The UFC Discussion and Prediction Topic

[electronicash]

that must have been scary for a fan. lol guys like that who fights for a living is not easy to stopped. its good that he didn't show aggressiveness to Merab or it would have been a disaster.  who could replace Merab if he got suspended?

we aged fighters always decline in skills all the time. but they are once feared during their prime and he had some few title shots before, he wasn't that fortunate to make it but he earned them all unlike those fighters who just kiss ass Dana.

[electronicash]

this weekend event is UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady in UFC Apex.




Welterweight    Gilbert Burns    vs.    Sean Brady             
Women's Flyweight    Jéssica Andrade    vs.    Natália Silva             
Featherweight    Steve Garcia    vs.    Kyle Nelson             
Lightweight    Trevor Peek    vs.    Yanal Ashmouz             
Lightweight    Rong Zhu    vs.    Chris Padilla             
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight    Ryan Spann    vs.    Ovince Saint Preux             
Featherweight    Isaac Dulgarian    vs.    Brendon Marotte             
Flyweight    Felipe dos Santos    vs.    André Lima             
Featherweight    Yi Zha    vs.    Gabriel Santos             
Women's Strawweight    Jaqueline Amorim    vs.    Vanessa Demopoulos             
Middleweight    Andre Petroski    vs.    Dylan Budka             
Featherweight    Žygimantas Ramaška    vs.    Nathan Fletcher    

as much as i want Burns to win, he may not be able to win against a younger fighter. Burn knows how to defend himself against a grappler like himself. they are both grappler so i wouldn't be expecting a submission from any o them but i think this will be a win for Brady by decision.

[pawel7777]

Ladies and gentlemen - meet the next president of Ireland:



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-13817591/Conor-McGregor-ireland-president.html

McGregor has hinted before he would run for president one day and 7h ago he confirmed his plans on X:
https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1831676863334273494

As President I hold the power to summon the Dáil as well as dissolve it. So as i said before, I would have all the answers the people of Ireland seek from these thieves of the working man, these disrupters of the family unit, these destructors of small businesses, and on and on and on! These charlatans in their positions of power would be summoned to answer to the people of Ireland and I would have it done by day end. Or I would be left with no choice but to dissolve the Dáil entirely. Stop the train until. The people of Ireland deserve the answers they seek. Point blank. This would be my power as President. I know very well. Ireland needs an active President employed wholly by the people of Ireland. It is me. I am the only logical choice. 2025 is upcoming…

Is he serious or trolling? Who knows...

[Zed0X]

^ Nah the guy must be trolling. We've seen him clown a lot in interviews and press conferences but maybe some people in a bar (holding beers) would take that seriously I would believe that opening campaign speech if he was only running for a position in a school organization

[pawel7777]

^ Nah the guy must be trolling. We've seen him clown a lot in interviews and press conferences but maybe some people in a bar (holding beers) would take that seriously I would believe that opening campaign speech if he was only running for a position in a school organization

There's a lot of tension in Ireland over uncontrolled immigration, and big chunk of society is utterly disappointed in the political class. So if he was to run, he could harvets the votes of all those who just want to say "F-you" to the current government, and he would not be without a chance.
But that's just theory. In practice, you can't do much without political structures, even if you're super famous. He would probably struggle to even register as a candidate.

[electronicash]

^ Nah the guy must be trolling. We've seen him clown a lot in interviews and press conferences but maybe some people in a bar (holding beers) would take that seriously I would believe that opening campaign speech if he was only running for a position in a school organization

There's a lot of tension in Ireland over uncontrolled immigration, and big chunk of society is utterly disappointed in the political class. So if he was to run, he could harvets the votes of all those who just want to say "F-you" to the current government, and he would not be without a chance.
But that's just theory. In practice, you can't do much without political structures, even if you're super famous. He would probably struggle to even register as a candidate.

It will be fun to see him being a president in his country  it would be the first in the history to see a UFC fighter becoming a president if it happens.

i remember he was marked among the far right in the country. the country's history is very colorful when it comes to revolution. i'm sure he will be leading this given a chance. i think there will be a lot of fights on the streets involving the immigrants since he will be supporting witch hunting those Muslims immigrants, he been very vocal about it in the past.

[pawel7777]

i remember he was marked among the far right in the country

It doesn't take much to earn you a label of far-right nowadays. Any views that were considered normal 10 or 20 years ago are now deemed ultra far-right by certain groups.

Anyhow, here are the odds for the UFC 306 main card fights:

Sean O'Malley x1.82 vs. Merab Dvalishvili x1.98
Alexa Grasso x1.80 vs. Valentina Shevchenko x2.02
Brian Ortega x2.50 vs. Diego Lopes x1.53
Daniel Zellhuber x1.42 vs. Esteban Ribovics x2.88
Ronaldo Rodríguez x1.76 vs. Ode' Osbourne x2.07

I imagined O'Malley would be more of a favourite, but I think the odds look quite fair.

[electronicash]

i remember he was marked among the far right in the country

It doesn't take much to earn you a label of far-right nowadays. Any views that were considered normal 10 or 20 years ago are now deemed ultra far-right by certain groups.

Anyhow, here are the odds for the UFC 306 main card fights:

Sean O'Malley x1.82 vs. Merab Dvalishvili x1.98
Alexa Grasso x1.80 vs. Valentina Shevchenko x2.02
Brian Ortega x2.50 vs. Diego Lopes x1.53
Daniel Zellhuber x1.42 vs. Esteban Ribovics x2.88
Ronaldo Rodríguez x1.76 vs. Ode' Osbourne x2.07

I imagined O'Malley would be more of a favourite, but I think the odds look quite fair.

yep far right for reacting about the riots in the country using twitter. authorities eyes was looking into Conor behavior after his tweet. i couldn't find it anymore but they were accusing him off inciting revolution that time. but true anything you say today that questions the policies off the country today makes you a far right Trump supporter. not sure why their government is taking in immigrants. but because its happening in UK and US. i guess the Irish figured they have no say over these policies and Conor is stepping the line?

O'Malley is the fave. idk why it was Dvalish was the fave weeks ago. bookmakers seem to be playing tricks.

[Zed0X]

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O'Malley is the fave. idk why it was Dvalish was the fave weeks ago. bookmakers seem to be playing tricks.

Don't they always?

Anyway, I might be betting on Merab. I like how Sean fights but I still think Merab will be able to grab him and finish on the ground. In a way, this match up is similar to the Sean vs. Aljo's fight but I'm expecting a different result.

[pawel7777]

Don't they always?

Anyway, I might be betting on Merab. I like how Sean fights but I still think Merab will be able to grab him and finish on the ground. In a way, this match up is similar to the Sean vs. Aljo's fight but I'm expecting a different result.

I don't know, as much as I want Merab to win, I agree with Sean being the favourite here. He was tested against wrestlers before and came up at the top. He knows how to utilise his reach advantage and keep the distance making it hard for Dvalishvili to take him down and increasing the risk of Merab getting KO'd while trying to do so.
Even if the fight goes to the ground, it won't be easy to hold Sean down. Escaping from such situations was probably one of his main focuses during training camps in the last few years.
And we also have the cut above Merab's eye which may not be 100% healed.
Whatever the result, it will be a good fight.

[pawel7777]

I'm just going to drop it here:

Israel Adesanya Drops Out Of UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings For First Time Since 2019
https://www.sportscasting.com/uk/news/israel-adesanya-drops-out-of-ufc-pound-for-pound-rankings-for-first-time-since-2019/

So they dropped Izzy out of the pound-for-pound ranking in favour of Aljamain Sterling. I've no idea what are the criteria for getting to that ranking, but I'd say Izzy is still more deserving to be there than Aljo. But that's just my opinion.

He's still ranked number 2 contender in the Middleweight ranking, no changes here.

[electronicash]

I'm just going to drop it here:

Israel Adesanya Drops Out Of UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings For First Time Since 2019
https://www.sportscasting.com/uk/news/israel-adesanya-drops-out-of-ufc-pound-for-pound-rankings-for-first-time-since-2019/

So they dropped Izzy out of the pound-for-pound ranking in favour of Aljamain Sterling. I've no idea what are the criteria for getting to that ranking, but I'd say Izzy is still more deserving to be there than Aljo. But that's just my opinion.

He's still ranked number 2 contender in the Middleweight ranking, no changes here.

must be true that Izzy's career is spiraling. after winning against Pereira in their rematch, he seem to be slowing down and lose in a terrible way in his last 2 fights. from those guys who are overly analyzing stuff in UFC, they though Izzy is doing all these to avoid Adesanya vs Pereira 3.

well p4p is just another ranking for their reputation. but adding Aljo in the ranking doesn't make sense. i think the UFC should have different rank for strikers and wrestlers. because the word "pound" will lose its meaning if they add a wrestlers on top.

[electronicash]

its the first in the UFC, they say that it will happen in the Sphere; When you walk into the lobby of the sphere, you’re gonna meet a hologram Dana White

https://x.com/oscarswillis/status/1834260723775787499

looks like Dana really is making this very interesting just to compete the Canelo Alvarez boxing match next to its stadium.  here's how it may look like



while the real dana is watching Canelo. 

[pawel7777]

I haven't seen the whole event and only woke up to see the results and the main event's highlights.
I have to say, I did not expect Merab to be this dominating, I honestly thought Sean was the favourite, but he just didn't deliver with his striking.
See the stats in the fight card, O/Malley only landed 49 strikes, while Merab 214, that's over 4 times more. I expected to see the opposite.



This is bad for the UFC, as O'Malley was very marketable, but he lost in such a fashion that he doesn't really deserve a rematch or another title shot anytime soon.
He had a lot of options, including a potential super-fight with Topuria (if he was to defeat Holloway) but this is probably off the table right now.
I sense we might see him fighting Sandhagen next, but maybe moving up to the featherweight is not a bad idea.

[Zed0X]

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I have to say, I did not expect Merab to be this dominating, I honestly thought Sean was the favourite, but he just didn't deliver with his striking.
See the stats in the fight card, O/Malley only landed 49 strikes, while Merab 214, that's over 4 times more. I expected to see the opposite.

I guess we can assume that Sean's team had the wrong game plan. I think they were expecting Merab to go for take downs immediately as the fight started and prepared to counter. That didn't happen and that might have threw Sean of his game. If he had been the aggressor from the early rounds, the result would have been different.

It's a smart fight by Merab. I thought he was going to win by submission but he did enough to frustrate Sean early and win by points. I read some comments/reactions bashing the judges who scored it 48-47 but I think that score is also fair. Sean adjusted from the middle to the last round but it was a bit late.