UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway

Date: Saturday, June 3rd
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)

Jose Aldo (26-2) vs. Max Holloway (17-3) (Featherweight Championship unification bout)
Claudia Gadelha (14-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Vitor Belfort (25-13) vs. Nate Marquardt (35-17-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Paulo Borrachinha (9-0) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2) (Middleweight)
Erick Silva (19-7) vs. Yancy Medeiros (13-4) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Raphael Assuncao (24-5) vs. Marlon Moraes (18-4-1) (Bantamweight)
Antonio Carlos Junior (7-2) vs. Eric Spicely (10-1) (Middleweight)
Johnny Eduardo (28-10) vs. Matthew Lopez (9-1) (Bantamweight)
Iuri Alcantara (34-7) vs. Brian Kelleher (16-7) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Viviane Pereira (12-0) vs. Jamie Moyle (4-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Luan Chagas (14-2-1) vs. Jim Wallhead (29-10) (Welterweight)
Deiveson Alcantara (11-0) vs. Marco Beltran (8-4) (Flyweight)

Other

- Felipe Arantes was expected to face Iuri Alcantara at the event. However on May 11, Arantes was pulled from the fight due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Brian Kelleher on the same day.

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• Holloway > Aldo
• Gadelha > KK
• Marquardt > Belfort
• Borrachinha vs. Bamgbose (dunno)
• Silva > Medeiros
• Assuncao > Moraes
• Spicely > Junior
• Lopez > Eduardo
• Alcantara > Kelleher
• Moyle > Pereira
• Chagas > Wallhead
• Alcantara vs. Beltran (dunno)

belfort vs marquardt should hopefully be a double K.O. to retirement

I am betting on Aldo, gadelha and Assuncao since he is +180 wich is crazy imo

So much value on Max Holloway here I think.

Holloway is the worst possible match up for Aldo. I think he is going to put a beating on him. Big bet incoming on Max.

I have Aldo at -137 and Gadelha -280 here.

Aldo is too good I am shocked at -137. I love Holloway as well though. What a fight.

Max is not Mcgregor, I'll pick Aldo here if I were to bet big.

Holloway by 4th or 5th round KO/TKO. Think he's going to be able to physically impose himself on Aldo

Really too bad KK vs Gadelha isn't 5 rounds. Would be great value on KK if that were the case

Think Belfort gets it done. Then goes to Bellator to fight Tito and Chael

Oh, this shit is in Rio De Janeiro..

If Max wins he is a god. I would start lobbying for him to fight McGregor again then. Still believe in Aldo though his last performance vs. Edgar was pretty nuts.

Aldo is a monster his only loss in like eleven years was vs Mcgregor and he fought like an idiot, Hollaway is really good but I think he is not the no1 IMO mendes and Edgar could take him, I think Aldo by decision. A lot of people thought Edgar would win in UFC 200 and Aldo fought really good and smart.

My bets:
- Aldo + gadelha (2.48) 20 bucks to win 49.6
- Assuncao (2.5) 20 bucks to win 50

Marco Beltran is dropping from 135 to 125 for this fight. He was already considered a tall + long 135`er. His opponent is a Brazilian making his UFC debut in Brazil.

My opinion on Holloway vs Aldo:

#1 It will probably stay standing.
#2 I don't think its likely for either guy to get a KO before the late rounds. Holloway seems like one of the hardest guy to finish ever , and he doesn't have the KO power to stop Aldo imo.

I think the standup will be competitive, but potentially be a let down. I don't believe it will turn into a brawl or anything like that, probably technical stuff.

Now on who wins... its a bit hard to say. The last Aldo we saw was absolutly amazing, and i do think this Aldo will show up.
But Holloway will have height/reach advantage, youth, and is a really tough mother fucker with tons of heart, and we aren't exactly sure yet how good he really is.

At current odds, even odds, i would personally bet on Aldo, but i don't really think its an easy bet at all.

On May 31 2017 03:14 Floofy wrote: But Holloway will have height/reach advantage

Aldo has the reach advantage.

I completely switched to Aldo after hearing it was in Rio De Janeiro..
I think Max Holloway will have a very hard time winning, basically has to dominate Aldo in Brazil to win.

On May 31 2017 20:52 Minsk wrote: I completely switched to Aldo after hearing it was in Rio De Janeiro.. I think Max Holloway will have a very hard time winning, basically has to dominate Aldo in Brazil to win.

oh shit that's a great argument... i don't see Holloway "dominating" Aldo.

Aldo is faster, stronger and has a huge advantage on the judges side