Bovada opened Usman as a -225 favorite early this morning. As of 5:30 p.m. Eastern on Monday, the offshore betting shop had Usman as a -235 ‘chalk,’ leaving McGregor as a +185 underdog. BetOnline opened Usman as a -400 favorite this afternoon, but the odds were adjusted to -350. ‘The Notorious’ is a +285 underdog.
Woo boy that fight would have massive money on McGregor. Sharps would probably be on Usman but the public would be heavy on McGregor at plus action.
Usman wins and it's not even close. He's way too big for Conor and he'll walk through Conor's power shots.
Don't they both accuse eachother of that constantly? how do we know what a reputable source for any of that is?
it was a doctor's stoppage not a KO, Nate has an uncanny ability to take punishment and somehow get stronger, and I think has only been KOed once. None of that means Jorge was not going to KO him eventually, will not dominate him in a 2nd meeting, or that I'd put any money on Nate, but.....
masvidal has stated numerous since he retire askrin that he doesn’t give a shit about belts he wants the baddest fighters for the biggest paydays without knowing exact numbers, i can almost guarantee that nate fight is the most loot gamebred has made of course he wants more of those
Anderson Silva "called out" Conor on Instagram about a Super Fight @ 176lbs.....Conor says he would accept that match-up. In his prime Anderson would murder him, but I think it would be close at this point in their careers. Edit - Instagram link
I think it would be very not close. Conor would be a massive favorite. I'm not even sure people woudl want to see that.
I seriously doubt Masvidal is scared to fight Usman. He would probably lose and he probably knows that but he also knows that no one outside of real MMA fans would give a shit about that fight.
I think we're about to see a ton of fun fights the rest of this year: Masvidal/Diaz II Connor/Silva (another easy-ish fight for Connor and probably a massive number for ESPN) Gaethje/Khabib Usman/Covington II (thought it was a close fight, a bad stoppage, and if those other fights materialize I don't know who else you have for Usman) Jones/Blachowicz (not interested at all, I think Jones asked for too much money on purpose to dodge Ngannou) Holloway/Volkanovski II Ortega/Zombie Wonderboy/Edwards Till/Perry Adesanya/Costa Stipe/Cormier Suarez/Nunes
Till/Perry? Don't see that happening. Masvidal/Diaz is nice and all but I don't see Nate lasting as long as he did in the first fight. Ortega/Zombie should be fun with the added drama. Nunes is about to murder some poor girl in a couple weeks, but with her wife pregnant I wonder how active she will be after this fight. It's like the old days when there weren't nearly as many cards. /Jake's take
Till is getting close to a title shot. Fighting Perry would be stupid in the very slim chance he got caught(he wouldn't)...
Did you see what Perry said about Till's parents? Seems like he's trying hard to make that fight happen. Not sure what Till has lined up at the moment, so he might take a name like Perry to stay active.
Perry is spiraling out of control and the UFC won't give him a fight. Him and Till used to be buddies, too, as they trained together a year or two ago. He got married to that blonde chick and bought a house in Florida. Left her for some young chick in Tx Is now claiming to be his own coach/new gf will be in his corner New gf appears to be 18 years old(not sure how old she is but she looks fresh out of HS)
Time for my Ungrateful Bastards Picks of the Week: Gutierrez quite easily (probably rides him to a decision) Smolka in an upset (high volume, love him on DK) Elliott (another high scorer on DK) Abreu in a boring decision I'm guessing Rodriguez by KO Chookagian in a boring decision Dern by 1st round sub Roberts by 1st round KO Quarantillo/Ginger will be FOTN. I think Quarantillo wins by grounding him, but the winning roster on DK will have the winner of this fight. I have a sprinkle of the Ginger as well on some lineups. Sakai in a boring heavyweight fight by decision Woodley by KO. Think people are sleeping on him and he's ready to get past that terrible showing vs Usman. Follow them if you want, but don't bitch. I promise I'm losing more money than you if they don't hit (except for the one guy betting dimes on every fight).