Quote from: Synchronice on January 19, 2024, 11:10:45 AM

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Alex Pereira is Adesanya's Achilles heel. I don't know what kind of problems Adesanya has but I notice and feel it, he is afraid of Pereira, he doesn't want to fight him anymore because he is super afraid that he will lose against him. But I believe that he can defeat Stickland if everything is alright in his head.

It's kind of psychological for Izzy when he is facing Alex Pereira but he will never accept such things, we all know Adesanya doesn't say anything if he is afraid of something, apparently, it was triggered from the past and for sure getting the belt was his motivation from that time that is why he defeated Alex Pereira but that thing that he did against Pereira he can not do it again the 2nd time against him it is too obvious now, and with his fight against Sean Strickland he is trying to use the Possum move but Strickland has known what he is trying to do and it is not going to happen, because Strickland was aware of it, when this happens Strickland back away and goes in position with his defense and waited for Adesanya that is why the fight ended with a decision because Strickland didn't aggressively go into Adesanya,

My bet and prediction for UFC 297

Sean Strickland VS Dricus Du Plessis

Stake odds for this fight are 1.95 for Strickland and 1.98 for Du Plessis, actually, I really hate Sean Strickland but seeing his defense I surely notice the way he did it, and for sure Sparring with Alex Pereira and the different kinds of strikers he has enhanced his Philly shell defense while Dricus Du Plessis is kind of clunky with his striking for sure Strickland has more superior boxing while Dricus has power in his punches for sure while is grappling is exceptional in this fight but for sure Strickland would be ready with his takedown defense, and from that fight against Adesanya all Strickland did was sparring just to enhanced his defense and because of that I remembered the quote of Bruce Lee, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” and so my pick is Sean Strickland.

Neil Magny VS Mike Malott

Stake odds for this fight are 4.10 for Magny and 1.29 for Malott, in this fight this is a real step up for Mike Malott while for Neil Magny this is a real step down, and if he lost again against Malott his record will likely be a pattern of a zebra, but a younger Malott means he is still improving and Neil Magny is a great gatekeeper for this division, but he must prove that he can also a threat for the new fighters, for sure Magny has the range advantage, but Mike Malott can become explosive and has a good grappling going into the fight so my pick for this fight is Mike Malott.

Arnold Allen VS Movsar Evloev

The stake odds for this fight are 2.70 for Allen and 1.54 for Evloev, for sure Arnold Allen is a great fighter and a great guy but he has never fought a grappler as good as Movsar Evloev, for sure Allen has great striking but you can not say for sure because Movsar Evloev also have that standing in him, he fought against Dan Ige, and Diego Lopes, for sure he got great names under him and he is still a improving fighter and once trained with Khabib Nurmagomedov, and I think of Advise that Khabib have told him is to accept the fight that the UFC have offered him, even if that fight is a unranked fighter because inactivity is Illadvised so my pick for this fight is surely Movsar Evloev.