UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Went back and watched Filho's fight on the Contender Series and his wrestling looked much better there than it did in his last fight. Flipping my pick to Filho. We've seen Ode struggle with grapplers in the past

Davis vs. Levy
Mike Davis, DEC
Levy is a can crusher. Davis holds the advantage on the feet with his boxing and I think he holds the wrestling advantage too, so he should be able to dictate where this fight goes. Davis keeps this fight standing and boxes his way to a clear decision win.

* Edited at 03.12.2024, 9:55 AM ET *

Moises has so much experience great wins and is still very young hes getting a guy who got koed by Prates not much to tell off that but i expect the veteran to get the win if Ramirez is trash im expecting a submission win

Gerald Meerschaert is old and breakable but Bryan Barb is old and sloppy this fight really goes either way but Barb breaks you as the fight goes on i think if you dont break gerald early he is very live for a submission in rounds 2 or 3 

Culibao is really solid IMO he looked pretty bad against Lerone but ill let that slide hes getting one of those DWCS guys who got a contract off a decision win i find dana throws guys like that into the fire early culibao should have the better striking and grappling edge too honestly i see dominance from culibao here 

filho should very easily get this submission win ode is known to have bad takedown defense and bad submission defense 

battle vs loosa is interesting because loosa has never been finished but i truly believe battle is such a strong starter that he will definitively win rounds 1 and 2 maybe loosa can take the third but still battle will win 29-28 

Josi is live for a knockout i dont really see what everyone else does yes she is very small yes she is pretty trash but if norma dumont has you turning around running away from her striking i fully believe Josi will drop chandler 

mike davis vs natan levy im almost positive goes to a decision davis is very inactive and levy has pillow fists

tuivasa on second thought is getting an opponent who crumbles when he gets hit with real shots they want tybura gone as hes 38 now 

Tuivasa 1st Round Birthday KO

Chelsea Chandler is a joke. 

@DevinM34 

Just curiously why were you taking Ode in the first place? 

@brandonk 

because Filho got hurt bad in his last fight and almost got finished. He was shooting some half ass takedowns and getting stuffed but eventually landed one and got the SUB. There's definitely a chance Ode keeps this standing and finishes Filho

* Edited at 03.12.2024, 12:29 PM ET *

Ah I wonder who's downvoting all my posts, probably that butt hurt clown who lives on this website...

Ode got knocked out by Tyson Nam, Filho can probably just knock him out if anything. 

i think it more has to do with your posts not offering anything of value

Tai got this man 🙏🏼 

@brandonk 

you mean Nam doesn't have KO power? he has 13 KO wins and KO'd the 2 people he fought before Ode as well. 

Tuivasa vs. Tybura
Tai Tuivasa, TKO, R1
This could be the fight that turns Bam Bam's depressing decline around. I imagine this fight won't last longer than it takes for my grandma to tell me how disappointing I am (30 seconds from entering her condo)

Battle vs. Loosa
Bryan Battle, TKO, R2
I like both of these guys but I got Battle by a swift head kick KO.

Nzechukwu vs. St. Preux
Kennedy Nzechukwu, TKO, R1
The easiest pick on this card. Poor OSP. He and Tony Ferguson should fight next, but as soon as the ref starts the fight, they should hold hands, kiss each other softly on the cheek, and then dual retire..

Kianzad vs. Chiasson II
Macy Chiasson, DEC
In a fight that no one really cares about, the fighter that won the previous matchup, which no one really cared about, wins again.

Nunes vs. Chandler
Josiane Nunes, DEC
I will always remember the absolutely hilarious image of Chandler actually running away from Norma Dumont.. Never seen that before, and will never see it again. Nunes by boring decision in a fight in which both women will likely miss weight.

Culibao vs. Silva
Danny Silva, TKO, R1
Picking the underdog here because he actually looked like a junkyard dog in his DWCS fight and I respect that.

Anheliger vs. Grigoriou
Charalampos Grigoriou, DEC
In a battle of last names I cannot pronounce, I'll take the Cypriot...

Looks like fun to me bad to bet lots of unproven quantities and girl fights "they say".
FOTN will be main Co/main motorcycle guy gonna maim that wimp who exposed Raul.
ODE probably gonna throw another winnable fight away lol.
Davis v Levy should be a technical kick box match I like those other will complain.
Moises gonna make Islam and BSD look good by getting back to form.

Really tough fight to call. Not enough History on Dulgarian.
It’s hard for me to picture Dulgarian is gonna run through C Rod. Like he’s done to everyone else. 
Really liking -125 over 2.5 in this spot.

I didn't know about Mike Davis until this card and seeing MMA Guru talk highly of him saying he is nasty I went to check up one of his fights.

Having now watched Mike Davis vs Mason Jones I need to ask, what the **** is this dude doing being so inactive as a fighter? That fight was so ******* fun to watch and he showed so much skill.

Really hyped for his fight now.

Gonna take Loosa over Battle. Battle is huge but he fights half-asleep and always ends up in trouble, win or lose. AJ dropped him with an elbow, Gore had him in a deep standing guillotine, even Urbina was beating him up early. Other guys he KO'd quickly like Sato and Gabe Green. Gabe Green just ran at him like he wants to commit suicide. Loosa is like B- everywhere, good athlete, durable, tight guard, good workrate, good wrestling, etc. He is the superior minute winner with wrestling upside.

Let me add that Chelsea Chandler may be a big girl with BJJ advantage, but she is a terrible striker. Nunes is going to beat her up on the feet despite being a midget. Chandler needs takedowns to win.

Injuries and more injuries. He's been on Jens Pulver's twitch chat sometimes, don't know if he streams himself but I talked to him there like maybe a year ago and then he said he was about to fight soon. It seems he's just had a lot of problems unfortunately.