uFCaDDICT: I totally agree man! I think Joe was defeated as soon as this fight was booked. He sounded defeated in his interviews. He DID NOT COMPETE last night! He fought as if he knew he was going to lose, so he just tried to put on a show. It was a good fight, but It was weak to see Joe defeated b4 he ever entered the cage. Props to Diego, but Joe daddy basically Laid down! gutless performance masked with some hyped up antics by JOe.

For his 1st fight at 155, Diego looked good, but I expect him to be better in his next fight

I predicted/wagered money on Willy G….Tough guy, but Nate is very impressive!

I really like Dan Hardy…I love his personality, and his footwork. He reminds me of someone I would like to party with!

Maia….what can I say, his fights shouldnt be allowed to go to the ground…Its not even fair, thats how good he is!

I called the Kos upset all week….nothing less to say about that….but that uppercut/hook combo was Nasty! THat was a legit stoppage.

Dos is impressive as hell. Opponents I would like to see him face next:
Cain Brown Pride
Winner of Hardonk/kongo

i couldn’t resist putting money on Willy G either, he had good odds…

it wasn’t that big of a win for me this time around…

main money winners for me was kelly, etim and hardy

hardy had good odds to win by knock out and i was going to put a bit on him to win via KO but i didn’t have the balls… didn’t know if he had KO power

i haven’t lost any money for 3 UFC events in a row now!!! i’m on a role

the profit i made for this event was WEAK… thats because i lost quite a bit on kos :( …. i’m never betting on anyone who is that big of a favourite again!

dos santos is young and i think they will give him a few more easy fights before he steps up in competition

uFCaddict: I got 2 rules when it comes to mma betting:

1) Never bet on a famous fighter making his Octagon debut (for example: Dennis Kang)

2) Never bet against a c-level unknown opponent (making Octagon debut), like Paulo tHiago….they often play spoiler. See HOuston vs. Jardine

i MADE SOME GOOD MONEY LAST NIGHT…CANT REALLY COMPLAIN.

Congratulations on being on a roll! My best advice would be to try not to brag about it, because thats when the gambling gods will FuK you!

About 2 years ago, I swear to you i was winning about 80-90% of my mma bets (over the span of about 12-16 months) I was making sickening amounts of money (by my standards)….I started thinking whoever I was going to bet on would win…got very cocky, and then I went through a heavy cooling off period…Reminded me of Matt Mcgouighnay in two for the money!

Enjoy your winning streak, just dont piss off the gambling gods.

Best advice I can give you when betting….U have to remain unbiased! when I was on my cocky roll….I felt like whoever I bet on would win, so I stropped betting against my favorites and was very biased in my picks….I paid the price for it, but recently I have gotten back to my winning ways….

I would say that I only lose money on about 1 out of every 4 events. Actually let me rephrase that! I only lose money on about 1 in every 4 UFC ppv’s. I find UFN events to be cash cows, because the match ups are usually one sided designed to build up young stars! I will say that I really miss ElitexC….those were some of the biggest and easiest payday’s of my life!

good luck to you and all the other mma gamblers out there!

UFCaddict: I loved Willy G, as soon as this fight was booked. HOwever we should have shied away from it, when it became the “sexy upset pick”. Generally I find that when the majority of the public all like the same underdog…the favorite ends up winning.

For example: Yoshida was the “sexy upset pick” against Koschek….that didnt work….same thing happened with Willy G last night. I should have backed away when everyone started liking him as the upset pick!

Generally I thought last night was an easy event to bet on! I had $10 on Paulo THiago. Imagine if I had the ballz to bet $100 on him….Damn it JOhn!

aS for Dos Santos….If Hardonk loses to kongo, I owuld like to see Hardonk vs. Santos! Santos hits like a mac truck! Struve was blocking most of the punches but it was like Dos didnt care. He was like F it, I will just punch right through your forearms. Very impressive power and speed in his hands. at 25 years old, training with Nog/Machida/anderson, skies the limit for this heavy hitter!

Lets talk about next opponents for Hardy!

what is a good/possible match up for hardy?

Lets see:

I would really like to see Hardy vs. Paul Taylor…That would be fight of the night material.

Other opponents for Hardy:

Lytle

paulo THiago (since he rocketed himself onto the seen by Ko’ing Kos

Maybe Marcus Davis

your thoughts?

well hardy has shown interest in fighting Marcus Davis next but maybe this would be a bad match up stylistically … because Davis has the more accomplished stand up and good boxing and he is very underestimated on the ground… he also has more experience and has been in there with some good fighters

i think a good match up for hardy would be paul taylor … it would be a very good, fast pace fight and i see hardy coming out on top

Hardy is my boy! and i believe england need more than 1 poster boy so i think building him up slow would be the best option

john:
just out of interest who do you think will be next for thiago?…. another contender or maybe a B-level WW?

I think he might fight a B-level fighter….. because these ppl that get brought in to fight contenders and get a shock win seem to fight a drop in class when they have their next fight

example:
houston knocks out jardine but in his second fight he faces Sakara

also

dos santos knocks out werdum but then fights a unknown Struve

if this happens again then i see thiago fighting someone like paul taylor, Liaudin or goulet

I don’t think the Sanchez/Stevenson fight was all that great. No one got hurt, no one threatened a submission and nothing exciting really happened (compared to the other fights on this PPV). Never once did I feel that one of the fighters was threatened. And you guys are right, Joe Daddy was beaten even before he entered the cage.

I think the Marquardt fight should have been fight of the night and maybe even KO of the night. But Thiago KO’d Kos so that’s never a bad thing.

Hardy-Davis makes a lot of sense for the next england show. Throw paulo thiago against another low profile TUFer or guy generally ranked below your chris lytles maybe a Jonathan Goulet. I think it can be justified to have an AJ-Kos fight now but i would prefer an AJ-Swick or AJ-Lytle fight. Also how about Paul Kelly-Josh Neer at 155 when he drops? Also is team Quest the new team hammerhouse- Weird thought when i saw chael and his corner.

My betting for MMA is only bet when the lines are off/don’t make sense which happens a lot especially if you watch vids. Never off of a feeling. That’s why i told you john if you remember that you can get way more value from junior in your parlay as opposed to Kos. And people kept on about how unproved Junior was as if he was fighting a gonzaga or something.

uFC addict: Definitely a b-level fighter for thiago’s next fight.
like you pointed out, historically that is what the UFC does.

Kelly vs. Hardy is fight of the night No matter what card its on.

I give Hardy much respect. He beat my boy Gono, and I have become a fan recently.

Namenot: u r dead right about the gambling…and happily I only had Kos on 1 of my 5 parlays. Dis was on a few. I swear your post is exactly what I thought about when it was time to finalize my parlay but I couldn’t remember who posted it! so now I would like to thank you!

btw, i think you are right that Aj/kos isnt right just yet. I agree that swick and Lytle would be better options for Aj

Now that I think about it, I wouldnt mind seeing Hardy vs. Lytle either!

thanks, glad my advice worked out for you:)

Oh it helped big time! got me thinking correctly! thanks again!

I thought the stoppage was too early. Kos is a 10 time UFC vet and deserves the chance to be beaten to a bloody pulp. I’m not saying that is was technically a bad stoppage but I think the vets need a little less protection than the newbs.

you cant say he hasnt earned that right man, of course nog has been in the situation more times but kos got battered by alves and hung in there.

Apples and Oranges. Kos hungin the against Alves and continued to take a beating and get dominated. NOg used to get rocked, get up and then win the fight!

So NO, Kos has not earned that right!