GDT: UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen/Bellator 287: Piccolotti vs. Barnaoui

[MMC]

Date: October 29, 2022
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Featherweight bout: Calvin Kattar vs. Arnold Allen
Welterweight bout: Tim Means vs. Max Griffin
Heavyweight bout: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Jared Vanderaa
Middleweight bout: Josh Fremd vs. Tresean Gore
Light Heavyweight bout: Dustin Jacoby vs. Khalil Rountree

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Middleweight bout: Phil Hawes vs. Roman Dolidze
Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Middleweight bout: Park Jun-yong vs. Joseph Holmes
Featherweight bout: Chase Hooper vs. Steve Garcia
Flyweight bout: Cody Durden vs. Carlos Mota
Bantamweight bout: Christian Rodriguez vs. Joshua Weems​

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[MMC]

Date: October 29, 2022
Venue: Allianz Cloud Arena
City: Milan, Italy
Time: 4 pm ET/1 pm PT
Viewing: Showtime, Bellator Youtube

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Lightweight bout: Adam Piccolotti vs. Mansour Barnaoui
Middleweight bout: Fabian Edwards vs. Charlie Ward
Lightweight bout: Saul Rogers vs. Tim Wilde
Featherweight bout: Justin Gonzales vs. Andrew Fisher

PRELIMINARY CARD (Bellator Youtube)

Light Heavyweight bout: Luke Trainer vs. Lucas Alsina
Lightweight bout: Davy Gallon vs. Daniele Scatizzi
Light Heavyweight bout: Simon Biyong vs. Dragos Zubco
Lightweight bout: Alfie Davis vs. Thibault Gouti
Women's Strawweight bout: Chiara Penco vs. Manuela Marconetto
Featherweight bout: Yves Landu vs. Walter Cogliandro
Bantamweight bout: Ayoub Nacer vs. Derrick Winslow
Middleweight bout: Costello Van Steenis vs. Kamil Oniszczuk
Welterweight bout: Nicolo Solli vs. Bourama Camara
Middleweight bout: Steven Hill vs. Andrea Fusi​

 

[m9]

That Bellator card is awful.

UFC card is low on names but I think is going to have some awesome fights.

 

[pistolpete11]

I honestly don't know if I know 1 person on the Bellator card.

There are some recognizable names on the UFC card throughout, but Tim Means in a co-main? In 2022? Should be a good main event, though.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Outside of the main the two fights I'm looking forward to the most are Jacoby vs Roundtree and Dolidze vs Hawes. I think both of these could be very entertaining.

 

[CDJ]

I honestly don't know if I know 1 person on the Bellator card.

There are some recognizable names on the UFC card throughout, but Tim Means in a co-main? In 2022? Should be a good main event, though.

If Piccolotti is your A-side that’s rough

Solid fighter, wouldn’t be close to being ranked in the ufc. Mid-prelim type


Edit: his opponent may be sneaky good- 3 of his 4 losses are Gamrot, Islam, and Kevin Lee. Hasn’t been finished. A million RNC’s on his record

 

[MMC]

 

[Killahpunk]

No female fights on that UFC card when was the last time that happened?

 

[MMC]

Jake vs Silva will be on after the UFC card for those interested

 

[CDJ]

Allen can’t get the takedown, gets outboxed by Kattar 29-28 (or like Emmett wins a decision he shouldn’t )


Edit: I’m an idiot and it’s 5 rounds Obvs, so 48-47 or 49-46

 

[chicagoskycam]

Jake vs Silva will be on after the UFC card for those interested

Silva is a slight underdog

 

[m9]

Silva is a slight underdog

Yeah, Silva was favored for awhile but I think as things get closer and Silva talks about getting knocked down/knocked out in training people have gotten a bit scared.

I think a draw is a fairly likely outcome since it's 8 rounds, but as someone who hopes Silva wins I could see Jake Paul violently KO'ing him in the middle rounds. Really don't want to see it but Silva gets tired a bit earlier than you would think in some fights and those hands will come down and that mouth will open up a bit.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Looking like everyone made weight for Bellator and everyone except Joshua Weems made weight for UFC. Weems missed by 3.5lbs fight will proceed with 30% forfeiture. Weems took this fight on like 3 days notice they had to know chances were he'd miss weight. It's also his ufc debut.

 

[pistolpete11]

If Anderson Silva loses to a YouTuber, my understanding of combat sports will be completely and irreversibly shattered. I don't care that he's almost 50.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Yeah, Silva was favored for awhile but I think as things get closer and Silva talks about getting knocked down/knocked out in training people have gotten a bit scared.

I think a draw is a fairly likely outcome since it's 8 rounds, but as someone who hopes Silva wins I could see Jake Paul violently KO'ing him in the middle rounds. Really don't want to see it but Silva gets tired a bit earlier than you would think in some fights and those hands will come down and that mouth will open up a bit.

I was looking at the odds and a draw being +1200 really jumped out at me considering how sketchy all these have been.

 

[Avs_19]

Anderson is +316 to win by KO/TKO. I really want to take that.

Paul got rocked by a washed and non-striker in Woodley. That combined with being an Anderson fan is making it very tempting.

 

[m9]

I was looking at the odds and a draw being +1200 really jumped out at me considering how sketchy all these have been.

I like that in an 8 round fight.

 

[CDJ]

Jacoby/Hawes parlay

 

[Chaels Arms]

I kind of want to put money on Paul after watching Dan Hardy's breakdown of that fight. His boxing is extremely basic but at the end of the day it's a 25 year old with unlimited money who sent Tyron Woodley to the shadow realm and has unlimited time and opportunities to train and hire the best coaches vs. a 47 year old fighter with lots of miles and carrying lots of damage. The whole enterprise seems shady to me though so I'm going to be staying away from it in terms of bets.

 

[bov]

I thought Hooper may have turned a corner in his last fight but this was pretty discouraging. They need to be really careful with him going forward.

 

[MMC]

Why does it seem like Bellator has so many matchups of a guy ranked 1-3 in a division fighting some unranked or 9-10 ranked guy?

 

[MMC]

Don't know much about Barnaoui but I remember there being hype when Bellator signed him

 

[m9]

I thought Hooper may have turned a corner in his last fight but this was pretty discouraging. They need to be really careful with him going forward.

Yeah, he looked completely overmatched in there.

Arlovski just got run over as well.

I kind of want to put money on Paul after watching Dan Hardy's breakdown of that fight. His boxing is extremely basic but at the end of the day it's a 25 year old with unlimited money who sent Tyron Woodley to the shadow realm and has unlimited time and opportunities to train and hire the best coaches vs. a 47 year old fighter with lots of miles and carrying lots of damage. The whole enterprise seems shady to me though so I'm going to be staying away from it in terms of bets.

Yup. Been saying this since before the Askren fight. Young, athletic, and enough money to train as much as he wants. He's not a great boxer but he hits hard.

All that being said, I really hope Silva comes through tonight. I have my doubts, unfortunately.

 

[m9]

Why does it seem like Bellator has so many matchups of a guy ranked 1-3 in a division fighting some unranked or 9-10 ranked guy?

Their match-making does seem a bit more random. I assume it's because they have less guys/less cards/less options. Plus their rankings are never great anyway. I actually don't mind it though, I've always thought the UFC is much too rigid with how they match ranked guys.

 

[MMC]

Sick KO for Roman. Hope Hawes's knee isn't too f***ed up