UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Trevor Peek is what most people not familiar with the sport think of when they hear someone talk about MMA.

@pashaboyer 

i see Allen going for td more this time around. 

Dumont aint losing to a grandma

only way Court win this fight is going for td and hold him down for dear life and i don't see that happening. 

Budka vs. Almeida
Dylan Budka
hopefully Budke uses grappling

Allen vs. Curtis II
Brendan Allen, SUB, R1
Improvement by Allen, more maturity.

Brzeski vs. Walker
Valter Walker, TKO, R1
Valter by walker family genes

Peek vs. Campbell
Charlie Campbell, TKO, R2
Campbell KO with better technique.

McGee vs. Morono
Alex Morono, DEC
Decision based on output.

Matsumoto vs. Argueta
Jean Matsumoto, DEC
decision based on damage

Budka vs. Almeida
Dylan Budka, DEC
Budka was a good high school wrestler (87-5, all american), almeida is a kickboxer who just transitioned to MMA.

Allen vs. Curtis II
Brendan Allen - Mid confidence
Allen is the better fighter. Curtis did not look good in Canada at all while Allen dominated Craig. He has improved a lot in these 2,5 years since they last met.

Hernandez vs. Jackson
Hernandez - Low confidence
I am leaning towards Hernandez but not really sure about this pick. This is not co-main worthy at all.

Charriere vs. Mariscal
Mariscal - Mid confidence
I think Charriere is overhyped. Mariscal got robbed against Steve Garcia by an awful stoppage. Recents wins over Peek and Jenkins while Charriere fought lower tier fighters in Cage warriors and other regional organizations yet ''only'' achieved a 18-9 record over there. Zecchini is definitely not UFC tier.

Bahamondes vs. Giagos
Bahamondes - High confidence
No explanation needed Bahamondes is just better.

Brzeski vs. Walker
Valter Walker - Mid confidence
Not really impressed by Walker, Brzeksi got smacked by Waldo and is fighting on 235 with a record of 0-3 in the UFC. If Walker loses this he should go back to the regional organizations in Russia. This is a gift debut given by uncle Dana.

Peek vs. Campbell
Campbell -  Low confidence
Leaning towards Campbell because he is the more skilled fighter of the 2.

McGee vs. Morono
Morono - High confidence
Morono is just miles ahead of journeyman McGee.

Dumont vs. de Randamie
De Randemie - Mid confidence
The Randemie is a former champ and had a good trainingcamp with SB gym - the gym of the top guys of Glory Kickboxing, her stand up game should be too much for Dumont.

Alateng vs. Hugo
Alateng - Low confidence
Honestly, I don't know much about Hugo apart from his DWC fight. Going for the experience here as debutants are untrustworthy most of the time.

Calvillo vs. Rodriguez
Calvillo - Mid confidence
Calvillo is 6-6 in the UFC with 0-5 in her last 5 matches. She has fought top tier opposition with 2 split decions losses. Rodriguez is not good at all and should give Calvillo her confidence back.

Matsumoto vs. Argueta
Jean Matsumoto - Low confidence
Another debutant, while the kid looks promising I dont trust him yet.

Budka vs. Almeida
Budka - Mid confidence
Almeida is a former kickboxer with wins over Chama and Serkan. However, most of the time former Glory Kickboxers have no ground game. While budka has great wrestling skills. I think Budka will dominate him on the ground or even get a submission.

Mullins vs. Cornolle
Nora Cornolle - Low confidence
Noone is interested in this fight or knows these girls.

Morono by TKO is probably a good shout, Court is probably on Cerrone levels of mush at this point.. 

Didn't Dana say he wanted to see Budka at welterweight when he gave him the contract?

Heili is out against Victor hugo

lol nvm tap beat me to it

* Edited at 04.02.2024, 12:07 PM ET *

I will not be gambling on MMA until I get my **** together on predictions first. There is clearly something I'm not noticing about these fighters. Need to hold myself more accountable dammit!

@Mothswords 

don't get discouraged! You're gonna have your ups and downs when picking mma. One week you'll be on top of the world and the next your picks could go straight to the ****ter and have you kicking yourself in the ass all week. Just stay at it and I'm sure your luck will turn around

and right now is a strange time on cards, lots of unknowns on the fight night cards because all the knowns have been on these banger ppv cards.

@AyyLmaonnaise 

of course he is 😂😂 🔒 

Hope ufc give Higo a replacement. Talented guy and so fun to watch. Was looking forward to his debut

@jeffferson 

god damn it. I slammed Hugo :(

Damn, Hugo out, UFC give him Cody Gibson real quick

@Ayy imagine …. “Hugo is a can” and Haili pulls out . 

@SANGRES 

😭😭 Cody. 💀 he would find a way to still lose lol

* Edited at 04.02.2024, 1:50 PM ET *