UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Turner vs. Green
Jalin Turner, SUB, R2
First card prediction, Turner via strangulation

Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
Beneil Dariush, DEC
I don´t get it. I know mma math doesn´t work in a sense that when Fighter A beats Fighter B, and Fighter B beats Fighter C, than A beats C. But if fighters B and C have a very similar skillset and fighting style, and we have already seen Fighter A easily beat Fighter B, woudn´t it make sense he would also beat Fighter C? It´s not like Arman has the striking of Charles Oliveira.

Turner vs. Green
Jalin Turner, DEC
Don´t want to see either of them lose. I´m betting on the chin of Turner to withstand possible adversity, and his physicality to steal the rounds with harder shots or grappling

What happened with Khalil? Should not he fight Smith?

@Hesoyam 

fight is on the next card

Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan, DEC
largely a standup fight with a few scrambles each round

Initially, I was going with Dariush, but this one being 5 rounds could make things more interesting tbh.

Dariush fought Gamrot in a 3-rounder, so I guess we can't really compare to this upcoming bout against Arman. I could see this fight being competitive heading to the championship rounds. Then, I think Arman is gonna take over. 

Yeah, Arman is not Charles and doesn't possess the same striking but he has been evolving in the stand-up department in his last fights. 

Benny could catch him on the feet since we saw Silva doing something similar to Arman, but I don't Tsarukyan has a bad chin. 

Let's see. My guess is Arman taking a 48-47 decision win. 

Bobby Green at +200 sounds crazy coming off of that win against Grant Dawson. Turner is coming off of two straight losses against Hooker and Gamrot (both by decision). I think we're in for a good one

@zackoswald 

I think that Green got lucky on the Dawson win.  It was quick and Dawson was caught off guard.
Green is also very on and off in his fights.

I am thinking it's going to be a whole lot of decision wins in this card. Hope I am wrong.

@AyyLmaonnaise 

I hear you on that. Julianna Miller isn't exactly the best example to showcase skillset or improved skillset. But I think a lot of people can agree that there was definitely a big improvement in her performance overall. It also looked like she had more sense of direction in there, which makes sense. 

An interesting thing I noticed was that the way she performed against KGB was verrrrrrry different when she fought Bea. The way I interpreted the difference was mainly frustration in the Bea fight. Like, Veronica was stagnant and confused on what she could be doing different to get a win (after the KGB fight), so she performed poorly when she got Bea because her headspace wasn't right (and who else knows what) and she was just swinging for the fences there and gassed early.

Her most recent performance against Julianna reminded me of her performance against KGB, only 10x better. And mind you that KGB and Julianna are much bigger than her and to be honest, I didn't think she did too bad at all. I'm not saying her striking is WORLD class but it's not "bad". I think some people are being really harsh here because it's "women's MMA".

Any who, I'm excited to see what she's all about now. What I really like about Veronica is not only her fight IQ (looks to be getting better and better) but her tenacity as well. Girl is not timid at all and is more than willing to go after it... if only she had finishing power on the feet...

Veronica is better now theoretically only because Dan Hardy actually understands strategy & FIQ & he's clearly been teaching her. But there is a huge difference between learning something and executing it, beating Miller has not sold me on how valid her improved skillset really is

Brady vs. Gastelum
Sean Brady, DEC
mfs tweakin for picking kelvin

@demigod those are are fair points & I do agree with what you’re saying. However, I am personally impressed with Horth’s striking. She is a pretty good kickboxer and knows how to use her range very well

@lytskinjonnybones 

dm me. I got $100 on Kelvin

for me i want dariush to win but i definitely see this being extremely competitive with arman maybe getting the better of some exchanges. this is very interesting tho,
bummed about hooker and green, was so excited about that fight man

Brady vs. Gastelum
Kelvin Gastelum, DEC
very close fight. Brady's face will be bloody and just by visual split will go to Kelvin

Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan, SUB, R4
Arman will win. He has faster reaction time and therefore he will be in more favorable positions when grappling and having more success on foot

Guida vs. Silva
Clay Guida, DEC
Guida will go forward like a zombie no matter what Silva will throw at him....

Tate vs. Avila
Julia Avila, DEC
latest downhill for Tate does not work in her favor. Mental thoughts will prevent her from getting the W