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UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
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- Saturday 09.25.2021 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, Paul Felder, Daniel Cormier
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Daniel Cormier
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $5,609,906
- Attendance: 19,029
- MMA Bouts: 13
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| Bout | Info | |
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| Alexander Volkanovski defeats Brian Ortega via Decision, Unanimous | 5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Valentina Shevchenko defeats Lauren Murphy via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound | 4:00 Round 4 of 5, 19:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Robbie Lawler defeats Nick Diaz via KO/TKO, Retirement | 0:44 Round 3 of 5, 10:44 Total Bout Page | |
| Curtis Blaydes defeats Jairzinho Rozenstruik via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Jéssica Andrade defeats Cynthia Calvillo via KO/TKO, Punches | 4:54 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Merab Dvalishvili defeats Marlon Moraes via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound | 4:25 Round 2 of 3, 9:25 Total Bout Page | |
| Dan Hooker defeats Nasrat Haqparast via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Chris Daukaus defeats Shamil Abdurakhimov via KO/TKO, Right Cross to Ground Strikes | 1:23 Round 2 of 3, 6:23 Total Bout Page | |
| Taila Santos defeats Roxanne Modafferi via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Jalin Turner defeats Uros Medic via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 4:01 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Nick Maximov defeats Cody Brundage via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Matthew Semelsberger defeats Martin Sano via KO/TKO, Right Cross | 0:15 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Jonathan Pearce defeats Omar Morales via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 3:31 Round 2 of 3, 8:31 Total Bout Page |
Responses Page 18
09.23.2021 | 5:30 AM ET
Predictions: 13 of 13 Winners, 7 Perfect, 960 Points | 1st Place
Just picture that with Lawler
09.23.2021 | 5:44 AM ET
Anyone who thinks Lauren Murphy has a chance....
Predictions: 13 of 13 Winners, 7 Perfect, 960 Points | 1st Place
Valentina Shevchenko will choose what round to finish her and how long she wants to keep playing with her food.
This is not even up for discussion
09.23.2021 | 5:47 AM ET
Predictions: 13 of 13 Winners, 7 Perfect, 960 Points | 1st Place
But I disagree with half of your picks. good luck to ya!!
09.23.2021 | 5:54 AM ET
Predictions: 12 of 13 Winners, 4 Perfect, 755 Points | Tied for 227th
09.23.2021 | 5:58 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 9 Winners, 3 Perfect, 505 Points | Tied for 3102nd
Valentina Shevchenko, TKO, R2
Shevchenko is too fast: Everytime Murphy lands, Shev will land twice.
Lawler vs. Diaz II
Nick Diaz, DEC
Mate I don't even know - this was is literally just a love letter to the fans.
Moraes vs. Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili, DEC
Merab is a monster.
09.23.2021 | 6:16 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 3052nd
Taila Santos, DEC
This should be a W for Santos, she has better striking, her TDD is solid and if she can gain top control I think she can hold Roxanne there. Santos is just the better MMA fighter, Roxanne has to get take downs otherwise she gets out struck or may even get out grappled herself which I would not be shocked with at all. Santos has been looking good recently so I'm going with her, she's gonna mix it all up in this fight
09.23.2021 | 6:27 AM ET
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 5 Perfect, 720 Points | Tied for 562nd
Shamil Abdurakhimov, DEC
Can see this fight going either way, Daukaus has good boxing and incredibly fast combos for the heavyweight division on top of being a 1st round monster, however there are still a lot of questions regarding his take down defense plus cardio and conditioning when entering the next rounds. Daukaus has only 4 fights in his professional career reach the 2nd round and of those fights he's lost half. In all of the footage I could find of those fights he definitely deteriorates especially that fast footwork which is going to benefit Adburakhimov's wrestling if he can make it out of the first round.
Adburakhimov has all the tools to survive and drag this out to a long and drawn out decision victory, particularly through his good offensive wrestling and clench work against the cage, and overall the veteran to better pace himself through out the fight. Happily take Adburakhimov at +175 odds.
* Edited at 09.23.2021, 6:31 AM ET *
"They're sorcerers they don't get knocked out"
09.23.2021 | 7:09 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 480 Points | Tied for 3321st
09.23.2021 | 9:01 AM ET
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 655 Points | Tied for 1366th
"They killed Jesus for speaking the truth..."
09.23.2021 | 9:26 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 655 Points | Tied for 1366th
Nick Maximov, DEC
This is a close fight, really want to go Brundage. I don't think i can pull the trigger on 3 days notice and FactoryX isn't my favorite gym to say the least. Thinking Maximov will win a DEC from ground control.
"They killed Jesus for speaking the truth..."
09.23.2021 | 9:41 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 13 Winners, 4 Perfect, 490 Points | Tied for 3262nd
Nick Diaz, DEC
For everyone saying Nick doesn't look shredded or whatever, he's just built like a Diaz brother
"I fell off harder then those monkeys jumping on the bed"
09.23.2021 | 10:13 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 3971st
Alexander Volkanovski, DEC
Ortega had improved but he’s surrounded by yes men. There’s two best featherweights in the world Volk and Holloway
Shevchenko vs. Murphy
Valentina Shevchenko, TKO, R2
This is going to be super one sided, I can’t believe anyone thinks Lauren Murphy will win, she may be “Lucky” but you need a lot more than luck to beat the bullet
Lawler vs. Diaz II
Nick Diaz, SUB, R3
Diaz and his team know what they were doing. Post a picture of Diaz at “168 pounds” and use their name and credibility to come in significantly heavier than Lawler on a few days notice. Nick has the advantage and has the star power to do it too unfortunately
09.23.2021 | 11:25 AM ET
Call me crazy guys
Predictions: 3 of 3 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points | Tied for 4146th
"All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream."
09.23.2021 | 11:48 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 3052nd
Chris Daukaus, TKO, R1
I think Daukaus is much better than Shamil. He's got very fast hands and I see Shamil just struggling with that speed and power of Daukaus. Can't really see Shamil being all that competitive on the feet which is why I think Daukuas gets the finish very early
09.23.2021 | 11:54 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 8 Winners, 3 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 3401st
Robbie Lawler, DEC
I’m a huge fan of Nick Diaz and I always will be but I just can’t see him winning this fight. He’s been talking about how he feels forced to come back to fighting and I really hope he finds something full time that makes him happy.
"“Who ain’t got Jiu Jitsuuu” "
09.23.2021 | 12:07 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 595 Points | Tied for 2210th
"You people need a bad guy like me.... say good night to the bad guy ~Scarface "
09.23.2021 | 12:15 PM ET
Shamil can wrestle now better than Oleinik ctfu???
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 595 Points | Tied for 2210th
Oleinik held lewis on the ground for an entire round just last year; the Lewis that has put more of a effort into his strength and conditioning. Oleinik tried to grapple Daukaus and got tossed off then KO'd. I'll tell you a cue of whether a fighter can grapple or not: Fighters who can't grapple submit octagon control and circle the outside allowing themselves to get pressure because they need the cage to help them stay up.
I guess Daukaus is free money then, which I knew, but thanks for confirming Casual008 and Duck
* Edited at 09.23.2021, 1:15 PM ET *
"You people need a bad guy like me.... say good night to the bad guy ~Scarface "
09.23.2021 | 12:29 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 545 Points | Tied for 2808th
Nick Diaz, DEC
Diaz being banned for 5 years is literally like the MMA version of when Muhamad Ali got banned for like 5 years
"Northern Irish and proud! 💖💖"
09.23.2021 | 12:45 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 595 Points | Tied for 2210th
Nick Diaz got banned for smoking weed. I smoke weed and I pass all my drug tests. Nick Diaz is an IDIOT, he's not someone who should be praised or viewed as a victim. He was not sacrificing his livelihood for others' lives. Muhammad Ali had more to offer to society when he was handicapped by Parkinson's and couldn't speak then Nick Diaz ever had. You and whoever up voted that dumb ass comment is an idiot.
Nick Diaz being suspended for 5 years is the equivalent of Josh Gordon being kicked out the NFL every year or any body who has ever gotten suspended for being a substance abusing moron. 90% of people do drugs or alcohol, only a small fraction of us decide to ruin our lives and take food off our table over it.
* Edited at 09.23.2021, 1:38 PM ET *
"You people need a bad guy like me.... say good night to the bad guy ~Scarface "
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- Michael315Scarn
09.23.2021 | 1:11 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points | Tied for 2602nd
Alexander Volkanovski, DEC
I see this fight going similar to the Holloway Ortega fight. However there is an unknown, which is how will Volkanovski react to the time off and the after affects of COVID. Also I respect Ortega's skill, but he will have to prove that he has truly leveled up if he hopes to compete with the top of the featherweight division.