UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

@Kcoh even if you're right nobody cares because you're such an insufferable **** about it. 

Also I genuinely don't believe you put $2500 on a 7-leg parlay, post a screenshot of the winnings or get out of here.

-700 post score, how can you even get to that point? Jesus.

@Kcoh 

only inbreds need to watch tape to predict fights, if you can't accurately pick based off intuition alone you have no business being on this website. Seriously, I have never watched a fight in my life and I make min. five figures betting every UFC card. While you rely on "tape Study" I will sinply refer to the infallible blood memories of my ancestors to guide me.

know this

As an experienced gambler, with more than 6 years of profit, I can guarantee you that parlays are the way to go broke and make the bookies rich.
Also tape study is necessary, unless you have exceptional memory. Although it won't guarantee you a win, it's better than just blind betting.

BTW, live betting, where possible, is quite a good way for profit.

Zoomer is definitely correct. You have to divine the results based off of huffing glue and paint thinner, then connecting with your ancient ancestors and just hope that they weren’t ***** gatherers.

@fish i thought the term was be all end all

The only time I have lost a bet or made a wrong fight prediction is when I went against the direct advice of my warrior ancestors. Stay humble and listen to the past, my friends 

I know Parleys can really suck when you lose them for the stupidest reason, My most ****** parley ending was UFC 260, I put $5 on a longshot parley on  Mularky KO, Women fight to go to decsion, Luque inside the distince and O'Malley 1st round KO, When O'Malley showbotted after what should of been a TKO finish, I was screaming at the TV horrible thing,Good thing I had  $20 on Francis by 2nd round KO because I walk away with some money,But nothing can take away the pain of lossing $600

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I love parlays even though they're awful and I've hit so many times 5/6 7/8 3/4 etc. However, they're not smart to make and generally you should straight bet/round robin. Thing is you cant straight bet kamaru usman at -400 cause it's not worth it. 

I got an usman crute parlay 

In the UK we call it accumulator but all I hear is American words on here lol

Usman is gonna crush masvidal again. Don't think it'll even be close

Had to do quite a bit of tape research for the debutting fighters. Rong Zhu is definitely the most interesting out of the Chinese prospects, very well rounded game. Very technical striker, he's not a hard hitter, but he will fight a very technical battle and space himself until he lands a nice shot. He has hands up high all the time, very good striking defense.  I feel as if Vargas is almost a set-up fight.  Vargas's only way of winning is to try to wrestle and keep him down, however Zhu isn't bad on the ground and I don't think Vargas would have the cardio to keep pressuring him with his wrestling to get the takedowns. And in the striking Vargas is a very slow, kinda sluggy striker and Zhu is someone who will try to stay out of your reach and sneak in strikes.

Aori is kinda interesting, hes very aggressive and will be a fun fighter to watch however I don't know what his ceiling would be, he seems a little susceptible to takedowns a lot of the time and sometimes I feel like hes too aggressive for his own good, though same can be said for Jeff Molina to an extent. I also think Molina while a striker also, is definitely the better grappler of the two, so I wouldn't be surprised if he implements a gameplan based on that. Molina vs Aori will be a really close one and I wouldn't place money one either fighter. 

Na Liang is my least confident bet out of all the Chinese fighters. Her gameplan is to get you to the ground and submit you. She'll shoot a takedown as soon as the bell begins and will keep going for it even if its failing and sometimes she's far too comfortable on the ground and has been GNP there before. Carnelossi is also a heavily muscular fighter she could possibly outwrestle Na Liang and just ground n pound on Liang like during the Apagova vs Liang fight.

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The Chinese really are taking over this card lol 

@fish me 2 lol