UFC: The Matty Way

[mattu29]

 

For my new game, ill be vacating all titles and holding one night grand prixs to crown all the new champs.

All women will be merged into one weight division as i dont have a huge interest in womens mma but will keep them around anyway.

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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Champions</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">

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<strong>Heavyweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Junior dos Santos</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Light Heavyweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Jon Jones</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Middleweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Lyoto Machida</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Welterweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Carlos Condit</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Lightweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Conor McGregor</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Featherweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Max Holloway</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Bantamweight:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Dominick Cruz</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Flyweight: </strong></p><p> </p><p>

Vacant</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Womens:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Vacant</p>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Tournaments</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Heavyweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Cain Velasquez vs Alistair Overeem</p><p>

<span style="color:#FFFF00;">Junior Dos Santos</span> vs Mark Hunt</p><p>

Fabricio Werdum vs Francis Ngannou</p><p>

Stipe Miocic vs Josh Barnett</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Light Heavyweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Daniel Cormier vs <span style="color:#FFFF00;">Jon Jones</span></p><p>

Alexander Gustafsson vs Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua</p><p>

Volkan Oezdemir vs Glover Teixeira</p><p>

Jimi Manuwa vs Misha Cirkunov</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Middleweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Robert Whittaker vs Michael Bisping</p><p>

Ronaldo Souza vs Chris Weidman</p><p>

Luke Rockhold vs Kelvin Gastelum</p><p>

Vitor Belfort vs <span style="color:#FFFF00;">Lyoto Machida</span></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Welterweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Tyron Woodley vs Georges St.Pierre</p><p>

Stephen Thompson vs Robbie Lawler</p><p>

Rafael dos Anjos vs Demian Maia</p><p>

<span style="color:#FFFF00;">Carlos Condit </span>vs Donald Cerrone</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Lightweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p>

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Conor McGregor</span> vs Nate Diaz</p><p>

Tony Ferguson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov</p><p>

Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier</p><p>

Edson Barboza vs Justin Gaethje</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Featherweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="color:#FFFF00;">Max Holloway</span> vs Frankie Edgar</p><p>

Jose Aldo vs Cub Swanson</p><p>

Jeremy Stephens vs Josh Emmett</p><p>

Chad Mendes vs Brian Ortega</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Bantamweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

TJ Dillashaw vs Demetrious Johnson</p><p>

<span style="color:#FFFF00;">Dominick Cruz</span> vs Cody Garbrandt</p><p>

Raphael Assuncao vs Jimmie Rivera</p><p>

John Lineker vs Marlon Moraes</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Flyweight Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Joseph Benavidez vs Ray Borg</p><p>

Henry Cejudo vs John Morafa</p><p>

Jussier da Silva vs Sergio Pettis</p><p>

Wilson Reis vs Tim Elliott</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Womens Grand Prix</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Jessica Andrade</p><p>

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Cristiane Cyborg</p><p>

Rose Namajunas vs Amanda Nunes</p><p>

Cat Zingano vs Claudia Gadelha</p>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>The Ultimate Fighter</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45417" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>TUF 27:</strong><p> </p><p> - Heavyweight Division</p><p> - Coaches: Stipe Miocic and Cain Velasquez</p><p> </p><p> Fighters:</p><p> </p><p> - Aleksander Emelienenko (24-7) - The notorious younger brother of MMA Legend, Fedor Emelienenko, he is a former world combat Sambo champion. He was recently released from prison on a sexual assault charge.</p><p> - Anderson 'Braddock' Silva (2-1) - a Brazillian kickboxer whos transitioned into MMA. He is the no.1 ranked Brazillian Heavyweight kickboxer and trains MMA out of the Team Nogueira facility in Rio de Janeiro. He has a kickboxing loss to fellow TUF1 contestant, Rico Verhoeven.</p><p> - Brett Rogers (17-10-1NC) - a veteran of Strikeforce, EliteXC and Bellator. Rogers defeated former UFC Heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski by TKO in 22 seconds earlier in his career, but has losses to Heavyweight greats in Alistair Overeem, Josh Barnett and one of the coaches of this season, Fedor Emelienenko.</p><p> - Dhafir 'Dada 5000' Harris (2-0-1NC) - A internet celebrity due to his street fight videos, Dada's transition to MMA has been successful on paper but less than successful in reality, and he will likely struggle against any fighter with any MMA skills. Had his loss to Kimbo Slice overturned for a drug failure from Slice.</p><p> - Gilbert Yvel (39-16-1-1NC) - A fairly small Heavyweight, Yvel has competed in PRIDE, Affliction, K-1, and the UFC amongst others. He has a bad reputation within MMA for his unsportsmanlike behaviour, including eye gouges, biting and attacking a referee. His resume in MMA is a whos who of Heavyweight legends.</p><p> - Houston Alexander (17-16-1-2NC) - Alexander made a big impression in his first two bouts originally for UFC, KO/TKOing Keith Jardine then Alessio Sakara. Unfortunately his career didnt continue with this kind of success. He does hold a victory over fellow TUF contestant, Sokoudjou, but also a loss to Gilbert Yvel.</p><p> - Jeff Monson (60-26-1) - Monson has always been a small Heavyweight at 5'9 but has always held his own. A colourful character, he is a two-time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Champion. He has competed in the UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce, and many more. Monson is also an anarcho-communist known for his extreme political views and love of Russia.</p><p> - Mariusz Pudzianowski (10-5-1NC) - Pudz is a legend in Poland, and holds a record 5 world strongest man titles. He is a national hero, and some of his wins have been dubious to say the least in his home country. He does hold a green belt in Kyokushin Karate, so isnt all gimmick.</p><p> - Mike Kyle (21-14-1-2NC) - A highly controversial fighter, Kyle actually has a positive 2-1 record within the UFC. He holds a knockout victory over Wes Sims, who is also on this season. Kyle has fought a good number of UFC heavyweights in his career, including Fabricio Werdum and Andrei Arlovski</p><p> - Pat Barry (8-7) - Barry is generally always the smaller man in fights, but uses his great kickboxing to chop down his larger opponents. He is generally the type of fighter who is KOd or KOs his opponent. He is dating current UFC fighter Rose Namajunas.</p><p> - Popek Rak (3-3) - One of the most controversial fighters in MMA history, Rak is a Polish rapper who is famed for getting his eyeballs tattooed and his face intentionally scarred (google it) He has never had a fight go past the second round.</p><p> - Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (19-18) - Sokoudjou burst onto the MMA scene in 2007 with KOs over Ricardo Arona and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, but unfortunately his early promise was never fulfilled. His judo is good, but he prefers to rely on his punching, which has regularly ended up with him being KOd.</p><p> - Rico Verhoeven (1-0) - A Dutch kickboxer and current Glory Heavyweight Champion. He is currently ranked as the No.1 Heavyweight kickboxer in the world, and is also undefeated in MMA. He will come into this season of TUF as one of the biggest fighters, standing tall at 6'5. </p><p> - Siala-Mou 'Mighty Mo' Siliga (11-5) - Mighty Mo is a former two time K-1 world grand prix winner. He has fought all over the world in MMA, from Bellator to Road FC to DREAM. His resume in kickboxing is excellent, having taken on some of the best Heavyweights in history.</p><p> - Wes Sims (24-14-1-2NC) - Another giant Heavyweight, standing 6'10, Sims is one of the tallest fighters in MMA. Often known as a joker, he has taken MMA a bit more seriously in previous years. Sims has had rivalries with former UFC Heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Frank Mir.</p><p> - Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira (19-14) - A Hawaiian brawler known for his incredible chin and wild battles. Cabbage is a former training partner of BJ Penn. He has fought Heavyweight alumni like Andrei Arlovski, Tank Abbott, Bigfoot Silva and Tim Sylvia.</p><p> </p><p> Episodes:</p><p> </p><p> Week 1.) Round of 16 - Aleksander Emelienenko defeated Gilbert Yvel via KO (Punch)</p><p> Week 2.) Round of 16 - Sokoudjou defeated Mariusz Pudzianowski via TKO (Strikes)</p><p> Week 3.) Round of 16 - Pat Barry defeated Houston Alexander via TKO (Strikes)</p><p> Week 4.) Round of 16 - Jeff Monson defeated Popek Rak via Submission (North South Choke)</p><p> Week 5.) Round of 16 - Mike Kyle defeated Rico Verhoeven via TKO (Strikes) </p></div></blockquote>

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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Events</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p>

UFC 221: Heavyweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Junior dos Santos vs Francis Ngannou (Heavyweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292382&postcount=8" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292382&postcount=8</a></p><p>

UFC 222: Light Heavyweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Jon Jones vs Jimi Manuwa (Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292385&postcount=10" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292385&postcount=10</a></p><p>

UFC 223: Middleweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Lyoto Machida vs Chris Weidman (Middleweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292526&postcount=13" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292526&postcount=13</a></p><p>

UFC 224: Welterweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Carlos Condit vs Robbie Lawler (Welterweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292539&postcount=14" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292539&postcount=14</a></p><p>

UFC 225: Lightweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Conor McGregor vs Eddie Alvarez (Lightweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292696&postcount=17" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292696&postcount=17</a></p><p>

UFC 226: Featherweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Max Holloway vs Jeremy Stephens (Featherweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292698&postcount=18" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292698&postcount=18</a></p><p>

UFC 227: Bantamweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Dominick Cruz vs Jimmie Rivera (Bantamweight Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292709&postcount=19" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292709&postcount=19</a></p><p>

UFC 228 Womens/Flyweight Grand Prix - Main Event: Cristiane Justino vs Amanda Nunes (Womens Grand Prix Final) <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292867&postcount=21" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292867&postcount=21</a></p><p>

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Ponzinibbio - Main Event: Colby Covington vs Santiago Ponzinibbio <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292870&postcount=22" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2292870&postcount=22</a></p>

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Post some predictions for the first TUF season and the GPs <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[Zmac32]

Interesting mix of vets and unproven talent on your TUF season, I like it. Makes it tough to predict...but I'll go with Mike Kyle.

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC 221 Heavyweight Grand Prix</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

HW GP Quarter Final - (#3) Cain Velasquez defeated (#6) Alistair Overeem via TKO (Strikes) at 0:29 of Round 2</p><p>

HW GP Quarter Final - (#5) Junior dos Santos defeated (#9) Mark Hunt via TKO (Strikes) at 4:26 of Round 1</p><p>

HW GP Quarter Final - (#2) Francis Ngannou defeated (#4) Fabricio Werdum via KO (Punch) at 3:50 of Round 1</p><p>

HW GP Quarter Final -(#7) Josh Barnett defeated (#1) Stipe Miocic via Submission (Kneebar) at 3:39 of Round 1</p><p>

Antonio Carlos Junior defeated Abdul Razak Alhassan via Submission (RNC) at 2:55 of Round 1</p><p>

Adam Milstead defeated Daniel Spitz via KO (Punch) at 3:07 of Round 1</p><p>

Zak Ottow defeated Alan Jouban via Submission (Leglock) at 4:33 of Round 2</p><p>

(#23) Belal Muhammad defeated (#21) Mike Perry via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Cyril Asker defeated Christian Colombo via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#17) Paulo Henrique Costa defeated (#15) Trevin Giles via KO (Knee) at 4:35 of Round 1</p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

HW GP Semi Final - (#5) Junior dos Santos defeated (#3) Cain Velasquez via TKO (Strikes) at 4:34 of Round 1</p><p>

HW GP Semi Final - (#2) Francis Ngannou defeated (#7) Josh Barnett via KO (Elbow) at 0:53 of Round 2</p><p>

(#8) Yair Rodriguez defeated (#14) Renan Barao via KO (Punch) at 4:28 of Round 1</p><p>

Holly Holm defeated Valentina Shevchenko via TKO (Strikes) at 3:01 of Round 1</p><p>

(#24) Rashad Evans defetaed (#5) Yoel Romero via TKO (Strikes) at 4:27 of Round 2</p><p>

HW GP Final - (#5) Junior dos Santos defeated (#2) Francis Ngannou via Unanimous Decision</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Rashad Evans vs Yoel Romero</p><p>

KO of the Night: Yair Rodriguez (vs Renan Barao)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Zak Attow (vs Alan Jouban)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Antonio Carlos Jr named Ryan Janes as his ideal next opponent.</p><p>

Yair called out Cub Swanson, depending on how the FW Grand Prix goes.</p><p>

Holly Holm was a +420 underdog but stopped Shevchenko in 1 round, she then preceded to call out de Randamie, if she can beat Megan Anderson in her next bout.</p><p>

Rashad Evans rebounded with an impressive TKO victory over Yoel Romero, he was a +310 underdog for the fight. Afterwards he said he'd like to fight a young and hungry fighter, and Brad Tavares was mentioned as an opponent.</p><p>

Paulo Henrique Costa won the battle of the undefeated fighters against Trevin Giles.</p><p>

There wasnt a bad fight on the card, which is a nice start!</p><p>

Only 3 decisions on the card, and only 8 of the 16 fights made it into the second round!</p>

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The first two episodes of TUF27 are in the bag, with Aleksander Emelienenko defeating Gilbert Yvel via brutal knockout and Sokoudjou defeating Mariusz Pudzianowski via TKO due to strikes. This is a very International TUF, with the two weeks involving a Russian eliminating a Dutchman and a Cameroonian defeated a Polish fighter.

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC 222 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

LHW GP Quarter Final - (#6) Jimi Manuwa defeated (#15) Misha Cirkunov via KO (Punch) at 0:19 of Round 2</p><p>

LHW GP Quarter Final - (#5) Glover Teixeira defeated (#12) Volkan Oezdemir via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

LHW GP Quarter Final - (#4) Alexander Gustafsson defetaed (#10) Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua via KO (Punch) at 0:59 of Round 2</p><p>

LHW GP Quarter Final - (#1) Jon Jones defeated (#2) Daniel Cormier via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Eric Spicely defeated Tim Williams via TKO (Strikes) at 0:49 of Round 1</p><p>

Mark Godbeer defeated Tai Tuivasa via TKO (Strikes) at 0:57 of Round 2</p><p>

(#18) Brett Johns defeated (#17) Rob Font via Submission (RNC) at 2:35 of Round 3</p><p>

(#23) Mirsad Bektic defeated (#22) Julio Arce via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#8) Gunnar Nelson defeated (#9) Jorge Masvidal via Submission (Guillotine) at 3:10 of Round 2</p><p>

(#8) Gilbert Melendez defeated (#14) Michael Johnson via Unanimous Decision</p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

LHW GP Semi Final - (#6) Jimi Manuwa defeated (#5) Glover Teixeira via Split Decision</p><p>

LHW GP Semi Final - (#1) Jon Jones defeated (#4) Alexander Gustafsson via TKO (Strikes) at 2:38 of Round 1</p><p>

(#10) Andrei Arlovski defeated (#14) Stefan Struve via TKO (Strikes) at 3:37 of Round 1</p><p>

(#6) Colby Covington defeated (#20) Kamarudeen Usman via Split Decision</p><p>

(#8) Brock Lesnar defeated (#16) Ben Rothwell via KO (Punch) at 3:13 of Round 3</p><p>

LHW GP Final - (#1) Jon Jones defeated (#6) Jimi Manuwa via KO (Punch) at 0:20 of Round 1</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Gilbert Melendez vs Michael Johnson</p><p>

KO of the Night: Jon Jones (vs Jimi Manuwa)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Brett Johns (vs Rob Font)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Eric Spicely strangely called out Anderson Silva after his victory.</p><p>

Mark Godbeer was a +390 underdog but pulled off an upset over the previously undefeated Tai Tuivasa.</p><p>

Brett Johns called out Ricardo Ramos for his next opponent.</p><p>

Colby Covington was vocal as always after his fight against longtime rival, Kamarudeen Usman. He thinks the fight shouldve been a Unanimous Decision, he also fuelled the ATT vs Blackzillians feud aswell as demanding his next opponent being the winner of the WW Grand Prix.</p>

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<p><strong>HW GP:</strong></p><p>

WOW! Stipe getting tapped by Barnett in Rd. 1, big upset. </p><p>

I like Jouban a lot as a fighter, hope he can bounce back. </p><p>

Paulo Costa might be one of the most entertaining guys out there right now, great to see him grab another win. Excited to see who he gets next. </p><p>

HUGE comeback for Yair. Barao isn't what he used to be, but that's a win that should jump off the page for the less than hardcore MMA fan. </p><p>

Personally, any day where Yoel Romero loses is a good one. </p><p>

JDS is a good way to start off the new era. A lot of nice potential matchups, who will get the immediate shot, or will you rank based on how they placed in the tourney?</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>LHW GP: </strong></p><p>

Jon Jones/Cormier III prob could have been kept on opposite sides of the bracket to make their meeting bigger...but at least we got to see it happen!</p><p>

Solid main card, surprised to see Gustaffson go down so early to JJ. </p><p>

No surprise in the end though, as the champ is here. I'll be interested to see who/if anyone can actually top him. </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>TUF:</strong></p><p>

I was tempted to go with Emelienenko as my pick, but ended up settling on Kyle. Interested to see how this shakes out. </p><p> </p><p>

Good stuff so far, mate.</p>

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Zmac32" data-cite="Zmac32" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45417" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>HW GP:</strong><p> WOW! Stipe getting tapped by Barnett in Rd. 1, big upset. </p><p> I like Jouban a lot as a fighter, hope he can bounce back. </p><p> Paulo Costa might be one of the most entertaining guys out there right now, great to see him grab another win. Excited to see who he gets next. </p><p> HUGE comeback for Yair. Barao isn't what he used to be, but that's a win that should jump off the page for the less than hardcore MMA fan. </p><p> Personally, any day where Yoel Romero loses is a good one. </p><p> JDS is a good way to start off the new era. A lot of nice potential matchups, who will get the immediate shot, or will you rank based on how they placed in the tourney?</p><p> </p><p> <strong>LHW GP: </strong></p><p> Jon Jones/Cormier III prob could have been kept on opposite sides of the bracket to make their meeting bigger...but at least we got to see it happen!</p><p> Solid main card, surprised to see Gustaffson go down so early to JJ. </p><p> No surprise in the end though, as the champ is here. I'll be interested to see who/if anyone can actually top him. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>TUF:</strong></p><p> I was tempted to go with Emelienenko as my pick, but ended up settling on Kyle. Interested to see how this shakes out. </p><p> </p><p> Good stuff so far, mate.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks for the feedback and input, much appreciated <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Was shocked to see Stipe get eliminated so quickly, aswell as all the fights finishing real quick!</p><p> I plan on building Costa with fairly good named opponents, i see him as the future at MW <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> I'll have contender fights running alongside the tournaments to produce the next challenger for the new champions, that or an impressive win from a tournament fighter afterwards could earn them a shot.</p><p> I kinda wanted the opposite to the DC/Jones trilogy, get it out the way and create new matchups lol, but thatll be hard in a very thin LHW :/</p>

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC 223 Middleweight Grand Prix</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Massachusetts,USA</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>

<strong>Attendance: 14,193 (Gate: $2,838,600)</strong></p><p><strong>

Critical Rating: 70% / Commercial Rating: 91%</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

MW GP Quarter Final - (#6) Lyoto Machida defeated (#14) Vitor Belfort via TKO (Strikes) at 4:25 of Round 2</p><p>

MW GP Quarter Final - (#7) Kelvin Gastelum defeated (#3) Luke Rockhold via Submission (Guillotine) at 4:21 of Round 2</p><p>

MW GP Quarter Final - (#2) Chris Weidman defeated (#4) Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza via TKO (Strikes) at 0:37 of Round 3</p><p>

MW GP Quarter Final - (#5) Michael Bisping defeated (#1) Robert Whittaker via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Naoki Inoue defeated (#22) Pietro Menga via KO (Kick) at 2:39 of Round 1</p><p>

(#15) Eryk Anders defeated Steve Bosse via Submission (North South Choke) at 3:39 of Round 1</p><p>

Zabit Magomedsharipov defeated Calvin Kattar via KO (Kick) at 2:23 of Round 1</p><p>

(#23) Renato Carneiro defeated Shane Burgos via Submission (Kimura) at 4:51 of Round 3</p><p>

(#19) Marcin Held defeated (#15) Evan Dunham via Split Decision</p><p>

(#16) Yancy Medeiros defeated (#11) Darren Till via TKO (Strikes) at 1:32 of Round 3</p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

MW GP Semi Final - (#6) Lyoto Machida defeated (#7) Kelvin Gastelum via TKO (Strikes) at 0:47 of Round 3</p><p>

MW GP Semi Final - (#2) Chris Weidman defeated (#5) Michael Bisping via TKO (Strikes) at 0:34 of Round 3</p><p>

(#23) Matt Brown defeated (#25) Thiago Alves via KO (Knee) at 0:31 of Round 2</p><p>

(#11) Derek Brunson defeated (#12) David Branch via KO (Punch) at 3:25 of Round 1</p><p>

(#12) Kevin Lee defeated (#8) Anthony Pettis via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

MW GP Final - (#6) Lyoto Machida defeated (#2) Chris Weidman via TKO (Strikes) at 3:30 of Round 1</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Kevin Lee vs Anthony Pettis</p><p>

KO of the Night: Matt Brown (vs Thiago Alves)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Renato Carneiro (vs Shane Burgos)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Lyoto Machida turned back the years with consistent TKO victories, becoming a two weight World Champion in the process.</p><p>

Mike Perry hit up social media, laying into Darren Till after his surprising loss to Yancy Medeiros, this feud will likely lead to a bout next between the two.</p><p>

Zabit Magomedsharipov said he'd like to fight Arnold Allen next.</p><p>

Matt Brown says he was impressed with Belal Muhammed recently, most so with his win over Mike Perry, and says thats a fight he'd like to take next.</p><p>

Derek Brunson called out Paulo Henrique Costa for his next fight.</p>

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC 224 Welterweight Grand Prix</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Louisiana,USA</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>

<strong>Attendance: 16,413 (Gate: $3,282,600)</strong></p><p><strong>

Critical Rating: 72% / Commercial Rating: 98%</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

WW GP Quarter Final - (#16) Carlos Condit defeated (#9) Donald Cerrone via TKO (Strikes) at 4:18 of Round 1</p><p>

WW GP Quarter Final - (#4) Rafael dos Anjos defeated (#8) Demian Maia via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

WW GP Quarter Final - (#5) Robbie Lawler defeated (#3) Stephen Thompson via KO (Punch) at 1:31 of Round 2</p><p>

WW GP Quarter Final - (#1) Tyron Woodley defeated (#2) Georges St.Pierre via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Omari Akhmedov defeated Leon Edwards via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Tyrone Spong defeated Mike Rodriguez via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Nadia Kassem defeated Tatiana Suarez via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#22) Tyson Pedro defeated Nick Roehrick via KO (Punch) at 0:48 of Round 1</p><p>

Adam Wieczorek defeated (#20) Curtis Blaydes via TKO (Strikes) at 1:09 of Round 1</p><p>

Adlan Amagov defeated Bartosz Fabinski via Submission (Armbar)n at 2:19 of Round 3 </p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

WW GP Semi Final - (#16) Carlos Condit defeated (#4) Rafael dos Anjos via KO (Knee) at 1:27 of Round 2</p><p>

WW GP Semi Final - (#5) Robbie Lawler defeated (#1) Tyron Woodley via KO (Punch) at 3:58 of Round 2</p><p>

(#16) Clay Guida defeated (#9) Ricardo Lamas via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#16) Rustam Khabilov defeated (#20) Al Iaquinta via Submission (RNC) at 3:08 of Round 1</p><p>

(#15) Santiago Ponzinibbio defeated Neil Magny via TKO (Strikes) at 2:01 of Round 1</p><p>

WW GP Final - (#16) Carlos Condit defeated (#5) Robbie Lawler via KO (Kick) at 0:24 of Round 3</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Robbie Lawler vs Stephen Thompson</p><p>

KO of the Night: Carlos Condit (vs Robbie Lawler)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Rustam Khabilov (vs Al Ianquinta)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Omari Akhmedov called out Sultan Aliev for his next opponent.</p><p>

Nadia Kassem upset the odds and preceded to call out recent signee, Rin Nakai for her next bout.</p><p>

Adam Wieczorek was another underdog victor, he entered the bout as a +580 underdog.</p><p>

Santiago Ponzinibbio said he would like to face Colby Covington next in a WW title eliminator, Covington took to twitter to agree to the fight.</p><p>

Carlos Condit was the underdog in every fight on the card but managed to finish his opponent in each fight, very impressive and definitely earned the right to call himself the UFC Welterweight Champion.</p><p>

Donald Cerrone has announced a drop back down to Lightweight after his fourth loss in a row at Welterweight.</p>

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<p>Middleweight:</p><p>

-Wow, awesome to see The Dragon turn back the time. Seems like that's a pretty marketable champion moving forward. Nice outcome for you!</p><p>

- Love the addition of the gate info</p><p>

-Zabit and Andyrs both winning is pretty cool. Two more good prospects! I'll be interested to see both of their next fights. </p><p>

- Poor Till! Hopefully he can knock Mike Perry silly in his next fight. That should be an exciting one. </p><p>

- Hmmm...Bruson/Costa sure could be interesting. Would be a huge step up for Costa, will be interested to see if this materializes in the future. </p><p> </p><p>

Welterweight:</p><p>

- Nice draw/gate! The Condit/RDA/Lawler of the world must have gotten the mainstream interested</p><p>

- Again, another nice prospect winning in Pedro. </p><p>

- Wonder if the fatigue from the GSP fight wore on Woodley as the night went on. I would imagine he will be hungry to get a title shot. </p><p>

- Bummer that Tatiana went down! She could be a building block in that division in the future. </p><p>

- Looking forward to the Covington fight, hope he gets smeared. </p><p>

- Probably a good move for Cowboy, hopefully he can salvage a win in his next outing and keep cashing those checks for a few years. </p><p> </p><p>

Keep it up, enjoyable cards. Seems like a ton of cool matchups/storylines should stem from these Grand Prix's in the aftermath.</p>

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Middleweight:

-Wow, awesome to see The Dragon turn back the time. Seems like that's a pretty marketable champion moving forward. Nice outcome for you!

- Love the addition of the gate info

-Zabit and Andyrs both winning is pretty cool. Two more good prospects! I'll be interested to see both of their next fights.

- Poor Till! Hopefully he can knock Mike Perry silly in his next fight. That should be an exciting one.

- Hmmm...Bruson/Costa sure could be interesting. Would be a huge step up for Costa, will be interested to see if this materializes in the future.

 

Welterweight:

- Nice draw/gate! The Condit/RDA/Lawler of the world must have gotten the mainstream interested

- Again, another nice prospect winning in Pedro.

- Wonder if the fatigue from the GSP fight wore on Woodley as the night went on. I would imagine he will be hungry to get a title shot.

- Bummer that Tatiana went down! She could be a building block in that division in the future.

- Looking forward to the Covington fight, hope he gets smeared.

- Probably a good move for Cowboy, hopefully he can salvage a win in his next outing and keep cashing those checks for a few years.

 

Keep it up, enjoyable cards. Seems like a ton of cool matchups/storylines should stem from these Grand Prix's in the aftermath.

 

Again, thanks for the input very interesting going forward with potential matchups and prospects etc

Definitely trying to build prospects atm with guys like Anders/Costa/Magomedsharipov/Pedro, was hoping to with Till too tho, but thats gone badly already lol

Keep a look out for Colby's future fights, may surprise you

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UFC 225 Lightweight Grand Prix

Alabama,USA

Attendance: 19,192 (Gate: $4,068,704)

Critical Rating: 69% / Commercial Rating: 98%

 

Prelims

 

LW GP Quarter Final - (#8) Justin Gaethje defeated (#6) Edson Barboza via TKO (Strikes) at 0:42 of Round 2

LW GP Quarter Final - (#4) Eddie Alvarez defeated (#10) Dustin Poirier via TKO (Strikes) at 3:39 of Round 1

LW GP Quarter Final - (#2) Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated (#3) Tony Ferguson via Unanimous Decision

LW GP Quarter Final - (#1) Conor McGregor defeated (#5) Nate Diaz via TKO (Strikes) at 2:24 of Round 1

(#18) Bethe Correia defeated (#21) Sara McMann via Unanimous Decision

(#15) Ben Nguyen defeated (#14) Dustin Ortiz via TKO (Strikes) at 3:37 of Round 3

(#11) Thomas Almeida defeated (#10) Aljamain Sterling via Unanimous Decision

(#12) Beneil Dariush defeated (#22) James Vick via Submission (RNC) at 4:50 of Round 1

(#11) Martin Kampmann defeated (#17) Patrick Cote via KO (Knee) at 3:26 of Round 1

(#23) Germaine de Randamie defeated Megan Anderson via TKO (Strikes) at 3:44 of Round 1

 

Main Card

 

LW GP Semi Final - (#4) Eddie Alvarez defeated (#8) Justin Gaethje via Unanimous Decision

LW GP Semi Final - (#1) Conor McGregor defeated (#2) Khabib Nurmagomedov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:38 of Round 1

(#16) Charles Oliveira defeated (#13) Chan Sung Jung via Submission (Armbar) at 4:17 of Round 1

(#4) Urijah Faber defeated (#12) John Dodson via Submission (Guillotine) at 3:47 of Round 2

(#3) Anthony Johnson defeated (#9) Forrest Griffin via TKO (Strikes) at 1:53 of Round 2

LW GP Final - (#1) Conor McGregor defeated (#4) Eddie Alvarez via Unanimous Decision

 

Awards:

 

Fight of the Night: Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje

KO of the Night: Martin Kampmann (vs Patrick Cote)

Sub of the Night: Urijah Faber (vs John Dodson)

 

Notes:

 

Conor McGregor took home a cool $14million+ from his evening of work, becoming the first guy who held the belt before the tournaments, to go on a win the title back in the tournament.

Martin Kampmann joined the queue of guys calling out Colby Covington.

Charles Oliveira would like to square off with Clay Guida next.

Thomas Almeida was a +380 underdog victor in his bout.

Urijah Faber failed a PEDs test after the fight so the fight has become a no contest.

News also came in that Tyson Pedro also failed a drugs test for PEDs from UFC 224 and his bout also became a no contest.

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UFC 226 Featherweight Grand Prix

Texas,USA

Attendance: 19,962 (Gate: $4,231,944)

Critical Rating: 81% / Commercial Rating: 96%

 

Prelims

 

FW GP Quarter Final - (#5) Chad Mendes defeated (#4) Brian Ortega via KO (Punch) at 0:55 of Round 1

FW GP Quarter Final - (#12) Jeremy Stephens defeated (#8) Josh Emmett via Unanimous Decision

FW GP Quarter Final - (#3) Jose Aldo defeated (#6) Cub Swanson via TKO (Strikes) at 4:48 of Round 1

FW GP Quarter Final - (#1) Max Holloway defeated (#2) Frankie Edgar via TKO (Strikes) at 3:34 of Round 1

(#18) Magomed Bibulatov defeated Jarred Brooks via Unanimous Decision

(#23) Junior Albini defeated Rashad Coulter via KO (Punch) at 3:12 of Round 2

(#24) Diego Brandao defeated Artem Lobov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:45 of Round 3

Luke Barnatt defeated Andrew Sanchez via Unanimous Decision

Randa Markos defeated Rachael Ostovich via Submission (Kimura) at 2:29 of Round 3

Arnold Allen defeated (#20) Andre Fili via Submission (Guillotine) at 3:11 of Round 1

 

Main Card

 

FW GP Semi Final - (#12) Jeremy Stephens defeated (#5) Chad Mendes via TKO (Strikes) at 4:44 of Round 1

FW GP Semi Final - (#1) Max Holloway defeated (#3) Jose Aldo via KO (Punch) at 4:56 of Round 2

(#17) Ilir Latifi defeated (#22) Tito Ortiz via TKO (Strikes) at 1:23 of Round 1

(#12) Paulo Henrique Costa defeated (#16) Tim Boetsch via KO (Punch) at 4:09 of Round 1

(#19) Gina Carano defeated (#4) Ronda Rousey via TKO (Strikes) at 2:30 of Round 3

FW GP Final - (#1) Max Holloway defeated (#12) Jeremy Stephens via TKO (Strikes) at 0:38 of Round 4

 

Awards:

 

Fight of the Night: Max Holloway vs Jeremy Stephens

KO of the Night: Paulo Henrique Costa (vs Tim Boetsch)

Sub of the Night: Arnold Allen (vs Andre Fili)

 

Notes:

 

Max Holloway regained the belt he never lost by punching his way thru 3 guys on the night.

Gina Carano made a successful return, at the expense of the return of Ronda Rousey, Carano was a +540 underdog for the fight.

Paulo Henrique Costa had a quick turnaround and smashed Tim Boetsch, he'll be looking for another quick turnaround to keep his activity going.

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UFC 227 Bantamweight Grand Prix

Rhode Island,USA

Attendance: 16,874 (Gate: $2,767,336)

Critical Rating: 72% / Commercial Rating: 86%

 

Prelims

 

BW GP Quarter Final - (#6) Marlon Moraes defeated (#7) John Lineker via Unanimous Decision

BW GP Quarter Final - (#8) Jimmie Rivera defeated (#5) Raphael Assuncao via Split Decision

BW GP Quarter Final - (#2) Dominick Cruz defeated (#3) Cody Garbrandt via Unanimous Decision

BW GP Quarter Final - Demetrious Johnson defeated (#1) TJ Dillashaw via Unanimous Decision

Yaroslav Amosov defeated Alberto Mina via TKO (Strikes) at 3:05 of Round 1

Abdul-Kerim Edilov defeated Jake Collier via Submission (RNC) at 4:35 of Round 1

Daniel Crawford defeated Gavin Tucker via Unanimous Decision

Max Griffin defeated Muslim Salikhov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:15 of Round 1

Justin Willis defeated Valentin Moldavsky via TKO (Strikes) at 2:11 of Round 1

Sean O'Malley defeated Alejandro Perez via TKO (Strikes) at 1:19 of Round 1

 

 

Main Card

 

BW GP Semi Final - (#8) Jimmie Rivera defeated (#6) Marlon Moraes via Unanimous Decision

BW GP Semi Final - (#2) Dominick Cruz defeated Demetrious Johnson via Unanimous Decision

(#19) Carla Esparza defeated (#22) Tecia Torres via Submission (Armbar) at 3:28 of Round 2

(#20) Doo Ho Choi defeated (#11_ Dennis Bermudez via KO (Punch) at 2:10 of Round 1

BJ Penn defeated (#23) Joe Lauzon via Split Decision

BW GP Final - (#2) Dominick Cruz defeated (#8) Jimmie Rivera via Unanimous Decision

 

Awards:

 

Fight of the Night: Jimmie Rivera vs Marlon Moraes

KO of the Night: Doo Ho Choi (vs Dennis Bermudez)

Sub of the Night: Carla Esparza (vs Tecia Torres)

 

Notes:

 

Dominick Cruz won the belt then called out old foe, TJ Dillashaw after the fight. Cruz and Jimmie Rivera both fought for 55 minutes on the night!

BJ Penn defeated Joe Lauzon by split decision but the fight was overturned to a no contest after a failed drugs test for marijuana.

Doo Ho Choi asked for Renato Carneiro for his next fight.

Max Griffin had one of the biggest underdog victories this year when he was the victor, despite being +500 to win with the bookies.

Daniel Crawford was another underdog victor, this time being +390 prior to the fight. He celebrated the victory by calling out Featherweight phenom, Zabit Magomedsharipov.

Abdul-Kerim Edilov has been impressive in his 2 fights in the UFC and after topping Jake Collier, he called out famed kickboxer and recent signee, Tyrone Spong to fight.

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Three more weeks have passed of The Ultimate Fighter, with Pat Barry defeating Houston Alexander via TKO in the first episode, followed by Jeff Monson defeating Popek Rak via Submission with a North South Choke and finally Mike Kyle defeated Glory World Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven via TKO, Kyle used Rico's lack of ground game to his advantage by taking him down and ground and pounding him. Kyle and Rico got heated in the house as Kyle promised Rico a stand up battle but later said he did what he had to do to advance with least damage, and standing with Rico didnt make sense.

Episode 2 had a big push towards the characters of both Monson and Popek, with one being an activist whos been arrested for his protests on numerous occassions, and the other being a Polish gangster rapper based in London who has willingly undergone facial scarring surgery!

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC 228 Womens/Flyweight Grand Prix</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Tohuku,Japan</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>

<strong>Attendance: 6,541 (Gate: $1,151,216)</strong></p><p><strong>

Critical Rating: 78% / Commercial Rating: 91%</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

FLY GP Quarter Final - (#5) Wilson Reis defeated (#10) Tim Elliott via Submission (Kimura) at 3:08 of Round 1</p><p>

FLY GP Quarter Final - (#4) Jussier da Silva defeated (#9) Sergio Pettis via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

FLY GP Quarter Final - (#13) John Moraga defeated (#3) Henry Cejudo via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

FLY GP Quarter Final - (#2) Ray Borg defeated (#1) Joseph Benavidez via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Womens GP Quarter Final - (#5) Claudia Gadelha defeated (#19) Cat Zingano via Submission (Kimura) at 3:30 of Round 1</p><p>

Womens GP Quarter Final - (#1) Amanda Nunes defeated (#10) Rose Namajunas via KO (Punch) at 2:32 of Round 2</p><p>

Womens GP Quarter Final - (#2) Cristiane Justino defeated (#3) Joanna Jedrzejczyk via TKO (Strikes) at 2:27 of Round 1</p><p>

Womens GP Quarter Final - (#15) Jessica Andrade defeated (#11) Karolina Kowalkiewicz via KO (Punch) at 4:45 of Round 3</p><p>

(#11) Yuta Sasaki defeated (#20) Hiromasa Ogikubo via TKO (Strikes) at 0:53 of Round 1</p><p>

Takanori Gomi defeated Gray Maynard via KO (Punch) at 0:11 of Round 1</p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

FLY GP Semi Final - (#4) Jussier da Silva defeated (#5) Wilson Reis via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

FLY GP Semi Final - (#2) Ray Borg defeated (#13) John Moraga via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

Womens GP Semi Final - (#1) Amanda Nunes defeated (#5) Claudia Gadelha via TKO (Strikes) at 1:30 of Round 2</p><p>

Womens GP Semi Final - (#2) Cristiane Justino defeated (#15) Jessica Andrade via KO (Knee) at 2:59 of Round 1</p><p>

(#24) Brad Tavares defeated (#13) Rashad Evans via TKO (Strikes) at 2:39 of Round 1</p><p>

(#4) Stipe Miocic defeated (#13) Travis Browne via KO (Punch) at 3:37 of Round 1</p><p>

FLY GP Final - (#2) Ray Borg defeated (#4) Jussier da Silva via Split Decision</p><p>

Womens GP Final - (#2) Cristiane Justino defeated (#1) Amanda Nunes via TKO (Strikes) at 1:49 of Round 2</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Jessica Andrade vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz</p><p>

KO of the Night: Amanda Nunes (vs Rose Namajunas)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Wilson Reis (vs Tim Elliott)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

The Brazillians dominated the card, especially the Womens GP, with all semi-finallists hailing from Brazil.</p><p>

Ray Borg stopped the Brazillian domination with a solid run, chalking up 55 minutes in the cage over the evening, the same time as his losing opponent, Jussier da Silva. Some have argued that the decision shouldve gone Jussier da Silva's way, with a rematch of the final likely to be the direction for Borg's first defense.</p><p>

Cristiane Justino didnt have quite as long in the cage, with her 3 KO/TKO victories coming in at just 11:35.</p><p>

Brad Tavares pulled off a mild upset and shut Rashad Evan's mouth with a first round domination of his more experienced opponent. This matchup came about after Evans' called out Tavares after his last fight. Tavares made a real statement here.</p><p>

Gray Maynard was knocked out cold in 11 seconds and afterwards was handed his release papers and recommended to retire, he then signed for Titan FC.</p>

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Ponzinibbio</strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Nevada,USA</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p>

<strong>Attendance: 3,590 (Gate: $931,964)</strong></p><p><strong>

Critical Rating: 75% / Commercial Rating: 75%</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Prelims</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

(#23) Mirsad Bektic defeated Guan Wang via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#16) Darren Till defeated Curtis Millender via TKO (Strikes) at 2:08 of Round 1</p><p>

Yadong Song defeated Enrique Barzola via Submission (Kimura) at 1:35 of Round 2</p><p>

Daichi Abe defeated Michael Graves via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:40 of Round 2</p><p>

Davey Grant defeated (#22) Mitch Gagnon via KO (Knee) at 2:52 of Round 1</p><p>

(#12) Ben Nguyen defeated (#21) Pedro Nobre via TKO (Strikes) at 2:16 of Round 1</p><p>

Rani Yahya defeated (#14) Iuri Alcantara via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:11 of Round 2</p><p>

(#21) Kamarudeen Usman defeated Jake Ellenberger via Unanimous Decision</p><p>

(#12) Eryk Anders defeated (#20) Cezar Ferreira via KO (Punch) at 4:55 of Round 1</p><p>

(#19) Alex Oliveira defeated (#14) Dong Hyun Kim via KO (Punch) at 1:20 of Round 3</p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Card</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

(#12) Charles Oliveira defeated (#4) Yair Rodriguez via Submission (Kimura) at 4:40 of Round 2</p><p>

(#8) Beneil Dariush defeated (#10) Kevin Lee via TKO (Strikes) at 2:45 of Round 3</p><p>

(#16) Bethe Correia defeated (#8) Holly Holm via Split Decision</p><p>

(#6) Colby Covington defeated (#8) Santiago Ponzinibbio via Unanimous Decision</p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Awards:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Fight of the Night: Beneil Dariush vs Kevin Lee</p><p>

KO of the Night: Davey Grant (vs Mitch Gagnon)</p><p>

Sub of the Night: Charles Oliveira (vs Yair Rodriguez)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Daichi Abe won the battle of the undefeated fighters vs Michael Graves.</p><p>

Curtis Millender was a late replacement for Mike Perry, who was injured prior to the fight against Darren Till. After the fight Till says he still wants Perry at a future date, unless he gets scared again.</p><p>

It was a good night for contenders with huge upsides, with wins for Anders,Usman,Nguyen and Bektic, aswell as Abe and Till.</p><p>

Call outs were the name of the game on the night, with Bektic calling out Renato Carneiro, Till calling out Ponzinibbio and Dariush calling out Khabib after their fights.</p><p>

Ever the villain, Covington called out and slated GSP after this fight, placing the foundations for a future fight, as this win against Ponzinibbio earned him the next shot at Carlos Condit.</p>

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UFC Fight Night: Velasquez vs Ngannou

North Dakota,USA

Attendance: 4,014 (Gate: $610,128)

Critical Rating: 77% / Commercial Rating: 83%

 

Prelims

 

Thiago 'Marreta' Santos defeated Adam Hunter via KO (Knee) via 3:50 of Round 2

(#25) Mike Perry defeated Bryan Barbarena via TKO (Strikes) at 2:39 of Round 2

(#8) Paulo Henrique Costa defeated (#15) Elias Theodorou via TKO (Strikes) at 4:28 of Round 1

(#16) Ricardo Ramos defeated Benito Lopez via TKO (Strikes) at 3:00 of Round 1

(#9) Josh Emmett defeated Chas Skelly via TKO (Strikes) at 2:27 of Round 2

(#20) Joe Soto defeated (#25) Francisco Rivera via Submission (Leglock) at 0:51 of Round 2

(#23) Kajan Johnson defeated (#25) Bobby Green via TKO (Strikes) at 2:51 of Round 1

Paige VanZant defeated Maryna Moroz via TKO (Strikes) at 1:25 of Round 3

(#12) Rustam Khabilov defeated (#16) Marcin Held via Unanimous Decision

(#14) Gabriel Gonzaga defeated Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva via KO (Punch) at 1:22 of Round 1

 

Main Card

 

(#7) Gilbert Melendez defeated (#5) Justin Gaethje via TKO (Strikes) at 4:40 of Round 1

(#5) Alexander Gustafsson defeated (#10) Volkan Oezdemir via TKO (Strikes) at 2:40 of Round 3

(#9) Derrick Lewis defeated (#10) Alistair Overeem via KO (Punch) at 2:52 of Round 1

(#2) Francis Ngannou defeated (#4) Cain Velasquez via TKO (Strikes) at 0:48 of Round 2

 

Awards:

 

Fight of the Night: Alexander Gustafsson vs Volkan Oezdemir

KO of the Night: Derrick Lewis (vs Alistair Overeem)

Sub of the Night: Joe Soto (vs Francisco Rivera)

 

Notes:

 

Joe Soto subbed Francisco Rivera and then called out Ricardo Ramos for a future fight.

Volkan Oezdemir has gone from title contender to a 3 fight losing streak and will likely step down in competition next time out to get back on track.

Alexander Gustafsson called out Jimi Manuwa after extending Oezdemir's losing streak.

Francis Ngannou will face the winner of Junior dos Santos vs Stipe Miocic next for the HW belt.

Mike Perry made a strange call out after his win, calling out another highly disliked fighter in Rousimar Palhares. Strange call out as neither guy is very much liked, so kinda a heel vs heel fight if it comes to fruition. Not sure where the heat between the two started but the twitter beef has been escalating.

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Week 6 of the Ultimate Fighter has a very old school theme withWes Sims defeating Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira via Submission due to a Armbar, using his long limbs and Cabbage's lack of ground game to his advantage.

Week 7 had a very big difference in striking levels as worls class kickboxer, Anderson 'Braddock' Silva defeated street fighter, Dhafir 'Dada 5000' Harris via TKO, knocking Dada down before ground and pounding his opponent.

Week 8 and in the final fight of the final 16, Brett Rogers defeated Siala-Mou Siliga with ease via TKO. This was probably the most impressive victory in the first round.

 

The Quarter Finals are announced:

Brett Rogers vs Sokoudjou

Aleksander Emelienenko vs Anderson 'Braddock' Silva

Mike Kyle defeated Pat Barry

Wes Sims vs Wes Sims

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<p>Predictions for the Quarter Finals?</p><p>

Brett Rogers vs Sokoudjou</p><p>

Aleksander Emelienenko vs Anderson 'Braddock' Silva</p><p>

Mike Kyle defeated Pat Barry</p><p>

Wes Sims vs Wes Sims</p><p> </p><p>

also who will win in the semis and final?</p>