UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot

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Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Rafael Fiziev, TKO, R3
29-11, 18 7

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, DEC
37-4,

Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez II
Marina Rodriguez, DEC
41-0, 39

Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle, TKO, R2
39-2, 22 13, 9rd1

Jourdain vs. Ramos
Charles Jourdain, DEC
37-3, 28

Johns vs. Argueta
Dan Argueta, DEC
35-6, 25

Means vs. Fialho
Andre Fialho, TKO, R1
30-11, 14-14 1/2

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun, DEC
41-0, 35

Collier vs. Usman
Mohammed Usman, TKO, R1
34-8, 24, 15

Inoue vs. Goldy
Mizuki Inoue, DEC
41-0, 36

Rendon vs. Vidal
Tamires Vidal, DEC
39-2,30

There you go. You are welcome. 

Careful with Vidal tho. I have picked her but both are trash 🗑 

Otherwise my other picks are incredibly accurate 

@Rah123 

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Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle
🔒 parlay

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun
🔒 parlay

Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Mateusz Gamrot, DEC
Gamrot wins down the stretch

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, DEC
Hoping for that earth flattening choke but think a decision is more likely here

Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez II
Marina Rodriguez, DEC
Unless Hottie finds a way to sink in that guillotine

Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle, TKO, R2
Team Battle all the way for a K2 only if not a K1

Jourdain vs. Ramos
Ricardo Ramos, SUB, R2
Could be too early but I'm thinking Ramos may surprise people

Johns vs. Argueta
Dan Argueta, TKO, R1
Has cardio for days so if not a quick KO, then a sub in rd 3

Means vs. Fialho
Andre Fialho, TKO, R2
Impressed with his power, so Fialho for the comeback

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun, DEC
Unless Cody's fight IQ has merely been hibernating and makes a show here, I'll take Jacob

Collier vs. Usman
Mohammed Usman, TKO, R3
Collier a better fighter, Usman has more power but not confident here

Inoue vs. Goldy
Mizuki Inoue, DEC
Ugh

Rendon vs. Vidal
Tamires Vidal, TKO, R2
Probably a decision fight but maybe if I say K2, something might happen to wake me up

Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Mateusz Gamrot, SUB, R3
Round 3 Gamrot sub I think Fiziev is dangerous and probably rocks Gamrot early I hope the ref lets them fight it out

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, SUB, R3
Both these guys are favorites of mine I think Bryce wins with his cardio and toughness

Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez II
Marina Rodriguez, TKO, R2
Rod gonna retire her

Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle, SUB, R2
Battle avoids the bombs and gets a choke

Jourdain vs. Ramos
Ricardo Ramos, DEC
I think this fight will be action packed

Johns vs. Argueta
Miles Johns, DEC
I think Johns could get out grappled here but I like his striking when he is on

Means vs. Fialho
Tim Means, TKO, R2
Tim is still hungry for the wins

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun, SUB, R2
The koun is levels above brundage

Collier vs. Usman
Mohammed Usman, TKO, R2
Staredown made me hyped for this fight

Inoue vs. Goldy
Mizuki Inoue, DEC
Yawn

Rendon vs. Vidal
Tamires Vidal, TKO, R1
Yawn

Exciting fights. Upset potential. Early start. STAKES! sign me up! Goodluck everyone!

I'm gonna bet on Rendon's boobs

IMO if you downvoted my last post this is sexism haha

Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Rafael Fiziev, DEC
thinkin fiziev's range attack can keep gamrot outside.

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, DEC
i'll say bryce does find his td's, hopefully we can get something entertaining from him on the mic after.

Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez II
Marina Rodriguez, DEC
seems like a weird booking considering they fought less than 3 years ago and now both on negative momentum. i'll say marina's tdd holds up and she lands the better strikes.

Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle, SUB, R3
aj looks good for a round and starts to fade when bryan is still there.

Jourdain vs. Ramos
Ricardo Ramos, SUB, R2
love watching jourdain and wouldn't mind him finding another highlight reel here, but he overcommits and gets taken down. ramos finds the back at some point.

Johns vs. Argueta
Miles Johns, DEC
thinking the wrestling may nullify each other and we end up with a range management type fight. maybe dan can crash forward, but i'll take my chances and say johns can stay cleaner.

Means vs. Fialho
Tim Means, TKO, R3
fialho has the power advantage i think, but i'm not sure he'll be able to get in boxing range and that seems more like tim means threads the needle during his bursts.

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun, DEC
brundage has looked lost at times and i don't think grappling with malkoun is a winning formula if he can't stay on top.

Collier vs. Usman
Mohammed Usman, DEC
maybe collier comes out with lots of movement, but mo has shown that he will stay composed and pick his shots, so unless collier can get some early respect with his power i think he's gonna get walked down.

Inoue vs. Goldy
Mizuki Inoue, DEC
on paper, this is a pretty clear rebound opportunity for mizuki and i hope she makes the most of it, but i'm moreso expecting her to cruise and make it closer than necessary.

Rendon vs. Vidal
Tamires Vidal, TKO, R2
maybe rendon can use her size, but her quality of competition has been mediocre at best so i'll take the girl that has at least been fighting opponents with winning records (even though i'd rate pasqual a c/d level opponent in an extremely thin weightclass.).

Good luck gents

* Edited at 09.23.2023, 1:18 PM ET *

Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Mateusz Gamrot, DEC
I know the popular pick will be Fiziev here but I believe Gamrot's pressure will limit his offense and tire Fiziev out, first 3 rounds may be competitive but I think it will lean towards Gamrot in the end 48-47 or 49-46

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, DEC
Ige won't get finished but I think Bryce will win clearly

Rodriguez vs. Waterson-Gomez II
Marina Rodriguez, TKO, R1
This rematch is funny, either Marina by stoppage or shutout

Battle vs. Fletcher
Bryan Battle, TKO, R2
Battle is just better sorry not sorry, possibly a decision win but I'll go for KO

Jourdain vs. Ramos
Ricardo Ramos, DEC
Jourdain is very solid (sometimes) but I predict he'll fall flat tonight ngl

Johns vs. Argueta
Miles Johns, DEC
Argueta isn't bad but I see Johns getting the best moments here

Means vs. Fialho
Tim Means, TKO, R2
Means doesn't go down easy and it seems Fialho is going down easier and easier now so I have to go against him

Malkoun vs. Brundage
Jacob Malkoun, SUB, R1
Probably will be a decision but Malkoun is so much better I'll go with a stoppage

Collier vs. Usman
Mohammed Usman, DEC
Boooooooooooooooo

Inoue vs. Goldy
Mizuki Inoue, DEC
Inoue hasn't fought in forever but Goldy sucks

Rendon vs. Vidal
Tamires Vidal, TKO, R2
Rendon has not one finish and lost a grappling match to Juliana Miller, gotta go with Vidal

Means vs. Fialho
Tim Means, DEC
This fight will be a draw ha but no draw option on picks

I have bets on fighters with a 15%, 13% and 8% pick rate on Tap for this card, this will be interesting.

Mitchell vs. Ige
Bryce Mitchell, DEC
I’ve on a 2 fight win streak against 2 killers very well could win here but at the same time Mitchell has the perfect style to decision a guy Ige good test for Mitchell given topurias dominance against him

Means vs. Fialho
Andre Fialho, TKO, R2
Fialho a fraud but should batter means

Fiziev vs Gamrot: Hate this fight betting wise but I lean towards Fiziev. He has elite Muay Thai, power advantage n crazy tdd defense. His Achilles is definitely his cardio, especially in a 5 rounder. I want to think Fiziev can win 3 rounds jus by avoiding takedowns n landing power shots. But if Fiziev doesn’t get a ko n it’s R4 n R5, im ****ting bricks. So I guess this is more a dog or pass spot for me cause Fizievs cardio is too sus against a guy like Gamrot (lightweight Merab).

Ige vs Mitchell: Ige for Lahaina. This pick is more a fade on bryce than anything. I’m definitely not very confident because we seen Ige can get taken down quite a bit. But I jus don’t respect Mitchell’s striking at all. I think it looks like wmma. He reminds me of Ryan hall, throwing weak ass punches n telegraphed kicks. All to try n open up a takedown, they’re jus too predictable n I think Ige has faced enough wrestlers that he can defend enough to make Bryce desperate. Desperate wrestlers get hit a lot n make worse n worse entries so that’s what I’m hoping for, but like I said this a dog or pass spot for me as well 

Rodriguez vs Waterson: pick is Marina jus cause she has the length n reach advantage. We seen their last fight That michelle n her trex arm limbs jus can’t reach Marina. Michelle had some good leg kicks in that fight n secured a takedown, but that was also a 5 rounder. In her interview she believes she can “sprint 3 rounds” but I doubt it. Her last fight was 3 rounds n she was gassed l. Her Mf distance management is so **** that she jus gets tired from whiffing. Marina by decision, again. 

Fletcher vs Battle: pick is Battle but I’m ngl, that lil roided midget looks like he can cause some problems. Jus hope Bryan isn’t stupid enough to let fletcher in the pocket. 

Usman vs Collier: “just cause your brother can fight, doesn’t mean you can”. Gimme Jake Collier via drop kick. Jake actually slimmed down AND talked ****, I love to see it. Usman did look pretty ready to kill in the face off but I think he’s ****. I think we all remember that Tafa figh n I bet a lotta ppl had that under 1.5 lmaoo. We seen that he jus wants a boring ass fight like his brother. He likes to throw some wild ass punches only for the sake to hump you on the cage n maybe take a nap on you to regain stamina on top. Usman is like a ufc 4 fighter if they only had an overhand n wrestling, but also no GNP. HES JUS A CONTROL TIME MONSTER N MAYBE GETS LUCKY N LANDS THE 1 PUNCH HE ACTUALLY THROWS A ROUND. Jake is literally fighting for his job for this fight. He has the experience to beat usman. Tafa could’ve finished him if he had any tdd at all. 

Inoue vs Goldy: pick is Inoue. I think she’s just a higher IQ fighter n Goldy sells butthole pics so. Only thing Goldy wins is the Mf physique competition, she is shredded af. But 6-3 only fans fighter is not a good look. 

Vidal Vs Rendon: pick is Vidal but low confidence. I think Vidal SHOULD win but I wouldn’t be surprised if rendon could put cardio her n make Vidal gas first. I heard she runs marathons or some ****, she looked shredded at weigh ins. So those are jus sum red flags I saw but fighting wise shes not good. Basically I think Vidal wins as long as she doesn’t death gas n get scissored. 

I skipped a bunch of fights cause this card smells 

Johns vs. Argueta
Miles Johns, TKO, R2
Johns has only been taken down a single time in his career back in 2019. If Argueta is unable to ground Johns I don't think his striking will hold up, Johns has a huge advantage in power and likely speed here.

Means vs. Fialho
Tim Means, DEC
Maybe Kill Cliff has convinced Fialho to shoot after being KO'd 3 times in a row. But with 0 takedown attempts in his career it doesn't seem likely. Means is almost 40 but he's been finished by strikes only one time in his career. Fiahlo's chin is just way too suspect for me to pick him. He is a brawler who needs to get on the inside and drop the hammer on Means who has kept wild men like him at distance before with his jab, and who is also totally capable of taking Fialho down.

Collier vs. Usman
Jake Collier, DEC
On his 3-fight skid Collier lost a razor thin split to Arlovski and got caught with a miraculous head kick from Barnett. He's very fast for a heavyweight and throws volume. Winning or losing he doesn't tire easily. Usman will generally wing some full power punches until he tires himself out and then lays and prays. 2 take downs and and 7 punches against Tafa doesn't give me much to believe in despite winning that fight.

* Edited at 09.23.2023, 2:59 PM ET *

Rendon,Collier,AJ I assume?