mercoledì 30 settembre 2015

UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustaffson matches picks

Cormier vs Gustafsson / Cormier by KO

Hendricks vs Woodley / Hendricks by KO

Bader vs Evans / Bade by decision

Eye vs Pena / Pena by decision

Jordan vs Magomedov / Jordan by KO

Benavidez vs Bagautinov / Benavidez by decision

Rodriguez vs Hooker / Rodriguez by decision

Namajunas vs Hill / Namajunas by submission



martedì 29 settembre 2015

NFL: Green Bay Packers 38 KC Chiefs 28 recap and analysis

1st half

The game started in the sign of the Packers that scored first on the air with rookie WR Montgomery on a double move that left him alone in th end zone, to score they put up a very good drive being predictable mixing running plays with both RB and WR along with passes well designed even in matter of picks after the reception that allow short passes became big plays, Rodgers mixed great the distribution of the balls during that drive. GB scored another TD before the end of the 1st quarter with Cobb on a crossing routes pick scheme that designed Montgomery coming across Cobb's route to create a pick and leave the necessary space to receive the ball and score the TD. KC continued to struggle on offense being dominated on the line of scrimmage been unable to establish their running game leaving Smith to be the playmaker on long situations something that he's not so good to do. Their offensive struggled seemed ended a lil bit when they moved the ball well down field thanks to a Kelce big play on a fake crossing route then Charles score their first TD of the game to cut the deficit. The Packers seemed to could score another TD after they marched down the field but the Chiefs pass rushers helped by some very well designed blitzes limited the home team to just 3 points. 

2nd half

With a comfortable lead the Packers had just to manage it in the second half and they did it so well to don't turning the ball over and chewing the clock limiting the incompletions on offense, their lead got larger when CB Sam Shields intercepted Smith on the KC's 7 yard line and on the very next play Cobb received in the end zone a precise Rodgers pass that with 22 minutes left in the game killed the Chiefs' chances to comeback in the game. KC didn't give up and scored with Maclin (the best Chiefs in this game) on a 5 yards pass by Smith but GB offense didn't stop to score and again the duo Rodgers Cobb kicked their opponents back by 24 points.

The Packers played great once again especially counting the absence on offense Nelson over everyone, Rodgers passed for 333 yards and 5 TD against one of the best defenses against the pass in last 3 years, he has been able to do that due to a great feetwork in the pocket that allowed him to be always ready to react the the pressure by the Chiefs' pass rushers. The Chiefs didn't play bad but Smith lost badly his matchup with Rodgers and this let the Packers defense concentrate their attentions on Charles, their defense should do something more on pass rushing especially on the edge with Houston and Hali who have been the only way to limit the Packs' QB.

MVP: Rodgers



MLB games picks 29/9/15

Red SoxYankees7:05 PMYANKS

MetsPhillies7:05 PMMETS

CardinalsPirates7:05 PMPIRATES

Blue JaysOrioles7:05 PMBJ

CubsReds7:10 PMCUBS

MarlinsRays7:10 PMRAYS

TwinsIndians7:10 PMTWINS

NationalsBraves7:10 PMBRAVES

TigersRangers8:05 PMRANGERS

RoyalsWhite Sox8:10 PMROYALS


RockiesD-backs9:40 PMD-BACKS

AthleticsAngels10:05 PMANGELS 

AstrosMariners10:10 PMASTROS

BrewersPadres10:10 PMPADRES

DodgersGiants10:15 PMDODGERS



Reasons that brought the San Diego Chargers to the collapse in week 3 against the Vikings

1) Poor offensive line: the Chargers o-line has been able to create any holes to run the football and this let their offensive call be so predictable, Barr and Griffen did everything they want off the edges against Dunlap and Flucker in pass situations. This line has no excuses because there aren't any injuries players or missing part of it like last year.

2) Absence of Antonio Gates: Rivers is missing his favorite target, in fact in the 3rd down conversions in his career he went a lot of time to the veteran TE due to his sure hands along with his ability to create miss matches.

3) Rivers' turnovers: the Chargers results 2nd in the infamous ranking of turnovers after 3 weeks second just to the Colts and Rivers has been the main factor of these turnovers with poor passes off targets and a bad gesture of the ball under pressure in the pocket.

4) Bad play calling: it seemed to be returned Turner as head coach due to the few variety of offensive plays along with an extremist conservative view of the passing calls.

5) Total absence of pass rushing: they have this hoes to fill since the departure of Merriman, they failed last 2 years signing a former player like Freeney and this year they continue to ignore that role in free agency, the result has been Bridgewater free without any pressure to pass the ball and do everything he wanted.



lunedì 28 settembre 2015

UFC: Fight Night Japan matches recap and analysis

Hall vs Mousasi: the first round has been controlled by Mousasi thanks to his grappling skills especially on the ground where the match ended after some static phases around the cage, on the ground Hall tried a chimera lock but he hasn't been able to close it due to the miss body control on his rival. At the beginning of the second round Mousasi has been overconfident and didn't paid enough attention to the striking skills of his rival and he paid it when the Jamaican fighter let fly a spinning back kick that cam fro hi karate back ground right to the head of his rival who got stunned and received another fly knee that threw him in the ground and left him undefended to the ground and pound that gave the win to the Jamaican fighter.

Nelson vs Barnett: the first round has been a static one fought for the most part on the ground where Nelson controlled it with his brasilian Jujitsu skills, since that the fighter stood up and the result has been a slow exchange of hard hits between the fighters, when everyone was thinking that the match would end very soon it ended in the 5th round leaving the judges the decision of who was the winner, in the late round Nelson's cardio left him in the position to can just defend himself from the hit of his rival and even if he has been touch hard by some punches and elbow hits right into the jaw but he didn't give up and resisted for all the rounds. The judges gave the win to Barnett by unanimous decision due to his dominance in the late rounds.



MLB: games picks 28/9/15

RedsNationals3:05 PMNATS

Red SoxYankees7:05 PMYANKS

CardinalsPirates7:05 PMCARDS

Blue JaysOrioles7:05 PMBJ

TwinsIndians7:10 PMINDIANS

TigersRangers8:05 PMRANGERS

RoyalsCubs8:05 PMROYALS

AthleticsAngels10:05 PMANGELS

AstrosMariners10:10 PMASTROS

DodgersGiants10:15 PMDODGERS



NFL: Miami Dolphins 14 Buffalo Bills 41 recap and analysis

1st half

It has been a complete domination by the Bills who imposed their game to their opponents with a perfect combination of safe but efficient plays on offense and a lethal defense that allow just few yards and created 3 turnovers 1 returned for TD. The Bills went ahead with an impressing drive between Taylor and Clay who even scored the first TD of the game. Miami hasn't been able to answer back due to a complete domination by the Bills defense on the line of scrimmage where the pressure on Tannehill provocateur disastrous outcome along with an inefficient running game, Buffalo took off thank to the first Mccoy TD in Bills uniform and also to the interception returned in the end zone by LB Brown thanks to a blitz by S Rambo. This half ended 27-0 in favor of Buffalo something that none should image at the beginning of this game.

2nd half

The Bills started the half with a chewing clock kind of drive, with Taylor continue to be precise passing the ball and along with an effective running game both inside and outside the tackles, the drive didn't produce any point due to the miss FG by Carpenter. Miami gave signs of life scoring with Matthews a 21 yards receiving TD, they also converted it by 2 points, when the home team seemed to have a chance to get back on track Buffalo deleted that with an unexpected 38 yards strike from Taylor to Hogan who beated the CB on a vertical seem that resulted in a spectacular TD. The Dolphins tried again to get back in this game scoring another time with Matthews but it was too late and the Bills continue to rule the game, they put an exclamative point with the 41 rushing TD by rookie Karlos Wiliams who made an impressive cutback along with an open field speed that allow him to arrive untouched in the end zone.

Awesome all around game by the Bills that didn't leave their rival any chance to win it, if their defense can put this pressure so often it ll be hard for everyone to score against them and even the job of their secondary would be easier, on offense the o-line played the best game this season especially protecting their QB who had a great game showing is precision on both short and long passes wasting nothing all game long. The Dolphins had a disastrous day especially on offense where they o-line hasn't been able to open up the holes to run the ball and it put up so much pressure on Tannehill who missed to handle it turning the ball over 3 times and it left their defense in awful position leaving them such an hard job and a tons of working load.

MVP: Taylor