UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3

Date: Saturday, August 15
Main Card (ESPN+): 3:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN): 1:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 23:59 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Live Streams: http://crackstreams.com/mma/2/




Main Card (ESPN+)

Stipe Miocic (19-3) vs. Daniel Cormier (22-2) (Heavyweight Championship)
Sean O’Malley (12-0) vs. Marlon Vera (15-6-1) (Bantamweight)
Junior dos Santos (21-7) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-1) (Heavyweight)
Herbert Burns (11-2) vs. Daniel Pineda (26-13) (Featherweight)
John Dodson (21-11) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (11-4) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN)

Jim Miller (32-14) vs. Vinc Pichel (12-2) (Lightweight)
Felice Herrig (14-8) vs. Virna Jandiroba (15-1) (Women's Strawweight)
T.J Brown (14-7) vs. Daniel Chavez (9-3) (Featherweight)
Ashley Yoder (7-5) vs. Livia Renata Souza (13-2) (Women's Strawweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Chris Daukaus (8-3) vs. Parker Porter (8-5) (Heavyweight)
Kai Kamaka III (7-2) vs. Tony Kelley (5-1) (Heavyweight)

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Cormier > Miocic
• Vera > O'Malley
• Rozenstruik > JDS
• Dodson > Dvalishvili
• Ankalaev > Cutelaba
• Pichel > Miller
• Yoder > Souza
• Daukaus vs. Porter (dunno)
• Jandiroba > Herrig
• Burns vs. Pineda (dunno)
• Brown vs. Chavez (dunno)
• Gonzalez vs. Villanueva (dunno)

Looking forward to watching miocic and cormier. Been fading out of sports as of late but that will be a good fight. Surprised to see puerto going big on cormier i felt like stipe handled himself really well last fight

^ Could go either way. But yeah.. I'm leaning Miocic too.

On August 10 2020 03:37 CamilaPunt wrote: Surprised to see puerto going big on cormier i felt like stipe handled himself really well last fight

Cormier won their first fight via TKO, and he won the first 3 rounds of their second fight before he got hit with multiple body shots in Round 4.

I've already seen who the better fighter is, and I'll take the fighter who is more skilled in MMA, has better fight IQ, and is at even money.

Remember, this is Cormier's last fight before he retires, win or lose. He will enter this fight at his best, and expose the holes that Miocic still shows in most of his fights (even in their rematch).

^ Miocic arguably has the higher fight IQ tho, being behind three rounds and then coming up with a solution at the fourth.

And there's also the match vs Ngannou.

On August 10 2020 16:19 captainhook wrote: ^ Miocic arguably has the higher fight IQ tho, being behind three rounds and then coming up with a solution at the fourth. And there's also the match vs Ngannou.

Miocic's corner told him to go to the body. He was still making the same mistakes in their rematch that he made before, which is why he lost the first 3 rounds. Cormier's cardio started to become a problem, which lead to the body shots being so effective.

This fight will also be in the small cage, which favors wrestler. All other PPV events have always been in the big cage.

As for the Ngannou fight, it has zero to do with the Cormier match-up. Ngannou was a green fighter with big power and nothing else, while Cormier is better than Ngannou in every area of MMA (even the boxing, since Ngannou is not a good boxer, he literally throws wild punches with power in every punch, hoping to KO you).

On August 10 2020 16:39 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On August 10 2020 16:19 captainhook wrote: ^ Miocic arguably has the higher fight IQ tho, being behind three rounds and then coming up with a solution at the fourth. And there's also the match vs Ngannou. Miocic's corner told him to go to the body. He was still making the same mistakes in their rematch that he made before, which is why he lost the first 3 rounds. Cormier's cardio started to become a problem, which lead to the body shots being so effective. This fight will also be in the small cage, which favors wrestler. All other PPV events have always been in the big cage. As for the Ngannou fight, it has zero to do with the Cormier match-up. Ngannou was a green fighter with big power and nothing else, while Cormier is better than Ngannou in every area of MMA (even the boxing, since Ngannou is not a good boxer, he literally throws wild punches with power in every punch, hoping to KO you).

Not sure but I think it was Miocic who decided on the fly to go for the body. That's at least how I remember it.

Anyway, Cormier is 41 and with the weight I'm not too sure he'll look good this time around.

really hope DC gets crushed for calling stipe a baby because he complained about eye pokes lol. that being said i'm leaning towards stipe, i think DC is just too old at this point and stipe's hair is looking good

PR curious why you picked rozenstruik over JDS - unless you just think JDS is over the hill?

I hope he gets crushed cause DC tried to claim moral high grounds vs JBJ but is actually a piece of shit as well. He's 41 and his cardio wont get better. Miocic adapts well from fight to fight. The only issue is the cage is small so less cardio needed and less place for Miocic to run around

On August 11 2020 08:02 Into Infinity wrote: really hope DC gets crushed for calling stipe a baby because he complained about eye pokes lol. that being said i'm leaning towards stipe, i think DC is just too old at this point and stipe's hair is looking good PR curious why you picked rozenstruik over JDS - unless you just think JDS is over the hill?

Rozenstruik ITD, or JDS decision.

I can see it being a boring fight most of the time, but JDS is slow and leaves himself open to counters, and Rozenstruik is a counter striker with decent speed for a heavyweight.

I am passing on the fight.

I also don't like Cormier but I gotta side with PuertoRican this time, Cormier is the better fighter and is definitelly a bet at even odds.

miocic seems like he leaned out from embedded

Who's got better wrestling, Miller or Pichel?

On August 13 2020 06:07 captainhook wrote: Who's got better wrestling, Miller or Pichel?

Depends who you ask.

I think Pichel has better wrestling, but Miller is strong in Round 1.

I am rooting for Pichel and I think he will win, but the fight is close. Pass for me.

The ones in grey fell through. Got a few good early lines in general and in particular a great early line on Pichel at +140. Later added a bit more on Pichel by decision at +180.