- Tom Duquesnoy was expected to face Nathaniel Wood at the event. However, Duquesnoy pulled out of the fight on November 12 citing a rib injury. On November 30, Andre Ewell agreed to step in and fight Wood.
- At the weigh-ins, Montel Jackson weighed in at 137 lbs, 1 pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136 lbs. He was fined 20% of his fight purse and his bout against Brian Kelleher will proceed as a catchweight fight.
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 17 2018 06:24. Posts 13023
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Jones > Gustafsson (great match-up, and my favorite fight on the card)
• Cyborg > Nunes (good match-up, and tied for my second favorite fight on the card)
• Condit vs. Chiesa (dunno; I lean Chiesa because he can get the TD, but this fight stinks on paper)
• Latifi vs. Anderson (dunno; good match-up, but will probably be a boring fight even if someone wins ITD)
• Mendes vs. Volkanovski (dunno; good match-up, and tied for my second favorite fight on the card)
• Arlovski > Harris
• Zingano > Anderson
• Andrade vs. Yan (dunno; good match-up)
• Hall > Penn (boring decision via a lot of leg kicks by Hall and nothing interesting happening on the ground like BJ hopes it will -- Hall is actually the better BJJ fighter at this point)
• Kelleher > Jackson
• Ewell vs. Wood (I first picked Wood, but now I'm not sure; good match-up)
• Hall vs. Lewis (dunno)
• Millender vs. Bahadurzada (dunno; good match-up)
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Dec 17 2018 10:11. Posts 9634
I'd say the main event is the worst possible fight to bet on, prob as bad as betting on the Uriah Hall matches
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handbanana21   United States. Dec 18 2018 08:34. Posts 3037
going to this fight live. I think the jones that showed up for the DC rematch will finish this inside 3 rounds.
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traxamillion   United States. Dec 19 2018 02:47. Posts 10468
On December 18 2018 07:34 handbanana21 wrote:
going to this fight live. I think the jones that showed up for the DC rematch will finish this inside 3 rounds.
Small chance he isn't roiding for this fight though and if he isn't he is likely in trouble. I imagine he got his cycle right though and his lab is making sure his designer testosterone isn't getting tainted this time. That turinabol came from sloppy synthesis / unclean glass
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Dec 20 2018 22:29. Posts 9634
I dreamt that Gustaffson takes Jones down, and while falling Jones gets so mad he 1 shot KOs him while going down, then continues mauling him, and the ref comes in, except instead of stopping Jones just 1 shot KOs the ref too
what is wrong with me
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 21 2018 00:52. Posts 13023
On December 20 2018 21:29 Spitfiree wrote:
I dreamt that Gustaffson takes Jones down, and while falling Jones gets so mad he 1 shot KOs him while going down, then continues mauling him, and the ref comes in, except instead of stopping Jones just 1 shot KOs the ref too
what is wrong with me
Anything can happen...
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K40Cheddar   United States. Dec 22 2018 08:30. Posts 2202
Maybe I'm stupid as fuck but cyborg at -260 seems like some free money no?
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 22 2018 21:27. Posts 13023
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Baalim   Mexico. Dec 23 2018 03:03. Posts 34246
On December 22 2018 07:30 K40Cheddar wrote:
Maybe I'm stupid as fuck but cyborg at -260 seems like some free money no?
I dont see Amanda knocking her own and she will probably just exhaust herself, I was absolutely amazed at Cyborgs cardio I figured given her size she would gas fast but nope.
Anyway she is paying -260 so its not like people are not agreeing with us
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Dec 23 2018 03:20. Posts 9634
After watching Inside the Octagon i feel like JBJ will smack Gustafson hard and TKO him in 4 rounds tops
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 23 2018 05:13. Posts 13023
On December 23 2018 02:20 Spitfiree wrote:
After watching Inside the Octagon i feel like JBJ will smack Gustafson hard and TKO him in 4 rounds tops
If Jones doesn't have any ring rust, he should win.
People are overrating Gustafsson, thinking he has improved so much. They like to reference his win over Glover, but he didn't look great until he landed multiple uppercuts against an old, slow fighter who gets hit a lot, especially with punches down the middle.
Baalim   Mexico. Dec 23 2018 23:58. Posts 34246
agreed, somehow Jones has been more active than Gus, also as the vid suggest, Cormier showed how to grapple with Gus so Jon will probably copy some key moves
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wongfeihung   United States. Dec 24 2018 01:21. Posts 48
Jon Jones tests positive for trace amounts of turinabol again, so Nevada wouldn't license him. Instead of replacing him, Dana just moves the entire event from Vegas to LA. Lol
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 24 2018 01:38. Posts 13023
On December 24 2018 00:21 wongfeihung wrote:
Jon Jones tests positive for trace amounts of turinabol again, so Nevada wouldn't license him. Instead of replacing him, Dana just moves the entire event from Vegas to LA. Lol
Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Dec 24 2018 03:28. Posts 9634
Steroids could easily stay in your system for 18 months, this seems like a trace from the last time he fought DC.
Are the tests really that expensive in the USA that the UFC doesn't have an in-house testing for such cases? This could potentially cost them millions of dollars and could easily be prevented if Jones was tested and this event was set up a few months into 2019. I think Dana once spoke about a single test being 50,000$? What the fuck is that?
Whatever happens now, the event will be badly stained. I hope Jones really is a motherfucker that gives no fucks and doesn't get ruined by the stress of another bad publicity.
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K40Cheddar   United States. Dec 24 2018 03:49. Posts 2202
On December 22 2018 07:30 K40Cheddar wrote:
Maybe I'm stupid as fuck but cyborg at -260 seems like some free money no?
I dont see Amanda knocking her own and she will probably just exhaust herself, I was absolutely amazed at Cyborgs cardio I figured given her size she would gas fast but nope.
Anyway she is paying -260 so its not like people are not agreeing with us
Yeah but im saying i think cyborg should be like -500 to -1000 in reality if it wasnt for nunes hype train
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 25 2018 00:22. Posts 13023
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Baalim   Mexico. Dec 27 2018 09:48. Posts 34246
he keeps jucing lol ffs
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Dec 27 2018 11:53. Posts 9634
he obviously doesn't, but this confirms that his suspension was well deserved
Dana said they found traces of it in a part of a picogram, a picogram is 1 trillionth of a gram... and it comes after 8 negative tests... its obviously a result of his previous juicing