MMA Generations: (2018-Beyound)

McDojoDelux · February 28, 2021

Date December 1st, 2018 looking back on the year it's been a pretty historical one the biggest fight in UFC history Khabib vs. McGregor is a month old by now plus the 2nd ever double-champion in Daniel Cormier was crowned at UFC 226 with two title defenses this year as well going a perfect 3-0 in 2018 "DC" is a lock for the fighter of the year. As we turn the page to 2019 the UFC deal with Fox is coming to an end with the finale show on the network being a Lightweight rematch between two Lightweight contenders Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta, the UFC has announced they have inked a deal with the world leader in sports ESPN to broadcast their Fights Nights exclusively on their platform. The world leaders in MMA have an interesting month ahead of them with Jon Jones coming back from his one-year USADA suspension and a rumored Flyweight championship bout between champion Henry Cejudo taking on Bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw to headline the first UFC on ESPN card. The world leaders in MMA have an interesting future ahead of the one that can shape a generation.

Let's not forget other promotions as Bellator made history signing an exclusive broadcasting deal with streaming service DZAN worth 1 billion dollars to have the rights to air all their shows. By the end of the contract, the MMA landscape will now have two companies worth more than a billion. With this increase in cash can Bellator lure some fighter on the UFC rosters to theirs? Let's not forget the PFL has also signed a deal with ESPN to air their shows. Asian promotions like One Championship plus Rizin look to regrow the popularity of MMA in Asia with One Championship accruing talents like Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson, Sage Northcutt along with plenty of cash rumouredly left in the bag to sign more it's not impossible to suspect that One will have a serious rise in popularity. Rizin is headed by the former CEO of PRIDE Nobuyuki Sakakibara looking to bring back the magic which made PRIDE the number 1 MMA organization in the world. Regional promotions like KSW and the LFA look to become big players as well currently in talks with accruing some PPV deals. The future generation of MMA looks to be an exciting one.

[Disclaimer]: My 4 days of retirement is over and I'm here with a new thread that will look to be more visually appealing than any of my previous ones. I'm currently messing around with photo editing software so don't be shy if you have any critiques I'm looking to improve any way I can I'm all ears. This thread I hope will be a mixture of my previous two hope you all enjoy and I hope these files don't get corrupted like the last ones.

McDojoDelux · February 28, 2021

December Week 1 (2018) UFC Rankings

McDojoDelux · February 28, 2021

December Week 1 (2018) Recap/Report

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UFC Fight Night: JDS v. Hunt II Preview

Main-Event (FS1)

[Heavyweight]: Junior dos Santos (#7, 19-5) vs. Mark Hunt (#10, 13-13-1-1NC)

Co-Main (FS1)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Tyson Pedro (7-2) vs. Mauricio Rua (#11, 25-11)

Main-Card (FS1)

[Welterweight]: Jake Mathews (14-3) vs. Thiago Alves (22-13)

[Flyweight]: Kai Kara-France (17-7-1NC) vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-3)

[Welterweight]: Kenan Song (14-4) vs. Luke Jumeau (13-4)

Preliminary Card (FS1)

[Flyweight]: Ben Nguyen (#6, 17-7) vs. Wilson Weis (#5, 22-9)

[Featherweight]: Shane Young (12-4) vs. Yadong Song (13-4-1NC)

[W-Bantamweight]: Talita Bernardo (5-3) vs. Yana Wu (8-2)

[Featherweight]: Steven Petterson (17-7) vs. Suman Mokhtarian (8-0)

Early-Prelims (UFC Fight-Pass)

[Middleweight]: Trevor Smith (15-8) vs. Julian Marquez (7-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimmy Crute (8-0) vs. Paul Craig (10-2)

[W-Flyweight:] Jodie Esquibel (6-4) vs. Shana Dobson (3-2)

While not a card with the most ranked or well-known talent the UFC makes its final trip to Australia for the year. The event sees a rematch of their 2013 (UFC 160) fight of the year candidate JDS and Mark Hunt will meet again after 5 years have passed since they first came to blows inside the octagon. As many headlines have mentioned Hunt is taking the fight on 3 days notice being promoted to the main event as he was originally supposed to face Justin Willis in the co-main. To the shock of many “The Super-Samoan” instead of the main-event being reduced to 3 rounds the fight will go the full 5 to quote Hunt,

“It’s my last fight with the UFC in front of these amazing fans so why not, I don’t have a problem with them. I don’t have a problem with most of the UFC staff to be completely honest, I do have a bone to pick with the higher-ups though”.

- Mark Hunt

Hunt’s ongoing legal battles with the UFC are well documented for those out of the loop at UFC 200 Brock Lesnar made his long-awaited MMA return against Mark Hunt easily putting on a wrestling clinic to get a UD win over “The Super-Samoan”. The result of the fight would be overturned after Lesnar tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in fact Lesnar didn’t have to take the mandatory 4 months protocol of being in the USADA pool even skipping all tests from USADA leading up to his bout with Hunt with only the Nevada State Athletic Commission testing Lesnar. Hunt, outraged over the special treatment as Lesnar was clearly on the juice, has filed cases against both the UFC and USADA. The relationship between the Ultimate Fighting Championship plus the king of the walk-off knockouts has been very toxic ever since mostly coming from Hunt antagonizing the UFC plus Dana White. Ever since UFC 200 Hunt has gone a 1-3 being finished in two of those bouts he seems to be lacking the passion for the sport these days more focused on his court battle than the battle inside the octagon. His decline also can be linked to age but his one win was a 4th round TKO over Derrick Lewis who is currently the 3rd ranked Heavyweight in the world so while his durability, technique, and heart have declined over the years his legendary walk-off ko power is still there the same power which produced the 2014 knockout of the year against Roy Nelson. If the fight stays standing which it most probably will since both fighters like to stand and bang it only takes one shot from Hunt, his two straight come from Curtis Blaydes and Alexey Oleynik two grappling specialists. Hunt has admitted it's nice to be facing more of a boxer than ground fight the question is does he still possess an iron chin or has it been shattered over the years

JDS has failed to get two consecutive wins together since 2012 his two brutal beatdowns at the hands of Cain Velasquez plus knockout losses to Overeem and Miocic. His speed which once claimed him the Heavyweight belt has slowed a little with his movements becoming easier to predict the Brazilian has incorporated more and more kicks into his arsenal to mix up his plan of attack. If JDS is smart he could take the fight to the ground where he is a BJJ black belt where he could submit the New Zealand Heavyweight but time will only tell.

Promoted to the co-main event another Brazilian legend Maurcio ‘Shogun’ Rua faces homegrown Australian prospect Tyson Pedro a skilled karate style fighter with some improving BJJ. Pedro has gotten off a decent (4-2) record within the UFC but whenever promoted to face top competition like the likes of Ilir Latifi and Ovince St. Preux he has come up short. Pedro has openly admitted he believes a loss to Rua could be the end of his UFC career,

“I believe in my skills and believe I can win. But you know that voice in the back of your head is constantly nagging negative thoughts? I haven’t yet beat a ranked opponent, that bothers me a lot and I know it’s a huge talking point for all my critics. I can’t wait to get out there shut them all up and start my run to the championship”.

- Tyson Pedro

Rua a former Light-Heavyweight champion has become a win some lose some gatekeeper for the promotion during his latter years with the UFC. He looks to bounce back after a brutal 1st round knockout loss to Anthony “Lion Heart” Smith before that he was on a 3 fight win streak one that included a win over #6 ranked Light-Heavyweight Corey Anderson, technique-wise this match-up heavily favors Rua with his overwhelming experience inside the octagon but the question of Rua’s chin is the biggest question coming into this fight much like the main-event with JDS and Hunt.

The rest of the card is pretty unknown in terms of well-known talent but that doesn't necessarily mean there is no talent you should be aware of in the first edition of Dana White’s “if you don’t know, now you know”. He highlighted two fights on the prelims mainly looking at the likes of Jim Crute who makes his UFC debut after his victory on Dana White’s contender series BJJ specialists with some surprising heavy hands if his striking can become as skilled as his BJJ he very well could become Australia's next UFC champion he fights Paul Craig maybe not the most talented fighter to make your debut against as he has multiple pairs of 1st round knockout losses, but he has big heart willing to always come forward bringing the fight to his opponents. Another Australian prospect with potential championship aspirations is Featherweight Suman Mokhtarian whos been highly praised by many Australian fighters on the UFC roster,

“His sambo wrestling is extremely high-level on top of that he is lighting fast it's actually insane, I’m a huge fan of his and I’m very excited to see him in the UFC”

- Robert Whittaker (UFC Middleweight Champion)

“I’ve trained with him before. He's very special, I have never seen someone as well-rounded and skilled in every area of MMA usually one is a master of one form of combat that needs training in other areas to make a well-rounded fighter. I’ve never seen someone have high-level skills in all areas, don’t sleep on him, he is an absolute monster”.

- Alexander Volkanski (#11, Featherweight)

While his opponent hasn’t been getting much shine Steven Petterson is a very interesting prospect himself only 25 years old he is a very creative kicker with excellent wrestling plus ground strikes. As Dana White said, “this fight will determine who is the next Featherweight prospect that fans will be clambering for”. Hometown fighters plus fighters from New Zealand like Jake Mathews, Kai Kara-France, Ashkan Mokhtarian, Luke Jumeau, and Shane Young are also fighting. With not a lot of name power look for someone to make a statement to get their name value up.

vladjarca · February 28, 2021

Well, this first post got me pumped, glad to see you back so soon!

McDojoDelux · February 28, 2021

Well, this first post got me pumped, glad to see you back so soon!

Thank you vladjarca, fingers cross my files are all goods this time around

rodrigoviolim · February 28, 2021

Very nice the details of images you added in this story ...

I will follow and good luck!

rodrigoviolim · February 28, 2021

Main-Event (FS1)

[Heavyweight]: Junior dos Santos (#7, 19-5) vs. Mark Hunt (#10, 13-13-1-1NC)

Co-Main (FS1)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Tyson Pedro (7-2) vs. Mauricio Rua (#11, 25-11)

Main-Card (FS1)

[Welterweight]: Jake Mathews (14-3) vs. Thiago Alves (22-13)

[Flyweight]: Kai Kara-France (17-7-1NC) vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-3)

[Welterweight]: Kenan Song (14-4) vs. Luke Jumeau (13-4)

Preliminary Card (FS1)

[Flyweight]: Ben Nguyen (#6, 17-7) vs. Wilson Weis (#5, 22-9)

[Featherweight]: Shane Young (12-4) vs. Yadong Song (13-4-1NC)

[W-Bantamweight]: Talita Bernardo (5-3) vs. Yana Wu (8-2)

[Featherweight]: Steven Petterson (17-7) vs. Suman Mokhtarian (8-0)

Early-Prelims (UFC Fight-Pass)

[Middleweight]: Trevor Smith (15-8) vs. Julian Marquez (7-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimmy Crute (8-0) vs. Paul Craig (10-2)

[W-Flyweight:] Jodie Esquibel (6-4) vs. Shana Dobson (3-2)

CageRage · February 28, 2021

Looking forward to this, love the graphics, and will be following.

Main-Event (FS1)

[Heavyweight]: Junior dos Santos (#7, 19-5) vs. Mark Hunt (#10, 13-13-1-1NC)

Co-Main (FS1)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Tyson Pedro (7-2) vs. Mauricio Rua (#11, 25-11)

Main-Card (FS1)

[Welterweight]: Jake Mathews (14-3) vs. Thiago Alves (22-13)

[Flyweight]: Kai Kara-France (17-7-1NC) vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-3)

[Welterweight]: Kenan Song (14-4) vs. Luke Jumeau (13-4)

Preliminary Card (FS1)

[Flyweight]: Ben Nguyen (#6, 17-7) vs. Wilson Weis (#5, 22-9)

[Featherweight]: Shane Young (12-4) vs. Yadong Song (13-4-1NC)

[W-Bantamweight]: Talita Bernardo (5-3) vs. Yana Wu (8-2)

[Featherweight]: Steven Petterson (17-7) vs. Suman Mokhtarian (8-0)

Early-Prelims (UFC Fight-Pass)

[Middleweight]: Trevor Smith (15-8) vs. Julian Marquez (7-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimmy Crute (8-0) vs. Paul Craig (10-2)

[W-Flyweight:] Jodie Esquibel (6-4) vs. Shana Dobson (3-2)

vladjarca · March 1, 2021

Main-Event (FS1)

[Heavyweight]: Junior dos Santos (#7, 19-5) vs. Mark Hunt (#10, 13-13-1-1NC)

Co-Main (FS1)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Tyson Pedro (7-2) vs. Mauricio Rua (#11, 25-11)

Main-Card (FS1)

[Welterweight]: Jake Mathews (14-3) vs. Thiago Alves (22-13)

[Flyweight]: Kai Kara-France (17-7-1NC) vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-3)

[Welterweight]: Kenan Song (14-4) vs. Luke Jumeau (13-4)

Preliminary Card (FS1)

[Flyweight]: Ben Nguyen (#6, 17-7) vs. Wilson Weis (#5, 22-9)

[Featherweight]: Shane Young (12-4) vs. Yadong Song (13-4-1NC)

[W-Bantamweight]: Talita Bernardo (5-3) vs. Yana Wu (8-2)

[Featherweight]: Steven Petterson (17-7) vs. Suman Mokhtarian (8-0)

Early-Prelims (UFC Fight-Pass)

[Middleweight]: Trevor Smith (15-8) vs. Julian Marquez (7-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimmy Crute (8-0) vs. Paul Craig (10-2)

[W-Flyweight:] Jodie Esquibel (6-4) vs. Shana Dobson (3-2)

McDojoDelux · March 1, 2021

UFC Fight Night: JDS v. Hunt Results

Date: December Week 1 (2018) Saturday

Event posts will be a mixture of both fight play-by-plays as well as quick bullet points to summarize the event as a whole, only key fights like the fight of the night or fights, the performance of the night as well as fights that have a lot of significance like the main event, co-main, or key bout on the main-card or prelims will be covered. These play by plays are romanticized for dramatic effect but the results are the same, if the play-by-plays are too long or you don’t feel like reading them I’ll have a more brief summary of what happened plus the full card results at the bottom.

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Key Fight Play-By-Plays

A promoted fight promoted on Dana White’s “if you don’t know? Now you know” series, White boldly claimed the next great Featherweight prospect would be created through this fight. High praise lets see who will have his hand raised.

Round 1

Not wasting any time both meet each other in the middle of the octagon after some feints by the two its Mokhtarian who lands the first clean strike with a quick leaping jab but his follow up straight is ducked. Petterson counters with a very solid uppercut then attempt a standing guillotine he attempts the submission for 20 seconds but it’s nowhere near even being applied correctly but he has pushed Mokhtarian up against the cage. Some time goes by as the two battle for a dominant position but out of nowhere Petterson quickly grabs the collar-tie then unloads with a big knee to the face which staggers the Australian!!! Petterson goes a perfect 5 for 5 on his set-up combination landing the one-two, front-kick to the body, plots then straight followed by an overhand!!! Suman Mokhtarian is in serious trouble as Petterson attempts a fight-ending flying-knee he was of course to the left in a wild scramble Mokhtarian was able to take his opponents back while two were still standing, eventually attempting a standing rear-naked choke. It was a decent attempt but he didn’t have the choke around the neck only able to get the chin if anything the choke probably burnt Mokhtarian arms out more than any effective damage to Petterson who promptly slammed Mokhtarian while he was still on his back and in an excellent scramble took top position in full-mount briefly. The rest of the round is spent with the two battling for position on the ground.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Petterson

Blurcat: 10-9 Petterson

Sherdog: 10-9 Petterson

Round 2

Don’t blink as these two get right back at it to start round to Mokhtarian knowing he lost the previous round is coming out with some fury in his shots landing a right hook to the body but again his follow-up shots just aren’t landing as a one-two then looping hook don’t come close to touching Petterson who counters with a grazing head kick. It seems Petterson is on his way to upsetting the homegrown Australian prospect right in his own backyard, Petterson dives for a single-leg but great defenses by Mokhtarian see’s the two clinch with each other after both briefly battling for a more favorable position Mokhtarian executes a beautiful trip but while in mid-air attempts a flying D’arce choke while in mid-air! He somehow gets it in deep this could be trouble!!! Wow!!! Petterson taps!!! Mokhtarian as advertised finishes him with late submission of the year candidate of my goodness.

Official Result:

Suman Mokhtarian def. Steven Petterson via SUB [D’arce-choke] R2 (1:13)

We have seen these types of fights before as the old guard takes on the new guard, Pedro looks to finally take the next step to become a contender by defeating a former champion. Rua looks to continue to end off upcoming Light-Heavyweight prospects as he has constantly done more times than not.

Round 1

As the fight starts it's clear Pedro is the more active fighter in terms of movement holding a long karate base staying relatively light on his feet for a Light-Heavyweight at least, while “Shogun” is a lot more of a plotter. Neither fighter was able to land any strikes of significance during the first two minutes beside the occasional jab and leg kicks that both fighters landed on each other, as the round hits the midway point Pedro seems to start kicking it into gear starting to throw combinations he’s throwing a lot of straight shots transition from the head to body but he is also mostly missing on them. Rua is doing well to slip but never commits to any counter-strike as he lets Pedro dictate the pace of the fight as we enter the last minute of the round Pedro misses 4 out of a 5 punch combination but was able to smash Rua’s face in by surprising the Brazilian with a head kick that seemed to gain the confidence of the Australian. Pedro would start consistently pumping up and landing one-twos to secure around.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Pedro

Blurcat: 10-9 Pedro

Sherdog: 10-9 Pedro

Round 2

Rua’s corner frustrated with his inactivity demands he starts taking the fight to his opponent right now which he does as Rua has abandoned his constant movement on the backfoot in favor of keeping constant pressure on Pedro. Starting the round with a beautiful combination landing a jab looping hook as he ducked under Pedro’s cross finishing with a roundhouse kick. Rua is now the one constantly landing his one-twos at will, finishing a few of those with leg kicks, “Shogun” traps Pedro against the cage dragging him into the clinch but surprisingly gets turned around then is hurt by Pedro throwing some brutal elbows which slice open Rua!! Pedro lets go of the clinch trying to land a big one-punch knockout he does land one with a very powerful hook that had a lot of wind up behind it but Rua stays on his feet despite his head snapping back. Rua is still up against the cage in some serious trouble he still might be hurt!! Pedro’s jab hits then a cross his head kick is blocked but his right hook to the body isn’t, Rua tries a lead elbow but its parried and he is countered by another hook from Pedro that snaps his head back Rua has been stuck against the cage of the octagon for some time now Pedro is far enough to where he can unload with more wind up with his strikes but still not far away enough for Rua to escape the cage. Pedro drags Rua into the clinch nothing noteworthy to mention is landed by etheir thought as the round ends.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 20-18 Pedro

Blurcat: 20-18 Pedro

Sherdog: 20-18 Pedro

Round 3

Pedro backs Rua up to the cage again unloads with a quick jab that lands but the right hook is blocked allowing Rua to unleash a wicked roundhouse kick to the body followed up by a calf kick. Pedro strikes to set in with a jab but misses as he moves out, “Shogun” dives for a single-leg and he gets it!! Pedro does well off his back to prevent Rua from transitioning for a while but eventually the Brazilian finds his way into side-control trying some elbows which are all blocked. While he is blocking he leaves his arm exposed Rua a black-belt in BJJ quickly spots this and grabs the arm this is trouble!!! He puts Pedro into a kimura. It looks really tight!! He is damn near twisting that arm he doesn't look like he’s gonna tap the referee looks to stop the fight but suddenly Pedro pops free of the attempt just like that how? He isn’t out of the woods yet “Shogun” grabs the mount throwing fight-ending elbows. He now opens a big cut over the right eye of Tyson Pedro who rolls over giving up his back, it looks like Rua is gonna try a rear-naked choke but his brilliant sprawl sees him get a hold of the same arm he put into a kimura this time putting it into an armbar!!! That arm is once again hyper-extended Pedro won’t tap can he escape this time of will his arm finally nap? Less than 15 seconds left on the clock can he make it? “Shogun” loses his grip!!! Big mistake from the Brazilian as the fight comes to an end he could have gotten the late submission victory but now we’ll see what the scorecards hold for us.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 28-28 draw

Blurcat: 28-28 draw

Sherdog: 29-28 Pedro

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Ladies and gentlemen after 3 rounds we go the judges scorecards for a decision all 3 judges score this contest 29-28 to the winner by unanimous decision

Tyson Pedro

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Official Result:

Tyson Pedro def. Mauricio Rua via UD (29-28x3)

Hunt takes this bout on 3 days' notice but like mentioned previously he was scheduled to be in a 3 round co-main but steps up to go the full 5 five rounds for the main-event seeing as this will be his last UFC fight. With both fighters on the tail end of their careers can they possibly show one last glimpse of greatness by replicating the sensational first fight with an even better rematch?

Round 1

Dos Santos comes forward predictably dictating the pace at the start of the fight against a slow start like Hunt he hits a clean jab followed by a, straight right then calf kick. Keeping up the pressure Dos Santos shows beautiful boxing slipping two looping hooks from Hunt then unloads with a four-punch of flurry hooks of his own then does his signature spinning back kick to the body. Dos Santos doesn't fade away he thinks he can get Hunt out there right here right now, Dos Santos tries a front kick to the body but gets countered coming in by a huge overhand that just grazes the dome of Dos Santos as he backs away to the center as the two meets and starts trading there. Hunt misses a 3 punch combination and is met with a check left hook right on the button for his troubles, Dos Santos hits a straight to the body then finally hits on his signature overhands the same one which knocked out Cain Velasquez to win him the UFC championship. This time it lands on the forehand of Hunt but “The Super-Samoan” stands strong and he catches a roundhouse kick by Dos Santos peppering him 3 quick jabs before snapping his head back with a cross after he lets go of his foot. The two aren’t done trading yet two right hooks to the body for the former champion but he overextended a little with his footwork getting clipped by an uppercut as he moved back, Mark Hunt backs up Dos Santos to the cage land a powerful one-two but Dos Santos is able to land another check left hook to prevent Hunt from continuing his assault. What an amazing round these two Heavyweights are putting out an output of a Flyweight fight and we still have a minute left in the round Dos Santos slips past a right then overhand combination from Hunt countering with a jab then right hook to the body finished with a calf kick. Dos Santos's investment into the body has some serious redness around both sides of Hunt’s ribs ouch!! Hunt misses a wild looping hook causing Dos Santos to quickly get hold then launch a big knee at the end of the round right to the head but Hunt responds with a fast elbow that opens up a cut under Dos Santos's check. Amazing round.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Dos Santos

Blurcat: 10-9 Dos Santos

Sherdog: 10-9 Dos Santos

Round 2

Dos Santos quickly returned the favor to Hunt in the first few seconds of round two opens a cut on the right side of Hunt’s dome by landing a fast head quick that did some damage!!! Hunt backs off against the cage!!! Jab to the head then the straight right to the body followed by another jab to the head then a spinning back kick to the body again!!! Referee Jason Herzog is yelling for Hunt to “fight back, show me something”!! Dos Santos looks to end it with a signature overhand but is badly off the mark in fact poor head movements see him run straight into a huge uppercut from Mark Hunt!!! Dos Santos backs off he’s not on rubbery legs but that shot did some serious damage my goodness how are either of these two still standing? Quick calf kick by Dos Santos followed by a stick then move jab, Hunt tries to end it with a looping right hook after feinting a takedown by Dos Santos reads it perfectly slipping out of the way then hits Hunt with his own medicine with an uppercut of his own. The two clinch briefly both looking exhausted but Dos Santos continues to dictate a fast pace landing two quick elbows to open a new cut on the top of Hunt’s nose. Hunt fires back a knee to the body before the two separate. The two now start feinting both wanting to land one big shot that will put their opponent away for good Dos Santos goes low with a hook then tries another signature overhand but runs straight into a right hook from Hunt who plants his feet!!! That’s it Dos Santos is down and out, he adds another walk-off knockout to the highlight reel Mark “The Super-Samoan” he gets the win in his final UFC fight in front of his adoring Australian fans. What an amazing fight.

Official Result

Mark Hunt def. Junior Dos Santos via KO [Punch] R2 (3:43)

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Critical Rating: 78% / Commercial Rating: 90%

Attendance: 5,299 ($862,046)

Venue: Adelaide Entertainment Centre

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Main-Event

Mark Hunt def. Junior Dos Santos via KO [Punch] R2 (3:43)

[Fight Rating: Fantastic]

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Co-Main

Tyson Pedro def. Mauricio Rua via UD (29-28x3)

[Fight Rating: Great]

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Main-Card

Jake Mathews def. Thiago Silva via UD (30-27x3)

[Fight Rating: Average]

Kai Kara-France def. Ashkan Mokhtarian via TKO [Round-House Kick] R2 (3:55)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Luke Jumeua def. Kenan Song via TKO [Punches] R2 (2:41)

[Fight Rating: Good]

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Preliminary Card

Ben Nguyen def. Wilson Reis via UD (30-27x3)

[Fight Rating: Decent]

Shane Young def. Yadong Song via TKO [Head Kick & Punches] R2 (2:12)

[Fight Rating: Decent]

Yanan Wu def. Talita Bernado via UD (30-27x3)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Suman Mokhtarian def. Steven Petterson via SUB [D’arce-choke] R2 (1:13)

[Fight Rating: Fantastic]

Trevor Smith def. Julian Marquez via SUB [RNC] R3 (4:10)

[Fight Rating: Decent]

Jim Crute def. Paul Craig via SUB [RNC] R3 (2:56)

[Fight Rating: Great]

Jodie Esquibel def. Shana Dodson via TKO [Punches] R1 (0:09)

[Fight Rating: Good]

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Fight of The Night:

Junior Dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt & Steven Petterson vs. Suman Mokhtarian

Performance of The Night:

Mark Hunt, Suman Mokhtarian, Jim Crute, Jodie Esquibel

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Predictions

rodrigoviolim - (6/12) correct predictions

CageRage - (9/12) correct predictions

vladjarca - (6/12) correct predictions

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Usually, after a fantastic fight ending in a performance of the night knock-out fighters would be all hype often demanding opponents, increase in pay, as well as a whole lot of other things, not the 44-year-old Mark Hunt thought. He seemed keen on finally putting his UFC career behind him while not officially retired yet he talked about how the UFC made him lose the passion for the sport once again bashing the company as well as Dana White during the UFC's own post-fight press conference.

"I love the fans and use to love the rush of the fight, but with all my court cases with the UFC, that same rush doesn't have the same effect I've got a lot of my mind cases to win and a s**thole of a company to leave. Don't get me wrong I don't hate the fans, media, and most UFC employees its the higher calling the shots like Dana White I have a problem with. Also while I'm here Joe Silva go f*** yourself greedy mother-".

- Mark Hunt

Talk about an awkward moment for the UFC who was probably banking on a JDS victory speaking of the Brazilian he now suffers his 6th career defeat this time at the hands of a let's face it over the hill Mark Hunt. JDS released a Twitter statement hours after the vent expressing his love for the fans, UFC, and family expressing how he has no plans of retirement and will fight out his 8 fight contract with the UFC with 7 more fights to go. Mauricio Rua may find himself off the rankings after a pretty shocking loss to Tyson Pedro he was the (-700) favorite, but Pedro outworked him in the early rounds to survive two deep arm submission attempts from "Shogun" much will be made of how he let slip of such a deep armbar with 15 seconds left in the fight. If he had a more firm grip no doubt "Shogun" would have walked away with the win, as for Pedro he finally gets a win over a big-name opponent he has been seeking for in his UFC career and heads into free agency with some leverage.

Auckland City Kickboxing went a perfect 3-0 on the card with fighters Kai Kara-France, Luke Jumeua, and Shane Young all getting their hands raised all three getting stoppages. France impressed many with his dynamic kicking game destroying Ashkan Mokhtarian lead leg finishing him with a roundhouse kick to the body perhaps if not for Jodie Esquibel getting the fastest knockout in Women's Flyweight history then he could have been awarded a performance bonus. Esquibel was a thing of beauty Dodson came in rushing with an overhand but Jodie Esquibel simply pulled her head back then cracked her opponent with two fast hooks to put her down much like the sequence when Connor McGregor TKO'd Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.

Finally, if you don't know, now you know as the two highlighted fighters from Dana White's "if you don't know, now you know" series won in impressive fashion. Jim Crute destroyed Paul Craig dropping him in every single round finishing him in the 3rd with a RNC meanwhile Suman Mokhtarian got a flying D’arce-choke finish in what could be 2018's submission of the year.

vladjarca · March 1, 2021

I'm loving it!

CageRage · March 1, 2021

Loved this, good to see Mark Hunt go out kicking Dana White in the gonads one last time.

McDojoDelux · March 2, 2021

December Week 2 (2018) UFC Rankings

McDojoDelux · March 2, 2021

<div style="text-align:center;">Correction to the Pound for Pound rankings:

(*Took me days to realize I forgot Whittaker sorry lol*)

1. Daniel Cormier

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Jon Jones

4. TJ Dillashaw

5. Max Holloway

6. George St-Pierre

7. Tyron Woodley

8. Stipe Miocic

9. Henry Cejudo

10. Robert Whittaker

11. Tony Furgeson

12. Connor McGregor

13. Cris Cyborg

14. Amanda Nunes

15 Rose Namajunas</div>

McDojoDelux · March 3, 2021

December Week 2 (2018) Recap

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UFC 231 Preview

Main-Event

[Featherweight]: [C] Max Holloway (#5P4P, 19-3) vs. Brain Ortega (#1, 14-0-1NC)

Holloway 3rd attempted title-defenses

Co-Main

[W-Flyweight]: Valentina Shevchenko (#1, 15-3) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (#1STR, 15-2)

For Vacante UFC W-Flyweight Championship

Main-Card

[Welterweight]: Gunnar Nelson (#12, 16-3-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (#14, 19-5-1-2NC)

[Featherweight]: Hakeem Dawodu (8-1-1) vs. Kyle Bochniak (8-3)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimi Manuwa (17-4) vs. Thiago Santos (19-6)

Preliminary-Card (FS1)

[strawweight]: Claudia Gadelha (#3, 16-3) vs. Nina Ansaroff (#9, 9-5)

[Welterweight]: Gilbert Burns (13-3) vs. Jingliang Li (15-5)

[W-Flyweight]: Katlyn Chookgian (#5, 11-1) vs. Jessica Eye (#7, 13-6-1NC)

[Middleweight]: Elias Theodorou (#13, 15-2) vs. Eryk Anders (11-2)

[bantamweight]: Taylor Lapilus (11-2) vs. Benito Lopez (9-0)

[Welterweight]: Dhiego Lima (12-7) vs. Chad Laprise (13-3)

[Lightweight]: Carlos Diego Ferreira (13-2) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (13-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Alexander Rakic (#15, 10-1) vs. Devin Clark (10-2)

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It’s been a rough 2018 for Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway after being crowned 2017 fighter of the year gaining the Featherweight championship then defending it again in an immediate rematch against the widely reconsigned Featherweight GOAT and one of the great MMA fighters of all time Jose Aldo. But after reaching the top of the sport Holloway would hit rock bottom opening up about his mental struggles throughout the year 2018 has been wrapped up in a slew of pull out due to weigh-in issues his notorious pull-outs being when he had to pull out of fighting at 223 where he stepped in on a few days notice to challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov after a Tony Ferguson injury a chance for Holloway to become a double-champion but much like Tony two days before the event, Holloway pulled out as the New York Athletic State Athletic Commission had seen enough forcing “Blessed” to pull out due to some dangerous weigh-cutting. Then he was scheduled to fight Brian Ortega in the co-main event of 226 but in an infamous interview on FS1 Holloway looked awful slurring his words barely awake he again pulled out via weight-cutting issues. Questions on if Max should be stripped of his Featherweight championship and move to Lightweight have been at the forefront the past few months, but as Holloway always says “A king gotta defend his crown”. Finally making the 145-pound limit for the first time in a year will it have a negative impact on his performance that many think it will if he comes into the fight the same he did in the Aldo fights except a combination striker with creative kicks that likes to keep the pressure on 100% for the entire fight with some of the best takedown defense in UFC Featherweight history. In need of a change, Holloway would leave his long time gym in Hawaii moving his base of training to California as now AKA head coach Javier Mendes the coach of many of the greatest UFC champions the sport has ever seen the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, Luke Rockhold all come to mind now add Max Holloway.

“I was very excited when he decided to come train here. Daniel [Cormier] invited him over for a few sessions and everything just kicked off from there. I feel now he’s in a consistent training environment, coming here training with our guys adds consistency that I don’t think Max ever had before he just kinda trained whenever he wanted to. His output is much higher than it's ever been right now were working on him to develop the same type of BJJ and wrestling that Luke [Rockhold] developed”.

- Javier Mendes

His opponent Brain Ortega is the latest big thing in MMA after his sensational knockout over Frankie Edgar becoming the first fighter ever to put the seemingly unfinishable Edgar away in just the 1st round the power in his hands is simply stunning on top of that Ortega is credited for having the greatest BJJ in the UFC right now and if you look at his submission wins over Cub Swanson, Renato Moicano, and Deigo Brandao it's hard to discredit his case. But perhaps his most noteworthy achievement is Ortega’s ability to turn a fight completely around the definition of its never over until it's over is a huge part of Brain Ortega’s game that has seen him carve an undefeated record in the UFC. Is the best still blessed? Has the Featherweight division moved past Holloway?

The co-main event sees the 4th meeting between the 17-time kickboxing champion Valentina “The Bullet” Shevchenko and former Strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk while being the on paper the first meeting they have had inside the octagon the two meet three separate times in three separate muay-thai tournaments where “The Bullet” won every single time. A decade has passed since their last meeting now Jedrzejczyk looks to become a two-division world champion, having some pretty mild words for “The Bullet”

“This is MMA. I have been more dominant than she [Valentina Shevchenko] ever has been. I have won championships she hasn’t. This isn’t muay-thai anymore this isn’t the same fighter she faced 10 years ago. I simply don’t believe she has what it takes to be a UFC champion”.

- Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Valentina has been letting all the comments from Joanna go, not retaliating at any of her taunts during the media scrums, pre-fight press conference, and any interviews she did. But at UFC 231 an intense staredown led us all to get a glimpse into “The Bullet” true feelings towards Jedrzejczyk comments. On paper, the striking should be dead even if the question is can the former Strawweight champion adjust to the different weight class fast enough in her first fight in the division. If not Valentina should be able to impose her physically stronger frame on her if not Jedrzejczyk has some of the best takedown defenses in the game a fight on the feet could theoretically go either way. Welterweight Gunnar Nelson makes his return after a year away from the sport following a brutal first-round knockout to Santiago Ponzinibbio returning against “Cowboy” Alex Oliveira who has a very similar style of Ponzinibbio a Heavy-handed muay-thai fight with unlike most of Nelson’s previous opponent is a black belt in BJJ. Stylistically it seems Nelson is taking another very hard on his return but “Cowboy” despite having a very strong submission attack game on the ground lacks in the defensive side as well as having some below-par takedown defenses and at times a questionable chin reveals that this fight might not be as one-sided as many fans expect it to be. Bad blood is brewing in the opening bout of the main-card Light-Heavyweight Jimi Mauwa has been very vocal about his removal on the UFC’s rankings list upping the trash talk to bring more attention to the fight in an attempt to get more name-value calling Santos a “rejected Middleweight scrub” as well as questioning his chin labeling the Brazilian a “glass chin coward”. Santos much like Valentina let all the insults fly over but their weigh-in staredown caused a brief shoving match between the two that Dana White and security had to break up, both promising a knockout victory to make it onto the Light-Heavyweight rankings.

The headliner for the preliminary card sees partner to UFC Women’s Bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes in Nina Asaroff a very creative kicker looking to push the pace against a consistent Strawweight title-challenger Claudia Gadelha notorious for having the worst gas tank in all of the UFC. Prospects to note is multiple-time BJJ world Gilbert Burns moving up to Welterweight to face the tall and well-rounded Jingliang Li. After his brutal loss to Thiago Santos Middleweight Eryk Anders in all fairness he took the fight on a day's notice, he still has a lot of upside being a powerful grappler-facing hometown fighter Elias Theodorou like Anders a very well rounded who lacks his power but probably has better technique. Lastly, Alexander Rakic will fight on the first fight of the entire night he looks to add another highlight-reel knockout against submission wrestler Devin Clark.

CageRage · March 3, 2021

UFC 231 Preview

Main-Event

[Featherweight]: [C] Max Holloway (#5P4P, 19-3) vs. Brain Ortega (#1, 14-0-1NC)

Holloway 3rd attempted title-defenses

Co-Main

[W-Flyweight]: Valentina Shevchenko (#1, 15-3) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (#1STR, 15-2)

For Vacante UFC W-Flyweight Championship

Main-Card

[Welterweight]: Gunnar Nelson (#12, 16-3-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (#14, 19-5-1-2NC)

[Featherweight]: Hakeem Dawodu (8-1-1) vs. Kyle Bochniak (8-3)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimi Manuwa (17-4) vs. Thiago Santos (19-6)

Preliminary-Card (FS1)

[strawweight]: Claudia Gadelha (#3, 16-3) vs. Nina Ansaroff (#9, 9-5)

[Welterweight]: Gilbert Burns (13-3) vs. Jingliang Li (15-5)

[W-Flyweight]: Katlyn Chookgian (#5, 11-1) vs. Jessica Eye (#7, 13-6-1NC)

[Middleweight]: Elias Theodorou (#13, 15-2) vs. Eryk Anders (11-2)

[bantamweight]: Taylor Lapilus (11-2) vs. Benito Lopez (9-0)

[Welterweight]: Dhiego Lima (12-7) vs. Chad Laprise (13-3)

[Lightweight]: Carlos Diego Ferreira (13-2) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (13-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Alexander Rakic (#15, 10-1) vs. Devin Clark (10-2)

vladjarca · March 3, 2021

Main-Event

[Featherweight]: [C] Max Holloway (#5P4P, 19-3) vs. Brain Ortega (#1, 14-0-1NC)

Holloway 3rd attempted title-defenses

Co-Main

[W-Flyweight]: Valentina Shevchenko (#1, 15-3) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (#1STR, 15-2)

For Vacante UFC W-Flyweight Championship

Main-Card

[Welterweight]: Gunnar Nelson (#12, 16-3-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (#14, 19-5-1-2NC)

[Featherweight]: Hakeem Dawodu (8-1-1) vs. Kyle Bochniak (8-3)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimi Manuwa (17-4) vs. Thiago Santos (19-6)

Preliminary-Card (FS1)

[strawweight]: Claudia Gadelha (#3, 16-3) vs. Nina Ansaroff (#9, 9-5)

[Welterweight]: Gilbert Burns (13-3) vs. Jingliang Li (15-5)

[W-Flyweight]: Katlyn Chookgian (#5, 11-1) vs. Jessica Eye (#7, 13-6-1NC)

[Middleweight]: Elias Theodorou (#13, 15-2) vs. Eryk Anders (11-2)

[bantamweight]: Taylor Lapilus (11-2) vs. Benito Lopez (9-0)

[Welterweight]: Dhiego Lima (12-7) vs. Chad Laprise (13-3)

[Lightweight]: Carlos Diego Ferreira (13-2) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (13-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Alexander Rakic (#15, 10-1) vs. Devin Clark (10-2)

Majster_93 · March 3, 2021

Main-Event

[Featherweight]: [C] Max Holloway (#5P4P, 19-3) vs. Brain Ortega (#1, 14-0-1NC)

Holloway 3rd attempted title-defenses

Co-Main

[W-Flyweight]: Valentina Shevchenko (#1, 15-3) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (#1STR, 15-2)

For Vacante UFC W-Flyweight Championship

Main-Card

[Welterweight]: Gunnar Nelson (#12, 16-3-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (#14, 19-5-1-2NC)

[Featherweight]: Hakeem Dawodu (8-1-1) vs. Kyle Bochniak (8-3)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Jimi Manuwa (17-4) vs. Thiago Santos (19-6)

Preliminary-Card (FS1)

[strawweight]: Claudia Gadelha (#3, 16-3) vs. Nina Ansaroff (#9, 9-5)

[Welterweight]: Gilbert Burns (13-3) vs. Jingliang Li (15-5)

[W-Flyweight]: Katlyn Chookgian (#5, 11-1) vs. Jessica Eye (#7, 13-6-1NC)

[Middleweight]: Elias Theodorou (#13, 15-2) vs. Eryk Anders (11-2)

[bantamweight]: Taylor Lapilus (11-2) vs. Benito Lopez (9-0)

[Welterweight]: Dhiego Lima (12-7) vs. Chad Laprise (13-3)

[Lightweight]: Carlos Diego Ferreira (13-2) vs. Magomed Mustafaev (13-2)

[Light-Heavyweight]: Alexander Rakic (#15, 10-1) vs. Devin Clark (10-2)

McDojoDelux · March 6, 2021

UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

Date: December Week 2 (2018) Saturday

Event posts will be a mixture of both fight play-by-plays as well as quick bullet points to summarize the event as a whole, only key fights like the fight of the night or fights, the performance of the night as well as fights that have a lot of significance like the main event, co-main, or key bout on the main-card or prelims will be covered. These play by plays are romanticized for dramatic effect but the results are the same, if the play-by-plays are too long or you don’t feel like reading them I’ll have a more brief summary of what happened plus the full card results at the bottom.

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Whoever wins this fight will undoubtedly find themselves in the UFC Light-Heavyweight rankings, Manuwa was once inside the top 5 of the rankings but back-to-back losses have seen him drop off the top 15 entirely, something he has been very bitter about. Leading to some heavy trash talk towards his opponent Thiago Santos that led to an intense staredown with a fight nearly breaking out in the weigh-in lets see this bad blood feud come head to head inside the octagon.

Round 1

Calf kick with the right then a flying front kick with the left lands for the Brazilian he then does a ducking jab which lands and also runs into a solid right hook from Manuwa that buckles his knees!!! Manuwa senses he’s got him hurt rushing in with a sloppy one-two that Santos ducks getting the body lock on him then lifts Manuwa up then puts him down for a slam. What strength from the Brazilian the advantage in BJJ is night and day the black-belt Santos consistently gets submission attempts with two armbars plus a kimura nearly getting all three submissions but Manuwa is able to just power out of all of them. From side control, Thiago Santos unloads with knees to the body as the round ends.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Santos

Blurcat: 10-9 Santos

Sherdog: 10-9 Santos

Round 2

Santos continues to unleash with his ducking jab so Manuwa counters again with a close right hook as Santos ducks straight into the punch and goes down hard-hitting his head first on the canvas!!! Then is put out as Manuwa jumps into the air to land a vicious hammerfist out like a light!!!

Official Result:

Jimi Manuwa def. Thiago Santos via KO [Punches] R2 (0:35)

Nelson will be looking to bounce back after a year layoff against the surging ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira who looks to collect his 3rd win in 2018 plus crack the Top 10 rankings of the UFC Welterweight division against a longtime main staple of the rankings in Gunnar Nelson himself.

Round 1

Quick leg kick lands for Olivera but he leaves his hands by his side allowing Nelson to land a quick jab then circles away to the right from Oliveira’s wild counter hooks. Oliveira is using some very intense pressure tactics early on. He's hunting for that knockout. Nelson ducks more wild hooks then snaps ‘Cowboy’ head with a stiff uppercut then drives him to the cage on a single-leg takedown attempt. Great defenses from Oliveira as he easily stops the takedown then quickly breaks away circling out to the middle of the octagon. Quick leg from Olivera again lands followed by two double jabs but Nelson slips the head kick, sensing Oliveira is on an awkward angle Nelson rushes in to grapple but gets cracked a fantastic straight to the chin while coming in!!! Nelson is knocked down!!! Oliveira tries to grab a bulldog choke but Nelson escapes to his feet!! ‘Gunni’ is now exclusively backing up looking to make it to the end of the round while ‘Cowboy’ ramps up his intense pressure tactics yet again. Oliveira grabs the thai-clinch starting to unload with wild knees to the body then one to the head kick really hurts Nelson!!! Barely able to stand Nelson looks to clinch in hopes of somehow gaining a dominant position but is blasted with an uppercut which takes him off his feet followed by two brutal hooks then a flying knee finally knockouts Gunnar Nelson out!!! Oh my goodness what a knockout sequence!!!

Official Result:

Alex Oliveira def. Gunnar Nelson via KO [Knee] R1 (4:12)

The 2nd ever UFC Women's Flyweight champion is about to be crowned tonight in one of the two title-fights in the evening. Joanna has talked big leading up to this fight the animosity has clearly been building up between the two despite Valentina’s best efforts to keep a calm face leading up to an intense staredown one of the better ones of recent memory, everyone got the sense both ladies were ready to either claim UFC gold for the first time or become the 6th fight in UFC history to win a championship in two different weight classes.

Round 1

Joanna opens up with a 7-punch combination ending with a spinning back fist but Valentina covers up well ducking the spinning back fist to get a body lock on Jedrzejczyk. Looks like she tried to sweep her legs from under her to do a judo-style throw but Joanna did an excellent job defending it but still gets driven to the fence. It seems Valentina has the overall strength plus weight advantage as she has little difficulty imposing her dirty boxing from the clinch landing multiple knees to the body, elbows to the face, plus the occasional shoulder strike. Jedrzejczyk tries to reverse position then spin out but simply doesn't have the strength to compete with Valetina early on as she is driven back into the cage. To Joanna’s credit, she has done an excellent job defending “The Bullet” 4 attempted takedowns while against the cage. 1 minute left on the clock is when Valentina decides to disengage but as she does she clocks, Joanna, with a stunning hook as they leave the clinch. “The Bullet” is now starting to blitz with 4 punch combinations starting with an uppercut followed by straight punches ending with a body kick. The first one only one punch lands with the starting uppercut plus the body kick, the 2nd time she lands 3 punches then the 3rd time around she lands all her punches plus the body kick to the ribs. Valentina feints going for another blitz combination and land a thudding kick to the legs that stunt. With a rough start from the former Strawweight champ, she is able to get a 3 punch combination to the body off at the end faking the uppercut to the head by instead going to the body with it followed by two hooks.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Shevchenko

Blurcat: 10-9 Shevchenko

Sherdog: 10-9 Shevchenko

Round 2

Shevchenko tries to blitz but is cracked by Joanna, as she timed a perfect counter 4 punch combination of straight punches that all land ending it with a front kick to the body, Jedrzejczyk starts the round becoming a very precise sniper. “The Bullet” fakes a one-two up top to mask the leg kick but Joanna reads it very well to check it then lands a front kick to the face, followed up by a few jabs to set-up a very nice straight then hook to the body combination. Shevchenko's kick to the head is blocked she is then countered with a spinning back kick to the body trying to respond “The Bullet” attempts a one-two then cross combination all slipped by Joanna who clocks Valentina as she attempts the cross with a pull counter hook. Joanna is starting to gain confidence perhaps too much as she starts taunting her opponent by putting her arms to her hips and putting her chin out in a gesture for Valentina to hit her. Shevchenko blitzed in but not to strike like Joanna was expecting, attempting two counter hooks Valentina ducks in them both grabs a quick muay-thai clinch to land just a single deflating knee that clearly hurt Joanna!!! Shevchenko looks like she was going for a leg kick but it's truly a question mark kick to the head which grazes the Polish fighter that opens a cut on the right side of the dome of Joanna. Followed up by a straight then an uppercut. It looks like that straight might have broken Joanna’s nose as it starts bleeding, Shevchenko grabs a hold of Joanna pushing her up against the cage again unloading with some dirty boxing until the round ends.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 20-18 Shevchenko

Blurcat: 20-18 Shevchenko

Sherdog: 20-18 Shevchenko

Round 3

Jedrzejczyk knows she probably lost those last two rounds but has had some success within the first two rounds as well, she looks fired up ready to turn this fight around. Jedrzejczyk slips the one-two from Shevchenko but "The Bullet" is able to land a leg kick Joanna responds with an uppercut to the body then Valentina responds with a single hook to the head. Joanna looks to incorporate more bodywork but as she dipped down to go for a body hook she ran into a lead knee that grazed the side of Jedrzejczyk's face!!! While doing the chicken dance she backs up to the fence then is dragged into the muay-thai clinch she eats some lethal elbows that hit hard!!! Shevchenko gets the body lock, picks Joanna up, and puts her down for the slam to get her first takedown on her 8th attempt!!! Jedrzejczyk proves to be slippery and quick on the ground, able to sprawl well to prevent “The Bullet” from getting any dominant position as both ladies have to work hard to even have a slight advantage on the ground. But Shevchenko does well to keep control from half-guard for most of the round, Jedrzejczyk is finally able to get to her feet but Valentina is still on her as she unloads with bus driver uppercuts. With domination control against the cage, Joanna is helpless despite trying to cage walk out and reverse position.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 30-27 Shevchenko

Blurcat: 30-27 Shevchenko

Sherdog: 30-27 Shevchenko

Round 4

Time is ticking for Jedrzejczyk she probably needs a finish if she wishes to win this fight but the last time she was able to finish an opponent was in 2015 against Jessica Penne, lets see if she is able to find a way here as she still looks confident heading into the championship rounds. Jedrzejczyk comes out the fresher fighter undoubtedly due to her overwhelming experience in 5 round fights starting with a right hook to the body followed up by a sidekick to it as well. Shevchenko attempts another 5-punch blitz combination starting with an uppercut followed by straight punches but Joanna lands a beautiful spinning back fist counter as Shevchenko was coming in for the uppercut!!! Joanna is quick to follow up with a front kick straight to the face followed by a flurry of 6 hooks only 1 is able to slightly land however as Valentina is able to keep a strong guard while covering up. Despite Joanna landing her best strikers of the fight, Shevchenko smiles it off cracking Joanna with an uppercut expecting another blitz followed by straight punches Joanna tries to circle out but Shevchenko instead shows lightning speed grabbing a single-leg for a takedown. But an excellent sprawl sees Joanna on top in side-control some rapid elbows actually land pretty clean but despite Jedrzejczyk having a better gas tank the strength advantage is still very much with “The Bullet” as she is able to make her way to the cage get up, walk on the cage then reserved position. The rest of the round is spent in familiar territory with Valentina overwhelming Joanna with her overall strength advantage up against the cage with Jedrzejczyk being able to do very little to get out.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 39-37 Shevchenko

Blurcat: 40-36 Shevchenko

Sherdog: 39-37 Shevchenko

Round 5

Joanna misses the jab while trying to follow up with a hook her led leg is taken out from under her as Shevenko drops her with a swift leg kick!!! Shevchenko tells Joanna to get up, she senses the finish and is able to once again land a blitz combination of 6 punches consisting of the set-up uppercut, 4 straight punches then a kick to the ribs!!! While up against the cage Joanna is covering up focusing on all the strikes incoming she probably didn’t notice that while Shevenko was clinching up with her against the cage that she was going for the standing guillotine!!! Joanna refuses to tap and goes to sleep for it!!! There is a new Women’s Flyweight champion say hello to Valentina “The Bullet” Shevchenko.

Official Result:

Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk via SUB [Guillotine] R5 (1:22)

It’s been a long night but it's finally time for the main event of the evening the Featherweight title is up for grabs reigning champion Max Holloway has moved base to AKA and with double-champ Daniel Cormier plus head coach Javier Mendes in his corner he looks to prove the best is still blessed despite a rocky 2018 in terms of making it to the scale. Meanwhile, the challenger has been dubbed the “next generation of Featherweights”, Ortega has shown elite BJJ that has never been seen before along with dynamite in both hands he comes into the bout as the betting favorite at (-180) but betting lines mean nothing in terms when the two face inside the octagon. After Bruce Buffer introduces them they both touch gloves and finally it’s time.

Round 1

The two start out throwing combinations with Holloway getting the better of it early on, starting with a straight followed up with two hooks to the body. Ortega attempts to counter with a lead elbow but its parries away countered with 4 straight punches to the face. Holloway starts moving around he looks very light on his feet hitting body kicks to the ribs plus a few leg kicks while Ortega tries to get back into firing range. Ortega does well to mask a huge spinning heel kick that lands directly on Holloway's chin by using a few set-up jabs plus a fake level change to make it seem like he was going for the takedown. Holloway eats the kick taunting ‘T-City’ by clapping. Ortega follows it up with a superman jab by Holloway fires back with 3 hooks to the body then grazes Ortega with a side head kick. Holloway lands the one-two but the question mark kicks the body and is caught!!! Ortega attempts to sweep the legs but Holloway shows brilliant takedown defenses to prevent it but Ortega still has a hold of the champ. Ortega hits an array of punches to the body while having Holloway up against the cage, attempting another two takedowns Holloway is showing supreme takedown defenses as per usual but Ortega is able to find some success with dirty boxing against the cage. Landing the punches to the body like mentioned before plus some knees to the legs too, although ‘Blessed’ is able to land some elbows right to the head of Ortega as attempted those two said takedowns. Plus is able to land a few short punches to the head as the round comes to an end.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 10-9 Holloway

Blurcat: 10-9 Ortega

Sherdog: 10-9 Holloway

Round 2

Holloway lands two out of three straight punches slips out rage dodging an uppercut from Ortega then jumping back into the pocket literally with a jumping front kick to the head. Ortega retreats back to the cage where Holloway unloads with a flurry of 8 hooks with 5 of them landing, ‘T-City’ uses a front kick to the body to push Holloway away allowing him to get enough space. Ortega lands an excellently timed spinning back kick to the body following it up by using a pull counter on a straight from Holloway cracking his head back with a thunderous hook!!! Holloway again claps but that one looks like it hurt!!! Holloway hits the jab but following it up with a straight then the cross is ducked by Ortega who grabs the body lock around Holloway's hips. Ortega does for a deep double-leg. Holloway does extremely well to defend it but can’t stop the takedown but is able to get himself up against the cage in a sitting cage position. Ortega tries a leg-lock!!! But it's not even close. Holloway is pushing down on Ortega’s head to keep him at his side; it actually works as all Ortega can only really do is offer some short punches to the body. After some stalling referee Herb Dean stands both fighters up, Holloway starts chopping down Ortega’s lead leg with 4 straight leg kicks while the two try to range the distance between them. Switching his stance to southpaw Ortega fakes a level change which gets Holloway's hands down to defend the takedown but instead ‘T-City’ goes upstairs with a ruthless uppercut very same to one which put away Frankie Edgar!!! Ortega is able to drive Holloway to the cage but there isn’t enough time to get anything done.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 19-19

Blurcat: 20-18 Ortega

Sherdog: 19-19

Round 3

Ortega closes the distance wanting to find a good balance to strike and grapple but instead of finding his range he is getting picked apart by the champion starting with 3 straight jabs Holloway goes to the body with the straight then an uppercut followed by a flurry of 4 hooks in close which all land. Ortega does well to land a flicking jab then a looping hoop but Holloway keeps up the pressure with a one-two then lead knee to the body Ortega tries to counter with a hook but Holloway executes a brilliant pull then counters using another uppercut followed by hooks. Ortega tries a level change with a single-leg but it's Holloway the one who ends up on top!!! Not sure how long ‘Blessed’ wants to be on the mat with a high-level BJJ black-belt but he does well with positional wrestling and keeps Ortega smothered on the mat while also getting in some quick ground n’ pound form full-guard. Eventually, Holloway gets up as he does Ortega tries to secure his leg for a possible submission but can’t get a firm grip on the champ's leg as the fight goes back to the stand-up. A right hook then straight both lands to the body for the champ he then uses an oblique kick followed by a front kick to the body. Ortega seems desperate flipping out a looping overhand followed by a heel hook to the head both are slipped by Holloway who counters with a single deflating hook to the body.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 29-28 Holloway

Blurcat: 29-28 Ortega

Sherdog: 29-28 Holloway

Round 4

After Max Holloway’s best round of the fight, it seems Ortega is slowing down, terrible news for the challenger as the champion is starting to put it together. Three straight jabs landed for Holloway followed by another oblique kick then a roundhouse kick to the body. Holloway lands a one-two then uses an excellent pull counter landing the overhand, Ortega fires out a flying knee but misses and eats a straight then leg kick for his troubles. It seems Max is starting to take over this fight but Ortega catches 2nd wind here quickly grabbing the collar tie with Holloway landing a hard knee right to the face that breaks the champion's nose!!! As blood pours out Holloway goes high with the head kick but Ortega slips his head right then counters straight to the body. Ortega then attempts a double-leg takedown it looks like Holloway will defend it yet again but he didn’t see the quick leg sweep from Ortega that finally puts the champion on the ground. Ortega quickly grabs full-mount and attempts the armbar submission!!! It’s in fairly deep but Holloway is able to escape then in a sprawl gets up but Ortega quickly grabs to collar tie again and tires the standing guillotine!!! Ortega pulls guard but loses his grip as the fight goes back to standing. Two hooks to the body land for Holloway followed by a roundhouse to the body, while the two are in close quarters Ortega again grabs Holloway into the clinch driving him up against the cage unloading with short punches to the body as the round ends.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 39-37 Holloway

Blurcat: 39-37 Ortega

Sherdog: 38-38

Round 5

After a very competitive 4th round we are here at the 5th and finale round for all the marbles this one has been a very close competitive fight if you have Holloway up, Ortega up, or have it as a draw heading into the final round it's clear this is a must-win round for both of these two men. Holloway opens this round missing the one-two plus follow-up right hook, Ortega does well to slip all punches then graze the champ with a looping right hook of his own. Holloway attempts a spinning back kick to the body but misses badly leaving his back exposed for Ortega who jumps right onto it!!! Holloway presses him up against the cage looking to prevent Ortega from dragging him down to the ground for the rear-naked choke but ‘T-City’ still attempts the choke anyways!!! He can’t get it but the choke distracts Holloway enough to the point where he attempts a leg sweep taking down Holloway for Ortega’s 3rd successful takedown of the fight!!! Ortega takes Holloways back yet again getting both hooks in this is trouble!!! But Holloway sprawls well to prevent the RNC from being applied but still finds himself on the bottom in side control now. Ortega is trying for the mounted-crucifix but again Holloway still full of energy prevents it with a sprawl this one sees him to his feet but Ortega still on him drives him up against the cage. The fight comes to a stand-still as ‘T-City’ seems content with throwing short punches to the body plus foot stomps with a minute left in the round Herb Dean decides to separate the two due to a lack of action. Holloway knows he must go for broke here he fakes the uppercut getting Ortega’s hands up high to parry it but instead uses a spinning back kick to the body that lands right on the liver on Ortega who stumps around briefly he’s hurt!!! 40 seconds left ‘T-City’ retreats to the edge of the cage Holloway unleashing a flurry of 8 hooks the first 7 all miss with Ortega slipping very well until he is cracked clean with a hook followed by an uppercut!!! Holloway drags Ortega into the thai clinch unloading with one knee to the body then 3 to the head but all of them are blocked. Ortega breaks free and circles out hitting Holloway with a clean looping right hook as he does so 10 seconds left in the fight!!! Holloway lands the front kick to the body followed by a one-two but Ortega lands the final shot of the fight with a lead elbow!!! What a wild finish to another very close round the judges have their hands full this decision will probably cause some controversy taking one look on Twitter see’s scores from media members, fighters, and fans going all over the place.

Unofficial Judges:

MMAJunkie: 49-46 Holloway

Blurcat: 49-46 Ortega

Sherdog: 48-47 Ortega

“

Ladies and gentlemen after 5 rounds we go to the judges scorecards for the decision the judges score this contest 49-46, 48-47, and 49-46 to the winner by unanimous decision

And….

Still!!! The undisputed Featherweight champion of the world Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway

”

Official Result:

Max Holloway def. Brian Ortega via UD (49-46x2, 48-47)

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Critical Rating: 78% / Commercial Rating: 98%

Attendance: 15,299 ($2,175,075)

Venue: Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, Canada)

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Main-Event

[C] Max Holloway def. Brain Ortega via UD (48-47, 49-46x2) to retain UFC Featherweight championship

[Fight Rating: Great]

Holloway’s 3rd successful title-defense

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Co-Main

[New C] Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk via SUB [Guillotine] R5 (1:22) to win UFC W-Flyweight championship

[Fight Rating: Great]

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Main-Card

Alex Oliveira def. Gunnar Nelson via KO [Knee] R1 (4:12)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Hakeem Dawodu def. Kyle Bochniak via TKO [Punches] R2 (2:03)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Jimi Manuwa def. Thiago Santos via KO [Punches] R2 (0:35)

[Fight Rating: Great]

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Preliminary-Card (FS1)

Claudia Gadelha def. Nina Ansaroff via SUB [RNC] R3 (4:59)

[Fight Rating: Great]

Gilbert Burns def. Jingliang Li via KO [Punch] R1 (0:25)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Katlyn Chookgian def. Jessica Eye via SUB [RNC] R3 (4:45)

[Fight Rating: Great]

Elias Theodorou draws. Eryk Anders (28-28x3)

[Fight Rating: Good]

Benito Lopez def. Taylor Lapilus via UD (29-28x3)

[Fight Rating: Great]

Dhiego Lima def. Chad Laprise via SD (28-29, 29-28x2)

[Fight Rating: Decent]

Magomed Mustafaev def. Carlos Diego Ferreira via UD (30-24, 30-25, 30-26)

[Fight Rating: Great]

Devin Clark def. Alexander Rakic via SUB [Americana] R1 (4:32)

[Fight Rating: Great]

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Fight of The Night:

Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega

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Performance of The Night:

Alex Oliveira, Jimi Manuwa, Gilbert Burns, Magomed Mustafaev, Devin Clark

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Predictions

Majster_93 - 7.5/13

vladjarca - 8.5/13

CageRage - 7.5/13

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UFC 231 turned out to be a pretty good card with a lot of impressive finishes on the main-card as 4 out of the 5 of them ended with a finish along with a very close Fight of The Night in the main-event as Max Holloway remains the Featherweight champion. Like said before it was a very close competitive fight with rounds 1, 4, and 5 all could be considered toss-up rounds, all in all, if you had to put it into a percentage probably 60%-40% of everyone who watched it scored it for ‘Blessed’. Those within that 40% include Brian Ortega and his team saying in the post-fight press conference,

“I thought I took the championship rounds with the two takedowns, then round two was definitely mine. I also thought I took round one as well. I don’t feel like I lost in all honesty but I’ll take it. Max is a very good fighter. I'm not gonna sit here and say this is robbery because it was a close fight with a lot of close rounds but I just feel I won those close rounds to me. At least that's what my coaches were saying as well. All respect in the world to Max love that guy and hopefully, we can get a rematch scheduled soon”.

- Brian Ortega

Holloway in the post-fight interview didn’t really seem to care about the future but said he is “very interested” in a fight with current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov saying that's a fight that needs to happen in the near future. The co-main was a much less competitive fight as Valentina 'The Bullet' Shevchenko became the first fighter to submit Joanna Jedrzejczyk only 2nd fighter to finish the Polish fighter in a pretty one-sided fight, Shevchenko just seemed to outclass in every area of the fight but Joanna did have some moments attacking the body plus even won the 4th round as Valentina started to gas but caught a 2nd wind in the 5th to get the guillotine choke. The two would not embrace after the fight as Valentina took glory in her win saying in the post-fight press conference “this fight just shows it's easy to talk but fighting is a skill and the more skillful fighter always wins I’ve proved that 4 times already”. Joanna announced via Twitter she will be moving back down to the Strawweight division. Hakeem Dawodu, Jimi Manuwa, and Alex Oliveira all got impressive knockouts on the night with Manuwa and Oliveira earning performance of the night bonuses.

Moving to the prelims Nina Ansaroff got one of the more heartbreaking losses in the last couple of years as she was clearly winning pretty comfortably by using long-range leg kicks to batter Gadelha’s legs for the entire 3 rounds whenever the fight got close Ansaroff would unload with rapid punches forcing the Brazilian to back off. Clearly up 2 rounds to none and probably would have gotten a 30-27x3 on the judge's scorecards Ansaroff threw one of her few kicks to the body but was caught with 30 seconds left in the fight then submitted with a quick rear-naked choke. Ansaroff was devastated after the fight, embracing with her partner Amanda Nunes plus her coaches this was her chance to beat a top 5 fighter in the Strawweight division and only needed to survive one more second but unfortunately MMA is a very unforgiving sport. Gilbert Burns got a shocking knockout over the durable Jingliang Li this is the first time Li has been knocked out cold in his career, Burns set-up with straight body punches early on then after another straight to body fake like he was going for a level change to mask a huge looping overhand that landed right on the button to turn his lights off “toes curled out bad” as Joe Rogan said on the broadcast. Katlyn Chookgian has probably become the next challenger for the Women’s Flyweight championship after a great fight against the always game Jessica Eye, a very close fight early on but as the fight dragged on Chookgian a better BJJ grappler plus more technical boxer started to piece her up in the 3rd submitting with a rear-naked choke after dropping Eye with a hook to the body. Magomed Mustafaev a training partner of Khabib Nurmagomedov put a dominant beating on Carlos Deigo Ferreira shades of Nurmagomedov’s maulings over Edson Barboza and Micheal Johnson as Mustafaev would outland Ferreira a total of 124-17 strikes. Mustafaev proclaimed himself as the next great Lightweight, if he keeps up performances like these then he should be very much on track Magomed Mustafaev will definitely be a prospect to have tabs on in the near future. Finally, Devin Clark has derailed Alexander Rakic's hype train early before it could even get started early on Rakic was chopping Clark down with leg kicks but similar to Ansaroff a body kick would be caught that led to him being dragged to the ground then submitted quickly.

McDojoDelux · March 9, 2021

December Week 3 (2018) UFC Rankings

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McDojoDelux · March 9, 2021

December Week 3 (2018) Recap

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MMA News

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Fight Announcement

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UFC on Fox: Lee v. Iaquinta (Preview)

Main-Event [Fox]

Lightweight: Kevin Lee (#4, 17-3) vs. Al Iaquinta (#8, 13-4-1)

Co-Main [Fox]

Lightweight: Edson Barboza (#6, 19-6) vs. Dan Hooker (#10, 17-7)

Main-Card [Fox]

Bantamweight: Rob Font (#11, 15-4) vs. Sergio Pettis (17-4)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (24-8-1NC) vs. Jim Miller (29-12-1NC)

Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (#13, 17-4) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-9)

Preliminary-Card [FS1]

Lightweight: Bobby Green (24-8-1) vs. Drakkar Klose (9-1-1)

Featherweight: Dan Ige (9-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (15-3-1)

Welterweight: Zak Ottow (16-6) vs. Sergio Moraes (14-3-1)

W-Flyweight: Emily Whitmire (3-2) vs. Ariane Lipski (11-3)

Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]

Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-3) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-2-1-1NC)

Light-Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (24-6) vs. Sam Alvey (33-11-1NC)

W-Bantamweight: Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3) vs. Gina Mazany (5-2)

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The last UFC on Fox event will air tomorrow night from all the way back to an epic Heavyweight class back in 2011 when then UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez faced the then-undefeated knockout artist Junior dos Santos to now in late 2018, the long-lasting 7-year relationship between the two companies has been a mostly very positive and historic experience with many all-time great moments from JDS knocking out Velasquez in the first round on the first UFC on Fox to Dominick Cruz reclaiming his Bantamweight tile in a very competitive split decision win against TJ Dillashaw. In the finale fight on Fox’s main channel one of if not the hottest prospect in the Lightweight division Kevin Lee has turned contender over the years. Gaining notoriety with a very competitive fight against former interim champion Tony Ferguson for the interim belt itself despite the 3rd round submission loss in his most latest fight that occurred at ‘UFC Fight Night: Lee v. Barboz’ people witnessed to the best version of Kevin Lee the world has ever seen his wrestling, boxing, BJJ was at all-time best. Now he moves to Team Alpha Male to fine tool all his skills to become the next Lightweight champion,

“[Kevin Lee] is so talented man, he is such an amazing athlete, he's so strong, his boxing is getting more and more crisp, his wrestling is already at a very high-level, his BJJ is underrated, he will become the UFC Lightweight champion. I honestly think he can beat everyone then become the next double-champion”

- Urijah Faber

‘Raging’ Al Iaquinta looks to put a halt to Lee’s championship aspirations, recently Iaquinta has been nationally praised for his all-heart performance against Khabib Nurmagomedov against the current champion he showed durability, heart, and amazing conditioning against the insufferable pace of the undefeated from Dagestan, Russia. He took the fight on only a day's notice and with Khabib's most recent destruction of former two-divisional champion Connor McGregor, Iaquinta's performance against Nurmagomedov is looking better and better by the day. Although Lee has been widely praised for skills areas he lacks is consistency and conditioning something that Iaquinta is a master at. This fight will undoubtedly be a test to see if ‘The Motown Phenom’ will take the next step that is essential to climb the 155pound ladder. The two have gone at it over social media adding more fuel to the fire for what should be an incredible fight. We stay in the Lightweight division for the co-main event Edson Barboza looks to snap his 2-fight skid against his opponent Dan Hooker comes in riding a 4-fight win streak. Hooker much like Lee has been very vocal about how he is the next big thing’ within the Lightweight division,

“I’m young and winning, he's old and losing. This is the old guard versus the new, we have seen this way too many times to know how this one will end. [Edson] Barboza is one of my favorite fighters but even my favorite fighters can come to get it. I’m gonna pace never before seen this division. I want to make every Lightweight quit while fighting me. They'll question why they're even in this sport, to begin with, while fighting me”.

- Dan Hooker

In fairness to Barboza, his two losses were ones he was mauled by Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kevin Lee this fight will undoubtedly be a stand-up battle one a nice change of pace for the Brazilian. Both have notorious leg kicks with some impressive muay-thai, taekwondo, and kickboxing at a pick ‘em’ fight betting odds wise it’s most likely the more skilled fighter will outclass their given opponent or that one shot will put an end to the night.

The rest of this card is quite promising as the UFC has booked many exciting prospects probably looking for an up and comer to get a big off such a big farewell event. Bantamweight see’s Seirgo Pettis returns from the Flyweight division moving back up to 145pounds to face #11 ranked Rob Font. While Pettis is still undecided on what weight class to commit too he is only 25 has more than enough time to develop into any given weight class and who knows maybe he could be a potential double-champion one day if he ever realizes his championship material talent. He has high-level taekwondo for the lower weight classes light on his feet the fundamental boxing plus wrestling style that Rob Font possesses has given Pettis troubles in the past. Charles Oliveira returns to Lightweight in a rematch against veteran Jim Miller while the Brazilian should win this fight any way he wants too it is invaluable that the two will be on the mat with each other with Miller being an elite black belt in BJJ who knows what he could pull off despite him being the biggest betting underdog on the card (+400). Middleweight sees Jack ‘The Joker’ Hermansson one of the more creative submissions Greco-Roman wrestlers the UFC has seen in the past few years face off against the grizzled 37 fight veteran in Gerald Meerschat skilled in every area of the fight game he looks to derail a potential hype train in Hermansson in so finally cracking the UFC top 15 Middleweight rankings.

To the prelims on FS1 this will be the 2nd to last time the UFC will air fights on the network as the prelims for ‘UFC 232: Jones v. Gustafsson’ will be the final time Fox Sports will broadcast UFC fights before the broadcasting deal with ESPN kicks into effect in 2019. Headliner fan-favorite veteran Bobby Green takes on a very highly praised prospects Drakkar Klose a fellow Lightweight from Michigan compassions to Kevin Lee have followed Klose who actually has a much better gas tank than ‘The Motown Phenom’ if he can replicate Lee’s high-level wrestling, kickboxing, and overall talent in all areas of MMA this could be the next great Lightweight prospect. More prospects on the prelims include Featherweight Hawaiian kickboxer Dan Ige face a muay-thai specialist Enrique Barzola, Nikita Krylov is a very high-level Russian karate fighter very similar karate base to that of Russian Featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov. Krylov faces Sam Alvey a very high-level wrestler with power in his hands, finally, another fellow Russian in Ramazan Emeev a strong sambo wrestler who likes to head hunter will fight powerhouse German Abu Azaitar the winner of this fight will be put in a very good position in his next fight to potentially crack the Welterweight rankings.

vladjarca · March 9, 2021

Main-Event [Fox]

Lightweight: Kevin Lee (#4, 17-3) vs. Al Iaquinta (#8, 13-4-1)

Co-Main [Fox]

Lightweight: Edson Barboza (#6, 19-6) vs. Dan Hooker (#10, 17-7)

Main-Card [Fox]

Bantamweight: Rob Font (#11, 15-4) vs. Sergio Pettis (17-4)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (24-8-1NC) vs. Jim Miller (29-12-1NC)

Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (#13, 17-4) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-9)

Preliminary-Card [FS1]

Lightweight: Bobby Green (24-8-1) vs. Drakkar Klose (9-1-1)

Featherweight: Dan Ige (9-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (15-3-1)

Welterweight: Zak Ottow (16-6) vs. Sergio Moraes (14-3-1)

W-Flyweight: Emily Whitmire (3-2) vs. Ariane Lipski (11-3)

Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]

Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-3) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-2-1-1NC)

Light-Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (24-6) vs. Sam Alvey (33-11-1NC)

W-Bantamweight: Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3) vs. Gina Mazany (5-2)

Majster_93 · March 9, 2021

Main-Event [Fox]

Lightweight: Kevin Lee (#4, 17-3) vs. Al Iaquinta (#8, 13-4-1)

Co-Main [Fox]

Lightweight: Edson Barboza (#6, 19-6) vs. Dan Hooker (#10, 17-7)

Main-Card [Fox]

Bantamweight: Rob Font (#11, 15-4) vs. Sergio Pettis (17-4)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (24-8-1NC) vs. Jim Miller (29-12-1NC)

Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (#13, 17-4) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-9)

Preliminary-Card [FS1]

Lightweight: Bobby Green (24-8-1) vs. Drakkar Klose (9-1-1)

Featherweight: Dan Ige (9-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (15-3-1)

Welterweight: Zak Ottow (16-6) vs. Sergio Moraes (14-3-1)

W-Flyweight: Emily Whitmire (3-2) vs. Ariane Lipski (11-3)

Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]

Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-3) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-2-1-1NC)

Light-Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (24-6) vs. Sam Alvey (33-11-1NC)

W-Bantamweight: Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3) vs. Gina Mazany (5-2)

rodrigoviolim · March 10, 2021

I love the stories and images you put on, they look really amazing, congratulations !!!

Only in the ranking would I put the name above the image of the champion, it is the only thing I would change, but in general everything is very perfect!

Coming back to update myself in the story, I think Kevin Lee will beat Iaquinta easily.

Main-Event [Fox]

Lightweight: Kevin Lee (#4, 17-3) vs. Al Iaquinta (#8, 13-4-1)

Co-Main [Fox]

Lightweight: Edson Barboza (#6, 19-6) vs. Dan Hooker (#10, 17-7)

Main-Card [Fox]

Bantamweight: Rob Font (#11, 15-4) vs. Sergio Pettis (17-4)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (24-8-1NC) vs. Jim Miller (29-12-1NC)

Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (#13, 17-4) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-9)

Preliminary-Card [FS1]

Lightweight: Bobby Green (24-8-1) vs. Drakkar Klose (9-1-1)

Featherweight: Dan Ige (9-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (15-3-1)

Welterweight: Zak Ottow (16-6) vs. Sergio Moraes (14-3-1)

W-Flyweight: Emily Whitmire (3-2) vs. Ariane Lipski (11-3)

Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]

Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-3) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-2-1-1NC)

Light-Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (24-6) vs. Sam Alvey (33-11-1NC)

W-Bantamweight: Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3) vs. Gina Mazany (5-2)

McDojoDelux · March 10, 2021

I love the stories and images you put on, they look really amazing, congratulations !!!

Only in the ranking would I put the name above the image of the champion, it is the only thing I would change, but in general everything is very perfect!

Coming back to update myself in the story, I think Kevin Lee will beat Iaquinta easily.

Main-Event [Fox]

Lightweight: Kevin Lee (#4, 17-3) vs. Al Iaquinta (#8, 13-4-1)

Co-Main [Fox]

Lightweight: Edson Barboza (#6, 19-6) vs. Dan Hooker (#10, 17-7)

Main-Card [Fox]

Bantamweight: Rob Font (#11, 15-4) vs. Sergio Pettis (17-4)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (24-8-1NC) vs. Jim Miller (29-12-1NC)

Middleweight: Jack Hermansson (#13, 17-4) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-9)

Preliminary-Card [FS1]

Lightweight: Bobby Green (24-8-1) vs. Drakkar Klose (9-1-1)

Featherweight: Dan Ige (9-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (15-3-1)

Welterweight: Zak Ottow (16-6) vs. Sergio Moraes (14-3-1)

W-Flyweight: Emily Whitmire (3-2) vs. Ariane Lipski (11-3)

Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]

Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-3) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-2-1-1NC)

Light-Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (24-6) vs. Sam Alvey (33-11-1NC)

W-Bantamweight: Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3) vs. Gina Mazany (5-2)

Thank you for the critique I'll definitely take it into consideration next time I update the rankings.

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