Post by Tractorpull on Sept 8, 2017 14:25:14 GMT -6
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Tractorpull started doing predictions some seventeen years ago. Tractorpull has done many thousands of predictions and until several years ago the correct prediction rate was somewhere around 65%, which the previous commissioner thought was excellent. I took over a little over four years ago. Since then we have had a wave of new stables and big increase in FCBA members. Now my correct prediction rate is 76% I am better than my predecessor? That answer is NO. The fact is, fights are getting easier to predict. We are seeing way too many debuts that are so easy. We have too many fighters who shouldn’t be here.I know there are always upsets, but fights are being made that are one sided. For once after looking over this card, it seems most of the challenges are reasonable with no obvious mismatches
As usual my predictions are littered with uncalled for criticisms, cheap shots and unflattering comments In our last series of predictions I went 20-6 and a total of 958-293
KENDRICK/SHAHI Kendrick has won three of four this year with wins over a couple top ten fighters. Shahi is on the opposite track losing three of four. She looked a little old in her August PPV fight. Boxing World has Kendrick ranked at one. A loss here could cost her a title fight. She won’t lose. Kendrick by a KO
HENSTRIDGE/KNIGHTLEY This comes awfully close to a fight that shouldn’t have been made. Henstridge is on a seven fight win streak after her big win over Scerbo in the August PPV. Knightley hasn’t been used much in the last couple of years. She has lost her last five and her last win was in December 2013. Knightley could possibly win this fight but it “ain't" going to happen. Henstridge by a KO
SCODELARIO/OLSEN Scodelario has now won eight straight. Her competition has not been the best, but perfectly suitable for one with only twelve FCBA bouts. Olsen has lost four of her last five conventional bouts. Boxing World has Scodelario at 14 and Olsen at 27. I think those ranking are accurate and predict a Scodelario win by a KO
SWIFT/KENDALL JENNER Jenner is 8-1 for the year with some impressive wins including two Hall Of Fame members. Swift has won ten straight, but her competition has not been nearly as good as Jenner’s. She was dropped from my top ten because of inactivity. I have always thought Swift was fighting over her capabilities. This should prove that. Jenner by a KO
M. RYAN/FREEMAN This bout could have title implications. Ryan is now 3-2 for the year after beating Gemma Atkinson in the July PPV. Freeman actually has a better record than Ryan, but not this year. She lost to Upton and then beat Prejean which is no big feat. This is a 50-50 fight. I like Freeman a lot, so I am going to have to go with her to win
DORMER/M. KELLY Dormer has been inactive recently with only four fights in three years and is on a four fight losing streak. Kelly is one of the better bantams is 2-2 on the year after losing to VanCamp and C. Holt. I don’t expect another loss by Kelly in this bout. Kelly by a KO
DECKER/ROBACH This is another 50-50 lightweight bout. The only thing I am sure of is that the winner will be blonde. Decker returned to the ring wars after being canned by Front Street by beating Kendall Jenner and Agdal. Robach is having a good year, even after losing to Upton and Ferguson. I am going to go with Decker to win by a KO
PANETTIERE/HALE This is Panettiere’s 95th fight on her way to the Hall OF Fame. She is 1-2 for the year after a win over Kunis. Hale is 2-1 for the year after beating Emilia Clarke and Hudgens. Hale won the previous fight between these two. I think she will win again Hale by a KO
WINSTEAD/GONZALES Winstead is 4-1 for the year with all her bouts against top lightweights. Gonzales is 1-2 after losing a title shot fight to Refaeli. This is going to be a learning experience for Gonzales, albeit not a pleasant one. Winstead by a KO
ORRANTIA/BENSON Orrantia has had two fights this year and failed to last past the sixth round in both. Benson is 2-2 for the annum not counting her JMD bout in the PLL PPV. Benson has vastly more experience. I have to go with Benson
HUDGENS/VIKANDER Hudgens is 5-2 for the year and ranked at five among the flyweights. Boxing World ranks 191 flyweights and Vikander isn’t one of them. An oversight of the part of Smackey? She is three inches taller than Hudgens. It isn’t going to help. Hudgens by a KO
DOBREV/GLAU This is Dobrev’ second fight of the year after losing to Claire Holt in June. Glau is 0-3 for the year and has lost her last five. Dobrev by a TKO.
GOMEZ/E. CLARKE I predicted this fight for the August PPV. I said Gomez would win. I haven’t changed my mind
LOVATO/WILDE Lovato is 5-1 in conventional bouts this year. Wilde is 1-1 and hasn’t fought since losing a title fight to Bellisario in March. I like the Wilde girl, but I think her a six month layoff is going to hurt. Lovato by a KO
BENOIST/KOSARIN Two relatively newcomers with ten bouts between them. Benoist has won both her bouts this year. Kosarin has lost both hers. One thing in common. The both lost to Bennet. I go with Benoist. Don’t ask me why
O. HOLT/McCURDY Holt has had three fights and lost two. McCurdy has a lot more experience, but has lost three of her last four. To be honest, I don’t have a clue. I will go with McCurdy based on experience
L. COLLINS/CYRUS Collins is 4-2 for the year with a win over Hudgens. This will be Cyrus’ first fight of the year. She has lost her last three although to good opponents. Collins by a TKO
LOPILATO/R. TAYLOR Lopilato broke in last year with a bang going 4-0. This year, not so good, going 5-3. Taylor has fought all over the world, not being successful anywhere. She is 0-5 in the FCBA, but her last three losses were to top ten opponents, better than anything Lopilato has faced. Taylor causes me a lot of concern in this bout, but I will go with Lopilato to win
DIZON/COTILLIARD On every card there is a bout that makes me want to go down to the bar and have an adult beverage. In this case, I would probably have two, maybe three. This bout is about as uninteresting as it can get. Dizon lost to Frege, How’s that for a recommendation. Dizon has had three fights, Cotilliard two and they have yet to win one. Cotillard is 43 so I will go with Dizon and desperately hope there is not a rematch
RIGHETTI/G. ATKINSON Let’s make this short. Everyone knows I don’t bet against Righetti unless she is fighting the 101st Airborne. She isn’t. Righetti by a KO
UPTON/DADDARIO JMDD
C. COLE/M. FOX For the flyweight title. Cole is the current BBU flyweight champ and is currently 5-0 for the year in the FCBA and is ranked at two by Boxing World. Fox, who had a losing record going into the year is now 10-0 for the year with two title defenses, I keep on predicting she will lose. Why change? Cole will be the new champ by a KO
BENNET/VANCAMP For the bantam title. VanCamp is 8-1 this year with three title defenses. Bennet is 4-0 for the year and 18-3 for her career. Still, I was surprised that VanCamp tapped her for a title fight. Bennet’s competition has been on the light side. Then I remembered that VanCamp had previously beaten Bennet in a seventeen round bout. The longest in FCBA history, which showed that Bennet could hold her own against the three time champion. I would like to see Bennet be successful this time, I just don’t believe she will. VanCamp retains the title
LIMA/REFAELI For the lightweight title An inter-stable bout designed to give Lima another win to pad her record. It will accomplish it’s mission Lima by a KO
RHODA/LAW A somewhat surprising pairing. Rhoda is 7-1 for the year after taking the title from Upton last month. Law is 1-1 on the year and has lost three of her last four. Her last bout was against Rhoda in March which she lost by a KO Law is a dangerous fighter that can certainly win this bout. Boxing World has her ranked at five. I dropped her from the rankings because of inactivity. The inactivity concerns me. I will go with Rhoda to keep the title
Tractorpull started doing predictions some seventeen years ago. Tractorpull has done many thousands of predictions and until several years ago the correct prediction rate was somewhere around 65%, which the previous commissioner thought was excellent. I took over a little over four years ago. Since then we have had a wave of new stables and big increase in FCBA members. Now my correct prediction rate is 76% I am better than my predecessor? That answer is NO. The fact is, fights are getting easier to predict. We are seeing way too many debuts that are so easy. We have too many fighters who shouldn’t be here.I know there are always upsets, but fights are being made that are one sided. For once after looking over this card, it seems most of the challenges are reasonable with no obvious mismatches
As usual my predictions are littered with uncalled for criticisms, cheap shots and unflattering comments In our last series of predictions I went 20-6 and a total of 958-293
KENDRICK/SHAHI Kendrick has won three of four this year with wins over a couple top ten fighters. Shahi is on the opposite track losing three of four. She looked a little old in her August PPV fight. Boxing World has Kendrick ranked at one. A loss here could cost her a title fight. She won’t lose. Kendrick by a KO
HENSTRIDGE/KNIGHTLEY This comes awfully close to a fight that shouldn’t have been made. Henstridge is on a seven fight win streak after her big win over Scerbo in the August PPV. Knightley hasn’t been used much in the last couple of years. She has lost her last five and her last win was in December 2013. Knightley could possibly win this fight but it “ain't" going to happen. Henstridge by a KO
SCODELARIO/OLSEN Scodelario has now won eight straight. Her competition has not been the best, but perfectly suitable for one with only twelve FCBA bouts. Olsen has lost four of her last five conventional bouts. Boxing World has Scodelario at 14 and Olsen at 27. I think those ranking are accurate and predict a Scodelario win by a KO
SWIFT/KENDALL JENNER Jenner is 8-1 for the year with some impressive wins including two Hall Of Fame members. Swift has won ten straight, but her competition has not been nearly as good as Jenner’s. She was dropped from my top ten because of inactivity. I have always thought Swift was fighting over her capabilities. This should prove that. Jenner by a KO
M. RYAN/FREEMAN This bout could have title implications. Ryan is now 3-2 for the year after beating Gemma Atkinson in the July PPV. Freeman actually has a better record than Ryan, but not this year. She lost to Upton and then beat Prejean which is no big feat. This is a 50-50 fight. I like Freeman a lot, so I am going to have to go with her to win
DORMER/M. KELLY Dormer has been inactive recently with only four fights in three years and is on a four fight losing streak. Kelly is one of the better bantams is 2-2 on the year after losing to VanCamp and C. Holt. I don’t expect another loss by Kelly in this bout. Kelly by a KO
DECKER/ROBACH This is another 50-50 lightweight bout. The only thing I am sure of is that the winner will be blonde. Decker returned to the ring wars after being canned by Front Street by beating Kendall Jenner and Agdal. Robach is having a good year, even after losing to Upton and Ferguson. I am going to go with Decker to win by a KO
PANETTIERE/HALE This is Panettiere’s 95th fight on her way to the Hall OF Fame. She is 1-2 for the year after a win over Kunis. Hale is 2-1 for the year after beating Emilia Clarke and Hudgens. Hale won the previous fight between these two. I think she will win again Hale by a KO
WINSTEAD/GONZALES Winstead is 4-1 for the year with all her bouts against top lightweights. Gonzales is 1-2 after losing a title shot fight to Refaeli. This is going to be a learning experience for Gonzales, albeit not a pleasant one. Winstead by a KO
ORRANTIA/BENSON Orrantia has had two fights this year and failed to last past the sixth round in both. Benson is 2-2 for the annum not counting her JMD bout in the PLL PPV. Benson has vastly more experience. I have to go with Benson
HUDGENS/VIKANDER Hudgens is 5-2 for the year and ranked at five among the flyweights. Boxing World ranks 191 flyweights and Vikander isn’t one of them. An oversight of the part of Smackey? She is three inches taller than Hudgens. It isn’t going to help. Hudgens by a KO
DOBREV/GLAU This is Dobrev’ second fight of the year after losing to Claire Holt in June. Glau is 0-3 for the year and has lost her last five. Dobrev by a TKO.
GOMEZ/E. CLARKE I predicted this fight for the August PPV. I said Gomez would win. I haven’t changed my mind
LOVATO/WILDE Lovato is 5-1 in conventional bouts this year. Wilde is 1-1 and hasn’t fought since losing a title fight to Bellisario in March. I like the Wilde girl, but I think her a six month layoff is going to hurt. Lovato by a KO
BENOIST/KOSARIN Two relatively newcomers with ten bouts between them. Benoist has won both her bouts this year. Kosarin has lost both hers. One thing in common. The both lost to Bennet. I go with Benoist. Don’t ask me why
O. HOLT/McCURDY Holt has had three fights and lost two. McCurdy has a lot more experience, but has lost three of her last four. To be honest, I don’t have a clue. I will go with McCurdy based on experience
L. COLLINS/CYRUS Collins is 4-2 for the year with a win over Hudgens. This will be Cyrus’ first fight of the year. She has lost her last three although to good opponents. Collins by a TKO
LOPILATO/R. TAYLOR Lopilato broke in last year with a bang going 4-0. This year, not so good, going 5-3. Taylor has fought all over the world, not being successful anywhere. She is 0-5 in the FCBA, but her last three losses were to top ten opponents, better than anything Lopilato has faced. Taylor causes me a lot of concern in this bout, but I will go with Lopilato to win
DIZON/COTILLIARD On every card there is a bout that makes me want to go down to the bar and have an adult beverage. In this case, I would probably have two, maybe three. This bout is about as uninteresting as it can get. Dizon lost to Frege, How’s that for a recommendation. Dizon has had three fights, Cotilliard two and they have yet to win one. Cotillard is 43 so I will go with Dizon and desperately hope there is not a rematch
RIGHETTI/G. ATKINSON Let’s make this short. Everyone knows I don’t bet against Righetti unless she is fighting the 101st Airborne. She isn’t. Righetti by a KO
UPTON/DADDARIO JMDD
C. COLE/M. FOX For the flyweight title. Cole is the current BBU flyweight champ and is currently 5-0 for the year in the FCBA and is ranked at two by Boxing World. Fox, who had a losing record going into the year is now 10-0 for the year with two title defenses, I keep on predicting she will lose. Why change? Cole will be the new champ by a KO
BENNET/VANCAMP For the bantam title. VanCamp is 8-1 this year with three title defenses. Bennet is 4-0 for the year and 18-3 for her career. Still, I was surprised that VanCamp tapped her for a title fight. Bennet’s competition has been on the light side. Then I remembered that VanCamp had previously beaten Bennet in a seventeen round bout. The longest in FCBA history, which showed that Bennet could hold her own against the three time champion. I would like to see Bennet be successful this time, I just don’t believe she will. VanCamp retains the title
LIMA/REFAELI For the lightweight title An inter-stable bout designed to give Lima another win to pad her record. It will accomplish it’s mission Lima by a KO
RHODA/LAW A somewhat surprising pairing. Rhoda is 7-1 for the year after taking the title from Upton last month. Law is 1-1 on the year and has lost three of her last four. Her last bout was against Rhoda in March which she lost by a KO Law is a dangerous fighter that can certainly win this bout. Boxing World has her ranked at five. I dropped her from the rankings because of inactivity. The inactivity concerns me. I will go with Rhoda to keep the title