it was a weird fight but it was so underwhelming on both sides that both are reasonable assessments depending on how you view the criteria for points

Adding another 0.3u Mendes last minute I just don't see him losing here pretty much ever and he's not exactly prone to being flash submitted

lol Lamas goes out cold, Mendes shrugs and looks at the ref

That went about how I expected

Wraps up a good night for me, won about 8u

Was so tempted by Mendes r1 +475 too shame I didnt fire

Lamas could have def kept that up and outscored Mendes over 5 rds. I had a small bet on Lamas dec for a sweat, but he did seem a bit chinny when he does lose and Mendes does pack big power. Meh, I do think he's a better technical striker though.

Felt like the kind of fight where you're just waiting for one fighter to land that one punch or the other guy evade him for at least 2-3 rounds.

Well I found the problem with a morning card. After staying up all night playing poker you are very viable to falling asleep mid card. Missed the last 4 fights

Still went 2-1 for a profit. Got smashed on Kountermove and Draftkings though. Ohh well, onto the next.

Westcott is the bet of the card for this upcoming card. Imo he is the guy with the most potential out of the TUF nations (and apparently that means a lot more now than it did at the time.) his grapling is to good for Pawlak and his forward pressure will break him fast. Expecting an early finish there.

Not a percect card for me. Jones had a chance tonight. Others did not.

2015 total: +5u

peralta had more of a chance than jones

Haha just seen the Iaquinta fight and post fight reaction. Need more characters in mma, he should just insult the crowd after every fight and have people wanting to see him get his ass kicked get that PPV money.

Pettis vs Iaquinta would be the best fight to make. UFC poster boy vs Raging Al

I agree it's a good battle of mostly striker types, Pettis will probably KTFO him, it's a good rebount fight for the ex champ and if Iaquinta wins and disses the crowd after or w/e you get a new mega heel, and losing to Pettis won't really derail Iaquinta given it's the ex champ.

It wasn't really a robbery, it's just that the first round left such an impression that you'd think he'd Masvidal would win the fight on that alone.

If you count the fight as a whole, I'd say Masvidal won, but when you go round by round, with r1 going to Masvidal, r2 50/50, r3 Iaquinta, then it wasn't a robbery. I think it these situations what they should do is, count them round by round first, with r1 masvidal, r2 split, r3 Iaquinta. Then go round vs round, so you'd have after the first iteration a split, then when you compare r1 vs r3 in terms of dominance, Masvidal takes it.

Agree though with Iaquinta, hope the crowd didn't boo him, after all, all he did was try his best to win the fight, it wasn't his fault the judges scored it that way.

This is how I see it too.

It was def. Masvidal's fight to lose as he is a better fighter at this stage and his boxing is top 3 in the division. Very slick stuff... but his motivation was sorely lacking as he coasted for r2 and 3 where Al gave his soul out there.
Loved the interview at the end... I was laughing so hard.

Fired a few for the next card

2u Westcott -187
1u Omielanczuk -158
0.5u Gonzaga -170
0.5u Manuwa -153
0.5u Bandel +150

May also take Moraes sub or Moraes ITD if the price is decent

Anyone else hoping to get Randa Markos as a dog vs Aisling Daly? I'd be happy with evens but theres a chance she opens as a dog too. Opener could be anywhere idk

Was really disappointed with Markos loss to Penne, but Penne beat Daly too and the fight was super close and I think Markos is more athletic and has more upside

Struve vs Big Nog announced for UFC 190

Struve has massive mindset issues these days and a very crackable chin but on pure skillset these days he should destroy Big Nog, he looked like a zombie against Nelson

I wonder if Big Nog is the type to take PEDs in Brazil or not, he certainly didn't have them in his last fight, without them he's going to be sent off into retirement in this fight though. Wait for weigh ins I guess, if Big Nog looks good I won't bet against him, but there should be decent value on Struve despite his awful performance vs Overeem in his last fight he should tower over Big Nog and is still relative young even if his body's been through a lot, Nog is the oldest looking 30-something year old man who is a competitive athlete i've ever seen

That said last time he was 'done' and fighting in Brazil he KO'd Schaub so anything is possible. He's 38 now though and that was 4 years, a broken arm and a nasty KO ago

It's a shame that one of their careers probably ends at UFC 190, I really hope Struve has something left though he's always been my fav HW and it'd be sad to see his career end prematurely which I suspect it will if he gets KO'd again

Surely you have to go with Struve on this one? Age is against Nog, as well as just looking flat out terrible in his last few fights.

I know what you mean about Struve's mentality but I don't think it's as much as a factor when his opponent is at the standard Nog is nowadays.

I tend to agree, I mean if you put me in LeBron James or Kevin Durants body or some A level HW athlete and gave me a year's MMA training I could probably beat Big Nog too through sheer athleticism these days his last fight was the first time he just looked completely done out there, Nog still wants it mentally but his body isn't performing anymore

In fairness, I basically just retyped what you said! But I'm with you in terms of Nog still being a warrior but his body is always two steps behind.

It's been so long since I last posted here, what's the general consensus on Aldo/McGregor in this thread? The fight seems pretty big considering my friends who have never watched a UFC fight in their lives all now have expert opinions on the matter. That's usually the sign that a fight has hit mainstream attention.

Matt Brown vs. Nate Diaz set for UFC 189

Finally some great news for Brown. He's going to absolutely destroy Diaz and it's going to be FOTN/Performance of the night.

Anyone want to offer me odds that he wins FOTN+POTN?

Agree this is a mismatch

What odds do you want?

Should be an interesting fight depends if Diaz is motivated or not.
I reckon Diaz will be around +300 or more by fight time.

Anyone got any leans for Bellator tomorrow?
I like the look of Saad Awad at -165, I know his opponent as he is from the UK mma scene.
Its Mick Sinclair he has solid wrestling, good boxing and is tenacious but he's not fought for 3 years so he's coming in with some ring rust. He's at a reach disadvantage and Awad is a lot more athletic, explosive and been actively fighting decent competition whilst Sinclair has been on the sidelines. Sinclair best shot will be to grind out a decision with his wrestling but I think Awad is going to hurt him standing up and has good enough grappling to hold his own should he get taken down.
At -165 I think there is decent value here.

Sect u coming? Im def going to 189 unless im in day 4 of wsopme card shaping up nicely