UFC 294 | Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 2 | Full Card Breakdown, Picks, and Betting Tips

“we'll take a decision here even though these guys are both kind of finishers I just think uh we could see a decision”

“taking Victoria Dudakova here um Jinh Yu Frey just kind of being that girl who is uh maybe off the usada thing she's going to be all Juiced up for this fight cuz she's already got those shoulders but old um never been quite that great obviously with that 11 and N record she actually has like a pretty good takedown defense record but she's also facing some people with not that great of takedowns which will kind of boost your boost your resume for that and I feel like Victoria Dudakova can find a take down here the standup doesn't look too good from her but I do think the uh the ground game will pay off we go submission round one for Victoria Dudakova”

“got to take Nathaniel wood here um a lot of ifs about him just with being under siiz for this division this dude needs to eat more I mean um you know you're already short for this division you can't make 135 as he's kind of said or doesn't want to at least um but you got to eat at least and put on some more size cuz Andre fely there was just a clear size discrepancy there that affected uh you know some of the damage in that fight as well as grappling um but from what we've seen of Nathaniel wood is like technical Brilliance in a lot of ways um and incredible vision I mean he sees a lot of things coming um very good at planting his feet appearing out of appearing in range moving out of range countering um and Muhammad Naimov for the most part there's a power advantage on his side but other than that you know the ground game doesn't look that great and uh for the most part just powerful spinning kicks and throws hooks as hard as he can so I like Nathaniel wood just by a decision”

“gonna take jubly here um Mike Breeden everyone knows just isn't that good um I mean the T-rex fight given a lot of people just get steamrolled because the can crusher will come to crush cans and uh getting taken down a lot by Nan Levy just doesn't have the chin the Said Nurmagomedovtriking doesn't look that great and Anshul Jubli here um you know okay striking kind of leaves his chin pretty high up in the air but a grappling Advantage seems pretty evident um you know he ran right through Jaa serid with his grappling but that honestly wasn't the most impressive thing I feel like Said Nurmagomedovid was uh underdeveloped with his ground game more of a standup guy but the Said Nurmagomedovtriking looked pretty good against Kim um counter left hooks things like that um seems to had a decent power behind his punch so we'll go with knock out just because Mike Breeden seems to be really unreliable that Chin's been tested um we'll go with the second round knockout”

“going to go with Said Nurmagomedovedriques Dumas here um not convinced by his skill level his cardio um A lot's missing there but abua zitar taking a lot of time off between fights um up there in age you know weird body type not very diverse striking game just throwing heavy punches Said Nurmagomedovedriques Dumas horrible cardio decent power uh I feel like this will be a knockout for Said Nurmagomedovedriques Dumas”

“going with basharat although he's in my opinion overpriced as a favorite um has shown that he is such a great Prospect but um isn't winning these fights just uh with total dominance you know needs to get a finish here at some point and Victor Henry is just going to be such a tough guy to finish as we've seen with r Rion barcelos and uh you know a Said Nurmagomedovuns out hit him with some big punches too but in a war with Tony graveley who's got power so I think Javid Basharat stays on the outside uses his front kick his cutting distance straight punches”

“we're going to pick Trevor Peek I think watching Mohammad Yahya he's in these kind of more clean um striking matches and he's coming into a fight with a guy a redneck that uh doesn't care seems to get hit by anything and just doesn't go away you can take him down he seems just to get back up somehow although he's easy as hell to take down um strong and that cardio seems to be pretty good I mean he wastes a lot of energy and his punches are comical like they're just funny to watch he just throws Hammer fists he throws anything that he sees as an option so I'm GNA go with a round one knockout”

“I'm going to go with Tim Elliott I feel like like you said it right you know the odds are completely off on this one just because Muhammad MV has this okay I think there's two taxes in the UFC I think one is kind of being an English fighter we've seen a tax kind of for English Fighters and then there's one for Russian Fighters and Muhammad Mokaev falls under both those categories and the hype as well so you're getting triple taxed on his uh money lines and given the price tag I got to pick Tim Elliott”

“got to take Ikram Aliskerov here um Alves you know powerful uh fast kicks dangerous of course but um you know once that speed and that power is taken away a little bit after round one he slows down and uh I just don't know if he has you know after a hot start to his career it doesn't look like he has that same willpower and want and Nicholas dalby just clinched them up a lot during their last fight drained his energy and uh he doesn't take damage as well either so I like rron by a knockout here”

“gonna take ankali um debatably could have been the champion um you know way back when when he fought uh yanovich but you know overall game grappling Advantage I think uh more technical striking advantage on the Magomed Ankalaev side the one thing I wish from him is just to be a little bit more aggressive we've seen him land damaging shots with his hands but did a lot of staring versus Yan bovich and uh I just like for him to go after his opponents a little bit more and uh not wait so much because Johnny Walker we saw in his last fight fighting a little bit more patient having more success and uh if it stays Wild I still like Magomed Ankalaev because I think Walker leaves himself exposed and stands the chance of gassing out more so I'm go with Magomed Ankalaev decision”

“picking him um and watching the film for this fight so much fun CU I think stylistically this fight will be awesome because um KKhamzat Chimaevt Chimaev shamayev has that wrestling background in the aggression where Kamaru Usman in the history of his career really hasn't faced somebody that's put him on the back foot or held their ground too well the one I can really think of going back in time is uh kobby Covington and Kobe Covington at times held his ground and uh put some punches together that seem to rock Kamaru Usman a little bit and uh KKhamzat Chimaevt Chimaev here definitely will not be sitting on the cage and letting kamaru clinch him which is how 50% of usman's fights go so KKhamzat Chimaevt Chimaev forward pressure probably will meet him right in the center of the octagon and then it comes down to the question of durability size um you know Landing the cleaner punches and I think he's going to put kamaru on that back foot where he hasn't really been and I think KKKhamzat Chimaevt Chimaev Chimaev going to knock him out and I think he's gonna knock him out early”