UFC Fight Night (Tampa) - Teixeira v Evans

Paully D

Note - the UFC site haven't split the card up properly yet on the image above. The UFC Fight Pass Early Prelim fights are correctly listed in the picture above, however, they will start at 9pm our time. The Prelims will contain Swanson/Dias, McGee/Ponzinibbio, Correia/Pennington and Chiesa/Dariush and will start at 11pm our time, while the main card will contain the other four fights starting with Namajunas/Torres and will start at 1am our time.

Date: Saturday 16th April
Times: Fight Pass Prelims (9pm, Fight Pass), Prelims (11pm, Fight Pass & BT Sport 2), Main Card (1am, Fight Pass & BT Sport 2)
Venue: Tampa, Florida
Odds: Teixeira (8/15) v Evans (9/5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-C_KEUi4_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J6E3cnNbyI

Paully D

This is a really, really good card despite the main event being a bit "meh". Imagine how good it would have been with Khabib/Ferguson still on it? Namajunas/Torres is the most intriguing fight on the main card IMO and would have been better served as the new main event for me, but I won't complain too much.

Dodson's bantamweight debut, Randy Brown's 2nd UFC fight, the return of Swanson, Correia's first fight since Ronda, the aforementioned Namajunas/Torres bout, can Horcher shock the world, Machida and Henderson both coming back off tough KO's.

I'm looking forward to this one, but as ASOT said in the Zagreb thread earlier, every card between now and 200 is so good.

John_D80

Teixeira via Decision

Getting the thread up good and early. Good call.

Gamebred

Teixeira via Decision

Beniel Dariush and Chiesa the one im looking forward to here 2 sick grapplers.

Zero-Cool

Teixeira via Decision

Really Solid card. Agreed Paully, Rose v Tecia is the one I'm most looking forward to, should be a cracking fight.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

Good card but better news is it's not a 3am main card! Getting too old to be sitting upto 6am lol

Mr. Manager

Teixeira via Decision

Brilliant! Two events back to back that I don't have to stay up til stupid o clock to watch the end of

NightmareUFC

great card! Glover TKO than Glover vs. Rumble main event for one of the upcoming cards

Wrongway1985

Teixeira via Decision

Also think Rose Tecia 2 should be the new main event, very good card still despite the main disappointingly getting cut.

Still like the fact Khabib gets to make his comeback notice his opponents sole loss came against Phillippe Nover and he is a drastically disappointing fighter since contesting TUF8 final was surprised the UFC brought him back and he fights at 145 now.

That_Guy

All hail east coast time zones!!!

So what time will this be on at? I have been really looking forward to this event for quite a while. Khabib finally back, I am really excited to see how he is on his return.

Swashbuckler

Evans via Submission

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So what time will this be on at? I have been really looking forward to this event for quite a while. Khabib finally back, I am really excited to see how he is on his return.

Times explaned in Paullys original post above.

RedemptionZ

Can't wait for this, finally get to see Khabib fight again. Hope he can stay injury free, P4P number 1 for me if he can get a good streak going and assuming the injuries haven't affected his game.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

Horcher missed weight, 162, apparently will try to get another lb off. He doesn't look in too good of shape as it is

https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/721079247763345408

ASOT

Horcher missed weight, can't wait to see Khabib put on a beat down

And lads yous dont know how happy I am to see Khabib back, he's my favourite fighter in the UFC hopefully he's injurie worries are over.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

Horcher has got down to 161 according to Helwani

RedemptionZ

Horcher looks terrible, weight cut must be horrific for him.

Bethe's entrance was hilarious.

ASOT

Devastator wrote: »

Horcher has got down to 161 according to Helwani

That's about the number of times Khabib is going to slam him to the canvas.

callaway92

Evans via Submission

After listening to an interview with Evans yesterday it seems clear that he has zero confidence in having any sort of stamina to last 5 rounds.

If this was a 3 round fight he would be hoping to win by squeezing out 2 of them. Teixeira can be patient in this one and get the win I think.

RedemptionZ

If Horcher has made 161 in the time they gave him does he still lose some of his purse?

RedemptionZ

Also that weigh in was disturbing knowing that he was given 8 days to lose 25ish pounds. Really poor form by the UFC imo. He didn't have to accept the fight but it shouldn't have been offered to him, there's plenty of LWs who'd love a fight on the main card.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

RedemptionZ wrote: »

If Horcher has made 161 in the time they gave him does he still lose some of his purse?

No. A fighter has 1 hour to get to within 1lb of the agreed weight(unless its a title fight). In terms of the UFC they did agree to a catchweight(160) when the fight was agreed, probably to help Horcher because of the short timescales

RedemptionZ

Devastator wrote: »

No. A fighter has 1 hour to get to within 1lb of the agreed weight(unless its a title fight). In terms of the UFC they did agree to a catchweight(160) when the fight was agreed, probably to help Horcher because of the short timescales

I know but the question has to be asked why they got a WW instead of a LW. Those weight cuts are really dangerous and shouldn't be encouraged.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

RedemptionZ wrote: »

I know but the question has to be asked why they got a WW instead of a LW. Those weight cuts are really dangerous and shouldn't be encouraged.

I think Horcher is a LW but he's not fought in a while and wasn't in a fight camp so was heavy. He was on the mmahour on Monday and was asked his weight and he just said "hmmm heavy" but he seemed confident he would make 160 which he did....just took him about an extra 30 mins :pac:


In other news.....
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/721117460078788608

ASOT

Really disappointed in Makhachev, but I would class eastern Europeans up there with brazillians.

Gamebred

Teixeira via Decision

The card is jinxed.

bur

ASOT wrote: »

Really disappointed in Makhachev, but I would class eastern Europeans up there with brazillians.

Idiotic comment.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

ASOT wrote: »

And lads yous dont know how happy I am to see Khabib back, he's my favourite fighter in the UFC hopefully he's injurie worries are over.

ASOT wrote: »

Really disappointed in Makhachev, but I would class eastern Europeans up there with brazillians.

tick tock tick tock, Khabib wrestles bears and sticks needles in his c*ck :pac:

Gamebred

Teixeira via Decision

https://twitter.com/GrabakaHitman/status/721123842631016449

ASOT

bur wrote: »

Idiotic comment.

They have had the most fighters/sports people pop between them in the majority of sports its hardley idiotic.

Mellor

RedemptionZ wrote: »

Also that weigh in was disturbing knowing that he was given 8 days to lose 25ish pounds. Really poor form by the UFC imo. He didn't have to accept the fight but it shouldn't have been offered to him, there's plenty of LWs who'd love a fight on the main card.

The UFC have no way of knowing what weight he is when they call him up. Taking the fight is entirely on him imo.

8 days is a normal enough time to start to cut. I'd really question if he has the fitness to fight on short notice, especially after a huge cut.

ASOT

Mellor wrote: »

The UFC have no way of knowing what weight he is when they call him up. Taking the fight is entirely on him imo.

8 days is a normal enough time to start to cut. I'd really question if he has the fitness to fight on short notice, especially after a huge cut.

I really like the look of the fight going u2.5 rounds @ 11/10, think Khabib will finish it fairly quick. 2/1 for R1, 4/1 R2 & 15/2 R3, Bet 365 have it priced all wrong IMO.

Mellor

At 11/10 I'd be all over it. Took a piece at less than that from PP

Gamebred

Teixeira via Decision

That chap will gas within 3 minutes if he lasts that long,that would've been a rough cut for him the last week ill be shocked if khabib drags this out 11/10 to be finished before 2m30s of the 3rd round knocking bet.

Mellor

I've a bet on he KO finish, as well as under 2.5 rounds. Expecting a double win from the Eagle

Zero-Cool

Teixeira via Decision

Who have ye got for Rose v Tecia? Really want Rose to win by think it will be another Tecia decision

mdwexford

Teixeira via Submission

Gamebred wrote: »

That chap will gas within 3 minutes if he lasts that long,that would've been a rough cut for him the last week ill be shocked if khabib drags this out 11/10 to be finished before 2m30s of the 3rd round knocking bet.

That's not the way the bet works I'm afraid.

If it ends in first or second, you win.
If it goes to a third, you lose.

ASOT

mdwexford wrote: »

That's not the way the bet works I'm afraid.

If it ends in first or second, you win.
If it goes to a third, you lose.

No that's how it works hence the .5 or then it would just be an over 2 round bet. You have 11 and a half minutes for Khabib to get a finish.

Swashbuckler

Evans via Submission

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Who have ye got for Rose v Tecia? Really want Rose to win by think it will be another Tecia decision

My money is on Tecia. Decent odds too.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

mdwexford wrote: »

That's not the way the bet works I'm afraid.

If it ends in first or second, you win.
If it goes to a third, you lose.

ASOT wrote: »

No that's how it works hence the .5 or then it would just be an over 2 round bet. You have 11 and a half minutes for Khabib to get a finish.

I agree with MDWexford. A 2.5 round bet is upto & inc rd 2 but anything beyond 2 rounds is a beaten docket

mdwexford

Teixeira via Submission

ASOT wrote: »

No that's how it works hence the .5 or then it would just be an over 2 round bet. You have 11 and a half minutes for Khabib to get a finish.

Really, wow that's interesting.
I don't usually bet on UFC but presumed it would work the same as other similar markets.

ASOT

Devastator wrote: »

I agree with MDWexford. A 2.5 round bet is upto & inc rd 2 but anything beyond 2 rounds is a beaten docket

You'd be incorrect also, look it up. I originally taught it was like that as well but its anything over the two and a half rounds mark, so 2.31 or round 3 would be a winner for over 2.5 rounds.

mdwexford wrote: »

Really, wow that's interesting.
I don't usually bet on UFC but presumed it would work the same as other similar markets.

Yeah I orgnally taught the same, there does be some good prices on over 1.5 on certain fights. Sure on tonights main event there offering over 0.5 odds.

mdwexford

Teixeira via Submission

Devastator wrote: »

I agree with MDWexford. A 2.5 round bet is upto & inc rd 2 but anything beyond 2 rounds is a beaten docket

I've actually been looking at terms on various sites and ASOT is correct.

I'm surprised by it though.

Devastator

Teixeira via Submission

ASOT wrote: »

You'd be incorrect also, look it up. I originally taught it was like that as well but its anything over the two and a half rounds mark, so 2.31 or round 3 would be a winner for over 2.5 rounds.

Well thats very strange because in boxing betting it works on the whole round. I got stung ages ago because of it

Paully D

This is starting at 9:30pm and not 9:00pm as originally stated due to the couple of fights being scrapped.

Swashbuckler

Evans via Submission

Gives me an extra half an hour watching Chucks fights on fightpass.

Swashbuckler

Evans via Submission

Loving the entrance music. Final countdown.

That_Guy

"The Final Countdown"

I approve.

Paully D

Rogan getting his first "he's in serious trouble here.....oh he got out" of the night out of the way nice and early there.

That_Guy

Very good round. I've scored it 10-9 to Akhmedov... Only just. So close.

Swashbuckler

Evans via Submission

10-9 to akhmedov