UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic

Date: Saturday, May 14th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 23:30 LP.net / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 1:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 3:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (PPV)

Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) vs. Stipe Miocic (14-2) (Heavyweight Championship)
Ronaldo Souza (22-4) vs. Vitor Belfort (25-11) (Middleweight)
Cris Cyborg (15-1) vs. Leslie Smith (8-6-1) (140 lbs Catchweight)
Mauricio Rua (23-10) vs. Corey Anderson (8-1) (Light Heavyweight)
Warlley Alves (10-0) vs. Bryan Barberena (11-3) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Demian Maia (22-6) vs. Matt Brown (20-13) (Welterweight)
Thiago Santos (12-3) vs. Nate Marquardt (34-15-2) (Middleweight)
Francisco Trinaldo (19-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (12-3) (Lightweight)
John Lineker (26-7) vs. Rob Font (12-1) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Patrick Cummins (8-3) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-7) (Light Heavyweight)
Sergio Moraes (10-2) vs. Luan Chagas (14-1) (Welterweight)
Renato Moicano (9-0-1) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (18-3) (Featherweight)

Other

- A lightweight bout between Evan Dunham and The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 winner Leonardo Santos, originally scheduled for this event, was moved to UFC 199 after a minor injury to Dunham delayed the match-up a few weeks.
- The event is expected to feature the long anticipated debut of former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion and current Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane Justino in a catchweight bout of 140 lbs against Leslie Smith.
- Kamaru Usman was expected to face Sergio Moraes at the event. However, he pulled out two weeks before the event due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Luan Chagas.
- Former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva was expected to face Uriah Hall at the event. However, Silva pulled out just four days before the event with a clinical condition that indicated acute cholecystitis and required surgical intervention. The UFC wanted to find a replacement for him, but Hall opted against that.

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Werdum vs. Miocic (dunno)
• Souza > Belfort
• Hall > Silva
• Cyborg > Smith
• Rua vs. Anderson (dunno)
• Maia > Brown
• Alves > Barberena
• Santos > Marquardt
• Lineker vs. Font (dunno)
• Cummins > Nogueira
• Trinaldo vs. Medeiros (dunno)
• Moraes vs. Chagas (dunno)
• Tukhugov > Moicano

This card is really good imo, can't wait for it.
Maia being on the prelims says something.

Agree Floofy, great card:

Miocic v Werdum - Pickem, head says Miocic heart says Werdum. I think this has a strong chance of going the distance and being very close on the cards.
Souza > Belfort - Odds are too wide though
Hall > Silva - Probably gonna be terrible but could be awesome
Cyborg > Smith
Anderson > Rua
Maia > Brown - Odds are way too wide
Alves > Barberena
Santos > Marquardt
Font > Linekar - Gonna be close, awesome fight, huge step-up for Font but I think he's ready
Cummins > Noguiera
Trinaldo > Medeiros
Moraes v Chagas - Dunno
Tukgugov > Moicano

I made some bets on this card.

Brown +230
Corey Anderson -205
Stipe +145
Vitor +235

Is Silva even taking the fights seriously anymore?
Hall vs Silva looks to be entertaining on paper, but probably gonna suck ass

Sick card : )

My possible bets:

Miocic TKO/KO +350
Shogun +180 (Maybe I dont touch this bet)
Matt Brown +240 or by TKO +405 (I know he has not a good TDD but I almost always think he has a chance as he has a great hearth)
Cyborg by KO + Anderson +140

Maia is going to finish Brown, imo. The guy is an absolute wizard on the ground and Brown has had troubles with grapplers before. Other than hurting Maia early and finishing him, I don't see how Brown can take this fight. Once it hits the mat he is getting manhandled.

Card is sick. One of the best ever. I am on Lineker at opening odds, thinking about Cummins and Cyborg R1.

Also like Stipe chances a lot, missed the opening lines. Will hope some money come in on Werdum.

Yesterday, I saw several people mention they were parlaying Cyborg Round 1 & Maia ML @ +123. Not sure what the odds are now.

Have a hard time understanding why people think Stipes chances are so good. I'm reading everywhere people picking him or thinking it's a flip.

Werdums thai clinch and BJJ completely neutralize and dominate Stipes wrestling. And Werdum has beat a lot of good strikers with his striking lately. Wrecked Cain, Browne, and KO'd Hunt.

Not sure what Stipes done to impress everyone so much. Most of the strikes he landed against JDS were because of clinch. Either coming off the clinch, or faking it and making JDS drop his hands to avoid the clinch then landing. This won't be problem for Werdum because he doesn't care about getting taken down and will go for the Muay Thai clinch, somewhere Stipe really doesn't want to be.

Other than that he flash ko'd Arlovski which doesn't say a lot to me because it's Arlovski, and decision'd Gonzaga, Nelson, and got KO'd by Struve.

Not to say that it isn't impressive, just nothing that indicates he's a better striker than Werdum is now.

I feel this fight will mostly be fought at a distance since Stipe won't want to grapple, and Werdum will have the advantage with his kicks. If he tries to pressure Werdum I see him ending up in the clinch a lot eating knees.

I also think Werdum has a solid cardio advantage. Stipe usually seems pretty tired by the 3rd while Werdum is doing kip ups.

Rest of card

Jacare grapple fucks Vitor
Silva vs Hall - hard to say, Silva is completely washed up and Hall is just a headcase. Good chance they both stare at each other for 15 minutes and nothing of great significance happens, or one lands a super ninja ko.

Rua vs Anderson - hard to say, Shogun looks god awful these days. He's looking fat as shit right now too. Dunno

Maia grapple fucks Brown

Stipe has been improving at a very fast rate since his loss to Struve. You underestimate him a lot here Stim.

He has better footwork, wrestling and boxing and is more athletic than Werdum. Obv Fabricio is more crafty, has more experience, great clinch and BJJ. Imo this is a very close and intriguing fight.

I can easily see Stipe using his footwork to box Werdum up mixing in some takedowns as well. If he can stay away from the clinch and can hang on the ground with Fabricio it is his fight to lose and he has all the skills to do so.

Also don't see Werdum to have solid cardio advantage here. Miocic has a very good cardio himself, one of the best in the HW div.

At over +150, Stipe is a great value. This fight is a flip for me.

Eh you might be right, I rewatch some old fights and his boxing is faster/more crisp than I expected.

I guess his JDS fight just sticks in my mind. While he did surprise everyone with how well he did, he looked gassed/zombie mode from like round 3 on, but to be fair both took a bunch of heavy leather early so they were pretty beat up.

Besides that we haven't seen much striking from him lately. super quick KO against Arlovski, wrestle fest on Hunt, fight with JDS, and super quick KO over brawldanado. Then theres the Gonzaga fight where he lost the first round.

Dunno, his speed and length might give Werdum troubles. It's probably closer than I first expected.

I used to believe Stipe was going to take this one but the more I think about it I think Werdum wins.

Stipe is a technical tight grinding boxer, he isnt a counterpuncher waiting for Werdum to open up, I think this kind of fighter doesnt do great vs Werdum striking wise, for example Travis Browne allowed Werdum to go wild with his kickboxing kicking at will, the same applies to Cain, they are strikers that arent trying to get the perfect timing to KO you, so Werdum can do whatever the fuck he wants, kick, sloppy combos into clinch etc.

I think this fight might look a lot like Werdum vs Browne.


BTW on Silva vs Hall I cant remember a fight with so much potential to be fight of the year or being worse than Kimbo vs Dada

got the miocic, souza, anderson silva, corey anderson, maia parlay. plus another + cody garbrandt a week later,

I feel like stone does that some of the fights seem locklike but the odds arent there.

maia ML + cyborg rd 1 at +123 is intriguing i will take that all day. gonna look it up but i dont see how. cyborg had rousey like odds (over -1k and maia -300. parlaying and just putting rd 1/3 drops it that much?)

Think werdum could easily win and originally thought he would but ive watched a couple fights and think miocic may outbox him, stay on the feet, maybe win a decision

i like cummins vs nog too. is the younger one any better than his bro or his he also a washed up bum (no disrespect)

On May 10 2016 06:50 traxamillion wrote: maia ML + cyborg rd 1 at +123 is intriguing i will take that all day. gonna look it up but i dont see how. cyborg had rousey like odds (over -1k and maia -300. parlaying and just putting rd 1/3 drops it that much?

Cyborg's money line (ML) had "Rousey-like odds," not her Round 1 prop.

Cyborg's R1 prop is currently -160 on 5dimes. Maia's ML is currently -300.

my heart wants vitor to win hes one of my favorite fighters but i just dont see it. maybe he can snap off a lucky headkick before he gets dropped to the mat. prob bet it for a sweat/hedge if he goes much over +300

On May 10 2016 07:11 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On May 10 2016 06:50 traxamillion wrote: maia ML + cyborg rd 1 at +123 is intriguing i will take that all day. gonna look it up but i dont see how. cyborg had rousey like odds (over -1k and maia -300. parlaying and just putting rd 1/3 drops it that much? Cyborg's money line (ML) had "Rousey-like odds," not her Round 1 prop. Cyborg's R1 prop is currently -160 on 5dimes. Maia's ML is currently -300.

yea i get that didnt realize the rd 1 prop is that cheap. i guess it is a female fight and they expect a decision most of the time. when i said rousey like odds i was talking about the ML tho obv

im nub i just bet on bovada with my poker bankroll they don't even have anything out but moneylines

On May 10 2016 07:11 traxamillion wrote: my heart wants vitor to win hes one of my favorite fighters but i just dont see it. maybe he can snap off a lucky headkick before he gets dropped to the mat. prob bet it for a sweat/hedge if he goes much over +300

I've seen some pictures of him recently from embedded and promo stuff, and the pictures weren't great so it's hard to tell but he looks in way better physical shape than the Weidman/Hendo 3 fights. The fights also in Brazil, which is where he had is TRTor run.

If he's back hard on the sauce, his chances are obviously much better.

No doubt that is some good news, explains the line a bit too imo

put $50 on Brown at +235 and Stipe at +140

Just feel that Maia and Werdum have overachieved a bit lately, and that elite jiu jitsu is at least somewhat neutralized by decent cardio.

Brown vs Maia is only 3 rounds. Maia's cardio sucks but it's usually good enough to go 3 rounds, especially with a guy who has pretty average take down defense. And while his BJJ has improved a lot it's still far from great.

Maia isn't just great at BJJ, he's got some of the best takedowns in the division and a great chin. Think he's pretty close to a lock.

I have a good feeling about the under 2.5 @ +160 Corey Anderson vs Shogun.

I took

Maia ML
Maia vs Brown O 1.5
Thiago Santos ML
Shogun vs Corey Anderson U 2.5
so far...

Anderson Silva out of UFC 198, may require gall bladder surgery: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-ca...d-gall-bladder-surgery-005830365.html


OP updated.

Also, the UFC is trying to find a replacement opponent for Uriah Hall.

ah lame

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While I was watching the latest episode of The Fighter and the Kid, Brendan Schaub brought up that USADA (company that does the UFC drug testing) is what they use in the U.S., hence the "US" ADA (United Stated Anti Doping Agency). This UFC card is in Brazil, and Bryan Callen mentioned something along the lines of: "So all a fighter has to do is stay in Brazil for an extended period of time after their fight so they can clean their system and not fail a drug test?"

In other words, if this assumption is correct, a fighter who wanted to use steroids at UFC 198 could do so, and then just stay in Brazil on vacation for a couple months to avoid USADA's testing. Granted, the UFC does their own testing in Brazil and other places abroad, but it's not as good as USADA and WADA.

UFC 198 is the biggest and best UFC card to ever go to Brazil, so finding out that someone is using some type of PED to ensure a win wouldn't surprise me, especially for older fighters.

iirc USada requires to know where they are always. Well maybe not exactly where they are but they need to know how to find them. I think they have guys that can test them basically anywhere. It was on Rogans podcast a while back.

On May 11 2016 06:28 [GiTM]-Ace wrote: iirc USada requires to know where they are always. Well maybe not exactly where they are but they need to know how to find them. I think they have guys that can test them basically anywhere. It was on Rogans podcast a while back.

You're right.

Some other guys responded to my original comment/question on Sherdog:

"Don't UFC fighters have to agree to list their schedule and locations on an app and submit to random USADA testing even in whatever foreign countries they live and train in including Brazil? I recall reading numerous reports and seeing a lot of Instagram and Twitter images of fighters giving blood and urine at 7 am and such all over the globe. So no, I don't think they can hide in Brazil. USADA send people after them and if they hide or refuse they can get suspended by the UFC just for not being available for the tests."

&

"Everything i have heard and read regarding the new USADA is as he described. They will test you as a UFC fighter ...they dont care where u live/holiday.

Just FYI Schaub isnt the best at getting details right...he just get really excited."

ugh they require blood? that sucks. I had to give blood for a metabolic/thyroid test recently and did not want that fat 27Gauge needle going in my arm. guess they have to though

if any of you wanna have a talk about daily fantasy for ufc send me a pm and I'll add you on skype I've been playing a lot of nba/mlb dfs on draftkings but ufc slates doesn't come around often so I'd like to hear some other people's thoughts on it

"Uriah Hall was originally expected to remain on the card; however, the hourglass ran out of sand before pens could be put to paper. "Prime Time" will be slotted for a future card and at this point, it might make sense to just delay Silva vs. Hall until July."

They'll probably rebook the fight for UFC 200.

After reading Jack Slacks breakdown of Werdum vs Stipe I'm less confident in my Werdum pick. I guess his striking isn't as good as I thought.

tbh this is probably one of those cases I'm way off because I have a giant man crush on the doom.

UFC 200 possibly best card ever
This one is sick as fuck though as well

On May 11 2016 21:00 Spitfiree wrote: UFC 200 possibly best card ever This one is sick as fuck though as well

I think i liked ufc 198 better, but the removal of silva makes it close.

Ufc200 is full of big names, but in fights i don't really care too much about.

Ufc 198 has a lot of fights i really like

On May 11 2016 20:01 Stim_Abuser wrote: After reading Jack Slacks breakdown of Werdum vs Stipe I'm less confident in my Werdum pick. I guess his striking isn't as good as I thought. tbh this is probably one of those cases I'm way off because I have a giant man crush on the doom.

its never smart to bet against Slack

On May 11 2016 23:09 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On May 11 2016 20:01 Stim_Abuser wrote: After reading Jack Slacks breakdown of Werdum vs Stipe I'm less confident in my Werdum pick. I guess his striking isn't as good as I thought. tbh this is probably one of those cases I'm way off because I have a giant man crush on the doom. its never smart to bet against Slack

I know. Almost everything in his striking breakdowns comes true fight time. He didn't seem think think there'd be a clear winner standing, and supports my theory that Stipe is likely to get tired if Werdum keeps up a decent pace.

Still, gonna stay away from betting it.

Yeah I think the line is correct, Id say Werdum is -150 to win

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Jacare versus Belfort: Hunting an Old Lion
http://m.fightland.vice.com/blog/jacare-versus-belfort-hunting-an-old-lion

265 lbs.: Fabricio Werdum (231) vs. Stipe Miocic (245)
185 lbs.: Ronaldo Souza (186) vs. Vitor Belfort (185)
140 lbs.: Cris Cyborg (139) vs. Leslie Smith (139)
205 lbs.: Mauricio Rua (205) vs. Corey Anderson (204)
170 lbs.: Bryan Barberena (170) vs. Warlley Alves (170)
170 lbs.: Demian Maia (171) vs. Matt Brown (171)
155 lbs.: Yancy Medeiros (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (156)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Thiago Santos (185)
135 lbs.: Rob Font (135) vs. John Lineker (135)
205 lbs.: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205) vs. Patrick Cummins (206)
170 lbs.: Sergio Moraes (171) vs. Luan Chagas (169)
145 lbs.: Renato Moicano (146) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (146)

wtf with all the money coming in on Shogun.

On May 13 2016 21:57 northsails wrote: wtf with all the money coming in on Shogun.

Strange, i personally think corey is a good bet at -150

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Bellator also has a show tomorrow. The main event is King Mo vs. Phil Davis.

I was shocked to see King Mo @ over +200 at most books. I actually favor him to win.

On May 13 2016 23:32 Floofy wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2016 21:57 northsails wrote: wtf with all the money coming in on Shogun. Strange, i personally think corey is a good bet at -150

I thought it was a good one at -200, lol. Still Anderson got KO'd by Villante and was rocked by Tom Lawler in the 1st round, so probably going huge on him is not a very good idea.

Shogun is done, though. At - 150 Anderson is going to be my biggest bet for the night.

I'm looking forward to this event.

I also thought I was going to be relatively big on Corey when I first looked at this. But I can't help but think he hasn't actually developed as fast as people have expected him to...or really assume he has. Think Shogun is going to have his chances...maybe use some leg kicks at range and get Corey to bite on ill advised TD attempts from too far out. Or maybe that's some nostalgia playing it's part. Either way, I went from thinking I was going to be on Anderson pretty good to passing on the fight. It was pretty funny hearing him announced as his nickname of 'Beastin' 25/7' by a Brazilian announcer with a heavy accent at the weigh-in either way as well.

Going to be on Rob Font and Cummins. Think Font is going to use his height/range advantage to make it into more of a technical match than Lineker is used to..at least for a little while. Re-watched Cummins vs Texeira and was impressed remembering that Cummins actually got Texeira down relatively easy. It's just that Texeira is bullishly strong and was able to shuck Cummins off easily multiple times. Don't think lil Nog has that in him anymore.

Just a little on Brown and Stipe. Capped because I think I'm like 1-4 or 1-5 betting against the combo of Maia/Werdum recently. Two of the higher in-ring IQ's in the game. Really wanted to be on Stipe some more (like his boxing...think he's the one to finally bring Werdum's improved standup down) but can't go so big against Werdum and his sneakiness. Who really knew he'd KTFO Mark Hunt with a flying knee then just maul the shit out of Cain in the clinch. I sure didn't.

Final picks:

• Werdum > Miocic (I favor Werdum, but not by a lot. He has so many tools, and he never shows them all in any one fight. Miocic is the better pure boxer and has good wrestling, but he lacks in all other departments.)
• Souza > Belfort
• Cyborg > Smith
• Rua > Anderson (This might be a really good fight if it doesn't end early. Rua has the power and he is from Curitiba (the place where this card is being held), and he trained with Werdum and Cummins for this fight. Anderson has the size and wrestling, but he's sloppy and gets hit a lot. Still, no strong lean.)
• Maia > Brown
• Alves > Barberena (If Alves can't get a R1 submission, he'll be in bad shape and possibly get finished in R3.)
• Santos > Marquardt
• Lineker > Font (Font is the better technical boxer and has the height/reach, but he needs space to work, and he's facing a power puncher who loves to brawl and can take a punch. If Font can keep up his footwork for 15 minutes by sticking and moving, I see Font losing to Lineker by decision. Otherwise, Lineker wins via TKO.)
• Cummins > Nogueira (Another tough fight. Nog is beyond bad at this point, but he has done really well against guys like Cummins - wrestlers who aren't good strikers and don't have 1-punch power. However, if Nog ends up on his side or back, Cummins can eventually get a TKO at some point, depending on how long Nog is on the mat.)
• Trinaldo > Medeiros
• Moraes > Chagas (Probably Moraes, but he isn't worth betting at all. Chagas already had a fight lined up in May, and he'll probably be able to defend himself on the ground with his black belt in BJJ. Obviously Moraes is elite in BJJ, but I wouldn't touch his line in this fight.)
• Moicano > Tukhugov (What scares me is that Tuk rolled into Brazil with a squad of Russians, and Khabib Nurmagomedov was one of them. Assuming Moicano can keep it on the feet and avoid being laid on, I favor him to win a decision. Moicano is good at BJJ, but his counter striking and kicks should be able to win the fight on the feet.)

My DraftKings teams:

1. Lineker, Moicano, Santos, Trinaldo, Werdum ($33 team)
2. Anderson, Cummins, Lineker, Miocic, Trinaldo
3. Anderson, Cummins, Lineker, Trinaldo, Werdum
4. Warlley, Lineker, Miocic, Moicano, Santos
5. Cummins, Lineker, Rua, Santos, Werdum
6. Warlley, Cummins, Lineker, Maia, Miocic
7. Warlley, Chagas, Maia, Miocic, Santos
8. Chagas, Lineker, Maia, Souza, Werdum
9. Cummins, Cyborg, Lineker, Miocic, Rua
10. Anderson, Miocic, Moicano, Santos, Souza
11. Belfort, Cyborg, Miocic, Rua, Santos
12. Brown, Cummins, Cyborg, Miocic, Tukhugov
13. Barberena, Cyborg, Lineker, Rua, Santos
14. Barberena, Lineker, Maia, Santos, Werdum

Lets go, only thing that really matters is Maia winning

fun lil scramble

Sick scrambles and TDD from Renato Moicano.

Not a terrible performance from him, considering the amount of time he was away from MMA.

Sergio Moraes

wow looks like a losing bet for me

Shame Chagas didn't have the cardio for the fight, think he would of won.

Anyone who picked Moraes on DraftKings just got owned. He was expensive and he doesn't get a win bonus, even though I thought he lost the fight, personally.

Chagas should've won, but he slowed down just enough in R2 to lose it, I guess... No idea who won R3.

Shame Chagas didn't have the cardio for the fight, think he would of won.

ok THATS a shocker to me... wtf
edit: i like it though

Cummins with the weak chin.

Nothing changes with him.

Ouch that Cummins loss blows quite a few parlays. First nog win i have ever seen. OFC the 2nd I get it on fight is over and it's just the decision

damn Cummins is a fucking bum.

bad start for me. Already in the hole.

My final bets:

Vitor by KO (+320), Brown by KO (+550) and Miocic by KO (+260)

I only played some 50/50s and double ups on draftkings and had cumins now my only chance to win is cyborg slipping and falling before she gets to the cage and having the fight canceled lol

I just add Vitor in round 1 (+470), Brown in round 1 (+1100) and Miocic in round 1 (+650)

Boom.nice first bet on Cummins for me. I just got home to start watching. Guess he telegraphed his TD attempts then just instantly got murked? Prob time to go back to the coffee shops if he can't impose his wrestling even for a round on the senior citizen of the division

for real iakim.

Lineker has some sick power for his size

right now I got

Maia + Alves, Shogun, Miocic, Lineker and Trinaldo

Trinaldo + Maia + Alves

lineker -140 looking like an insanely good bet... wishing i hammered

straight savage trying to get down up 3-0 with the ez win so pumped by the crowd looking for that finish. my fav 135er now prob

Lineker is fun. Back on track.

Nice win for Lineker.

Just a bad match-up for Font.

a 29-28
and a 30-26

nice judging.

(30-26 closer than 29-28 imo but expected straight 30-27s)

Damn. Lineker so damn strong. Font was a bit slower than I thought on those 1-2 step back and winging single shot counters which seemed to be his only strat. Or that first round just took it out of him

Anything specific up with the line shift on Shogun/Anderson? Went from -200 to -130 on Corey for me. Pretty shitty since I wanted to jump on Shogun if anything

pretty insane yancy survived the end of that 1st. rly was some diaz shit

i think those body shots in the 1st from lineker did a lot of damage iakim

this 3rd could get bad for trinaldo

Medeiros's chin is pretty unreal

as i type this trinaldo gets folded like a chair. sick fight. got a feeling medeiros will win (im on trinaldo)

foty?

what is happening

how did yancy finish that fight on top??!!!?

That referee is fucking NUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSS!

He wanted Yancy dead!

wow... pretty good arguments were made for an extra 50k

werdum up to -185 and corey shot back up to -165, guess that dropped too low. I bought more corey at -145

Yancy's unreal chin only undone by his terrible fight IQ. Had Trinaldo tired and backing up only to spam some pretty useless spinning kicks. Then when he himself gets hurt, his solution is to stand wide stance while throwing back some looping shots around incoming straight shots. Didn't have a bet on the fight but I was rooting for Yancy

wasnt a 30-26 tho, u could give the 2nd to medeiros. that fight has the furthest spread between decision numbers and how close it truly was maybe ever. had yancy not been hurt again in the 3rd he had good equity to win

30-26. Haha wtf

werdum -190, wonder if that just keeps climbing up over 200 or if it adjusts back down. this huge loud arena seems to be a brazillian advantage for sure

On May 15 2016 00:50 traxamillion wrote: i think those body shots in the 1st from lineker did a lot of damage iakim

Yeah that was v smart on his part. I was definitely mistaken in pegging lineker as a super one dimensional head hunter

wow what a fight.

Marquardt with the super late leg grab attempt after Santos walked away; he basically reached for the referee's leg right in front of him.

Nice. On the board with a last minute Santos ITD -200 wager. He needs a noticeable step up in his next matchup

Smart Bisping call out even if it's a super longshot. Would be a great matchup for him. Can't see how they'd convince Bisping to take such a high risk/relatively low reward fight after fighting Anderson tho

Isnt Bisping vs Whitaker in the works for november? i believe i read that somewhere...
Anyways do it Maia!!!

On May 15 2016 01:28 ERASA wrote: Isnt Bisping vs Whitaker in the works for november? i believe i read that somewhere... Anyways do it Maia!!!

Bisping made a post the other day saying he was never contacted about fighting Whittaker, nor was he contacted about fighting anyone. He's still waiting to hear from the UFC about his next opponent.

It's so crazy how even Maia's telegraphed TD attempts are ones that he's still able to follow through on and get a body lock slapped on before you blink.

Great composure by Matt Brown though in Rd 1

good survival from brown, most probably end up choked out there

Ahh ok, thanks for the info

he wont survive another 5 minutes body locked up tho. hes fucked

inb4 brown knockout in r3 :/

wow impressed by brown

shit maia looks vulnerable before he gets in to the clinch

frustrating fight for maia's opponents

brown was over it he def coulda held up another 30 secs but u could tell he knew he lost and was losing focus

BOOOOM, Maia by SUB hits. WOW, so lucky.

Impressive. Brown looked as prepared as he could've been and he still could only have a little moral victory of not being subbed earlier

Added 2 teams to the main card event on DK:

Barberena, Cyborg, Miocic, Rua, Souza (Main Card)
Anderson, Belfort, Cyborg, Miocic, Werdum (Main Card)

Where's the Leslie Smith bandwagon at

She's about to fight a manimal

On May 15 2016 02:08 iakim322 wrote: Where's the Leslie Smith bandwagon at

Not bandwagoning but I hav a feeling this fight will go into decision

I just want her to be not murdered. Respect her style and heart

barbarena closing in on another big upset?

The judging here is going to be interesting

Great fight

thought alves had the sub in first 20 seconds. now could be losing. this may blow a few more bets

yep, ouch

Excellent. Pay me for Mr. Barbarena.

Congrats to Barberena. He landed too much on Alves to lose a decision.

Gj judges

Bryan "Northcutt-Cutter" Barberena

Who puts the guy that beat up Sage Northcutt as a 4.5:1 dog against some meat head.

Surprised all 3 judges got it right. Was kinda close enough for me to just have shrugged it off as 'oh yea, Brazil' if they gave a split to Alves

thiago shoulda been a bigger fav over nate than warley was over barbarena; that is for sure

almost

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Pretty glad I got off the Anderson wagon somewhere between his last fight and today even if he manages to turn this fight around

dont think corey can win a decision in shogun's house. its a wrap without a finish

2-1 shogun?

'Just tryin to wrestle his way through the round.'

Still hasn't developed beyond this.

Hope they don't give credit for takedowns that do absolutely nothing like Corey had in Rd 2

yea

id give 6-1 shogun takes this

Awesome. Had a little last minute bet on Shogun. But more importantly, hate seeing rounds like Rd 2 go to the guy that's trying to avoid real combat

My original thought: Aside from the knock downs at the end of R1 and R2, I gave Anderson those rounds. So I could easily see 3-0 for Anderson, or 2-1 for Shogun, or a split.

A close fight against Shogun in Curitiba = sucks for the other guy.

On May 15 2016 03:15 PuertoRican wrote: My original thought: Aside from the knock downs at the end of R1 and R2, I gave Anderson those rounds. So I could easily see 3-0 for Anderson, or 2-1 for Shogun, or a split. A close fight against Shogun in Curitiba = sucks for the other guy.

yup

and shogun def stole the fight with those last second knockdowns

Don't see how you could give Rd 1 to Corey. He had a bit of an edge in head strikes except not 1 was damaging and Shogun was pretty active with leg kicks before almost finishing Corey

Agree that he stole Rd 2 tho. Expected the judges to give Rd 2 and the fight to Corey. Coz judging on takedowns that do no damage is still kinda ambiguous. Was hopeful tho and then thoughts turned to that I'm glad it was in Brazil

BS decision. One slip and a punch at the end of round 2 does not negate the whole round.

Now Cyborg better get that R1 finish .

In before Smith tkos an exhausted cyborg late in Rd 2

Oh nm. Cyborg came in with a measured approach

cyborg is a monster

thats what beastin 25/8 ACTUALLY looks like :D

RIP Leslie Smith.

prolly one of those hermaphroditic "women" born with semi cocks and half/half dna that show up in china to dominate women's olympic sports (or get close before exposure) and have to be banned

was she complaining about the stoppage? "I was rolling for the kneebar!!!" Just like Mir was going for something against barnett

loooks like a tranny + plastic surgery... don't trust

Quite a bit smarter than young buck Alves

Tho I wonder if Smith could survive once in twenty even if cyborg just rushed forward every time with her chin up high

On May 15 2016 03:24 northsails wrote: BS decision. One slip and a punch at the end of round 2 does not negate the whole round. Now Cyborg better get that R1 finish .

Shh bby is ok.

is this belfort?

dam fucking whooped his ass that sucks.

vitor literally never had a chance to let his hands go

Belfort without TRT is a joke. Total destruction.

he shoulda just came out with a flurry and gave himself a chance like he did vs rumble. seems like vitor worked on his wrestling/bjj in camp and went away from his strengths thinking he would defend if he ended up in jacare's wheelhouse. nope. also trying to pull guard after getting up... WTF?

yeah, lol at pulling guard vs Jacare

worst matchup vs one of the best tho... this guy could have the belt

sucks romero got popped for roids cause he smashed on this dude and woulda had the belt

lets go werdum

Sucks for Vitor, but at least he stepped up to the plate.

Without his explosiveness, he'll never be top 5 again. And since he can't use his special juice, he'll never be explosive again.

On May 15 2016 04:02 PuertoRican wrote: Sucks for Vitor, but at least he stepped up to the plate. Without his explosiveness, he'll never be top 5 again. And since he can't use his special juice, he'll never be explosive again.

He isn't even clean now. Against Weidman his t levels were like 1200, just under the legal amount allowed. He just isn't ridiculous bob sapp level juiced anymore.

funny ass walkout music for werdum

Maximum juice required. Even his one second of offense that he got off, a counter knee attempt, looked noticeably slower

You'd think he and his team would see this in training and maybe try for a bit of a softer touch than a top 3 or 4 fighter in Jacare. But I guess he's gotta try to make that paper before he fully transitions into a dad bod

Hopefully Stipe can establish some range early on. Else I think he's f'd

Here we go, boys!

FUCK

too much happy face xD

SHIT :O OMG.

ROFLLL

I took miocic rd 1 !!!!! saved my carddddd

almost hammered it too for big money...