UFC 189, July 11th, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

[kickserv]

Fight Card
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Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes
Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald:canada1
Dennis Bermudez vs. Jeremy Stephens
Gunnar Nelson vs. Brandon Thatch
Thomas Almeida vs. Brad Pickett
Matt Brown vs. Tim Means
John Howard vs. Cathal Pendred
Alex Garcia:canada1 vs. Mike Swick
Henry Briones vs. Cody Garbrandt
Neil Seery vs. Louis Smolka
Yosdenis Cedeno vs. Cody Pfister


I am still very pissed off Aldo is not fighting Conor, it would have been so great to see Conor get smashed, oh well

 

[kickserv]

Hanna selection......

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[kickserv]

2015 MMA Record
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Prop Bet 2-4
Fighter vs. Fighter 21-18
Over/Under 1-4
Parlays 2-28

+2.62 Joe Rogans


John Howard beat Cathal Pendred $2.05 (+105) *2 Joe Rogans

No need explaining this selection except to say Pendred should not even be in the UFC.

 

[THE_THONG]

IRISH CAR BOMB PARLAY:

:toast: seery, pendred, mcgregor :toast:

 

[akatdrake]

2015 MMA Record
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Prop Bet 2-4
Fighter vs. Fighter 21-18
Over/Under 1-4
Parlays 2-28

+2.62 Joe Rogans


John Howard beat Cathal Pendred $2.05 (+105) *2 Joe Rogans

No need explaining this selection except to say Pendred should not even be in the UFC.

Agree with this selection, and I am tailing hard on this. Trying to get back my last two Pendred losses.

John Howard +115 over Cal Pendred 8.28/9.52

I will keep chasing vs Pendred until I win and get back my units lost. Stupid Pendred sucks and how he wins is beyond me. That being said, if I wasn't blatantly hating on Pendred - I wouldn't normally invest in Howard - his fight IQ seems beyond terrible. Seems motivated one fight, not the next. He beat Uriah Hall at +350 or something but only because Hall's pre-sports psychologist fight IQ was worse.

 

[ukgaz]

Agree with this selection, and I am tailing hard on this. Trying to get back my last two Pendred losses.

John Howard +115 over Cal Pendred 8.28/9.52

I will keep chasing vs Pendred until I win and get back my units lost. Stupid Pendred sucks and how he wins is beyond me. That being said, if I wasn't blatantly hating on Pendred - I wouldn't normally invest in Howard - his fight IQ seems beyond terrible. Seems motivated one fight, not the next. He beat Uriah Hall at +350 or something but only because Hall's pre-sports psychologist fight IQ was worse.

Huge size difference in this fight though the short notice might affect the cardio of the much bigger Pendred.

 

[akatdrake]

Cody Pfister +165 vs Yosdenis Cedeno -190

Pfister's only UFC appearance was on short notice vs James Moontasri. Moontasri posed a tough style vs Pfister's wrestling/pace as Moontasri used angles and distance and great TDD. Pfister wasn't able to neutralize Moontasri's strength and his hips were way too high on those takedown attempts. Eventually Moontasri was able to vine Pfister out on a rear-naked choke from top. Yosdenis Cedeno is 1-2 in the UFC and poses an interesting style, similar to Moontasri - all those angles, high pace, very high motor. Cedeno doesn't look like he's very technical on the ground, as evidence by his split-decision loss to Ernest Chavez, but instead uses explosive type of movements. Chad Laprise was able to keep Cedeno down and pretty much dominate him. When Laprise got Cedeno's back, he was able to get the body-triangle easily, and was very blatant Cedeno didn't know how to defend against it. Of course Laprise's ground game was set up because Cedeno had to respect his hands. I don't think Cedeno will respect Pfister's hands. I don't have any doubt that Pfister can take Cedeno down, but he first has to close the distance, and then when Pfister has him on the ground, can he keep him there? I don't think so. Cedeno has had some issues with his gas tank it seems as he's fairly built for 155 and is very explosive in his movements. FWIW, Cedeno's victory in the UFC was vs Jerrod Sanders - a natural 145er who was fighting on two weeks short-notice up a weight class. Sanders was dropped early in the first round by a counter right hand. Sanders went for a single-leg takedown and spent the rest of the round on the ground in a scramble with Cedeno. Sanders injured his knee somewhere and couldn't continue the fight. Though Cody Pfister's style is relentless, but I don't see his smaller frame being able to control Cedeno.

I think this is a no play. I see Pfister winning three-round decision +290, or Cedeno by KO, TKO, DQ +230 as the better bet.

 

[kickserv]

IRISH CAR BOMB PARLAY:

:toast: seery, pendred, mcgregor :toast:

 

[kickserv]

Stupid Pendred sucks and how he wins is beyond me.

Well that sums it all up right there.

 

[akatdrake]

Well that sums it all up right there.

Well besides the Irish mafia controlling those judges vs Spence :shrug::shrug:

 

[gardenweasel]

means is a very tough hombre....but brown is looking at his 3rd straight loss potentially(lawler and hendricks..no shame there)....brown`s achilles heel is getting subbed but means only has 4 submission wins in 30 fights(i would have thought more)...means has 16 k.o.`s in 24 wins and we all know that brown doesn`t get k.o.`ed and is relentless....over the last 4 years only the elite have been able to sustain and beat brown in a distance fight....is means elite at this point in his career?...he`s damned good and versatile...but brown is relentless and hungry.....is dirty bird good enough to outlast brown in a battle of attrition?...

after going back and reading some of the round by round reports on means` fights it`s pretty obvious he hates taking a backward step(even vs tough mofo`s)....we know that brown doesn`t go backwards....it`s an excellent match-up and " fight of the night" consideration is warranted even on a card this stacked.....


what`s up with swick coming back?...hasn`t fought since 2012...and is 1-3 in his last 4....his last decent run in the ufc ended in 2009..... he`s 36...that said,unfortunately after watching his fight with seth backzynski,garcia looked troubled by the height disadvantage...still,even though i`m not overwhelmingly impressed with garcia(short,a bit wild and stamina is ??..but he throws punches with optimum power and swick`s chin has looked iffy late in his career) how sharp can swick be?...he looked done 3 years ago...it`s awfully hard to turn back the clock unless you have dan henderson-type power(that never leaves you)...

theres a spate of cards coming up....and some really solid gambling opportunities hidden in there....

 

[THE_THONG]

come on man :mj07:

four leaf clover

 

[kickserv]

adding....so it looks like this now......


2015 MMA Record
---------------------------------------------
Prop Bet 2-4
Fighter vs. Fighter 21-18
Over/Under 1-4
Parlays 2-28

+2.62 Joe Rogans


John Howard beat Cathal Pendred $2.05 (+105) *2 Joe Rogans

Brad Pickett beat Thomas Almeida $7.50 (+650) *half Joe Rogan


The Pickett odds are nuts how can ya not take those odds:shrug:

 

[kickserv]

I am hoping Hanna Knightly posts a video in this thread about how great kickserv is:canada1


and how much Cathal Pendred sucks:mj07:



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV60HrjM1e0XwK8bDqu3I5Q




Hanna Knightly = :canada1

kickserv = :canada1


:0058

 

[kickserv]

means is a very tough hombre....but brown is looking at his 3rd straight loss potentially(lawler and hendricks..no shame there)...

The Brown fight should be one hell of a scrap:scared

 

[gardenweasel]

anybody else notice that marion reneau (who looked pretty good in her last several fights) has gone from around +185 to +135 in a few days` time?.....

I guess holm`s meh performance vs penninigton overrides all the hype...

 

[kickserv]

bert07 will be at UFC 189:00x30

 

[bert07]

bert07 will be at UFC 189:00x30

So pumped.

I am telling you WATCH OUT for my boy Hayder Hassan. He will go tonight on FS1. Dude has a future in the UFC.

1 weekend with 2 fights!!!!!

Ruthless going to prove them wrong again!

ATT!!!!

 

[bert07]

Is Hanna really gone for good?

We never even met!

I wonder if that email MJ sent her had his number or a selfie in it..........

If Hanna is going to stick around she needs some thicker skin. A bikini shot wouldn't hurt either.

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After reading some more....... WOW Did Saint call her out.

Guess she sort of deserved it

 

[bert07]

On a scale from 1-10 how much do you think McGregor regrets that gorilla chest tat?

I mean its gross