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By submission was +350
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These are numbers, but do they really matter? #UFCVegas68
It’s either Lewis by KO, or something else happens. I’ve said my piece in the usual places.
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Jung is coming back as expected.
But… don’t want to take chances with these judges.
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Jung is wildly the favorite after round one in live betting. Despite losing the round. 
I was hoping for better value.
I was hoping for better value.1
Jung is wildly the favorite after round one in live betting. Despite losing the round. 🤪
I was hoping for better value.
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The OVER for Ivanov-Tybura lands.
Weird to have juice for heavyweights, but that was warranted. #UFCVegas68
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I decided to stay up for #UFCVegas68
On the way after watching the tar heels lose was a slow roasted lamb shank, hiding under a tomato-mirepoix. On top of fried polenta.
Please, no more draws…
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So I went back later and ordered the FULL size “Chuck Norris.”
No big deal, right?
Then the mixologist comes and it’s the first time anyone has ever ordered it…. You start feeling like John Candy tackling the old 96’er.
Which I did. Slainte!
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I'm not planning to stay up for the main event here on the east coast. Twitter and ESPN alerts will suffice if I wake up in the middle of the night sweating.
Some thoughts on the #UFCVegas68 main card:
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11 years ago today: UFC 143
Condit over Diaz interim title
Werdum-Nelson
Koscheck, Barao, Riddle
Herman Nelson choking a guy
Matt Brown by KO
Poirier submitting Holloway?!
Wonderboy with a curtain jerker question mark kick KO!
🤯
Facebook reminded me I watched prelims on a cpu!
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The #UFCVegas68 card will be so late, it will surely go down as the lowest rated US event of the ESPN era.
But that doesn't mean no one is getting KO'd this weekend.
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Glad they announced some more fights.
Now, my dear friends and oddsmakers, please get some more lines out because I don’t find myself in a retail book often, and boy is this lineup looking light!
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On the menu of a swanky cocktail lounge in the Bahamas… the only cocktail you can order by the pitcher.
I’m such a sucker for #chucknorris jokes.
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This is up there with Dwight Schrute doing parkour. Fun times on the set.
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Only picture I took of dinner tonight. 🤷🏻♂️
#UFC283
The wagyu had not arrived. Chateau Cantemerle 2019 was solid during Gilbert Burt’s victory.
Unexpected guests means stretching things. That Caprice Salad is the best with lemon.
What a wild card! 🍻🇧🇷
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Let me be the absolute first person to think this aloud….
Brazil cards are a little bit wild.
The two retirements…. 😢🥃
#ufc283
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Main event time. #UFC283
Feels like a subtle entrance. But this fight probably ends with violence.
Never mind… Glover rocking GnR. This definitely ends violently.
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Original. 🤷🏻♂️
Sequel. 🇲🇽
Trilogy. 🇧🇷
Tetralogy. 🇲🇽
Pentology?
🍻🍻🍻🍻
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Moreno up big in live betting. But that happened early last time too. This is so close. #UFC283
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In a historic 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, is backing the underdog to win the Flyweight belt.
Hear his reasoning ⤵️
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There’s a new bottle on my shelf, but only sharps will notice why that is special. I was just at their distillery last week!
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. believes the LHW title fight between Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill at #UFC283 is a "classic striker versus grappler" battle.
Find out which fighter he is backing to secure UFC gold Saturday night in Brazil:
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Two title fights at #UFC283, and both are nearly pick 'em odds.
LHWs are tricky because of the stylistic mismatch, a striker vs grappler dynamic.
FLWs are tricky because they're just so evenly matched. On the feet or on the ground, Moreno seems busier, but Figgy more dangerous.
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I’m at a reverse bachelor party.
Lots of people apparently showed up with a bottle of bourbon.
But sing it with me… one of these things is not like the others🎵
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Get your coins out judges, Strickland is about to out-jab someone who is landing less volume, but more power.
A fitting first main event of 2023 given how the last main event of 2022 went. Something feels familiar.
Just sit back and enjoy a beverage. 🍷
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Could have found Ige by KO as high as +325 on fight day.
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Unlike the prior coin flips tonight, this one will be a true stylistic contrast.
Either the Leech goes into backpack mode, or Ige’s defense holds up long enough to unleash superior leather.
Ige is -135, just barely the favorite.
#UFCVegas67
Unlike the prior coin flips tonight, this one will be a true stylistic contrast.
Either the Leech goes into backpack mode, or Ige’s defense holds up long enough to unleash superior leather.
Ige is -135, just barely the favorite.
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Boom. Finally a clear upset.
After the first round, I figured the judges were pulling out their coins to toss again, but Kopylov stepped on the gas at the right time.
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Vieira-Pennington next.
Very close odds, Ketlen a sliiiight favorite.
The stats are similarly close. Pennington as a grinder is effective. Vieira seems more dangerous.
One of several tossups to close out the main card. #UFCVegas67
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With a +3.98 Significant Strikes Landed per Minute differential, Umar Nurmagomedov should rank 4th in UFC history, but hasn’t had the fight time yet to qualify for records.
I expect some regression to the mean, but still an impressive start.
And so was that KO! 🔥
#UFCVegas67
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I got called out by Frankie Edgar in a post fight speech for my analysis on fast fight turnarounds.
He won on a short turnaround. I never said it was impossible, just risky and generally unsuccessful.🤷🏻♂️
Pretty sure the reaction in the room was “hahah, that’s awesome, cheers!”
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Some fighter has to tell me what it’s like watching fights on TV and then you get called out by name in a post fight interview. Do you laugh? Do you punch yourself in the face and pace around your living room? What’s it like?
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Main card up next. #UFCVegas67
I have some thoughts, if you can call them that after my trip to the Bourbon Trail.
Bummer... and Priscila looked fired up and hungry for an upset.
Troublesome record for Sijara. Could end up going the way of Ladd.
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Priscila Cachoeira vs. Sijara Eubanks has been canceled from #UFCVegas67 due to "weight management issues" for Eubanks, the promotion announces.
Full weigh-in results: bit.ly/3CLkm9t
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First main event of the new year, and somewhat absurdly, the second consecutive head scratcher of a main event involving Sean Strickland.
Current odds hovering at a pick 'em. #UFCVegas67
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“When in Rome…”
Just had the most bourbon-tastic experience at the world’s largest whiskey bar, just outside Louisville, KY.
Thanks ! 🥃
Hey , see you tomorrow. 🥃
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😳 if you’re like me just realizing the main event is completely different than what I’ve been anticipating for the last 4 weeks.
New pairing, much trickier matchup. Odds appear to be much tighter.
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Updated:
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov
632nd UFC Event
205th UFC event from Las Vegas
75th UFC on ESPN+ Main Card
74th UFC event from the #UFC Apex
4th UFC Main Event for Sean Strickland
1st UFC event this year
1st UFC Main Event for Nassourdine Imavov
#UFCVegas67
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