UFC on Fox: Shevchenko -v- Peña

Wrongway1985

Fairly solid fight card from Colorado going down tonight! This is an earlier than usual event so works as an excellent precursor for those also interested in the Frampton fight which is expected 4amish I believe.

Looks like we are Paully Dless so time to get the ball rollin...

MAIN CARD 1AM - BT SPORT
Valentina Shevchenko -v- Julianna Peña
Donald Cerrone -v- Jorge Masvidal
Andrei Arlovski -v- Francis Ngannou
Alex Caceres -v- Jason Knight

PRELIMS 10PM - BT SPORT & UFC FIGHT PASS
Nate Marquardt -v- Sam Alvey
Raphael Assuncao -v- Aljamain Sterling
Bobby Nash -v- Li Jinglang
Henrique da Silva -v- Jordan Johnson
Eric Spicely -v- Alessio Di Chirico
Marcos De Lima -v- Jeremy Kimball

EARLY PRELIMS 9PM - UFC FIGHT PASS
Alexandre Pantoja -v- Eric Shelton
Jason Gonzales -v- J.C. Cottrell

Big match up in the main event that surely must determine the next challenger to Amanda Nunes strap will it be a rematch with Shevchenko or Ultimate Fighter winner Peña, Cowboy Cerrone in the co-main faces Jorge Masvidal a match up that was batted around once Cowboy hit the Welterweight division Cerrone wants on the PPV in March so hes hoping to come out of this one with limited injury and the win naturally enough.

Francis Ngannou could be future champion impressive so far but squares up against his biggest name so far in veteran Andre Arlovski.

Main card starts with madman Jason Knight versus Alex Caceres which could be fight of the night contender with the high risk style of Knight it should be far from a snooze.

Elsewhere on the card features a number of familiar names including #4 vs #7 ranked fighters in the 135 division as Sterling takes on Assuncao both fighters looking to make amends after coming off the back of defeats.

qwabercd

Really solid card will lead nicely into the boxing.

kwestfan08

V entertaining scrap there. Shelton showed plenty heart working out of them subs just didn't go his way.

LuckyGent88

Nice finish by Li jingliang. Was a pretty good fight too. Li took some big shots

delgo_84

Yeah great fight very back and forward

CatFromHue

Were did you get that promo poster from Wrongway, it looks like something The Hardy Bucks would have done

kwestfan08

Immensely entertaining card. Not a duff fight yet.

LuckyGent88

Another good submission finish.

Wrongway1985

CatFromHue wrote: »

Were did you get that promo poster from Wrongway, it looks like something The Hardy Bucks would have done

Google images picked one of the first ones that suited my text somewhat ha

No Poll added either but with the lateness decided unwarranted.

tinpib

UFC can fcuk right off. I checked their website a few times, last time on Wednesday night or possibly Thursday night to check what time this started at.

Every time it just had all the fights in 1 big block and said 8pm EST, ie. 1am GMT

Fcuking dickheads. All I've been doing is watching nonsense for the past while waiting for the early prelims to start at 8pm EST/ 1am GMT.

Just went onto the MMA thread to see if there was any chat and saw this.

If you go onto the UFC site now it has all the fights sectioned off into early prelims, prelims,main card, but that wasn't there even a couple of days ago.

W@nkers.

Ah well other people have real problems I guess.

delgo_84

First boring fight tonight

Kirby

That was a really poor fight. No real winners there.

Gamebred

Sterling is awful how is he ranked near the top of the division, threw 13 punches there.

kwestfan08

Had it 29-28 Sterling myself. Thought he took rds 1 & 3

delgo_84

Good round from Alvey there once he got going

Kirby

Either all these fighters are just poor(they arent) or we have serious altitude issues here. They all look knackered after 1 round.

delgo_84

UFC not paying these guys enough to do their camp at altitude

delgo_84

Gotta love Jason Knight. Redneck as they come but puts on a great fight

John_D80

I love Jason Knight. He could be very good.

John_D80

Very impressive from Knight.

darced

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qwabercd

darced wrote: »

Similar to Tito's finish there by Knight, very impressive from him.

Complete fix

delgo_84

Good fight coming up next. The french lad has looked like a beast so far

John_D80

Andrei Arlovski needs to consider calling it a day. He's been on the end of a few brutal (T)KO's. The streak he went on when he got back in the UFC was possibly the worst thing that could have happened him in terms of giving him misplaced belief in himself.

Gamebred

Wanker when I met him so for that fact alone hope hes sparked again.

delgo_84

Wow. Dropped like a fly there

Kirby

Arlovski's chin is just gone. I know they are big guys but everytime he gets tagged he is done. call it a day man.

finglashoop

delgo_84 wrote: »

Wow. Dropped like a fly there

A fly hit by a baseball bat

Gamebred

Bad man nobody will want to fight that monster.

kwestfan08

Ngannou is one scary dude.

delgo_84

Title shot next for this guy. What do you's reckon?

Gamebred

Title shot from beating a shot arlovski are you serious?

kwestfan08

Title talk is a bit premature. I'd like to see him get 2 more wins over ranked opponents before a shot.

John_D80

delgo_84 wrote: »

Title shot next for this guy. What do you's reckon?

Stranger things have happened in fairness but I'd be surprised.

finglashoop

Someone in the top five id say. Ben rothwell in the top five? Derick Lewis?

John_D80

kwestfan08 wrote: »

Title talk is a bit premature. I'd like to see him get 2 more wins over ranked opponents before a shot.

Looking at the recent records of everyone in the top 5 I'd say one more win will put him (Ngannou) right up there.

darced

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finglashoop

John_D80 wrote: »

Looking at the recent records of everyone in the top 5 I'd say one more win will put him (Ngannou) right up there.

Cain werdum dos santos ahead of him after the next one he could fight one of them for a shot. Rothwell is 5 and arlovski was 7 so no real depth another win against top yen could get him to fight one of those 3 depending how their next fights go

delgo_84

Suppose if he beats a top 5 guy he'll be right up there. Good to see if a new name in the division. The other guys have been there for ages

John_D80

LOL Brucey's mic turned off!!

That could be a sacking offence these days!!

delgo_84

Lets go George. No real up sets so far!

tinpib

John_D80 wrote: »

LOL Brucey's mic turned off!!

That could be a sacking offence these days!!

Kinda funny seeing him mime there while gesticulating away alright.

delgo_84

No way that fight was done. Should not be let fight ib

John_D80

that was stopped about 2 seconds before the buzzer I thought?? WTF

delgo_84

*on

darced

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kumate_champ07

he was out, they shouldnt let him go back in

John_D80

John_D80 wrote: »

that was stopped about 2 seconds before the buzzer I thought?? WTF

Actually it was right on the buzzer!

Wishful thinking!!

tinpib

Fcking bull****. Herb jumped in way before the horn for the bell????

Could be my dodgy, eh, coverage of it.

Gamebred

MY GUY!!!

darced

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