As far as I know, Demetrious has controversies with Dana, and I am not sure if they were only about money. Otherwise why would he trade a dominant champion who hasnt lost his belt? There are fighters that return to UFC when Dana “forgive them” after kicking out or trading them. Mighty Mouse could have returned long ago, but hate must be very strong…

And I think you are wrong with saying that 125-135 divisions are not interested by fans. One of Danas main active, Suga Sean is in 135 125 with Moreno, Kratos, Pantoja plus army of guys from Asia flooded now. These divisions are very competitive.

I think that for rich people gambling is only entertainment, and even if they want to risk and increase their fortune, they would do with with investment in business or assets. If they are rich, they can afford different alternative entertainments, making gambling just one of out many. Thus it never becomes boring, repetitive, addictive.

When you buy something new or desired, you feel joy, but similarly you are spending hard earned money. Then the logic would be: there is no joy in spending money. But that is not true. People always enjoy spending, otherwise it will be no use working hard and trying to earn more. I think it will take time for people to understand, that when they gamble, they spend but not lose money.

For the main event we might game same scenario that was in Whittaker vs Aliskerov. It was an early notice for Aliskerov, but he also had good record, was on a series of wins (most of them finishes), looked like a promising prospect, has Dagestani DNA However Whittaker beat him mostly due to experience. Caught punch, dazed and finished in first round. I think odds are fair.

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I've seen some bookies give +5 on Johnson, and he wont that fight Lol, I am sure tokeweed missed that gem Sorry buddy for making fun, but I know how you love to risk

Why not grant himself one last big check? With Fury it seems to be easy money for Usyk, than fighting against Parker. In boxing world Tyson Fury means more money, more popular, even though he has lost his last fights. And like TravelMug said, Usyk already beat him twice, Fury has low morale now or Usyk already got in his head. Parker is still hungry, so why fight him? Imagine what revenue would be, it it would be a double retirement fight, last fight for Usyk and Fury. Set any ticket price and it will be sold in no time

I dont agree that there is "no amount is affordable to lose", that every bet counts. It all comes down to budget. What needed is to stick to rule of gambling - if anyone wants to gamble, he or she should be ready to lose. Nobody wants to lose, that is a fact, but gambling can not exist without losing. Can not afford to lose or waste gambling budget - dont gamble, just do that. Find alternative form of fun and earning money, having a feeling of a risk. Just remember kids, there are so little things that are free today, so prepare to spend money.

Занести бабки в ФТХ было так легко, и так сложно теперь выцарапать из жадных лап обратно Регистрация на ФТХ обязывала проходит КУС вообще? Ща наверно часть не заберет свои бабки потому что не хотят документами светиться, ибо могут проблем получить. Ща если 1.9 ярда вернут, то можно считать половину вернули.

В статье интересно последнее предложение. По состоянию на апрель ликвидаторы FTX отклонили почти 400 000 заявок на компенсацию на общую сумму $2,55 млрд. Отличный относительно честный способ отъема денег

Что там по Кучерявому? Без новостей? А остальная шайка? ФТХ бабки выплачивают, шайка не ноет что им сроки порезать стоит, ведь бабки возвращаются?

I have plenty of examples how gambling helped people to find themselves. A guy from parallel class of my school started playing poker many years ago, participated in offline tournaments, but ended with having a poker blog/poker school/poker team. Plenty of people I know work for gambling industry. If that is not a good side (salary/something that you love to do bring you money and joy), then what it is? There no good side in gambling when a person focuses only on money and result, but skip process and entertainment part of it.

Few days till event and we barely discuss the card and make predictions. Lets change that.

Main event, Whittaker vs de Ridder. Seems a very similar fight to Whittaker vs Chimaev, as de Ridder is also a top class wrestler. Another Whittaker chin (new chin) test Or de Ridder first real test. He is relatively new in UFC, and so far his toughest opponent was Holland. Dont think that Bo Nickal was a real danger for de Ridder. Like I've said, Nickal is elite wrestler with raw and poor striking. Surprisingly they had whole fight in striking, barely using wrestling skills. Dunno who to chose. Heart says Robert, mind says to wait and see the fight and make a live bet

Next is Yan vs McGhee. We might see McGhee winning, if Yan has not changed his striking coach and as usually start slow and lose first rounds. McGhee should be an easy walk for Yan, but his last fights, and McGhee finishes and performances of night 3/4 his UFC fights (4-0 in UFC is his record) might make un upset this weekend.

Btw, example with alcohol legalization, restriction and ban are great examples that all those methods dont work as a solution for addiction. There are countries where alcohol is forbidden, yet people still find where to buy it. Selling alcohol after 8 or 10 in the evening is forbidden, yet people still manage to buy it or drink from supplies.

Anyway, even though alcohol drinkers are more than gamblers, I find gambling more dangerous because its harder to spot addicted gambler and more harder to convince him to treatment. I also think that treatment from gambling is a much longer process.

Lol. But frankly, people dont realize that Shara sees everything with his funny looking eye. Btw you remember how we had talks, that due to eye he wont be fighting anymore in UFC? I have said, that the eyes is not such a big problem, but athletic commission might now allow to compete anyway, so he would fight outside US. Now he is fighting in Vegas. Both theories have failed


I have googled Nevada income tax (I suppose that is what fighters pay) and everything became clear: "No State Income Tax on Individuals: Nevada residents do not pay state tax on income earned from salaries, wages, or similar compensation". So everything you earn - its yours (minus team expenses).

Australian income tax is a killer for fighters If you are champ and earn more than 190k, you will have to give half (45% actually) as a tax.

I like how he is saying "unknowingly bypassed the region restriction". Unknowingly? Really? If he is from UK (I suppose that as he cant pass KYC with UK documents), he from the start have issues with opening page and making a registration. From the beginning, without making a deposit he has already broke ToS rules, and now call it unknowingly. With such silly approach, I am not sure that he is 18. People who are +18 dont do such silly mistakes so easily, they are not so ridiculously silly towards their money.

I am not sure if statistics of most wins in slots exist. Imho they are all the same. But if you want to find a slot where it is possible to play longer, more for same amount of money, then filter slots by free spins and play them. Maybe bother even more and try to sort with biggest RTP but that isnt that important, difference in 1%? When majority use less than 100 bucks to gamble? That not much. Rarely casinos provide information of number of gamblers that currently are using slot. Use that to filter unpopular slots.

Merab won his title in Vegas, but never defended it in Vegas, however, indeed he had a lot of fights there. I think there are three reasons for that. Taxes. I havent googled it, but I suppose fighters pay decreased income tax compared to other states. Licenses. Nevada athletic commission, Vegas is in Nevada, its easier to get allowance to perform. And entertainment. No other place is as entertaining as Vegas. In UFC, if it is a title fight, then a champ gets % out of ticket sales, PPV, everything. People would gladly go to Vegas than to other state with similar venue size.

For me the most regrettable moment in any gambling game would be seeing how someone follow my strategy, game approach, play same slot game or any other game but came straight after me when I have left game, and win. Knowing that I was one step, one bet away from a jackpot is the most regrettable. By nature people are very envy When they someone gain success where they were spending time on, they immediately feel regret. Years ago I remember purchasing scratch card lottery tickets together with my friend. I allowed him first to take card to scratch card. He has won a new mobile, but I had nothing

Lol yeah. First such characters talk about VPN usage for gambling, then they cry and accuse casino in cheating in scam accusation and casino ANN topics Gambling itself is connected with luck and risk, but such characters dont find that enough and increase risk factor by using VPN. I can only advice such people to try to remember their biggest wins and compare if it be worth risking account and balance any second they use VPN.

If I remember it correctly, my gambling mistake cost me 500 bucks. I have lost a bet and immediately made another hoping if I win it would cover my losses. Such a casual newbie mistake, a thing that everyone knows not to do, but emotions lead me to making that stupid mistake. I think years have passed since then, but those two huge losses in less than 10 seconds that has come one after another stuck in my mind Btw, I wish that this failure to stuck in mind for a very long period as a reminder and prevent making similar mistakes in future.

UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder



Date: July 26, 2025

Preliminary Sat, Jul 26 / 7:00 PM GMT+3
Main Card: Sat, Jul 26 / 10:00 PM GMT+3

Venue: Etihad Arena

Main card (ESPN)
Middleweight: Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder            
Bantamweight: Petr Yan vs. Marcus McGhee            
Middleweight: Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Marc-André Barriault            
Flyweight: Asu Almabayev vs. Jose Ochoa            
Light Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov vs. Bogdan Guskov

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Bantamweight: Bryce Mitchell vs. Said Nurmagomedov            
Welterweight: Muslim Salikhov vs. Carlos Leal Miranda            
Bantamweight: Davey Grant vs. Da'Mon Blackshear            
Women's Straweight: Amanda Ribas vs. Tabatha Ricci            
Light Heavyweight: İbo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana            
Featherweight: Mohammad Yahya vs. Steven Nguyen            
Heavyweight: Martin Buday vs. Marcus Buchecha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ABC:_Whittaker_vs._de_Ridder

White house card - I can draw parallels with ufc card in Sphere, that happened on Mexican independance day. There were lots of Mexicans in that card, but main and co-main events were headed by Georgian vs American,  Kyrkyz vs Mexican. I think we can get anything from White House card And I am not even sure there will be top fighters-stars in the card.

So what role changing of teams play in Vettori career and UFC performance? Btw, somewhere I have seen that he is disappointed for not being in main card, said that he did not deserve to be in prelims. I was like wtf dude? Start winning and show finishes or you will be dropped to early prelims If we think, what is Vettori famous for? For loosing to Adesanya and putting on back to front shorts