UFC Fight Night Dublin - Holohan v Smolka **Event discussion only**

El Guapo!

Ok the dust has settled a bit since Duffy v Poirier was cancelled so I think now is a good time to open the discussion thread.
**Please use this thread to discuss the event only.**
Any other discussion about ticket sales/refunds etc should go in the other thread HERE (which I'll close tomorrow)

Where to watch:
You can watch the prelims on FightPass from 6pm.
The main card will be shown on FightPass and also on Setanta Ireland and 3e from 9pm.

CatFromHue

Breese had to get naked to make weight whereas Pendred came at 169, I think.

Bit of a scuffle at their stare down too.

Axwell

CatFromHue wrote: »

Bit of a scuffle at their stare down too.

It was handbags really, oh no wait that was the Parke v Madadi weight in.. :cool:

fermanagh_man

Excited about the Scottish fighters

They blew the roof off Glasgow and they look pumped for Dublin

mdwexford

I'm thinking a Daly and Seery double looks pretty good.

Main event is hard to call and Parke is a pretty short price.

CatFromHue

Is it usually 30 mins they allocate to a fight, or thereabouts, so we're looking at Pendred being on around 7.15-7.30 and Daly about 8.15-8.30 or so?

raze_them_all_

big badly kept going till the end, ended it with 2 seconds left

CatFromHue

Pendred up now

Zero-Cool

Cmon Cathal!!

ASOT

Pendreds striking and head movement is non existent.

raze_them_all_

nose is broken, 2 losses in a row now for cathal?

Trond

Obvious result really

Zero-Cool

My God what a massacre.

CatFromHue

you could feel that coming

it looked like a mis match from very early on

ASOT

All those dodgey decisions are finally catching up on Pendred.

raze_them_all_

ASOT wrote: »

All those dodgey decisions are finally catching up on Pendred.

there was 1 dodgy decision, what are these all

Amazingfun

God, what a heartbreak I hope Daly wins!

raze_them_all_

Amazingfun wrote: »

God, what a heartbreak I hope Daly wins!

need ais and paddy to win, then spurs tomorrow

Klopp

Not surprised to see Pendred get defeated again.

Amazingfun

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

need ais and paddy to win, then spurs tomorrow

I don't follow Spurs, but YES we need the other two, must be hard for Conor watchin that, I know he wants them all to experience the success he has.

ASOT

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

there was 1 dodgy decision, what are these all

He was beaten by both Spencer & Umalatov

thewheel2.0

Not surprised but feel for Pendred. He cant help his lack of striking talent.

Thankfully I bet with my head, 1 down in my 5 fold accumulator.

raze_them_all_

Amazingfun wrote: »

I don't follow Spurs, but YES we need the other two, must be hard for Conor watchin that, I know he wants them all to experience the success he has.

either do I but I don't like giving paddy power money

Exclamation Marc

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

nose is broken, 2 losses in a row now for cathal?

Could very easily be cut. After Miocic said that he's been told by Dana White to be more exciting if he wants a title shot, fighters like Pendreds days are numbered with the company if they're not consistently picking up wins, and even at that some of his wins have not been in any way convincing.

2 losses after some boring fights and he could easily be on his way.

Whelo79

Plenty of empty seats about. I went up to one of the seat supervisors about 20 minutes before the first preliminary and got moved to block D row 9. Front and center 9 rows from cageside. The seat supervisor had a handful of probably 200 tickets minimum. She flicked through them to see what was a good one to give me. If she is the only one with those tickets fair enough, but if there is a few others doing the same that means a lot of unsold/returnes tickets. Atmosphere is still top notch however.

ricero

It was coming was only matter of time until pendred was found out

thewheel2.0

Whelo79 wrote: »

Plenty of empty seats about. I went up to one of the seat supervisors about 20 minutes before the first preliminary and got moved to block D row 9. Front and center 9 rows from cageside. The seat supervisor had a handful of probably 200 tickets minimum. She flicked through them to see what was a good one to give me. If she is the only one with those tickets fair enough, but if there is a few others doing the same that means a lot of unsold/returnes tickets. Atmosphere is still top notch however.

What % full is the arena? Hard to tell from Fight Pass footage!

shrewdness

That was a complete mismatch. Pendred can often use his size and strength to grind out wins but he looked much the smaller man here, and Breese's skills looked on a different level aswell. Pendred seems like a nice fella but it's shocking how his striking hasn't improved a bit in the last year. Breese is a beast though.

Utopia Parkway

Not sure where Pendred goes from here. Winning fights saved him in the past but once you start losing in the UFC it's always dangerous for a fighter with an unexciting style like he does. Never seen anyone with such slow strikes. Honestly you'd see better more dynamic strikers outside Supermacs on a weekend night.

Whelo79

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

What % full is the arena? Hard to tell from Fight Pass footage!

Not far off 90% I'd say.

Really sickened to see Duffy celebrate like a lunatic when Breese beet Pendred. I know Breese is training in tri star but Duffy could have contained the celebration when a fellow country man is being beat.

califano

Pendo has black type so will definately get another go albeit in Europe.

Beersmith

Whelo79 wrote: »

Not far off 90% I'd say.

Really sickened to see Duffy celebrate like a lunatic when Breese beet Pendred. I know Breese is training in tri star but Duffy could have contained the celebration when a fellow country man is being beat.

Ah jasus. It's not nation v nation! Very weird if he didn't celebrate it

arayess

Whelo79 wrote: »

Not far off 90% I'd say.

Really sickened to see Duffy celebrate like a lunatic when Breese beet Pendred. I know Breese is training in tri star but Duffy could have contained the celebration when a fellow country man is being beat.

true but probably not helped by mcGregor slagging Duffy off as a fighter previously. Duffy probably has an anti-SBG view.

Zero-Cool

Wouldn't be surprised if it was breeze that gave duffy the concussion with just a tap!

xtal191

Jesus lads of course he's gonna cheer on his teammate, they're prob good mates.

califano

arayess wrote: »

true but probably not helped by mcGregor slagging Duffy off as a fighter previously. Duffy probably has an anti-SBG view.

Good point. Where was the duffy celebration shown fightpass? i must have missed it

Axwell

arayess wrote: »

true but probably not helped by mcGregor slagging Duffy off as a fighter previously. Duffy probably has an anti-SBG view.

Or it could be he was just delighted to see his team mate win his fight..

ShagNastii

Do ya think the UFC have even the slightest desire to give Pendred to CM Punk now?

CurryFlavoured

Whelo79 wrote: »

Not far off 90% I'd say.

Really sickened to see Duffy celebrate like a lunatic when Breese beet Pendred. I know Breese is training in tri star but Duffy could have contained the celebration when a fellow country man is being beat.

I didn't notice that.

The way the UFC have been cutting guys lately I wouldn't be surprised to see Cathal gone.

Kenny Bania

califano wrote: »

Pendo has black type so will definately get another go albeit in Europe.

WTF is black type? is that a font?

arayess

Axwell wrote: »

Or it could be he was just delighted to see his team mate win his fight..

oh for sure.
it's probably both, although I'd think he wouldn't cheer the loss of a fellow irish man. We're a small nation and all that jazz...

thewheel2.0

Axwell wrote: »

Or it could be he was just delighted to see his team mate win his fight..

Fair enough, it's understandable...but don't bill yourself as "Irish" Joe then.

callaway92

ShagNastii wrote: »

Do ya think the UFC have even the slightest desire to give Pendred to CM Punk now?

2 hopes really.

Bob Hope & No Hope

thewheel2.0

ShagNastii wrote: »

Do ya think the UFC have even the slightest desire to give Pendred to CM Punk now?

Maybe as a sacrificial lamb to big up CM Punk :pac:

Hon the Dubs

Anyone know where the best spot for heading out afterwards would be? Have a couple of mates in there looking to know

raze_them_all_

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Fair enough, it's understandable...but don't bill yourself as "Irish" Joe then.

He is ****ing irish. He had his irish tattoo back when he beat Conor who is super ****ing irish whenever he steps foot in the octogon. You'll probably cheer is parke loses later despite him being born on the ireland

Beersmith

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Fair enough, it's understandable...but don't bill yourself as "Irish" Joe then.

Yeah he should be more pro irish as per the people on this forum are, no one ever says anything bad about mcgregor or cathal on here!

14murphy

Lads anyone elses 3e not showing anything UFC ?

Devastator

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Fair enough, it's understandable...but don't bill yourself as "Irish" Joe then.

Isn;t it Scottish Joe or Canadian Joe according to McGregor?


Couldn't/Wouldn't/Shouldn't blame Duffy one single bit for celebrating his team mates win PLUS who knows what slabbering might have went on between Duffy & Pendred in the past when Joe fought Conor.

ASOT

Surprised that was a split decision Jotko looked really good.

Whelo79

Beersmith wrote: »

Ah jasus. It's not nation v nation! Very weird if he didn't celebrate it

Ah I know that, but a bit of decorum wouldn't have went a miss. Will do him no favours, particularly among the McGregor die hards.