UFC Fight Night 105: Lewis vs. Browne (02/19/2017) - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Scotiabank Centre)

[Elsalvajeloco]

UFC Fight Night 105: Lewis vs. Browne 
February 19, 2017
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Scotiabank Centre)

Derrick Lewis (262) vs. Travis Browne (241) - Lewis, KO (punches), R2 (3:12)
Johny Hendricks (185.5) vs. Hector Lombard (182) - Hendricks, DEC (unanimous)
Sam Sicilia (144) vs. Gavin Tucker (145) - Tucker, DEC (unanimous)
Elias Theodorou (185.5) vs. Cezar Ferreira (186) - Theodorou, DEC (unanimous)
Sara McMann (135) vs. Gina Mazany (139.5)* - McMann, SUB (arm triangle choke), R1 (1:14)
Paul Felder (155) vs. Alessandro Ricci (156) - Felder, TKO (strikes), R1 (4:44)

Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card:
Nordine Taleb (171) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (170) - Ponzinibbio, DEC (unanimous)
Carla Esparza (116) vs. Randa Markos (116) - Markos, DEC (split)
Aiemann Zahabi (135) vs. Reginaldo Veira (136) - Zahabi, DEC (unanimous)
Jack Marshmann (184) vs. Thiago Santos (186) - Santos, TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches), R2 (2:21)

Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Gerald Meerschaert (185) vs. Ryan Janes (185.5) - Meerschaert, SUB (armbar), R1 (1:34)

*Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight

Event Bonuses ($50,000):
Performance of the Night: Thiago Santos
Performance of the Night: Paul Felder
Fight of the Night: Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne
 
Attendance: 8,123
Gate: $575,832
Rating: 907,000 viewers

Cancelled Fights:
Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve - Injury to Struve (Shoulder)
Alessandro Ricci vs. Alvaro Herrera - Injury to Herrera
Liz Carmouche vs. Sara McMann - Injury to Carmouche
Alex Volkanovski vs. Michel Quinones - Injury to Quinones

[Elsalvajeloco]

FWIW The final bout order isn't set yet. Michel Quinones only pulled out of his fight last night so I'm guessing they might find Volkanovski a late replacement opponent.

[Elsalvajeloco]

11 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

FWIW The final bout order isn't set yet. Michel Quinones only pulled out of his fight last night so I'm guessing they might find Volkanovski a late replacement opponent.

Looks like he is officially off the card.

[Hail Sabin]

Carla Esparza vs. Randa Markos should be a good fun ground fight. Lewis vs. Browne will be a slugfest and hopefully Lewis will have a better performance then his last fight.

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[Hail Sabin]

Happy Sara McMann's fight got moved to the main card.

[Elsalvajeloco]

What's crazy is Gina Mazany's record: She has one fight in 2008, one fight in 2009, a fight in 2013, and a fight in 2016 w/ her loss to get into the house on TUF somewhere in between that. Invicta is kinda a godsend for many female fighters because a lot of girls record would just look like that w/o the promotion.

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[Elsalvajeloco]

Very slick armbar win for Gerald Meerschaert. He is really saavy off his back.

[Jiji]

That referee was precious. He was warning Thiago about keeping his kicks low when dude was targeting the knee. He looked terrified, so I wasn't shocked at the early stoppage. These inexperienced referees are just so bad.

Despite that, whudafuggin kick! Santos is so fun to watch and I hope he can string a few more victories to move into the top 10.

[Elsalvajeloco]

1 minute ago, Oyaji said:

That referee was precious. He was warning Thiago about keeping his kicks low when dude was targeting the knee. He looked terrified, so I wasn't shocked at the early stoppage. These inexperienced referees are just so bad.

Despite that, whudafuggin kick! Santos is so fun to watch and I hope he can string a few more victories to move into the top 10.

There is good Marreta and bad Marreta. Bad Marreta runs in or leaves his chin hanging w/ his hands down as he exits on low kicks. That's why he got clipped in the first round and dropped. In the second round, he was more patient and set up the kick that led to the finish. If he drops some of his bad habits, he can be much more polished fighter.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Man, damn good fight between Veira and Aiemann Zahabi. Aiemann has a ton of potential and upside. He is very fast with his punches and kicks.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Hopefully, the main card is as good as the prelims.

[Elsalvajeloco]

I dunno if Felder is ever going to challenge for a title at 155, but he has the talent to be a top level mainstay.

[Jiji]

Particularly now that he's cut out the insane amount of spins.

[Jiji]

Daaaamn, this Tucker dude is lightning fast.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Sam Sicilia has one good punch. If he doesn't land that...you're probably going to beat him handily like Tucker did.

[Kevin Wilson]

Sam Sicilia has never been on my radar and from looking at his wikipedia page I can see why. How is a guy with no notable wins in the UFC in five years still in the UFC?

[Craig H]

JOHNY FUCKING HENDRICKS!

[Elsalvajeloco]

18 minutes ago, Kevin Wilson said:

Sam Sicilia has never been on my radar and from looking at his wikipedia page I can see why. How is a guy with no notable wins in the UFC in five years still in the UFC?

Because he might sleep someone with his right hand. Plus, he can put people over in their hometown. Only reasons I can think of.

Hendricks looked WAYYYYYYY better than anyone expected. He was sharp tonight especially with his jab and step in knee.

[Elsalvajeloco]

Derrick Lewis is your 2017 UFC All-Star MVP

[Jiji]

That post-fight interview though. Holy shit, man. I can't believe they keep giving the dude a mic on live TV. Stann's reaction to the spousal abuse stuff, lol.