UFC / MMA
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My
predictionsguesses:Oliveira v Poirier
Nunes v Pena
Neal v Ponzinibbio
KKF v Garbrandt
Paiva v O'Malley
Emmett v Ige
Munhoz v Cruz
Sakai v Tuivasa
Gone for an upset in the main event. Oliveira by submission in the later rounds
I like KKF's chances in this one. Cody will see the red mist after getting hit, stay in the pocket and brawl, then KKF will knock him out.
Hardly an original pick but I think Garbrandt is stupid enough to repeat his previous mistakes. Also, the extra cut won't help his chin -
Gifs from sherdog:
..and the moment the team found out KKF won a bonus
https://twitter.com/danthehangman/status/1469918874107715585
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Ngannou or Gane? (Francis vs Cyril doesn't sound as tough)
I'm tentatively picking Gane to stay out of trouble early and finish him in the 3rd
@duluth yea hard pick. Gane is big enough and good enough to play the stipe plan from the 1st fight.
Haven't seen nganou tested bar that fight really
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Francis with KO / TKO after the second or third flurry
Bit of cat & mouse then ‘blink and you’ll miss it’
Turman
Nurmagomedov
Pereira
Moreno -
Huh, a comfortable decision for Francis after getting several takedowns. The least likely outcome
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@mikethesnow said in UFC:
I didn't think Fig did enough to take the title
Razor thin decision
I thought Moreno generally looked better but I scored it for Figueiredo
2 & 4 Moreno
1 & 5 were close rounds but I had DF edging them (the commentators made way to much out of the last 20secs of the fight)
3 was going Moreno's way but that knockdown swung itI was expecting a split decision because the DF rounds were arguable
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Della Maddalena looked really good
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Predictions for Adesanya vs Whittaker?
Whittaker is easily the biggest challenge in the division but he's still a big underdog. There's lot's of ways to lose in MMA though..
The most interesting thing will be the tactics that RW comes in with. You'd assume he'll be more patient than last time.. but Izzy would be comfortable staying just outside range and picking him off. Adesanya has a big reach advantage and still has a speed edge
A lot of people are predicting wrestling heavy attack. I don't think that's as easy as some are suggesting. Adesanya's takedown defence is pretty good and there's still the problem of closing the distance and setting it up
Apparently Whittaker has been doing a lot of boxing training. Hoping to catch him when he does an Anderson Silva style lean back with the hands down? Maybe he thinks he can replicate the Gastelum fight? But Gastelum has very fast hands by MMA standards
tldr - I have no idea what RW will do
Izzy is likely to win but this has potential to be a classic. If they had 10 fights I think it would be 7-3
Short hype video:
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Predictions for Adesanya vs Whittaker?
Whittaker is easily the biggest challenge in the division but he's still a big underdog. There's lot's of ways to lose in MMA though..
The most interesting thing will be the tactics that RW comes in with. You'd assume he'll be more patient than last time.. but Izzy would be comfortable staying just outside range and picking him off. Adesanya has a big reach advantage and still has a speed edge
A lot of people are predicting wrestling heavy attack. I don't think that's as easy as some are suggesting. Adesanya's takedown defence is pretty good and there's still the problem of closing the distance and setting it up
Apparently Whittaker has been doing a lot of boxing training. Hoping to catch him when he does an Anderson Silva style lean back with the hands down? Maybe he thinks he can replicate the Gastelum fight? But Gastelum has very fast hands by MMA standards
tldr - I have no idea what RW will do
Izzy is likely to win but this has potential to be a classic. If they had 10 fights I think it would be 7-3
Short hype video:
@duluth super hyped for this fight. Love Rob Whittaker.
I think if Rob had Vettoris chin he would win this fight. I think he has all the skills to win but I think adesanya will catch him and Rob gets wobbly. Adesanya is very dangerous on wounded opponents.
When watching the first fight live I believe Rob had many opportunities to land a take down or attack the body as adesanya sways back. So I think tactical blitzes, into body attacks or takedown will be robs gameplan. It's a risky one though.
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@duluth super hyped for this fight. Love Rob Whittaker.
I think if Rob had Vettoris chin he would win this fight. I think he has all the skills to win but I think adesanya will catch him and Rob gets wobbly. Adesanya is very dangerous on wounded opponents.
When watching the first fight live I believe Rob had many opportunities to land a take down or attack the body as adesanya sways back. So I think tactical blitzes, into body attacks or takedown will be robs gameplan. It's a risky one though.
@muddyriver said in UFC:
When watching the first fight live I believe Rob had many opportunities to land a take down or attack the body as adesanya sways back. So I think tactical blitzes, into body attacks or takedown will be robs gameplan. It's a risky one though.
I agree with all of that. One thing in Rob's favour is he seems a lot calmer going into this fight. In Melbourne it was clear Adesanya made him see the red mist. Head hunting with 100% power on every shot didn't end well
It's all about how well Whittaker closes the distance. Adesanya seems to screw up opponents timing with his feints (particularly that hip one)
I flew over for that Melbourne fight. It seems like a lot longer ago than 2.5 years
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Bobby Knuckles for the win
No rhyme nor reason
It’s his time
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Whittaker will be super focussed for this one and surely won’t be as loose as he was last time. Looked like he had got a bit worked up about it all and wasn’t as precise as as needed to be. Was it emotion? Or the hype? Whatever it was, expect more structure and patience this time.
I still think Izzy will get the win in the end but think could be quite a different fight on Sunday then we saw two years ago.
Also blood diamond is on the undercard. I don’t know much about his opponent but seen plenty of bloody diamond and the $2.80 on offer is very generous.
