UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Date: Saturday, March 6
Main Card (ESPN+): 4:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+): 2:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass): 23:15 LP.net / 2:15pm PST / 5:15pm EST
Live Streams: http://ripple.stream/mmastreams




Main Card (ESPN+)

Jan Blachowicz (27-8) vs. Israel Adesanya (20-0) (Light Heavyweight Championship)
Amanda Nunes (20-4) vs. Megan Anderson (11-4) (Women’s Featherweight Championship)
Petr Yan (15-1) vs. Aljamain Sterling (19-3) (Bantamweight Championship)
Islam Makhachev (18-1) vs. Drew Dober (23-9) (Lightweight)
Thiago Santos (21-8) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (13-2) (Light Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+)

Dominick Cruz (22-3) vs. Casey Kenney (16-2-1) (Bantamweight)
Song Yadong (16-4-1) vs. Kyler Phillips (8-1) (Bantamweight)
Joseph Benavidez (28-7) vs. Askar Askarov (12-0-1) (Flyweight)
Rogerio Bontorin (16-2) vs. Kai Kara-France (21-9) (Flyweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass)

Tim Elliott (16-11-1) vs. Jordan Espinosa (15-8) (Flyweight)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (7-1) vs. Carlos Ulberg (3-0) (Light Heavyweight)
Sean Brady (13-0) vs. Jake Matthews (17-4) (Welterweight)
Livia Renata Souza (14-2) vs. Amanda Lemos (8-1-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Uros Medic (6-0) vs. Aalon Cruz (8-3) (Lightweight)
Mario Bautista (8-1) vs. Trevin Jones (12-6) (Bantamweight)

Other

- Randy Costa was expected to face Trevin Jones in a bantamweight bout at the event. However, on February 16, Costa withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Mario Bautista on February 18.

At first look, there’s like 6 underdogs here that look good.

My bets thus far

• Blachowicz/Adesanya O2.5 -130 $65 for $50 (Circa)
• Aljamain Sterling +120 $150 for $180 (William Hill)
• Alexander Rakic -160 $800 for $500 (Circa)
• Casey Kenney -115 $230 for $200 (BAS)
• Casey Kenney -125 $625 for $500 (William Hill)
• Casey Kenney -145 $725 for $500 (Westgate)

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Adesanya > Blachowicz
• Nunes > Anderson
• Sterling > Yan
• Makhachev > Dober
• Rakic > Santos
• Kenney > Cruz
• Phillips > Yadong
• Benavidez > Askarov
• Bontorin vs. France (dunno)
• Lemos > Souza
• Espinosa > Elliott
• Nzechukwu vs. Ulberg (dunno)
• Brady > Matthews
• Medic vs. Cruz (dunno)
• Bautista > Jones

Isn't Adesanya too small for LHW ?

On March 02 2021 09:58 Spitfiree wrote: Isn't Adesanya too small for LHW ?

He's taller and longer than Blachowicz, but he'll be the naturally lighter man, and weaker in terms of strength.

If Blachowicz wins, it will be ITD. I think the fight ends ITD for either guy.

At current line I'm back and forth on Sterling and Yan. I think early rounds Sterling but how's his cardio? He hasn't fought 5 rounds. Yan could take over rounds 4 and 5.

Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Israel Adesanya (200.5)
Amanda Nunes (145) vs. Megan Anderson (144.5)
Petr Yan (135) vs. Aljamain Sterling (134.5)
Islam Makhachev (156) vs. Drew Dober (156)
Thiago Santos (206) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (206)
Dominick Cruz (136) vs. Casey Kenney (136)
Song Yadong (135.5) vs. Kyler Phillips (136)
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Askar Askarov (127)*
Kai Kara-France (125.5) vs. Rogerio Bontorin (126)
Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Jordan Espinosa (126)
Carlos Ulberg (205) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (205.5)
Sean Brady (170.5) vs. Jake Matthews (169.5)
Livia Souza (116) vs. Amanda Lemos (116)
Uros Medic (156) vs. Aalon Cruz (155)
Bantamweight: Trevin Jones (134.5) vs. Mario Bautista (135.5)


*Askar Askarov missed weight by 1 lb.

Think Blachowicz destroys Adesanya out of pure strength difference

On March 06 2021 10:56 Spitfiree wrote: Think Blachowicz destroys Adesanya out of pure strength difference

Adesanya could be something special though. We’ll see fight day.

I love the free UFC stream inside of the Live Betting ULTRA section of BetAnySports. It's 1 minute ahead of the other stream I was watching.

Kyler Phillips with a sick striking performance.

R1: tie
R2: Kenney
R3: Cruz

Casey Kenney slowed down in R3 and gave the fight away after winning R2.

That 1 judge who gave Cruz 30-27 is dumb as fuck.

Terrible performance from Rakic, but at least he got the win.

Santos is washed as expected.

Any links?

On March 07 2021 03:53 RoyCe 4otZ wrote: Any links?

There's a link in the OP.

I am using a different link, which is embedded into the sportsbook I use.

$150 Sterling +120
$115 Sterling +102

Never in doubt.

I added Nunes submission +200 for $35.

Also have the $5 flyer on Megan Anderson TKO/KO +1425.

Megan Anderson after she got hit with the first overhand right.

I added a bet to Over 2.5 rounds in the Blachowicz/Adesanya fight.

A nice way to end the night. +$150 on O2.5 rounds in the main event, and +$41 from Jan Blachowicz live bet win. I am down for the day due to my big bet losing, but not down by much.

I am down -$411 for the day, but it was due to my biggest bet of the day losing, and it was via split-decision. If I didn't bet so much on that one fight, I would've been up a lot for the day. Either way, I liked the spot, but Casey Kenney had bad fight IQ in Round 3.

happy for jan. really cool to see how far he's come, considering he kind of sucked not too long ago

rogan and dc's commentary was terrible during the main event

grats on the nunes submission haha. damn im sorry for santos, i like him a lot, it seems he has to fight a weaker range of fighters now.