UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Font vs. Garbrandt
Rob Font, TKO, R2
bad matchup for Garbrandt, but he will definitely put a show on for us

Yan vs. Esparza
Xiaonan Yan, DEC
Yan is definitely an interesting prospect, cant wait to see who they match her up with after she wins

Tafa vs. Vanderaa
Justin Tafa, TKO, R1
Yeah. Vanderaa sucks.

Rothwell vs. Barnett
Ben Rothwell
battle of the 2 WWE star lookalikes

Culibao vs. Nuerdanbieke
Joshua Culibao, TKO, R3
glad everyone sees how much potential Culibao has

Ismagulov vs. Alves
Damir Ismagulov, DEC
why has Ismagulov been so inactive lately?? he only has 2 stoppage losses in his amateur career and one was due to a cut

Whats everyone's excuse gonna be if Cody Ko's Font? People acting like its out of the realm of possibility that Cody can win this fight. 

Considering Cody's last win was a KO victory over the last person to beat Font. And Font got beat bad in that fight, pillar to post domination. And the last person to beat Cody also beat Font, just faster than he did Cody lol. It's like people are so hyped on Cody being washed up despite there not being much evidence to that. He lost to Dillashaw (arguably one of the best athletes in the UFC when he's on the sauce) and Munhoz who is an absolute stud. The amnesia that MMA fans have is wild to me.

Yeah I agree that most of the fights are not completely one sided as the picks percentage shows, literally anything can happen in there, we saw that last weekend with the amount of upsets on the card tapology picks wise

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 1:34 PM ET *

If you watch Cody fight he hasn't fixed any holes in his game he was simply facing another guy with no power and what he did do was be much calmer, but he still has obvious defense holes and made the same mistakes in his last fight but got away with it. 

We will see. Definitely Cody has a chance of a KO but highly unlikely versus Rob font. I don't see him winning a decision versus a alot better boxer in Font.

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 12:54 PM ET *

I am gonna smesh your boy

Font vs. Garbrandt
Rob Font, TKO, R2
A lot of casuals are big on Cody for this fight. Font's reach and technique will play a big factor, I can see a roundhouse KO or a DEC win

Rothwell vs. Barnett
Ben Rothwell, TKO, R1
Big Ben is 5 months from 40y but I see his experience being enough to get this win

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 3:14 PM ET *

Ismagulov vs. Alves
Damir Ismagulov, DEC
Does anyone else think Damir looks just like Tony Ferg when he moves around. The Kazakh boogeyman, but with more patience.

The best prediction I can give for this card is that the Felicia Spencer vs Norma Dumont fight will end inside the distance.  Both women are finishers, it will be a great fight.  I got it at +144 for the fight to end inside the distance so take my advice if you agree.

I'm also looking at Felicia being the one to get the finish so I might throw some money there too on Saturday.

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 4:10 PM ET *

Font vs. Garbrandt
Rob Font, TKO, R2
Both boxers

I have a biased impartial opinion due to working with one of Cody's sisters for the last 4 years or so, but I'm genuinely shocked how many people think he has no chance at all to knock Font out. 

There’s always a fighters chance, I just envision the fights in my head then go with my gut and my gut says Font. Of course no one can predict these fights 100% all we can do is go with our gut and what we’ve seen in the past from each fighter, then say “see I told you so!” the times we’re right lol

I can accept that. Thats a logical answer. the ones I don't understand are the "He hasn't changed at all so he has no chance" well if he hasn't changed at all then he still has the same things that carried him to a belt. He still has the same things that got him 4 ko's in his first 6 fights in the UFC and the same things that helped him school Dom Cruz as a decent size underdog. So to say he hasn't changed at all so he has no chance just doesn't make sense. 

True. You can never count out a fighter 100% for the sake that anything can happen, unless it’s just completely obvious and even then there’s still a chance of being wrong

I Hope You people enjoy this breakdown, I'm been kinda **** with my pick lately , so I try to make up with good reasoning, Humor so you should make up your own mind, Forget what I said about this card being bad because I say stupid stuff all the time, This card is decent with a few scaps that is decent, Tell me what you agree with and what you disagree with 

 Rob Font vs Cody Garbrandt

Real Interesting fight and If Cody win this then I will believe in Cody 2.0. I think Cody wins are either people who aren't really good or fighters who don't hit hard and are decsionor in Assushio and Cruz. And Cody skills are never the problems as all his loss are comeback losses, It his durability. Rob Font is gonna test that as dude can crack and has great hands. I'm Picking Cody because I think Cody is a better version of Font with faster and better hand, A big wresling advantage also and all he has to do is not get knock the **** out and I have a felling it gonna happen. It might be more hope then anything, because I still think Cody is very talented and has the championship skillset, I honestly think Cody has similar style to the 125 and 135 champ in Figurado and Yan, As all 3 of them have a style where they can get hit easy, But hit you back harder, But Cody doesn't have the durability for it, so he goes out cold, People are really overplaying the Cody is done Nataritve he fought TJ and Munhoz for **** sakes, Munhoz finish Font also, And Font got schooled by Assunshio, And finally I don't want to discredit  win, but Marlon Moras was a month away from eating a beutiful wheel kick Ko and shouldn't of been fighting

Xionan Yan vs Carla Exparza

Very fun clash of styles, Carla gonna try and wet blanket lay and pray and get a ton of control time and takedowns and nothing else, While Yan is going to try and outland her by 100 strikes and do more damage, I think a mixture of both thing will happen as I think she will piece her up on the feet but Carla is the best wrestler at 115 and she will 100% get at lest a few takedown as Yan takedown defence isn't bad, But it ain't perfect and Claudia took her down a few times.My prediction is this fight could go either way as this is gonna be one where it could range from 30-24 Carla because idiots thinks lay and pray without a lot damage is a 10-8 round to 30-27 Xionan because of damage, Xionon should win this because Apex judges have been quite relativity competed  latley, And they should score Damage over control

Justin Tafa vs Jared Vanderaa

I honestly like this matchup because I want Tafa to have some easy win as he shouldn't be in the UFC just yet, but is clearly very talented, Dude is just 4-2 and I don't like it when UFC sign really green guys like Tafa and Nchuckwi. But I'm high on Tafa anyway beside his UFC debut where he only had 3 fights in the UFC, so of corse he got slept  But then he bounce back by knocking out Juan Adams and then improve again by going to a split with the very talented Carlos Felipe where most people thought you won, And Tafa was dominating but made it close because of mistake on his part, Jared Vanderaa only got sign to job to prospect as dude is clearly not UFC level, I don't even know what Vanderaa good at as I think he a wrestler, As the only 30 second he look ok was on the ground against Hunsucker, but dude got sent to Destination ****** on the ground by Sergay Spivack, And In the Hunsucker fight, Dude spent 3-4 minute getting piece up by Hunsucker also before the ground and compare  that to Tafa who actully look good, I'm not as confendent as I should be because Tafa green but he should get it done

Felicia Spencer vs Norma Dumont

This is the fight that  show the only good thing about the Venom Deal, it tight on girl bootys, Did you see Mackenzie Dern big butt bouncing in those thing, Now imagine as both these girl are thickity thick, Every horny males dream. I'm  confident in Spencer and I'm confuse why Dumont is only a small  underdog, Must be something I'm missing as Spencer actually look quite good in her fights, She cut Cyborg and took a round off her and that Cyborg, Dominated the girl who destroyed Dumont in Megan Anderson, And people are hard on her because she got dominated by the WMMA Goat in Amanda Nunes, Who doesn't get destroyed by Nunes beside Shevhinko, And at lest she went the distance as Dumont would of got ended in under 2 minute if she fought Nunes, Also are people high on her because she beat the can Ashely Even Smith, And she miss weight by at lest 5 pounds in that fight and now she back at her weigh class she should be fight, Also 5 day notice. Honesly Women MMA have the best odds for gamboling

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 9:06 PM ET *

 David Dvorak vs Raulian Paiva

It really shows the good work Figurado  been doing to be entertaining,  that this 2 guy are the 11th and 12th ranked guy because both this guys are really talented and fun to watch,This fight should be a banger and it's really 50-50 stand up fight and both guys are not taking each other down , I think Raulian Paiva is really underated, Dude  is 2-2 but he should of been 3-1 because of hometown decsion going agaist him vs Kai Kara  or even 4-0 because dude got a cut stoppage in a fight that he was winning, David Dvorak is up their for biggest prospect at 125 with Su Mardaji, But I'm intrested to see him go up a decent step up from Jordan Espnosa and Bruno Silva, This is hard to pick but I'm leaning Paiva because I was more impress with his stand up and I think Dvorok is overated and Paiva is underated and I like to be on the 13% of a 50-50

 Ricardo Ramos vs Bill Algeo

I am pretty high on Ramos, And i wouldn't be surprise if I'm over rating him a little bit, But dude is still really talented and should beat Algeo who I think is a really tough journey man, Ramos should beat him unless he does a lot of mistake because of it, As Ramos should at least out point or even get a finish as he's better on the feet and ground, Only worry is if Ramos make it close then it should and Algeo wins a split, I wasn't impress with his win over Spike Caryle because Caryle is all power and nothing else and Algeo just survive the danger. Also Lerone Murphy and Said Numagomov are some of the top prospect of 135 and 145, so no shame in those loss

 Ben Rothwell vs Chris Barnett

I think Chris Barnett is gonna win even tho,  I don't know anything about him and I'm just going to assume  the worst. Ben Rothwell is not good anymore and haven't got a legitimate heavyweight win, He beat a light heavyweight in OSP and kick Stefan Sturve straight in the **** and he was getting piece up by Struve and Struve is way passed it also. Another stat fighter who are passed it haven't had a win this year with all of them getting Old Yeller'd , off the top of my head; Demetrius Johnson, Tony Ferguson, Frankie Edgar, Alistair Overemm, Jacure Souza, Cowboy Cerrone , Anthony Pettis, Eddie Alverez and Fabricio Werdum. What Make Ben Rothwell different then most of these guy? Because excluding Frankie Edgar,Tony Ferguson And Alistair Overemm, who fought tough top 15 guy, The rest of these guy were fighting guy they should of won agaist to make the crowd happy and guess what happen. They got merked.

 Claudio Silva vs Court Mcgee

I really don't like Claudio Silva, One of my least favourite fighter in the UFC and I hope it get merked, So it pains me to say that I give Court McGee no chance in this fight and I don't get the Odds. Court McGee is 1-5 since 2017 and that only win is Alex Garcia, Claudio Silva is really taleted and Court way more shot of a fighter then Claudio so I think it brain dead idiotic  then people think Claudio is the shot one, Dude James Krause ain't bad, And I say the opposite actually James Krause is quite good, so people shouldn't be ****ting on that victory much, And he's win before that are quite good and he awesome on the ground, People really overrate Court, Dude was a favourite agaist Condit, This should be a cake walk for Claudio

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 6:45 PM ET *

 

Sarah Alphar vs Lupita Godinez- Fight off for visa Issue

I think Loopy should fire her management for taking this fight, Like Tieoken Says this girl has a ton of potential, So I don't know why she took this fight, 6 day notice, Up a weight class, against a girl who last fight was 2 division above, Off a loss and the final nail of the coffin of bad decsion making, You have a loss to Sarah Alphar on your record. Hope i'm wrong because Loopy is really talented and she probley derseve the nod vs Only fan Feet fetish side carrer in Penne, But just like I said with Justin Tafa earlier, She made ton of mistake which made the fight closer then it have to be, But I can't blame her because she only 5-1 and she has ton of time to grow as an athlete, And im honesly quite exited to see the improvement

 Victor Rodriguez vs Bruno Silva

Bruno Silva is one of the best 1-3 guy in the UFC, One loss was at battamweight over a guy on roids, another was against the number 1 prospect at 125 and the 3rd was a really horrendous robbery to Tagir ,  You finally got to see his skills in the last fight against JP Buys.Dude was a really good stand up fighter absolute destroying JP, And in his few fight before that he got a few takedown so he's well rounded, I don't know anything about Victer Rodriguez, But I think he still pretty live as Bruno Silva knows how to lose as he 1-3 in the UFC, And the guy did get destroyed with one of the most beautiful KO I ever seen vs Adrian Yanez, But come on, It Andran Yanez, I'm Picking Silva still, All i'm saying is be careful beting him as I think Bruno Silva might be a big favourte

 Joshua Culibao vs Yilan Sha

Should be a pretty easy one for Culibau as Culibau really surprise me in his last fight, He went to a draw with Jourdain, But Culibau should of got the nod andThe Judge who scored it 30-27 Jourdain is a ******* Disgrace to this sport,But what do you aspect when they no accoutabilty for you job Fun fact also, Culibau stop training with the Mocktarian's and now training with Volkovnoski camp as I saw a video of Idris Alba training with the champ, And Culibao was in the backround, I'm 500 times more high on Culibau now as he was training with one of the worst camps in Staya, to one of the best, I don't know anything about the Chinise fight, But his opponent record are all cans

 Yancy Medoros vs Damir Hadzivic

Just to kept this one short,Or I just be repeating myself, I think it the same situation as the Ben Rothwell fight, but swap the name of Ben Rothwell for Yancy Medoros and Chris Barnett for Damir Hadzivic

 Damir Ismaglov vs Rafael Alvies

This fight seem like punishment for missing weight by 11lb last fight, Really seems they burying Alvas as he fighting a really legit 20-1 guy with wins over Thaigo Moise and Joel Alverez, The 20-1 guy is also a decsioner so the chance of having a fun fight is really low, Also being the 1st fight of the night, And I don't blame them either, I know it hard to cut weight and being a UFC fight, But dude still miss weight by 11lb

 

* Edited at 05.19.2021, 6:52 PM ET *

@DamienHandel420

Excellent breakdowns mate! They are good fun to read and the reasoning behind your picks are solid as well! I really appreciate the effort you've put into them!