UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz

Date: Saturday, November 2
Preliminary Card (ESPN+): 23:30 LP.net / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN): 01:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (ESPN): 3:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://crackstreams.com/mma/2/




Main Card (ESPN+)

Jorge Masvidal (34-13) vs. Nate Diaz (20-11) (Welterweight)
Kelvin Gastelum (15-4) vs. Darren Till (17-2-1) (Middleweight)
Stephen Thompson (14-4-1) vs. Vicente Luque (17-6-1) (Welterweight)
Derrick Lewis (21-7) vs. Blagoy Ivanov (18-2) (Heavyweight)
Kevin Lee (17-5) vs. Gregor Gillespie (13-0) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN2)

Corey Anderson (12-4) vs. Johnny Walker (17-3) (Light Heavyweight)
Shane Burgos (12-1) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (15-3) (Featherweight)
Brad Tavares (17-5) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (10-0) (Middleweight)
Andrei Arlovski (28-18) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (8-0) (Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Jennifer Maia (17-5-1) vs. Katlyn Chookagian (12-2) (Women's Flyweight)
Lyman Good (20-5) vs. Chance Rencountre (14-3) (Welterweight)
Julio Arce (16-3) vs. Hakeem Dawodu (10-1-1) (Featherweight)

Other

- Krzysztof Jotko was scheduled to face Edmen Shahbazyan at the event. However, Jotko was removed from the pairing in early October for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Brad Tavares on October 2.

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Masvidal > Diaz
• Gastelum > Till
• Thompson > Luque
• Ivanov > Lewis
• Gillespie > Lee
• Anderson vs. Walker (dunno)
• Burgos > Amirkhani
• Tavares > Shahbazyan
• Rozenstruik > Arlovski
• Chookagian > Maia
• Good > Rencountre
• Arce vs. Dawodu (dunno)

Get in the Walker train already

Masvidal has shown that he researches opponents pretty good and Nate Diaz has shown that he doesn't exactly change his style this will be fun. Problem is Nate knows his reach so goddamn well it doesn't matter

I bet Masvidal tries to pressure Diaz right away and then its going to be super fun

Masvidal and Gastelum are easy money, Ivanov and Rozenstruik are good bets too imo.

Ivanov is a terrible match up for Lewis imo but I don't get why bookies would place him the favourite

Masvidal vs Diaz
I don't know Masvidal very well but isn't he supposed to easily control the fight if he is able to often kick the legs of Diaz?
He has a muay thai background and he should be able to low kick, although that's now as easy as it sounds.
Pettis couldn't really do it and as far as I remember only dos Anjos was able to employ that strategy against Diaz.
Mcgregor also managed to do it for a while in their second fight.

Till v Gastelum
I'm not sure where Till is with his weight, especially with his travel issues. Additionally, the time difference (jet lag) may have a negative effect on him as well.
Overall I think Gastelum is way more skilled and would be able to counter Till very effectively. Till's chin could be questionable as well after that KO in March, and he is gonna get hit for sure.
The odds on Gastelum are dropping which could mean that Till is not in a good situation.

Nate Diaz (170.4) vs. Jorge Masvidal (169.6)
Kelvin Gastelum (184) vs. Darren Till (186)
Stephen Thompson (170.4) vs. Vicente Luque (170.2)
Derrick Lewis (265) vs. Blagoy Ivanov (257.4)
Kevin Lee (155.6) vs. Gregor Gillespie (155.4)
Corey Anderson (204.6) vs. Johnny Walker (204.8)
Shane Burgos (145.8) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (145.4)
Brad Tavares (184.6) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (185)
Andrei Arlovski (244) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (246.2)
Katlyn Chookagian (125.4) vs. Jennifer Maia* (127.2) - Maia fined 20% of her purse
Lyman Good (169.6) vs. Chance Rencountre (170.8)
Julio Arce (145.4) vs. Hakeem Dawodu (145.8)

https://imgur.com/a/NorkfKV

Wanted to bet over like 8k but casino capped bet at 6k so I figured I'd just take the even 3k. glgl lets go walker.

On November 02 2019 19:52 K40Cheddar wrote: https://imgur.com/a/NorkfKV Wanted to bet over like 8k but casino capped bet at 6k so I figured I'd just take the even 3k. glgl lets go walker.

There are several other spots on this card that you could win money on.

I like Anderson to beat Walker. Even if Walker wins, there are safer spots to win money and at better odds.

I made a lot of DraftKings teams for this event, so much so that I didn't feel like typing them all into an Excel file.

I am heavy on Gillespie, Anderson, Masvidal/Diaz, Good, and Shahbazyan.

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My final picks:

• Masvidal > Diaz
• Gastelum > Till
• Luque > Thompson
• Ivanov > Lewis
• Gillespie > Lee
• Anderson > Walker
• Burgos > Amirkhani
• Shahbazyan > Tavares
• Arlovski > Rozenstruik
• Chookagian > Maia
• Good > Rencountre
• Dawodu > Arce

Shahbazyan and Rozenstruik are beasts in their respective divisions!

On November 02 2019 19:52 K40Cheddar wrote: https://imgur.com/a/NorkfKV Wanted to bet over like 8k but casino capped bet at 6k so I figured I'd just take the even 3k. glgl lets go walker.

why the big bet on a random fight?

"No Nonsense" Keith Peterson let Amirkhani get his ass BEAT in Round 3...

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corey "Overtime" Anderson!!!

And there goes my night...

That's what Gillespie gets for trying to strike for an entire round and not attempting any TDs.

On November 03 2019 02:25 PuertoRican wrote: And there goes my night... That's what Gillespie gets for trying to strike for an entire round and not attempting any TDs.

he did attempt a TD and wasnt even close and if Lee's stance were any lower he would be crawling

I thought the fight would be stopped sometime in Round 2, due to how bad Diaz's eye looked after Round 1.

I assumed they'd let it go on until the end, but that New York doctor clearly doesn't watch enough high level MMA.

damn he fucked Nick up bad

On November 03 2019 04:53 Baalim wrote: damn he fucked Nick up bad

He also fucked Nate up pretty bad.

Canelo vs. Kovalev: http://crackstreams.com/boxingstreams/watch-dazn-canelo-vs-kovalev/

They waited almost an hour to start this boxing main event because of Masvidal vs. Diaz. (pre-fight hype, videos, walk-ins, introductions, fight rounds, pauses between each round, stoppage pause, announcing the result, and finally the post-fight interview. Then, Kovalev and Canelo finally walked to the ring, then national anthems, etc.)

Maybe longer than 1 hour? I lost track. Boxing analysts said they "lost this round" to MMA, since such a big boxing fight was forced to wait for an MMA fight to end before they could start.

I don't get why they stopped it, guess the doctors knows best though and Masvidal was 3-0


Glad Walker got KOed, he was talking shit as if Corey didn't matter, now he gets to learn he has to earn the title shot


Think Ivanov got robbed tbh, but not really surprising since he's fighting in NYC. His fights usually go to decision. Impressed that Lewis didnt gas after a round

On November 03 2019 11:12 Spitfiree wrote: I don't get why they stopped it, guess the doctors knows best though and Masvidal was 3-0 Glad Walker got KOed, he was talking shit as if Corey didn't matter, now he gets to learn he has to earn the title shot Think Ivanov got robbed tbh, but not really surprising since he's fighting in NYC. His fights usually go to decision. Impressed that Lewis didnt gas after a round

Nate's eyebrow was almost hanging, nasty cut and it wasn't a random cut he was getting beat up bad, I think it was the correct decision.

Nate didn't want any of that