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk      (Magomedov my pick)
Bantamweight: Marlon Vera vs. Deiveson Figueiredo        (Vera My pick)
Welterweight: Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa           
Women's Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern vs. Loopy Godinez           
Lightweight: Joel Alvarez vs. Elves Brenner  (Joel Alvarez my pick) 

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Light Heavyweight: Azamat Murzakanov vs. Alonzo Menifield           
Lightweight: Mohammad Yahya vs. Kauê Fernandes           
Heavyweight: Shamil Gaziev vs. Don'Tale Mayes           
Lightweight: Guram Kutateladze vs. Jordan Vucenic           
Women's Strawweight: Victoria Dudakova vs. Sam Hughes           
Lightweight: Jai Herbert vs. Rolando Bedoya           
Middleweight: Sedriques Dumas vs. Denis Tiuliulin

[rdbase]

I think it is valid for everyone to give their views and opinions when they are champions of the event. However, these same champions must bear all the consequences that their speeches will generate.

Didn't the CEO of the UFC ban all fighters from holding their flags during their walkouts to the octagon awhile ago?
He just allowed them to carry them around two months ago. Think I even seen a couple of Russian flags in past events.

Using the UFC as a political platform is just wrong and shouldn't be encouraged no matter what the message.
Keep it to fighting and nothing more.

[Pumared]

I think it is valid for everyone to give their views and opinions when they are champions of the event. However, these same champions must bear all the consequences that their speeches will generate.

Didn't the CEO of the UFC ban all fighters from holding their flags during their walkouts to the octagon awhile ago?
He just allowed them to carry them around two months ago. Think I even seen a couple of Russian flags in past events.

Using the UFC as a political platform is just wrong and shouldn't be encouraged no matter what the message.
Keep it to fighting and nothing more.

I agree that the UFC is not a stage for politics. Fighters should take advantage of the few seconds they have to speak and use them for marketing. In the long run, this would bring much more benefits than talking about politics.

[notblox1]

Using the UFC as a political platform is just wrong and shouldn't be encouraged no matter what the message.
Keep it to fighting and nothing more.

But Dana White is doing exactly the same thing all the time with Trump  
UFC is even adding national flags on posters for every fighter and they shouldnt dictate fighters what they should or should not say, there is no politics in that.

Khabib is getting back in public slowly and he doesnt have problem with money.
Dustin Poirier said that Khabib purchased UFC 302 fight kit for $30,000 and money will be used for his charity programs.

[cabron]

I think it is valid for everyone to give their views and opinions when they are champions of the event. However, these same champions must bear all the consequences that their speeches will generate.

Didn't the CEO of the UFC ban all fighters from holding their flags during their walkouts to the octagon awhile ago?
He just allowed them to carry them around two months ago. Think I even seen a couple of Russian flags in past events.

Using the UFC as a political platform is just wrong and shouldn't be encouraged no matter what the message.
Keep it to fighting and nothing more.

I agree that the UFC is not a stage for politics. Fighters should take advantage of the few seconds they have to speak and use them for marketing. In the long run, this would bring much more benefits than talking about politics.

It has become a political platform though since the Ukraine-Russia war. They thought it was okay for those fighters who voiced out since Islam did it and Khamzat did it as well. There was even a time when Dana loudly dissed that Peloton CEO because the CEO demanded RFK podcast episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReBc_kGV6IQ

And then there's Trump who is always in the UFC events. It has become a political platform and this created a lot of enemies.  

[rdbase]

^^
Okay cabron, you are taking everything we are saying out of context.

Having someone on their program who is a political symbol is different then giving someone who has an politically inspired agenda the microphone to convey their opinions of their countries plight is something alot different.
Having Trump there is having the CEO invite his 25+ years friend to watch his sport, nothing more.
Did he ever give him the platform to put his political views on anyone?
Simply no.
You have to remember, this is an American CEO and a company created in the United States. So even if they did decide to go in that route with the elections happening later this year, who is going to tell them otherwise.

The next event is at the Etihad Arena In Abu Dhabi so we will see what the announcers will have to say about Belal becoming the new champion and even comment on him supporting the Palestinians.
They shouldn't since that is something not to do with the sport of MMA and outside their realm of conversation.
Because once they stir this up it gets messy with their sponsors and their audience who doesn't care expect for what they are paying for. And that is watching the sport of MMA from the UFC.
And that is including me and hopefully everybody else who wants to join in on the conversation as this threads intent was to do.