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Contender Series 2022: Week 5

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05.17.2022 | 4:18 PM ET

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Contender Series 2022
  • Tuesday 08.23.2022 at 08:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: ESPN+
  • Promotion: Dana White's Contender Series
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  • Venue: UFC APEX
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Dan Hellie, Laura Sanko, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Justin Bernard
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Laura Sanko
  • MMA Bouts: 5
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Bout   Info
Mick Parkin   defeats   Eduardo Neves   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   1:57 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Darrius Flowers   defeats   Amiran Gogoladze   via KO/TKO, Shoulder Injury From Slam   1:13 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Jesus Aguilar   defeats   Erisson Ferreira   via Submission, Guillotine Choke   1:56 Round 3 of 3, 11:56 Total Bout Page
Cameron Saaiman   defeats   Josh Wang-Kim   via KO/TKO, Left Hook   2:52 Round 3 of 3, 12:52 Total Bout Page
Denise Gomes   defeats   Rayanne Amanda   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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DrChaotic
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08.23.2022 | 10:37 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points   |   Tied for 363rd

Cameron was the only one deserving of a contract if we're going by actual skill and how they'll do in the UFC but Gomes is gonna provide a few fun scraps at least and I want to see Parkin lose badly in his first fight so that'll be fun. Aguilar has some potential if he works on some stuff

Oh and Flowers is pretty damn good, just gotta work on his cardio
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08.23.2022 | 10:37 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 190 Points   |   Tied for 92nd

@ImRealUgly, I still maintain that most of those people who just instantly talk **** when someone they picked against wins, are just degenerate gamblers who are mad at the lunch money they lost. Not really hating a fighter, just unable to separate between their bad choices and the fighter.

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08.23.2022 | 10:39 PM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 50 Points   |   Tied for 901st

@Tieoken I think it's even worse than that.

They probably don't even have a stake. They just can't handle being wrong.
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08.23.2022 | 10:39 PM ET

AyyLmaonnaise

Not how I pictured it... But there is that KO from Flowers.  I hit him at +400 KO and +240 ML.  6 unit winner on one head slam lol

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08.23.2022 | 10:40 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 190 Points   |   Tied for 92nd

Lol maybe @fish.

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08.23.2022 | 10:41 PM ET

@Tieoken

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 240 Points   |   Tied for 23rd with 3 others

Actually when you put it that way that makes a lot more sense, I agree 100% 

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08.23.2022 | 10:41 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 4 Winners, 0 Perfect, 195 Points   |   Tied for 90th

saaiman, aguilar and flowers won me 5k tonight, the oddsmakers didn’t know what the hell they were doing
DrChaotic
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08.23.2022 | 10:44 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points   |   Tied for 363rd

Absolute horse**** card but holy **** the next 3 weeks are so good, especially week 7. ****'s insane. I don't think it's possible for them to be low level so let's just hope they're not ******* boring
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08.23.2022 | 10:45 PM ET

I thought that was a fun card, personally.  Dogs were barking loud.

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08.23.2022 | 10:45 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1072nd

@thepro lmao nice 

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08.23.2022 | 10:49 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points   |   Tied for 363rd

theproishiphop I didn't think this card was boring and seeing the dogs win was fun for everything except my predictions but the fights were just so ******* low level. Even Aguilar who I had faith in and picked looked,,, surprisingly bad. Woman's fight was fun so I'm not gonna complain about that too much but the skill level was really not there. And then the ******* heavyweights. Oh my god the ******* heavyweights. Only display of true skill vs from the South African kid. Happy Flowers got the underdog win but that wasn't even really a fight. So 2 good fights on this card 1 of which being extremely low level. 2 people who could potentially do good in the UFC (Saiman and Flowers) and 1 who could do okay (Aguilar) makes it an extremely weak card for me at least. If you enjoyed it that's great, more power to you but I thought it was decently exciting but overall amateur af

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08.23.2022 | 11:00 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 236th

@DrChaotic You lost some cheddar on Neves lol. Common his opponent is a swang and bang heavyweight, at least Parkin has some technical skills most heavyweights don't. I totally disagree with you that he won't win a fight. Did his strength of schedule trigger you pre DWCS? Doesn't mean he's suddenly bad....It would be an issue if every time he fought a guy with a winning record he lost or something, if you watched tape he was decent.

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08.23.2022 | 11:02 PM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 75 Points   |   Tied for 755th

ryan is smart

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08.23.2022 | 11:07 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points   |   Tied for 363rd

Ryan_453 Nah I didn't lose **** I don't bet on fights (maybe in the future though) I just hate can crushers winning against actual **** opponents. Parkin is ass. He's pillow fisted and only won because Neves is literally the dog****test of heavyweights. If I knew his take down defense was literally zero and MVP levels of bad I would've faded him instantly. Agree to disagree about Parkin. Maybe he'll show me something in the future, he's still really young but right now he's absolute horse****.

Also he never fought an opponent with a winning record. That's why never looked bad lmao. Pretty easy to win all your fights when you're fighting literal bum nobodies with losing records. The only few people he fought that had "winning records" were also can crushers who fought nobody but debuting guys and went on losing streaks after fighting him, and those were all in the amateur days. As a pro he has zero even low level wins, they're all bottom of the barrel trash. So excuse my disdain for him but I think he's nothing special and would probably lose to even the Vanderaas of the division since they know what a takedown is. Like I said though, maybe he'll show something in the future but right now pbbt 💩

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08.23.2022 | 11:07 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1072nd

Denise Gomes had a really entertaining fight and deserved to get a contract, but she did not look very good. She showed good cardio and seemed to be hurting her opponent but also showed she was hittable and kept spamming very telegraphed spinning attacks. However, she always brings the fight like that; just see her Milania dudieva fight, it was a brawl like this one. 115 is pretty deep so I don’t see her having much success, but against the lower level opponents she could have success. Take caochioera for example, you can win fights if you just rush some girls because they don’t know what to do. Overall I think she’s gonna beat the trash but won’t really be very good. They’re likely just gonna match her up with exciting fighters. 


The best prospect on this card was saaiman. I was really high on JWK but saaiman toughed it out and brutally ko’ed JWK in the third. He showed a well rounded skillset and a good chin. He was getting out matched in the striking at first but once JWK slowed down he took over with his pressure. Bantamweight is a shark tank but I think saaiman has a lot of potential and will win a bunch of fights, maybe even be ranked 


I really don’t think Aguilar is gonna be that great. He beat a really low level fighter and made a ton of mistakes on the way. He kept screwing himself with takedowns and was getting lit up on the feet in the first. I had no clue he had trex arms and that’s gonna be really difficult for him going forward. The only thing he really does well is that guillotine choke. Maybe he will win a few fights but I think he’s gonna be cut by next year 


(Don’t hate on me flowers this is just my opinion) flowers seems to be in great shape and looks very improved since his last few fights. That being said, it wasn’t the most convincing performance but he did legitimately win as a big dog and takes short notice fights so I kinda get why he got the contract. All this being said, I really don’t think he’s gonna win many ufc fights. He’s got some dog in him and isn’t scared to brawl so he will probably be entertaining, and I can see him koing some people in the ufc, but I really don’t see him having much success. 


Parkin just looks like another low level heavyweight. It’s so hard to find quality heavyweights so I don’t mind the signing but I don’t think he’s very good. His striking looked sloppy and his skills everywhere seemed meh. Also doesn’t help his opponent had 30 seconds of gas and was absolutely clueless on the ground, but still, you wrestle most heavyweights and they’re gonna get swarmed. At least he showed good fight iq. Maybe hr can beat some cans but he likely stays in the bottom of the division 

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08.23.2022 | 11:07 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 100 Points   |   Tied for 603rd

Just rewatched Wang-Kim vs Saaiman rounds 2 n 3 since I missed and..

Wang-Kim did it to himself, backing up against the cage so much when Saaiman was throwing bombs the whole fight only evading to 1 side.

Saaiman made that man meet his maker omg..

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08.23.2022 | 11:14 PM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 75 Points   |   Tied for 755th

Saaiman will be the only one in this group to have a legit future with the ufc

Gomes. Watch the dudieva fight
Aguilar. Dumb Dumb fighter
Flowers. Muscles things like crazy. Got subbed by mid regional guys. Gasser
Parkin. Durability problems

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08.23.2022 | 11:17 PM ET

Predictions: 0 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1072nd

Agree

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08.23.2022 | 11:25 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 236th

@DrChaotic Meh will have to agree to disagree as you said. Do i think he's the next Tom Aspinall, of course not. But i don't agree that he only looked good because he fought cans. A 9-9 fighter can have more tricks up their sleeve than mostly 2-0 fighters or whatever was on Neves record. If Neves fought the same opponents he would have looked the same (bum rushing haymakers). Parkin had some moments where he got swept etc but dealt with it well and that happened in his fight tonight too. I would rather see composure and technique than bum rushing haymakers, i just thought as long as he survived the early flurry he would win.

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08.23.2022 | 11:36 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points   |   Tied for 363rd

@Ryan_453 Fair enough I guess. I think he gets exposed unless they pair him with a Sherman or a Vanderaa (which they probably will) and even then I think he struggles a bit tbh
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