UFC 245 On ESPN+ PPV [12/14] “3 Champs, 2 Legends, 1 Clown” (Nunes/GDR, Usman/Covington, Max/Volk)

[THEREALBRAND]

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

Start time
UFC 245 takes place on Saturday Dec. 14 in the US.

Here are the start times by region.

United States
The Main Card starts at 10 p.m. (ET)


The Prelims start at 8 p.m. (ET)

The Early Prelims start at 6:15 p.m. (ET)


Main card
Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington
Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie
Marlon Moraes vs. Jose Aldo
Petr Yan vs. Urijah Faber

Prelims
Geoff Neal vs. Mike Perry
Ketlen Viera vs. Irene Aldana
Ian Heinish vs. Omari Akhmedov
Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders


Early Prelims
Chase Hooper vs. Daniel Teymur
Brandon Moreno vs. Kai Kara France
Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo
Punahele Soriano vs. Oskar Piechota

 

[julesocean]

Nunes is a lock for easy money betters.

 

[sfgiants]

I’ve never wanted to see anyone get hurt as bad as I want to see this pink skinned demon Covington get brutal beaten. Him losing isn’t enough, I need to see him destroyed and embarrassed.

 

[sportscribe]

Colby is the toughest matchup for Usman in my opinion.

They are both very similar fighters. They are high volume, high pressure fighters. It's going to be a war of attrition between them I feel. It will be tough for them to take the other down, so it will mostly be fought on the feet with a lot of clinching up against the cage (where Usman has the advantage imo). Colby is a bit more active and will have a slight advantage in the center of the octagon based on volume, but Usman is more accurate. On paper I would give this fight to Usman, 3-2. If Usman gases then Colby can steal the fight.

Obviously hoping for Kamaru to finish the guy, but I see it going to a very close decision. So I'm going to say Usman by decision (either majority or split).

 

[sportscribe]

Their stats are very similar. While Colby has more takedowns per min, this will ultimately be nullified by Usman's tdd. He's never been taken down.

Colby also throws more punches, while Usman is more accurate. Usman also has better strike defense and a longer reach.

Stastically, Usman is basically an upgraded version of Colby, but styles makes fights and theirs are very similar which is why I think Usman wins by a narrow decision.

 

[jackswstd]

You’d think Colby is a GOAT level fighter the way people are gassing him up. If he wins this might as well call him the greatest welterweight ever.

 

[Vilify]

I'm taking Usman by UD. I think he's stronger w/ better cardio and training with Henry Hooft his striking should be solid.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

I see Usman knocking him out but if that doesn’t happen early then Colby has a chance with his insane cardio

 

[heart]

Woodley said usman is extremely strong, Colby has the tank, but when they stand and trade, I can either being knocked down or out with a flush shot. Definitely hoping Usman wins, the way he dominated woodley surprised me.

 

[Lord Beasley]

one things for sure: if this card lives up to what it is on paper,

gr8 night of matchups from top to bottom. i hope that fukkin tool mike perry gets stomped too

 

[BlackAchilles]

Big fight night tonight

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

Usman
Nunes
Volkanovski

 

[Primetime]

I'm out the loop. Is this Usman's first fight since Woodley?

Felt like that was forever ago. Buddy was hurt?

 

[Pool_Shark]

Faber
Aldo
Nunes
Max
Colby

 

[Strapped]

Nunes is a lock for easy money betters.