UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 47: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai (6/5/2021) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC APEX)

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UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 47: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai 
June 5, 2021 
Las Vegas, NV (UFC APEX)

Jairzinho Rozenstruik (254.5) vs. Augusto Sakai (255.5) - Rozenstruik, TKO (punches), R1 (4:59)
Walt Harris (264) vs. Marcin Tybura (251) - Tybura, TKO (punches), R1 (4:06)
Roman Dolidze (186) vs. Laureano Staropoli (185) - Dolidze, DEC (unanimous)
Santiago Ponzinibbio (170.5) vs. Miguel Baeza (171) - Ponzinibbio, DEC (unanimous)
Duško Todorović (186) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (186) - Rodrigues, DEC (unanimous)
Montana De La Rosa (126) vs. Ariane Lipski (124.5) - De La Rosa, TKO (punches and elbows), R2 (4:27)

ESPN+ Preliminary Card:
Tanner Boser (242) vs. Ilir Latifi (240) - Latifi, DEC (split)
Francisco Trinaldo (169.5) vs. Muslim Salikhov (171) - Salikhov, DEC (unanimous)
Makwan Amirkhani (146) vs. Kamuela Kirk (146) - Kirk, DEC (unanimous)
Alan Patrick (154.5) vs. Mason Jones (156) - No Contest (accidental eyepoke)
Manon Fiorot (125.5) vs. Tabatha Ricci (124.5) - Fiorot, TKO (strikes), R2 (3:00)
Sean Woodson (145) vs. Youssef Zalal (146) - Woodson, DEC (split)
Claudio Puelles (155) vs. Jordan Leavitt (156) - Puelles, DEC (unanimous)

Event Bonuses ($50,000)
Performance of the Night: Marcin Tybura
Performance of the Night: Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Fight of the Night: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza

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LATIFI vs. BOSER LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Illir Latifi must have like a lifetime contract with the UFC.

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And FWIW, she probably won't win on Saturday (unless she catches a submission) but I think Tabatha Ricci has the chance to be the Brazilian PVZ. The one thing she has going for her that Paige didn't is she's actually great on the ground. Problem is she's barely five feet even. So basically she is to BJJ what Loma Lookboonme is to Muay Thai. Both are super awesome at their respective disciplines, but will be dwarfed by everyone at strawweight damn near.

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Watching Ricci now, and I got no idea how she gets Fiorot down and keeps her down.

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4 minutes ago, jaedmc said:

Watching Ricci now, and I got no idea how she gets Fiorot down and keeps her down.

She's basically an atomweight fighting a large flyweight and a flyweight that could be fighting Valentina sometime soon. It basically went as expected.

Sucks she got put into that situation, but that's what comes with taking short notice fights.

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I mean she wasn't scared of shit, so there's that. Would love to see a more natural match up for her.

Fiorot on the otherhand has some fucking heat in those fists. More than happy to buy a ticket for that hype train.

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These eyepokes fucking up these prelims.

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Light jog around the octagon is probably not the best strategy against Jairzinho.

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Ponzinibio vs Baeza was really, really good. Dolidze vs Starapoli wasn't.

I really wanted Ariane Lipski to win, but oh well.

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Back to KSW for her probably. 

Yeah, that Baeza/Ponzinibio fight was a FOTYC, though more a war of attrition with one huge momentum swing than a super technical/skilled fight. By the end their mobility was pretty shot and they were only using slight upper body movement and maybe hands up as forms of defence. It'll be interesting to see how Baeza reacts to the loss. Missed the first few fights due to basketball but the rest of the show minus the main event destruction was pretty skippable.