UFC / MMA

[Rembrandt]

@Duluth I had a play around and might have worked it out. Granted the true test will be Jan 25th but I currently have a USA paramount account

[Rembrandt]

Cracking fight:

I'd hate to see how these guys are these days

[Duluth]

A good interview with Hooker. Talks about the errors in the last fight etc. I didn’t realise his nose got fractured at the last weigh in

[Duluth]

Izzy has another fight after a long layout - Joe Pyfer (March 29)

Fighting someone well below him in the rankings. Pyfer is limited but has power. So it is dangerous given the errors he's made in recent fights/camps

I assume a loss here would be retirement. On the other hand, a good KO and he'll be wanting to squeeze onto the WH card

[Rembrandt]

Another cracking fight from the archives

[Duluth]

@Rembrandt

Awesome, thats the fight that made me a fan. I would watch the odd fight before that but that's when I starting following all the events

[Rembrandt]

@Duluth Just watched that this morning, takes me to 1 more event to watch from 2013 and then I'm officially just 12 years of fights to catch up on. Definitely getting my money's worth on Fightpass subscription

[Rembrandt]

So picks?

From the early prelims

Miller
Smotherman
Hokit
Hernandez
Johnson

Bukauskas
Gautier (1st round KO)
Nurmagomedov

Silva
Silva
Lewis
O'Malley
Gaethje

[Duluth]

My guesses:

Justin Gaethje v Paddy Pimblett
Sean O'Malley v Song Yadong
Waldo Cortes-Acosta v Derrick Lewis
Natália Silva v Rose Namajunas
Arnold Allen v Jean Silva

Umar Nurmagomedov v Deiveson Figueiredo
Ateba Gautier v Andrey Pulyaev
Nikita Krylov v Modestas Bukauskas

Alex Perez v Charles Johnson
Michael Johnson v Alexander Hernandez
Josh Hokit v Denzel Freeman
Ricky Turcios v Cameron Smotherman
Adam Fugitt v Ty Miller

Hard to know how good Pimblett is. His best performance has been in his hardest fight so far. I think he'll step up again

[MiketheSnow]

Justin Gaethje v Paddy Pimblett
Sean O'Malley v Song Yadong
Waldo Cortes-Acosta v Derrick Lewis
Natália Silva v Rose Namajunas
Arnold Allen v Jean Silva

Umar Nurmagomedov v Deiveson Figueiredo
Ateba Gautier v Andrey Pulyaev
Nikita Krylov v Modestas Bukauskas

Alex Perez v Charles Johnson
Michael Johnson v Alexander Hernandez
Josh Hokit v Denzel Freeman
Ricky Turcios v Cameron Smotherman
Adam Fugitt v Ty Miller

Justin within 2 minutes by knockout or Paddy by submission later than that

[Duluth]

Hmmm maybe picking Smotherman was a bad call

Figueiredo and Perez both missed weight

[Duluth]

[Rembrandt]

Classic Bisping.
Weight cutting is a bit of a blight though. Perez looked like he was on the verge of passing out and Figgy was practically carried to and from the scale. Surely there must be a better way.

[Rembrandt]

Overall a terrific event, helped massively by an incredible main event

8 - 3 -2 in my picks

[sparky]

I didn't see the fight, but it looks like Paddy Pimblett got beaten up pretty badly there. The end of nine fight winning streak for him.

[Rembrandt]

@sparky He wore it worst for sure. The bloke never gave up though despite looking like he was gone for all money midway through round 1. Wobbled Gaethje a few times too. I'm more of a fan now, reckon he'll learn from this and come back soon as a real contender.