# UFC Acosta vs Walker Full Card Predictions (BEDTIME BICKS) **Channel:** Bedtime MMA **Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3mSVRZxfOg **Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/c3mSVRZxfOg ## Chapters - 0:00 — Opening Thoughts and Early Prelims - 4:11 — Prelim Card Predictions Continue - 10:09 — Prelims Finish and Main Card Begins - 17:48 — Main Card and Co-Main Analysis - 28:15 — Main Event Breakdown and Closing ## Transcript **[0:00] Speaker A:** What it do? Bedtime crew. Hey, man, listen. Today, I am here with the most anticipated video of the week. I am here with my predictions for UFC Fight Night Cortez Acosta versus Johnny Walker short notice main event. It was supposed to be Sean Brady versus Gabriel Bonfim instead of Waldo versus Johnny Walker. Listen, the rest of this card, is it insane? No. Is it terrible? Not really. Like it's kind of decent Apex slop. Like I'm not mad at a Crafty Davey Grant Elijah Smith featured fight. You know, Lucas I don't There's a kid in the UFC named Lucas Fernando. There's a kid named Lucas Fernando. You know what I mean? Nina Milicevic, bro. You know, Michalis Bazo, mate. Thomas Peter Griffinson, bro. You know, this ain't actually bad. There's a lot of decent prelim fights. Let's get into this though. First fight of the night, is it going to open? **[0:48] Speaker A:** It's not going to open. So, company sold for $4.2 billion by the way. We've got Johnny Parsons, the Sledgehammer, making his return against Jose Souza, the Mutant of Welterweight. I'm going to go with Souza by like round three TKO. I just think that this is a classic this I forgot this guy was even in the UFC type of match-up. He's at a huge reach and height disadvantage. Mainly just a boxer, decent power, but I think that Souza is a legitimate mutant. I think that he's a guy that's going to go decently far in this division. I wouldn't say he's like a future champion, but he has the build of a mutant ranked contender. Um Like I said, Parsons does have solid KO power. There's a lot of unknown about Souza, but I I like that he went the distance in his last fight. I think Meng Ding is like a pretty powerful decent guy to kind of have your debut against. **[1:38] Speaker A:** And I expect Souza to fight pretty comfortably in this one against a guy with, you know, much less reach, little bit more experience in terms of UFC, but I think he will probably slow down as he we get to the second and third round. And I think that Souza is going to fight very well behind his kicks. I think he's going to keep Parsons' hands at home with like big high kicks and body kicks. I like the knees to the body. I like the jab. I could see this being very similar to like Tie Miller versus Billy Ray Goff, but like slightly more competitive in the first round. I'm going to go with Souza by like round three TKO, maybe like a doctor stoppage type thing. Next fight of the night, again, none of these are opening. All right, we got Sokoudjou versus Wellington Turman. **[2:17] Speaker A:** Another guy that literally has just despaired for like 3 years and now he's back. I'm going to go with Sokoudjou by decision, but I will say this, why is Sokoudjou a minus 800 favorite? Is that not crazy to anyone else? Like Contravicious is fighting Andre Petroski, he's only a minus 250 favorite. I think Sokoudjou is going to win this fight, but I'm not minus 800 level confident about it the way that I am about Contravicious or some of these other guys in the card. So, that's a little bit concerning. That makes me like, this is going to be a crazy like crafty project, but I do think Sokoudjou is going to win this. **[2:56] Speaker A:** Bro, my cat is like pissing up the door. I can't even focus. This little is like Like, bro, you you don't even want to be in here, you know what I'm saying? Like, you guys have seen this. Every time I do a video, this little leaves as soon as I start recording. I don't know I don't know whether the kids are on drugs or what, but listen, Sokoudjou is going to win this by a decision. I think that he has a grappling and wrestling advantage. I I think Wellington Turman is kind of underrated. I think he's very similar to like Glover Teixeira on the feet. Like, he has that kind of old man boxing in a in a very, you know, complimentary way. But, he doesn't have the offensive grappling that we saw kind of get used against Sokoudjou by JPL, you know, Gigachad JPL, friend of the channel. **[3:33] Speaker A:** I think the fact that Sokoudjou is a southpaw means Turman won't be able to use his leg kicks that much cuz that's one thing that he uses quite well is calf kicks and just leg kicks to the thigh to set up his boxing. And even his jab, I just feel like southpaw versus orthodox Sokoudjou has that kind of McGregor karate stance. He's good at kind of slipping and ripping and then shooting that straight left and getting to the takedown. I think that Wellington Turman will have decent success on the feet attacking the body and just keeping it simple, but I do think that Sokoudjou has a grappling advantage. I think he's going to get takedowns. I I think he's probably just going to blob this guy for a decision victory. I'm going to say Shavkat Rakhmonov 30-27 victory by decision. **[4:11] Speaker A:** Now, next fight of the night, Montas Contratodavicius versus Andre Petroski. **[4:24] Speaker A:** I'll I'll be genuinely shocked if Andre Petroski wins this, okay? I don't care how grow how big you grow that beard, bro. We know what's up, dog. You know what I'm saying? That's all I'm going to say. I'm going to go with Contra Contratodavicius by round one KO. I literally have no notes on this. I have notes on every other fight. I have no notes on this. I just feel like it's kind of a waste of time. Like, Andre Petroski, very good grappler, very good wrestler, not the best boxer, but he can make it work, you know what I mean? But, his durability, his chin is just zero. Um the guy genuinely got put out by a hip bump from Jacob Malkoun. So, I just feel like it's impossible to pick this guy. I just can't pick him at middleweight. Like, it'd be one thing if he was at flyweight, where I would be like, you know, listen, then not everyone has one-shot KO power, right? **[5:12] Speaker A:** But, it's the fact that you're fighting a guy that does have KO power, and you're also in a division where you've been nuked so many times that it's just it's just really difficult for me to trust him. I'm going to go with Contratodavicius by round one KO, all right? Next fight of the night, we've got Carlos Calderon. That sounds like a Fast and Furious character. This guy just looks like a Fast and Furious background. Like, "What up, dude? This is Carlos Calderon, man. He's going to get us across the border. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? He's going to get us He's going to get us to the race in Tijuana, bro. He knows what's up. What up, cuh? You know what I mean? Like, that's that's this guy, bro. versus Austin Bashi, aka Dude, I love Austin Bashi. This guy's such a G. **[5:48] Speaker A:** Like, if you watch this guy on Instagram, you know that he's like Tony Ferguson 2.0. I love Bashi. I do think he wins this fight. I think that Calderon, listen, he's on a little win streak. He beat Damon Jackson, you know what I mean? Listen, dude, it is what it is. Um and he did get out of a darce choke against Alberto Montes on Contender Series, which is somewhat impressive. Um did get subbed in the second round regardless, but um I think that he is just such a good match up for Austin Bashi. Like he's just a tall, upright striker that doesn't have a massive reach advantage, doesn't really have the power or the striking accuracy of Jose Delgado, my goat Jose Delgado. And I do feel like the way that this guy fights, like he's very tall and upright and he just like kind of he kind of just like blobs at you like this standing up tall. **[6:30] Speaker A:** And I feel like Austin Bashi is just going to blast blast double the out of this guy. Like I do feel like Austin Bashi is so much more explosive. On the feet he's very like he's very counterable because I feel like he doesn't really jab, he just swings big meaty hooks. Like he I feel like Lucas Tra- Lucas Tracy would kind of fight like Austin Bashi and Stuart nickel put together. Like that's that's really what I think of Austin Bashi is just the big meaty hooks in the blast doubles. He does remind me of a young prime Lucas do Tracy. So I I do think that on the feet listen he's a little bit exploitable, but in this match up I don't know if if Carlos Cadero has this kind of KO power on the feet. Um and I think when it comes to when Austin Bashi beats him to the hips and gets on the takedowns, he's going to do really well to take this guy down and get on his back. **[7:14] Speaker A:** I think he's going to get a rear naked choke in the second or third round. Um the way that Austin Bashi like chain wrestles and passes and gets to the back, um he's really good and I think that Austin Bashi has legit toughness, great cardio, um kind of a blockhead goat. We love him. I think this is a match up that he wins. So we're going to go with Austin Bashi by rear naked choke in the second or third round. Um yeah, dude. All right. Next fight of the night, I would love if any of these would open. Watch the main event just Bro, this company Bro, you guys sold this for seven bill- like you guys got paid seven billion by Paramount. You can't even fix your website. Come on, mate. You know what I mean? Like come on, mate. Like come on, dude. **[7:52] Speaker A:** It's funny when I do it, you know what I mean? I'm just a YouTuber, you know, when I don't edit I don't fix anything. It's kind of endearing, you know what I mean? But this is just abysmal. Regardless, bro, I'm really excited about this fight. I'm not going to let let this ruin it for me. I really really like this fight. I think this should be on the main card to be honest. I don't really know why we got Mitra Bozo on the main card. I'm not going to lie, this is a way better fight. Really tough fight. I'm going to go with Magomedov by decision. I think this is actually going to be a really tough fight for him. I think that Jose Delano has a very good chance to win this. He has really good takedown defense. He can strike going forward at a high pace. **[8:27] Speaker A:** Good power, good timing. Kind of crafty crafty boxing a little bit similar to Davey Grant. He has good submissions. He has a lot of submissions under his belt. He can win by decision. He doesn't gas out. He's got KO power. He's very well-rounded and I like the way that he fights and I definitely think that he's a very tough match-up for Murtazali Magomedov. But Magomedov seems to be something special. I think that this will be his toughest fight in terms of getting his wrestling and grappling off because like I said, Jose Delano, if you watch the tape, this guy's takedown defense is A1. He's really good overall. I think that the reason I'm going to go with Magomedov by decision is that he won't have a wrestling threat once he gets stuffed a couple of times and his grappling will kind of be less of a factor. **[9:10] Speaker A:** I think it will be a competitive back-and-forth striking fight, but I think that Delano's style kind of opens him up a little bit more to strikes. I don't think he's going to get chimed. I don't think he's going to get submitted, especially submitted. Like maybe he gets chimed, but I don't think he gets submitted. And I think that overall Murtazali Magomedov is just a little bit more powerful, a little bit more, you know, quick and snappy, more explosive. I think that he will have that takedown threat early on to kind of establish some stuff. So, I think this will be a close fight, but I think that Delano will probably lose the first two with that takedown threat getting pieced up a little bit. Starts to walk forward. I think he wins the third round landing straight punches, landing body shots. I was really contemplating picking Delano in this fight. **[9:50] Speaker A:** Like maybe I maybe I should have, but I think he's really good. I think both of these guys are legit like 145 prospects. Really think this should be on the main card. Honestly, I think this should be in front of a crowd if I'm if I'm completely honest, but yeah, I think Magomedov gets this one done by decision. I'm going to go with the undefeated guy. But it's a close fight, all right? **[10:09] Speaker A:** Next fight of the night, we've got Karine Silva versus Gabriella Fernandes. This is tough, dude. This is tough, man. I'm going to go with Silva by decision. I think that it's going to be close. Like I don't know why she's like a ginormous favorite. I'm not super impressed by Karine Silva. Like she's like a good striker. No takedown defense. When she's on bottom, she just throws up subs. Like she doesn't get She's not getting up. Um and some of her wins are kind of robberies. You know what I mean? Like I just think I don't get really get the glaze behind Karine Silva. But my problem with Fernandez and the reason why I'm picking Silva is though like Fernandez, I think has more power on the feet and more of a submission threat and probably has a better grappler overall. She doesn't really shoot takedowns. **[10:55] Speaker A:** Like she does just kind of stand around and hope that you can't chin her and then she's going to take over and start doing well. You know what I mean? That's kind of what she did against Wang Cong. Tried that gimmick against the goat Casey O'Neill. You don't know how hard it has to be a fighter. She tried that gimmick against the goat Casey O'Neill got nuked, dude. Shout out to Casey O'Neill, bro. Friend of the channel. But yeah, I think my problem with Fernandez is like she has power and submissions, but she just kind of stands around. Like she's kind of Cheeto maxing in his prime. You know what I mean? So uh she's not super accurate. She's kind of a slow starter. And I think relying on a KO in women's MMA is really difficult to pull off. So I'm going to say Fernandez, maybe she does well later on in the fight. **[11:35] Speaker A:** Maybe she pulls off with like a round three KO, but I'm going to say Karine Silva wins like a 29-28 decision. Just doing a little bit more output, little bit more shadow boxing at range, little bit quicker early on. I think she's going to get that one done by decision. Next fight of the night, Thomas Peter Griffisson versus Gabriel Lorenzo. Listen, I just need to say this, dude. Okay? I just need to say this. Cuz I I feel like a lot of you guys think I've gone soft and I won't say what I think, bro. That's not true at all. And I'm working I will say this. This is a little bit of inside baseball. I'm working on a debate with DC. I'm trying to make it happen. I'm trying I'm talking to people behind the scenes. I'm trying to get my get back and make a debate with DC. **[12:13] Speaker A:** So if you guys want to see that, let me know in the comments cuz I'm trying to make that happen. But, I I just got to say this, bro. Lorenzo, this guy's ass. Like, I don't rate this guy at all. And I think this guy is like an an emblem. Nothing against the guy personally. I don't know the lad at all, all right? Maybe if I was Brazilian, I'd be glazing this guy. But, um I just think this guy's the perfect example of like, "Yo, he had a round one KO in Contender Series, bro. He's going to win this fight, dude." Like, I swear to god, that's what you hear every week. And then you watch this lad's fight, and you realize that Contender Series is no longer about who's actually good. Like, there is good guys on Contender Series every single year, right? Including this year. **[12:52] Speaker A:** There's heaps of guys that I'm super excited about from this season. But, there's also a bunch of just straight blobs. Like, just straight up you why are you even in the UFC? Like, no disrespect, but honestly, the UFC should have some standards. Like, this guy they they literally just sign everyone who wins, and hope one of them turns out to be good cuz it's cheaper than like carefully selecting who to sign or like we're going to pay Rico Verhoeven a certain amount of money. We're going to pay this guy and this guy. You know, instead of doing all that they're like, "Let's just sign anyone who gets a finish on Contender Series." Or not even a finish. If you're tough and you're a blockhead, you're getting signed. And this guy is like a perfect example of that. Like, a- and too, the thing is like you people glaze the out of Contender Series cuz it's like, "Oh, finishes, bro." **[13:39] Speaker A:** And they glaze fights and it's always good finishes, you know what I mean? When it's literally just low-level fights, and it's like you can have we used to have both of like high-level fighters and finishes. Um and I think this guy's finish on Contender Series is a great example of that. He literally just ducks his This is the highlight of this guy. Boom, and he just catches the at the end of the punch. He's not even looking. He just catches the at the end of the punch. Literally takes no skill whatsoever. Catches the guy at the end of the punch. Just drops some hammer fists to the back of the head, and that's and Chris Tognoni's too scared to jump in. That's the end of it. I don't I'm not picking this guy to beat Thomas Peterson, bro. Peterson can legit wrestle. Like he's not not that good on the feet, but he's like he's got a little bit of crafty boxing like he knows what he knows what to do. **[14:25] Speaker A:** And I think he has the experience in the fight IQ. He's going to mix in takedowns. He's going to blob this guy. And I really hope that he gets a finish so that we can be like, yo, there's we need to chill with these Contender Series signings. Again, nothing against Gabriel Lorenzo. Don't chin me, lad, but I'm going with Peterson easily by decision. Um I do not think this guy is that good to be honest, all right? Featured prelim of the night, we've got Kaichiro Nakamura who fluked Seps La. Not over it. I was there in person. I wasn't happy, mate. I was having a steaming mood. I'm lucky that Volk didn't get fluked, or else I really would have crashed out. But regardless, uh Nakamura coming in taking on Ollie Schmied, who's four and three. And I dude, I'm rooting for Schmied, bro. Like he's a New Zealander. **[15:09] Speaker A:** He's basically Australian. I'm rooting for this guy. I'm picking Nakamura, bro. Like TKO, round two or three. Okay? I hope I'm wrong. I really hope I'm wrong. Um I just think that Schmied is a guy that got thrown into the deep end too early in his career and he's kind of paying the price for it. Like he fought Dim Skillz, who's like a very well-known regional fighter here in Australia. Like super experienced, fought everybody, super entertaining. He's fighting on the 14th, actually. He's very Yeah, I'll be on commentary. Um but you know, he took a lot of damage in that fight against Skillz. And Skillz is not a UFC guy. Like he's a guy that's like seven and five or something like that. Like yeah, Schmied took a beating in that fight. Like he did well early on, but he took a beating. And I think since then, **[15:47] Speaker B:** he rebounded against guys with like basically no fights, looked really good, and then boom, here's My One Rhiki in your UFC debut on short notice. Get slimed. Do you know what I mean? Like it's it's unfortunate, but I think that I just have to bring up the fact that this guy's taken a lot of damage. And I just don't know if he's ready for this this this UFC run right now. Whereas Nakamura, he is quite low output, but he has very good timing. He finds KO shots quite well. And I expect Schmied to actually win the first round. I actually think he's going to look decent in this fight. Like he's actually really good. I think he has a a very good skillset. I think he's really good. It's just I just don't think he's experienced enough against this level of guy, you know, to win these type of fights. **[16:25] Speaker B:** And I also think he's taken a lot of damage, you know? So, that's kind of my problem is like I think Schmidt can wrestle. I think he can strike decently well. Trains with a really good team. Was at City Kickboxing. Now he's at that new gym with Israel Adesanya. Like, this guy's really good. I just think that Nakamura's probably going to cause more damage and win this fight. I think that Schmidt probably takes him down, does well early on, maybe has some flashy moments on the feet. He loves to spin. I think he is very vulnerable to calf kicks. I think Nakamura will start to find that. I think that his hands do come down as the fight goes on. He's open to body shots. I think Nakamura will do a good job dealing with the spinning attacks, too. That's kind of the main weapon of Olli Schmidt is like the spinning back kick, the spinning back fist, all this type of stuff. **[17:04] Speaker B:** Um he did a good job defending that against Sebside. Really was losing that fight because Sebside is an eternal champion. Like, he's a he's a high-level guy that moves very similarly to Volk. Like, he's not the same level as Volk, but he moves quite similar to him. Like, jab, catch you in the pocket with the hook, move around, leg kicks, and just got fluked, you know what I mean? Whereas Schmidt, more aggressive, going to kind of bum rush you, looking to throw something crazy at the end of an exchange. I think that opens him up to counters. I think he's going to get KO'd. I just think it's too much, too soon. It's a it's a big step in competition from Rahiqi. Like, it's a big step down, but that fight was not competitive at all. So, I don't really feel like, "Oh, well, he's going to win against this guy." **[17:40] Speaker B:** Like, there's no shame in in losing a close fight to Rahiqi. It's like, you know what I mean? So, yeah, that that's my opinion. I'm going with Nakamura to close out the prelims. **[17:48] Speaker B:** Let's move on to the main card. I just cannot get over the fact that Markus de Lead looks like Mini like Yes King Bro. Rest in peace, Yes King Bro. He looks like Yes King Bro. I almost wanted to Mitrione is one of these guys like a Pat Sabatino that initially I like hated and now I'm kind of like rooting for him cuz I think it's funny. I almost wanted to fluke up a crafty Mitrione decision victory prediction because I think that Markus de Lead early on is going to be swinging big and missing. And maybe that just carries out through the fight. I think that Mitrione fights decently well on the back foot and he's kind of crafty, but he just has so many like disadvantages physically in this fight. I think that the reach, the height, like I do worry he's probably going to get clipped big. **[18:32] Speaker B:** Like he doesn't really have the power in my opinion to stop Marcos de Lima from coming to get him. I feel like early on he will he will be quite crafty. Like he'll be moving and circling quite well and he'll look good in the boxing compared to Marcos who who kind of just swings wild and I think early on when Reposo is sharp and mobile he'll be able to keep things calm and land the more accurate strikes and maybe mix in takedowns and mix in the clinch. Um and I do think that De Lima will be a guy that's probably look looking to like threaten submissions and then end up on bottom. But I think that 15 minutes with Marcos de Lima who has real like 125 knockout like knockdown power is a very scary prospect. Like I think that he's one of these LFA Brazilian monsters that is probably going to put the pace on Mitrione, be on the front foot, defend the takedowns a little bit easier considering he's going forward. **[19:19] Speaker B:** When he swings big early on I think he will probably get taken down or miss big, but I think as this fight goes on, when we reach like mid round two into round three, I think De Lima is going to start tighten things up a little bit, settle into the fight. I think he's going to find a KO with like a left hook or an uppercut, maybe a body shot. I think that De Lima is just a lot more explosive. So I'm going to go with Marcos de Lima by like round two or three KO. He's an example of a guy from Contender Series that I thought was actually good, all right? Um next fight now we've got Priscila Cachoeira versus Bloody Nina Milosevic mate. And if you don't know why I'm whipping out the Aussie impression cuz she's she's wrapping Sydney dude. So we should we are team Nina Milosevic brother, all right? **[19:56] Speaker B:** We're picking her by round one cut round one cut all right? Round one KO Adelaide, all right? Let's oath, all right? Um I I I'm not built like that, all right? Let me chill. But we're going with Nina Milosevic by round one TKO. Uh Priscila Cachoeira is a jobber in my opinion, so I'm going with Nina to win that one. Uh big fan, great performance in her debut, got a body shot TKO which was really nasty. That was that legendary Serbia card that was, you know, a couple of jobber fights, but also like some fun match-ups, you know what I mean? So, that was a really fun card, like a lot of finishes, a lot of good back-and-forth scraps. Um and she was a big standout from that. So, I'm definitely riding with her on this one. Let's move on. There's this kid called Lucas Fernando. **[20:36] Speaker B:** There's a guy called Lucas I don't even know who Lucas Fernando is. Dude, I didn't have to say anything. Like, I just let that moment speak for itself in the video. I hope you guys understand what was going on in that that that Timbo and DC interview. Like I said, I'm trying to work on the the rematch, all right? Um we got Lucas Fernando versus Billy Elekana. I think Billy Elekana is pretty solid, but I'm going to go with Lucas Fernando by KO in the third or second round. I really feel like this guy has potential to be top 15. I think he is like he's got that type of build and that striking game that he's going to give Billy Elekana a lot of problems. I think that this is a good test for him. I think that Billy Elekana is pretty solid overall. **[21:16] Speaker B:** Like, he will try to wrestle and I and I like that. I I think he's one of the rare 205ers that will mix things up depending on who he's fighting and will kind of, you know, have a sort of game plan to test out everything. He's not like a KO or bust type of guy. Like, he can win by decision. He's very solid at point fighting. He does just get hit really hard and seem to just kind of accept it and start crumbling. Like, I think that Junior Tafa, if he had any takedown defense, he would have beat Billy Elekana. He was hurting him. He was landing good shots on him. Uh you know, Bogdan Guskov got out of that back control, immediately turned the tides on him, and Billy Elekana kind of crumbled. I know it was like short notice, but still. Um the only guy that I remember him beating quite easily was like Ibo Aslan, and that's cuz Ibo Aslan couldn't hit a you know, like Ibo Aslan's accuracy is so low. **[21:59] Speaker B:** Like, he's just a meathead just swinging hooks. So, I think that Fernando is a lot more technical than those guys, but has the size, the girth, the tonnage at the wazoo. Uh fought Rafael Tobias, who can get submissions, I can grapple decently well, um even though he has zero fight IQ. I think Billy Elekana has better fight IQ, but probably worse physicality. I think that Fernando, with the jabs, with the knees, with the leg kicks, huge reach advantage, I think he's going to get this one done by KO in the second or third round. Um I think that he's probably going to get out of some sort of like takedown entry with a knee and maybe push back Elekana to the cage, let his hands go, maybe rip a punch to the body that drops him, start landing knees to the head, Elekana kind of crumbles. **[22:40] Speaker B:** That's going to be the end of it. Up against the cage, I'm saying knees and punches. Uh in honor of Guru, I'm going to say body shot against the fence, you know. Real ones remember when every prediction from Guru was like body shots against the fence, mate. All right? Featured fight tonight, there's still nothing opening. We've got Davey Grant. Oh my days, it's dangerous. Davey Grant, mate, he's a legend of the game. versus Elijah Smith. Um Davey Grant liked one of my comments on Instagram, so shout out to the goat Davey Grant. Elijah Smith, very good prospect. This is a really good featured fight. I actually am very excited about this. Um I'm going to go with Elijah Smith by decision. I think that this is going to be a competitive fight. I think Davey Grant is actually a really really tough fight for Elijah Smith. **[23:25] Speaker B:** Um he's got the crafty craftiness, you know, he mixes up the body and the head strikes well. He's good at being on the back foot. Like Davey Grant's not a guy that has to be fighting one way or the other. Like he can grit out bad fights. He can survive a round of of getting his back taken and then turn the tides, you know what I mean? Like he can win a fight that he's losing. Davey Grant is never going to like give up and or anything like that. He's happy to fight wherever the fight goes because he's so experienced, because he's so crafty, and he has the power. Um Solid takedown defense, like not not the best in the world, but like not not a major liability, which is interesting in this fight. Um not the most physical, and I think that's a big factor why I'm probably going to go with Smith. **[24:03] Speaker B:** Like I I think that the kicking game of Davey Grant is very interesting. I'm interested to see how much he utilizes his calf kicks and his front kicks and his body kicks and his movement and his footwork, and I think he's very very crafty when it comes to that. And I do think he's going to have success in this fight. I think this is going to be a competitive decision fight where either guy could really come away with it. I just think that Smith has bigger power, way more athletic, way more explosive, very good grappling when he gets on top. He can be taken down. He can be out scrambled by Crofty Evets. But, I I think fundamentally Davey Grant is going to have most success striking and kind of piece him up, counter him early on. But, I think that Smith's physicality is a huge factor to consider and I think it's going to make Davey Grant a little bit more defensive and kind of punching to be moving more than just standing his ground and **[24:52] Speaker B:** kind of and trading, which is where we see him get these KO's. So, I think that the the pop and the thud and the the snap of of Elijah Smith is going to put Davey Grant a little bit more on the defensive and make him a little bit more pitter-patter and, you know, maybe make it a close fight, but I think Elijah Smith will probably have the bigger moments with his physicality. Like, getting takedowns, landing big shots that Davey Grant just doesn't see coming cuz he's way faster and way more powerful. Um I think it's going to be a decision win for Elijah Smith. Maybe he finds a a submission, um depending if he's just better than I think, but I do think he can win this fight. I I really like Elijah Smith as a prospect, but I think Davey Grant's going to be a tough fight for him. **[25:29] Speaker B:** All right? Co-main event, we've got Tatiana Suarez versus Viviane Araujo D'obera. I'm going with Araujo D'obera to win this, bro. I think that Tatiana Suarez is Listen, there's a lot of things to like about Tatiana Suarez. She's very physically imposing. She's got a big frame, big reach, big strength for the division. But, I feel like she's pretty one-dimensional. Like, she doesn't really strike. She's like a southpaw. She'll throw a couple punches and then she wants to get a hold of you. And if she gets a hold the body lock, she's very, very effective. Um if she can get you against the cage, she will just smudge you there. She'll get her hands together. She'll dump you. Um The biggest weapons that she has in terms of her finishing ability and her, you know, fight altering moments are the guillotine and the rear naked choke. But, when she gets reversed or when she gets taken down, she doesn't really look to sweep or, you know, build back up to her initially. **[26:19] Speaker B:** She's looking to wrestle up and keep it going. And I don't think that on her back she's very effective at all. And there's no ground and pound really doesn't Again, her striking is not really anything worth noting. Whereas Viviane Araujo D'obera, I mean, know she's a mean but she's low-key good. Like she's actually the female Honey Badger in my opinion. She's very crafty with her BJJ. She times her takedowns very well. I fully expect her to kind of surprise Tatiana Suarez and time her with a takedown. And if Tatiana Suarez jumps the guillotine on her, I mean maybe she gets subbed but I think Virna Jandiroba is so experienced and so good in the grappling that she can probably get out of it uh better than me and get on top and control the round. I don't think Tatiana Suarez will have easy time getting back up without wrestling up and maybe giving up her own neck or getting her back taken. **[27:02] Speaker B:** So, I I think that the problem for Bro, my You guys can't hear my cat but this is like still going at the door trying to get in just to leave in 10 seconds. I'm actually getting sick of this bro. But regardless, um the problem for Suarez in terms of her her lone loss to Weili Zhang were uh sorry, Jandiroba, her loss to Mackenzie Dern most recently is when someone can be offensive off their back. Like she's going to take you down but if somebody can be actively punching off their back, threatening submissions, right? Genuinely sweeping and scrambling and reversing position. That is her problem, right? And on the feet, Mackenzie Dern is a blockhead. She's going to throw strikes. She's going to land. Um and I think that in this fight it's going to just be Suarez kind of standing around looking to get takedowns. **[27:51] Speaker B:** And even if she takes down Virna, I think Jandiroba has shown she has good sweeps, good get-ups. She has legit jiu-jitsu off her back. She can wrestle up without giving up her neck. She can get to good positions. She can get on top. And I think overall her grappling IQ is higher. Has better boxing. She's going to be on the front foot. She's going to be a gritty gritster. She's probably going to slow down in the third, get taken down, and lose the entire round. But I'm going to go with Virna Jandiroba by 29-28 decision. **[28:15] Speaker B:** I think that she's very underrated and I think she probably wins that fight, all right, man? Main event of the evening, we've got Waldo Cortez Acosta. I have been stemming the Dominican dad like versus Johnny Walker. I know black I Dominican. I know black, bro. I'm nunca going to be black. I'm Dominican, papi. We got Waldo versus Johnny Walker. This is an interesting main event cuz I do feel like the chinny narrative for Johnny Walker, it's not fully proven at heavyweight. We don't really know, right? There's got to be something to the fact that this guy's now not cutting 40 lbs, right? Like there's got to be something to that. I think that the weight cut is a very underrated part of this this breakdown. And when it comes to them as fighters, I think obviously Waldo Cortes Acosta is the better boxer, but he's very low output. **[29:01] Speaker B:** And that kind of makes me think this will go longer than people expect. Um one thing about Waldo is he will cover distance quite well with like three to four strikes. Like he has fast counters with the right hand. Usually though, like he can he has these moments where he's like cover distance bang bang bang. Or, you know, pull back right hand super effective, you know what I mean? Like he's got that a couple times, but otherwise he does just kind of like jab and jiggle around. Like he's gets hit with calf kicks, gets hit with leg kicks. He isn't chinny to the legs like some of my goats, you know what I mean? But he does get hit with them. And I think overall Waldo does struggle with guys that can move around and be light on their feet and control the range and land jabs, land kicks, mix in the clinch and the wrestling. **[29:41] Speaker B:** And I think Johnny Walker has a decent style to kind of frustrate Waldo Cortes Acosta. Like he's going to spam leg kicks. He will like kick and then put a punch right behind it. I could see that working decently well on Waldo who doesn't really, you know, address those kicks too much. Like he'll just kind of pull back his legs. I think his head will still be on center line. And one thing about Johnny Walker that we all know is he's very effective in the clinch. If he gets a hold of Waldo Waldo Cortes Acosta, I think he's going to have success with knees to the body, elbows. Um when he breaks out of the clinch, I do think he could maybe get caught with a big right hand. Um and Walker can be backed up if you can shut down the leg kicks. If you can make it a straight I'm in your face boxing with you like a Volkan Oezdemir or Magomed Ankalaev who actually check the kicks very very well. **[30:24] Speaker B:** The And Dominick Reyes as well, obviously being a southpaw, those leg kicks weren't really there as much. That is when he when he has troubles, right? Um because then when it comes to the boxing, he'll he'll frame out with his feet together. He'll put his chin up. He really relies on the fact that people are worried about running into him and getting caught. And I think back to guys like Oezdemir who were able to like jab to the body and then find shots up top and then eventually chin him. It's interesting breaking them down cuz I could see a world where Walker just spams kicks and Waldo kind of jiggles around at range and flicks the jab and both guys don't really commit to anything much else and it's a close fight. And I could also see a world where, you know, Waldo is getting pieced and kind of nukes Johnny Walker on the chin on the break of a clinch. **[31:07] Speaker B:** It's It's They They have similar things that could bother the other person in terms of their what they're good at, what they're bad at. I don't know why, but I think this fight's going to be boring as Like that's my prediction. I think that this is going to be a snoozer. I think this is either going to be a Waldo Cortes da Costa round two KO or this is going to be like Thiago Santos versus Johnny Walker. It seems like Walker has figured out not to just jump around and fight with his chin up. And Waldo is also very low output, like I said. He's not going to rush things. And I feel like sometimes that almost costs him decisions where he's just getting stuck with body kicks and leg kicks. Landing his jab, you know, landing big overhands that kind of get blocked and they're glancing and he gets hit with stuff that's glancing and it's It's very tough to say who won. **[31:52] Speaker B:** Whereas Walker will probably have higher output, bigger moments, like more explosive moments. Even if they're not landing fully clean on Waldo, I feel like Waldo is not going to like force the issue too much against Johnny Walker as this fight goes on. I'm going to say Johnny Walker wins this by decision. I'm going to say this is a snoozer. I'll say Johnny Walker spams leg kicks, spams calf kicks. Waldo doesn't necessarily get rocked with them the way that Zhangmingyang did or like Mick Parkin. Maybe he does. Maybe Walker just destroys him. But I'll say that that Waldo does a little bit better dealing with that. But that stops him from throwing his jab as much. That stops him from kind of covering distance as much. And it's mainly just Johnny Walker kind of jiggling around, popping the jab, popping the leg kicks, whipping up you know what I mean? **[32:36] Speaker B:** Waldo tries to rush him. Johnny Walker clinches him up. A lot of just fainting and and backing themselves up against the cage kind of waiting for the other guy to do something stupid. I think that Waldo's game works best against blobs. Whereas Johnny Walker like his losses, Volkan Oezdemir not a bad loss at all. Magomed Ankalaev not a bad loss at all. Like I think Johnny Walker is going to look so much faster at heavyweight than he has at light heavyweight compared to the guys that he's fighting now. Waldo is not slow. He's not plodding, but he is still a blob. So I think that Johnny Walker does have the type of game to kind of frustrate Waldo Cortes da Costa and win a decision or he's getting nuked out cold. That's kind of my opinions on it. But let me know your predictions in the comments down below. **[33:16] Speaker B:** If you agree, if you disagree, let me know what you guys think. If you enjoyed the video, make sure you drop a like, subscribe to the channel, go follow me on Instagram and Twitter at Bedtime MMA, and I will see you guys in the next video, man. Goodbye.