UFC on Fox - Johnson vs Reis - Sat Apr 15th 2017

Mean Laqueefa

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis (also known as UFC on Fox 24) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on April 15, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri

Gamebred

Fire kid Duquesnoy ufc debut should be good killing machine he is, Elliott v Smolka a teriffic fight should be some crazy scrambles.

Mr. Manager

One of the better non-PPV events of the year

Frank O. Pinion

OP, why are you linking to the Wikipedia pages for the "Sprint Center" and "Kansas City, Missouri" in the opening post?

Django99

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

OP, why are you linking to the Wikipedia pages for the "Sprint Center" and "Kansas City, Missouri" in the opening post?

Copied and paste from Wiki.

Very good card lots of potential to better than the last 3 PPVs.

Fire kid looks an amazing prospect, but would I be right in saying he's normally a featherweight?

Jacare looking to make another statement now that he's gonna be a free agent.

Hope Reis can make it competitive, always a chance he could get a sub if it goes to ground.

Mean Laqueefa

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

OP, why are you linking to the Wikipedia pages for the "Sprint Center" and "Kansas City, Missouri" in the opening post?

i held down the shift key when copying and when i made the post i had an onion tied to my belt which was the style at the time.

ricero

Is this on saturday night or sunday night ?

qwabercd

Love duquesnoy but he's not the finished article yet imo, wouldn't be surprised to see him get an early loss in the UFC if he gets a tough matchup.

ASOT

This is a really really good event, im going to be away in newcastle hopefully I get to watch some of it.

Zero-Cool

Thug Rose v Karate Hottie should be a great scrap! Always a pleasure to watch Souza try to remove a limb as well. If there was ever a fight thread that didn't need a poll

Whelo79

This one is an early start for us. Lovely.

Mean Laqueefa

ricero wrote: »

Is this on saturday night or sunday night ?

START TIMES
Early Prelims – 9pm on Fight Pass
Prelims – 11pm on Fight Pass & BT Sport
Main Card – 1am on BT Sport

D.Q

Thread title says sunday, think its saturday though.

Mean Laqueefa

D.Q wrote: »

Thread title says sunday, think its saturday though.

i Cant edit it to say GMT and add start times

qwabercd

I'm all for the womens fights and having them high up the card but can't see how the namajunas fight should be ahead of jacare as co main.

That_Guy

Great looking card. Looks a lot better than UFC 210 that's for sure.

Can't wait for Firekid's debut. The man is an absolute stud and I'm glad he's on the Fox prelims.

Can't see Reis troubling Mighty Mouse too much. Should be a comfortable win for him.

Nelson and Volkov could be a really fun fight and I completely forgot it was on this card.

Wonder if we'll have Todd Phillips on commentary tonight. I liked the last event he did. Thought he did a really good job of asking the right questions for casual viewers last time out.

Nice-ish time for us this time too which is a nice little bonus.

Whelo79

Just seen that Reis was Owen Roddy's last fight as a pro. A cage warriors bout in 2012, Reis won by RNC in the 3Rd round. I remember seeing the fight a while back but hadn't made the connection with Reis.

There's my bit of semi interesting trivia for the day.

That_Guy

Hard to enjoy this fight when the sound/picture syncing is completely off. Very annoying.

mailburner

this will be a bad night for coy, big step up
zach by sub possibly

Axwell

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

i Cant edit it to say GMT and add start times

Just drop me a pm next time and I can edit it.

tinpib

Ah Jesus. That ref should be shot. Shocking. Commentators called it way before ref stopped it. Hope he is ok.

That_Guy

When the announcers are screaming "stop the fight", you know you have messed up. Ref should be relieved of his duties for the night. Scary stuff.

tinpib

He even lifted up the arm to see if it would flop down, like old school WWF.

Although he only did it once and then stopped the fight here.

In WWF the arm needed to fall three times for the fight to be stopped. Often Hulk Hogan or the Ultimate Warrior would suddenly come to life as the arm fell for the third time, so could you argue that the ref stopped the fight a bit early here? :pac: :pac:

D.Q

Can see jacare being subbed here. Just doesn't have the experience God love him

califano

Whelo79 wrote: »

Just seen that Reis was Owen Roddy's last fight as a pro. A cage warriors bout in 2012, Reis won by RNC in the 3Rd round. I remember seeing the fight a while back but hadn't made the connection with Reis.

There's my bit of semi interesting trivia for the day.

Roddy was wearing the red trunks.

mailburner

what a comeback

That_Guy

Loved that willingness to win from Anthony Smith. Vicious KO. Great performance.

ASOT

Two terrible stoppages.

Gamebred

Great finish, trains under Mick Doyle has been over here a few times smith solid fighter.

mailburner

wonder will the hype train get this one done, should be unbeaten

That_Guy

That was an amazing first round. Loved those back and forth transitions. Just beautiful.

mailburner

looking forward to this, elliot always entertaining to watch

That_Guy

Best Aljamain Sterling we've seen. Cardio for days. Impressive.

mailburner

savage to have this on a couple of hours earlier

Gamebred

Epic round as expected lovely grappling.

mailburner

loving this so far, another couple more rounds like this please

That_Guy

This fight is why I love this bloody sport. Just incredible.

mailburner

non stop entertainment there

would love to see elliot get another shot at dodson next

Gamebred

FOTY candidate there literally non stop scrambles so awesome.

That_Guy

Fight of the year contender for sure. Just amazing.

That_Guy

Can we just mute that crowd? Fúcking woo boys are back.

That_Guy

FIRE KID TIME!!!

Gamebred

I'll go with an elbow finish of some sort.

Call Me Jimmy

That_Guy

Gamebred wrote: »

I'll go with an elbow finish of some sort.

Nailed it.

Vicious. Williams never recovered between rounds.

Gamebred

Bad bad man will take a shot to elbow your face in love that guy.

ricero

The elbows and knees were vicious throughout the fight. Impressive win

Whelo79

Those elbows are brutal. Connects solid nearly every time!

Gamebred

Hope they dont rush him into big fights yet, few mid tier guys first shore up defences a bit.

That_Guy

I am a big fan of Duquesnoy but he needs to work on his defence a bit. A heavier hitter would clip him badly methinks.

Lots to love about that debut though.

Faugheen

Gamebred wrote: »

Hope they dont rush him into big fights yet, few mid tier guys first shore up defences a bit.

This for me. He got tagged a few times there before Williams gassed. Could have been a more dominant debut but his knees and elbows are what he's about and he showcased them big time.