- Michelle Waterson was expected to face Amanda Ribas at this event. However, Waterson pulled out of the bout in early December due to undisclosed reasons. She was replaced by Marina Rodriguez on December 9.
- Andrew Sanchez vs. Andre Muniz was originally scheduled for this event. In late December, Muniz withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Makhmud Muradov on December 24.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 21 2021 05:48. Posts 13030
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Jan 21 2021 09:41. Posts 9634
Thought they re going to fight for the interim title since Khabib retired, but maybe UFC managed to persuade him to do a few more fights
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 21 2021 22:47. Posts 13030
On January 21 2021 08:41 Spitfiree wrote:
Thought they re going to fight for the interim title since Khabib retired, but maybe UFC managed to persuade him to do a few more fights
Khabib just said that he has no plans to fight anytime soon, yet Dana keeps saying he will try to get Khabib to fight and that Khabib is still the champion and Conor vs. Dustin is NOT for an interim title. This was after Khabib met with Dana in Abu Dhabi two days ago to talk with him.
Dana will keep trying to make Khabib fight again, even though Khabib said he retired after he beat Justin Gaethje because his mom doesn't want him to fight anymore, and he isn't comfortable fighting without his dad (his life-long coach in everything since he was born).
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Big_Rob_isback   United States. Jan 22 2021 02:36. Posts 211
Conor 1st round ko via shoulder strikes
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 22 2021 17:22. Posts 13030
Nasrat Haqparast didn't make weight on his first attempt and did not make it back within the allotted time window to retry, and Ottman Azaitar reportedly did not show at all.
Edit: "Dana White tells me Azaitar and his team cut their wristbands and handed them to others outside of the safe zone that snuck in past the security members and everything was caught on camera. Azaitar has been cut from the UFC."
Matt Frevola will now fight Arman Tsarukyan.
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captainhook   Canada. Jan 23 2021 06:23. Posts 466
I got bets, all small, 20 bucks each for Albazi, Sanchez, Carlos Junior, Eye and Chandler.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 23 2021 08:27. Posts 13030
On January 23 2021 05:23 captainhook wrote:
I got bets, all small, 20 bucks each for Albazi, Sanchez, Carlos Junior, Eye and Chandler.
So basically all of the dogs
I am on the other side for all of those fights. Those fights are all near even money as well.
Edit: My two most confident bets were cancelled this morning (Tsarukyan and Azaitar).
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 23 2021 09:05. Posts 13030
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captainhook   Canada. Jan 23 2021 13:47. Posts 466
On January 23 2021 08:05 PuertoRican wrote:
That’s actually a good one. I’ll tail you on that one.
Do you think Ribas is a bit overhyped? I’m tempted to put like 10 bucks on Rodriguez. She should already have figured a fix for her weakness against wrestling heavy fighters.
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hiems   United States. Jan 23 2021 15:31. Posts 2979
I don't follow UFC much but just saw the first fight between conor/porier how the f is conor not a bigger favorite here?
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 23 2021 17:26. Posts 13030
That’s actually a good one. I’ll tail you on that one.
Do you think Ribas is a bit overhyped? I’m tempted to put like 10 bucks on Rodriguez. She should already have figured a fix for her weakness against wrestling heavy fighters.
No, I don't think Ribas is overhyped. This is a good matchup for her.
It's WMMA, which means a big favorite can lose just because of something stupid like she recently broke up with her boyfriend, or that her Starbucks coffee wasn't prepared correctly that morning. That being said, Ribas has decent striking, is the better wrestler, has better BJJ, and has good cardio.
Rodriguez won R1 and R2 against Calvillo in December 2019, then finally got taken down in R3 and got raped so hard that it was a 10-8 round and the fight ended as a draw (I had money on Rodriguez). Her next fight was 7.5 months later in July 2020 against Carla Esparza, and Carla was able to get Marina down and win a split-decision that should've been 29-28 across the board (I had money on Rodriguez, as me and everyone else assumed Rodriguez fixed her hole in wrestling, which she didn't). Now we are here again 6 months later against another woman who has above average wrestling for WMMA, but can also strike and has much better BJJ than Rodriguez's previous two opponents.
Rodriguez: a great pure mui thai striker, below average wrestling defense, zero BJJ.
Calvillo: BJJ with average wrestling and below average striking.
Esparza: good wrestling, slightly below average striking that's improving, below average BJJ.
Ribas: Good BJJ, above average striking, above average wrestling and has good clinches to get opponents down.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 23 2021 17:28. Posts 13030
On January 23 2021 14:31 hiems wrote:
I don't follow UFC much but just saw the first fight between conor/porier how the f is conor not a bigger favorite here?
It's a totally different fight now. Their styles of fighting and their mindset and many other factors have changed since they last fought 6.5 years ago.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 23 2021 22:28. Posts 13030
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Jan 24 2021 00:03. Posts 9634
On January 23 2021 14:31 hiems wrote:
I don't follow UFC much but just saw the first fight between conor/porier how the f is conor not a bigger favorite here?
If we compare both of them against Khabib I'd say Poirier definitely had more odds than Conor, but probably not a good comparison since Khabib is a very specific fight.
I don't know why McGregor is that big of a favorite. Yeah, McGregor has been fairly inactive and it honestly feels like he's lost his mental game 'edge' he used to have (e.g. he s quite humble nowadays most likely because of all the court shit and losing the Khabib fight)
I wonder how much the time of the event affects the fighters too, they are basically fighting at 7-10am local time. Main event starts at 9am local time... meaning they probably need to wake up at like 4-5 to get up, get some prep and move to the event to warm up
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captainhook   Canada. Jan 24 2021 00:56. Posts 466
That’s actually a good one. I’ll tail you on that one.
Do you think Ribas is a bit overhyped? I’m tempted to put like 10 bucks on Rodriguez. She should already have figured a fix for her weakness against wrestling heavy fighters.
No, I don't think Ribas is overhyped. This is a good matchup for her.
It's WMMA, which means a big favorite can lose just because of something stupid like she recently broke up with her boyfriend, or that her Starbucks coffee wasn't prepared correctly that morning. That being said, Ribas has decent striking, is the better wrestler, has better BJJ, and has good cardio.
Rodriguez won R1 and R2 against Calvillo in December 2019, then finally got taken down in R3 and got raped so hard that it was a 10-8 round and the fight ended as a draw (I had money on Rodriguez). Her next fight was 7.5 months later in July 2020 against Carla Esparza, and Carla was able to get Marina down and win a split-decision that should've been 29-28 across the board (I had money on Rodriguez, as me and everyone else assumed Rodriguez fixed her hole in wrestling, which she didn't). Now we are here again 6 months later against another woman who has above average wrestling for WMMA, but can also strike and has much better BJJ than Rodriguez's previous two opponents.
Rodriguez: a great pure mui thai striker, below average wrestling defense, zero BJJ.
Calvillo: BJJ with average wrestling and below average striking.
Esparza: good wrestling, slightly below average striking that's improving, below average BJJ.
Ribas: Good BJJ, above average striking, above average wrestling and has good clinches to get opponents down.
Thanks man. I really appreciate it.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 24 2021 01:29. Posts 13030
Fight is over. Zhumagulov didn't stop the take down in Round 3. It was 1-1 before that.
So frustrating.
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PuertoRican   United States. Jan 24 2021 02:33. Posts 13030
I can't believe these guys went to a decision. Prachnio has lost 3 times in a via TKO in Round, and the ITD line was -610.
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captainhook   Canada. Jan 24 2021 02:56. Posts 466