UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Name the easy ones for me. I only see like 3 easy ones

the "easy" ones for me are Rosa vs Lansberg for Rosa, Mokaev vs Gordon for Mokaev, Armen vs AJ for Armen, Mustafaev vs Yamato for Mustafaev

Those are the only ones i'm extremely confident about

Länsberg vs. Rosa
Karol Rosa, DEC
way more volume

every single fight except

charles vs islam

aljo vs tj

abubakar vs omarghadzhiev

belal vs brady

is a lock (rosa, mokaev, petrosyan, mustafaev, almeida, krylov, borralho, fiorot, gamrot, yan)

Almeida is a lock 🤣

when tukhugov is gasping for air and running like a woman away from almeida in r3, i want you to come back to this post and lick my shoes

With all due respect it’s hard for me to believe a historically inconsistent fighter like Krylov is a lock. I’m picking him but he could lose this fight

I already told you go on betonline.ag and bet $1,000 on Almeida ML

i do recognize the poor fight iq krylov has shown in the past but thats still against absolute beasty fighters

having been subbed by some of the best submission artists the division has ever seen in cirkunov and craig in fights you were dominating IMO isn't that bad when you're going up against washed up volkan oezdemir



jreynolds didn't your parents teach you any manners? keep your nose out of people's wallets you bum

big bank take lil bank so you typing out dollar signs and numbers when we all know you're a broke boy isn't making any good impressions

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it's fine if that's your prediction for the fight white gorilla, but it doesn't mean Almeida is a lock. idk if u really even know what lock means if u think Almeida is a lock 

* Edited at 10.17.2022, 4:15 PM ET *

empirical evidence and logic show that wherever the fight goes, almeida has the advantage

whether that's on the ground or on the feet

then on top of that you add the fact that tukhugov crumbles under pressure and gasses out extremely fast + abu dhabi weather with ****** airconditioning


all those things lead to me being super confident in my pick

super confidence = lock

I am broke. Thats fine with me. I dont see an issue with that at the moment

LMAOO you good jreynolds?

I didn't mean to strike below the belt little guy, i'm not an elitist and I do not make fun of people in difficult financial situations

I just think it's ironic you'd bring up money and urge me to bet a rack when you're broke

anyway, sorry if I hurt your feelings man

You guys have severe insecurity issues which you project online 

Jreynolds calls people slurs online so I I don't think he's "good"

Charles Oliveria Beats Islam Makhachev
I have a vibe that Charles Oliveira is going to play a mad game of floor is lava because of his jiu-jitsu, Charles is the better striker and is the more powerful striker, I think he knock's him out, But i do think the smarter pick is Islam, If this is going to be prelong grappling exchanges, With Islam on top, Charles 11 fight win streak is done, Getting a sub on bottom is pretty much impossible unless they a big skill gap between them or the guy on top is compromise by being rock or gassed, Also having Islam on top of you might not be so bad for Charles in the first, But it will snow ball 


Aljamain Sterling Beat TJ Dillashaw-  check weight in to see how hard TJ juicing
Sterling is Champion, Gotta respect his skills, I think this may be an unpopular opinion, But I think Sterling striking is under rated and his wrestling is over rated, Sterling took 3 round off Yan on at least 2 of the 3 judges scorecard in their fights just by striking with him, That has to be an accomplishment, Also beat Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera without landing a takedown, But one thing I notice is that he rarely has great accuracy  with his wrestling, He usually get like 1-2 takedown for double digit attempts, But I will say he top game is lethal, I wouldn't be surprise when he get on top if the fight is done with, I think TJ is the Jon Jones of bantamweight, Really good, massive **** and is clearly on steroid, I think TJ has the skills to beat Sterling, Most likely the better striker and is a good enough wrestler to stuff the takedown, I think I take Sterling still because I think TJ is getting old at 37, And will be on less **** then he use to be in his prime

Petr Yan beat Sean O'Malley
Pretty obvious what going to happen, Sean hasn't really look good against the real big boys fighters at battamweight, now he fighting the biggest boy of big boy at 135, Yan going to knock this boy out

Beneil Dariush beat Mateusz Gamrot
Hard fight to predict, I think this fight is closer than people are making it out to  be, I think people feel ******** for betting Tsarukyan at -250, Completely counting out Gamrot in a 50-50, Did people not watch Gamrot fight before???, Now they over rating Gamrot, And counting out Benei in a 50-50, Beneil is pretty skilled, Arguably a better kickboxer then Gamrot and even though Gamrot is an ADCC competitors,  Beniel is no slouch on the ground either, I think the story of this fight is Beniel being a better fighter early verse's Gamrot pace as I think Beneil gas tank is a bit sus, I'm going to take Beneil because I think it might be too little of time in a 3 rounder,  But unless they're a finish, I think this fight screams split decision

Manon Fiorot beat Kaitlen Chookagian
Fiorot look really good, It would't surprise me if Chook does what she good at, And win a lame split decision, I think Chook is getting up they're in age, And Fiorot has been at least doubling everyone she fought on the strikes stat, She own Maia while Chook had a close fight with her,

Belal Muhamed beat Sean Brady
Pretty interesting fight, I think Sean Brady problem is being at 170 just being a wrestler with no hands, All the top fighter at 170 can stuff takedown, and a lot of the fight between top fighter at 170 can be describe as who is the less autistic striker between gun grappler, I think it's pretty clear that Belal is the better striker of the two and if it that dynamic, Belal should win, This fight come down to Belal takedown defence, You gotta respect the 91% takedown defence from Belal, Even though that stat is mostly from stuffing 21 of 22 of Demian Maia and Brady beat Craig Jones in BJJ. I'm still taking Belal gotta respect the 91% takedown defence

L'Andrew about to lay 1K ?

What is that 1 Kidney? Coz you sure as hell dont have $1000.

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