UFC 254 Tinder Predictions: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje

Welcome to the Tinder Predictions series. If you aren’t already familiar with these articles then buckle in, you’re in for a roller coaster ride. Ahead of UFC PPV events, Bloody Elbow takes to the popular dating app, Tinder, to see what predictions users have on the headlining fight(s). We will keep a tally and display screenshots of the most interesting comments, predictions “hot takes,” and pick-up lines from our findings.

This chapter of Tinder Predictions comes ahead of UFC 254 - ‘KHABIB VS GAETHJE on Saturday, October 24th, which will take place on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island. Khabib Nurmagomedov (28-0) is set to defend his Lightweight title for the third time against Justin Gaethje (22-2) in the main event of the night.

Team: Khabib Nurmagomedov

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• Phrasing.
• Nurmagomedov via Golden Fro.
• Are bots really that hard for people to spot on Tinder? This guy had three!
• All Nurmagomedov has to do is get past the first minute.
• Does it not matter? Really?
• The GIF made this whole engagement so much better.
• Nobody ever liked multiple-choice questions.
• Conner.
• Nurmagomedov via Bear Technique.
• This was only about the 5th mention of that bear.
• They did not reply.
• I never got it...
• Cringes on sight
• I’m pretty sure Gaethje is absolutely not favoured.
• As far as I’m concerned you can change your prediction up until the fight starts.

Team: Justin Gaethje

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• Definitely the most aggressive Khabib hate I’ve ever seen while doing these articles.
• There’s always at least one comment like this.
• Might do the upset.
• If Gaethje were to finish Nurmagomedov in this fight, it would mark five straight finishes and 20 official finishes on his professional MMA record.
• There were so few votes for Gaethje I have no choice but to put this here.
• Blind picks are exactly what I was hoping for in order to have a section of this article for Gaethje.
• LOL
• To call both equal is really something.
• Sounds good.
• Good enough.

Bonus:

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• Explaining this article to my neighbour was something LOL.
• Whittaker shoutout.
• Mortifying.
• Well that’s not exactly what he said... but whatever.
• No comment.
• The box.
• From picking Gaethje to 50/50 split.
• Alright then...
• I physically cringed reading this one.
• I wish I had this problem.

Results:

With that, we have come to the conclusion of the UFC 254 chapter in the Tinder Predictions series on Bloody Elbow. In total, we matched with 116 profiles and received 84 official votes for this matchup.

Khabib Nurmagomedov - 73

Justin Gaethje - 11

In conclusion, the Tinder users have spoken, and by their vote, we should expect Khabib Nurmagomedov to successfully defend his Lightweight title for the third time against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254.