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UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
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12.13.2019 | 5:14 PM ET
Responses Page 2
02.23.2020 | 9:21 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 615 Points | Tied for 62nd
"I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a **** like a burmese python, and the mind of a ******* scientist."
02.24.2020 | 1:46 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 405 Points | Tied for 1228th
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
02.24.2020 | 3:25 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 455 Points | Tied for 820th
02.24.2020 | 5:09 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 385 Points | Tied for 1460th
"**** Fentanyl & **** Opiates too..."
bout announced
Luis Pena vs. Steve Garcia at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
02.24.2020 | 5:39 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 355 Points | Tied for 1714th
I'm oddly excited for Spivak/Tybura too. I expect Tybura to be a little desperate in this one against a very beatable opponent.
02.24.2020 | 6:27 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 615 Points | Tied for 62nd
* Edited at 02.24.2020, 6:30 PM ET *
"I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a **** like a burmese python, and the mind of a ******* scientist."
02.24.2020 | 6:33 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 495 Points | Tied for 495th
02.24.2020 | 11:33 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 355 Points | Tied for 1714th
Seems to me that the UFC just kinda builds blase ESPN+ cards and relies on the PPVs to draw subscribers. With the amount of events going on these kinds of cards are essential to building up records and sitting through newcomers.
That being said I would definitely agree that the flyweight title is be being buried here. I still stand by my "it's a decent card statement" but maybe that's just because I love me some fights.
02.25.2020 | 12:56 AM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 495 Points | Tied for 495th
02.25.2020 | 1:36 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 385 Points | Tied for 1460th
"**** Fentanyl & **** Opiates too..."
02.25.2020 | 1:11 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 455 Points | Tied for 820th
Joseph Benavidez, TKO, R4
Joe B will tire out Figueiredo with wrestling and pressure and it'll become evident mid-fight. I think he stops him in the 4th via ground and pound or he gets a dominant UD.
02.25.2020 | 7:24 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 750th
"Tito Santana, comparatively speaking, you are like a grain of sand in the Sahara Desert, yeah. And I'm the entire desert!"
02.26.2020 | 12:58 AM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 510 Points | Tied for 415th
I see an awful lot of confidence in Benavidez and I'm not really sure why? OK he is a good wrestler and a great scrambler, 1 of the best in MMA, he has some power and good cardio. But he is old, been in Championship fights since 2010!! He was losing to Formiga before landing that weird head kick/knee, dropped and near finished by Sergio Pettis, KO'd cold by Mighty Mouse, who has never even wobbled a guy since! Figuireido has more than enough power to sleep him!
Before you guys get a salty and hurt my feelings by down voting me, oooh that hurts soooo much! I would say Benavidez is a slight favourite with the scrambling and cardio but I do not see him as an overwhelming favourite. Simple terms I'd say Figuereido early, Benavidez late.
Also, yeah the card isn'nt stacked. Of course there are some interesting match ups, Cutelaba v Ankalaev,, Naurdiev v Brady, I like Silva v Phillips too. But to have not 1 but 2 womens 145 fights on the card is not gonna be good viewing! Maybe we get some comedy value when Mee-gan gets choked out! It's a good card if you are a hardcore fan, which if you're on Tapology I'd say you are. Anyway, I'd watch a couple pigeons fight over a bread crumb so I'll be watching!!!
"Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe ****! "
02.26.2020 | 2:30 AM ET
Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 510 Points | Tied for 415th
* Edited at 02.26.2020, 2:35 AM ET *
"Quack quack quack"
02.26.2020 | 9:44 AM ET
MMA MATH
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 1849th
Benavidez beat Formiga connivingly by tko twice. Formiga beat Figueredo everywhere to earn a decision. Benavidez is a better wrester than both men, Team Alpha Male is known for guillotines, so he won't get caught, just avoid Figueredo's power and slicing elbows from the bottom and this fight is in the bag.
Benavidez by whatever presents itself.
The odds are great, there is money to be made here.
02.26.2020 | 9:47 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 1849th
02.26.2020 | 1:59 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 0 of 2 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 2365th
Joseph Benavidez
Definitely the fight this division needed. I'm not at all convinced that Joe B can't just do what Formiga did to Figueiredo. If he decides to go full Cain and just kickbox until he's threatened on the feet, that's best case scenario for us watching it. In spite of the fact Deiveson has only lost once, I find it telling how noncompetitive it was, and I also find it interesting that he was able to get off that guillotine on Elliott. Maybe if he hadn't history could have repeated itself. Regardless, I expect Joe B to dig deep and pull this one out.
Tybura vs. Spivak
Sergey Spivak, DEC
I remember when Tybura was being *loosely* considered a future contender at HW. Now I just kind of want whatever shine he has left used to boost guys who will actually become future contenders. I suppose Spivak can be one of those guys, especially since he was basically supposed to be Tuivasa's gimme victory at home. Spivak responded by taking him down at-will, splitting his head open and choking him unconscious. Hilarious. I don't see him being able to blast Tybura out of the fight like Shamil or Sakai so I'm hoping for a decision victory, but you never know, maybe Marcin has finally tuned his head kick setup or boxing to be an actual KO threat. Spivak feels more reliable at the moment.
02.26.2020 | 2:06 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 380 Points | Tied for 1486th
"too slwo"
02.26.2020 | 6:24 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 420 Points | Tied for 1111th
02.26.2020 | 6:26 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 420 Points | Tied for 1111th