This was such a big weekend for COMBAT IN TEXAS. very busy, super busy. There was XKO 50, There was Fury Fc 46, and there was UFC 262. So much excitement all at one time. Its kinda bad timing TBH. Jeeze… Let people digest one show at a time…They threw everything at us in one weekend.
Anyway, at UFC 262 Charles Oliveira knocked out Michael Chandler in the 2nd round of the main event to win the vacant UFC Lightweight title
Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler
I thought I was right on track with my prediction, until the second round. Its like Chandler got a little cocky and thought that Oliveira was more rocked than he was. Wild ending to a wild fight. I got this wrong. I’d actually like to see Oliveira vs Dariush. I think Dariush deserves it. I’m also not against seeing Oliveira vs Gaethje
Beneil Dariush vs Tony Ferguson
Sometimes guys just start to look old. Ferguson looked old here. Dariush looked robotic as usual, but he looked like he knew what he was doing. Savvy vet. This is the kicker, I dont think that Ferguson offered enough resistance to Dariush for him to finish him, so I think that Dariush just went ahead and took the win -As he should IMO. Id like to see Dariush fight for the belt next. Its been a long time coming.
Rogerio Bontorin vs Matt Schnell
Not a PPV fight. Schnell offers himself up to get KOed every time I see him. Got the pick right, but thats about it
Katlyn Chookagian vs Viviane Araujo
I thought Araujo won this, but the judges must really score push kicks highly. I think that Chookagian just knows what the judges want to see, and she does a lot of it. That’s it. I got this one wrong, but I’m not mad, because I think the judges got this wrong
Edson Barboza vs Shane Burgos
Burgos was just getting hit too much in this fight, and I guess it just accumulated and put him out. Got this right, I’d like to see Burgos vs Daniel Pineda
Andre Muniz vs Ronaldo Souza
Bold… I know. But correct. Muniz had very tight BJJ, super tight. I must admit though, I thought Muniz would look a little faster on the feet, he looked very pedestrian there. And Come on! Give the guy 75K for breaking Jacare’s arm
Lando Vannata vs Mike Gundy
Vannata couldnt really turn it on, but just kinda cruised, and Grundy was playing the same tune all fight
Jordan right vs Jamie Pickett
Got this wrong. Pickett is usually durable, and I guess he didnt get put out-out, but he absorbed a lot of strikes, and was playing a silly grappling game for some reason, just putting his brain on the line. I got this wrong. So weird how this turned out
Andrea Lee vs Antonina Shevchenko
Both these girls look like trash to me. Shevchenko looked worse, She looked like she didnt know what she wanted to do. I got this so wrong
Priscila Cachoeira vs Gina Mazany
I wasnt a fan of the stoppage, but I dont care. This was super low level. Got it right, the odds makers probably lost money doing this
Tucker Lutz vs Kevin Aguilar
I picked Aguilar based on old information. His hands look slow, his feet look slow, he has a problem with distance, he doesnt have much variety. It all got bad for him pretty quick in the UFC. Got this very wrong
Christos Giagos vs Sean Soriano
Soriano was winning, until he forgot he was a featherweight, and decided to grapple Giagos wrapped up a nice D’arce on the ground.
6/12 Them are casual numbers. I apologize