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UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2

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05.12.2022 | 11:14 PM ET

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UFC 278
  • Saturday 08.20.2022 at 06:30 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ABC
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: Vivint Arena
  • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, 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): $4,297,655
  • Attendance: 18,321
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: N/A | TV Ratings: 972,000 avg viewers (ABC prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
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Bout   Info
Leon Edwards   defeats   Kamaru Usman   via KO/TKO, Head Kick   4:04 Round 5 of 5, 24:04 Total Bout Page
Paulo Costa   defeats   Luke Rockhold   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Merab Dvalishvili   defeats   José Aldo   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Lucie Pudilová   defeats   Yanan Wu   via KO/TKO, Elbows From Back Mount   4:04 Round 2 of 3, 9:04 Total Bout Page
Tyson Pedro   defeats   Harry Hunsucker   via KO/TKO, Body Kick to Ground Strikes   1:05 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Marcin Tybura   defeats   Alexandr Romanov   via Decision, Majority   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Jared Gordon   defeats   Leonardo Santos   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Sean Woodson   vs.   Luis Saldaña   Ends in a Draw, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Ange Loosa   defeats   AJ Fletcher   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Amir Albazi   defeats   Francisco Figueiredo   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   4:34 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Aoriqileng   defeats   Jay Perrin   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Victor Altamirano   defeats   Daniel Lacerda   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   3:39 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page

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CangrejoRuiz
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05.30.2022 | 2:00 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 3075th

I can only hope, they are signing a lot of flyweights this season.

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05.30.2022 | 2:07 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points   |   Tied for 348th

I’d be surprised honestly if he didn’t make it back next season

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05.30.2022 | 3:59 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points   |   Tied for 4225th

Costa vs. Rockhold
Luke Rockhold, TKO, R1
Paulo has fought very low comp 2 washed top 15 at best guys 1 was a top 10 welter and totally washed.

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05.30.2022 | 4:03 PM ET

@Joshjeffords

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 284th

u funny bro 🤣
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05.30.2022 | 8:22 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 425 Points   |   Tied for 2517th

If i was sitting at a Mexican restaurant and i saw CangrejoRuiz as the name of a crab dish, i would think it sounds delicious and order that.

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05.30.2022 | 11:46 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 530 Points   |   Tied for 573rd

Luke is 37 and hasn’t won since 2017 he’s the definition of washed so with your logic it should be easy for costa don’t know how you think other wise your prediction goes against with what u said lol 
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05.30.2022 | 11:55 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 590 Points   |   Tied for 145th

And one of the shot fighter Costa fought Knockout Rockhold out cold in Yoel Romero also. 

Also Vettori vs Costa was the best fight of last year, And Costa would of Ko"d out cold any other men beside Vettori at least once in the fight, With that headkick, And It Luke Rockhold where talking about, He would of got slept with half the shot, Costa landed to Vettori head

* Edited at 05.30.2022, 11:58 PM ET *

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05.31.2022 | 12:20 AM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points   |   Tied for 348th

He’s not wrong tho. Costa is skilled but man oh man has he fought easy competition 

Garreth mclellan- bum 
Oluwale bamgbose - bum 
Johnny Hendricks - out of prime, post usada, up a weight class because he can’t make weight anymore 
Uriah hall - one of the biggest wastes of talent OAT. The pinnacle of inconsistency 
Yoel - actually a legit win 
Now, 

Luke rockhold - out of prime, hasn’t fought since 2019, chinny af

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CangrejoRuiz
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05.31.2022 | 2:30 AM ET

@XConChris

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 3075th

Lmao, I can see that

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Michael315Scarn
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05.31.2022 | 8:23 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 425 Points   |   Tied for 2510th

Altimirano has a huge opportunity here to beat the fan favorite Hadley and possibly do it on PPV card. Awesome! 🇲🇽 

* Edited at 05.31.2022, 8:24 PM ET *

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05.31.2022 | 11:57 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 655 Points   |   Tied for 16th with 1 other

I honestly dont know how victor wins that fight

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06.01.2022 | 1:01 AM ET

Costa still has major power in his hands and if he connects on Rockhold, it's game over.  I'll take the guy with more powerful hands who is less chinny than the chinny Rockhold who's been out of the game for a few years.  Rockhold is in the same department as Weidman for me these days, both were great in their prime but their chins are done today. 
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06.01.2022 | 8:54 AM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points   |   Tied for 348th

I agree, Victor has godawful tdd and has shown suspect submission defense his entire career. I know people aren’t going to believe me after his debut fight, but hadley has very high level bjj, I don’t see a world where he doesn’t submit Victor, especially because Victor will just give up takedowns 

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paulopasta
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06.01.2022 | 11:52 AM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 3739th

Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold
Paulo Costa KO R1
I know it might seem weird considering my profile pick but I’m not a Costa fan. The guy has a funny Twitter but man he is a dip****. I still think he beats Luke because Rockhold just can’t take shots anymore and that’s Paulo’s best strength. Landing big shots with good volume


Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin
Aoriqileng TKO R2
The Mongolian Knight is someone who I’d call a raw talent. He’s similar to Mashate in that way. Talented but he still has some things to work on. Personally from seeing Herrin fight I’m not impressed so I expect Aoriqileng to come away with a victory


Victor Altamirano vs Jake Hadley
Jake Hadley SUB R2
I think this fight will go like Hadley’s fight with Rapaso. Except I haven’t seen that much movement from Altamirano so I think it will be easier. Especially with Victors sus TD defense







On a personal note, I’d like to see Aljamain vs Dillashaw as the co-main for this event and Usman vs Edwards for the main event for this card. Depending on Usmans hand of course

* Edited at 06.01.2022, 11:57 AM ET *

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06.01.2022 | 12:02 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points   |   Tied for 348th

Aljo vs dillashaw is in the works. Not sure what card it’s happening on tho 

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06.01.2022 | 3:15 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 405 Points   |   Tied for 2898th


Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold
Paulo Costa TKO R1
luke has probably the worst chin in middleweight and costa has 220+ pounds like *** - luke gonna sleep in 3 min

* Edited at 06.01.2022, 3:16 PM ET *

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paulopasta
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06.01.2022 | 5:10 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 3739th

I saw on Instagram that Sterling was trying to fight in September. That’s why I assume it’s this card. Still never know with the UFC though
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06.01.2022 | 10:19 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 325 Points   |   Tied for 3976th

Does anybody else Get so far (There's only 4 fights confirmed so far) PFL vibes from this card,  most of these fights seem like pretty one sided and Mismatched. Any underdogs you guys think are worth predictions On.

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06.01.2022 | 10:23 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 555 Points   |   Tied for 348th

Maybe jay Perrin. I’m leaning aoriqileng but jay is pretty solid. Other than that not really. Woodson is gonna run through saldana, costa vs luke isn’t even close, and I’m fairly confident hadley gets an easy sub 

* Edited at 06.01.2022, 10:24 PM ET *

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06.02.2022 | 7:57 AM ET

Jay Perrin would need to get it to the mat no ? We know that Aori got taken down 5 out of 11 attempts from Cody Durden but I don't think we compare Perrin's wrestling/grappling to Cody's. I believe Cody is a D2 or D3 wreslter if I am correct ? Also this being in the bigger cage will aid Aori. I think we saw some improvements from Aori from his TDD especially in that second round against Cody. 

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