MMA picks, information on the UFC, LFA and other organizations
Week 2 was a good week for the Contender Series, I thought all the fights were pretty entertaining.
Guys that got contracts on this show were: Josh Quinlan, Chidi Njokuani, Saimon Oliveira, CJ Vergara and Chad Anheliger.
Here are grades of the talent on the show. These grades are only based on their Contender Series performance, and not their performance before, in other organizations.
I remember when I used to want to watch Fury FC and I couldn’t, lol I remember watching Fury FC online, and I was watching fights that were streamed by Mike “The Truth” Jackson. Now Fury is on FightPass, The camera work is a little slow, but the production is a lot better and the talent is still very rich
Main Event
Round 1
Very technical round with Simpson using some good footwork
Round 2
Technical, until Simpson scores a highkick and drops Echeverry, and then follows up with some ground and pound. 🚩Simpson wins by TKO
The UFC PPV is back. Pretty big HW bout on this card. And Like I said in previous posts, I wish the UFC can have a co-promotion with Bellator for a UFC/Bellator 26X card. That would be great. I know that Bellator will be in the 260s soon. I’m just an MMA fan thinking of stuff
| Stipe Miocic | vs | Francis N’Gannou |
OK, so the rematch. Was it a fluke that Stipe beat Ngannou before? You cant call a 5 round win a Fluke though. I called Stipe at UFC 252 against Cormier, and I’ll call him again, why? The same reason I gave before; Stipe does well with adversity. I personally think that you have to, out technique Stipe to beat him, and I kinda view the DC loss as an anomaly TBH. Ngannou is the epidemy of having a puncher’s chance, but I just think Stipe is way too educated to fall for a one dimensional approach to a fight. I got Stipe by 5 round decision
The LFA stayed in Oklahoma for LFA 102. Elijah Johns was beaten by Bruno Souza by Split decision in the main event. The Event featured the 3 person booth, and although I’m not a fan of the three person booth, I didn’t mind this one. Rafael Lovato Jr. was on commentary, and the man is good. -Analytical, fair, immense BJJ knowledge. – I was very impressed. Sanko was there also… She was OK, but at times you could hear a little fighter bias in her commentary. IMO commentators need to throw their egos and biases out the door and call what they see.
You use this site to get a gist of how fighters are, before they hit the big leagues. I like that. I like seeing how fighters evolve over time. After you look at how I think they did, by all means -watch the fight!! There is no substitute for that.
Anyway, we were at the LFA Apex (Park City, Kansas) for LFA 98. The Kansas commission is very responsive. They enjoy their MMA fans and they are just some common-sense folk. Even though I dont agree with the open scoring in Kansas, the Kansas commission is easily one of the best MMA commissions out there, and that’s why LFA is in that State right now. At LFA 98 Josh Fremd beat Bruno Oliveira in the LFA Middleweight semi-finals, to move on to the finals. Fremd will face either Anthony Adams or Gregory Rodrigues in the final.
2020 was Broken, for the most part. But we got fights! This is a list of what was unbroken on the site last year, complete with dates!
Jan. 10 I started off with an Unbroken Pick of Ode Osbourne over Brian Kelleher at UFC 246. That pick was indeed broken. It was a bad pick guys. poor
Jan. 12 At XKO 48 John Pham was unbroken. Also known as John Tao, and John Tao Pham. Tell that man to go by one name
Jan. 18 At LFA 80 Pat Miletich on the broadcast was unbroken
Jan 19 My Carlos Diego Ferreira pick over Anthony Pettis at UFC 246 was unbroken. Perfectly unbroken, Picked the winner, the round and the method. Again my Ode Osbourne pick on that same card was wrong
We’ve had a rough year for MMA in 2020. There are so many fighters that missed out on their development this year and I’m pretty sure a lot of fighters had to quit MMA, because of the pandemic, but hopefully a lot of real fighters still have that spark and continue to train and get better. Some people say that you should never have a plan B. – 😅 I’m an advocate for plan Bs, and plan Cs and plan Qs, because you never know what life’s gonna throw at you, There is a vaccine now, and I’ve heard that its effective, so hopefully in 2021 we can all put this 2020 madness behind us. I dont know how the vaccine will work, but I’m hopeful. Just hopeful.
MMA in Texas is back! At 50% capacity, but that’s better than no capacity. I tuned in to Fury 43 broadcasting from Humble, TX. We got to hear the crowds scream at an event for the first time in a long time. And I think the UFC should think about coming to Texas. 50% ain’t too shabby. The fights… I didn’t think the pro fights were very good. The amateur fights showcased some upcoming talent. Anyway in the main event featured Nico Echeverry beating Edmilson Freitas for the Fury FC Lightweight title
Covid-19 LFA continues in Park City, Kansas for LFA 96. Maycon Mendonca beat Batsumberel Dagvadorj by unanimous decision to capture the vacant LFA Welterweight title. Real time scoring is weird. There was one instance where the Judges all changed their scores from 10-9 to 10-8s. …interesting…
Main Event
Round 1
Mendonca puts a kick storm on Dagvadorj, but the Monglian survives and takes Mendonca down and gets into his guard
Round 2
Dagvadorj eats some knees and gets the takedown. he stands and gets beat up a little.
I feel like I’ve done these picks before. I guess the UFC is coming fast a furious with the PPV cards. Figgy will be making a quick turnaround and fight Moreno -who is also making a quick turnaround. I like this card, much better than the previous PPV card. The UFC is obviously anticipating some COVID-19 cancellations, maybe this is the reason why this is a 14 fight show
| Deiveson Figueiredo | vs | Brandon Moreno |
Deus Da Guerra is so mean. Everything about this guy is bad intentions. Brandon Moreno is also very talented, but I just think that Figueiredo hits harder