UFC: The New Era

mattu29 · May 27, 2020

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The UFC will host 6 straight days of fight cards, spread across 6 different areas, as part of their International Fight Week, all free to air on ESPN.

UFC International Fight Week Schedule (Main Card Results)

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: Canada

Monday Week 2 February 2021

Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 7,770 (Gate: $1,942,500)

Critical Rating: 73%, Commercial Rating: 84%

(#19) Rory MacDonald defeated (#6) Rafael dos Anjos via TKO (Strikes) at 1:03 of Round 5

(#18) Deiveson Figueiredo defeated Josh Hill via KO (Knee) at 1:33 of Round 2

Aaron Pico defeated TJ Laramie via TKO (Strikes) at 3:17 of Round 1

Jeremy Kennedy defeated Carlos Diego Ferreira via KO (Kick) at 0:31 of Round 1

Sheldon Westcott defeated Mickey Gall via Submission (RNC) at 4:59 of Round 2

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: Poland

Tueday Week 2 February 2021

Krakow, Poland

Attendance: 4,261 (Gate: $937,420)

Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 62%

(#19) Mateusz Gamrot defeated (#24) Clay Guida via Submission (Leglock) at 2:42 of Round 5

(#15) Marcin Tybura defeated Jared Rosholt via Submission (Armbar) at 3:38 of Round 1

Damian Janikowski defeated Ed Gordon via Submission (Guillotine) at 0:38 of Round 3

Michal Materla defeated Emiliano Sordi via Unanimous Decision

James Vick defeatedAslambek Saidov via Unanimous Decision

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: Brazil

Wednesday Week 2 February 2021

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Attendance: 4,537 (Gate: $1,338,415)

Critical Rating: 80%, Commercial Rating: 69%

Charles Oliveira defeated (#20) Andre Fili via Submission (Von Flue Choke) at 2:24 of Round 1

Carlos Condit defeated Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos via TKO (Strikes) at 1:29 of Round 1

(#22) Davi Ramos defeated Will Brooks via Submission (Armbar) at 2:17 of Round 3

(#20) Gilbert Burns defeated (#22) Neil Magny via Submission (RNC) at 3:39 of Round 3

Thomas Almeida defeated Jussier da Silva via KO (Punch) at 1:54 of Round 2

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: Russia

Thursday Week 2 February 2021

Moscow, Russia

Attendance: 2,931 (Gate: $600,855)

Critical Rating: 72%, Commercial Rating: 62%

(#12) Shamil Abdurakhimov defeated (#20) Andrei Arlovski via KO (Punch) at 0:34 of Round 1

(#16) Alexandre Pantoja defeated (#9) Ali Bagautinov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:37 of Round 1

Alexander Shlemenko defeated Jason 'Mayhem' Miller via Unanimous Decision

Abdul-Kerim Edilov defeated Nikita Krylov via Submission (RNC) at 4:04 of Round 2

Alexey Kunchenko defeatedAndrey Koreshkov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:17 of Round 2

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: UK

Friday Week 2 February 2021

Glasgow, Scotland

Attendance: 2,133 (Gate: $597,240)

Critical Rating: 78%, Commercial Rating: 63%

(#23) Michael 'Venom' Page defeated (#9) Leon Edwards via TKO (Strikes) at 4:16 of Round 2

(#9) Arnold Allen defeated (#24) Myles Jury at Submission (Kimura) at 4:47 of Round 1

Bradley Scott defeated Tom Watson via TKO (Strikes) at 3:35 of Round 1

Adam Palasz defeated Dillian Whyte via TKO (Strikes) at 1:58 of Round 1

Nathaniel Wood defeated Justin Scoggins via TKO (Strikes) at 4:27 of Round 1

UFC on ESPN: Fight Week: Australia

Friday Week 2 February 2021

Brisbane, Australia

Attendance: 1,762 (Gate: $387,640)

Critical Rating: 69%, Commercial Rating: 64%

(#21) Maurice Greene defeated (#12) Tai Tuivasa via TKO (Strikes) at 2:58 of Round 2

Jake Matthews defeated Claudio Henrique da Silva via Unanimous Decision

Shane Mitchell drew with Darren Stewart via Split Draw

Michael Trizano defeated James Vandarakis via Submission (Armbar) at 3:40 of Round 1

Eric Shelton defeated Kai Kara-France via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:06 of Round 1

Notes:

All the above fight cards had 10 prelims, and here are a few notes from the cards:

- Hakeem Dawodu called out Aaron Pico after a 2nd round TKO over Martin Buschkamp

- Chris Gruetzemacher asked for a fight with Ottman Azaitar next after an underdog victory over John Makdessi. Gruetzemacher came in as a +540 underdog.

- Husband of Paige Vanzant, Austin Vanderford lost a close split decision to Canadian favorite and former hockey player, Steve Bosse, in his UFC debut.

- In another close split decision, hometown fighter, Kyle Nelson defied the odds (+360 underdog) to take a split decision over highly touted, Dan Ige.

- After an unbeaten run in Bellator, with 3 wins, after his UFC release, Galore Bofando KOd Canadian, Jonathan Meunier in just 27 seconds to mark his return to the octagon. He called out Mickey Gall after the win.

- Coming off the back of 3 straight losses, Brad Katona got a much needed win to put off getting released for a bit longer.

- Sheldon Westcott pulled off a minor upset, submitting Mickey Gall with 1 second left of the second round. This extends the Canadian fighters win streak to 3.

- After a couple of bad results in the prior two fights for Canadian fighters, Rory MacDonald managed to end the night on a high, by TKOing Rafael dos Anjos in the 5th round.

- Mitch Gagnon released from the UFC.

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- Krystian Kaszubowski got a solid win over Joaquin Buckley in both mens UFC debuts, and called out Irishman, Kiefer Crosbie for his next fight.

- After taking a split decision over Vitaly Bigdash, Rafal Kijanczuk re-iterated his interest in the Ivan Shrytkov fight, hoping to be cleared to fight on the upcoming Polish card.

- Oskar Piechota knocked out Wellington Turman in the first round, then called out Punahele Soriano for a rematch for his next fight.

- Roman Szymanski picked up a big win in his UFC debut, submitting former Bellator Lightweight champion, Brent Primus, who is a known submission specialist.

- James Vick convincingly beat Polish favorite, Aslambek Saidov, and called out Daichi Abe for his next fight.

- Another big favorite in Poland, Michal Materla also picked up another big win in his UFC debut, beating former PFL tournament winner, Emiliano Sordi by Unanimous Decision. Materla said he'd like to fight Bruno Santos next.

- Mateusz Gamrot bounced back from his first career loss, by submitting Clay Guida in the 5th round. Marc Diakiese was the answer when he was asked who he'd like to fight next.

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- Johnny Eblen extended his undefeated record to 8-0 with a tight split decision over Brazillian, Marcelo Guimaraes in his UFC debut.

- Alex Perez called out Darrion Caldwell for his next fight after a comfortable first round submission over Douglas Silva de Andrade.

- Eryk Anders said that a fight with Devin Clark would be a great fight next.

- Thomas Almeida was a +590 underdog, but KOd Jussier da Silva in the second round.

- Gilbert Burns called out Welshman, Jack Marshman for his next fight after a late submission win over Neil Magny.

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- Artem Frolov came into his UFC debut off the back of a 3-0 run and made quick work out of Jordan Johnson. In his post-fight interview he said he'd seen Johnny Eblen fight on the last card and would like to fight him next.

- It was 8-0 vs 5-0, as Magomed Yunusilau took on Cris Williams, with the Russian keeping his undefeated record intact via Unanimous Decision. He then called out Hakeem Dawodu for his next fight.

- Gadzhimurad Antigulov released from the UFC.

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- Fabian Edwards remained undefeated, extending his record to 11-0 with a KO 24 seconds into round 2.

- Luan Chagas TKOd Welshman, Lewis Long in less than 2 minutes, then called out Dhiego Lima for his next fight.

- Daniel Crawford was a +380 underdog against former TUF Latin America winner, Martin Bravo, rebounding from a loss in his UFC debut.

- Dillian Whyte's MMA debut was another dud, as he was comfortably beaten via TKO in less than 2 minutes by Poland's Adam Palasz.

- Bradley Scott extended his win streak to 5 with a dominant win over fellow Englishman, Tom Watson. This was his 4th stoppage in those 5 fights.

- Leon Edwards has now lost 3 in a row, after losing to heated rival, MVP via TKO.

- MVP now has a 2 fight win streak after his last win over Jorge Masvidal.

- Vinc Pichel released from the UFC.

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- 23 year old Australian, Trent Girdham started the night with a big upset, coming in as a +480 underdog, but stopping Louis Smolka early into the second round in his UFC debut.

- Shane Young missed weight, but managed to beat Enrique Barzola by Unanimous Decision. He'll move up to Lightweight for future fights.

- Maurice Greene upset the Australian crowd by TKOing crowd favourite, Tai Tuivasa. Greene was a +400 underdog but extends his win streak to 4 after previous wins over Justin Lewis, Chi Lewis-Parry and Greg Hardy. Greene has been a revelation, with only one loss in the UFC, to Sergey Pavlovich, and 6 wins.

- Chance Rencountre released from the UFC.

mattu29 · May 29, 2020

For all 6 cards:

CageRage 17 / 13

Majster: 22 / 8

mattu29 · May 29, 2020

UFC 266: Adesanya vs Costa II

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Attendance: 14,919 (Gate: $4,841,216)

Critical Rating: 74%, Commercial Rating: 98%

MAIN EVENT

(#1) Israel Adesanya defeated (#2) Paulo 'Borrachinha' Costa via TKO (Strikes) at 2:18 of Round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#4) Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson defeated (#3) Stipe Miocic via TKO (Strikes) at 4:31 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#7) Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez defeated (#23) Chris Eubank Jr via KO (Punch) at 0:58 of Round 1

(#14) Sodiq Yusuff defeated (#3) Renato Carneiro via Unanimous Decision

(#8) Darren Till defeated (#5) Chris Weidman via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Lorenz Larkin defeated (#25) Nate Diaz via Unanimous Decision

(#2) Petr Yan defeated (#11) Ray Borg via TKO (Strikes) at 2:53 of Round 1

(#21) Yadong Song defeated (#22) Brett Johns via KO (Punch) at 1:47 of Round 1

Gray Maynard defeated Joseph Duffy via KO (Punch) at 1:32 of Round 3

Neiman Gracie defeated Adam Proctor via Split Decision

Mohammed Usman defeated Mika Faavale via Split Decision

Jordan Griffin defeated Gabriel Benitez via KO (Punch) at 2:10 of Round 2

Khalil Rountree defeated Jake Collier via TKO (Strikes) at 1:18 of Round 2

Charles Jourdain defeated Jack Becker via TKO (Strikes) at 2:57 of Round 1

Viktor Pesta defeated Greg Hardy via Submission (Kimura) at 4:38 of Round 1

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Sodiq Yusuff vs Renato Carneiro

Knockout of the Night: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (vs Chris Eubank Jr)

Submission of the Night: Viktor Pesta (vs Greg Hardy)

Notes:

- Charles Jourdain continues to prove hes one of the top Canadian prospects, extending his UFC win streak to 3 with a 1st round TKO of Australian, Jack Becker.

- Khalil Rountree called out Ivan Shtyrkov for his next fight after TKOing Jake Collier early into the second round.

- Jordan Griffin knocked out Mexican, Gabriel Benitez and stated Troy Worthern would be a great opponent next.

- Yadong Song was the slight underdog against Brett Johns but KOd the Welshman inside 2 minutes for his biggest career win.

- Petr Yan TKOd Ray Borg within 3 minutes to earn himself the next Bantamweight title shot against the winner of Benavidez vs Cruz.

- Nate Diaz suffers his 4th loss in a row and his career has gone the opposite direction to his brother, who has earned a shot at the Middleweight title.

- Darren Till was a slight underdog at +220, but defeated former champion, Chris Weidman and declared he finally feels home in the Middleweight division

- Sodiq Yusuff moves to 7-0 in the UFC with another impressive win, beating Renato Carneiro via Unanimous Decision, this will give him the next shot against the winner of Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega.

- It took Canelo Alvarez less than a minute to shut up Chris Eubank Jr, and earn himself his first MMA victory.

- Anthony Johnson TKOd former champion, Stipe Miocic to earn himself a shot at the Heavyweight title against the winner of Volkov vs Overeem.

- Israel Adesanya continues his incredible run at Middleweight with a TKO just 2:18 into the first round, to again defeat Paulo Costa. Nick Diaz stepped into the cage after the fight to staredown the Middleweight Kingpin.

- Jake Collier released from the UFC.

mattu29 · May 31, 2020

UFC on ESPN: Jones vs dos Santos

Utah, USA

Attendance: 8,250 (Gate: $1,691,250)

Critical Rating: 69%, Commercial Rating: 96%

MAIN EVENT

(#7) Jon Jones defeated (#4) Junior dos Santos via Unanimous Decision

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#20) Phil Davis defeated (#3) Anthony Smith via Unanimous Decision

MAIN CARD

(#5) Kevin Lee defeated (#14) Dustin Poirier via KO (Punch) at 0:54 of Round 3

(#15) Alonzo Menifield defeated (#9) Johnny Walker via KO (Punch) at 3:43 of Round 2

(#7) Niko Price defeated (#11) Jingliang Li via Submission (RNC) at 4:01 of Round 2

PRELIMS

Joey Davis defeated Ross Houston via TKO (Strikes) at 4:20 of Round 1

Darko Stosic defeated (#25) Paul Craig via TKO (Strikes) at 3:40 of Round 2

Karl Amoussou defeated Court McGee via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:22 of Round 2

(#21) Stefan Struve defeated (#15) Blagoy Ivanov via TKO (Strikes) at 2:44 of Round 1

Rick Glenn defeated Rustam Khabilov via Unanimous Decision

Austin Hubbard defeated Scott Holtzman via TKO (Strikes) at 2:03 of Round 1

Khalid Taha defeated (#22) Calvin Kattar via KO (Punch) at 3:55 of Round 1

Timo Feucht defeated Kennedy Nzechukwu via Split Decision

Rashid Yusupov defeated Saparbek Safarov via Submission (D'Arce Choke) at 1:13 of Round 1

Tyrell Fortune defeated Alexander Romanov via Unanimous Decision

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Kevin Lee vs Dustin Poirier

Knockout of the Night: Alonzo Menifield (vs Johnny Walker)

Submission of the Night: Karl Amoussou (vs Court McGee)

Notes:

- Austin Hubbard was a +550 underdog, but finished Scott Holtzman in 123 seconds to record his first win in 3 fights.

- Another upset came in the next fight, as highly rated Russain, Rustam Khabilov was surprisingly beaten by late replacement, Rick Glenn.

- Karl Amoussou made his UFC debut with a submission over Court McGee in a fantastic fight. He called out Takeshi Sato for his next fight.

- It was 10-0 vs 10-0 with both fighters at 2-0 in the UFC, as Joey Davis took on Ross Houston. It was the American who was the victor, with a first round TKO.

- With both fighters coming into the fight on 5 fight winning streaks and looking to put their names in title contention, Niko Price managed to get the better of Jingliang Li, by submission which wouldve likely earned a no.1 contender fight next. Unfortunely, Price tested positive for drugs after the fight and the fight result was turned into a no contest.

- Alonzo Menifield kept his unbeaten record intact, moving to 14-0 with his biggest win to date, KOing Johnny Walker and moving to 7-0 in the UFC with all but one coming via stoppage.

- Kevin Lee bounced back from losing his title by knocking out top contender, Dustin Poirier, who is now on a 4 fight losing streak.

- Phil Davis made a successful return to the UFC, taking a Unanimous Decision over former title challenger, Anthony Smith. This was Davis' 4th win out of his last 5, with the other result being a no contest against Ralek Gracie.

- Jon Jones continued his streak at Heavyweight, moving to 2-0 in the stacked division. With Volkov vs Overeem up next for the belt, and Anthony Johnson after that, Jones will likely face another top contender to determine the next in line after Rumble. Altho Jones says he'd like to face Rumble soon whether it be for the title or not.

mattu29 · June 2, 2020

UFC on ESPN: UK: Fury vs Joshua

Glasgow, Scotland

Attendance: 5,025 (Gate: $1,105,500)

Critical Rating: 71%, Commercial Rating: 98%

MAIN EVENT

(#10) Anthony Joshua defeated Tyson Fury via KO (Punch) at 3:10 of Round 2

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#22) Andre Fili defeated Conor McGregor via KO (Punch) at 4:57 of Round 3

MAIN CARD

(#16) Michael 'Venom' Page defeated (#12) Gilbert Burns via KO (Punch) at 0:56 of Round 1

(#21) Ricardo Ramos defeated (#9) Arnold Allen via TKO (Strikes) at 1:41 of Round 3

(#15) Marc Diakiese defeated (#21) Paul Felder via TKO (Strikes) at 0:43 of Round 1

PRELIMS

(#20) Tom Breese defeated (#11) Uriah Hall via Submission (Kimura) at 2:04 of Round 2

Dhiego Lima defeated Danny Roberts via Unanimous Decision

Steven Ray defeated Christos Giagos via Unanimous Decision

Roger Narvaez defeated Aaron Chalmers via Unanimous Decision

Chase Hooper defeated Mike Grundy via TKO (Strikes) at 4:52 of Round 1

(#20) Linton Vassell defeated Artur Astakhov via Unanimous Decision

Brad Katona defeated Davey Grant via KO (Punch)n at 3:44 of Round 1

Montel Jackson defeated Michael Wooten via Unanimous Decision

(#23) Alexey Kunchenko defeated (#20) Jack Marshman via TKO (Strikes) at 0:26 of Round 1

Mike Shipman defeated Eric Spicely via KO (Punch) at 3:00 of Round 1

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Andre Fili vs Conor McGregor

Knockout of the Night: Anthony Joshua (vs Tyson Fury)

Submission of the Night: Tom Breese (vs Uriah Hall)

Notes:

- Alexey Kunchenko came into his fight against Jack Marshman as a +460 underdog but KOd the #20 ranked Welshman in 26 seconds. This ends Marshman's 3 fight win streak and puts Kunchenko on a 3 fight winning streak, all by stoppage, with his last being a big win over Andrey Koreshkov.

- Undefeated 21 year old, Chase Hooper pulled off a stunning victory, as a +670 underdog, to end Mike Grundy's 3 fight UFC win streak, all via TKO. This win comes off the back of wins over Daniel Teymur and Kron Gracie.

- After beating one Englishman in Aaron Chalmers, Roger Narvaez called out another in Fabian Edwards, a training partner of Chalmers and younger brother of former title challenger, Leon Edwards.

- Dhiego Lima extends his win streak to 7 after his win over Danny Roberts and will surely now enter the rankings at Welterweight.

- Uriah Hall continues to struggle to put together any kind of winning run, losing to Tom Breese after beating Jared Cannonier in his last fight.

- Marc Diakiese called out James Vick after his first round win over Paul Felder.

- Ricardo Ramos moves to 5 wins in a row after stopping Arnold Allen in the first round. This was Ramos' third win in a row over ranked opponents, but this one over a former title challenger was his biggest. He again called out John Lineker for his next fight.

- Andre Fili was a late replacement to face Conor McGregor, aswell as a +600 underdog, and he more than took his moment, KOing his overconfident opponent, who was 3 seconds from winning a unanimous decision comfortably. Easily the biggest win of Fili's career, and even sweeter against an enemy of Alpha Male. Fili came into the fight off 2 losses to make this victory even more incredible.

- Tyson Fury took on old Boxing nemesis, Anthony Joshua, in Joshua's MMA debut in the main event, and again it was a loss for the Gypsy fighter, being knocked out in the second round.

- It was announced prior to the fight card that Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza had announced his retirement on twitter.

mattu29 · June 2, 2020

Polish fight card upcoming just for majster: (Not my next card)

Main event:

Jan Blachowicz vs Ryan Bader

Co-Main event:

Marcin Held vs Justin Gaethje

Main Card:

Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Jim Crute

Mateusz Gamrot vs Islam Makhachev

Marcin Tybura vs Junior Albini

Prelims:

Karol Bedorf vs Thiago Silva

Michal Materla vs Bruno Santos

Rafal Kijanczuk vs Ivan Shtyrkov

Oskar Piechota vs Punahele Soriano

Krzysztof Jotko vs Rafael Carvalho

Bartosz Fabinski vs Belal Muhammad

Lukasz Sajewski vs Martin Nguyen

Roman Szymanski vs Norman Parke

Jakub Wislacz vs James Gallagher

Mateusz Legierski vs Aviv Gozali

Would love to hear your thoughts on these fights majster

Majster_93 · June 2, 2020

Main event:

Jan Blachowicz vs Ryan Bader

great fight, which took place at my game and Blachowicz won even though I bet on Bader.

Co-Main event:

Marcin Held vs Justin Gaethje

Hard fight for Marcin, it seems to me that rather no chance and Geathje will win.

Main Card:

Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Jim Crute

Oleksiejczuk seems to be such a fighter that he can win against the strong, but he can also lose to the theoretically weaker and heavily bet his fights, I rather bet on Crute.

Mateusz Gamrot vs Islam Makhachev

A hard fight for 'Gamer', but in which there is no chance if I had to bet it 51-49 on Makhachev.

Marcin Tybura vs Junior Albini

Tybura, like Oleksiejczuk, can win and lose with everyone, although in this fight I hope Marcin will win this duel.

Prelims:

Karol Bedorf vs Thiago Silva

Another interesting fight in which I would slightly bet on Bedorf 55-45.

Michal Materla vs Bruno Santos

A typical fight for Michał, i.e. a fighter who did not manage in the UFC and would go to KSW, but this fight takes place in the UFC and I hope that Materla will win the fight after an interesting duel.

Rafal Kijanczuk vs Ivan Shtyrkov

Nice fight, but unfortunately I bet on Shtyrkov, he will beat Rafał ahead of time.

Oskar Piechota vs Punahele Soriano

Good fight, but it seems to me that Oskar can easily handle this fight and win by knockout or submission.

Krzysztof Jotko vs Rafael Carvalho

Another fight that took place in my game and won by Rafael Carvalho and unfortunately I would bet with you.

Bartosz Fabinski vs Belal Muhammad

Fabiński is a tough fighter and usually the duels win the judges' decision in this case it can be similar, although it can be a tough fight for him.

Lukasz Sajewski vs Martin Nguyen

For Sajewski it will be a very hard fight, Łukasz is a typical striker and if the fight goes to the ground floor he will have problems with Nguyen, if not it will be an interesting fight in a stand-up collar.

Roman Szymanski vs Norman Parke

Norman is experiencing a second youth and if he keeps his form it will be a tough fight for Szymanski and I would rather bet on the Irish, although I really like Roman's fighting style.

Jakub Wiklacz vs James Gallagher

Fighting two young fighters in this duel, however, I would definitely bet on Gallagher. For Wikłacz, UFC is probably still too high.

Mateusz Legierski vs Aviv Gozali

Very interesting promising fight between two young fighters and I am counting on Mateusz to win, although the Israeli will not give up this fight easily and an interesting battle will begin.

You really made a great fight card and I'm really interested in every fight because there are no obvious winners. I look forward to the results.

mattu29 · June 2, 2020

Main event:
Jan Blachowicz vs Ryan Bader

great fight, which took place at my game and Blachowicz won even though I bet on Bader.

Co-Main event:
Marcin Held vs Justin Gaethje

Hard fight for Marcin, it seems to me that rather no chance and Geathje will win.

Main Card:
Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Jim Crute

Oleksiejczuk seems to be such a fighter that he can win against the strong, but he can also lose to the theoretically weaker and heavily bet his fights, I rather bet on Crute.

Mateusz Gamrot vs Islam Makhachev

A hard fight for 'Gamer', but in which there is no chance if I had to bet it 51-49 on Makhachev.

Marcin Tybura vs Junior Albini

Tybura, like Oleksiejczuk, can win and lose with everyone, although in this fight I hope Marcin will win this duel.

Prelims:
Karol Bedorf vs Thiago Silva

Another interesting fight in which I would slightly bet on Bedorf 55-45.

Michal Materla vs Bruno Santos

A typical fight for Michał, i.e. a fighter who did not manage in the UFC and would go to KSW, but this fight takes place in the UFC and I hope that Materla will win the fight after an interesting duel.

Rafal Kijanczuk vs Ivan Shtyrkov

Nice fight, but unfortunately I bet on Shtyrkov, he will beat Rafał ahead of time.

Oskar Piechota vs Punahele Soriano

Good fight, but it seems to me that Oskar can easily handle this fight and win by knockout or submission.

Krzysztof Jotko vs Rafael Carvalho

Another fight that took place in my game and won by Rafael Carvalho and unfortunately I would bet with you.

Bartosz Fabinski vs Belal Muhammad

Fabiński is a tough fighter and usually the duels win the judges' decision in this case it can be similar, although it can be a tough fight for him.

Lukasz Sajewski vs Martin Nguyen

For Sajewski it will be a very hard fight, Łukasz is a typical striker and if the fight goes to the ground floor he will have problems with Nguyen, if not it will be an interesting fight in a stand-up collar.

Roman Szymanski vs Norman Parke

Norman is experiencing a second youth and if he keeps his form it will be a tough fight for Szymanski and I would rather bet on the Irish, although I really like Roman's fighting style.

Jakub Wiklacz vs James Gallagher

Fighting two young fighters in this duel, however, I would definitely bet on Gallagher. For Wikłacz, UFC is probably still too high.

Mateusz Legierski vs Aviv Gozali

Very interesting promising fight between two young fighters and I am counting on Mateusz to win, although the Israeli will not give up this fight easily and an interesting battle will begin.

You really made a great fight card and I'm really interested in every fight because there are no obvious winners. I look forward to the results.

Thanks for that great breakdown it makes it a lot more fun to put these cards together when there’s a guy from somewhere like Russia or Poland reading, where I try to put on a lot of cards based there due to my love of KSW/M-1/ACB etc

mattu29 · June 3, 2020

UFC 267: Gillespie vs Ferguson

Saturday, Week 4, March 2021

New Hampshire, USA

Attendance: 21,292 (Gate: $4,364,860)

Critical Rating: 66%, Commercial Rating: 100%

MAIN EVENT

(#1) Gregor Gillespie defeated (#2) Tony Ferguson via Unanimous Decision to retain the UFC Lightweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#2) Vicente Luque defeated (#1) Robbie Lawler via TKO (Strikes) at 4:56 of Round 3 to win the UFC Welterweight Title

MAIN CARD

(#3) Aljamain Sterling defeated (#23) Cody Garbrandt via Unanimous Decision

(#19) Cain Velasquez defeated (#22) Alexey Oleynik via Unanimous Decision

(#2) Volkan Oezdemir defeated (#10) Thiago 'Maretta' Santos via KO (Punch) at 0:41 of Round 2

PRELIMS

(#13) Ricky Simon defeated (#6) Eddie Wineland via Unanimous Decision

(#4) Jimmie Rivera defeated Brandon Moreno via Unanimous Decision

Tom Lawlor defeated Trevor Smith via Unanimous Decision

Cody Stamann defeated Joey Gomez via Unanimous Decision

Themba Gorino defeated Bevon Lewis via Unanimous Decision

Kyler Phillips defeated Cole Smith via Unanimous Decision

Luis Gomez defeated Sean Woodson via Split Decision

Salimgirey Rasulov defeated Kirill Sidelnikov via TKO (Strikes) at 0:46 of Round 2

Abdul Razak Alhassan defeated Ramazan Emeev via Unanimous Decision

Marvin Vettori defeated Francis Carmont via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:17 of Round 3

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Themba Gorimbo vs Bevon Lewis

Knockout of the Night: Volkan Oezdemir (vs Thiago 'Maretta' Santos)

Submission of the Night: Marvin Vettori (vs Francis Carmont)

Notes:

- Marvin Vettori extended his win streak to 5 after submitting Francis Carmont. His last loss came to Middleweight Kingpin, Israel Adesanya.

- Sean Woodson was 7-0 coming into his fight against Luis Gomez, but lost his undefeated record via split decision. He was far from happy with the result and took to social media after the fight to air his anger.

- Former EFC Welterweight champion, Themba Gorimbo was the first fighter to fight in the UFC from Zimbabwe and took a unanimous decision against Bevon Lewis to start successfully.

- Cody Stamann called out Brian Kelleher after beating Joey Gomez via unanimous decision.

- Ricky Simon took another statement victory over Eddie Wineland after his last win over Raphael Assuncao. Wineland's 4 fight win streak came to an abrupt end with the loss.

- Volkan Oezdemir threw his hat into the ring for next contender to whoever wins the Light Heavyweight Title Tournament after his 4th straight victory. Marreta Santos was added to the win streak after wins over Gustafsson, Rakic and Latifi.

- Aljamain Sterling bounced back from losing the Bantamweight title with a great win over another former champion in Cody Garbrandt.

- Challenger, Vicente Luque TKOd champion, Robbie Lawler for an unlikely title win late into the third round. This extends Luque's UFC record to 15-3 with all 3 losses coming via decision. Luque said he'd like to fight Boxing superstar, Gennady Golovkin in the near future.

- Gregor Gillespie successfully defended his newly won Lightweight title for the first time, taking a unanimous decision over former interim champion, Tony Ferguson.

- Trevor Smith and Francis Carmont released from the UFC.

Spanno · June 3, 2020

Really like the setup of these events, I hope I can emulate it in my own games. I think I'm booking too many fights to my main card currently.

mattu29 · June 3, 2020

Really like the setup of these events, I hope I can emulate it in my own games. I think I'm booking too many fights to my main card currently.

Thanks man, appreciate the feedback how many main card fights you having at the moment?

mattu29 · June 4, 2020

UFC on ESPN: Khabib vs Barboza II

Saturday, Week 1, April 2021

Maine, USA

Attendance: 9,518 (Gate: $1,808,420)

Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 100%

MAIN EVENT

(#2) Edson Barboza defeated (#3) Khabib Nurmagomedov via Submission (RNC) at 4:44 of Round 3

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#2) Zabit Magomedsharipov defeated (#8) Chan Sung Jung via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:17 of Round 2

MAIN CARD

(#6) Curtis Blaydes defeated (#19) Vitaly Minakov via Unanimous Decision

(#13) Douglas Lima defeated (#9) Gunnar Nelson via Unanimous Decision

(#7) Jose Aldo defeated (#4) Yair Rodriguez via KO (Punch) at 1:17 of Round 1

PRELIMS

(#9) Santiago Ponzinibbio defeated (#10) Geoff Neal via TKO (Strikes) at 0:56 of Round 3

(#17) Michael Johnson defeated (#18) Cub Swanson via TKO (Strikes) at 0:45 of Round 3

(#5) Brad Tavares defeated (#12) Antonio Carlos Junior via TKO (Strikes) at 0:54 of Round 2

Dominique Wooding defeated Ricky Bandejas via KO (Punch) at 0:17 of Round 3

Manny Vazquez defeated Raufeon Stots via Unanimous Decision

Devin Clark defeated Arunas Andriuskevicus via Unanimous Decision

Joaquim Silva defeated Drakkar Klose via KO (Punch) at 2:54 of Round 1

Geraldo de Freitas defeated Charles Rosa via Submission (Heel Hook) at 4:05 of Round 1

Michael Tobin defeated Nate Landwehr via Unanimous Decision

Muslim Salikhov defeated Randy Brown via Split Decision

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Michael Johnson vs Cub Swanson

Knockout of the Night: Jose Aldo (vs Yair Rodriguez)

Submission of the Night: Edson Barboza (vs Khabib Nurmagomedov)

Notes:

- Devin Clark extended his win streak to 3, all via unanimous decision, this time beating UFC debutant, Arunas Andriuskevicus, a Lithuanian based in England who won his last 3 fights in Bellator.

- It was a bad couple of days for Raufeon Stots as he not only missed weight, but also lost to Manny Vazquez in his UFC debut. He'll be fighting at Featherweight for his second UFC fight after the missed weight incident.

- In his first fight since losing a title shot to Israel Adesanya, Brad Tavares demolished Brazillian, Antonio Carlos Junior en route to a second round TKO. He called out Rafael Lovato Jr for his next fight.

- Michael Johnson defeated Cub Swanson, then called out Ricardo Ramos, which might be a lofty ask, as Ramos is right in title contention.

- Douglas Lima moves to 2-0 since signing for the UFC with wins over Stephen Thompson and Gunnar Nelson.

- Former Featherweight champion, Zabit Magomedsharipov extended his win streak to 3, and is now 10-1 in the UFC. He has put himself right at the top of the food chain at Featherweight but is behind first Brian Ortega and next Sodiq Yusuff in the title queue.

- Edson Barboza earned the next shot against Lightweight champion, Gregor Gillespie, a rematch from UFC 255, after an underdog victory over Khabib Nurmagomedov. In what was only Khabib's second career loss, Barboza moved to 3 wins in a row, after previous wins over Dustin Poirier and Anthony Pettis.

mattu29 · June 7, 2020

UFC on ESPN: Volkov vs Overeem

Saturday, Week 2, April 2021

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Attendance: 8,571 (Gate: $1,885,620)

Critical Rating: 64%, Commercial Rating: 95%

MAIN EVENT

(#1) Alexander Volkov defeated (#3) Alistair Overeem via KO (Kick) at 3:23 of Round 1

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#22) Gegard Mousasi defeated (#20) Jared Cannonier via KO (Punch) at 0:52 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

George Groves defeated Nieky Holzken via Split Decision

(#6) Francis Ngannou defeated (#11) Derrick Lewis via KO (Punch) at 2:40 of Round 1

(#9) Alexander Volkanovski defeated (#12) Mirsad Bektic via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Robin van Roosmalen defeated Michel Quinones via KO (Kick) at 0:35 of Round 1

Gokhan Saki defeated Alan Baudot via KO (Punch) at 1:40 of Round 3

Kenneth Bergh defeated Reinier de Ridder via TKO (Strikes) at 0:44 of Round 3

Nasrat Haqparast defeated Chris Wade via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:15 of Round 1

Maiquel Falcao defeated Gregory Babene via TKO (Strikes) at 1:16 of Round 2

Anton Vyazigin defeated Sergey Spivak via KO (Punch) at 0:30 of Round 2

Guan Wang defeated Adam Borics via TKO (Strikes) at 3:40 of Round 3

Rafael Fiziev defeated Thibault Gouti via TKO (Strikes) at 1:15 of Round 1

Tom Duquesnoy defeated Hiromasa Ogikubo via TKO (Strikes) at 4:19 of Round 1

(#24) Ion Cutelaba defeated Max Nunes via KO (Punch) at 0:51 of Round 3

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Gokhan Saki vs Alan Baudot

Knockout of the Night: Alexander Volkov (vs Alistair Overeem)

Submission of the Night: Nasrat Haqparast (vs Chris Wade)

Notes:

- Adam Borics came in as a -400 favourite against Guan Wang, and it showed, with his overconfidence letting him down as he was TKOd by the Chinese fighter, to lose his unbeaten career record, which now stands at 13-1.

- Nasrat Haqparast moves to 5 wins in a row with a 75 second submission over Chris Wade. He will be hoping to be more active in 2021 after only having 1 fight in 2020 and 1 fight in 2019.

- Gokhan Saki finally got back into the win column after 3 straight losses, as the world class kickboxer knocked out France's Alan Boudot in the third round.

- Another Dutch ex-pro kickboxer, Robin van Roosmalen, remained undefeated, moving to 5-0, with a 35 second knockout of Michel Quinones in his UFC debut

- Boxer George Groves beat Kickboxer, Nicky Holzken by a close decision in a great fight for those who love stand-up wars.

- Francis Ngannou bounced back from surprisingly losing his Heavyweight Title, knocking out Derrick Lewis in 2:40 of the first round.

- Gegard Mousasi knocked out Jared Cannonier in 52 seconds, then called out Canadian Elias Theodorou for his next fight, the two have been having a bit of beef online recently, and Mousasi says he wants to shut up Theodorou.

- Alexander Volkov successfully defended his Heavyweight Title for the first time, knocking out hometown favourite and legend of the cage, Alistair Overeem via a first round headkick. He'll face the winner of Jon Jones vs Anthony Johnson next.

- Thibault Gouti and Michel Quinones released from the UFC. Michael Johnson leaves for Bellator.

- In what is likely a record, only 2 fights went the distance out of the 15 on the card. A lot of finish bonuses were handed out on the night.

mattu29 · June 7, 2020

TUF 31: Heavyweight Redemption

Coaches: Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson

This season of the Ultimate Fighter will feature 16 Heavyweights, currently signed to the UFC, but coming off losses and looking to bounce back and earn the title of The Ultimate Fighter, a new 6 figure contract and a big push up the rankings.

Fighters: (Record/Current Form)

Walt Harris (13-11-1NC / 4 fight losing streak)

Yorgan de Castro (6-2 / 2 fight losing streak)

Ali Isaev (9-3 / 3 fight losing streak)

Cody East (14-6 / Lost 5 of last 6 fights)

Arjan Bhullar (13-2 / 1 fight losing streak)

Brett Martin (11-3-1NC / 2 fight losing streak)

Chi Lewis-Parry (9-2-2-2NC / 2 fight losing streak)

Cyril Asker (10-5 / 4 losses in last 7 fights)

Denis Smoldarev (15-7 / 2 losses in last 3 fights)

Domingos Barros (7-3 / 3 losses in last 4 fights)

Jedrzej Mackowiak (8-4-1NC / 2 fight losing streak)

Justin Wren (15-3 / 1 fight losing streak)

Raphael Pessoa (10-4 / 4 losses in last 5 fights)

Tom Aspinall (8-4 / 2 losses in last 3 fights)

Ronny Markes (19-9 / 6 losses in last 7 fights)

Antonio Branjao (5-3 / 2 fight losing streak)

Predictions for the winner?

mattu29 · June 7, 2020

Coming soon to the UFC cage – UFC Contenders, which will be one night tournaments involving 8 fighters. These may be top contenders, fighters who have been inactive for a while or merely lower ranked fighters looking to put together some wins and push for ranking spots. Each fight night will involve 2 tournaments, including the quarters, semis and finals for both on the same card. Winning a tournament not only leaves the victor with 3 straight wins, but also a 100k bonus. All fights will be held at the UFC training centre in Las Vegas, Nevada.

mattu29 · June 8, 2020

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UFC on ESPN: Poland: Blachowicz vs Bader

Saturday, Week 3, April 2021

Krakow, Poland

Attendance: 6,955 (Gate: $1,530,100)

Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 77%

MAIN EVENT

(#4) Ryan Bader defeated (#5) Jan Blachowicz via TKO (Strikes) at 0:54 of Round 1

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#14) Marcin Held defeated (#19) Justin Gaethje via Submission (RNC) at 4:05 of Round 3

MAIN CARD

(#9) Jim Crute defeated (#14) Michal Oleksiejczuk via Unanimous Decision

(#18) Mateusz Gamrot defeated (#12) Islam Makhachev via TKO (Strikes) at 2:24 of Round 3

(#12) Marcin Tybura defeated (#22) Junior Albini via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Karol Bedorf defeated Thiago Silva via Unanimous Decision

Michal Materla defeated Bruno Santos via Unanimous Decision

Ivan Shtyrkov defeated Rafal Kijanczuk via Unanimous Decision

Oskar Piechota defeated Punahele Soriano via TKO (Strikes) at 2:32 of Round 3

(#14) Krzysztof Jotko defeated (#17) Rafael Carvalho via KO (Punch) at 4:39 of Round 2

Belal Muhammad defeated Bartosz Fabinski via TKO (Strikes) at 1:02 of Round 1

Martin Nguyen defeated Lukasz Sajewski via KO (Punch) at 2:45 of Round 2

Roman Szymanski defeated Norman Parke via TKO (Strikes) at 2:14 of Round 1

James Gallagher defeated Jakub Wiklacz via Submission (RNC) at 4:26 of Round 3

Aviv Gozali defeated Mateusz Legierski via (Submission (Armbar) at 3:02 of Round 2

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Marcin Held vs Justin Gaethje

Knockout of the Night: Martin Nguyen (vs Lukasz Sajewski)

Submission of the Night: James Gallagher (vs Jakub Wiklacz)

Notes:

- Norman Parke and Michal Materla missed weight, move up to Welterweight and Light Heavyweight respectively for next fights.

- 6-0 vs 8-0 as 19 year old Israeli, Aviv Gozali edged out Polish fighter, Mateusz Legierski by second round submission.

- James Gallagher was a +260 underdog but submitted home fighter, Jakub Wiklacz late in the fight, putting Polish fighters at 0-2 to start the night.

- Roman Szymanski made the Polish crowd happy, finishing Norman Parke in the first round to extend his win streak to 5.

- Former ONE FC Lightweight and Featherweight champion, Martin Nguyen came into the fight against Lukasz Sajewski as a +460 underdog, but knocked out the Pole in the second round in his UFC debut.

- Krzysztof Jotko moved to 3 wins in a row, adding Rafael Carvalho to wins over Anatoly Tokov and Zak Cummings.

- Oskar Piechota gained revenge on previously undefeated Hawaiin, Punahele Soriano, who had KOd Piechota previously, by TKOing him in the third round of the rematch. Soriano was 9-0 coming into the fight.

- After calling each other out on numerous occasions, Rafal Kijanczuk and Ivan Shtrykov faced off in the cage, with Shtrykov taking the unanimous decision. He called out Brazillian veteran, Fabio Maldonado for his next opponent.

- Michal Materla moved to 2-0 in his current UFC run, after a unanimous decison win over Bruno Santos, who he called out after his win over Emiliano Sordi.

- Marcin Tybura is now 4-1 in his last 5 fights after beating Junior Albini, and will hope for a ranked opponent in his next fight.

- Mateusz Gamrot went 2-0 since his first career loss, adding Islam Makhachev to his win over Clay Guida. He again reiterated his desire to squash the beef him and Marc Diakiese have been building by fighting the Englishman next.

- Marcin Held improves to 7 wins in a row, with easily his biggest career win, submitting Justin Gaethje late in the third round. This should push Held into the top 10 at Lightweight, maybe even top 5.

- The night ended on a sour note for the Polish crowd, as Ryan Bader stopped Jan Blachowicz in just 54 seconds of the first round.

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mattu29 · June 8, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mattu29" data-cite="mattu29" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47263" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="F4Zh39s.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/F4Zh39s.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> TUF 31: Heavyweight Redemption Coaches: Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson This season of the Ultimate Fighter will feature 16 Heavyweights, currently signed to the UFC, but coming off losses and looking to bounce back and earn the title of The Ultimate Fighter, a new 6 figure contract and a big push up the rankings. Fighters: (Record/Current Form) Walt Harris (13-11-1NC / 4 fight losing streak) Yorgan de Castro (6-2 / 2 fight losing streak) Ali Isaev (9-3 / 3 fight losing streak) Cody East (14-6 / Lost 5 of last 6 fights) Arjan Bhullar (13-2 / 1 fight losing streak) Brett Martin (11-3-1NC / 2 fight losing streak) Chi Lewis-Parry (9-2-2-2NC / 2 fight losing streak) Cyril Asker (10-5 / 4 losses in last 7 fights) Denis Smoldarev (15-7 / 2 losses in last 3 fights) Domingos Barros (7-3 / 3 losses in last 4 fights) Jedrzej Mackowiak (8-4-1NC / 2 fight losing streak) Justin Wren (15-3 / 1 fight losing streak) Raphael Pessoa (10-4 / 4 losses in last 5 fights) Tom Aspinall (8-4 / 2 losses in last 3 fights) Ronny Markes (19-9 / 6 losses in last 7 fights) Antonio Branjao (5-3 / 2 fight losing streak) </div></div></blockquote> Team Picks Team Johnson Ali Isaev Arjan Bhullar Brett Martin Chi Lewis-Parry Cyril Asker Jedrzej Mackowiak Justin Wren Ronny Markes Team Jones Antonio Branjao Cody East Denis Smoldarev Domingos Barros Raphael Pessoa Tom Aspinall Walt Harris Yorgan de Castro

CageRage · June 8, 2020

I'm a fan of Marcin Held, but thought for sure Gaethje would win that fight, glad I was wrong. Also, thought Blachowicz would probably lose, but didn't expect it to be so comprehensive a loss.

Will bet on Cyril Asker for the Ultimate Fighter, and am looking forward to the Contender Series. Always like a tournament.

mattu29 · June 8, 2020

I'm a fan of Marcin Held, but thought for sure Gaethje would win that fight, glad I was wrong. Also, thought Blachowicz would probably lose, but didn't expect it to be so comprehensive a loss.

Will bet on Cyril Asker for the Ultimate Fighter, and am looking forward to the Contender Series. Always like a tournament.

Thought that I haven’t made use of the one night tournament feature, so might aswell start now lol

mattu29 · June 8, 2020

I'm a fan of Marcin Held, but thought for sure Gaethje would win that fight, glad I was wrong. Also, thought Blachowicz would probably lose, but didn't expect it to be so comprehensive a loss.

Will bet on Cyril Asker for the Ultimate Fighter, and am looking forward to the Contender Series. Always like a tournament.

Thought that I haven’t made use of the one night tournament feature

mattu29 · June 11, 2020

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UFC 268: LHW Tournament Final

Saturday, Week 4, April 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 23,113 (Gate: $7,500,169)

Critical Rating: 69%, Commercial Rating: 100%

MAIN EVENT

(#4) Dominick Reyes defeated (#1) Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua via KO (Kick) at 4:47 of Round 2 to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#1) Joseph Benavidez defeated (#3) Dominick Cruz via Unanimous Decision to retain the UFC Bantamweight Title

MAIN CARD

(#4) Colby Covingtin defeated (#20) Carlos Condit via Unanimous Decision

(#6) Kamaru Usman defeated (#14) Jorge Masvidal via Split Decision

(#6) Charles Oliveira defeated (#18) John Lineker via Submission (Americana) at 4:35 of Round 2

PRELIMS

(#7) Al Iaquinta defeated (#8) Jeremy Stephens via Split Decision

(#13) Ovince St. Preux defeated (#18) Ryan Spann via TKO (Strikes) at 4:58 of Round 1

(#22) Justin Willis defeated (#14) Jair Rozenstruik via TKO (Strikes) at 3:33 of Round 1

(#5) Rafael Lovato Jr defeated (#13) Albert Duraev via Submission (Kimura) at2 :29 of Round 2

Movsar Evloev defeated Rogerio Bontorin via KO (Punch) at 3:06 of Round 1

Jon Tuck defeated (#23) Yancy Medeiros via Submission (Guillotine) at 4:34 of Round 1

Mihail Nica defeated Omar Antonio Morales via TKO (Strikes) at 4:59 of Round 2

Marcelo Golm defeated Yaozong Hu via TKO (Strikes) at 4:47 of Round 2

Deron Winn defeated Vladimir Mineev via KO (Knee) at 2:23 of Round 2

Maki Pitolo defeated Luke Jumeau via Unanimous Decision

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Joseph Benavidez vs Dominick Cruz

Knockout of the Night: Dominick Reyes (vs Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua)

Submission of the Night: Charles Oliveira (vs John Lineker)

Notes:

- Movsar Evloev bounced back from his first career loss, to KO Rogerio Bontorin in the first round. Evloev came into the fight as a +350 underdog, and called out Tom Duquesnoy for his next fight.

- Rafael Lovato Jr was successful in his UFC debut, submitting Albert Duraev in the second round to remain undefeated at 14-0. Lovato said a fight against Brad Tavares would be a great fight.

- Charles Oliveira called out Jose Aldo for his next opponent after a second round submission win over John Lineker. Lineker will move down to Bantamweight for future fights.

- Joseph Benavidez got some revenge for his mentor, Urijah Faber, by successfully defeating Dominick Cruz in his second Bantamweight title defense. Petr Yan will be the next challenger for Benavidez's belt.

- Dominick Reyes ended the LHW Title Tournament with an emphatic headkick knockout over Legendary Brazillian and former Light Heavyweight champion, Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua. Reyes was delighted to beat the favourite for the tournament and will face the winner of Alonzo Menifield vs Volkan Oezdemir in his first defense of his Light Heavyweight Title.

- Yaozong Hu and Omar Antonio Morales released from the UFC.

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mattu29 · June 11, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mattu29" data-cite="mattu29" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47263" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Team Picks Team Johnson Ali Isaev Arjan Bhullar Brett Martin Chi Lewis-Parry Cyril Asker Jedrzej Mackowiak Justin Wren Ronny Markes Team Jones Antonio Branjao Cody East Denis Smoldarev Domingos Barros Raphael Pessoa Tom Aspinall Walt Harris Yorgan de Castro</div></blockquote> First Round Fights: Justin Wren vs Domingos Barros Cyril Asker vs Raphael Pessoa Yorgan de Castro vs Arjan Bhullar Jedrzej Mackowiak vs Antonio Branjao Denis Smoldarev vs Ali Isaev Walt Harris vs Chi Lewis-Parry Ronny Markes vs Tom Aspinall Brett Martin vs Cody East Predictions?

CageRage · June 11, 2020

First Round Fights:

Justin Wren vs Domingos Barros

Cyril Asker vs Raphael Pessoa

Yorgan de Castro vs Arjan Bhullar

Jedrzej Mackowiak vs Antonio Branjao

Denis Smoldarev vs Ali Isaev

Walt Harris vs Chi Lewis-Parry

Ronny Markes vs Tom Aspinall

Brett Martin vs Cody East

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mattu29" data-cite="mattu29" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47263" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="F4Zh39s.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/F4Zh39s.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> TUF 31: Heavyweight Redemption Coaches: Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson This season of the Ultimate Fighter will feature 16 Heavyweights, currently signed to the UFC, but coming off losses and looking to bounce back and earn the title of The Ultimate Fighter, a new 6 figure contract and a big push up the rankings. Fighters: (Record/Current Form) Walt Harris (13-11-1NC / 4 fight losing streak) Yorgan de Castro (6-2 / 2 fight losing streak) Ali Isaev (9-3 / 3 fight losing streak) Cody East (14-6 / Lost 5 of last 6 fights) Arjan Bhullar (13-2 / 1 fight losing streak) Brett Martin (11-3-1NC / 2 fight losing streak) Chi Lewis-Parry (9-2-2-2NC / 2 fight losing streak) Cyril Asker (10-5 / 4 losses in last 7 fights) Denis Smoldarev (15-7 / 2 losses in last 3 fights) Domingos Barros (7-3 / 3 losses in last 4 fights) Jedrzej Mackowiak (8-4-1NC / 2 fight losing streak) Justin Wren (15-3 / 1 fight losing streak) Raphael Pessoa (10-4 / 4 losses in last 5 fights) Tom Aspinall (8-4 / 2 losses in last 3 fights) Ronny Markes (19-9 / 6 losses in last 7 fights) Antonio Branjao (5-3 / 2 fight losing streak) </div></div></blockquote> First Round Fights: Justin Wren defeated Domingos Barros via Unanimous Decision Cyril Asker defeated Raphael Pessoa via KO Arjan Bhullar defeated Yorgan de Castro via Submission Jedrzej Mackowiak defeated Antonio Branjao via Unanimous Decision Denis Smoldarev defeated Ali Isaev via Unanimous Decision Chi Lewis-Parry defeated Walt Harris via TKO Tom Aspinall defeated Ronny Markes via Unanimous Decision Brett Martin defeated Cody East via KO

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

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UFC 269: Adesanya vs Diaz

Saturday, Week 1, May 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 23,382 (Gate: $7,587,459)

Critical Rating: 74%, Commercial Rating: 100%

MAIN EVENT

(#1) Israel Adesanya defeated (#6) Nick Diaz via KO (Punch) at 2:03 of Round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#4) Jon Jones defeated (#2) Anthony Johnson via Submission (Americana) at 3:43 of Round 3

MAIN CARD

(#4) Kevin Lee defeated (#7) Donald Cerrone via KO (Kick) at 3:21 of Round 2

(#9) Rory MacDonald defeated Gennady Golovkin via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:11 of Round 1

(#8) Alexander Gustafsson defeated (#9) Corey Anderson via KO (Punch) at 3:09 of Round 1

PRELIMS

(#16) Anthony Pettis defeated (#15) Dan Hooker via TKO (Strikes) at 0:56 of Round 1

(#11) Jack Hermansson defeated (#7) Derek Brunson via KO (Punch) at 2:04 of Round 3

(#21) Jeremy Kennedy defeated (#14) Alexander Hernandez via Unanimous Decision

(#10) Kevin Aguilar defeated (#22) Daniel Straus via KO (Kick) at 2:48 of Round 3

(#6) Alexandre Pantoja defeated (#11) Yadong Song via TKO (Cut) at 3:38 of Round 1

(#20) Davi Ramos defeated (#14) Nik Lentz via Split Decision

Darren Elkins defeated Steven Peterson via Unanimous Decision

Luigi Vendramini defeated Miguel Baeza via Unanimous Decision

Joseph Solecki defeated Claudio Puelles via TKO (Strikes) at 2:38 of Round 1

(#15) Ian Heinisch defeated (#22) David Branch via Unanimous Decision

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Jack Hermansson vs Derek Brunson

Knockout of the Night: Israel Adesanya (vs Nick Diaz)

Submission of the Night: Jon Jones (vs Anthony Johnson)

Notes:

- Miguel Baeza lost his third fight in a row, and is very close to losing his spot on the UFC roster.

- Darren Elkins snapped a 3 fight losing streak, while also ending Steven Peterson's 2 fight win streak after a unanimous decision win.

- BJJ Black Belt, Davi Ramos extends his current win streak to 4, with his win over Nik Lentz being added to wins over Will Brooks, Vinc Pichel and Darrell Horcher. Ramos is 8-1 in his last 9 fights.

- Canadian, Jeremy Kennedy is now 6-1 in his last 7 fights and 2-0 in his current UFC run after beating Alexander Hernandez via unanimous decision. Both fighters are a couple of years off 30, so have great futures ahead. Kennedy is slowly establishing himself as one of Canada's top fighters.

- In a fantastic fight, Jack Hermansson bounced back from 3 straight losses by KOing former title challenger, Derek Brunson in the third round.

- Rory MacDonald schooled Gennady Golovkin by taking down the world class boxer and submitting him just over 2 minutes into the fight. This was GGG's first MMA loss after winning his first two fights against Canelo Alvarez and Diego Sanchez. MacDonald is likely one win off a title shot at Welterweight, he called out Colby Covington for his next fight.

- Jon Jones earned the next shot at Alexander Volkov, and will aim to be the next fighter to hold belts at two weights. He did say to Joe Rogan after the fight that he'd like to face Francis Ngannou in the future.

- Nick Diaz has put together a 3 fight win streak to earn the title shot against Israel Adesanya, but like everyone who's faced Adesanya before him for the belt, he was stopped by the exceptional striker. Adesanya moves to 24-0 in his career and 13-0 in the UFC. Surpringly after the fight, Adesanya said there isnt much more to accomplish at Middleweight after 6 straight title defenses, and winning all by stoppage, so will be moving up to Light Heavyweight next and vacating the title.

- All 5 of the main card fights were rated as 'Great' and with only one fight rated as 'Poor' and two as 'Average' this was one of the most entertaining cards in UFC history.

- After 5 straight losses, David Branch was released from the UFC.

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Post fight, both Jon Jones and Nick Diaz failed post-fight drugs tests and face one year suspensions each. Fortunately, I host fights in unregulated areas, so won't have an issue booking the two in fights <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

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