- Abdul Razak Alhassan was scheduled to face Muslim Salikhov at the event. However, Alhassan was removed from the event citing an injury, and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Rainey on March 31.
- A welterweight bout between former WEC Welterweight Champion and interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and Matt Brown was supposed take place as the co-headliner. However on April 2, Brown pulled out of the fight due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Alex Oliveira replaced Brown on April 4.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 10 2018 02:51. Posts 13044
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Poirier vs. Gaethje (dunno)
• Condit > Oliveira (Oliveira with cardio issues and is taking this fight on short notice)
• Vettori vs. Adesanya (dunno)
• Casey > Waterson
• Boetsch > Junior
• Salikhov vs. Rainey (dunno)
• Moraga > Reis
• Jotko vs. Tavares (dunno)
• Burns vs. Moret (dunno)
• Dobson vs. Mueller (dunno)
• Okami > Lima
• Bhullar > Wieczorek
• Lopez > Perez
• Sanders > Williams
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 11 2018 05:06. Posts 13044
Fighters from Arizona:
- Justin Gaethje
- Cortney Casey (MMA Lab)
- John Moraga (MMA Lab)
- Matthew Lopez
- Dan Moret (from Minnesota, but trains in Arizona at the MMA Lab)
I really hope Condit beat the shit out of Oliveira. I am also excited to see the return of Adesanya; and Justin Gaethje vs Poirier should be a good fight.
Only a few spots remaining, so I wouldn't wait long to join.
This week's UFC card has 14 fights on it, which is the most we've ever had on a DraftKings event. The more fights on a UFC card = the less we depend on the same fighters to win (more variation).
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 14 2018 03:17. Posts 13044
Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Justin Gaethje (156)
Carlos Condit (171) vs. Alex Oliveira (171)
Israel Adesanya (184) vs. Marvin Vettori (186)
Michelle Waterson (115) vs. Cortney Casey (115)
Tim Boetsch (185) vs. Antonio Carlos Junior (185)
Muslim Salikhov (171) vs. Ricky Rainey (170)
Wilson Reis (125) vs. John Moraga (126)
Krzysztof Jotko (185.5) vs. Brad Tavares (186)
Gilbert Burns (156) vs. Dan Moret (156)
Shana Dobson (126) vs. Lauren Mueller (126)
Dhiego Lima (171) vs. Yushin Okami (170)
Arjan Bhullar (241) vs. Adam Wieczorek (232)
Matthew Lopez (136) vs. Alejandro Perez (136)
Luke Sanders (135) vs. Patrick Williams (136)
Seriously tho can anyone explain me those odds on the Condit fight? +185 is insane to me.
I mean, since Condit is back from his injuries his fights have been:
Crushing of Alves
Losing a close split decision against the champion
A clear loss against Maia, who happens to be the perfect style to beat condit.
A loss to Magny (which i honnestly don't remember well)
And Oliveira is comming off a loss, on short notice, and isn't exactly the best fighter ever.
james9994: make note dont play against floofy, ;(
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iakim322 United States. Apr 14 2018 16:37. Posts 1335
Olivia has ok tds when he actually uses them and you don't need much to outwrestle condit. I also like condit at the line though
I'm on Adesanya pretty good. Even at -230. Just think his striking edge will be massive. Vettori is just kind of a brute from when I saw him
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 14 2018 19:35. Posts 13044
Worth listening to.
On April 14 2018 04:33 Floofy wrote:
Seriously tho can anyone explain me those odds on the Condit fight? +185 is insane to me.
I mean, since Condit is back from his injuries his fights have been:
Crushing of Alves
Losing a close split decision against the champion
A clear loss against Maia, who happens to be the perfect style to beat condit.
A loss to Magny (which i honnestly don't remember well)
And Oliveira is comming off a loss, on short notice, and isn't exactly the best fighter ever.
- Condit looked decent against Alves, but Alves hasn't looked good in a long time. This fight was 3 years ago.
- He lost a split-decision to a pure striker in Robbie Lawler. I think Condit won, but he didn't have to worry about take downs. This fight was 2 years ago.
- He lost to Maia in a one-sided grappling fight. This fight was around 1.5 years ago.
- He was easily beat by Magny due to grappling. This fight was 4.5 months ago.
- Condit vs. Matt Brown was supposed to happen. This was going to be the retirement fight for both guys, but Brown tore something in his knee. Cowboy Oliveira took this fight on 2 weeks notice.
- Oliveira gassed in his last fight when he couldn't get the finish after going hard.
- Oliveira will use his strength and power to get take downs. Once on top, he does a lot of damage.
- Once Condit gets taken down, he can't do anything off his back. The only submission he tries when on his back is a triangle, but nobody stays in his full guard, they always get in a better position. Even the people who stay in his guard don't have to worry that much since not many high level fighters lose via triangle anymore.
- Most people are on Oliveira, and a good amount think he'll win ITD.
- Condit will retire after this fight, and 90% or more of people who have a "retirement fight" in the UFC always lose. If I remember correctly, the last person who won their UFC retirement fight is Mark Munoz, 3 years ago.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 14 2018 20:29. Posts 13044
