WMMA Discussion #29

Friday August 18, 2023

[KICKBOXING] RISE 171 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Main Card – ABEMA TV – 4:30am ET / 1:30am PT
Manazo Kobayashi vs. Melty Kira
Shuto Miyazaki vs. Shun Shiraishi
Arina Kobayashi vs. Mai Hanada

[MUAY THAI/MMA] ONE Friday Fights 29 Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 8:30am ET / 5:30am PT
Celest Hansen vs. Yu Yau Pui

[MMA] PFL 8: 2023 Playoffs NYC, New York, USA
Main Card – ESPN / ESPN+ – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT
Larissa Pacheco vs. Olena Kolesnyk
Marina Mokhnatkina vs. Amber Leibrock
Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
Kaytlin Neil vs. Maíra Mazar

[MMA] LFA 165: Compton vs. Valente Santa Cruz, California, USA
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Kendra McIntyre vs. Alandria Rosales
Preliminary Card – YouTube – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT
Mckenna Mitchell vs. Cristina Brador

Saturday August 19

[MMA] KSW 85: Parnasse vs. Ruchała Nowy Sącz, Poland
Main Card – iPPV (KSWTV.com) – 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT
Adrianna Kreft vs. Yasmin Guimarães
Sandra Succar vs. Wiktoria Czyżewska

[MMA] UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Main Card – PPV (ESPN+) – 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Weili Zhang vs. Amanda Lemos
Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Andre Petroski
Andrea Lee vs. Natália Silva
Maryna Moroz vs. Karine Silva

[MMA] Combate Global Miami, Florida, USA
Main Card – Paramount+ – 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT
Melissa Gomez vs. Katie Perez
Claudia Villalobos vs. Kristina Pettigrew

[MMA] Shooto TORAO Colors Hiroshima, Japan
Main Card – iPPV (Twitcasting) – 11:10pm ET / 8:10pm PT
Kotomi Shintani vs. Yoki Harada
Ayane Hirata vs. Mikiko Hiyama
Marino Kanda vs. Tomomi Shintani
Aira Koga vs. Seo Young Park
Mayu Kawanishi vs. Yoo Jung Kim
Noeru Narita vs. Yuki Ito

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If anyone hasn't seen Yu Yau Pui fight yet, it's something else. Probably best described as Jessica Andrade on amphetamines.
ooooh now I'm interested! thanks for the heads up :)
This week is probably

Zhang
Both silvas

Also don't forget Pacheco by murder (again) at pfl this week
same here (prepare to be doomed now :D)
 
Hopes:
- Zhang
- Silva > Lee
- Silva or Moroz both work, as long as there's no leaning

Expectations:
- Something absurd happens to mess up Dana's plans for the Zhang/Yan fight, playing with fire by booking one of these "easy" fights before getting to cash out in China
- Silva doesn't win, but Lee manages to find a way to lose
- Unexpected amounts of couture-leaning
 
It's not that long ago that Moroz beat current 135 favorite MB.Silva, so I'll take her over K. Silva. Meanwhile N. Silva's destruction of Jasudavicius was future champ worthy, I expect her to continue the journey. Lemos seems like a worthy challenger but I'll go with Weili. Why isn't Lemos called Silva BTW, is she some kind of rebel.
 
Weekend predictions. Whatever @Xuh picks. :)

Well then
I pick Kolsenyk to resoundingly thrash Pacheco. Bet the house (then take out loans and bet more), and tell everyone you know to watch and make sure to call you afterwards to express awe at your predictive powers :)

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Moroz (DEC)
Natalia (Speed)
Weili (Speed, Power, Cardio......)
 
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