UFC 214 - Jones vs Cormier II - Anaheim

[Card]

 

[Joseph Budden]

Made 2 bets last night

Jimi Manuwa -170 -- Clearly better than Volkan standing, and this should be a clean win especially if Volkan hasn't upped his cardio. He gets wayyyy too labored in the 2nd and 3rd. Either way though Manuwa seems like the superior striker. Faster hands, sharper technique, can expose the high guard of Volkan with liver punches and kicks. Good fight for him barring another weird Volkan upset

o2.5 Albu/Curran -150 -- 15 min of trash show WMMA. Not sure why its only -150. Albu sub seems like only way it ends itd but she seems more than OK with just hugging if that opportunity doesn't present itself.

 

[quincy k]

Jason Knight Reveals ATV Accident Ahead of Ricardo Lamas Fight

Says it's fully healed (100%) but if it opens up it's on the right side of his face (eye) and he doesn't mind bleeding. It was a deep cut.

this is horrible, not just the cut that in all likelihood has not healed and will be opened up sometime during the fight but the fact that he doesnt mind bleeding and getting blood in his eye that will affect his vision

 

[Tony J]

Natural athlete


Steroid athlete

Albu's debut - 4/11/15
USADA debut - 7/11/15

Very interesting..

 

[BluntTrauma21]

Ugh women with legit six pack type abs gross me out. She's got a great ass though so she gets a pass, I guess. Hit it from the back.

 

[Stunna77]

Made 2 bets last night

Jimi Manuwa -170 -- Clearly better than Volkan standing, and this should be a clean win especially if Volkan hasn't upped his cardio. He gets wayyyy too labored in the 2nd and 3rd. Either way though Manuwa seems like the superior striker. Faster hands, sharper technique, can expose the high guard of Volkan with liver punches and kicks. Good fight for him barring another weird Volkan upset

Yup, I think -170 is a gift line. The flukey punch on Cirk cost me some money, but plan on Jimi winning it all back plus some as without that Cirk KO I think he would be -300. I generally never go above 5u on bets and have 6u on a Jimi/Fili double.

 

[rille31]

Yeah major improvements, watch the PVZ fight then watch the Moyle fight

She did loose a 30-27 unanimous decision to moyle and moyle isn't that good

 

[onC]

She did loose a 30-27 unanimous decision to moyle and moyle isn't that good

That's true, but a bit misleading. The fight was a razor close shitshow, and alot of people scored it for Curran.

 

[Tony J]

She did loose a 30-27 unanimous decision to moyle and moyle isn't that good

Moyle is decent, but also a bad match-up for Kailin. I won some decent coin on Jamie for that fight, but I was sweating that decision. That was for sure the most competitive 30-27 in recent memory, and Junkie scored it 29-28.

 

[quincy k]

you almost have to play the lamas round two and three props with knights injury

 

[Ukram]

Q&A with Robbie, jimi, volk
Robbie:training camp went well, figured things out and is healthy and fit and ready to kick some ass.
Jimi:Says volk won't go more then 2 rounds, if he attempts anything plans on keeping his hands on him at all times. Does not matter jj or dc after.
Volk: plans on a first round ko, only had 2 weeks to prepare for osp, beat the biggest lhw prospect in misha who has finished all his fights in ufc. Wants dc or jj after but then says don't mind dc since he has beat his team mate rumble.

 

[DarkneT]

I'm only gunna play a little on this card I've got soooo little time to invest this week

What would you guys say is the safest fights to end ITD
Might put together a 2 parlay along with bones and call it a day

Can't for the life of me see Robbie or Cowboys chin lasting 15 in a bang bro battle

Manuwa and Volk surely is safe as well

Thoughts? Or anyone think anything else safer

 

[DarkneT]

And are we ALL in on Fili because his lines getting out of hand now

 

[Tony J]

she is a fitness freak , she doesn't take roids

If that's true, the time and dedication it takes to achieve that physique leaves little time to train and progress at MMA.

It's going to sound weird but it's almost better for her to be on a cycle to recover from the damage her body must take.

 

[LEMONZEST]

Ben Cousins, Australian football player, party animal.

Not a happy ending but he was drug addict during some of his best years.

It can be done but i suspect every athlete who does it is a machine follwing a major drug and alcohol binge. Cousins was out training the next day.

Yeah good example. Also the argument could be made that partying helps performance from a psychological point of view. Partying acts as a sort of relief valve for all the stress and build up. JJ could enter the fight more relaxed and in a better place psychologically. It is an interesting topic and is certainly more complex than partying = fade JJ.

 

[Jamah]

If that's true, the time and dedication it takes to achieve that physique leaves little time to train and progress at MMA.

It's going to sound weird but it's almost better for her to be on a cycle to recover from the damage her body must take.

This is how she used to look years ago.

 

[Oblivian]

If that's true, the time and dedication it takes to achieve that physique leaves little time to train and progress at MMA.

It's going to sound weird but it's almost better for her to be on a cycle to recover from the damage her body must take.

I really don't understand this thinking. It's not like she's carrying a ton of muscle mass. There are loads of guys in MMA with a good physique. She's just carrying a low body fat and has decent muscle mass for a woman. It's not like she's throwing around ridiculous weights or anything. My guess is that she's meticulous with her diet more than anything. She should surely have time for MMA still.

 

[MMA Goodfella]

It's early, but let us set our coffee — or Backwoods **Cough** @BluntTrauma21 — down and have a good laugh. A collective giggle at the expense of the wise Justin Harling over at Oddshark regarding the UFC 214 preview

No, I'm NOT referring to this hi-larious little gem...

re: Woodley vs. Maia hit his preview ended..

"The fight will likely start in Woodley's corner and slowly move on towards Maia as it goes on. I'm leaning Damien Maia on submission or tight decision".

(Forget the fact that Maia has never had a 4th or 5th round stoppage and in 31 professional fights only two finishes in the 3rd. One of them NINE years ago! Against the formidable **snickers** Jason MacDonald. Let's just hope no one tails him w/ this reasoning).

This was my first tip that the OddsShark writer was likely wiki-previewing the matchup's. However, the best was yet to come!

After fucking up the cardio of Woodley and Maia, getting it utterly 100% bass ackwards, My man double down on stupid. There was total gender confusion regarding poor Tonya Evinger. LOL

Spoiler

Yes, yes, yes I know it was a typo, but he deserved for that shitty Maia vs. Woodley preview! Moreover, it is hilarious nonetheless considering who it was referencing,

That it is to say, Tonya Evinger is harder than a double shot of 45-year-old rye whiskey without a chaser. **Allegedly what she brings to work in her lunch pail to wash down her fried bologna sandwich.**

**I can understand the confusion. Total FreudIan slip! Or he might be trolling us believing that M̶i̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ ..err.. Missuss Evinger actually has XX chromosomes. Tis a thinker*

 

[onC]

I really don't understand this thinking. It's not like she's carrying a ton of muscle mass. There are loads of guys in MMA with a good physique. She's just carrying a low body fat and has decent muscle mass for a woman. It's not like she's throwing around ridiculous weights or anything. My guess is that she's meticulous with her diet more than anything. She should surely have time for MMA still.

Women have naturally much higher bodyfat than men. Yeah, there are obviously freaks out there, but in general your average Instagram fitness chick (with body comparable to Albus) is on atleast something. And that's a fact.

 

[Zee's MMA Subscriber]

Barao vs Sterling is going to be a close fight but I think Sterling takes it. Barao just isn't the same guy he once was, 30 years old, 12 years in the game and this will be his 40th fight. The damage he took in the fights with Dillashaw and Stephens was career changing, the weight cuts were career changing. Barao is by no means shot but he is diminished, his prime is behind him.

Barao has faded in every recent fight, almost always has a strong 1st round and then slows done in the 2nd and 3rd. Look at his fight with Stephens, completely gassed in the 3rd. Even in the Nover fight, his movement looks considerably more laboured in the 3rd. Sterling will have a big edge in cardio, I don't trust Barao to keep up with Sterling in the 2nd and the 3rd round. Cutting the extra 5 pounds isn't going to help Barao's conditioning either.

Sterling doesn't even need to take down Barao, he can outstrike him. I think the striking will be close but Sterling is awkward and hard to look good against, I just trust him more in the 2nd and 3rd rounds because of his conditioning. Everyone says Sterling has no volume but he has very active in his last fight, obviously something he has improved on. As long as Sterling shows up I think he takes it, Barao has had his time and he's not at his best anymore, Sterling is on his way up, go with the momentum.