Post by Tractorpull on Nov 9, 2019 15:29:45 GMT -6
TESS VALMORE
Once again, I present this month’s edition of our much ridiculed predictions. As usual it is littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In last months action, I went 36-13 running my total to 1983-594 or 77% correct
LOVATO/KOSARIN Lovato comes in with a 10-1 record for the year in conventional bouts and held the title from April to August. Kosarin comes in with a 5-3 record, but one of those losses was to Kendall Jenner a top lightweight. A win here could get Kosarin a title match. She will fall short. Lovato will win
LILLY/WILDE Since losing a title bout in April of last year. Lilly has gone 16-3, but has been avoided like poison by title holders. This will be her 96th fight. She already has the win percentage to enter the Hall Of Fame with her 100th bout. Wilde is only 35, but she is showing all the signs of being on the downside. She has lost nine of her last 12 over a three year period. Lilly will add anther notch to her belt
BEER/HALSEY Two singers. I have never heard Beer and am not a fan of Halsey. Beer has won two of three while as far as I know, Halsey has won zip. I have to go with Beer
UPTON/KLOSS Upton has recently spent her time in JMDD and dropped out of Tractorpull rankings since she didn’t have a conventional bout since August. She has a 5-2 record for the year in conventional fights with her wins over average fighters or the 44 year old Theron is a mismatch. Two years ago this might have been a headline match. No longer. Kloss has lost four of her last six bouts and three of four this year. The two have fought once before with Upton winning. She will repeat.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS/HOUGH At 39, Williams keeps on rolling She is 14-2 over the last two years. and 4-1 for this year. Hough has had only five fights in the last three years and lost four of them, the last four. Chalk up another win for Williams.
LARSON/DENNINGS. Dennings is 18-2 over the last three years with her losses being to Lovato and Bella Thorne. Larson has come on strong this year being 6-2 with a big win over Ratajkowski. Larson has faced better competition recently. This is a big fight for Dennings. She really needs to win this one despite her record. I go with Dennings, but don’t bet money on this prediction
McNAMARA/HAYLEY WILLIAMS I’ve seen some comment recently on the board about McNamara. Frankly, I have never seen her. She is 3-1 for the year with her loss being to Emma Watson I like Hayley Williams. but this may be a do or die fight for her. She is now 6-7 after losing to Becky G. in September. I think a loss her will jeopardize her stay in Dollhouse. McNamara is young and bigger. I have to reluctantly go with McNarmara
OLSEN/N.SCOTT Scott is 4-1 for the year with wins over Selena Gomez and Benson. Her loss was to Gardner. Olsen is 5-4 during the year, but she has fought top talent. Olsen has the experience against top talent that Scott doesn’t. It will pay off and Olsen wins
BENOIST/D.JOHNSON Benoist is an average bantam with a record of 3-3 this year. She lost to Ridley in October. Johnson surprised everyone this year as she won a fight beating Dawson in July. That will be her highpoint for the year. Benoist wins
BENSON/K.KARDASHIAN Why Benson is still around PLP, I don’t understand. She has lost eight of her last nine, but three of those losses have been at JMD, her only three JMD bouts. Clearly she is not cut out for JMD. The question is, is she still cut out for conventional fights? She is fighting Kardashian who has won two conventional fights this year against cupcake opponents. Benson loses, she needs to go. I think she will avoid that with a win
PORTMAN/JUSTICE Portman is one of those Hall Of Fame fighters whose long career is starting to tell due to wear and tear. Still, she can and does win being 3-2 for the year. Justice is quickly deteriorating. She is 3-6 for the year and has lost four of her last five including a loss to Duff. Portman will win
PAUSINI/HEARD Heard is not a great fighter, but she did upset Lopilato in October. I don’t even know why Pausini is allowed to fight. She had had twelve FCBA fights and lost them all, lasting past the fifth only twice. Heard wins
MEIS/HAYEK Meis is a Vassago favorite meaning she fights in the BBU and JMD. She is 3-1 in conventional FCBA fights with wins over average opponents. Hayek is 3-5 in her most recent bouts, but those bouts are scattered over six years. Meis is 41. Hayek is 53. I don’t know if this is going to be listed as a cougar bout, but I doubt it. Meis should win
S.TURNER/SAMPAIO Sampaio is another import from the BBU. I keep asking, where is that wall? Anyway she is 1-4, losing both her bouts this year. As a reward for her success (sarcasm) she is rewarded with a bout with Sophie Turner, an up and coming lightweight who is 4-0 for this year after beating Yustman in the October PPV. It’s not going to go well for Sampaio. Yustman didn’t last four. Will Sampaio?
PANETTIERE/JOHANSSON Johansson’s film career may be in full swing, but her boxing career is not. She has lost eleven of her last 24 and is 1-6 for the year with her win being over Lohan, who has lost nine of her last ten. Panettiere has recovered somewhat from a terrible 2018 being 4-2 for the year. The two fought once before with Johansson winning. That was long before Johansson hit the skids. Panettiere will get revenge
LYNCH/GRIMES. Grimes is an average fighter with a 2-2 record for 2019. She is an independent and a win here could get her management. Lynch is one of the better bantams, but is somewhat unpredictable. She beat Alexis Ren, a top lightweight then loses to Evigan. Lynch wins
REN/MAXWELL Didn’t I just mention Ren? She has been a busy girl this year with a 7-4 record. She has wins over Kendall Jenner, Cerny and Lima. She was ranked a five in the lightweights in the last Tractorpull ranking and eight in the Boxing World’s rankings which are a little older. I don’t even know who Maxwell is but she 1-2 in the FCBA. This is not going to go well for Maxwell. My guess is she will be gone by the sixth
LOPILATO/GLAU Lopilato was having a fairly good year until she lost to Heard in the October PPV. Who do you call when you want a win? You don’t call Ghostbusters, you call Glau. Glau has been a punching bag for four years losing her last 13. Her last win was in December 2015. I don’t expect Lopilato to have much trouble
GERBER/E.ADAMS Gerber is the daughter of Cindy Crawford who is an FCBA enigma. She held five unified titles and five divisional titles and had a losing record Gerber is 1-1 for the year against fighters who are not familiar to me. Adams had one fight back in December 2017 which she lost. I don’t have a clue, so I will go with Gerber on a gene basis
LIMA/DIDONATO Lima started off the year in fine fashion with wins over Krsmanovic and Sagra, then lost her last three to top lightweights. DiDonato is having a great year being 10-1 in conventional bouts. Her only loss was to Ambrosio which she revenged in the October PPV. She is due a title fight, but to get it she can’t lose. I have to go with DiDonato
TAILOR/LAWRENCE Recently Tailor has been wasted at JMDD. Her last four fights have been in the genre. She has a winning record in conventional bouts. Lawrence lost a title fight to Righetti that she had no chance of winning. In the last two years she has done fairly well against welters, but as I pointed out last month, she had fought four lightweights and one bantam recently and lost all of them. Maybe that says more about the welters than Lawrence. She has fought Tailor once before and lost. I’m going to take a chance on Lawrence since Tailor has been busy In JMDD She finally beats a lightweight
GONZALEZ/ROHRBACH Gonzalez has been fighting a good schedule. She is 3-3 for the year after losing to DiDonato in September. Rohrbach has been all over the place this year. She has fought welters, lightweights, bantams and JMD. She beat Swan, but lost to Ratajkowski a bantam. I have to go with Gonzalez
MAYBERRY/BASSINGER Mayberry, one of the least used Dollhouse members has had a good 5-1 record, but hasn’t beaten any one of note. Bassinger has had two bouts which she won. I’m going to take a chance on Mayberry
CHASTAIN/HEADEY Chastain is having a good year against average opponents. I have no idea who Headey is, so I will go with the known. Chastain wins
EVIGAN/MCCARTHY Evigan is 3-3 for the year and has a win over Lynch. For a fighter of advanced age Mac is not doing badly with a 3-4 record. As much as I would like to put my fist in her face sometimes, she is kind of like a friend so I want her to win. Evigan is a brunette. Mac is a blonde (I think) I expect her to uphold the honor of blondes. She should win. If she doesn’t, she and I are going to have a little talk
KENDALL JENNER/PALICKI Jenner is the best lightweight going now. Palicki is a big heavy hitter, but is having a bad year. She has fought four lightweights and lost all four. She has fought one welter and won. Does that seem like a familiar song? Jenner wins
C.COLE/SOLO Cole isn’t having a good year either in the FCBA or the BBU. After three great years she has unexpectedly turned sour. Solo hasn’t turned sour. She has never been good. Cole should get her second win of the year
M.KELLY/KEBBEL THIS IS A MISMATCH Here is another. I see the name Kebbel and I wonder who she is. She has had two fights in three years and hasn’t won. Don’t tell me Kelly’s management asked for this bout. Kelly wins with not much trouble
DOBREV/KING This is a much bigger match for King than Dobrev. King has a 17-1 record for the year, but this is the biggest fight of her career. A win here guarantees her spot in Front Street for the next year. Dobrev is having her fifth straight fine year. She has vastly more experience than King and has fought for better competition. It all spells a hard time for King. Dobrev will keep King’s status in question
YUSTMAN/BARNES THIS IS A GROSS MISMATCH Yustman has lost her last three and dropped out of the top ten, but this is ridiculous. Barnes is a 34 year old rookie who has had one fight and lost it to a bantam. Now I ask you who do you think going to win? If you say Barnes, you have some serious delusions
MORETZ/FANNING This is one of those fights that makes me want to go down to the bar and have a cocktail Moretz has lost 63% of her fights and six of her last seven. As bad as that is, it looks good when compared to Fanning who has lost 75% of her fights and her last six. Fanning has lost to the better competition, however I have to believe that Moretz will win
BECKY G/GRANDE Let’s make this fast. Whoever fights Grande wins
MITCHELL/REINHART I like Reinhart. I see her a lot around Front Street. I think she is a comer with a 10-1 record, but Mitchell has five times the experience and has fought far better opponents. Mitchell is not having a good year as PLP seems to be deteriorating. That said Mitchell should win and Reinhart can count it as a learning experience
HALE/E.ROBERTS Hale, another member of PLP is 3-2. Seems like this year she has beaten everyone she has fought except anyone with the last name of Williams. Well, Emma’s last name is not Williams but she is going to add another “L” to Hale’s record
UNION/THERON The GOAT, now concentrating on the cougar division, is looking for fighters that she hasn’t fought, but should have in the early part of her career. Union’s record is not good, but she fought some of the top fighters. Her last fight was against Katy Perry in 2016. I think CT will win
MENDES/VANTRYB Mendes has a career winning record but not this year as she is 2-4. If Mendes’ record is poor, Vantryb’s is worse. Granted she is a newbie, but she has lost three of her four bouts. Maybe management is pushing her too fast. I think Mendes will hand Vantryb her fourth loss
McMANN/HATHAWAY Hathaway has suddenly become popular. She is fighting on this card and then on the Asylum card just 24 hours later. I have never heard of McMann and don’t find her listed in the Archives. I am going to pass
E.WATSON/V.HUDGENS. For the flyweight title This will be Watson’s first defense. Earlier this year she lost to Stewart and then go revenge by beating her for the title. Earlier this year, she lost to Hudgens. Can she repeat by beating Vanessa? The problem is that she has fought Hudgens three times and hasn’t beaten her although she did come close the last time. I have to go with history. Hudgens will win her fifth flyweight title
SWIFT/PEREGRYM For the lightweight title. Swift continues to duck Kendall Jenner. Probably because she has lost to her three times. She picks Missy Peregrym. Now, I have admitted that I am not a big fan of Swift. I have also admitted that I am a big fan of Missy who could have dominated the bantams, but chose to move to lightweight. I am going to go with Missy to win for no other reason than I like her. How’s that for rational decision making?
RIGHETTI/FREEMAN For the welter crown. This is getting really boring. How weak is the welter division? Well, Freeman’s record this year is 1-5. As usual I say Righetti will keep winning until she doesn’t. Meanwhile all those who think the is a great division need to come up with some solution By the way Amanda started her career as an lightweight and she fought in that division until early 2009. Her record at lightweight was 12-11. Her record at welter that year was 7-2 and she never turned back
Once again, I present this month’s edition of our much ridiculed predictions. As usual it is littered with cheap shots, unjustified criticism and unflattering comments. In last months action, I went 36-13 running my total to 1983-594 or 77% correct
LOVATO/KOSARIN Lovato comes in with a 10-1 record for the year in conventional bouts and held the title from April to August. Kosarin comes in with a 5-3 record, but one of those losses was to Kendall Jenner a top lightweight. A win here could get Kosarin a title match. She will fall short. Lovato will win
LILLY/WILDE Since losing a title bout in April of last year. Lilly has gone 16-3, but has been avoided like poison by title holders. This will be her 96th fight. She already has the win percentage to enter the Hall Of Fame with her 100th bout. Wilde is only 35, but she is showing all the signs of being on the downside. She has lost nine of her last 12 over a three year period. Lilly will add anther notch to her belt
BEER/HALSEY Two singers. I have never heard Beer and am not a fan of Halsey. Beer has won two of three while as far as I know, Halsey has won zip. I have to go with Beer
UPTON/KLOSS Upton has recently spent her time in JMDD and dropped out of Tractorpull rankings since she didn’t have a conventional bout since August. She has a 5-2 record for the year in conventional fights with her wins over average fighters or the 44 year old Theron is a mismatch. Two years ago this might have been a headline match. No longer. Kloss has lost four of her last six bouts and three of four this year. The two have fought once before with Upton winning. She will repeat.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS/HOUGH At 39, Williams keeps on rolling She is 14-2 over the last two years. and 4-1 for this year. Hough has had only five fights in the last three years and lost four of them, the last four. Chalk up another win for Williams.
LARSON/DENNINGS. Dennings is 18-2 over the last three years with her losses being to Lovato and Bella Thorne. Larson has come on strong this year being 6-2 with a big win over Ratajkowski. Larson has faced better competition recently. This is a big fight for Dennings. She really needs to win this one despite her record. I go with Dennings, but don’t bet money on this prediction
McNAMARA/HAYLEY WILLIAMS I’ve seen some comment recently on the board about McNamara. Frankly, I have never seen her. She is 3-1 for the year with her loss being to Emma Watson I like Hayley Williams. but this may be a do or die fight for her. She is now 6-7 after losing to Becky G. in September. I think a loss her will jeopardize her stay in Dollhouse. McNamara is young and bigger. I have to reluctantly go with McNarmara
OLSEN/N.SCOTT Scott is 4-1 for the year with wins over Selena Gomez and Benson. Her loss was to Gardner. Olsen is 5-4 during the year, but she has fought top talent. Olsen has the experience against top talent that Scott doesn’t. It will pay off and Olsen wins
BENOIST/D.JOHNSON Benoist is an average bantam with a record of 3-3 this year. She lost to Ridley in October. Johnson surprised everyone this year as she won a fight beating Dawson in July. That will be her highpoint for the year. Benoist wins
BENSON/K.KARDASHIAN Why Benson is still around PLP, I don’t understand. She has lost eight of her last nine, but three of those losses have been at JMD, her only three JMD bouts. Clearly she is not cut out for JMD. The question is, is she still cut out for conventional fights? She is fighting Kardashian who has won two conventional fights this year against cupcake opponents. Benson loses, she needs to go. I think she will avoid that with a win
PORTMAN/JUSTICE Portman is one of those Hall Of Fame fighters whose long career is starting to tell due to wear and tear. Still, she can and does win being 3-2 for the year. Justice is quickly deteriorating. She is 3-6 for the year and has lost four of her last five including a loss to Duff. Portman will win
PAUSINI/HEARD Heard is not a great fighter, but she did upset Lopilato in October. I don’t even know why Pausini is allowed to fight. She had had twelve FCBA fights and lost them all, lasting past the fifth only twice. Heard wins
MEIS/HAYEK Meis is a Vassago favorite meaning she fights in the BBU and JMD. She is 3-1 in conventional FCBA fights with wins over average opponents. Hayek is 3-5 in her most recent bouts, but those bouts are scattered over six years. Meis is 41. Hayek is 53. I don’t know if this is going to be listed as a cougar bout, but I doubt it. Meis should win
S.TURNER/SAMPAIO Sampaio is another import from the BBU. I keep asking, where is that wall? Anyway she is 1-4, losing both her bouts this year. As a reward for her success (sarcasm) she is rewarded with a bout with Sophie Turner, an up and coming lightweight who is 4-0 for this year after beating Yustman in the October PPV. It’s not going to go well for Sampaio. Yustman didn’t last four. Will Sampaio?
PANETTIERE/JOHANSSON Johansson’s film career may be in full swing, but her boxing career is not. She has lost eleven of her last 24 and is 1-6 for the year with her win being over Lohan, who has lost nine of her last ten. Panettiere has recovered somewhat from a terrible 2018 being 4-2 for the year. The two fought once before with Johansson winning. That was long before Johansson hit the skids. Panettiere will get revenge
LYNCH/GRIMES. Grimes is an average fighter with a 2-2 record for 2019. She is an independent and a win here could get her management. Lynch is one of the better bantams, but is somewhat unpredictable. She beat Alexis Ren, a top lightweight then loses to Evigan. Lynch wins
REN/MAXWELL Didn’t I just mention Ren? She has been a busy girl this year with a 7-4 record. She has wins over Kendall Jenner, Cerny and Lima. She was ranked a five in the lightweights in the last Tractorpull ranking and eight in the Boxing World’s rankings which are a little older. I don’t even know who Maxwell is but she 1-2 in the FCBA. This is not going to go well for Maxwell. My guess is she will be gone by the sixth
LOPILATO/GLAU Lopilato was having a fairly good year until she lost to Heard in the October PPV. Who do you call when you want a win? You don’t call Ghostbusters, you call Glau. Glau has been a punching bag for four years losing her last 13. Her last win was in December 2015. I don’t expect Lopilato to have much trouble
GERBER/E.ADAMS Gerber is the daughter of Cindy Crawford who is an FCBA enigma. She held five unified titles and five divisional titles and had a losing record Gerber is 1-1 for the year against fighters who are not familiar to me. Adams had one fight back in December 2017 which she lost. I don’t have a clue, so I will go with Gerber on a gene basis
LIMA/DIDONATO Lima started off the year in fine fashion with wins over Krsmanovic and Sagra, then lost her last three to top lightweights. DiDonato is having a great year being 10-1 in conventional bouts. Her only loss was to Ambrosio which she revenged in the October PPV. She is due a title fight, but to get it she can’t lose. I have to go with DiDonato
TAILOR/LAWRENCE Recently Tailor has been wasted at JMDD. Her last four fights have been in the genre. She has a winning record in conventional bouts. Lawrence lost a title fight to Righetti that she had no chance of winning. In the last two years she has done fairly well against welters, but as I pointed out last month, she had fought four lightweights and one bantam recently and lost all of them. Maybe that says more about the welters than Lawrence. She has fought Tailor once before and lost. I’m going to take a chance on Lawrence since Tailor has been busy In JMDD She finally beats a lightweight
GONZALEZ/ROHRBACH Gonzalez has been fighting a good schedule. She is 3-3 for the year after losing to DiDonato in September. Rohrbach has been all over the place this year. She has fought welters, lightweights, bantams and JMD. She beat Swan, but lost to Ratajkowski a bantam. I have to go with Gonzalez
MAYBERRY/BASSINGER Mayberry, one of the least used Dollhouse members has had a good 5-1 record, but hasn’t beaten any one of note. Bassinger has had two bouts which she won. I’m going to take a chance on Mayberry
CHASTAIN/HEADEY Chastain is having a good year against average opponents. I have no idea who Headey is, so I will go with the known. Chastain wins
EVIGAN/MCCARTHY Evigan is 3-3 for the year and has a win over Lynch. For a fighter of advanced age Mac is not doing badly with a 3-4 record. As much as I would like to put my fist in her face sometimes, she is kind of like a friend so I want her to win. Evigan is a brunette. Mac is a blonde (I think) I expect her to uphold the honor of blondes. She should win. If she doesn’t, she and I are going to have a little talk
KENDALL JENNER/PALICKI Jenner is the best lightweight going now. Palicki is a big heavy hitter, but is having a bad year. She has fought four lightweights and lost all four. She has fought one welter and won. Does that seem like a familiar song? Jenner wins
C.COLE/SOLO Cole isn’t having a good year either in the FCBA or the BBU. After three great years she has unexpectedly turned sour. Solo hasn’t turned sour. She has never been good. Cole should get her second win of the year
M.KELLY/KEBBEL THIS IS A MISMATCH Here is another. I see the name Kebbel and I wonder who she is. She has had two fights in three years and hasn’t won. Don’t tell me Kelly’s management asked for this bout. Kelly wins with not much trouble
DOBREV/KING This is a much bigger match for King than Dobrev. King has a 17-1 record for the year, but this is the biggest fight of her career. A win here guarantees her spot in Front Street for the next year. Dobrev is having her fifth straight fine year. She has vastly more experience than King and has fought for better competition. It all spells a hard time for King. Dobrev will keep King’s status in question
YUSTMAN/BARNES THIS IS A GROSS MISMATCH Yustman has lost her last three and dropped out of the top ten, but this is ridiculous. Barnes is a 34 year old rookie who has had one fight and lost it to a bantam. Now I ask you who do you think going to win? If you say Barnes, you have some serious delusions
MORETZ/FANNING This is one of those fights that makes me want to go down to the bar and have a cocktail Moretz has lost 63% of her fights and six of her last seven. As bad as that is, it looks good when compared to Fanning who has lost 75% of her fights and her last six. Fanning has lost to the better competition, however I have to believe that Moretz will win
BECKY G/GRANDE Let’s make this fast. Whoever fights Grande wins
MITCHELL/REINHART I like Reinhart. I see her a lot around Front Street. I think she is a comer with a 10-1 record, but Mitchell has five times the experience and has fought far better opponents. Mitchell is not having a good year as PLP seems to be deteriorating. That said Mitchell should win and Reinhart can count it as a learning experience
HALE/E.ROBERTS Hale, another member of PLP is 3-2. Seems like this year she has beaten everyone she has fought except anyone with the last name of Williams. Well, Emma’s last name is not Williams but she is going to add another “L” to Hale’s record
UNION/THERON The GOAT, now concentrating on the cougar division, is looking for fighters that she hasn’t fought, but should have in the early part of her career. Union’s record is not good, but she fought some of the top fighters. Her last fight was against Katy Perry in 2016. I think CT will win
MENDES/VANTRYB Mendes has a career winning record but not this year as she is 2-4. If Mendes’ record is poor, Vantryb’s is worse. Granted she is a newbie, but she has lost three of her four bouts. Maybe management is pushing her too fast. I think Mendes will hand Vantryb her fourth loss
McMANN/HATHAWAY Hathaway has suddenly become popular. She is fighting on this card and then on the Asylum card just 24 hours later. I have never heard of McMann and don’t find her listed in the Archives. I am going to pass
E.WATSON/V.HUDGENS. For the flyweight title This will be Watson’s first defense. Earlier this year she lost to Stewart and then go revenge by beating her for the title. Earlier this year, she lost to Hudgens. Can she repeat by beating Vanessa? The problem is that she has fought Hudgens three times and hasn’t beaten her although she did come close the last time. I have to go with history. Hudgens will win her fifth flyweight title
SWIFT/PEREGRYM For the lightweight title. Swift continues to duck Kendall Jenner. Probably because she has lost to her three times. She picks Missy Peregrym. Now, I have admitted that I am not a big fan of Swift. I have also admitted that I am a big fan of Missy who could have dominated the bantams, but chose to move to lightweight. I am going to go with Missy to win for no other reason than I like her. How’s that for rational decision making?
RIGHETTI/FREEMAN For the welter crown. This is getting really boring. How weak is the welter division? Well, Freeman’s record this year is 1-5. As usual I say Righetti will keep winning until she doesn’t. Meanwhile all those who think the is a great division need to come up with some solution By the way Amanda started her career as an lightweight and she fought in that division until early 2009. Her record at lightweight was 12-11. Her record at welter that year was 7-2 and she never turned back
