UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Muhammad naimov is replacing guram 

Wow calm down. I didn't say anything to deserve that from you?

I'm really bummed that Guram pulled out. He could've been a contender but he just cant make it to a fight man. Anyone know if Muhammad Naimov is good?

Muhammadjon Naimov is going to be destroyed by Mullarkey.

Having a think about it, you’re right, there was no need for that. that was classless from me sir, my apologies. 

Lol all good 👍 

Short Notice Fade 

Kara-France vs. Albazi
Amir Albazi, SUB, R2
Overrated KKF gonna get smashed and all the fan bois on here gonna hop off this hype train fast. Will be funny to watch people tell us how they knew KKF was never that good.

Caceres vs. Pineda
Alex Caceres, SUB, R3
Alex survives 2.5 mins and wins

Miller vs. Gordon
Jim Miller, DEC
Gordon ain't that good

Elliott vs. Altamirano
Tim Elliott, DEC
Elliot with divorce energy

Silva vs. Souza
Karine Silva, SUB, R1
Setup

Mullarkey vs. Naimov
Jamie Mullarkey, DEC
Mullarkey is good. Not Guram good, but good

Zaleski vs. Nurmagomedov
Abubakar Nurmagomedov, DEC
Zaleski too old and slow now

Castañeda vs. Gafurov
John Castañeda, DEC
Tough one to call

Arlovski vs. Mayes
Andrei Arlovski, DEC
Please cut Mayes after this

Santos vs. Munoz Jr.
Daniel Santos, DEC
Easy

Yu Frey vs. Reed
Elise Reed, DEC
Retire Frey, retire

Lacerda vs. Blackshear
Da'Mon Blackshear, DEC
Goos fight but Lacerda is lacking and BJJ sucks

Grishin vs. Lins
Maxim Grishin, DEC
Will Grishin make weight? Will he get his visa? 80% likely fight gets cancelled

Guram is pull-out black belt

Grishin vs. Lins
Philipe Lins, DEC
Lins Power and speed on the feet will win this.

I always come to Tapology for the entertainment! The breakdowns and the fights I see among the MMA tapology community no need to mention names think you guys all see who's the petty ones on here...

Love all the attention betting is getting this week, must say I don't see any betting slips relating to these 5 leg parlay 'bankers' week in week out, almost because I suspect one a week will lose as big fav's can do, I don't see much money to be made as risk to reward is outwayed by the risk IMO. Do love throwing small change on 8-9 fighters from one card in a parlay including some Dogs.

I started with £5 units in my bankroll over 18 months ago and through following a couple tipsters (Different sports) managed to times my bankroll 20 fold, so tipsters get money not because they help the bookies but because they DO make the punters money longterm. This stuff is all about longterm, its the game we play as gamblers. Still back my own bets for fun and to make a little extra cash, had Urbina TKO, Hernandez TKO & Buckley fight ends Via TKO in a parlay +6000 like I say just for fun.

I gotta say you Americans get insane bookies, over in England I deal with issues like getting my account restricted on what I can place on a single bet and even get banned from certain bookies, it all comes down to +EV and that I try placing £150 on a single, always comes back with 'Business Decision' as to why my accounts get F*****

Might start interacting a little more in the future, we shall see how whacky things get on Tapology!

This weeks lil play might be Kai via TKO, Abubakar via DEC, Arlovski via DEC ;) 

Mullarkey vs. Naimov
Jamie Mullarkey, TKO, R2
Happy to see ufc is signing more Tajiks. However, naimov is really bad. He got a robbery win on tuff n uff then got a quick ko of a can. He’s got ok striking, ok wrestling, but doesn’t excel anywhere. Jamie is gonna put the beats on him

His source is being Ayy. That is the only source we need.

But to answer your question such news are usually broken by Brett Okamoto or Ariel Helwani on twitter, perhaps others as well. Whoever breaks the news you can be sure Ayy follows their twitter because he will notice Tap within minutes.

* Edited at 05.30.2023, 9:50 AM ET *

Mullarkey vs. Naimov
Jamie Mullarkey, TKO, R2
On paper Naimov looks formidable. However if you look at his record he’s not very impressive. He lost on the contender series to a man who would go on to lose 4 straight against middling competition in the ufc and on the regional scene. Since then he’s picked up 3 wins that haven’t been that impressive. Mullarkey is just better and I see him putting on a beat down until he breaks Naimov

Naimov at +400? Well another dog to add to my list of bets then I guess. Even though he SHOULD lose on a couple of days notice and up a weight class against a grindy grappler in a small cage.

Still I don't think he's a bum and that's a very disrespectful line. Mullarkey gets rocked almost every fight but fights through it because he's tough as hell. Naimov has clean striking and went 5 hard rounds right after his contender series without gassing badly so I would say unknown cardio at this point.

I think he gassed because of anglins wrestling. Mullarkey will wrestle if he starts to feel any pressure on the feet. I’m just not sure naimov is ufc level, he’s lost to every legit opponent he’s fought. Even that fight against sitik muduev was a robbery 

Aannd I've just been limited by my best book. Not many left now that hasn't put in a limit somewhere. Cretins.

There was plenty of grappling in the 5 rounder against Murad he fought just a few months later. Was a pretty back and forth fight and I think his cardio hell up well in that one.

My bet is being manually reviewed. That's code for "slow your roll son pls".

And now the line was changed from +400 to +265. Glad to be of service I guess, they should pay me for this.

* Edited at 05.30.2023, 11:10 AM ET *