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UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2
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- Saturday 01.23.2021 at 10:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Endeavor
- Venue: Etihad Arena
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier, Paul Felder
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 1,600,000 | TV Ratings: 1.43M avg. viewers (ESPN prelims, 1.7M peak)
- MMA Bouts: 11
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| Bout | Info | |
|---|---|---|
| Dustin Poirier defeats Conor McGregor via KO/TKO, Punches | 2:32 Round 2 of 5, 7:32 Total Bout Page | |
| Michael Chandler defeats Dan Hooker via KO/TKO, Left Hook to Ground and Pound | 2:30 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Joanne Wood defeats Jessica Eye via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Makhmud Muradov defeats Andrew Sanchez via KO/TKO, Flying Knee and Punches | 2:59 Round 3 of 3, 12:59 Total Bout Page | |
| Marina Rodriguez defeats Amanda Ribas via KO/TKO, Punches | 0:54 Round 2 of 3, 5:54 Total Bout Page | |
| Arman Tsarukyan defeats Matt Frevola via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Brad Tavares defeats Antônio Carlos Júnior via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Julianna Peña defeats Sara McMann via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 3:39 Round 3 of 3, 13:39 Total Bout Page | |
| Marcin Prachnio defeats Khalil Rountree Jr. via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Movsar Evloev defeats Nik Lentz via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Amir Albazi defeats Zhalgas Zhumagulov via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page |
Responses Page 5
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- bazik
01.05.2021 | 8:37 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 341st
01.05.2021 | 8:56 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 340 Points | Tied for 2560th
"I just wanna get him before USADA gets him."
01.05.2021 | 10:44 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 354th
01.07.2021 | 4:31 AM ET
Stand Tall Mate
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
1 He has been thru the fight island experience
2. Conor loves the crowd and there ain't one
3. Conor put the **** on the Muslims during the Khabib fight and they will be going out of there way to treat him
like a king to put him off his game and **** with his head ( which will work)
4 Dustin is just as good of a boxer but better grappler and his ground game is better to, in my opinion.
My prediction Poirier by submission rnd 3 hopefully by kneck crank and he twists Mc ****head into being a bit more humble and respectful when it comes to other fighters religion, race and family.
"Bravery isn't a man who is not scared, but a man whose will is stronger than his fear."
01.07.2021 | 4:37 AM ET
170???
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
"Bravery isn't a man who is not scared, but a man whose will is stronger than his fear."
01.07.2021 | 4:41 AM ET
170???
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
"Bravery isn't a man who is not scared, but a man whose will is stronger than his fear."
01.07.2021 | 5:06 AM ET
Dan the hangman Hooker
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
My prediction Hooker by KO from a knee to the head in rnd 2
"Bravery isn't a man who is not scared, but a man whose will is stronger than his fear."
01.07.2021 | 6:34 AM ET
Underratted Conor grappling skills and his tdd.
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 354th
Conor have 70% tdd and very good skills in bjj.
Now I want show some details form Conor fights:
Khabib takedown Conor only 3 times of 7 attempts.
In first fight with Diaz , Nate has one takedown
In second fight only one takedown of 7 attempts.
Summarizing:
I dont think that Poirier will have any chance to get Conor down.
I also want to say that he has only 35% TD accuracy.
In stand-up battle Conor gonna kill him.
I would also like to debunk the myth about Conor's weak condition.
Of course in first fight wiht Nate he had problems with cardio because he want to kill Nate in first round.
In second fight with Nate the cardio was quite good.
In second round with Alvarez he was fresh.
He fought 10rd in boxing fight with Floyd, he lose but he look very good.
Finally fight with Khabib.
On the beginning of fight he looked good, good tdd, Conor won 3 round.
He lost in 4rd when Khabib totally maul him.
In my opinion this fight is a very good stylistic matchup fpr McGregor.
01.07.2021 | 7:41 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 416th
Do you not remember him literally running away from Nate because he was so tired? I’m expecting his cardio to be even worse this time due to all of the muscle that he has put on. He looked huge for the the Cowboy fight (granted that was at 170).
01.07.2021 | 7:54 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 354th
He look very motivated to win wint Dustin and to reclaim the belt.
Some time ago I have read the article about the diet that helped Conor go down from 170 to 155.
I think that he made weigh pretty easy.
01.07.2021 | 8:08 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 354th
01.07.2021 | 9:38 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 415 Points | Tied for 1390th
"I’m here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
01.07.2021 | 10:44 AM ET
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
Now, Conor has an iron chin. He can take a punch and bounce back much better in my opinion. Dustin leaves his chin up just a bit, and he is mostly offensive. Conor has the better striking, KO power, and as said this is just one of those match ups where Dustin doesn't have many options but to stand with him.
Conor has underrated takedown defense, and Dustin isn't gonna try and take it to the ground. It's not in his gameplan, he's gonna stand and Conor will land and repeat of the first fight. It might not happen in the first, but nothing in my gut is telling me Poirier could pull it off. I hope I'm wrong.
"For no particular reason beat up everyone"
01.07.2021 | 11:23 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 416th
"I know many a troops that I visit when I went to Iraq in 2005... 2-uh excuse me in 19-or.. 05' 06' 07' 08' 09' 2010 2011. I went from the Korwaiten border! All the way up to the Turkish border!" -Tito Ortiz
01.07.2021 | 1:26 PM ET
Predictions: 2 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 150 Points | Tied for 3949th
"Quack quack quack"
01.07.2021 | 3:25 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 415 Points | Tied for 1390th
The only reason he have not more then 4 submission lost in 26 fight is because he generally knock people out before it goes to the ground.
"Never go down without a fight"
01.07.2021 | 3:54 PM ET
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
Damien you need to re-watch that fight he didn't shut any game down, all he did was survive. Khabib was a savage in that fight, and I'll give it to Conor for surviving but once his back got taken, well..
And it's crazy we have to choose the opponent who survived the best until the end against Khabib. Nobody touched him, Michael Johnson did land but it wasn't drastic. Barboza survived until the end, and took a brutal beating.
When the ref asked Barboza if he wanted to continue (I forget the round, just before it started) and he smiled and shook his head, motioning 'yes'.
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In the end, surprisingly, I believe Ragin' Al Iaquinta did the best against Khabib. If you wanna go back in time, Gleison Tibau did the best because a lot of people believed he won that fight. I'm not gonna get into that though.
* Edited at 01.07.2021, 3:59 PM ET *
"For no particular reason beat up everyone"
01.07.2021 | 4:01 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 354th
And that 70% show a lot of.
Dustin isn't such a good wrestler as Khabib is, and I think that is a good argument ;)
01.07.2021 | 4:18 PM ET
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 4219th
* Edited at 01.07.2021, 4:19 PM ET *
"For no particular reason beat up everyone"
01.08.2021 | 2:30 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 416th
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