UFC 298 Predictions and Breakdown

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Here are my official and full predictions and breakdown of the UFC 298 card headlined by Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria.
0:00 - Preview
1:37 - Andrea Lee vs Miranda Maverick
2:00 - Oban Elliott vs Val Woodburn
2:33 - Josh Quinlan vs Danny Barlow
3:22 - Zhang Mingyang vs Brendsen Ribeiro
4:27 - Rinya Nakamura vs Carlos Vera
4:49 - Marcos Rogerio De Lima vs Justin Tafa
5:43 - Amanda Lemos vs MacKenzie Dern
7:03 - Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov
8:12 - Odds
10:12 - Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo
12:54 - Geoff Neal vs Ian Garry
15:15 - Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa
20:21 - Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria
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  • i swear it's always when I sit down to watch something, don't see anything, refresh and boom Weasle uploads. thanks brother. let's go Volk!

    @theycallmeboyapollo@theycallmeboyapollo3 ай бұрын
    • My man, perfect timing

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
    • Fluffy hernandez is going to maul Kopylov@@TheWeasleMMA

      @bobchimpson7703@bobchimpson77033 ай бұрын
    • @@bobchimpson7703 nah

      @PlayaMammoth@PlayaMammoth3 ай бұрын
    • Yo! Us Brother!

      @RAPOLOGIST@RAPOLOGIST3 ай бұрын
    • ​@@bobchimpson7703 I hope that doesn't matter

      @rajyavardhansingh4491@rajyavardhansingh44913 ай бұрын
  • Geoff knocking Machado out will be the best moment ever

    @mattkaiser8984@mattkaiser89843 ай бұрын
    • Idk why, but i really cringe at “machado”

      @zerozerozero_0@zerozerozero_03 ай бұрын
    • Ian Macuckdo garry

      @jjjohnson2244@jjjohnson22443 ай бұрын
    • @@zerozerozero_0You should cringe at it. Machado is his wife’s maiden name. He literally took on his wife’s maiden name

      @Herondinho@Herondinho3 ай бұрын
    • @@Herondinho 😂😂😂

      @zerozerozero_0@zerozerozero_03 ай бұрын
    • I could see it. Geoff is Tough man

      @justinnsmma11@justinnsmma113 ай бұрын
  • I predict I’ll be happy for whoever wins between Volk and Topuria. And Costa will announce that he cannot fight at 185.

    @StiggyMcQueen@StiggyMcQueen3 ай бұрын
    • What's the odds on Costa showing up for the fight?

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
    • @@TheWeasleMMAhonestly I haven’t been keeping up with him for this fight but, seems like he’s been pretty quiet about this fight considering the online worrier he’s become. What do you make of that?

      @survivaltipsandtricks4042@survivaltipsandtricks40423 ай бұрын
    • he's actually REALLY lean right now but looking good. he might be taking it seriously finally. (then he pulls out)

      @theycallmeboyapollo@theycallmeboyapollo3 ай бұрын
    • @@TheWeasleMMA70% he shows up. 30% he pulls out

      @leewayde@leewayde3 ай бұрын
    • Bet money Khamzat calls out the winner. 😑

      @justinwilkins3872@justinwilkins38723 ай бұрын
  • Reminder that "fights like you owe him money" Paulo Costa's last finish was in 2018.

    @hardnewstakenharder@hardnewstakenharder3 ай бұрын
    • In that time he’s only fought Romero, Izzy, Vettori, and Rockhold. Izzy schooled him and Romero/Vettori are indestructible. The only guy he should have finished was Rockhold

      @benlewis5312@benlewis53123 ай бұрын
    • do you know how much secret juice he has taken since? Ya that’s right so sit down and shut up.

      @Bill_Dippertly@Bill_Dippertly3 ай бұрын
    • Costas knockout power is a myth you tell little children

      @DrQualleFickmann@DrQualleFickmann3 ай бұрын
    • ​@@DrQualleFickmannHe has ko power, just bad at setting it up

      @Lord_of_the_Pies@Lord_of_the_Pies3 ай бұрын
    • @@Lord_of_the_Pies He doesn't really possess that 1 punch KO power though. He's more of a barrage of punches TKO kind of guy. Don't think I've seen him put somebody's lights out or seriously hurt someone with 1 single shot.

      @maximalsakerhet7930@maximalsakerhet79303 ай бұрын
  • Dern's stand up looks like an emotional teenage girl fighting a love rival over a boy they both like.

    @nomudnolotus4410@nomudnolotus44103 ай бұрын
    • Perfect explanation

      @juzrhyme712@juzrhyme7123 ай бұрын
    • Lmao best description Ive heard of women's MMA striking ever 😂

      @Guaguadeath@Guaguadeath3 ай бұрын
    • thats any women fight lol theyre all shit

      @brutaldabs@brutaldabs3 ай бұрын
    • He plagiarizing joe Rogan and DC commentary from last fight...

      @michaelgrimes5588@michaelgrimes55883 ай бұрын
    • She look fantastic in her stand up tonight lmfao. Casual alert ⚠️ 📢

      @440-fishermandrock8@440-fishermandrock83 ай бұрын
  • Based Weasle with Mackenzie Dern as fighter of the night

    @Pessn.@Pessn.3 ай бұрын
    • Only right answer

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
    • All night

      @riccocool@riccocool3 ай бұрын
    • stop sleeping on Fluffy Hernandez yet again @@TheWeasleMMA

      @bobchimpson7703@bobchimpson77033 ай бұрын
    • ​​@@riccocoolgiggity.....

      @eveningstar4543@eveningstar45433 ай бұрын
    • @@bobchimpson7703he wrestles bro. Big whoop But hopefully he takes the dub.

      @SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED3 ай бұрын
  • This is weird to note but i like how this was paced. Prelims to watch out for then touch on the odds and into the feature matches is an engaging set up.

    @wallypinkerton4899@wallypinkerton48993 ай бұрын
    • Thanks man. I saw some feedback to do it like this, and I feel it's a good build up to the main event.

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
  • appreciate those time stamps my man!

    @reubsbay@reubsbay3 ай бұрын
  • Miranda Maverick just finished with College and I have said she will be a top contender once she graduates and she just finished school and she's had her first 12 week camp. I heard her say on an interview her previous longest camp before this was around 3 to 4 weeks and when you are a full time college student you can't really get the time in to really prepare. So I think now that she is dedicated to fighting and school is finished she will come into her prime. She is built like a tank compared to most other 125'ers and she's young, strong as a bull, and is a well rounded. So I think we will now see her full potential.

    @joesalyers@joesalyers3 ай бұрын
    • Who cares

      @honkeykong4049@honkeykong40493 ай бұрын
    • Obviously op does or they wouldnt have posted. Why be a douche?​@honkeykong4049

      @slicksilver9441@slicksilver94413 ай бұрын
    • She got robbed in the Maycee Barber fight.

      @Adm_Guirk@Adm_Guirk3 ай бұрын
    • @@Adm_Guirk That is the fight that made me a fan of hers, she lost a close decision that I think was just down to bias judging due to Barbers. Then she beat the crap out of Priscila Cachoeira and proved Cachoeira is a cheater when she tried to hook Miranda's shirt right before the arm bar. I think Miranda has the skills to be a well rounded fighter. Now that she's done with school she can really dedicate the right amount of time to the sport. Cheers!!

      @joesalyers@joesalyers3 ай бұрын
    • Her cardio is really bad though, she gets tired in 1.5 rounds. Also her striking is just not there, Dern probably has better striking than her

      @MarijuanaGuy@MarijuanaGuy3 ай бұрын
  • Wow, this is great. This is the first time I can remember that all your picks match up with mine, for every fight. lfg Weasle, hope your picks all come to a glorious fruition.

    @Makai77@Makai773 ай бұрын
  • 🔥 vid one of a few channels I look forward towards for an take during fight week

    @JEROMESKII@JEROMESKII3 ай бұрын
    • Appreciate that brother, who you got winning?

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
    • You have never watched Fluffy Hernandez huh you bum@@TheWeasleMMA

      @bobchimpson7703@bobchimpson77033 ай бұрын
  • Alex is already the greatest FW based off his strength of schedule. I love aldo but we cannot discount the fact that his opposition for his title defenses for the most part don't hold a candle to volkanovskis

    @ceedub3966@ceedub39663 ай бұрын
  • Awesome vid and picks! Great breakdowns well done!

    @patricknez7258@patricknez72583 ай бұрын
    • Thanks man, appreciate it

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
  • I think the guard changes. Topuria wins. I like Volk, and he's the FW GOAT. However.... Everyone loses. Unless you retire "on time" like the Eagle.

    @jdrobin1@jdrobin13 ай бұрын
  • This is great and all, but I was really looking forward to your Raid: Shadow Legends breakdown.

    @corybrown5350@corybrown53503 ай бұрын
  • I’m glad you’re going with Roman Kopylov and Geoff Neal. I think those are really good underdogs to bet on but I have a lot of neigh sayers in my fight friends group. I got Volk too and Whittaker all day.

    @DrEvil-os9dc@DrEvil-os9dc3 ай бұрын
  • “Sean can’t hang with Alex on the feet so he can’t hang with Adesanya”. Idk man, that was a perfect line of reasoning at the time 😂. I think we just split off into the bizarro timeline when Usman got headkicked.

    @mumkeymumkey4078@mumkeymumkey40783 ай бұрын
    • I mean, yeah, that's exactly the point he's making bud.

      @BodTheGrinch@BodTheGrinch3 ай бұрын
    • @@BodTheGrinch No, his point was you shouldn’t use MMA math to predict fights . MMA math is a useful tool when it’s hard to predict a fight using only stylistic math-ups. Even from a style standpoint , on paper, Izzy had all the tools to dust Sean yet didn’t. Writing off the whole concept because it’s not a perfect science is a bit silly, pal.

      @mumkeymumkey4078@mumkeymumkey40783 ай бұрын
    • @@mumkeymumkey4078 Uh, MMA math is literally just X beat Y, and Z beat X, therefore Z beats Y. Comparing styles is entirely absent from MMA math. That's why it's useless. You can write off the entire concept because it provides absolutely no insight.

      @BodTheGrinch@BodTheGrinch3 ай бұрын
    • @@BodTheGrinch Well, of course context matters, but yes if X embarrasses Y in a fight then X and Z have three wars, I don’t see how it’s a leap in logic to think X and Z might be a step ahead of Y. Even more so if Y went tooth and nail with someone Z beat dominantly.But, as I said before, the concept of MMA math should be used to help in an overall prediction not the overall thing.

      @mumkeymumkey4078@mumkeymumkey40783 ай бұрын
    • @@mumkeymumkey4078 Mate, again, that's exactly the point. You're exactly making his point. Yes, it doesn't SEEM like a leap in logic to use those kinds of MMA math equations. It just so happens that they're completely and totally unreliable. Famously so.

      @BodTheGrinch@BodTheGrinch3 ай бұрын
  • Feels good to finally see someone picking Volk! I feel like he’s getting counted more than he should be.

    @jorgeavila3222@jorgeavila32223 ай бұрын
    • It's the 1 and 20 for fighters 35 and over in championship bouts

      @dmitch812@dmitch8123 ай бұрын
    • @@dmitch812 That stat doesn't mean anything. What matters is his recent fights. So long as there's no lasting damage from the last one, that one is irrelevant. No camp, surgery, totally out of shape. His last 145 fight was absolutely dominance. His 155 fight was similarly dominant, in spite of the loss to meaningless ground control. He's only a few months older, but because of his loss and what people are saying, I'd say he's more mentally driven than his last 145 fight. With no lasting damage from the last fight, I can see him making this look easy.

      @ImLaughingAtYou@ImLaughingAtYou3 ай бұрын
    • @@ImLaughingAtYou Easy? It didn't really look that way to me. I didn't see it looking easy all the way up to the end.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
    • @@ImLaughingAtYou I guess that stat hold weight

      @dmitch812@dmitch8123 ай бұрын
  • If Roman Kopylov wins this fight, then the UFC needs to Fastrack him ASAP. Dude is so fun to watch.

    @mani-mt8wb@mani-mt8wb3 ай бұрын
    • I agree but I'm seeing him as a 2-1 dog not the other way around like in this video seems odd he's that big of an underdog here

      @dc4632@dc46323 ай бұрын
  • Best mma youtuber

    @anthonyballesteros9326@anthonyballesteros93263 ай бұрын
  • One of 3 mma channels where every video is a must watch

    @Maddog969@Maddog9693 ай бұрын
    • Other 2?

      @Extremely-GR33N@Extremely-GR33N3 ай бұрын
    • ​da joo✡️and mma che

      @vanpchamp@vanpchamp3 ай бұрын
    • @@Extremely-GR33Nguru and tracy

      @MonkeyDLuffy-sb1oy@MonkeyDLuffy-sb1oy3 ай бұрын
    • @@Extremely-GR33N Sandhagen and Mighty Mouse

      @nika9493@nika94933 ай бұрын
    • @@MonkeyDLuffy-sb1oybro tried to sneak Tracy in

      @EasyBillions@EasyBillions3 ай бұрын
  • 4 finishes in 20 fights is wild.

    @lucasazevedo9974@lucasazevedo99743 ай бұрын
  • My predictions : Volk ❤ Costa 🔥 Merab 👺 Ian Garry 💯 Let's Go 🥰

    @prakalp_@prakalp_3 ай бұрын
    • Fans don't want Ian Garry to win coz they hate his personality but forget he is a great fighter !!!

      @jeetu07_@jeetu07_3 ай бұрын
    • @HogwartsDropout7 Nope Nope Yep Yep. 50/50. Could be worse. I didn't even bother trying to predict these myself.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • so glad you talked about Rinya as the prospect of the night. That guy is one of my favorite up and coming fighters and there's honestly so much potential for his future in mma. He has a great wrestling background so I was happy to see that in his last fight, and we know he's got hands. I think he just needs some time in mma and the guy could honestly be a top 10 fighter soon.

    @lavendersaltz@lavendersaltz3 ай бұрын
    • mad haircut as well it either means greatness or total failure with no in-between

      @Robothuck@Robothuck3 ай бұрын
    • I think this guy will go farther than Tatsuro Tiara. Tatsuro is younger, so he still has 3-4 years to work on his stand-up, before he gets to be his late 20s like Rinya. That said, Rinya is really well rounded, even though he had only transitioned from wrestling and Judo to MMA. His striking already is approaching Top 10 level (even though he hasn't entered the Top 15). For elite wrestlers, who NORMALLY don't do that well in the striking department, Rinya is quite exceptional. He reminds me of a smaller version of another elite wrestler who has also just transitioned to MMA: Bo Nickal. Both are very coordinated in their stand-up, despite being wrestlers their entire lives... Unlike Tatsuro Tiara, Rinya also has one-punch KO ability, alongside his elite wrestling and elite BJJ skills. MMA is not predictable, for between the two Japanese prospect, I am much more enthusiatic about Rinya Nakamura's chances. With a little more experience and a bit more polishing to his striking & you're talking about an all-around Top prospect for the Bantamweight... because as said both his wrestling and BJJ are already very high levels, due to his having been a wrestler his while life.

      @kiabtoomlauj6249@kiabtoomlauj62493 ай бұрын
    • @@kiabtoomlauj6249 I agree with everything you said, I think the Thing about Taira is that he was touted as Japan’s next big prospect, when all he really has is his BJJ. The problem with Taira is he’s a specialist, whereas Rinya is, like you said, an all rounder. They both have inexperience in MMA but Rinya has a spark about him and more well rounded attributes that could make him a contender. Taira needs a lot more training to really get to that level, but I think he could become something with some more consistency. It’s interesting though I look at Japanese prospected fighters in the UFC often and most don’t really feel all that special to me, especially once Tatsuro Taira got a lot of praise. I think that KO by Rinya in the Road to the UFC really samented his place as a rising star. That and his proficiency in English and insanely respectful attitude can make him a fan favorite really quickly

      @lavendersaltz@lavendersaltz3 ай бұрын
  • Nah man Fluffy is underrated AF and while I do think Kopylov is a tremendous fighter this is a much closer matchup than 70/30

    @peteyalyanak@peteyalyanak3 ай бұрын
    • He has it wrong I'm seeing Hernandez as the 2-1 favorite everywhere else

      @dc4632@dc46323 ай бұрын
    • @peteyalyanak Well ol Fluffy just proved he is going to be a problem. Dude is relentless with takedowns just like Khabib was.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • weael is always making us money. just bet against his main event pick

    @GoodStuff1992@GoodStuff19923 ай бұрын
    • Exactly😂

      @MSOTV-ug4ln@MSOTV-ug4ln3 ай бұрын
  • I was wondering if you can tell me what app you use to make your vids because I want to start making MMA videos

    @po1arz352@po1arz3523 ай бұрын
  • Bro you’re tripping giving kopylov that big of a chance. His takedown defense is good but he has some of the worst ground game in the entire ufc. Also kopylov tends to be a bit of a punching bag when he’s pushed to the fence. Hernandez just needs one takedown to win the round.

    @bigsmall2842@bigsmall28423 ай бұрын
    • Couldn’t believe he’s giving fluffy such a small chance haha. I like both guys but I feel like fluffy will at least have a solid chance to grapple kopylov to a decision

      @ratmcratty5033@ratmcratty50333 ай бұрын
    • @@ratmcratty5033 If Hernandez can't take Kopylov down, he will be chopped liver, literally. Hernandez is one of the tough SOBs I've ever seen... but it's largely on the ground. The way a much larger guy with superior wrestling and superior BJJ, Rodolfo Vieira, who emptied his gas tank trying in vain to sub Hernandez ---- a Vieira who ended up being subbed by Anthony himself --- that tells you how tough and good Hernandez is. Standing, unfortunately, Anthony has no chance against the elite striker in Kopylov, whose TDD & BJJ, fortunately for Hernandez, are pretty suspect, so, Hernandez does have a decent chance....

      @kiabtoomlauj6249@kiabtoomlauj62493 ай бұрын
    • I was gonna say this his best weapon is actually his gas tank he puts on crazy nonstop pressure and by the last rd he just ragdolls dudes but i expect kopilov will make it interesting the forst few rds

      @raulromero2948@raulromero29483 ай бұрын
    • We were right fluffy got it done 👍

      @raulromero2948@raulromero29483 ай бұрын
    • @@raulromero2948 Yea. I never really paid much attention to him before. Now he isn't just on my radar. I see him as a very serious problem.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • Best thing about fight week is the fights, second best thing is Weasle’s videos about the fights.

    @jg5004@jg50043 ай бұрын
  • so far so good

    @KainoaGeorge@KainoaGeorge3 ай бұрын
  • I had nearly identical picks! 👏🏻

    @Brooke.vanwingerden@Brooke.vanwingerden3 ай бұрын
    • Hopefully u dont bet and lose after ilia wins

      @xavierb9061@xavierb90613 ай бұрын
    • @@xavierb9061 I don’t bet 👍🏻

      @Brooke.vanwingerden@Brooke.vanwingerden3 ай бұрын
  • Agree with on every fight except Hernandez vs Kopylov. I can really see Anthony grinding him, exhausting him and sub him

    @eldar9717@eldar97173 ай бұрын
    • against a dagastani fighter? goodluck

      @mattgosselin4724@mattgosselin47243 ай бұрын
    • @@mattgosselin4724kopylov isnt dagestani

      @thatchet7115@thatchet71153 ай бұрын
    • Of the more skilled or better known fighting match-ups, the Hernandez-Kopylov will likely be one of the Weasel's correct picks. Ilia's chances are way higher than Volks; and unless Dern could take Lemos down (which is doable, given Lemos is exiting her prime, at 36), chance of Dern being KOed or TKOed are rather high, given how much faster Zhang is and Lemos could still get to Zhang's face a few times, hard, too. The Weasel should be watched for his POST-FIGHT frame by frame analysis; but his picks pre-fights, AMONG THE MARQUEE fighters (two comparably elite guys, at the #1 level or at the championship level), are VERY MEDIOCRE, at best. I've been watching and studying The Weasel's picks --- again, focusing on mainly marque fights, as I don't watch 95% of the other average MMA fights --- since the Conor-Dustin II fight... and he got MOST of them wrong. I picked, on those marquee fights, almost the exact opposite of the Weasel and, of course, that means I got MOST of them correctly picked. And the Weasel is right: that does NOT mean I know more about MMA than he does. I simply am more tuned to some fights than he is. For example, my definitions of "marquee fights" are as follows (not an exhausted list but only those I studied and picked): Conor-Dustin II & III... Charles-Chandler... Charles-Dustin... Charles-Gaethje... Charles-Islam... Leon-Usman II & III... Leon-Colby.... Alex-Izzy I & II.... Benny-Charles... Benny-Arman.... Islam-Alex I & II The Weasel got most of them wrong, except the Alex-Izzy I fight, the Benny-Charles fight, Islam-Alex I & II and the Benny-Arman fight. I got EVERY ONE of these above correct EXCEPT the Alex-Izzy I fight. (.... I picked Izzy both times and the Weasel picked Alex both times, so we're wrong 50% of the time on those two fights. If I didn't watch a certain major fight or didn't pick, for a reason... and the Weasel picked a winner and it turned out, he picked the wrong one, I don't even count, in my view of his bad picks. It's only those I decided to watch, study, and pick that I would contrast/compared his picks vs mine... and mine, again, is humbly way better than his....) The Benny-Charles and Benny-Arman as well as the Islam-Alex I & II fights were RELATIVELY EASY...so I was not surprised the Weasel picked them correctly as did I. P.S. I understand WHY the Weasel picked Usman and Colby over Leon in the 3 consecutive fights Leon had against those two top Welterweight; I understand why he picked Charles over Islam.... and, before that, why he picked Chandler, Gaethje, and Dustin over Charles: Charles is VERY hittable. I watched GSP did a very good analysis on that ground breaking Charles-Chandler fight, too, and GSP picked Chandler to KO Charles, too, even though he said Charles had MORE WAYS TO WIN... Again, picking MMA fights more successfuly DOES NOT MEAN one has more knowledge of MMA. It goes without saying both the Weasel and GSP know more about MMA than I do. But again my ears and brain are just better calibrated on A CERTAIN MARQUEE FIGHTS than theirs... And I understand why the Weasel, for Arman-Charles upcoming fight, picks Charles over Arman. I will pick Arman over Charles.... just like I picked Ilia over Alex, and Merab over Cejudo. When it's complex, elite fights, my picks are almost always the opposite of the Weasel's & it's only AFTER I've picked my picks that I watch his video, NOT before (because I don't want his well taped, well spoken videos to influence my picks)....

      @kiabtoomlauj6249@kiabtoomlauj62493 ай бұрын
  • It's gonna be a banger!!!

    @carljohnson4285@carljohnson42853 ай бұрын
  • Nakamura is LETHAL, that ko of kazama was terrifying

    @tannermcguire7713@tannermcguire77133 ай бұрын
    • To see his striking get that dangerous is impressive for a wrestler

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
  • Volk is gonna make this look the Yair fight. Ya'll just really want the suspense of doubting him and hyping Topuria cuz it sells.... but the Weasle doesnt lie

    @MatthewMachuDidge@MatthewMachuDidge3 ай бұрын
    • His picks aren't turning out very good so far. 🤷‍♂️

      @theOcean41@theOcean413 ай бұрын
    • @MatthewMachuDidge I don't recall Volk getting knocked out by Yair. I may have to go see that one again.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • A agree about McKenzie

    @joelanthonyalvarado6947@joelanthonyalvarado69473 ай бұрын
  • I like this card a lot, i was making my picks on Sherdog while i listened to this. My opinion about the Volk Topuria fight is that i don't think Volk is out of his prime at 35, and i don't think Topuria is at his prime at 27, i can see Volk shutting him down, but in two years it would be a completely different story.

    @joshthemediocre7824@joshthemediocre78243 ай бұрын
    • Volks IS 2-3 years out of his prime....and Ilia is ENTERING his early prime. People just don't understand it, bedause Volk has been such an extraordinary physical specimen; but he HAS already started to slow down... seen in his last 4 fights, which he won only 50% of them. It doesn't matter what division he fights in, IF HE GOES AND FIGHTS in a certain division, he's doing it to WIN... not "to see what happens." Losing 50% of his last 4 fights, again, means Volks IS EXITING HIS PRIME. You guys just want to stay in your comfortable thoughts about how Alex once was so untouchable. But he is, unfortunately, a part of the past. Ilia is PEAKING... Ilia is not some dude, like BSD --- the former French Special Forces ---- who transitioned to pro MMA in his early to late 20s.... Instead, Tuporia elected to go from Greco Roman & BJJ to full time MMA in his teens. That means he is peaking a few years faster than most guys. Yes, Ilia has NOWHERE the experience or skill repertoire that Alex has... but being over 35 and roughly 8 years older than Tuporia, the 2% - 5% of decline in reflexes Alex has suffered from, not to say anything about that KO loss..... that's VERY LIKELY enough to tilt things toward the young, fresher, and hungrier Tuporia, who, like Alex, also is a very well rounded fighter....

      @kiabtoomlauj6249@kiabtoomlauj62493 ай бұрын
    • ​@@kiabtoomlauj6249he won 50% of his last 4 is sucha stupid take to push a narrative,Islam is just an absolute monster,no shame to losing to the best especially with short notice.

      @ginjoe6860@ginjoe68603 ай бұрын
  • Hey Weasel. Do you go to live events and watch the fights?

    @cw_edits14@cw_edits143 ай бұрын
  • "Cejudo is nearly 40 years old" He turned 37 like just a few days ago. That's a bit of a stretch. And you also called him a 38 year old bantamweight lol

    @mrclean5146@mrclean51463 ай бұрын
    • Cejudo by ko

      @KANO187730@KANO1877303 ай бұрын
  • Giving kopylov a 70% chance of winning is ridiculous

    @JuanJehsbdb@JuanJehsbdb3 ай бұрын
    • Is there a weasel overall prediction percentage

      @n1troz_@n1troz_3 ай бұрын
    • @@n1troz_he has his win/loss in the bottom corners

      @ikrams4409@ikrams44093 ай бұрын
    • Ridiculous it's da opposite

      @KANO187730@KANO1877303 ай бұрын
  • Almost had me with Dern comment

    @SuperSilver316@SuperSilver3163 ай бұрын
  • That's all good, but who are you predicting to headline UFC300 Mr. WeasleMMA?

    @nicholasmills8843@nicholasmills88433 ай бұрын
  • I had a vivid dream last night that Topuria was defending his belt against Zabit who was back and looking better than ever...now I can't stop thinking about that fight...

    @adrianlouw2499@adrianlouw24993 ай бұрын
    • As long as it isn't a 5 rounder

      @dubenstein6347@dubenstein63473 ай бұрын
    • Dr. Zabit might be a mythical fighter

      @zoheir1162@zoheir11623 ай бұрын
  • T BONE SUGGESTED TO CHECK YOU OUT AND SO I DID AND I SUBSCRIBED THANKS BOB JONES

    @user-wz6ev8cv3k@user-wz6ev8cv3k3 ай бұрын
  • Im so torn about this main event. My 2 favourite fighters having to fight 💔 that being said. And still 🇦🇺

    @mitchellcruickshank3815@mitchellcruickshank38153 ай бұрын
    • I had the same feeling about volk vs yair. As a Mexican that was hard but still rooted for volk and will root for him once again this Saturday!

      @blackmisterya@blackmisterya3 ай бұрын
  • "HIs bEsT Win is JoSh EmMett" "HE Got dROPpeD bY jAi HERbErT" Everyone said we were writing off Volk. Nobody was doing that. Volk fanboys were writing off Ilia, and for extremely ignorant reasons. Have fun typing up your excuses.

    @forwardmoving8252@forwardmoving82523 ай бұрын
    • 100% Ilia had all the tools to be champ, it was easy to see

      @rawyouout@rawyouout3 ай бұрын
  • Are the “weights” on the fighter stats their walk around weight?

    @calebshelton7865@calebshelton78653 ай бұрын
  • Volk has all the skills and experience to win and is the smarter pick. But I think Ilia is getting him at the right time. He's also very good, very dangerous and very confident.

    @LeonDavis154@LeonDavis1543 ай бұрын
  • I have this weird hunch that we see a laser focused and reinvented version of Paulo costa. It seems like his back is against the wall with the UFC. If he doesn’t finally show up to a fight and actually perform, they might be done with him since he has a million dollar fight contract and he’s kind of a liability

    @ILYxIW@ILYxIW3 ай бұрын
    • Me too. I think Costa is looking to prove a lot of people wrong.

      @EdgyDabs47@EdgyDabs473 ай бұрын
  • Does Val Woodburn have a pointy head? Or did he actually ask someone to cut his hair like that?

    @Strype13@Strype133 ай бұрын
  • LETS GO VOLK

    @HyperReality4@HyperReality43 ай бұрын
  • Man WW is good with machado, jdm and shavkat having landed. Geoff neal is hands down the best gatekeeper in the ufc today

    @matthillard9363@matthillard93633 ай бұрын
  • I honestly see volk using his wrestling offensively, as a tactic to stop illia from hard charging in with punches, volk might jab lowkcik and shoot, and honestly i see him getting takedowns, this guy wrestled and did well in scrambles with islam makhachev lets not forget. Illia hits hard and is very technical so i give him a splid 40% chance to win this one

    @B1ackout850@B1ackout8503 ай бұрын
    • Ilia has good td defense

      @kagomehigurashi693@kagomehigurashi6933 ай бұрын
    • @@kagomehigurashi693 he does, I know he's a great grappler, I just see him over swinging because volk is elusive enough on the back foot and is able to get in deep on a shot. I could be way off but I just see volk using his wrestling effectively

      @B1ackout850@B1ackout8503 ай бұрын
  • Everyone betting against Topuria is crazy. I bet the same people bet against Strickland when he fought Adesanya. Same people said Rhonda Rowsey would walk through Holly Holm. Volk has been a great champ. And New…

    @barkburton1@barkburton13 ай бұрын
  • So how's Jr Tafa compared to his brother? Still first round finish?

    @tjwinsdawgs@tjwinsdawgs3 ай бұрын
  • Volk, Whittaker, Garry, Merab, and Hernandez. Fairly easy call this week.

    @bluejay9235@bluejay92353 ай бұрын
    • I don’t have whittaker that easy people picked him to dust DDP but he got smoked

      @juzrhyme712@juzrhyme7123 ай бұрын
    • @bluejay9235 Not bad. You only got one wrong. Nothing is that easy in MMA though.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
    • @@gamersinger5118 Yeah, Volk wrecked my parlay, but hats off to Topuria though, he proved he's for real!

      @bluejay9235@bluejay92353 ай бұрын
  • I totally agree on Dern but man she looked so bad in her last fight. Hard for me to not take the dog. I also think everyone hates Costa but I can see him winning.

    @Stmpjmpr01@Stmpjmpr013 ай бұрын
  • I feel like costa is gonna run through Whittaker 😂😂

    @erikmorales17@erikmorales173 ай бұрын
    • @erikmorales17 Nope. But that was close in the first round. Robert tends to somehow get hurt in every high level fight though. Only Dricus and Adesanya have been able to stop him completely with strikes. That I know of.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • People keep comparing the main event to Conor vs Aldo. But it really isn't. Topuria isn't anywhere near as dangerous as prime 145 conor.

    @alexandermarijuantuck4076@alexandermarijuantuck40763 ай бұрын
    • @alexandermarijuantuck4076 I do agree he isn't like Conor. but yea. He is obviously plenty dangerous. I don't recall anyone else in featherweight knocking out Volk.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • Should let Strickland have a press pass for the presser. He can ask Cuckchado the hard hitting questions

    @MP-cc5rv@MP-cc5rv3 ай бұрын
  • Mingyangs been inactive for almost 2 years and if you look at the guys he’s fought, they all almost have more losses than wins. Ribeiro is coming off a big win against lopes who was suppose to run through him and be a good contender. I’m going with Riberio.

    @carlydunn2313@carlydunn23133 ай бұрын
    • Brooo I been thinking the same thing and my boys we want picks riding on him also

      @rearicknicholas8236@rearicknicholas82363 ай бұрын
  • I haven't watched the video yet, but I know for a fact the Weasel is going to say, "Ultimately... I'm going to have to go with [Name]"

    @carlsagan2561@carlsagan25613 ай бұрын
  • Where are u getting their weight from bro....?

    @nazeemabdulkareem1012@nazeemabdulkareem10123 ай бұрын
    • From their statements in interviews and stuff

      @TheWeasleMMA@TheWeasleMMA3 ай бұрын
  • Weasle you are so freaking awesome! I’m with you on Neal! Although I’ve got Geoff Neal walking through Ian Garry! On a slightly different opinion, I have Volk making it look easy against Topuria by decision. Let’s GO!

    @UCHPodcast@UCHPodcast3 ай бұрын
  • The competition Volk has beaten already is way above Topuria so I'm pretty surprised at the odds. I mean Ortega, Holloway, Rodriguez and who has Topuria beat? Josh Emmet is about it. I see Volk crushing him easily.

    @markk2745@markk27453 ай бұрын
  • No mention of Ian Garry's kicks ??? Surely a huge factor in this open stance fight, you'd assume Garry will be firing rear body kicks all day

    @Goobtard@Goobtard3 ай бұрын
  • It's always weird to me hearing Weasle act thirsty lol

    @imalifeformknownasmanuel3019@imalifeformknownasmanuel30193 ай бұрын
  • Long time champs usually have their toughest challenge when they face next generation fighters. Dominick/Cody Patricio/AJ Mcee. When Aj Mcee beat Patricio it gave me Jon Jones vs Shogun Rua vibes. If Volk can get past this he is something else. 🔥🔥🔥

    @kenmoraes6843@kenmoraes68433 ай бұрын
  • No offence TheWeasle - but are you SURE? that this is UFC 298.... cos it feels so much more like UFC 300 than, er, um, UFC 300 does? (at the moment... ;P )

    @SingleRacerSVR@SingleRacerSVR3 ай бұрын
  • 2:20 yo is this man an alien??

    @pineapple2297@pineapple22973 ай бұрын
  • I didn’t realize this card sucked so bad until Weasle said “and we go to the co-main event”. Basically there’s four fights that are ppv quality. Hernandez vs Kopylov is on ppv?

    @Zach-ls1if@Zach-ls1if3 ай бұрын
  • Guys, this may not age well but I have a feeling that costa is either going to ko rob or win a a UD or just prove he can fight but lose.

    @blazingfire6344@blazingfire63443 ай бұрын
  • Topurias notable wins vs Volks wins aren’t even comparable 😂

    @m.sb.1806@m.sb.18063 ай бұрын
    • No shit he's the long reigning champ genius

      @kagomehigurashi693@kagomehigurashi6933 ай бұрын
    • That’s why it’s the old guy vs the young guy.

      @jasont7814@jasont78143 ай бұрын
  • Geoff, Costa, cejudo, topuria underdogs let’s go

    @draykoshells457@draykoshells4573 ай бұрын
  • What’s good early gang, who we got winning main event?

    @survivaltipsandtricks4042@survivaltipsandtricks40423 ай бұрын
    • I put money on volk but won't be surprised if he gets chined

      @natnaelabate3635@natnaelabate36353 ай бұрын
  • for some reason i just feel that costa is going to show up and ko rob badly. that he will commit to the bum rush eat a few clean shots but catch rob with some spastic left hook at the end of his combination.

    @JLJhippotype@JLJhippotype3 ай бұрын
  • That sound in the background is killing me

    @conallomahoney9311@conallomahoney93113 ай бұрын
  • The 1 2 high kick by Whittaker by now is like your playing Street Fighter on the SNES back in the day. If Costa gets caught by that he deserves to loose. I gotta go Costa and I have no idea why just a feeling. Garry ain't powerful he's a volume striker 100 per cent, he's good for sure but I'm betting Neal. I like his heart, experience, his silence lol but the lock of the card imo is Volks. Peace.

    @jamiefugazi6974@jamiefugazi69743 ай бұрын
  • Why does Mackenzie Dern have a Brazilian flag ?

    @jf2849@jf28493 ай бұрын
  • Ahhh he only does ppvs I get it now hopefully you do better than 297 good luck chap

    @BrandysLoveBug@BrandysLoveBug3 ай бұрын
  • I like De Lima's muay thai style. Hands up & tight with hard low kicks

    @crazypato3752@crazypato37523 ай бұрын
    • Didn't he get obliterated by Lewis flying knee?

      @kagomehigurashi693@kagomehigurashi6933 ай бұрын
    • @@kagomehigurashi693 talk about a lucky knee

      @crazypato3752@crazypato37523 ай бұрын
  • Thumbnail made me think you predict a khabib ufc300 announcement would come on this event 😢

    @Longarmshortarm@Longarmshortarm3 ай бұрын
  • I magine Canonier just walks out to fight Witthaker....😂

    @locswail7600@locswail76003 ай бұрын
  • Danny Barlow won’t have the reach? tf Weasel…He has an 8” reach advantage. 😂😂

    @donnywaite5920@donnywaite59203 ай бұрын
  • Ilia gonna beat the Balenciaga out of the dwarf.

    @rupert-dt6ny@rupert-dt6ny3 ай бұрын
  • Let's GO GEOFF NEAL!!!!

    @circaskater67@circaskater673 ай бұрын
  • “But he throws looping shots” you can always tell when someone is a fight nerd who’s never sparred a day in their life. A looping shot AKA “over hand right, over hand left or left hook or right hook” are just as effective a KO punch as any other.

    @Gryphon129@Gryphon1293 ай бұрын
    • Lolololololol. Pot, meet kettle. Looping shots are easier to counter. That's the whole point. You shouldn't need a wild windmill shot to get a KO. That's not sustainable. But go off about how much more experience you have. What's your record? What gym?

      @natesmith2408@natesmith24083 ай бұрын
    • @@natesmith2408 1. Deontay wilder became WBC heavy weight champion of the world 43-3-1 with 42KOs (35 of them with what you call looping shots) He has 10 title defenses 2nd to Muhammad Ali & he’s made over 100 million dollars off his “looping” shot. Aka Over hand right, 99.9% pro boxers will never achieve what he did & 99.9 % human beings to have ever walked earth have not & will not earn the money he’s earned (including UFC fighters most of which have full time jobs & or their spouses do because most aren’t paid much. So there is your looping shot nonsense. To answer your other question, As for me, I box here in DC, I never had an amateur fight. I just spar, & win some & I lose some. (Lose way more than I win) but I enjoy it & learn allot every time I go.

      @Gryphon129@Gryphon1293 ай бұрын
  • If youre a gambler, this is a steal to bet on volk. Iykyk

    @drummerdayle6537@drummerdayle65373 ай бұрын
    • @drummerdayle6537 No. No it wasn't. Unless you meant that the bookmakers were going to "steal" your money?

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
  • What about JUNIOR TAFA vs MRL?

    @andrewvellos9735@andrewvellos97353 ай бұрын
  • Volkanovski by decision Costa by KO/TKO Ian Garry by decision Cejudo by decision

    @EdgyDabs47@EdgyDabs473 ай бұрын
  • Win or lose if ilia has a good performance i dont think his stock will drop like crazy regardless of the shit he's talked

    @kabelokgoadi4327@kabelokgoadi43273 ай бұрын
  • I want Merab to win but my gut says Henry gets the finish and it’s started by a knee or uppercut.

    @johnes@johnes3 ай бұрын
  • Which Tafa?

    @peybak@peybak3 ай бұрын
  • Bro I don’t understand this whole thing about Volk beating Touporia makes him the goat featherweight.. He’s already the goat Why does Touporia carry that much weight in Volk’s legacy??

    @clipsofmma@clipsofmma3 ай бұрын
  • Volk already is the goat of featherweight

    @Brickwilliams@Brickwilliams3 ай бұрын
    • @Brickwilliams Um. Well. Guess we will have to see more?

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
    • @@gamersinger5118 what? No? He’s still the featherweight goat tf.

      @Brickwilliams@Brickwilliams3 ай бұрын
    • @@Brickwilliams Might be a new GOAT is all I am saying. We will see.

      @gamersinger5118@gamersinger51183 ай бұрын
    • @@gamersinger5118 I mean yeah eventually there probably will be…

      @Brickwilliams@Brickwilliams3 ай бұрын
  • 12:06 none of them will get any credit in case of victory, everyone will blame Cejudo s age or Volkanovskis

    @TakeNoPrisoners@TakeNoPrisoners3 ай бұрын
  • I think we will be upset for whittaker.....i hope im wrong but idk if he can take a shot anymore and paulo is not a guy to fight in this case. I hope im wrong

    @slicksilver9441@slicksilver94413 ай бұрын
  • They talk about Merab being ‘the future’. I didn’t realise he’s 33. ‘The future’ had better hurry up.

    @neilba1@neilba13 ай бұрын
  • How is Volk the greatest featherweight ever w a win?? Right now he got 4 defenses. 2 against max(good wins), ortega, and old zombie. Thats it..and he beats Toupouria, who definitely seems special, but hasnt beat alot of great competition either. Aldo had 8 defense, and reigned like 3 or 4 more years longer, and against better competition..come on man

    @StealthTRD@StealthTRD3 ай бұрын
    • Nah there’s definitely an argument for both, personally volks going the right direction

      @amargill2453@amargill24533 ай бұрын
    • @@amargill2453 well yea hes going the right direction obviously, as long as he keeps winning..but a win over Toupouria doesn't place him over Aldo.

      @StealthTRD@StealthTRD3 ай бұрын
    • And Yair

      @DJ-dh3oe@DJ-dh3oe3 ай бұрын
    • @@DJ-dh3oe i did forget about Yair..i think if volk beats Toupouria and another up an comer, that he will be in the discussion for sure or as equal..but if he gets 3 more defenses, he is new king

      @StealthTRD@StealthTRD3 ай бұрын
  • I just don't see it mate ian garry gonna dominant him on the bk foot to a ud his footwork is amazing cant believe you picking geoff neal wow

    @tenpenny930@tenpenny9303 ай бұрын
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