UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Montaño vs. Wu
Nicco Montaño, DEC
Yeah I got you Erison if this aint a lock..

Benoit vs. Adashev
Ryan Benoit, DEC
loser of this fight gets to fight sean o malley next

this is a fight forum, Not some political discussion that takes up 6 pages, No one here for that and espaccaly when people are just saying nothing. I'm gonna bring the discussion back to MMA. I don't know much about this card admentilly, All the fight beside the main event have fighter, I'm not really familiar with, I just want to bring back the convesation back to MMA


Sean Strickland Beats Uriah Hall
I think Uriah Hall only path to victory is a meme knockout, Hall was getting out stuck by 46 year old and Bevon Lewis who went 1-4 in the promotion. I really like Sean Strickland throw punch and punchs and lot of them are hard, Also Strickland won't get cut in a year after fighting him like everyone he fought on his win streak.

Kwong Ho Kang Beat Rani Yahya
First off, How is Rani only 36, I was expecting him to be at least 42 by now. I don't know about this fight. I'm not high on Kang but I think he has the wresling to kept him standing and box him up

Gloria De Paula beat Cheyenne Buys
Both girls got layed on for at least 2 round in their last fight. I'm picking De Paula because she a better kickboxer and I'm not picking a girl who lost to one techniqe on the ground  to out wresle a girl

Nick Stoltz beat Jarred Gooden
Don't know anything about Stoltz, But Gooden is a punching bag

Ryan Benoit beat Zaruck Adashev
Don't know, but Ryan Benoit clearly beat Tim Elloit last time, If you follow the judging criteria,Ryan Beniot did more damage in the rounds. And Zaruck Adashave is 3-3 for a reason

Bryan Barbarana beat Jason Witt
Maybe to much steam on Barbarana, Witt could grind on Barb who retire and ballon up to 220+ lb a year ago, But I can't pick Witt after getting slept in under a minute

Nicco Montono beat Yanan Wu
Nicco Montono is a former UFC champion, Don't care is she is the  "worst UFC Champion", being a UFC champion in any division won't make you lose to Yanan , Wu is 1-3 and loss to Gina Mazany. 

Melski beat Colin Anglin
Don't know anything about either guy beside Meski hits hard. Picking only because he hit hard and is a kickboxer

Rafa Garcia beat Chris Gritzmocker 
I don't know how much you can rate Rafa after him getting his asskick not a bad a you thought he would agaist Nasrat, But Gritz look so bad in his last fight, I just have to pick Garcia

Kai Kameka beat Danny Chavez
Both Boxer, Think Kai has better boxer and I think he also shoot takedown, Which Chavez ain't good at defending

Ashley Yoder beat Jin Yu Frey
Both have bad record. Don't care. 

Trevin Jones beat Ronnie Lawrence
Don't know, I think Trevin is to good to get taken down 5+ times by Ronnie Lawrence, And on the feet, Trevin hit hard and gonna sleep him

Orion Cosce beat Philp Rowe
Fun Fact, Orion is a Tapology user who talk **** to use regular for picking against him, I'm rooting for him and his brother to do well,But to the fight, i think Philp Rowe has no cardio, But that might be someone else as I didn't do research on this card

* Edited at 07.29.2021, 8:48 PM ET *

My hope ignoring Barberena's almost retirement is that it was an internal bleeding that required a surgery. But it doesn't sound ongoing or like it'd affect his fighting. If he's healthy, he should be back to normal. But also yeah mostly fading Witt's chin against an aggressive brawler.

Has buys fought anyone with the power of Paula? She looks like she's got some serious pop for strawweight. 

I'm definitely picking wu and I have a small bet on her I can't believe the odds for this fight after watching tape. Sorry Ericson

I'm gonna be sweating whether I should stick with Nicco or swap her for Benoit or Stolze. I know we havent seen her in awhile, and she's got weight cutting issues. But she's got the exact style Wu struggles with. And you if you add Nicco's TUF wins as actual wins and not exhibitions, suddenly she's a more respectable 7-3 with three really decent high profile wins. 

Benoit's 10-7 is deceptive when he's fighting Moreno and Tim Elliot to razor thin decisions. And Adashev's 3-3 is weird when all his wins came against guys with like 1-2 records.

* Edited at 07.29.2021, 10:36 PM ET *

Benoit vs. Adashev
Ryan Benoit, DEC
Adashev doesn't belong here

Hall vs. Strickland
Sean Strickland, DEC
Hall never finds the KO shot and gets out worked through 5 rounds.

Kang vs. Yahya
Rani Yahya, DEC
Older but better on the ground in a big way.

de Paula vs. Buys
Cheyanne Buys, SUB, R1
Redemption from the playground headlock fest.

Stolze vs. Gooden
Niklas Stolze, DEC
No idea.

Benoit vs. Adashev
Ryan Benoit, TKO, R2
Hits harder. Been in with better competition his whole career.

Barberena vs. Witt
Bryan Barberena, TKO, R1
Bam bam finds witt’s chin for sleepy night night time.

Anglin vs. Baghdasaryan
Collin Anglin, DEC
No idea

Gruetzemacher vs. García
Rafa García, TKO, R3
I got a feeling… ooooo oooooo

Chavez vs. Kamaka III
Danny Chavez, DEC
Close scrap. 50/50 fight.

Jones vs. Lawrence
Trevin Jones, DEC
Feel like jones gets the upset.

Cosce vs. Rowe
Orion Cosce, DEC
No idea

Hall vs. Strickland
Sean Strickland, DEC
Uriah could just as easily ko Strickland but Strickland winning is funnier so i pick him

Yoder vs. Yu Frey
Jinh Yu Frey, DEC
jihn yu is so hot but so boring, i look forward to the weigh in more than the fight

Cosce vs. Rowe
Orion Cosce, TKO, R3
Orion by the power of Dragon Ball Z!

Barberena vs. Witt
Bryan Barberena, TKO, R1
Confident in Barberena to get this one done, would be surprised if he doesn't. He has the the TDD to keep this one standing and he can definitely put Witt to sleep too, Witt's chin is a bit iffy but if he can get this one down to the ground and hold Barberena there then that would be perfect. I just don't see him doing that though

Hall vs Strickland is an intriguing main event, with Strickland likely to outsrtike (and outspoke) the always gunshy Hall, for the majority of the fight... if he can avoid getting KO, wich will be a difficult task, considering Uriah is very hard to finish, and can kill anyone with a single shot. Even if he loses 4 rounds, he will be dangerous until the very end...
The winner will probably be 1 fight away from a title fight.

The rest of the card is terrible to be honest.

Yahya is kind of a legend, but he's getting old and this fight isn't very interesting in itself, and Barbarena is often fun to watch, but his health issues are concerning... Montano is maybe the worse champ in the UFC 's history... Well at least Kamaka vs Chavez should be a fun little war...

Montaño vs. Wu
Nicco Montaño, DEC
Montano is a great grappler and she'll rely on her wrestling to get back into the win column.

Anglin vs. Baghdasaryan
Melsik Baghdasaryan, DEC
Baghdasaryan sprawls-and-brawls his way to a dominant decision.

Gruetzemacher vs. García
Rafa García, DEC
Garcia to keep this on the feet and win comfortably by decision.

Chavez vs. Kamaka III
Kai Kamaka III
Kamaka gets a razor-thin decision on the strength of his top control.

Yoder vs. Yu Frey
Jinh Yu Frey, DEC
Frey with the better stand-up and her wrestling isn't all that bad.

Jones vs. Lawrence
Ronnie Lawrence, DEC
Lawrence to wrestle and win by decision.

Cosce vs. Rowe
Orion Cosce, TKO, R3
Galaxy is going to put immense pressure on Rowe to get a finish by TKO. Dude had enough gas to go a full 3 rounds.

Stolze vs. Gooden
Niklas Stolze, DEC
I think this one is gonna be competitive for however long the fight lasts, can see Stolze really getting ahead with his calf kicks, Gooden is gonna have some problems with those. Worried about Stolze's cardio, Gooden's cardio is a bit better so he could be able to take advantage of that but at the end of the day I think Stolze can win 2 out of 3 rounds to pick up a decision

Interested to see how Benoit looks on the scales today. Just a few months back he had to be carried to the scale twice 

Gruetzemacher vs. García
Rafa García, DEC
fiesta

Idk what to think about nicco missing by that much. Seems like lately that's been helping them but by 8lbs dn. Hope it doesn't get called off

comparing to rest of UFC cards, this one is weak af, and do not call me casual