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03.23.2021 | 9:12 PM ET

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UFC 264
  • Saturday 07.10.2021 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: T-Mobile Arena
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $15,759,800
  • Attendance: 20,062
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 1,504,737 | TV Ratings: 1.6M avg. viewers (ESPN prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
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Bout   Info
Dustin Poirier   defeats   Conor McGregor   via KO/TKO, Doctor Stoppage (broken Ankle)   5:00 Round 1 of 5 Bout Page
Gilbert Burns   defeats   Stephen Thompson   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Tai Tuivasa   defeats   Greg Hardy   via KO/TKO, Counter Hook to Ground and Pound   1:07 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Irene Aldana   defeats   Yana Santos   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   4:35 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Sean O'Malley   defeats   Kris Moutinho   via KO/TKO, Punches (standing TKO)   4:33 Round 3 of 3, 14:33 Total Bout Page
Max Griffin   defeats   Carlos Condit   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Michel Pereira   defeats   Niko Price   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Ilia Topuria   defeats   Ryan Hall   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   4:47 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Dricus Du Plessis   defeats   Trevin Giles   via KO/TKO, Right Cross to Ground and Pound   1:41 Round 2 of 3, 6:41 Total Bout Page
Jennifer Maia   defeats   Jessica Eye   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Brad Tavares   defeats   Omari Akhmedov   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Zhalgas Zhumagulov   defeats   Jerome Rivera   via Submission, Standing Guillotine Choke   2:02 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page

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Tosh
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07.10.2021 | 12:18 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 520 Points   |   Tied for 1833rd





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CheckLeftHook
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07.10.2021 | 12:19 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 410 Points   |   Tied for 3296th

Conor needs to win, and he needs to win in spectacular fashion, otherwise some of the things he said in that press conference will haunt him for a while.

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07.10.2021 | 12:19 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 3110th






* Edited at 07.10.2021, 12:23 PM ET *

Tap867
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07.10.2021 | 12:31 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 595 Points   |   Tied for 856th

Burns vs. Thompson
Stephen Thompson, DEC
Leaning Thompson, but totally prepared for Burns to make things interesting.

Tuivasa vs. Hardy
Tai Tuivasa, DEC
Unless Tai uses some of that wrestling at AKA, Hardy can cruise here.

Hall vs. Topuria
Ilia Topuria, DEC
I think Topuria pulls ahead. But it really comes to his fight IQ. Can't be playing games with Hall.

Maia vs. Eye
Jennifer Maia, DEC
Maia appears to have better boxing and a crushing top game. I'll take her.

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07.10.2021 | 12:38 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 410 Points   |   Tied for 3296th

Not sure why Fight Metric isn't counting the overhand right from Khabib to Conor as a knockdown, but I thought it was interesting that in his last two LW fights Conor has been dropped by his opponent with a punch (Khabib overhand right, Dustin right hook). Like it's just an interesting thing to see in a career of someone who basically went through most of his UFC competition by dropping them and knocking them out. Seems those 2-3 years spent sitting out of competition only hurt him by not letting him get accustomed to the competition and skillsets at 155, he was at his best when he was active every few months at 145 and he was able to make adjustments from fight to fight. He was also able to get pretty far by having very limited pool of training partners, I think his best sparring partners were Rory MacDonald and Gunnar Nelson, and those were mostly for his 145 run. Has he ever trained with any notable MMA name since then? I know he flew out some high level wrestlers for the Khabib camp, but that did **** all.

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Phenom410
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07.10.2021 | 12:45 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 330 Points   |   Tied for 3962nd

Akhmedov vs. Tavares
Omari Akhmedov, DEC
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TheDisasters
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07.10.2021 | 12:56 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 1261st

Burns vs. Thompson
Stephen Thompson, DEC
I'm rooting for burns to close the distance and turn this into a grappling match but unfortunately I don't think it happens. This is the perfect style of opponent for Wonderboy.

Aldana vs. Kunitskaya
Yana Kunitskaya, DEC
Kunitskaya isn't exciting but she's smart. Kunitskaya by wrestling.

O'Malley vs. Moutinho
Sean O'Malley, TKO, R2
If O'Malley loses to this guy, after passing over half the bantamweight roster to fight him, I'll laugh so hard.

Hall vs. Topuria
Ilia Topuria, TKO, R1
I have no idea. Topuria is the better MMA fighter but Hall has such dangerous BJJ that it's pretty hard to pick against him.

Du Plessis vs. Giles
Trevin Giles, DEC
If Giles had a thimble of urgency he'd win this for fun.

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andreypa
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07.10.2021 | 1:15 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 505 Points   |   Tied for 2022nd

There's been few fights I've been thinking all day to change my picks,but one that really is stuck in my head Hall Vs Topuria. For now I have Topuria,but something tells me that pick needs to be changed. It is really anyone's fight and Hall can very well win it. What do you guys think about this one?

* Edited at 07.10.2021, 1:16 PM ET *

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07.10.2021 | 1:19 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 6 Perfect, 730 Points   |   Tied for 60th

Griffin vs. Condit
Max Griffin, DEC
God I hate this match-up. Not that it will necessarily be a bad fight, buit I really don't like this fight for Condit, at all. Hoping my prediction is wrong here!

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07.10.2021 | 1:41 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 380 Points   |   Tied for 3572nd

Amedovski vs. Hu
Yaozong Hu, DEC
Def not 1st round finish, prolly Hu via decision

Tap867
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07.10.2021 | 1:43 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 595 Points   |   Tied for 856th

O'Malley vs. Moutinho
Sean O'Malley, TKO, R2
Sugar show in 4K. It's one thing to be fighting him on your UFC debut, but it's another to do it on ultra short notice.

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07.10.2021 | 1:48 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 605 Points   |   Tied for 763rd

Man im so stoked for tonight the last times i was this excited was Dustin and Conor 2, and than Jan Blachowicz earlier this year cause i love him.
MAN!!!! Dustin via sub R3 ..Ill be happy with  a KO too. 

Give jake paul another idea for a chain.https://imagez.tmz.com/image/b9/4by3/2021/07/10/b9a95ea10ebb479cb3e6c1f6204ff736_md.jpg

Louisiana STAND UPP

* Edited at 07.10.2021, 1:49 PM ET *

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Erison
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07.10.2021 | 2:03 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 530 Points   |   Tied for 1670th

Anyone listen to Jon Anikā€™s podcast? He curses like a little kid who just learned about bad words. Itā€™s so weird if you only know him as a play by play guy. 
DCpredictions
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07.10.2021 | 2:03 PM ET

@andreypa

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 265 Points   |   Tied for 4277th

I think people are way too high on ilia here. I keep seeing halls level of competition brought up, but never ilias. Zalal who went 1-3 in the UFC and got cut, whose 1 win was a debuting lingo, and Damon Jackson who got destroyed by bektic before finding that late sub. I think a lot of people don't like halls anti-fighter persona and are waiting for him to get ran through. Thing is though hall can take a beating and stay in there. Ilia getting overhyped by a quick KO of Jackson in that regard, who got KOed quick a few times like that on the regional scene too a few times I believe. So there's that and the fact he's young and way too ****y from his interviews, not a fully matured fighter. I think if ilia wins it's going to be by decision. If there's a finish I think it'll be a sub from Hall from ilia being overly ****y and making a mistake. Hall is 36 but it's a low miles 36. He only started BJJ at 26 and MMA a few years later so it's not the same as your average 36 year old fighter.

Betonline has a prop fighter inside the distance, if goes the distance than bet refunded, and I got a shot on Hall at +200 for that because like I said if there's a finish I think it'll be hall. 

That's just my thoughts on it. 
flying_frontkick
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07.10.2021 | 2:03 PM ET

Predictions: 11 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 710 Points   |   Tied for 104th




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07.10.2021 | 2:07 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 585 Points   |   Tied for 971st

Zalal actully went 3-3 UFC.as he also beat Jordon Griffin and Peter Barrat.

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MattyViceGrip
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07.10.2021 | 2:10 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 595 Points   |   Tied for 856th

Dustin has been my favorite fighter since 2018, so ******* amped for this card tonight. Legit my fav fighter fighting the biggest star in MMA history in a trilogy fight. Also i think the rest of the card is pretty ******* stacked, the prelims are honestly gunna be fun as **** (especially the last 4).


Proper big fight feel tonight! 3 hours 50 minutes till it kicks off!

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MattyViceGrip
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07.10.2021 | 2:17 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 595 Points   |   Tied for 856th


My picks as of right now. Def some fights i'm going back and forth on like Hall vs Topuria , Aldana vs Kunitskaya , Maia vs Eye, Giles vs Du Plessis and Amedovski vs Hu , so i'll probably change a few of these picks come fight time. Still 3 and a half hours to fully iron out predictions.


Also lets take a moment to realize Amedovski vs Hu is on a PPV, legit haven't heard anybody talk about or just give a single **** about this fight. Really is an insanely low level fight, type of fight you would see on Bellator or PFL prelims....

edit: Wow i was talking **** about the only fight that got cancelled... eerie





* Edited at 07.10.2021, 4:47 PM ET *

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DCpredictions
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07.10.2021 | 2:20 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 265 Points   |   Tied for 4277th

Oops my bad. Was just going off top of my head. Still nothing crazy impressive. And zalal had his moments against him. Guilitine attempt in third when ilia looked gassed. Tbf, it was ilias debut so usually something off about those performances. 
DamienHandel420
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07.10.2021 | 2:24 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 585 Points   |   Tied for 971st

Half the **** I say is off my head tbf, Iā€™m not judging because Iā€™ll be wrong 40% of the time at lest




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