Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-32783267-20180907125426

''History: I have discussed the aftermaths of serverl UFC events in the past just after the LIVE broadcast with some frequent users, like Justme28, GBL1111, CanadianOracle, etc, in Live Event threads. So I think it would be cool to make a seperate discussion thread in order to not clog the in-game thread. This will be the threads where we can share our opinions and thoughts before and after the fight along with post-fight matchups.''

(Note: I can't effort to watch every fights and know in-depth of every fighter because the connection in my country is not too good and I only get to watch UFC thanks to our satellite broadcasting UFC Main Cards, as per the FOX deal with UFC. Since we don't have ESPN here... I think it will be tougher to catch Live Events in the future. So as I only usually watch main cards along several historic fights, film studies and highlights, I don't want to appear like an arm-chair analyst and be judgemental. I will give my honest opinions based on what I see and know.)

What do we got here...

UFC 228: THE SCALE IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE BATTLE

(I'm ripping this table straight off from the wiki page.)

As we all have been hearing lately, the one thing that is truly hyping this seemingly mediocre card is the titanic hype behind Till and the gripping tension of whether Tyron or Darren fall out before even getting on the scale for weigh-in due to them being well-known massive weight cutter, with Darren Till morphing into Simple Jack and Tyron having a noticable hoarse voice (.. maybe from drinking a lot of supplements at once?). Many analysts and alike are anticipating and excited for the showdown in the octagon this Saturday (Sunday here), especially Dan Hardy as he seems to has a huge bias for Till as a countryman, or he just seems to have some beef with the Choosen One. But we know where the real excitement lies.. the weigh-in it is...

Also I truly think Till doesn't really earned his shot at the gold. He missed weight in 2 of his last four fights and he didn't even missed like a pound or a half. He missed like more than three pounds in both cases. Beating Wonderboy by a razor close decision (which was UD for some reason) in his hometown, he stepped up after UFC blueballed Colby. Of course he would say yes to the offer but.. damn man, those hype videos coming out almost everyday seemingly left out these context intentionally.

Honest opinions:

Woodley(c) vs. Till - On paper we have the Champ, who seems to be very laid back in approach to fighting and seems to be more confident with the cage right behind his back. On the other hand, we have this Scouser Striker who loves to pressure his opponents to the cage and blast them with strikes mostly the Left, with heavy cagecutting. As I have seen in their recent fights, they both have a few common things going on; patience and a powerful straight. During their first standoff, Till tries to intimidate Woodley by showing off his substantial size advantage over the WW Champ (even though Till is supposed to be just '6 feet'). However, their reach is almost the same so it comes down to the gameplan of the fighters as they seem to be equal on several attributes.

I expect this will be a boring point fight unfortunately and in order for T-Wood to win, he need to push the action as Cruz said on Bisping's podcast and looking into a few of his earlier fights, Tyron can push the pace if he wants to and knows how to pace himself, using his blacksplosiveness effectively (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOCTowbaWkE). For Till to snatch the belt (quite undeservingly) he needs to stick to his A-game and watch out for the Champ's Straights. He has to play it safe and according to Woodley, Till can barely walk due to his extreme cuts (which was unsuprising as he went blind during the cut for Wonderboy fight). So Till needs to be very patient and be conservative. In all seriousness though, I prefer T-Wood to win as Till will just create a power vacuum (like Bisping/GSP fiasco did) should he won the belt as he's going to move up to MWs anyway.

Montano(c) vs. Shevchenko - Thanks to an unexpected combination of questionable booking, terrible reffing and unfortunate freak injury, Valentina suddenly became a destroyer of the worlds in WMMA after her last fight. Many people are already treating this fight as a forgone conclusion as Valebeeb Shevchenkomedov can smesh/sub/KO every women in her path, despite the fact that she isn't really a KO artist to be fair. She is very technical, I'm not denying that. According to these people, Montano is just someone who is just keeping the belt warm for the Bullet Queen to eventually take and apparently cyberbullying the FLW Champ leading up to this fight. Is it really that one-sided the fight is going to be? I don't think so. Nicco is more of a grappler while Val is more of a striker and the Champ is going to impose her will as she should but I still think Shev is still going to win this fight, which I predict will be more competitive than most would be thinking. I also won't be surprised if Nicco somehow managed to upset as in MMA anything can happen.

Magomedsharipov vs. Davis - Kinda sucks that Yair got injured (or was he?) but Davis is game enough to take such a risk on short notice. Originally, I think Zabit and Yair are going to throw spinning shits with a few grappling exchanges here and there, because both fighters seem to throw spinning shit for the sake of the spinning shit and we'd seen Zabit kinda gassed himself out in the end of his last fight. I wish to see Zabit to be more conservative and be smart with his attacks in this fight. Don't just throw just because it looks cool.

Andrade vs. Kowalkiewics - What will happen when an unstoppable force with all-natural 'Farmer Strength' meets the Polish Princess? I don't want to pull things out of my ass since I have never fully catch Karolina's fights but I've seen a few fights of Jessica and all I could say was her poor footwork with no ringcutting (Frazier-esque) is going to be her downfall if KK managed to exploit that just like her archnemesis, fellow Polish MT fighter and the former SW Champ, The Boogiewoman. Another interesting thing is KK is good in clinch too where Andrade seems to steamroll her opponents. Stroked for this fight.

Alhassan vs. Price - Possible performance of the night unless aforementioned fights delivered, where the Judo Thunder is going to clash with the Hybrid, who is fresh from his insane KO of Randy Brown. Can't miss this fight,

Esparza vs. Suarez - Both are wrestler-boxer types fighter with more leaning towards wrestling to me. Carla is in nowhere land with her split lost in her last fight while Suarez is coming up. Carla got more polished striking but Suarez is clearly larger than her and it will definitely give her fits. I kinda want to see Carla Esparza's redemption arc where she will make a title run.

Sterling vs. Stamann - Not much to say but Aljo's striking doesn't seem to be polished enough yet imo while Stamann looks good with his close range striking. But his grappling is on point and Aljo should you use it more if he wants to climb the BW ladder.

Rivera vs. Dodson - Rivera with that quite quick turnaround after that One Kick KO from 'Merlin' Moraes. He's well rounded but he has that Alvarez chin and it might lead him into trouble against Dodson, who despite his injuries sapping his speed he used to known for is a formidable threat. Also, every fight Dodson is in, no balls shall go unscathed, whether it's his own or his opponents. So keep an eye on it guys (and girls).

Sanchez vs. White - Damn, Diego is such a sad story. He is a warrior and everyone loved him but now he's like a grumbling mess as he seems to have a hard time focusing and pronouncing his words. I also heard he's broke... I honestly want to see him hang up but it won't be happening anytime soon. (Though Ellenberger finally hung up a few weeks ago so we still can hope.)

Byrd vs. Stewart, Aldana vs. Pudilova, Brooks vs. Sanchez, Neal vs. Camacho - Sorry. No comment.

Conclusion: So there it is guys (and girls). I've just spent quite some time to write this up and I hope you all would participate in it as long as it's civil. I'm sorry if I got some grammer errors or too wordy with the whole thing. Feel free to let me know. Cheers and be excited. 