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Contender Series 2023: Week 2

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05.05.2023 | 1:56 PM ET

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Contender Series 2023
  • Tuesday 08.15.2023 at 07:00 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: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Laura Sanko, Paul Felder
  • Ring Announcer: Justin Bernard
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Laura Sanko
  • MMA Bouts: 5
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Bout   Info
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady   defeats   George Hardwick   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Ibo Aslan   defeats   Paulo Renato Jr.   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:22 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Hyder Amil   defeats   Emrah Sonmez   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Eduarda Moura   defeats   Janaína Silva   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   4:00 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Charalampos Grigoriou   defeats   Cameron Smotherman   via KO/TKO, Straight Right to Ground Punches   1:00 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page

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AxaFin
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08.14.2023 | 8:13 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

AyyLmaonnaise the odds come out already?

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08.14.2023 | 8:13 AM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 100 Points   |   Tied for 1151st

Yes, hardwick is -315

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08.14.2023 | 8:19 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

pretty much the exact odds I was expecting for this fight, was thinking of doing a parlay with Hardwick, Adesanya and Jones lmao

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supnavarili
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08.14.2023 | 8:23 AM ET

AyyLmaonnaise

Predictions: 0 of 2 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

 What makes you think that Al-Selwady can take Hardwick down? Or is it prejudice that brits can't wrestle and middleeastern guys all like khabib? Hardwick is a former welterweight, he will be giant compared to Al-Selwady. 
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08.14.2023 | 8:27 AM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 100 Points   |   Tied for 1151st

Partially prejudice against British wrestling BUT watching the tape al-selwady can actually wrestle pretty well. Not just that, but since he lost the brave title he has almost exclusively been a wrestler. He is likely gonna shoot from the start of the fight all the way to the finish. His cardio doesn’t appear to be bad either so he can wrestle for three rounds 

I’m picking hardwick obviously but I really wouldn’t be surprised by an upset. Al-selwady can wrestle well and comes from a good camp; they know the gameplan and strategy to beat hardwick

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08.14.2023 | 8:29 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

supnavarili Al-Sewady is tiny and probably is hella stronger than Hardwick
Hardwick also stands very upright which can lead to opportunities but we will see
if Hardwick gets his groove going with this kick to the knee and makes Al-Sewady move backwards like he does to everyone it's going to be a wrap right there.

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08.14.2023 | 8:32 AM ET

@supnavarili 


Dagestan is hardly the middle east and not much of the middle east is known for their wrestling besides Iran. Maybe Egypt but they are specifically Greco. Central Asia and the Caucasus are known for their wrestling, Russia in general too. Muslims but not Middle Easterners. 

Brits tend to suck at wrestling, tell me who Hardwick has fought that's a good wrestler? Tell me who Hardwicks teammates are near his size (145-155-170) that are known for being strong takedown artists? Tell me who Hardwicks wrestling/judo/MMA coaches are that have the background and strength to impart such knowledge about this aspect of MMA? These are the questions. I'm sure Hardwick. I know nothing of Hardwicks opponent, Hardwick himself is very game but I at this point have little reason to be confident of his wrestling. 
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08.14.2023 | 8:34 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

Khanate I am going to take a wild guess that a feller named Peter Itaipava is atleast his BJJ coach
im gonna try to do some digging around

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supnavarili
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08.14.2023 | 8:37 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 2 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

@Khanate 

Kyle Driscoll looks like a wrestler. Abdul Mohamed  is Hardwick's wrestling coach.

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08.14.2023 | 8:44 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

supnavarili damn how u find that so fast

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08.14.2023 | 8:45 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 1 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

nvm u just checked tapology i am dumb

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08.14.2023 | 8:53 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 2 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

Hardwick says this coach is his secret weapon https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6e0icILAM9E

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08.14.2023 | 8:53 AM ET

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6e0icILAM9E
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08.14.2023 | 9:10 AM ET

Predictions: 0 of 2 Winners, 0 Perfect, 0 Points   |   Tied for 1294th

I like how Hardwick knowledgable about mma. I think he continiously improving. Looks like he has high fight IQ. 
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08.14.2023 | 9:53 AM ET

Some people are saying aslan is terrible and doesn't deserve dwcs. I'm sorry but have you seen the regional heavyweight scene? Not even the regional, even most of the heavyweights in the UFC are terrible. There's only like  7 genuinely good heavyweights out there in all promotions.

Aslan is in shape, jacked, athletic and has powerful leg kicks. That already make better than most of the heavyweights outside of the UFC.

* Edited at 08.14.2023, 9:54 AM ET *

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08.14.2023 | 9:54 AM ET

Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 100 Points   |   Tied for 1151st






Yes clearly he is very good. Here he is gassing out and getting tapped by Anton, who is barely hanging on to his ufc contract atm

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08.14.2023 | 9:56 AM ET

You're completely missing my point. No one is saying he's very good, but acting like there are many heavyweights prospects who are better than him is completely false. 

* Edited at 08.14.2023, 9:57 AM ET *

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08.14.2023 | 10:01 AM ET

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Yeah I’m not debating that. What I am debating is that he’s better than most. You get him out of round 1 or wrestle him and he just totally dies. No gas tank, no grappling. He’s also like 224, very undersized for the division; once he fights someone bigger than him & he can’t finish them, he will struggle a lot. He may be fast and explosive but all you have to do is survive and he will punch himself out. Therefore, while he may be more antheltic and a better striker than a lot of heavyweights, that good quality goes out the window after round 1. Alexander Soldatkin on week 8 is the exact same way; looks elite round 1 then after 5 minutes he has no cardio

* Edited at 08.14.2023, 10:02 AM ET *

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Jodra
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08.14.2023 | 10:02 AM ET

Also let's not act like you weren't high on anton at point. You called him "a beast of a prospect" at one point. 
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08.14.2023 | 10:03 AM ET

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Yeah and I realized he doesn’t have what it takes to compete at the highest level. The vitor petrino fight was eye opening

* Edited at 08.14.2023, 10:03 AM ET *

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