Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 530 Points
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I don't think it will be easy for Tabatha, Tecia been around for a long time fighting the best of the best. Yeah she has 6 losses in UFC, but 4 are to former champions, and the other 2 are still top 10.
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 455 Points
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Lewis vs. Nascimento Derrick Lewis, TKO, R1 Very fun card but not the best main event. Hopefully this fight ends in a Lewis ko early & he takes his pants off. Nascimento has good boxing but not enough power to get respect from Lewis and he's small for heavyweight. Lewis should destroy this man if he is fully committed. Confidence 6/10
Buckley vs. Ruziboev Nursulton Ruziboev, TKO, R2 Odd fight. They couldn't find any other welterweights to fight buckley? I know ruziboev has fought at welterweight before but this is short notice for a guys who's been fighting at middleweight. Not sure how I feel about ruziboev. I can just see him catching buckleys kick and ko'ing him. He did it to Bruno Ferreira and Buckley got ko'd from Chris curtis the same way. confidence 5.5/10
Menifield vs. Ulberg Carlos Ulberg, DEC I think the smaller apex cage would benefit menifield more but I'll go with who I think is the better striker in a mostly standup fight in a bigger cage that benefits ulbergs style more. Confidence 5.5/10
Ferreira vs. Rębecki Mateusz Rębecki, TKO, R2 CDF is a good test but he's an old man. Rebecki runs through him. Confidence 7.5/10
Caceres vs. Woodson Alex Caceres, DEC This is woodsons best opponent so far. He will not have a huge size advantage in this fight & the one time he didn't he nearly got finished against saldana. Confidence 5/10
Cortes-Acosta vs. Despaigne Waldo Cortes-Acosta, TKO, R2 I get that Despaigne is a giant athletic heavyweight but what happens if the fight goes longer than the 1st round? I don't trust a fighter in their mid 30's with only 5 MMA fights. Alex Pereira is the outlier. Being an Olympic taekwondo medalist doesnt mean much to me. I know WCA looked like **** his last fight against arlovski but I think he can get the upset. Confidence 4/10
Hooper vs. Borshchev Viacheslav Borshchev, TKO, R1 This fight is hilarious in a great way. Hooper is tough as **** and if he can get the fight to the ground he should easily sub slava. Sadly I don't think his wrestling is good enough to get slava to the ground & the striking isnt even close between these 2. I think slava murders this dude from leave it to beaver. Confidence 6.5/10
McKinney vs. Ribovics Esteban Ribovics, TKO, R2 Y'all really think mckinney finishes Ribovics? McKinney only finishes cans and ribovics isn't a can and has heart unlike mcquitty. Confidence 6/10
Ricci vs. Torres Tecia Torres, DEC If Torres wasn't coming in off a 2 year layoff I'd be more confident but I don't think Ricci is anything special. Confidence 4/10
Waters vs. Goff Trey Waters, DEC I love billy Goff. Dudes a dawg but I think it'll mostly be a standup fight and waters will be too rangey for Goff. Confidence 5/10
Hadley vs. Johnson Jake Hadley, DEC Hard fight to call because both guys have been big brothered in multiple fights of theirs. I think Hadley will be able to establish some control time and sub attempts to win a close fight. Confidence 3/10
Gooden vs. Jousset Kevin Jousset, DEC I like the composure of jousset. Gooden is okay and has power but I just think jousset is better everywhere. Confidence 6.5/10
Aldrich vs. Hardy Veronica Hardy, DEC Close fight but I think the striking and fight iq of Hardy will get her the win. Confidence 4.5/10
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 480 Points
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A question to everyone that is picking Terrance McKinney, are you doing so because you belive he will KO his opponent in round 1 or do you think he improved his gas tank and fight style to last longer in fights ?
If you belive in the round 1 KO is there a moment in Ribovics career he's show to be chinny ? Cuz all I am seeing in this fight is a future TKOed McKinney in the ground by the end of round 2.
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 370 Points
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I’m just shocked everyone is picking McKinney over a durable brawler with insane cardio. I was on the McKinney train before most but the sadykov fight told me mckinney’s issue isn’t just gas tank, but it’s also mental. He took sadykov down with ease & spent the next 4.5 minutes doing nothing but holding body triangle. After hearing the 10 seconds clapper he let go and spent the next round panic shooting until he got caught in a sub. I get holding a body triangle for a round is taxing on the legs but McKinney literally faced no resistance whatsoever and still lost. He didn’t look tired at all which makes me believe it’s a mental thing. Either that or he simply has the worst cardio known to man. If you are still skeptical, look at how confident he is when he fights someone like Mike Breeden vs when he fights sadykov/bonfim. Against Breeden (and guys of similar level) he is confident and lets his hands go at will. Against sadykov and bonfim, he doesn’t set anything up and is doing all these spastic movements to avoid getting hit. He throws wild, looping shots and panic wrestles without setting his attempts up. He will be able to get Ribovics down with ease but if he can’t get to a dominant position and finish, Ribovics is going to take over. We literally saw this in his last fight against Kirk; controlled all of round 1 then Kirk just gave up. I think the first combo Ribovics lands is going to scare the **** out of McKinney, and he’s going to go into panic mode
Buckley fight is at 170? I thought surely he was going back up to 185 just for the short notice co-main event, how the **** is Ruziboev gonna make 170? Has he fought at that weight before? That seems insane if he can make the weight
Predictions: 5 of 8 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points
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Lewis vs. Nascimento Derrick Lewis, TKO, R1 Lewis by KO. Rodrigo gets hits easily and doesnt
Buckley vs. Ruziboev Nursulton Ruziboev, TKO, R1 Ruzi via KO. We shall see how good Ruzi is. Buckley has been on a roll lately but Ruzi has power and grappling.
Menifield vs. Ulberg Carlos Ulberg, TKO, R1 Carlos via KO/TKO. I like how Alonzo has improved but it hasnt been enough. Great power but speed goes to Carlos and he has power also. I think Carlos will be too quick for alonzo
Caceres vs. Woodson Sean Woodson, DEC Sean via DEC
Cortes-Acosta vs. Despaigne Robelis Despaigne, TKO, R1 Robelis via KO. Waldo couldnt put old assAndrei away and did that cringe salsa dance sht like he was doing something. Hope Robelis has another highlight reel KO here.
Hooper vs. Borshchev Viacheslav Borshchev, TKO, R1 Borsh via KO. Though Hopper has improved striking, it is still sloppy. Aslong as Borsh keeps it standing, can see him cracking hooper
McKinney vs. Ribovics Esteban Ribovics, DEC Esteban via Dec. can see Esteban surviving the first round and out work Terrance
Ricci vs. Torres Tabatha Ricci, DEC Ricci via Dec. Torres hasnt fought in a while and is old. Yeah Ricci lost to loopy last time but I think she improves against Torres
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 480 Points
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McKinney vs. Ribovics Terrance McKinney, TKO, R1 Hasbulla probably finishes McKinney if they make it out of the 1st round. Ribovics is definitely good but he's lost the 1st round in both his UFC fights so far. I don't think he makes it to the 2nd if he drops the 1st against McKinney.
Predictions: 6 of 8 Winners, 2 Perfect, 380 Points
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Lewis vs. Nascimento Derrick Lewis, TKO, R2 Think Lewis flatlines him, just a question of what round. Nascimento has appeared to be chinny in the past (Daukaus fight) and has fought low tier heavyweights since to build himself up to where he is at now. I'm not sure how Nascimento will attack this fight, but mainly his fights have consisted with him moving forward, cornering opponents against the cage and either throwing boxing combinations or cage wrestling. I can't see that working against Lewis as the power coming back his way means he will be hesitant to engage. Additionally I think Lewis has the athletic advantage and should be able to anti wrestle any cage grappling here. Think this is a thank you to Derrick for going to Brazil and fighting Jailton.
Buckley vs. Ruziboev Joaquin Buckley, TKO, R2 Volatile fight although an easy way to play this is side with the KO for either fighter. I don't trust Ruziboev down at 170lbs on short notice even though he's fought there before. I also think he could be a death gaser if it gets to round 2/3. Watching his fight against Dumas, he was landing alot with the right uppercut, but I think that was because of how limited Dumas is on the feet and his inability to adjust. His mouth was wide open after 3 minutes in that fight which is a red flag. Buckley has looked good at 170lbs but his chin always makes me hesitant to pick him with confidence. However, his movement is great and often is hard to land on. I also trust him to be in shape on short notice being his home city and push a 15 minute kickboxing pace so he has to be the side.
Menifield vs. Ulberg Carlos Ulberg, DEC Big cage suits Ulberg's style and he fought through some adversity in Round 3 last fight. This is an interesting fight to be as both fighters tend to prefer to sit and counter strike. I do think this will suit Ulberg's style more and he can set the tempo and utilise alot of kicks and jabs at range. Menifield is very explosive and nuclear power on the feet and carries it late so Ulberg will have to manage range well. Menifield's durability looks really good to me as well so maybe Ulberg decision just on pure volume?
Cortes-Acosta vs. Despaigne Robelis Despaigne, TKO, R1 I think everyones take on this is similar. Waldo is going to be a punching bag round 1. It's just a matter of if he can weather the storm because if he can this fight turns very quickly. I would love to see Waldo grapple but he looks low IQ to me so he will try and stand and trade with Robelis. I think Robelis catches him with something big early, it's just whether it's big enough to put him out. Waldo also appears to lack any striking on the back foot and little counter upside, so I'm picking he will be target practice for about 4 minutes.
Hooper vs. Borshchev Viacheslav Borshchev, TKO, R1 How on earth have they sanctioned this fight. If Steve Garcia looks like prime Mike Tyson against Hooper imagine the things Slava does to him. Either way whoever wins is going to look -1000
McKinney vs. Ribovics Esteban Ribovics, TKO, R2 I'm on the Ribovics 2/3 train. I can see the love for McKinney, mainly because he should win round 1 comfortably and Ribovics ground game leaves alot to be desired (Think Kimura reversals and leargely ineffective against good grapplers). I think why McKinney gases after round 1 is not so much a gas tank and more about him having 9.5/10 anxiety about standing and exchanging on the feet and he kind of self-destructs because of it. Ribovics is nasty on the feet and has 15 minute gastank. throws in combination, good body attacks and trains out of a good gym. 2/3 Ribovics is a must in my view
Hadley vs. Johnson Charles Johnson, DEC Hadley has great skills (Southpaw, steady boxing and great opportunistic BJJ). I don't think he is the smartest tool in the shed because if he had better wrestling I'd consider him top 15 level. I can see this being a 15 minute kickboxing fight, which if it is will have to favour Johnson. Johnson also is quite a head case and hard to put your money on as he loses round 1 religiously. However he will set a good pace and I think his boxing combinations/movement will really trouble Hadley who prefers a stationary target. If this goes to the judges too you would want to be holding a InnerG ticket purely as he is fighting close to home.
Gooden vs. Jousset Kevin Jousset, DEC I think this is more 50/50 than the odds suggest. Jury is still out on Jousset but he has some good skill sets (Jab/Judo takedowns). Issues are his head is as stiff as a board and will not move off the centreline. Gooden also has a good jab, arguably better defensive head movement and prefer his durability. I'm slightly siding with Jousset because I think he could win minutes on the ground where Gooden has struggled in the past, however this could be a bad take as he's from City Kickboxing. Gooden ML may be value because this fight could be close.
Aldrich vs. Hardy Veronica Hardy, DEC Can see Hardy circling on the outside and using her karate/blitz attack. Aldrich is quite an efficient boxer from southpaw but Hardy will have a decent speed/athletic advantage over the 3 rounds. Aldrich never really seperates herself on volume and she lacks 15-minute wrestling upside, which I feel she will need to win here. Hardy can be outmuscled at times but she showed in the last few fights she executes to a gameplan in the cage which I like. Can see her winning the minutes and even mixing in a takedown or two over 15 minutes to win a decision
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 545 Points
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Honestly a little shocked Johnson is still an underdog after the performances he put on against Azat and Estevam. Him also having never been finished might play a factor here as well, since we've seen Hadley fumble against guys who wouldn't go away.
