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UFC Fight Night 129: Maia vs. Usman Discussion Thread

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skelliher
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05.18.2018 | 3:31 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 525 Points   |   Tied for 642nd

The fighters are weighed in and we're set for a solid night of fights from Chile. 

Prelims kick off on UFC Fight Pass at 630pm ET before moving to FS1 at 8pm. 

Enjoy!

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UFC Fight Night 129
  • Saturday 05.19.2018 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 | Prelims: UFC Fight Pass
  • Name: UFC Fight Night 129: Maia vs. Usman
  • Also Known As: UFC Fight Night Santiago
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: Movistar Arena
  • Location: Santiago, Chile
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Jimmy Smith
  • Ring Announcer: Joe Martinez
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jimmy Smith
  • Attendance: 11,082
  • TV Ratings: 870,000 avg. viewers (1.14M peak, 254k FS2 prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Bout   Info
Kamaru Usman   defeats   Demian Maia   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Tatiana Suarez   defeats   Alexa Grasso   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   2:44 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Dominick Reyes   defeats   Jared Cannonier   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:55 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Guido Cannetti   defeats   Diego Rivas   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Andrea Lee   defeats   Veronica Hardy   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Vicente Luque   defeats   Chad Laprise   via KO/TKO, Punches   4:16 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Michel Prazeres   defeats   Zak Cummings   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Alexandre Pantoja   defeats   Brandon Moreno   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Poliana Botelho   defeats   Syuri Kondo   via KO/TKO, Body Kick and Punches   0:33 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Gabriel Benítez   defeats   Humberto Bandenay   via KO/TKO, Slam and Punches   0:39 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Enrique Barzola   defeats   Brandon Davis   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Frankie Saenz   defeats   Henry Briones   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Claudio Puelles   defeats   Felipe Silva   via Submission, Kneebar   2:23 Round 3 of 3, 12:23 Total Bout Page

Responses

MassaBruce
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05.18.2018 | 8:26 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

Anybody else see those botched weigh-ins? UFC went full-******. 
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Gregory
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05.18.2018 | 8:36 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points   |   Tied for 757th

Missed them, what happened?

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MassaBruce
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05.18.2018 | 8:46 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

There were no ceremonial weigh-ins! This went on for about 20 mins; 


It was like they couldn't get the video feed to the weigh in. The cage and weigh ins are in separate places, and they just started randomly turning on the cameras stationed around the cage setup for tomorrow night with random UFC workers standing around for about 10 minutes.

Finally, there was one of those big ass stadium screens. Well they turned on one camera that you could see the screen. On that screen? THE LIVE WEIGH IN.

So like on a tiny portion of the screen, you could see the ceremonial weigh in across the arena.

Then they started playing all the prelim stuff for tomorrow night. Yes. All the overlays, graphics, music, tale of the tape, everything, even like the overhead shots of Santiago, Chile.

Then they did all the graphics for one of the fights overlayed on the screen.

Then they started playing the walkout music for both. But it wasn't just walkout music, it was a text overlay like would be written on a power point slide. Then the stream got cut.

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Gregory
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05.18.2018 | 10:38 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points   |   Tied for 757th

LOL, oh well

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AnAlias
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05.19.2018 | 11:44 AM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 473rd

Usman can probably follow the blueprint that Woodley and Covington used to get the win, but all it takes is one mistake and Maia will make him pay. 
MassaBruce
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05.19.2018 | 11:56 AM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

Woodley was galloping away from Maia so hard and fast his heels here clacking. Colby met Maia in the center of the octagon and whooped his ass. Completely different "blueprints" 
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05.19.2018 | 12:54 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 473rd

They both used their wrestling backgrounds to avoid grappling and out-strike Maia. Colby was just a lot more effective due to not "galloping away" and committing to strikes a lot more. Same game plan, just executed better by Colby.  Usman can probably do something similar. 
MassaBruce
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05.19.2018 | 1:15 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

  Colby didn't avoid anything man. Beat the snot out of Maia in EVERY aspect of MMA. With relative ease. 

* Edited at 05.19.2018, 1:16 PM ET *

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freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 5:56 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

Colby covington = wanna be connar mcgregor. If connar mcgregor sucked ass and worked at mcdonalds.
freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 5:57 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

Kamara usman about to get thrown off the ufc hype train and dropped on his head.
MassaBruce
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05.19.2018 | 5:58 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

Every fighter ever= wanna be Conor 
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MassaBruce
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05.19.2018 | 5:59 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 870th

Whens the last time you picked a fight right? 





Bum 
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freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 6:01 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

Me? 69% accuracy so what the fudge r u talking about?
freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 6:03 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

My accuracy picking fights is better then yours genius.
freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 6:04 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

Albeit u have picked waaaaaay more then me.
freemoneyforall
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05.19.2018 | 6:09 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

But i've been watching since the first ufc and i no a bum like covington when i see one.
He dressed up like connar a conference or two ago. He talked **** to people who wherent even talking to him. Just to make controversy because his trash talk skills are much better then his martial arts skills. He'll be thrown off the hype train soon enough probably around the same time as mckenzie weight cut cheater dern and israel adesenya do.
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05.19.2018 | 6:23 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 170th

 Bet your the kind of shmuck who waits for everyone else to pick then u just copy the majority concensus. ( that means you pick who everyone else picks. Dont want u to hurt your brain trying to figure that word out.) Or u pick all the favs. Whens the last time u picked a fight right wanna be maser bruce lee.
AnAlias
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05.19.2018 | 6:35 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 473rd

The prelims are on. 




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05.19.2018 | 6:39 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 4 Perfect, 605 Points   |   Tied for 251st

Let's go!





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05.19.2018 | 6:39 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 431st




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