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Contender Series 2021: Week 2

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05.26.2021 | 9:12 PM ET

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Contender Series 2021
  • Tuesday 09.07.2021 at 08:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: ESPN+
  • Promotion: Dana White's Contender Series
  • Ownership:
  • Venue: UFC APEX
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Dan Hellie, Laura Sanko, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Laura Sanko
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Laura Sanko
  • MMA Bouts: 5
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Bout   Info
Josh Quinlan   vs.   Logan Urban   Overturned to No Contest   0:47 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Chidi Njokuani   defeats   Mário Sousa   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   1:35 Round 3 of 3, 11:35 Total Bout Page
Saimon Oliveira   defeats   José Alday   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
CJ Vergara   defeats   Bruno Korea   via KO/TKO, Knee to the Body   0:41 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Chad Anheliger   defeats   Muin Gafurov   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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2021.09.07 10:22 PM ET

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Contender Series 2021
Tieoken
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09.07.2021 | 10:22 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 175 Points   |   Tied for 200th

Should be 3 contracts tonight.

CJ, Chidi, Quinlan

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FistyMcKickerChoke
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09.07.2021 | 10:25 PM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 100 Points   |   Tied for 766th

That last diving punch was so insanely brutal, Quinlan has that killer instinct

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Mikey1903
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09.07.2021 | 10:27 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 130 Points   |   Tied for 491st

Yup, seems like an obvious 3 contracts.

Maybe Dana goes all Oprah White again tho?  Everybody gets a Contract!!! 

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09.07.2021 | 10:28 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

Every winner getting a contract I guess

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KyleH
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09.07.2021 | 10:30 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

Oprah’s back 5 contracts lol

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MattyViceGrip
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09.07.2021 | 10:30 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 200 Points   |   Tied for 104th

Dana trashing on DC for no reason lol



Dana just handing out contracts

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KyleH
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09.07.2021 | 10:31 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

DC and I agree on fighters deserving of contracts, would’ve had only 2 last week and 3 this week.

"There's 3 things in life that excite me. A woman, of course. Dinosaurs, and the violence of the Octagon" - GSP

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09.07.2021 | 10:33 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 200 Points   |   Tied for 104th

I think Anheliger defeated a high level opponent and he's not a young guy. Might as well give him his run. I would've given him the contract too. But I don't think Oliveira deserved it.

* Edited at 09.07.2021, 10:33 PM ET *

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KyleH
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09.07.2021 | 10:34 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

Gafurov gassed and Anheliger cruised, I was more impressed with Oliveira’s win

"There's 3 things in life that excite me. A woman, of course. Dinosaurs, and the violence of the Octagon" - GSP

AxaFin
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09.07.2021 | 10:34 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 878th

yay I had nice picks

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KyleH
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09.07.2021 | 10:35 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

Oof

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Tosh
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09.07.2021 | 10:35 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 215 Points   |   Tied for 66th

Congratulations to the new UFC fighters. Not every fight was worthy of a contract, but every Fighter gave it all he had.

"He who hesitates meditates in a horizontal position""

KyleH
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09.07.2021 | 10:36 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 180 Points   |   Tied for 150th

Fade Axafin’s picks and become a millionaire from sports betting

"There's 3 things in life that excite me. A woman, of course. Dinosaurs, and the violence of the Octagon" - GSP

Michael315Scarn
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09.07.2021 | 10:37 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 255 Points   |   Tied for 27th with 4 others

It would be great if every winner always got a contract. 
Tieoken
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09.07.2021 | 10:40 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 175 Points   |   Tied for 200th

I really try to avoid picking winners on DWCS unless I'm REALLY convinced because it's a highly motivated contest. 

I hit all my bets:

Chidi/Sousa not to go the distance, Gafurov/Anheliger over 2.5.

Quinlan ITD, Chidi/Sousa not to go the distance.

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09.07.2021 | 10:43 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 200 Points   |   Tied for 104th

Anheliger vs Garufov wasn't fun at all and yes he won by outcardioing him, but there's a reason he survived and won. I think its harder to make fights look good when you're fighting against tough opponents. That's why you see so many DWCS fighters who gets splendid finishes lose their debut in the UFC, because having a nice looking win over a low level opponent doesn't do anything. However I understand that is the format of the show, but if I had to pick between Saimon or Anheliger, Saimon looked bad, and his opponent wasn't high level, it was a fun fight don't get wrong. But if he doesn't fix those holes in his game. He's going to be out of the UFC in 2 years.

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Michael315Scarn
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09.07.2021 | 10:51 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 255 Points   |   Tied for 27th with 4 others

Anheliger is a great story. To go from having a 2-5 record, to UFC contract is a great accomplishment. 8 wins in a row. His last fight he beat the TUF finalist. Well earned ticket to the big show. 
Trymex
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09.07.2021 | 10:55 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 4 Winners, 0 Perfect, 115 Points   |   Tied for 529th

I disagree, it was a great and excellent fight. Oliveira proved to be a fun fighter, as fans why wouldn’t we wanna see fun fighters in the ufc?

* Edited at 09.07.2021, 10:56 PM ET *

depmode33
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09.08.2021 | 12:07 AM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 50th with 12 others

Even though I hit 3 out of 5, thank God I did not bet on this card.  It would have been a **** show with Korea in all of my parlays.

I would have had to do parlays because I don't have any bookie that offers prop or round bets for Contender Series fights.  

* Edited at 09.08.2021, 12:08 AM ET *

DamienHandel420
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09.08.2021 | 4:45 AM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 115 Points   |   Tied for 529th

One thing I don't like about the contender series is that there signing guys who shouldn't be in the UFC. UFC should be the best of the best. Half the fighter who win contract shouldn't be in the UFC. It pain me to think of the people they gonna cut because they’re expensive, so they can have 10k 10k fighters that won’t get 5 fights in before getting cut for nit being good. 

UFC should only sign 2-3 people, Maybe 4 if it a great week. Bantamweight is a shark tank of talent which is Also have maybe 30-40 fighter I rate very highly. They don’t need them unless they gonna give guys easy wins 

* Edited at 09.08.2021, 6:22 AM ET *

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