UFC: The New Era

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

The following are single night 8 man tournaments, 2 per fight card, these may be for guys coming off a loss or losing streak trying to save their jobs, or guys looking to extend winning streaks to break into the rankings or title contention:

UFC Contenders 1

Tuesday, Week 1, June 2021

Featherweight:

Zubaira Tukhugov vs Manny Bermudez

Martin Bravo vs Makwan Amirkhani

Pat Curran vs Niklas Backstrom

Rony Mariano Bezerra vs Herbert Burns

Heavyweight:

Daniel Spitz vs Viktor Pesta

Valentin Moldavsky vs Michel Batista

Mauro Cerilli vs Timothy Johnson

Chris de la Rocha vs Steve Mowry

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UFC Contenders 2

Monday, Week 2, June 2021

Lightweight:

Beneil Dariush vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Rustam Khabilov vs Mairbek Taisumov

John Makdessi vs Will Brooks

Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Desmond Green

Light Heavyweight:

Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira

Jiri Prochazka vs Luke Rockhold

Fabio Maldonado vs Ed Herman

Vadim Nemkov vs Misha Cirkunov

POST YOUR PREDICTIONS

CageRage · June 13, 2020

UFC Contenders 1

Tuesday, Week 1, June 2021

Featherweight:

Zubaira Tukhugov vs Manny Bermudez

Martin Bravo vs Makwan Amirkhani

Pat Curran vs Niklas Backstrom

Rony Mariano Bezerra vs Herbert Burns

Heavyweight:

Daniel Spitz vs Viktor Pesta

Valentin Moldavsky vs Michel Batista

Mauro Cerilli vs Timothy Johnson

Chris de la Rocha vs Steve Mowry

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UFC Contenders 2

Monday, Week 2, June 2021

Lightweight:

Beneil Dariush vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Rustam Khabilov vs Mairbek Taisumov

John Makdessi vs Will Brooks

Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Desmond Green

Light Heavyweight:

Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira

Jiri Prochazka vs Luke Rockhold

Fabio Maldonado vs Ed Herman

Vadim Nemkov vs Misha Cirkunov

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

UFC Contenders 1
Tuesday, Week 1, June 2021

Featherweight:

Zubaira Tukhugov vs Manny Bermudez
Martin Bravo vs Makwan Amirkhani
Pat Curran vs Niklas Backstrom
Rony Mariano Bezerra vs Herbert Burns

Heavyweight:

Daniel Spitz vs Viktor Pesta
Valentin Moldavsky vs Michel Batista
Mauro Cerilli vs Timothy Johnson
Chris de la Rocha vs Steve Mowry

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UFC Contenders 2
Monday, Week 2, June 2021

Lightweight:

Beneil Dariush vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Rustam Khabilov vs Mairbek Taisumov
John Makdessi vs Will Brooks
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Desmond Green

Light Heavyweight:

Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira
Jiri Prochazka vs Luke Rockhold
Fabio Maldonado vs Ed Herman
Vadim Nemkov vs Misha Cirkunov

Who wins each tournament in your opinion?

CageRage · June 13, 2020

Night #1

Featherweight: Makwan Amirkhani

Heavyweight: Valentin Moldavsky

Night #2

This is the more intriguing night of tournaments for me. I think just about everyone in both brackets has the potential to win the tournaments, so picking one fighter to win each match was tough, let alone each tournament. Basically picked Aubin-Mercier because I've been a fan since he was on TUF, but I think his Quarter-Final opponent Dariush could win the whole thing too, it's a very tough Lightweight bracket for predicting.

Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

Night #1

Featherweight: Makwan Amirkhani
Heavyweight: Valentin Moldavsky

Night #2

This is the more intriguing night of tournaments for me. I think just about everyone in both brackets has the potential to win the tournaments, so picking one fighter to win each match was tough, let alone each tournament. Basically picked Aubin-Mercier because I've been a fan since he was on TUF, but I think his Quarter-Final opponent Dariush could win the whole thing too, it's a very tough Lightweight bracket for predicting.

Lightweight: Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith

Just simmed the two cards and will post in the morning (U.K. time) but a couple of real surprises with the winners!!

Gonna be doing these regularly mixed in with real cards, been doing loads of matchmaking today so already up to 10 nights of contender tournaments lol, so 20 tournaments booked so far , so keep an eye out tomorrow for further tournaments

mattu29 · June 15, 2020

UFC on ESPN: Ortega vs Yusuff

Saturday, Week 3, May 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 7,559 (Gate: $2,452,896)

Critical Rating: 73%, Commercial Rating: 87%

MAIN EVENT

(#3) Brian Ortega defeated (#9) Sodiq Yusuff via Submission (Guillotine) at 3:09 of Round 4

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#2) Zabit Magomedsharipov defeated (#12) Ricardo Ramos via Unanimous Decision

MAIN CARD

(#17) Eric Shelton defeated (#6) TJ Dillashaw via Submission (Kimura) at 4:23 of Round 2

(#4) Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez defeated Billy Joe Saunders via KO (Punch) at 3:04 of Round 1

(#13) Frankie Edgar defeated (#16) Patricio Freire via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

(#16) Aleksandar Rakic defeated (#20) Khalil Rountree via TKO (Strikes) at 3:14 of Round 2

Brendan Allen defeated (#23) Edmen Shahbazyan via Submission (RNC) at 4:10 of Round 1

Matt Frevola defeated Marif Piraev via Split Decision

Alex Munoz defeated Tshilomba Mikixi via KO (Kick) at 4:53 of Round 1

Alessio Di Chirico defeated Dricus Du Plessis via Unanimous Decision

Sean Brady defeated Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos via KO (Knee) at 2:17 of Round 1

Daniel Rodriguez defeated Sheldon Westcott via Unanimous Decision

Shamil Nikaev defeated Carrington Banks via Unanimous Decision

Sean O'Malley defeated Heili Alateng via Unanimous Decision

(#9) Sergey Pavlovich defeated (#12) Shamil Abdurakhimov via KO (Punch) at 3:01 of Round 1

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Alessio Di Chirico vs Dricus Du Plessis

Knockout of the Night: Sergey Pavlovich (vs Shamil Abdurakhimov)

Submission of the Night: Brendan Allen (vs Edmen Shahbazyan)

Notes:

- Shamil Nikaev remained undefeated, moving to 11-0-1NC, after a unanimous decision over Carrington Banks in his UFC debut.

- Daniel Rodriguez came into his fight against Sheldon Westcott as a +470 underdog, but pulled out a unanimous decision and prove the bookmakers wrong.

- Sean Brady moved to 14-0 after KOing Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos less than halfway thru the first round. Brady is now 4-0 in the UFC. He called out Jack Marshman for his next fight.

- Brendan Allen pulled off a massive upset, submitting top middleweight prospect 'Golden Boy' Edmen Shahbazyan in the first round.

- Aleksandar Rakic extends his win streak to 3, with his second straight win over a ranked opponent, after his previous win over Michal Oleksiejczuk. Rakic called out Thiago 'Maretta' Santos as a fight he'd like next.

- Eric Shelton pulled off another upset on the night, submitting former Bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw. Both men came into the fight on 2 fight win streaks.

- Brian Ortega beat Sodiq Yusuff, handing him his first loss in the UFC, to claim the interim Featherweight title and set up a rematch against current champion, Max Holloway, who is currently on hiatus, hence the interim title being activated.

mattu29 · June 15, 2020

UFC Contenders 1

Tuesday, Week 1, June 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 4,668 (Gate: $1,514,766)

Critical Rating: 73%, Commercial Rating: 63%

Featherweight:

Zubaira Tukhugov defeated Manny Bermudez via TKO (Strikes) at 2:49 of Round 3

Martin Bravo defeated Makwan Amirkhani via KO (Punch) at 0:40 of Round 1

Pat Curran defeated Niklas Backstrom via TKO (Strikes) at 1:26 of Round 2

Rony Mariano Bezerra defeated Herbert Burns via Unanimous Decision

Martin Bravo defeated Zubaira Tkuhugov via Split Decision

Rony Mariano Bezerra defeated Pat Curran via Submission (RNC) at 2:40 of Round 1

Martin Bravo defeated Rony Mariano Bezerra via TKO (Strikes) at 3:00 of Round 1 to win the Featherweight Tournament

Heavyweight:

Viktor Pesta defeated Daniel Spitz via Submission (Armbar) at 1:29 of Round 1

Valentin Moldavsky defeated Michel Batista via TKO (Strikes) at 2:03 of Round 2

Mauro Cerilli defeated Timothy Johnson via TKO (Strikes) at 1:00 of Round 2

Steve Mowry defeated Chris de la Rocha via Submission (Kimura) at 4:26 of Round 2

Valentin Moldavsky defeated Viktor Pesta via KO (Punch) at 2:33 of Round 2

Steve Mowry defeated Mauro Cerilli via Unanimous Decision

Steve Mowry defeated Valentin Moldavsky via Submission (RNC) at 2:54 of Round 3 to win the Heavyweight Tournament

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Steve Mowry vs Valentin Moldavsky

Knockout of the Night: Valentin Moldavsky (vs Viktor Pesta)

Submission of the Night: Rony Mariano Bezerra (vs Pat Curran)

Notes:

- Chris de la Rocha retired after his loss to Steve Mowry. Mowry moved to 10-0 after this win.

- 38 year old Italian, Mauro Cerilli finally found his way to the UFC, and made it a successful debut, TKOing Timothy Johnson in exactly a minute.

- Martin Bravo was around +300 with the bookmakers for his fights against Makwan Amirkhani and Zubaira Tukhugov, but managed to beat both men to get to the final.

- Steve Mowry moved to 12-0 after a clean sweep in the Heavyweight tournament. Mowry has a huge upside, being 6'8 and only 28 years old.

- Valentin Moldavsky may have lost the final, but he took home $100k in bonuses for KO of the Night and Fight of the Night.

- Martin Bravo was a +580 underdog but still managed to beat Rony Jason in the final of the Featherweight tournament and make it 3 upsets in one night. It was an incredible performance from the Mexican, who came into the tournament with 6 straight losses, with his last victory being in 2016, winning the TUF Latin America 3 season, but at only 27 years old, has plenty of time to make a push in the Featherweight division.

mattu29 · June 15, 2020

UFC Contenders 2

Monday, Week 2, June 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 4,688 (Gate: $1,521,256)

Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 66%

Lightweight:

Beneil Dariush defeated Olivier Aubin-Mercier via Unanimous Decision

Mairbek Taisumov defeated Rustam Khabilov via Submission (RNC) at 3:46 of Round 1

Will Brooks defeated John Makdessi via Unanimous Decision

Carlos Diego Ferreira defeated Desmond Green via Submission (Armbar) at 2:50 of Round 1

Beneil Dariush defeated Mairbek Taisumov via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:25 of Round 2

Will Brooks defeated Carlos Diego Ferreira via Unanimous Decision

Beneil Dariush defeated Will Brooks via TKO (Strikes) at 1:56 of Round 2 to win the Lightweight Tournament

Light Heavyweight:

Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith via Unanimous Decision

Jiri Prochazka defeated Luke Rockhold via TKO (Strikes) at 4:10 of Round 1

Fabio Maldonado defeated Ed Herman via KO (Punch) at 1:45 of Round 3

Vadim Nemkov defeated Misha Cirkunov via Split Decision

Glover Teixeira defeated Jiri Prochazka via Submission (RNC) at 2:19 of Round 1

Fabio Maldonado defeated Vadim Nemkov via TKO (Strikes) at 0:36 of Round 3

Fabio Maldonado defeated Glover Teixeira via Split Decision to win the Light Heavyweight Tournament

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Beneil Dariush vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Knockout of the Night: Fabio Maldonado (vs Ed Herman)

Submission of the Night: Glover Teixeira (vs Jiri Prochazka)

Notes:

- In the Light Heavyweight semi-finals, the two 40+ year olds beat a 30 year old and 27 year old to make the final.

- Fabio Maldonado was the underdog in every fight as he made his way to the final at Light Heavyweight, but shocked everyone by winning all 3 fights, and beating fellow 41 year old Brazillian, Glover Teixeira in the final. Maldonado is now on a 5 fight win streak in his current UFC run.

- Beneil Dariush came into the Lightweight tournament with 3 straight losses, but turned that around, winning all 3 fights over very tough opposition.

- Will Brooks was clearly very tired in the final, after two tough 15 minute fights previously.

Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)

Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)

mattu29 · June 15, 2020

UFC Contenders 3

Monday, Week 3, June 2021

Bantamweight:

Cory Sandhagen vs Eddie Wineland

Ali Bagautinov vs Marlon Moraes

Ben Nguyen vs Alex Perez

Cody Garbrandt vs Ray Borg

Middleweight:

Antonio Braga Neto vs Chris Camozzi

Cezar Ferreira vs Markus Perez

Steve Bosse vs Wellington Turman

Kevin Holland vs Trevin Giles

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UFC Contenders 4

Wednesday, Week 4, June 2021

Welterweight:

Rafael dos Anjos vs Andrey Koreshkov

Michael Chiesa vs Dong Hyun Kim

Nate Diaz vs James Krause

Leon Edwards vs Alex Oliveira

Bantamweight:

Andre Ewell vs Luke Sanders

Jonathan Martinez vs Marlon Vera

Joby Sanchez vs Matt Schnell

Casey Kenney vs Mario Bautista

POST YOUR PREDICTIONS

vladjarca · June 15, 2020

Hard choice between Cory and Borg at BW, but I'll go with Borg.

Holland at MW. Damn the WW tournament looks sick, I'll go with RDA. And Chito Vera in the second BW tournament.

mattu29 · June 15, 2020

Hard choice between Cory and Borg at BW, but I'll go with Borg.
Holland at MW. Damn the WW tournament looks sick, I'll go with RDA. And Chito Vera in the second BW tournament.

Thanks for predicting

Trying to get a mix of contenders, guys coming off losses, guys who haven’t fought in forever, guys on winning streaks that will extend them by 3 if they win and stuff like that, trying to mix it up each tournament

These tournaments are giving great exposure to some guys and some good moves up or into rankings, aswell as throwing up some random winners, like Maldonado in the LHW one or bravo in the FW

CageRage · June 15, 2020

Will take Sandhagen at BW, Chris Comozzi at MW, Marlon Vera in the other BW, and completely agree the WW tournament is crazy tough, will take Mike Chiesa.

mattu29 · June 16, 2020

Will take Sandhagen at BW, Chris Comozzi at MW, Marlon Vera in the other BW, and completely agree the WW tournament is crazy tough, will take Mike Chiesa.

Thanks for the predictions, my thought was Sandhagen, but ive simmed the event and surprisingly to me and i guess you guys, he didn't win it, will be posting results later today hopefully

mattu29 · June 18, 2020

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UFC Contenders 3

Monday, Week 3, June 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 6,556 (Gate: $2,127,422)

Critical Rating: 77%, Commercial Rating: 76%

Bantamweight:

Cory Sandhagen defeated Eddie Wineland via TKO (Strikes) at 0:28 of Round 3

Marlon Moraes defeated Ali Bagautinov via Unanimous Decision

Ben Nguyen defeated Alex Perez via KO (Punch) at 3:31 of Round 2

Cody Garbrandt defeated Ray Borg via TKO (Strikes) at 2:17 of Round 3

Marlon Moraes defeated Cory Sandhagen via TKO (Strikes) at 4:18 of Round 1

Cody Garbrandt defeated Ben Nguyen via KO (Punch) at 2:54 of Round 3

Cody Garbrandt defeated Marlon Moraes via TKO (Strikes) at 2:57 of Round 1 to win the Bantamweight Tournament

Middleweight:

Antonio Braga Neto defeated Chris Camozzi via Submission (Leglock) at 2:43 of Round 1

Markus Perez defeated Cezar Ferreira via KO (Kick) at 4:46 of Round 3

Wellington Turman defeated Steve Bosse via KO (Kick) at 1:49 of Round 1

Trevin Giles defeated Kevin Holland via Unanimous Decision

Markus Perez defeated Antonio Braga Neto via TKO (Strikes) at 2:57 of Round 1

Trevin Giles defeated Wellington Turman via Split Decision

Markus Perez defeated Trevin Giles via KO (Punch) at 1:56 of Round 3 to win the Middleweight Tournament

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Cody Garbrandt vs Ben Nguyen

Knockout of the Night: Markus Perez (vs Trevin Giles)

Submission of the Night: Antonio Braga Neto (vs Chris Camozzi)

Notes:

- Ben Nguyen's victory over Alex Perez was his 5th in a row, all by stoppage, before he was KOed by Cody Garbrandt.

- Cody Garbrandt went from 3 losses to winning the tournament off 3 wins, also all by stoppage. With the level of the fighters he beat on the night, Garbrandt has been rocketed into the top 5 at Bantamweight.

- Trevin Giles looked visibly exhausted by the final, after two decision wins and 30 minutes in the cage. He lasted another near 12 minutes before Markus Perez KOd him to win the Middleweight tournament. Perez was bumped up to #19 in the Middleweight rankings and now rides a 4 fight win streak.

- The $10k finish bonus really fired up the fighters during the tournaments, with only 3 fights going to the judges

Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)

Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)

Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)

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mattu29 · June 18, 2020

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UFC Contenders 4

Wednesday, Week 4, June 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 7,598 (Gate: $2,465,551)

Critical Rating: 68%, Commercial Rating: 82%

Welterweight:

Andrey Koreshkov defeated Rafael dos Anjos via KO (Punch) at 1:31 of Round 3

Dong Hyun Kim defeated Michael Chiesa via TKO (Strikes) at 2:01 of Round 2

Nate Diaz defeated James Krause via Unanimous Decision

Alex Oliveira defeated Leon Edwards via KO (Punch) at 0:36 of Round 3

Andrey Koreshkov defeated Dong Hyun Kim via KO (Punch) at 0:13 of Round 2

Alex Oliveira defeated Nate Diaz via Unanimous Decision

Andrey Koreshkov defeated Alex Oliveira via Split Decision to win the Welterweight Tournament

Bantamweight:

Luke Sanders defeated Andre Ewell via Split Decision

Jonathan Martinez defeated Marlon Vera via Unanimous Decision

Joby Sanchez defeated Matt Schnell via Split Decision

Mario Bautista defeated Casey Kenney via KO (Punch) at 3:48 of Round 2

Luke Sanders defeated Jonathan Martinez via Unanimous Decision

Mario Bautista defeated Joby Sanchez via Submission (RNC) at 3:25 of Round 2

Mario Bautista defeated Luke Sanders via KO (Punch) at 0:30 of Round 1 to win the Bantamweight Tournament

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Luke Sanders vs Jonathan Martinez

Knockout of the Night: Mario Bautista (vs Luke Sanders)

Submission of the Night: Mario Bautista (vs Joby Sanchez)

Notes:

- Mario Bautista kicked off the night by getting a big underdog victory, KOing Casey Kenney despite being a +570 underdog.

- An even bigger underdog advanced also, as Jonathan Martinez, a +730 underdog, beat tournament favourite, Marlon Vera, who was a -920 favourite for this fight, by unanimous decision.

- Mario Bautista won the Bantamweight tournament surprisingly, by KOing Luke Sanders in just 30 seconds in the first round. Bautista finished all 3 opponents on route to the tournament victory. Bautista managed to take home both the Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night in a fantastic night for the Arizona native.

- Andrey Koreshkov won the Welterweight tournament by winning every fight from being the underdog. After his tournament win, he strangely called out Abdul Razak Alhassan. This tournament win came off the back of his unsuccessful UFC debut against Alexey Kunchenko.

- These tournaments are really giving underdogs the chance to prove themselves, with Koreshkov, Oliveira, Bautista all underdogs in every fight, minus Oliveira in the Welterweight final fight.

Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)

Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)

Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)

Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)

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mattu29 · June 18, 2020

UFC Contenders 5

Friday, Week 1, July 2021

Welterweight:

Emil Meek vs Alex Morono

Oliver Enkamp vs Michael Graves

Sage Northcutt vs Kyle Stewart

Nicolas Dalby vs Dwight Grant

Featherweight:

Austin Arnett vs Giga Chikadze

Suman Mokhtarian vs Chas Skelly

Danny Henry vs Alex White

Grant Dawson vs Emmanuel Sanchez

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UFC Contenders 6

Thursday, Week 2, July 2021

Lightweight:

Teemu Packalen vs Thanh Le

Peter Queally vs Mike Davis

Natan Schulte vs Lando Vannata

Roosevelt Roberts vs Jared Gordon

Middleweight:

Yushin Okami vs CB Dolloway

Rousimar Palhares vs Kendall Grove

Hector Lombard vs Omari Akhmedov

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Clint Hester

POST YOUR PREDICTIONS

vladjarca · June 18, 2020

Well, my predictions got smashed.

Time for a second try, I guess: Northcutt, E Sanchez, Queally & Dolloway

mattu29 · June 18, 2020

Well, my predictions got smashed.
Time for a second try, I guess: Northcutt, E Sanchez, Queally & Dolloway

Thanks for the predictions again these tournaments are really throwing out some random results that will lead to some interesting contenders, out of all the tournaments so far, I’d say Cody is the most likely to be a winner, but then again, he was against a load of killers so even that was a surprise

Majster_93 · June 18, 2020

Welterweight:

Emil Meek vs Alex Morono

Oliver Enkamp vs Michael Graves

Sage Northcutt vs Kyle Stewart

Nicolas Dalby vs Dwight Grant

Featherweight:

Austin Arnett vs Giga Chikadze

Suman Mokhtarian vs Chas Skelly

Danny Henry vs Alex White

Grant Dawson vs Emmanuel Sanchez

Lightweight:

Teemu Packalen vs Thanh Le

Peter Queally vs Mike Davis

Natan Schulte vs Lando Vannata

Roosevelt Roberts vs Jared Gordon

Middleweight:

Yushin Okami vs CB Dolloway

Rousimar Palhares vs Kendall Grove

Hector Lombard vs Omari Akhmedov

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Clint Hester

CageRage · June 18, 2020

Will pick Dalby, E.Sanchez, Schulte, Lombard.

mattu29 · June 18, 2020

Welterweight:

Emil Meek vs Alex Morono
Oliver Enkamp vs Michael Graves
Sage Northcutt vs Kyle Stewart
Nicolas Dalby vs Dwight Grant

Featherweight:

Austin Arnett vs Giga Chikadze
Suman Mokhtarian vs Chas Skelly
Danny Henry vs Alex White
Grant Dawson vs Emmanuel Sanchez

Lightweight:

Teemu Packalen vs Thanh Le
Peter Queally vs Mike Davis
Natan Schulte vs Lando Vannata
Roosevelt Roberts vs Jared Gordon

Middleweight:

Yushin Okami vs CB Dolloway
Rousimar Palhares vs Kendall Grove
Hector Lombard vs Omari Akhmedov
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Clint Hester

Who you got winning the tournaments bud?

I’ve got a feeling for the MW tournament that a number of them may retire during the tournament as most are nearly 40 or over 40 lol!

My picks are Northcutt, Sanchez, Schulte and Dolloway, but these tournaments are so hard to predict

Majster_93 · June 18, 2020

Ok, sorry

I pick: Sage Northcutt, Emmanuel Sanchez, Natan Schulte, Yushin Okami.

mattu29 · June 19, 2020

UFC on ESPN: England: MVP vs Woodley

Saturday, Week 3, June 2021

Birmingham, England

Attendance: 6,005 (Gate: $1,411,175)

Critical Rating: 72%, Commercial Rating: 100%

MAIN EVENT

(#3) Tyron Woodley defeated (#8) Michael 'Venom' Page via TKO (Strikes) at 1:06 of Round 3

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#9) Anthony Joshua defeated (#24) Andrei Arlovski via KO (Punch) at 1:11 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#5) Darren Till defeated (#10) Tom Breese via Unanimous Decision

(#8) Marc Diakiese defeated (#10) James Vick via Unanimous Decision

Steven Ray defeated Takanori Gomi via Submission (RNC) at 4:25 of Round 3

PRELIMS

Mike Shipman defeated Marvin Vettori via TKO (Strikes) at 0:34 of Round 1

(#24) Nathaniel Wood defeated Brandon Royval via TKO (Strikes) at 2:21 of Round 2

Tom Watson defeated Tom Lawlor via KO (Kick) at 1:06 of Round 2

Leonardo Limberger defeated Brendan Loughnane via TKO (Strikes) at 2:13 of Round 1

Saul Rogers defeated Arman Tsarukyan via TKO (Strikes) at0:42 of Round 3

Boston Salmon defeated Michael Wooten via Unanimous Decision

James Mulheron defeated Alexander Romanov via Unanimous Decision

Bradley Scott defeated Piotr Strus via TKO (Strikes) at 0:53 of Round 3

Mike Wilkinson defeated Jay Cucciniello via Submission (Kimura) at 3:09 of Round 1

Fabian Edwards defeated Carlos Matos via TKO (Strikes) at 0:47 of Round 2

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Saul Rogers vs Arman Tsarukyan

Knockout of the Night: Anthony Joshua (vs Andrei Arlovski)

Submission of the Night: Steven Ray (vs Takanori Gomi)

Notes:

- Fabian Edwards came into his fight against Dominican Republic fighter, Carlos Matos at 11-0, while his fellow undefeated opponent was 8-0, but took the win after a TKO 47 seconds into the second round.

- Mike Wilkinson made his return to the UFC, after a 2-0 run in ACA, by submitting Jay Cucciniello in 3:09 of the first round.

- Bradley Scott extended his win streak to 6, by TKOing Polish fighter, Piotr Strus.

- James Mulheron is now undefeated in 4 fights, with 3 stoppages in the 4 wins.

- Tom Watson was a +470 underdog against Tom Lawlor, but knocked out the American with a headkick just over a minute into the second round.

- Mike Shipman came into his fight against Italian, Marvin Vettori as a +330 underdog, but ended his opponents 5 fight win streak in just 34 seconds.

- Takanori Gomi retired after his loss to Steven Ray.

- Darren Till won the first quarter final in the Middleweight tournament to determine the next champion. He called out Brad Tavares for his next fight, altho the Hawaiin will have to beat Gegard Mousasi to get to the semi-finals against Till.

- Anthony Joshua moved to 2-0 after KOing former UFC Heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski in 71 seconds. Arlovski retired after the loss.

- Tyron Woodley earned the next shot at Vicente Luque for the Welterweight Title by TKOing MVP in the third round.

- James Vick, Brandon Royval released from the UFC.

mattu29 · June 21, 2020

UFC Contenders 5

Friday, Week 1, July 2021

Nevada, USA

Attendance: 7,598 (Gate: $1,759,764)

Critical Rating: 70%, Commercial Rating: 70%

Welterweight:

Emil Meek defeated Alex Morono via Unanimous Decision

Michael Graves defeated Oliver Enkamp via KO (Punch) at 2:52 of Round 2

Sage Northcutt defeated Kyle Stewart via Unanimous Decision

Nicolas Dalby defeated Dwight Grant via TKO (Strikes) at 0:42 of Round 3

Michael Graves defeated Emil Meek via Unanimous Decision

Nicolas Dalby defeated Sage Northcutt via Unanimous Decision

Michael Graves defeated Nicolas Dalby via Unanimous Decision to win the Welterweight Tournament

Featherweight:

Giga Chikadze defeated Austin Arnett via Submission (Kimura) at 4:11 of Round 3

Suman Mokhtarian defeated Chas Skelly via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:35 of Round 1

Danny Henry defeated Alex White via Submission (RNC) at 4:15 of Round 1

Emmanuel Sanchez defeated Grant Dawson via TKO (Strikes) at 4:48 of Round 2

Suman Mokhtarian defeated Giga Chikadze via Unanimous Decision

Danny Henry defeated Emmanuel Sanchez via Split Decision

Suman Mokhtarian defeated Danny Henry via TKO (Cut) at 4:40 of Round 3 to win the Featherweight Tournament

Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Danny Henry vs Emmanuel Sanchez

Knockout of the Night: Michael Graves (vs Oliver Enkamp)

Submission of the Night: Suman Mokhtarian (vs Chas Skelly)

Notes:

- Michael Graves came into the tournament undefeated, and left it undefeated, improving from 7-0-1 pre-tournament to 10-0-1 post tournament. It must be strange for Graves to see the guy he beat in his UFC debut, now the king of the mountain at Welterweight, with Vicente Luque holding the UFC Welterweight title.

- With his tournament win at Featherweight, Aussie Suman Mokhtarian extended his win streak to 4 after a 0-2 start to his career in the UFC. He becomes the first Australian to win a contender tournament. His win in the final came via a cut just 20 seconds from the end of the fight, which Danny Henry was arguably winning on the scorecards, prior to the cut.

- The featherweights started their tournaments right, getting finishes in all the quarter final fights and not leaving it to the judges.

Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)

Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)

Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)

Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)

Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)

Predictions:

vladjarca - 0/2

cagerage - 0/2

mattu29 - 0/2

majster - 0/2

^this just shows how hard it is to predict these tournaments, thanks for predicting

CageRage · June 21, 2020

Agreed, these tournaments are definately producing some random, and surprising results, which should lead to some interesting fights, as fighters that might not have get shot up the rankings. Keep up the good work, this dynasty continues to be entertaining.

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