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GDT: UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano

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Date: January 18, 2024
Venue: Intuit Dome
City: Inglewood, California
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: PPV

MAIN CARD (PPV)

Lightweight Championship bout: Islam Makhachev (c) vs. Renato Moicano
Bantamweight Championship bout: bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
Light Heavyweight bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill
Middleweight bout: Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, Sportsnet)

Light Heavyweight bout: Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana
Bantamweight bout: Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
Heavyweight bout: Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Middleweight bout: Zachary Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev

EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass)

Lightweight bout: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
Women's Bantamweight bout: Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez
Bantamweight bout: Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
Bantamweight bout: Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj
Flyweight bout: Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter​
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What a card. I'm torn on picks but I could see Tsarukyan pulling this one off. Coin flip main event for me, but I'll pick the challenger just for fun.

I have a feeling Umar will win impressively but I'm rooting for Merab, I find him very fun to watch unlike some people and he's just so relentless and tough. I like Umar too and he's destined to be champion, just wouldn't mind seeing an upset here. I could see Umar really messing him up in the early rounds and Merab surviving enough to turn it into a fight late. I just hope it's competitive.

Going with Jiri by vicious KO, even though it's one of the worst possible stylistic matchups for him. Hill looks to be in horrible shape all the time these days and his only cage time in the past 2 years was getting slumped in 3 minutes. Plus, he had some pretty significant injuries in that span.

Dariush is a live dog, I actually favor him to win but just not sure how much he has left in the tank at this stage. Moicano puts himself in line for a big fight with a win and I like what he has done to take his career to the next level even though it's goofy.

Picking Holland to style all over RDR who looked horrible in his debut, but it's still Kevin Holland so I don't trust that one bit. He finds ways to lose.

I'll save the undercard for another time but that's stacked too, would love to see Perez get wrecked.
 
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Lightweight Championship bout: Islam Makhachev (c) vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Bantamweight Championship bout: bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
Light Heavyweight bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill
Lightweight bout: Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Middleweight bout: Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

My picks for the main card in bold. Great main card on paper.

Rooting for Jiri, but think Hill gets it done :(

I would also like to see Merab hold the belt for longer. I also like him, but I think Umar gets the win.
 
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Jiri will starch Hill. That's my main prediction. He might find himself in some trouble, but he will win.
 
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Sheppy said:
Because she's remarkably annoying. Her entire personality is attempting to twerk constantly.
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Makes my blood boil, can't even go all the way with my comments on her. It's too bad there's a market for shit like that.
 
You have to wonder if this was Tsarukyan's only shot at a rematch. Not sure if Islam can take any more cuts to 155 with the way he was looking on the scale there. Even if he smokes Moicano with ease and no injuries, the weight cut alone (plus Ramadan) means there won't be a quick turnaround.

If this back injury is to be believed, it's probably in some way tied into the weight cut as well. Things just start to fail and I wonder if he was getting spasms or something. I guess it could be another freak injury like Ferguson but either way, sucks to lose one of the best title matchups in a long time.
 
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bov said:
You have to wonder if this was Tsarukyan's only shot at a rematch. Not sure if Islam can take any more cuts to 155 with the way he was looking on the scale there. Even if he smokes Moicano with ease and no injuries, the weight cut alone (plus Ramadan) means there won't be a quick turnaround.

If this back injury is to be believed, it's probably in some way tied into the weight cut as well. Things just start to fail and I wonder if he was getting spasms or something. I guess it could be another freak injury like Ferguson but either way, sucks to lose one of the best title matchups in a long time.
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Glad it is Moicano fighting and not Lopes or Poirier who both put their hand up. Big fan of Poirier but he doesn't deserve an immediate title fight rematch. And Lopes is from a lower weight class. Want to see Islam fight his weight class for the most part!
 
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