UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana Fight Predictions

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship:
Amanda Nunes (c) (Favorite) vs. Irene Aldana

Picking Nunes- All of us

Picking Aldana-

Beneil Dariush (Favorite) vs. Charles Oliveira

Picking Dariush- Dr. Law

Picking Oliveira- Gooms, DJ Mark

Dan Ige (Favorite) vs. Nate Landwehr

Picking Ige- All of us

It's MMAzing 2023 Standings (as of 6/05/2023)

1. Lavender Gooms- (25-16)
2. Chalk (25-16)
3. DJ Mark with a "K" (24-17)
3. Dr. Law (c) - (24-17)

UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2 Fight Predictions

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship
Juliana Pena (c) v. Amanda Nunes (Favorite)

Picking Pena- Gooms
Picking Nunes-Dr. Law, DJ Mark

Brandon Moreno(Favorite) v. Kai Kara-France

Picking Moreno- All of us

Derrick Lewis v. Sergei Pavlovich (Favorite)

Picking Lewis: Dr. Law
Picking Pavlovich: Gooms, DJ Mark

Alexandre Pantoja v. Alex Perez

Picking Pantoja: All of us

Magomed Ankalaev v. Anthony Smith

Picking Ankalaev: All of us

It's MMAzing 2022 Standings (as of 7/25/2022)

1. Doctor Law (c) (42-18)
2. Lavender Gooms - (39-21)
3. Chalk - (39-21)
4. DJ Mark with a "K" - (38-22) 

UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier Fight Predictions

UFC Lightweight Championship

Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier

Picking Oliveira: Gooms, Dr. Law
Picking Poirier: DJ Mark

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship

Amanda Nunes vs. Juliana Pena

Picking Nunes: All of us 

Geoff Neal vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio 

Picking Neal: DJ Mark 
Picking Ponzinibbio: Gooms, Dr. Law

Kai Kara-France vs. Cody Garbrandt 

Picking  Kara-France: DJ Mark
Picking Garbrandt: Gooms, Dr. Law

Raulian Paiva vs. Sean O'Malley 

Picking O'Malley: All of us

Josh Emmett vs. Dan Ige 

Picking Emmett: Dr. Law, DJ Mark 
Picking Ige: Gooms

Dominick Cruz vs. Pedro Munhoz

Picking Cruz: All of us

It's MMAzing 2021 Standings as of 12/06/2021

1. Doctor Law - (66-41)
1. Lavender Gooms - (66-41) 

2. DJ Mark with a "K" - (65-42)

3. Kid Presentable - (45-34) 

UFC 259 Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Fight Predictions

 UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship

Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya

Picking Blachowicz: Kid P
Picking Adesanya: Dr. Law,  DJ Mark, Gooms

Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson

Picking Nunes: All of us

Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling

Picking Yan: DJ Mark
Picking Sterling: Gooms, Dr. Law, Kid P

Islam Makachev vs. Drew Dober        

Picking Makachev: All of us

Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Picking Santos: DJ Mark
Picking Rakic: Kid P, Gooms, Dr. Law

It's MMAzing 2021 Standings as of 3/01/2021
1. Lavender Gooms - (10-9)
2. Doctor Law - (9-10)
2. DJ Mark with a "K" - (8-11)
3. Kid Presentable - (6-13)

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer Fight Predictions

UFC Women's Featherweight Championship
Amanda Nunes(c) vs. Felicia Spencer
Picking Nunes: All of us

Raphael Assuncao vs. Cody Garbrandt
Picking Garbrandt: All of us

Cory Sandhagen vs. Aljamain Sterling
Picking Sandhagen: Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Sterling: Kid P, Dr. Law

Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Picking Magny: Dr. Law, DJ Mark, Gooms
Picking Martin: Kid P

Sean O'Malley vs. Eddie Wineland
Picking O'Malley: All of us

It's MMAzing 2020 Standings (as of 06/01/2020)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (22-14)
2. Dr. Law- (21-15)
3. Lavender Gooms - (18-18)
3. Kid Presentable- (18-18)

It's MMAzing 2019 Year-End Awards

Male Fighter of the year
Israel Adesanya- Gooms, Kid P, Dr. Law
Jorge Masvidal- DJ Mark

Female Fighter of the year
Amanda Nunes- Gooms
Valentina Schevchenko- Dr. Law
Weili Zhang- Kid P, DJ Mark

Fight of the year
Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum- All of us

Event of the year
UFC 236- Kid P, Gooms
UFC 238- Dr. Law, DJ Mark

Performance of the year
Adesanya over Whitaker- All of us

Knockout of the year
"Slam" Jessica Andrade over Rose Namajunas- Kid P, Gooms
"Record-breaking flying knee" Jorge Masvidal over Ben Askren- Dr. Law, DJ Mark

Submission of year
"Guillotine" Marlon Moraes over Rafael Assuncao-Dr. Law
"Twister" Bryan Mitchell over Matt Sayles - Gooms, DJ Mark, Kid P

Moment of the year
Idiot(Michel Perreira) who did flips in UFC fight and then lost- Kid P
Usman breaking Colby's jaw("just desserts")-  DJ Mark
Weili Zhang after-fight interview after winning title- Gooms
The Rock holding the BMF belt during the Diaz/Masvidal faceoff - Dr .Law

Story of the year
Jorge's rise- DJ Mark
UFC and ESPN- Dr. Law
Weili Zhang becoming first Asian UFC champion and the further growth of MMA in China- Kid P, Gooms

Quote of the year
Nate Diaz- "I know my man's a gangster, but he aint no west-coast gangster-DJ Mark, Dr. Law, Kid P
Jorge Masvidal-" I gave him the three piece with the soda and then just glide out of there"- Gooms

Predictions for the next year
Conor fights Jorge Masvidal- DJ Mark
Conor fights three times this year....none of them for the title- Gooms
Jon Jones will have either fought for, won or have scheduled a heavyweight title fight- Dr. Law
Jon Jones will suffer his first real loss- Kid P

UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington Fight Predictions

UFC Welterweight Championship
Kamaru Usman(c) vs. Colby Covington
Picking Usman: Dr Law, Kid P
Picking Covington: Gooms, DJ Mark

UFC Featherweight Championship
Max Holloway(c) vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Picking Holloway: All of us

Women's UFC Bantamweight Championship
Amanda Nunes(c) vs. Germaine de Randamie
Picking Nunes: All of us

Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes
Picking Aldo: Gooms
Picking Moraes: Dr. Law, Kid P, DJ Mark

Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan
Picking Yan: All of us

It's MMAzing 2019 Standings (as of 12/09/19)
1. DJ Mark -  (55-49-2)
2. Lavender Gooms - (54-50-2)
2. Kid Presentable - (54-50-2)
4. Dr. Law - (53-51-2)

UFC 239: Jones v. Santos Predictions

Jones v. Santos
Picking Jones: All of us
Santos: ...

Nunes v. Holm
Picking Nunes: All of us
Picking Holm: ...

Masvidal v. Askren
Picking Masvidal: Dr. Law
Picking Askren: Gooms, Kid Presentable, DJ Mark

Blachowicz v. Rockhold
Picking Blachowicz: Kid Presentable
Picking Rockhold: Gooms, DJ Mark, Dr. Law

Sanchez v. Chiesa
Picking Sanchez: Sorry
Picking Chiesa: All of us

Melendez v. Allen
Picking Melendez: DJ Mark
Picking Allen: Gooms, Dr. Law, Kid Presentable

Gadelha v. Markos
Picking Gadelha: Gooms, Dr. Law, DJ Mark
Picking Markos: Kid Presentable

It's MMAzing 2019 Standings (as of 07/03/19)
1. Lavender Gooms - (32-24)
2. Dr. Law - (31-25)
2. Kid Presentable - (31-25)
4. DJ Mark -  (30-26)

UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 Fight Predictions

UFC Light-Heavyweight championship

Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Picking Jones: All of us

UFC Women's Featherweight Championship
Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino vs. Amanda Nunes

Picking Cyborg: Gooms, Dr Law, DJ Mark

Picking Nunes: Kid P

Michael Chiesa vs. Carlos Condit

Picking Chiesa: Gooms, Kid P, Dr. Law,

Picking Condit: DJ Mark

Corey Anderson vs. Ilir Latifi

Picking Latifi: All of us

Chad Mendes vs. Alex Volkanovski

Picking Mendes: All of us

Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris

Picking Arlovski: Dr. Law

Picking Harris: Gooms, DJ Mark, Kid P

Megan Anderson vs. Cat Zingano

Picking Anderson: DJ Mark, Dr. Law

Picking Zingano: Gooms, Kid P

It's MMAzing 2018 Standings (as of 12/17/18)
1. Kid Presentable - (75-49)
1. Lavender Gooms - (75-49)
2. Dr. Law (74-50)
3. DJ Mark -  (69-55)

UFC 224: Nunes v. Pennington Predictions

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship
Amanda Nunes (c) v. Raquel Pennington

Picking Nunes: All of us
Picking Pennington:

Jacare Souza v. Kelvin Gastelum

Picking Jacare: Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Gastelum: Kid P, Dr Law

Brian Kelleher v. John Lineker

Picking Kelleher:
Picking Lineker: All of us

Lyoto Machida v. Vitor Belfort

Picking Machida: All of us
Picking Belfort:

Bonus Bellator Pick:
Muhammad Lawal v. Ryan Bader

Picking King Mo:
Picking Ryan Bader: All of us

It's MMAzing Standings (as of 5/10/18)
1. DJ Mark (c) - (23-18)
1. Lavender Gooms - (23-18)
1. Kid Presentable - (23-18)
4. Dr. Law - (22-19)

UFC 215: Johnson v. Borg Predictions

UFC Flyweight Championship
Demetrious Johnson (c) v. Ray Borg

Picking Mighty Mouse: All of us
Picking Borg: c'mon son

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship
Amanda Nunes (c) v. Valentina Shevchenko

Picking Nunes:
Picking Schevchenko: All of us

Rafael dos Anjos v. Neil Magny

Picking dos Anjos: Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Magny: Kid P, Dr. Law

Ilir Latifi  v. Tyson Pedro

Picking Latifi: Gooms
Picking Pedro: Dr. Law, Kid P, DJ Mark

Gilbert Melendez v. Jeremy Stephens

Picking Melendez: DJ Mark, Dr. Law
Picking Stephens:  Gooms, Kid P

It's MMAzing Standings (as of 9/7/17)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (56-33-1) - .622
2. Doctor Law (c) - (54-35-1) - .600
3. Kid Presentable - (51-38-1) - .566
4. Lavender Gooms - (44-45-1) - .489

UFC 213: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 Predictions

UFC 213

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship
Amanda Nunes v. Valentina Shevchenko

Picking Nunes:
Picking Schevchenko: All of us

Interim UFC Middleweight Championship
Yoel Romero v. Robert Whittaker

Picking Romero:
Picking Bobby Knuckles: All of us

Fabricio Werdum v. Alistair Overeem

Picking Werdum: Dr. Law, Gooms, Kid P
Picking The Reem: DJ Mark

Anthony Pettis v. Jim Miller

Picking Showtime: Dr. Law, Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Miller: Kid P

Bonus Pick
Michael Johnson v. Justin Gaethje

Picking Johnson: Gooms,
Picking Gaethje: Dr. Law, DJ Mark, Kid P

It's MMAzing Standings (as of 7/6/17)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (47-27-1) - .627
2. Doctor Law (c) - (46-28-1) - .613
3. Kid Presentable - (42-32-1) - .560
4. Lavender Gooms - (37-37-1) - .493

It's MMAzing 2016 Year End Awards

For information on how we came up with these wonderful selections please listen to Episode 217 of It's MMAzing Radio

Look at our sweet sweet trophy

Fighter of the Year (Male)

Doctor Law: Cody Garbrandt
Kid Presentable: Cody Garbrandt
DJ Mark with a "K": Cody Garbrandt
Lavender Gooms: Conor McGregor

Fighter of the Year (Female)

Doctor Law: Amanda Nunes
Kid Presentable: Amanda Nunes
DJ Mark with a "K": Amanda Nunes
Lavender Gooms: Amanda Nunes

UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey Fight Predictions

2016 has been a kick in the pills right?  We saw the Celebrity Apprentice elected to the most powerful position in the world and it seems we lost so many people this year that were icons (RIP Princess Leia).  News also just came across that UFC 207 will be Mike Goldberg's last show.  These are too many changes to the status quo.  At least this Friday we get the return of the former women's bantamweight champion.

UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes Picks and Predictions

So yeah... where are we again? If you haven't kept up with the scuttlebutt of the mma world, Jon Jones tested positive for something, and regardless of his B result, has been pulled from the card. In steps Anderson "The Spider" Silva?!? And is Brock the main event now? Most outlets seem to be showing Tate now headlining which makes sense as it is the only fully legitimate title on the line this night. While the card order may be in question still at the time of this writing, it has been a whirlwind of changes in the 11th hour, and honestly it's just disappointing for us as fans, and these men as competitive athletes. If you haven't seen the clip of DC being told that Jones was pulled yet, well then just trust that this fight meant EVERYTHING to him. It's pretty amazing that we're getting Anderson on essentially 3 days notice. I'm sure it's the last thing the company wanted to have another PR nightmare on their ends right at the eve of their biggest night, but if you've made it this far and are still with me, you know it's going to be an insane night of fights still.

Women's Bantamweight Championship 
Miesha Tate (c) vs Amanda Nunes

@mieshatate

Your new main event ladies and gentlemen? The last year or so has definitely been the era of unexpected champions. The ones we expected to maintain par for the course all fell by the wayside as countless unexpected new heroes rose up. Ronda was the monster that made Holly the monster killer. And surely if you could kill the monster, this lady that never came close wouldn't stand a chance... until she did. In spite of everything, Miesha does not break. There is something about a fighter who gets tougher the longer the fight goes and knows, really knows, what it means when you need to finish at the end. This strength of Miesha's is going to be the biggest challenge to Nunes who has proven to fade in fights. Known for powerful hands and aggressive flurries, the book on Nunes is that she has to win early here and that she has to finish. The longer the fight goes, it plays into Miesha's wheelhouse. The fellas are all right in presuming we'll have an #andSTILL, but there seems to be something in the water right now that people can't hold onto their belts. Amanda Nunes by early round TKO.

Cupcake: Doc Law, DJ Mark, Gooms
Lioness: Kid P

UFC: 196 McGregor vs Diaz Picks and Predictions

UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz, aka UFC 196: WTF, is almost upon us. A few weeks ago we thought we were getting a champion vs champion superfight between Jose Aldo and Anthony Pet... I mean Conor McGregor and Rafael Dos Anjos. Red panties sales were about to go through the roof. But like all Brazilians who are about to face Conor, injuries happen and that fight will have to be shelved for another day. Enter welterweight Nate Diaz. If I have two takeaways from all the media in the build up and hype for this fight, it is that Nate doesn't give a SH*T, and that now that he is a rich person, he is going to buy all kinds of nice sh*t. The war of words has been fun, and I'm not going to deny, Nate seems to be the very first person to get under the skin of Conor with his "everyone is on steroids" statements. It's going to be interesting, and it is definitely going to be fun. Co-headlining the event is The Devourer of Rondas and the perennial runner up. Holly Holm makes her first defense since she shocked the world, and now is her moment to cement her place. One hit wonder? Or hit maker? Find out Saturday night! But until then, read our picks!

@thenotoriousmma

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz

When Nate decided to test the reaction time of the UFC's bleep button guy not that long ago, while fun, I don't think most of expected it to really come to fruition any time soon. These men weren't really on a collision course based on the tracks they were on at the time. Yet here we are, a boy howdy it IS exactly as fun as any of us could have hoped it would be. The joke was that after taking Dos Anjos belt, Conor would gun for Robbie's, and now we have a welterweight bout that is actually going to tell us something about how he looks at this class. Look, if you are reading this then you know this blog rides with the Diaz brothers. Our love and respect for them is solid. But Conor is something else. We've seen Nate defeated on the feet. He was kicked repeatedly by Josh Thomson and a toothpick dispensing Benson Henderson was thigh punching him all night long. Nate's range and boxing is a tall order for any fighter, but Conor's everything is an ordeal as well. I don't recall when Conor said he'd end it, but he will end it. Conor by KO late R1.

There's only ONE Conor McGregor: Kid P, Gooms, Doc Law

I don't give a SH*T: DJ Mark