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I'm calling Costa/Adesanya reminscent of Boom Boom Mancini versus Arguello. Same result. Line way too low even though Costa is a beast. He's a beast like Foreman was a beast against Ali. Beast mode not gonna work. Consider me a hot tipster on such matters.

Then I shove on Khabib. He loses on his dedication fight to his Pops? Not exactly. I'm almost undefeated on MMA save for one bout I bet in the dark having never seen either fighter (lost on 1st round KO, like I deserved, can't remember names).

But this Stylebender/Russkie-GOAT parlay is paying. Shalom.

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07-19-2020 , 11:15 PM

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Seems like Costa will have to get it done in the first few rounds or else he is gonna gas with how jacked he is, then Izzy probably starts picking him apart

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07-20-2020 , 09:35 AM

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Saw a tweet that the combined record for all ufc male champs is 165-8 with stile the only one that has more than 1 loss. I don’t really have anything to add, just thought it was impressive

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07-20-2020 , 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days

Seems like Costa will have to get it done in the first few rounds or else he is gonna gas with how jacked he is, then Izzy probably starts picking him apart

Izzy gotta weather it though. That shyt is brutal and noone is saying it isn't. So was Foreman is my play. If and when the mauling doesn't work, sluggerific Boom Boom/Foreman/Costa get super slow mo sluggish, and the other guy - Ali, Arguello, Izzy - was already way faster. They call that "bad news" in the fight game. Mehopes.

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07-25-2020 , 07:08 PM

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Damn impressive debut from Aspinall. Can always use another Heavyweight on the roster.
Fights have been decent tonight so far and main card doesnt look too bad. Suprised to see Whittaker as the favourite but maybe thats just because im soured on him after picking him to beat Isreal.

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07-25-2020 , 08:22 PM

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I've never been impressed with Till, unless Whittaker is meaningfully past his prime then I see him getting the win, took him at -115 and then got some more at -110

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07-25-2020 , 09:35 PM

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I was looking at a couple MMA sites for predictions and the majority by far went with Whittaker too. There was a couple with a similar caveat to you in that they said maybe hes just not the same fighter after those 2 fights with Romero.

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07-25-2020 , 09:54 PM

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Whittaker is going to run through Till, Till looked small at weigh ins imo. Whittaker is super aggressive and i think will be too much.

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07-25-2020 , 10:02 PM

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Gus is still young for the hw division, if he still have the love for the game then he should continue. Crazy how Werdum still a threat at his age.

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07-25-2020 , 10:08 PM

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Gus was barely active in his prime at LHW when he was top 3 in the world, he's been garbage for a few years now and I doubt has the motivation.

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07-25-2020 , 11:15 PM

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First 2 rounds were pretty clear round a piece, that 3rd rd however was really close and I got no idea who took it.

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07-25-2020 , 11:28 PM

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Close fight but i'll give the edge to Whittaker. Till wasn't active enough for me and he really needs to develop other tools outside of that left hand, he relies on it way too much.

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07-26-2020 , 12:12 AM

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yeah agree w/ 48-47

although whittaker's rd 2 was clearly most dominant rd of the 5

man they really need to fix MMA judging

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07-26-2020 , 05:39 AM

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The fight between Emelianenko and Ismailov seemed to me like a beating of a child. Ismailov's complete domination

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07-28-2020 , 02:52 PM

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Khabib v Gaethje seemingly confirmed for 24th October. Excellent.

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07-28-2020 , 02:59 PM

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DC/Stipe
Izzy/Costa
Gaethje/Khabib

Atleast one sport is going to give us 3 big time events the next 3 months

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07-28-2020 , 10:34 PM

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Izzy vs Costa is going to nuts, it's the one out of the three that i'm looking forward to most. Khabib vs Gaethje might be fun but i don't know enough about Gaethje's TKD to be as hyped for it as i should be, i just have a feeling he gets dominated like everyone else.

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07-29-2020 , 04:54 AM

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Agreed

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08-01-2020 , 07:39 PM

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I thought that was gonna be a 28-28 draw and agree with the scoring but at the same time that fight wasnt really a draw.

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08-01-2020 , 09:19 PM

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So this card lost its main event just over a week ago, lost a fight an hour or so before the start of the card and first fight of the main card get cancelled when a fighter faints as hes about to make the walk to the cage. First fight of the night was a draw too, been a weird night.

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08-09-2020 , 12:12 AM

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Derrick Lewis is hilarious. Makes the baffling decision to play into his opponent's hands in the first round. Then starts the second with a lunatic jump-knee before unleashing some godlike power.

Weidman is so clearly shot. His gas tank is even more suspect than this chin at this point. He ate so many strikes in the second round because he didn't seem to have the energy to defend against them in any way.

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08-09-2020 , 12:16 PM

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Thoughts on Stipe/DC next week? The 2nd 1 was a classic

Line is straight pick em right now

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08-09-2020 , 07:14 PM

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Anybody have a strong lean on Stipe/DC?? I am sure whoever I take will be the loser, one of those deals, so I will post before fight who I take. But if I take someone else's pick the auto-loss doesn't apply. I don't have it. Someone must feel they do and not having to lay anything. Don't know Stipe well enough. Can't get a read on where DC is, luv the guy.