Elsalvajeloco Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson II March 4, 2017 Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena) UFC Welterweight Championship: Tyron Woodley © (170) vs. Stephen Thompson (169) (second defense) - Woodley, DEC (majority) Landon Vannata (156) vs. David Teymur (156) - Teymur, DEC (unanimous) Rashad Evans (185) vs. Daniel Kelly (186) - Kelly, DEC (split) Amanda Cooper (116) vs. Cynthia Calvillo (115.5) - Calvillo, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (3:19) Alistair Overeem (256) vs. Mark Hunt (265) - Overeem, KO (knees), R3 (1:44) Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card: Marcin Tybura (251.5) vs. Luiz Henrique (248.5) - Tybura, TKO (elbows and punches), R3 (3:46) Mirsad Bektić (145) vs. Darren Elkins (145.5) - Elkins, TKO (strikes), R2 (3:19) Iuri Alcântara (135.5) vs. Luke Sanders (135) - Alcântara, SUB (kneebar), R2 (3:13) Mark Godbeer (241.5) vs. Daniel Spitz (240) - Godbeer, DEC (unanimous) Fight Pass Preliminary Card: Tyson Pedro (205) vs. Paul Craig (204) - Pedro, TKO (elbows), R1 (4:10) Albert Morales (135.5) vs. Andre Soukhamthath (136) - Morales, DEC (split) Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: Iuri Alcântara Performance of the Night: Darren Elkins Fight of the Night: Landon Vannata vs. David Teymur Attendance: 13,150 Gate: $2.385 million Buyrate: 300,000 Cancelled Fights: Igor Pokrajac vs. Ed Herman - Injury to Pokrajac Todd Duffee vs. Mark Godbeer - Injury to Duffee Ed Herman vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov - Injury to Herman Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson - Nurmagomedov Pulled Under Doctor's Advice Edited July 10, 2019 by Elsalvajeloco
TheVileOne Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 A lot of Russians are going to be disappointed this weekend.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2017 Author Posted February 28, 2017 4 hours ago, TheVileOne said: A lot of Russians are going to be disappointed this weekend. ? 1
AxB Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 Khabib Nurmagomedov's father won't be in his corner, as he was denied a visa to enter the USA. Although twenty years ago, he did arrange for his son to Wrestle a bear for his ninth birthday:
The Natural Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 I forgot how close this event is. Good looking show especially the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship fight.
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 28, 2017 Author Posted February 28, 2017 3 hours ago, AxB said: Khabib Nurmagomedov's father won't be in his corner, as he was denied a visa to enter the USA. Although twenty years ago, he did arrange for his son to Wrestle a bear for his ninth birthday: According to Karim Zidan, his father was never a cornerman. FWIW, his cousin Frodo Khasbulaev also couldn't get a visa. Although, that's not really surprising considering that was the reason behind his career stateside being cut short.
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 3, 2017 Author Posted March 3, 2017 From watching the media scrums, I will say this: the UFC should want Paul Craig to do good this weekend because he has tons of charisma even if he is kinda unintelligible (at least to us Americans). Tyson Pedro winning wouldn't be all that bad, but Craig could be a potential UK event headliner.
John E. Dynamite Posted March 3, 2017 Posted March 3, 2017 Khabib hospitalized before weigh-ins. There is no God, only Satan.
TheVileOne Posted March 3, 2017 Posted March 3, 2017 I blame AKA. Fuck this sucks. Third time this fight has been pulled. Khabib failed to make weight once before. Might've been having a bad cut.
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 3, 2017 Author Posted March 3, 2017 1 hour ago, TheVileOne said: Khabib failed to make weight once before. Might've been having a bad cut. This is more or less on his weight cut management. He was hospitalized Thursday evening (I'm guessing just hours after the media scrums), discharged, and then went back in the morning. Karim Zidan says he cuts AT LEAST 35 pounds to make LW. That's on Khabib, not AKA. TBH, he looked kinda tired the whole week especially from his mitt work with Javy. Granted it's fight week, but he had very little snap on his punches. His energy was very low from the Embeddeds. Ferguson, in comparison during his open workouts, looked like he was on fucking energy pills. Basically, on par with how he fights. He seemed nervous, but that's kinda expected given the implications of the fight.
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 3, 2017 Author Posted March 3, 2017 Ferguson turned down MJ so it's looking like he might not be fighting.
Hail Sabin Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 Amanda Cooper vs. Cynthia Calvillo has been added to the PPV portion.
TheVileOne Posted March 4, 2017 Posted March 4, 2017 6 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: This is more or less on his weight cut management. He was hospitalized Thursday evening (I'm guessing just hours after the media scrums), discharged, and then went back in the morning. Karim Zidan says he cuts AT LEAST 35 pounds to make LW. That's on Khabib, not AKA. TBH, he looked kinda tired the whole week especially from his mitt work with Javy. Granted it's fight week, but he had very little snap on his punches. His energy was very low from the Embeddeds. Ferguson, in comparison during his open workouts, looked like he was on fucking energy pills. Basically, on par with how he fights. He seemed nervous, but that's kinda expected given the implications of the fight. How does his fight camp with years of experience not have any say in his weight cut or monitor how he is cutting weight at all? Why is he cutting that much on fight week?
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 4, 2017 Author Posted March 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: How does his fight camp with years of experience not have any say in his weight cut or monitor how he is cutting weight at all? This is literally every training camp/team besides camps where there is like 2 or 3 notable fighters. They don't control what dudes do in their spare time especially when guys bring in S&Cs and nutritionists outside the camp. So if you got any beef, it's with Khabib, his dad, Ali Abdelaziz, Khabib's nutritionist, and whatever combo therein. I mean they can provide advice, but the fighter has to follow said advice.
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Posted March 5, 2017 Tyson Pedro wins the battle of 205 prospects, and he won in a fairly crafty way.
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5, 2017 Author Posted March 5, 2017 Maybe the only silver lining for Luke Sanders after losing a fight where he was on the verge of 10-8'ing Iuri Marajo two consecutive rounds (minus the point deduction) is he's dating Becky Lynch. That's all I got. Tough loss. 1
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