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UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
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- Saturday 02.11.2023 at 06:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Endeavor
- Venue: RAC Arena
- Location: Perth, Western Australia
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Dominick Cruz, Michael Bisping
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Michael Bisping
- Ticket Revenue (live gate): $4,086,687
- Attendance: 14,124
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: N/A | TV Ratings: 1.13M avg. viewers (ESPN prelims)
- MMA Bouts: 13
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| Bout | Info | |
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| Islam Makhachev defeats Alexander Volkanovski via Decision, Unanimous | 5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Yair Rodriguez defeats Josh Emmett via Submission, Triangle Choke | 4:19 Round 2 of 5, 9:19 Total Bout Page | |
| Jack Della Maddalena defeats Randy Brown via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 2:13 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Justin Tafa defeats Parker Porter via KO/TKO, Counter Left | 1:05 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield Ends in a Draw, Majority | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Modestas Bukauskas defeats Tyson Pedro via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Josh Culibao defeats Melsik Baghdasaryan via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 2:02 Round 2 of 3, 7:02 Total Bout Page | |
| Kleydson Rodrigues defeats Shannon Ross via KO/TKO, Kicks and Punches | 0:59 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Jamie Mullarkey defeats Francisco Prado via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Jack Jenkins defeats Don Shainis via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Loma Lookboonmee defeats Elise Reed via Submission, Rear Naked Choke | 0:44 Round 2 of 3, 5:44 Total Bout Page | |
| Blake Bilder defeats Shane Young via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Elves Brener defeats Zubaira Tukhugov via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page |
Responses Page 32
02.07.2023 | 4:32 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 8 Winners, 0 Perfect, 230 Points | Tied for 4753rd
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* Edited at 02.07.2023, 4:32 PM ET *
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02.07.2023 | 4:33 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 8 Winners, 0 Perfect, 230 Points | Tied for 4753rd
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02.07.2023 | 4:33 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 8 Winners, 0 Perfect, 230 Points | Tied for 4753rd
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- TLRulebender
02.07.2023 | 5:34 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 480 Points | Tied for 1521st
And now Khamzat is aiming for Rob. You know which card needs this fight? Do I even need to say it?
02.07.2023 | 5:59 PM ET
@TLRulebender
Predictions: 0 of 0 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points | Tied for 5281st
They should fight this weekend š¤£ that would set this card over the top
02.07.2023 | 6:14 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
Tbh this card really isn't that good. Could have been much much better. And stupid Paulo Costa is a big part of that. Dumbass
I mean apart from the main even this is a decent Fight Night card at best.
People on here had a go at me last time for complaining about how the UFC puts on **** cards and rubs their hands together gleefully while watching all of us swallow it down happily.
Case in point - last card? Horrible. This card? Very average PPV. Next card? Taila Santos vs Blanchfield main event? Are you kidding me? Jordan Wright on the main card? Completely trash fighters on the prelims. Potentially the worst UFC card I've ever seen overall. That's followed by another god awful card with Krylov vs Spann.
This is what we get for allowing the UFC to disrespect us like this.
I mean apart from the main even this is a decent Fight Night card at best.
People on here had a go at me last time for complaining about how the UFC puts on **** cards and rubs their hands together gleefully while watching all of us swallow it down happily.
Case in point - last card? Horrible. This card? Very average PPV. Next card? Taila Santos vs Blanchfield main event? Are you kidding me? Jordan Wright on the main card? Completely trash fighters on the prelims. Potentially the worst UFC card I've ever seen overall. That's followed by another god awful card with Krylov vs Spann.
This is what we get for allowing the UFC to disrespect us like this.
* Edited at 02.07.2023, 6:29 PM ET *
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 6:23 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 0 Perfect, 400 Points | Tied for 3068th
Does anyone else not see yair in any of the embedded yet?
02.07.2023 | 6:40 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 0 Perfect, 415 Points | Tied for 2774th
Rodrigues vs. Ross
Kleydson Rodrigues, TKO, R2
this fight to me is pretty straight forward. sadly for the hometown crowd their tough guy hero will be getting absolutely styled on in this matchup and we're most likely going to be witnessing a dominant showcase of talent by Kleydson. for people looking for value in this card, I think both the moneyline and Kleydson inside the distance prop (when it's out) have value on them. might include Kleydson ML in my secondary parlay and Kleydson inside the distance (when it's out) in my third parlay
starting off with Shannon Ross, i'll put it simply. he is NOT a good fighter and was basically gifted his entrance to the UFC. he's your average tough guy fighter with decent cardio, no regards for technique, no regards for gameplanning, no regards for defense while at the same time lacking the durability and chin factor to back it all up.
offensively, Shannon Ross leaves a LOT to be desired. he is at his best when he's the one dictating the pace and pushing onwards and his signature strikes probably boil down to massive overloaded right hooks (or crosses/overhands depending on the distance and situation at hand) that he quite literally throws on repeat, a whipping right kick to the body and at times very timid calf kicks. every now and then, Shannon will show a weird and surprising spark of creativity which leads him to throwing some pretty wild strikes and combinations, namely the left superman punch into the right high kick, the flying knee or the spinning backfist/elbow (very rarely does this actually happen though and even more rarely does it actually succeed). as weird as it sounds, this is pretty much where the good things about Shannon Ross's offense end.
moving on to the weaknesses in Shannon Ross's game (which trust me, they are a LOT), they can pretty much be boiled down to his insane lack of creativity, very troubling striking defense, inability to fight at a reach disadvantage and weakness when it comes to distance management. his lack of creativity is immediately apparent when you realize that he rarely uses his lead hand to further set up his offense, rarely uses feints, his jab (which he again, rarely throws) is only for show and doesn't actually do anything, leading to him non-stop spamming the same telegraphed, slow right hook/overhand. the most egregious thing about his game is that for someone who relies SO much on repeatedly throwing the right hook/overhand, he very blatantly drops his left hand guard when doing so, leaving himself open to counters which leads us to another troubling aspect of his game, his striking defense. every single thing he does and more specifically each time he attemps his signature strikes I mentioned above, he very obviously drops his hands abandoning any sort of defense. he throws the right kick to the body? both hands down and his chin exposed. he overswings his right hook? both hands down and his chin exposed. he throws a calf kick? both hands down and his chin exposed. additionally, he's very vulnerable when it comes to defending leg kicks (this weakness will play a major role in this matchup). lastly, some of his quirks are that he becomes an even worse fighter when he's fighting on his backfoot (which is something he will be doing in this fight) and that leads to all sorts of additional holes in his game. his body and chin become wide open down the middle (very important in this matchup) and whenever he gets rocked and has to fight on isntinct, his circling becomes very predictable towards his right hand side (very important in this match up as well) and he some times blatantly dips his head to the left after missing a badly overthrown hook/overhand.
continuing with Kleydson Rodrigues, he's a flashy striker with an elite variety of kicks, defensively sound boxing for the most part, high output, decent cardio and an unbreakable will to continue fighting. to me, as a striker, he's very reminiscent of Chris Gutierrez and early Conor McGregor (both Kleydson and early Conor mixed the art of capoeira very well into their fighting style). Kleydson might genuinely be one of my favorite young prospects in the UFC along with other elite young strikers like Saaiman, Basharat etc etc.
offensively, Kleydson thrives when he's the one pushing the pace and controlling the octagon. his entire offense builds off of the large variety of kicks he possesses and off of his very tricky feints. when it comes to his kicks, the kicks he usually falls back to are the calf kick, the left high kick, the right kick to the body, the spinning hook kick and the front kick to the body down the middle. concerning his feints, they are heavily influenced by his Muay Thai background. he loves feinting the spin and, specifically, one of his signature feints is similar to the one Charles Oliveira does where he will lift his knee faking the flying knee or the front kick to the mid section in order to get his punches off. additoinally, he has a very slick check left hook, an active clinching game, active bottom guard and a competent wrestling game mainly comprised by body lock takedowns. on a more technical note, kleydson LOVES crowding his opponent and making them circle towards his left hand side (towards his opponents' right hand side - this is going to be key in this matchup). this leads to most of his attacks (check left hook, spinning hook kick and left high kick) being thrown towards that side with a very high success rate.
when it comes to his weaknesses, I won't lie and say there are none but at least the CJ Vergara fight (a fight which I thought he won against a very very underrated opponent) was a very educational experience for him. his fighting ability decreases when he's forced to fight on his back foot and his kicking range is taken away from him but he still remains a very big threat. specifically, his defense showed to be struggling against two specific strikes, the check left hook and the left kicks to the body (two strikes that Shannon Ross doesn't throw). additionally, his wide stance leaves him a bit vulnerable to choppy kicks to the calf but, as of yet, he hasn't shown any particular weakness regarding his lead leg getting chewed up. lastly, his takedown defense could be worked on a bit more but his lacking TDD is made up by very slick bjj on the ground, an active guard and a variety of reversals and sweeps he has in his bag.
time for my prediction and like I said, this is most likely going to be an absolute domination for Kleydson. the few weaknesses that Kleydson has that were exposed in the CJ Vergara fight, Shannon Ross is not nearly good enough to expose (like I said, Shannon Ross just spams the right hook/overhand, a strike that Kleydson is proficient at defending) and at the same time, all the weaknesses that Shannon Ross has shown regionally and against Salvador, Kleydson possesses the exact tools needed to completely take advantage of. if I had to guess how this fight goes, there's 2 scenarios I'm thinking of. either Shannon Ross attempts to walk Kleydson down and make it a brawl but miserably failing, getting caught by massive counter check left hooks in the process and turning into a punching bag until Kleydson walks him into a highlight reel KO (left high kick, spinning hook kick, right uppercut or flying knee) or Shannon Ross doesn't even get to attempt to take away Kleydson's kicking range and simply gets dominated from the start, Kleydson dictates the pace, chops Shannon's leg up with calf kicks, baits Ross into circling towards Kleydson's left hand side and gets walked into a massive check hook, left high kick, spinning hook kick or flying knee. (one aspect of this matchup I didn't mention is the grappling, an area which Kleydson has the advantage in as he could very well use his grappling offensively, I just don't think this outcome is THAT likely since Kleydson is way way better on the feet)
Kleydson Rodrigues, TKO, R2
this fight to me is pretty straight forward. sadly for the hometown crowd their tough guy hero will be getting absolutely styled on in this matchup and we're most likely going to be witnessing a dominant showcase of talent by Kleydson. for people looking for value in this card, I think both the moneyline and Kleydson inside the distance prop (when it's out) have value on them. might include Kleydson ML in my secondary parlay and Kleydson inside the distance (when it's out) in my third parlay
starting off with Shannon Ross, i'll put it simply. he is NOT a good fighter and was basically gifted his entrance to the UFC. he's your average tough guy fighter with decent cardio, no regards for technique, no regards for gameplanning, no regards for defense while at the same time lacking the durability and chin factor to back it all up.
offensively, Shannon Ross leaves a LOT to be desired. he is at his best when he's the one dictating the pace and pushing onwards and his signature strikes probably boil down to massive overloaded right hooks (or crosses/overhands depending on the distance and situation at hand) that he quite literally throws on repeat, a whipping right kick to the body and at times very timid calf kicks. every now and then, Shannon will show a weird and surprising spark of creativity which leads him to throwing some pretty wild strikes and combinations, namely the left superman punch into the right high kick, the flying knee or the spinning backfist/elbow (very rarely does this actually happen though and even more rarely does it actually succeed). as weird as it sounds, this is pretty much where the good things about Shannon Ross's offense end.
moving on to the weaknesses in Shannon Ross's game (which trust me, they are a LOT), they can pretty much be boiled down to his insane lack of creativity, very troubling striking defense, inability to fight at a reach disadvantage and weakness when it comes to distance management. his lack of creativity is immediately apparent when you realize that he rarely uses his lead hand to further set up his offense, rarely uses feints, his jab (which he again, rarely throws) is only for show and doesn't actually do anything, leading to him non-stop spamming the same telegraphed, slow right hook/overhand. the most egregious thing about his game is that for someone who relies SO much on repeatedly throwing the right hook/overhand, he very blatantly drops his left hand guard when doing so, leaving himself open to counters which leads us to another troubling aspect of his game, his striking defense. every single thing he does and more specifically each time he attemps his signature strikes I mentioned above, he very obviously drops his hands abandoning any sort of defense. he throws the right kick to the body? both hands down and his chin exposed. he overswings his right hook? both hands down and his chin exposed. he throws a calf kick? both hands down and his chin exposed. additionally, he's very vulnerable when it comes to defending leg kicks (this weakness will play a major role in this matchup). lastly, some of his quirks are that he becomes an even worse fighter when he's fighting on his backfoot (which is something he will be doing in this fight) and that leads to all sorts of additional holes in his game. his body and chin become wide open down the middle (very important in this matchup) and whenever he gets rocked and has to fight on isntinct, his circling becomes very predictable towards his right hand side (very important in this match up as well) and he some times blatantly dips his head to the left after missing a badly overthrown hook/overhand.
continuing with Kleydson Rodrigues, he's a flashy striker with an elite variety of kicks, defensively sound boxing for the most part, high output, decent cardio and an unbreakable will to continue fighting. to me, as a striker, he's very reminiscent of Chris Gutierrez and early Conor McGregor (both Kleydson and early Conor mixed the art of capoeira very well into their fighting style). Kleydson might genuinely be one of my favorite young prospects in the UFC along with other elite young strikers like Saaiman, Basharat etc etc.
offensively, Kleydson thrives when he's the one pushing the pace and controlling the octagon. his entire offense builds off of the large variety of kicks he possesses and off of his very tricky feints. when it comes to his kicks, the kicks he usually falls back to are the calf kick, the left high kick, the right kick to the body, the spinning hook kick and the front kick to the body down the middle. concerning his feints, they are heavily influenced by his Muay Thai background. he loves feinting the spin and, specifically, one of his signature feints is similar to the one Charles Oliveira does where he will lift his knee faking the flying knee or the front kick to the mid section in order to get his punches off. additoinally, he has a very slick check left hook, an active clinching game, active bottom guard and a competent wrestling game mainly comprised by body lock takedowns. on a more technical note, kleydson LOVES crowding his opponent and making them circle towards his left hand side (towards his opponents' right hand side - this is going to be key in this matchup). this leads to most of his attacks (check left hook, spinning hook kick and left high kick) being thrown towards that side with a very high success rate.
when it comes to his weaknesses, I won't lie and say there are none but at least the CJ Vergara fight (a fight which I thought he won against a very very underrated opponent) was a very educational experience for him. his fighting ability decreases when he's forced to fight on his back foot and his kicking range is taken away from him but he still remains a very big threat. specifically, his defense showed to be struggling against two specific strikes, the check left hook and the left kicks to the body (two strikes that Shannon Ross doesn't throw). additionally, his wide stance leaves him a bit vulnerable to choppy kicks to the calf but, as of yet, he hasn't shown any particular weakness regarding his lead leg getting chewed up. lastly, his takedown defense could be worked on a bit more but his lacking TDD is made up by very slick bjj on the ground, an active guard and a variety of reversals and sweeps he has in his bag.
time for my prediction and like I said, this is most likely going to be an absolute domination for Kleydson. the few weaknesses that Kleydson has that were exposed in the CJ Vergara fight, Shannon Ross is not nearly good enough to expose (like I said, Shannon Ross just spams the right hook/overhand, a strike that Kleydson is proficient at defending) and at the same time, all the weaknesses that Shannon Ross has shown regionally and against Salvador, Kleydson possesses the exact tools needed to completely take advantage of. if I had to guess how this fight goes, there's 2 scenarios I'm thinking of. either Shannon Ross attempts to walk Kleydson down and make it a brawl but miserably failing, getting caught by massive counter check left hooks in the process and turning into a punching bag until Kleydson walks him into a highlight reel KO (left high kick, spinning hook kick, right uppercut or flying knee) or Shannon Ross doesn't even get to attempt to take away Kleydson's kicking range and simply gets dominated from the start, Kleydson dictates the pace, chops Shannon's leg up with calf kicks, baits Ross into circling towards Kleydson's left hand side and gets walked into a massive check hook, left high kick, spinning hook kick or flying knee. (one aspect of this matchup I didn't mention is the grappling, an area which Kleydson has the advantage in as he could very well use his grappling offensively, I just don't think this outcome is THAT likely since Kleydson is way way better on the feet)
* Edited at 02.07.2023, 8:21 PM ET *
02.07.2023 | 6:47 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 4495th
I want to make a parlay on Rodrigues, Jenkins, islam, tukhugov and Yair but Yairs the only one im not completely sold on I do think hes gonna win this fight but at the same time I don't know I feel like emmet can turn it into an upset
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02.07.2023 | 6:52 PM ET
Bananas
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
Kleydson ITD is one of my big plays along with Zubaira ITD.
Great minds think alike. Suprahuman minds think together.
I enjoyed your breakdown. More please! š š š
Great minds think alike. Suprahuman minds think together.
I enjoyed your breakdown. More please! š š š
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 6:58 PM ET
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
My best parlay so far
1. Zubaira ITD
2. Makhachev ITD
3. Kleydson ITD
4. Loma
5. Crute/Menifield FNTGD
6. Culibao/Melsik o1.5
7. Jenkins
8. Yair (Hedged with Emmet)
If this does not hit I will be very surprised. Dropping 1K on it
1. Zubaira ITD
2. Makhachev ITD
3. Kleydson ITD
4. Loma
5. Crute/Menifield FNTGD
6. Culibao/Melsik o1.5
7. Jenkins
8. Yair (Hedged with Emmet)
If this does not hit I will be very surprised. Dropping 1K on it
* Edited at 02.07.2023, 6:58 PM ET *
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 6:58 PM ET
staha
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 0 Perfect, 415 Points | Tied for 2774th
I think Yair is going to win and the odds look tempting but at the same time there's way too much tape study for that matchup and instinctually I don't feel very confident so I'm going to be skipping that fight all together
02.07.2023 | 7:00 PM ET
Bananas
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
I think Yair is the best striker in the division after Volk. And his distance striking game should be too much for Emmet who is slower and basically lost his last 2 fights. Unless Emmet wrestles he is losing this.
"Positivity is a positive"
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- paulopasta
02.07.2023 | 7:06 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 600 Points | Tied for 87th
@baremaras. Sometimes I find you to be a bit boisterous about your ability in picking fights. But I canāt say you donāt know how to break them down, keep up the good work
02.07.2023 | 7:09 PM ET
rah
Predictions: 8 of 13 Winners, 0 Perfect, 415 Points | Tied for 2774th
agreed, only factors that are stopping me from betting on this fight are the endless amount of tape on both of them that would take up too much of my time to go over and the fact that I generally do not feel super duper confident betting on a matchup in which one of the guys has the significant power advantage over the other (in this fight IMO Emmett punches significantly harder, I just don't think he has the skillset required to translate his power into actual flush landed hits against someone like Yair)
* Edited at 02.07.2023, 7:10 PM ET *
02.07.2023 | 7:19 PM ET
Paulo Pasta
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
In Bananas case it isn't being boisterous. It's having absolute, McGregor levels of confidence funnelled through the body of a 800lb killer Gorilla. That's how it comes off to humans, but it's actually just sheer confidence in the Gorilla world
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 7:21 PM ET
Bananas
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
I hear you. That's a lot of tape. But I have just started watching the last 3 fights of each fighter in addition to any similar style match ups.
But don't forget we have a OP shortcut now. Mezzor. Wait till he picks Emmet then smash the Yair spot.
But don't forget we have a OP shortcut now. Mezzor. Wait till he picks Emmet then smash the Yair spot.
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 7:26 PM ET
Baremaras Rah
Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 4495th
Yeah I have to agree with both of you imo yair outclasses him but there's always that chance Emmet wrestles him and subs him or something and there's too much tape too many reasons to be uncertain.I think its just the odds calling out to me lol but iwl Rodrigues makes up for my parlay in terms of good odds
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02.07.2023 | 7:33 PM ET
Staha
Predictions: 9 of 13 Winners, 2 Perfect, 515 Points | Tied for 819th
Just do what I did and hedge part of the value. I dropped 1K on the parlay above, and hedged another $300 on Emmet
"Positivity is a positive"
02.07.2023 | 7:36 PM ET
Rah
Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 4495th
Iwel I didn't even know what hedging bets was until just now lol yeah im definitely gon do that appreciate the tip
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