UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington (December 16, 2023)

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

Pay-per-view 10:00 pm ET
Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington (for welterweight title)
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval (for flyweight title)
Stephen Thompson vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
Vicente Luque vs. Ian Garry

ESPN2 8:00 pm ET
Josh Emmett vs. Bryce Mitchell
Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
Ariane Lipski vs. Casey O’Neill

ESPN+ 6:00 pm ET
Dustin Jacoby vs. Alonzo Menifield
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
Lucas Almeida vs. Andre Fili
Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev
Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

Last event of 2023

[GunShard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colby Covington and Tony Ferguson goes from enemies to friends in a matter of a minute lmao<a href="https://t.co/8EzfRwQBJ3">pic.twitter.com/8EzfRwQBJ3</a></p>&mdash; MMA Mania (@mmamania) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmamania/status/1735476163999621535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >December 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[GunShard]

[Headsterx]

This is gonna be entertaining!

[Jayvegas420]

brown/muslim cancelled

[Headsterx]

Is Leon Edwards by decision a solid value pick in tonight’s UFC 296 Main Event?

Edwards, the UFC welterweight champion, is +160 to win by decision over contender Colby Covington. Edwards has won 5 of his last 6 bouts by decision. He is -160 favorite to win by any method.

Covington is 2-2 in his last 4 trips into the octagon, while 7 of his last 9 MMA fights have gone to the score cards. Oddsmakers list Covington at +140 to win and have set the Total and Over/Under 4.5 rounds.

[Headsterx]

[JIBBBY]

Wrestlers rule. That's all I have to say about that.

Locky you back? Nice to read ya man!

[povis]

I ended up in a rabbit hole and watched bunch of breakdowns and gambling stuff and almost exclusively all gamblers picking Covington and technical analysts picking Edwards. I personally wouldn't be surprised to see Colby winning 48-47 possibly with controversy with scorecards. But I simply don't see Colby ragdoll him for 20+ minutes on mat like some gamblers believe. He looked semi-washed against even more washed Jorge Masvidal . Interesting take by Teddy Atlas https://www.mmanews.com/news/teddy-a...ington-ufc-296 Any thoughts?

[povis]

Leon's striking is great, solid fundamentals, Leon is very good at disguising his power shots he lands high kicks in bunch of his fights against Cowboy, Luque, Belal not all are clean some glancing or blocked, obliviously he send Usman to shadow realm. Colby's striking is so sloppy even Barbarena tagged him bunch of times. He's also close to 36 not great for his aggressive style. Leon by late TKO, I will eat me words if am wrong.

[povis]

Yeah my bet is dead sorry for dumb post Always fade Drake you will be rich by 2025 https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/12/...-head-shot-pls

[Headsterx]

Leon's striking is great, solid fundamentals, Leon is very good at disguising his power shots he lands high kicks in bunch of his fights against Cowboy, Luque, Belal not all are clean some glancing or blocked, obliviously he send Usman to shadow realm. Colby's striking is so sloppy even Barbarena tagged him bunch of times. He's also close to 36 not great for his aggressive style. Leon by late TKO, I will eat me words if am wrong.

Yeah, I can see a late TKO but I'm predicting this will go this distance w/ Edwards UD.

[JIBBBY]

Dogs could bark today with this card.

[Headsterx]

Naw, there’s 12 days of Christmas and today it’ll be 12 wins of favorites. 🤣

[JIBBBY]

Naw, there’s 12 days of Christmas and today it’ll be 12 wins of favorites. 藍

We'll see about that? I'm trying the dogs. If I end up shitting my pants and tanking this event so be it. DOGS ITD props I say for extreme value!

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

Wrestlers rule. That's all I have to say about that.

Locky you back? Nice to read ya man!

[Chiefs83]

What’s the best fight to bet. I want a lock, I’m boosting it wherever they offer

[Headsterx]

What’s the best fight to bet. I want a lock, I’m boosting it wherever they offer

Emmett v. Mitchel TGD -155

Emmett will not submit.

[Headsterx]

Colby Covington: I was in character! (So don’t hurt me) 🤣

[Headsterx]

1st win of favorites my bookie gave to me:

Martin Buday -113

[Chiefs83]

Emmett v. Mitchel TGD -155

Emmett will not submit.


I bet it Headsterx
I got -130

[Headsterx]

Emmett v. Mitchel TGD -155

Emmett will not submit.


I bet it Headsterx
I got -130

Nice line! This should hit as Emmett most likely will lose but he doesn’t give up at all.

[Headsterx]

1st win of favorites my bookie gave to me:

Martin Buday -113

Buday is a bum! Next!

Andre Fili -155

[JIBBBY]

Buday is a bum! Next!

Andre Fili -155

He's slow but didn't quit. Speed kills..

[Headsterx]

Oh Dili is from Sacramento! Let’s go Cali boy!

[Headsterx]

Don’t mess with Cali!

[Headsterx]

Buday is a bum! Next!

Andre Fili -155

TKO! Next!

Cody Durden vs Tagir Ulanbekov (-170)

[JIBBBY]

These fights are finishing quickly.. Now we gotta hear Chael and Dom fill up the time spots by talking about BS. Errrrr.

[gauchojake]

Ferguson was behind me on my flight to Vefas last week. I was going to ask for a selfie but decided against it.

[Headsterx]

These fights are finishing quickly.. Now we gotta hear Chael and Dom fill up the time spots by talking about BS. Errrrr.

🤣🤣🤣 yeah, a bunch of hot air.

[JIBBBY]

Ferguson was behind me on my flight to Vefas last week. I was going to ask for a selfie but decided against it.

Smart move as he may have snapped and punched you in the face. He's a little nuts.

[Headsterx]

TKO! Next!

Cody Durden vs Tagir Ulanbekov (-170)

Damn, Duren can’t carry an opponent for entire round.. lol. Ulanbekov with sub. NEXT!

Ariane Lipski vs Casey ONeill (-174)

[JIBBBY]

Cody tried but those frigg'n sambo Russian grapplers are no joke.

[Chiefs83]

-130 was with the 25% boost…