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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira
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04.24.2020 | 3:12 PM ET
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bout rumored
Ovince St. Preux vs. Ben Rothwell at 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
04.24.2020 | 7:08 PM ET
Predictions: 3 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 190 Points | Tied for 2277th
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/04/ufc-headliners-anthony-smith-vs-glover-teixeira-alistair-overeem-vs-walt-harris-rebooked
"This ain't no sport, do not call our....... sport, a sport" -Darren "The Elkins" Till
bout announced
Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira at 205 lbs (93.0 kg)
bout status update
St. Preux vs. Rothwell Changed from Rumored to Confirmed
bout announced
Ray Borg vs. Ricky Simón at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
bout announced
Sijara Eubanks vs. Sarah Moras at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
04.27.2020 | 2:42 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 601st
Arlovski confirmed hes fighting Philipe Lins at this event
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fjX98BNf6/
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
bout announced
Andrei Arlovski vs. Philipe Lins at 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
bout announced
Karl Roberson vs. Marvin Vettori at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
04.28.2020 | 12:26 AM ET
Predictions: 4 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 1665th
* Edited at 04.28.2020, 12:27 AM ET *
"Quack quack quack"
bout announced
Michael Johnson vs. Thiago Moisés at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
bout announced
Bobby Green vs. Omar Morales at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
04.29.2020 | 4:02 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 601st
Andrei Arlovski, TKO, R2
I will pick Arlovski in literally any fight hes in,
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
04.29.2020 | 4:03 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 601st
WAR ARLOVSKI
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
04.29.2020 | 4:04 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 601st
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
04.29.2020 | 4:49 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 1665th
"Quack quack quack"
bout status update
Green vs. Morales Changed from Confirmed to Fizzled
bout announced
Drew Dober vs. Alexander Hernandez at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
04.29.2020 | 5:26 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 601st
Drew Dober, TKO, R1
We're all thinking and hoping for this
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
04.30.2020 | 7:20 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 62nd
Karl Roberson, TKO, R2
Fun fact you might not know about : Karl Robertson fought French K1 legend Jérôme Le banner in a kickboxing match in 2015 and... lost.
But he should have won.
Let me explain.
At the time Le Banner was 42 years old, and fighting in his homecountry, beautiful France, for his retirement fight (he fought again after that, but you know how retirement works for most fighters...). The local organization (Fight Night Saint Tropez) offered Le Banner a very favorable fight that would look like a tough fight: Karl Robertson was a young, tall, fresh, athletic american kickboxer with speed, youth and power, but it was also HIS PRO DEBUT ON SHORT NOTICE ! Le Banner was old and rusty as hell, but he had a HUGE experience advantage (80-22 at the time, in a Hall of fame kickboxing career, 6-0 in boxing, 4-3 in MMA...), having defeated the likes of Mark Hunt (three times!), Ernesto Hoost (two times!), Peter Aerts, Tyrone Spong, Gary Goodridge (two times), Rémy Bonjasky, Cyrill Abidi, Sam Greko, Stefan Leko, Bernardo, etc, in a trully amazing career... his only loss in 10 last fights being a vaillant losing effort in a decision to legend Sergei Kharitonov (!).
So Le Banner wasn't anywhere near his prime, but still very powerfull and Dangerous (and maybe using all kinds of suppléments). He managed to easily won 4 rounds of the 5 rounds fight, until Karl Robertson finally knoked him down. The (French) referee clearly waited a LOOOOOONNNNG time before starting to count the knock down. Le Banner wasn't completely out cold, so he eventually managed to get up before the referee counted to 10, but it was honestly 30 seconds after the knockdown and should have been a clean KO win for Robertson. Instead, Le Banner survived to win a very controversial decision. Even the french crowd wasn't very pleased about. Hell, I'm french myself and I hated it.
So, voilà. I don't know if knocking out a 42 years old legend on short notice in a heavyweight Kickboxing debut fight he lost in 2015 in France has anything to do with fighting a middleweight in MMA in 2020, but hey if you don't know, now you know !
Have a Bonne journée everybody, et au revoir.
* Edited at 04.30.2020, 7:35 AM ET *
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05.01.2020 | 1:16 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 2 of 10 Winners, 0 Perfect, 115 Points | Tied for 2563rd
Drew Dober, TKO, R1
Down goes the clown in a Wednesday night.
Roberson vs. Vettori
Marvin Vettori, DEC
Roberson knocked a kickboxing legend out bla bla bla. FORZA VETTORI 🇮🇹
05.01.2020 | 7:03 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 5 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 315 Points | Tied for 1103rd
Anthony Smith, TKO, R2
I could see Teixeira with the upset, I really do, but I gotta play it safe. Smith is known as the old man killer for a reason
St. Preux vs. Rothwell
Ovince St. Preux, DEC
I hope OSP can transition well to heavyweight. Rothwell is a big mofo
Arlovski vs. Lins
Philipe Lins, TKO, R2
UFC is using Arlovski as a stepping stone... guaranteed wont win a decision even if he deserves it. Been on the wrong end of some controversial decisions, especially against Sakai.
Dober vs. Hernandez
Alexander Hernandez, DEC
As much as people love to hate Hernandez, you cant deny his talent. Before Cowboy he looked fantastic. 50/50 fight
Roberson vs. Vettori
Marvin Vettori, DEC
Good test to see to prove Vettori is the real deal. He has the hype and the talent. Lets see if he can pull it off
Johnson vs. Moisés
Michael Johnson, DEC
If he loses another split decision I might lose my sh**
05.01.2020 | 10:38 PM ET
Predictions: 3 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 190 Points | Tied for 2277th
"Never go down without a fight"
bout announced
Hunter Azure vs. Brian Kelleher at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
bout announced
Chase Sherman vs. Ike Villanueva at 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
05.02.2020 | 7:05 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 62nd
Chase Sherman, TKO, R1
I'm really happy Chase Sherman is back in the UFC, after his little run in bare knuckle ! His win over Coulter was amazing to watch, win or lose he's always exciting to watch and seems like a really nice and funny dude.
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05.02.2020 | 9:36 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 5 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 390 Points | Tied for 455th
Chase Sherman, TKO, R1
Good to see sherman back in tbe ufc !
"Lets see some ******* action!"
event start time updated
From Wednesday, May 13 at 5:00pm ET to Wednesday, May 13 at 7:00pm ET
05.04.2020 | 12:07 AM ET
Predictions: 4 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 250 Points | Tied for 1847th
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. -Khalil Gibran "
05.04.2020 | 1:35 AM ET
Predictions: 5 of 10 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points | Tied for 650th
And I get a boner.
bout announced
Gabriel Benítez vs. Omar Morales at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
05.05.2020 | 3:55 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 105th
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
05.05.2020 | 4:34 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 952nd
05.06.2020 | 11:54 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 10 Winners, 3 Perfect, 570 Points | Tied for 4th with 1 other
Glover Teixeira, TKO, R3
Smith Couldn't Beat A Guy In Own House
St. Preux vs. Rothwell
Ovince St. Preux, TKO, R2
Hope You Ready For The Power Ben
Borg vs. Simón
Ricky Simón, DEC
Ricky Just A Little To Suave For My Guy
Roberson vs. Vettori
Karl Roberson, SUB, R2
It's All Fun & Games Until An Arm Is Around Your Neck
Dober vs. Hernandez
Drew Dober, TKO, R2
Alex Isn't So Great
Eubanks vs. Moras
Sijara Eubanks, TKO, R2
The Dreads Are Too Strong
Arlovski vs. Lins
Andrei Arlovski, TKO, R2
This Pitbull Aint Too Old Yet
Azure vs. Kelleher
Brian Kelleher, SUB, R2
Let's Get Another Submission Under The Belt
Sherman vs. Villanueva
Chase Sherman, TKO, R2
The Vanilla Gorilla About To Go Bananas
Benítez vs. Morales
Gabriel Benítez, SUB, R2
This Is A Toss Up For Me
"Reasons For Greatness OutWeigh Your Relevance "
05.06.2020 | 1:02 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 390 Points | Tied for 455th