So I didnt think that UFC 236 would be that good and I got pleasantly surprised. I made some bad calls. But its all good, some of the calls that I made were absolutely sublime.
Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway
I thought that Max would be big enough to handle Poirier. I thought he would actually have some power at this weight class. Turns out that it takes a little bit of time to develop that power. He also fought a very dangerous game and he ate a lot of shots in this fight. I know that he wants to stay in this weight class, so he’s stuck in a weird limbo right now.
Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum
I said that this would be boring and boy was I wrong. I was terribly wrong. This fight rivals Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barbarena for the fight of the year so far. I predicted everything correctly except the boring part.
Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Eryk Anders
I predicted this one perfectly. I didnt know that Rountree would be ready for Lumpinee stadium though. He looked super fast
Dwight Grant vs Alan Jouban
I got this one right too. I didnt think that Jouban would have such a good chin on him in this fight. Grant ran the whole fight and was able to out-point his opponent. That’s how it goes sometimes.
Nikita Krylov vs Ovince St. Preux
OSP looked out of shape and sleepy. I predicted him to knock Krylov out. At one time he had fast hands, he doesn’t seem to have that anymore. He’ll probably move into the roll of top-15 gate keeper.
Matt Frevola vs Jalin Turner
Matt Frevola had a great game plan, Turner was just looking to use his physical tools. Turner lacks important technical abilities, especially on the ground. I guess when you’re so gifted physically, you’re just used to muscling your way out of bad situations. I never saw it coming, I guess I didnt respect Frevola’s fight IQ
Alexandre Pantoja vs Wilson Reis
I didnt care too much about this fight. I thought Reis had a better ground game. It never got that far.
Max Griffin vs Zelim Imadaev
Griffin proved he’s not all the way terrible, and I knew nothing about Imadaev. The Prelim card totally sucked for me. We learned that Imadaev likes to get emotional and fight with his hands down though.
Khalid Taha vs Boston Salmon
I got the winner right. I just thought Salmon would be tougher, he got caught with a fairly innocuous 1-2 combo
Belal Muhammad vs Curtis Millender
So Muhammad does have a secret wrestling game – egg on my face
Montel Jackson vs Andre Soukamthath
If Jackson has the right coaching he can be champion. He hurts people, and he can throw very accurate stuff. My unbroken pick remains unbroken
Poliana Botelho vs Lauren Mueller
Mueller is tough. Botelho has bad intentions all the time. I basically picked Botelho because of her bad intentions
Brandon Davis vs Randy Costa
UFC experience stands for something. -On second thought I should’ve picked Max Griffin to win since they were both fighting guys making their debut and both Max and Brandon are so similar. Anyway I’ll get em next time
If you haven’t seen my picks Again-check em out here
I got 7/13 – my worse score so far
The Buakaw Rountree pick was unbroken