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TheWeasle — UFC Freedom 250 predictions

TheWeasle's fight predictions across 7 bouts at UFC Freedom 250, with timestamped clips and linked FightCardIQ bout coverage.

Picks scorecard

5 of 7 decided picks correct

  1. Pick Diego Lopes · KO/TKO · R2

    Result Diego Lopes by KO/TKO, R2 Perfect call

    All analysts: 38 picks — 22 Lopes · 16 Garcia

    Lopes is far more durable than Garcia, who is too open for his own good, so Lopes weathers a chaotic first and knocks him out in the second.

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  2. Pick Bo Nickal · Decision

    Result Bo Nickal by KO/TKO, R1 Hit

    All analysts: 39 picks — 22 Nickal · 17 Daukaus

    Nickal out-wrestles and controls Daukaus, defending submissions to advance position and winning on composure and wrestling by decision.

    “guys. So, my pick for this fight, I'm going to go with Bo Nickal”
  3. Pick Mauricio Ruffy · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Mauricio Ruffy by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call

    All analysts: 32 picks — 31 Ruffy · 1 Chandler

    Chandler's fight IQ won't let him wrestle on the White House card; he swings haymakers and gets flatlined by Ruffy's check left hook and right straight.

    “He's going to go out there and swing haymakers and get flatlined by a right hand from Huffy and and that's the end of the show for Chandler. It's done after that. At that point, he should retire. If he gets flatline KO'ed by Mura Huy, he should just retire.”
  4. Pick Josh Hokit · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Josh Hokit by KO/TKO, R2 Hit

    All analysts: 18 picks — 18 Hokit · 0 Lewis

    Hokit's speed and feints freeze Lewis, he blitzes in, scores the takedown and finishes with elbows and hammer fists.

    “So, I'm going to go Josh Hoka by a first round knockout via ground and pound.”
  5. Pick Sean O'Malley · Decision

    Result Sean O'Malley by KO/TKO, R2 Hit

    All analysts: 36 picks — 34 O'Malley · 2 Zahabi

    O'Malley's striking is on a far higher level and Zahabi has seen nothing he can't handle, but Zahabi's toughness keeps him alive to a decision.

    “O'Malley decisioning Aiemann Zahabi, winning every single round of the fight.”
  6. Pick Alex Pereira · KO/TKO · R2

    Result Ciryl Gane by KO/TKO, R2 Miss

    All analysts: 39 picks — 20 Pereira · 19 Gane

    Pereira's leg kicks limit Gane's footwork and force a mistake, then Pereira counters with the left hook and finishes with ground-and-pound to become the first three-division champ.

    “going to go with Alex Pereira knocking Ciryl Gane out in the second round.”
  7. Pick Ilia Topuria · KO/TKO

    Result Justin Gaethje by KO/TKO, R4 Miss

    All analysts: 50 picks — 50 Topuria · 0 Gaethje

    Topuria's cage-cutting and one-punch power are too much. He works into the pocket, rips the body, and lands the overhand on top for a first-round finish.

    “So, I'm going to go with Ilia Topuria knocking Justin Gaethje out in the first round.”