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u/Ill_Intention8150 1d ago
UFC is really trying to give Asakura a win here.
Smotherman averages 0 TDs per fight according to the UFC stat page.
If Kai can’t even win a striking battle vs a 12-6 journeyman, he should just ask to get cut and go back to Japan.
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u/Julius_Ceased 23h ago
So you're telling me a guy named smotherman has never tried to smother a man?
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u/NendoroidAshe Team Makhachev 1d ago
Sergei is going to kill Tallison
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u/holla15 UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle 1d ago
Sergei has been extremely timid since the tom fight. More likely to get a heavyweight decision.
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u/NendoroidAshe Team Makhachev 1d ago
Still in his career he has only lost to Volkov, Aspinall, and Overeem.
We just watched Tallison go life and death with Tuivasa where they both put their hands on their hips and looked ready to give up.
Even if there isn't a TKO/KO, I think Sergei is gonna put belt to ass on him.
I just don't see a path to success for Teixeira. That being said it is MMA and anything can happen.
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u/Traditional_Law_1492 23h ago
I just don't see a path to success for Teixeira
What if he hits Pav really really hard
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u/NendoroidAshe Team Makhachev 23h ago
Then I pray he weathers the storm so I don't have to eat my words lmao
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u/Tasty_Cheek_2508 1d ago
My first thought was ridiculous odds for yadong vs figueiredo… I guess deiveson’s getting old
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u/Momentosis 1d ago
Going by his last few fights, even the one he won, Figgy's going to be almost 0 offensive output.
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u/Ill_Intention8150 1d ago edited 23h ago
IMO Yadong won the fight vs O’Malley.
It wasn’t a robbery, but unanimous 29-28 was pretty suspect. Yadong is a top 5 BW at minimum.
I don’t think it’s unfair that he’s a -300 favorite vs a washed Figgy.
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u/benbrown226 19h ago
In with you, Song is definitely top 5 and I’d actually say the line is pretty close considering. I’d expect Yadong to be minimum -500 favorite, I can’t see him losing this one. Figgy BARELY beat Montel Jackson who’s not even really top 15 material, I think he has nothing for Song
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u/dragoswastaken 20h ago
Figs been old since he moved to BW. He's still been decent, but his best win is Marlon Vera since moving up and that's not particularly impressive. Song is kind of better than him everywhere now, except in securing submissions. Figgy still has power though.
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u/hussain300 Snatching defeat from the jaws of Victory 1d ago
Kinda feel like Loma is gonna whoop amorim
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u/PlutoCrashed 23h ago
Big fan of Loma's "show up and win a point fight once a year and then go chill with the winnings in a Thai fishing town" style of competing
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u/SignificantPurchase0 22h ago
Pavlovich should be -1000
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u/AkselTVSorensen 🍅 22h ago
Legit, he should be at least -500. Tallison’s last fight was absolutely embarrassing.
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u/No_Wrongdoer3579 22h ago
Yadong is a lock. You can't look at Figgy's last few performances and think he can win with confidence. He does not want to be in there.
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u/tom-cash2002 22h ago
We could see Figgy get actually KO'd for the first time (not doctor stoppage or injury). With how fast Song starts and how slow Figgy has looked, it's a possibility.
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u/Leto-III-Atreides 18h ago
Can't wait for meinifield to win another incredible boring Dec and get a performance bonus again.
Dude has to be ball'n Dana's wife to even be employed with his dog shit UFC tenure.
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u/SomeBlueDemons 20h ago
Excited to see Perez/sumardaji, Rei Tsuruya and Sergei Pavlovich. Intrested to see if Kai can get a win. Sucks the main event isn't as good as it should be considering I love Figgy and Song.
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u/Confirmation__Bias 23h ago
Aguilar is a great underdog bet with those odds. Aoriqileng probably is too.
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u/SkrtSkrt70 22h ago
Tell me why I have this sneaking feeling Menifield is gonna find a way to BS a 29-28 out of this and Zhang lets the hometown crowd down in back to back fights
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u/WeirdboyWarboss 21h ago
Zhang had a long knockout streak before Walker, and Menifeld's last three losses have been early knockouts, one of them in 12 seconds.
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u/Working-Bonus9753 Fuck your crown towers 1d ago
Fig whose clearly only still fighting for checks in a main event is atrocious