UFC Fight Night 129: Maia vs. Usman (5/19/2018) - Santiago, Chile (Movistar Arena)

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UFC Fight Night 129: Maia vs. Usman 
May 19, 2018
Santiago, Chile (Movistar Arena)

Demian Maia (171) vs. Kamaru Usman (170) - Usman, DEC (unanimous)
Alexa Grasso (115) vs. Tatiana Suarez (115) - Suarez, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (2:44)
Jared Cannonier (205) vs. Dominick Reyes (205) - Reyes, TKO (strikes), R1 (2:55)
Diego Rivas (136) vs. Guido Cannetti (136) - Cannetti, DEC (unanimous)
Veronica Macedo (126) vs. Andrea Lee (125) - Lee, DEC (unanimous)
Vicente Luque (170) vs. Chad Laprise (171) - Luque, KO (punches), R1 (4:16)

Fox Sports 2 Preliminary Card:
Zak Cummings (170) vs. Michel Prazeres (170) - Prazeres, DEC (split)
Brandon Moreno (125) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (125) - Pantoja, DEC (unanimous)
Poliana Botelho (115) vs. Syuri Kondo (116) - Botelho, TKO (body kick and punches), R1 (0:33)
Gabriel Benítez (145) vs. Humberto Bandenay (145) - Benítez, KO (slam and punches), R1 (0:39)

Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Enrique Barzola (145) vs. Brandon Davis (146) - Barzola, DEC (unanimous)
Enrique Briones (136) vs. Frankie Saenz (136) - Saenz, DEC (unanimous)
Claudio Puelles (154) vs. Felipe Silva (156) - Puelles, SUB (kneebar), R3 (2:23)

Event Bonuses ($50,000):
Performance of the Night: Claudio Puelles
Performance of the Night: Gabriel Benítez
Fight of the Night: Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee

Attendance: 11,082
Rating: 870,000 viewers

Cancelled Bouts:
Maurício Rua vs. Volkan Oezdemir - Bout Moved to Another Event
Kamaru Usman vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio - Injury to Ponzinibbio (Hand)
Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno - Borg Withdrew From Bout

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Hopefully Grasso has worked on her takedown defense or else Suarez will take her down at will. If it stays standing Grasso should be able to pick the strikes she wants unless she doesn't move her head. 

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They're going to push Lee if they gave that fight a main card spot over Moreno vs. Pantoja.

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Why not she's a future UFC Star in the making. 

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[Jiji]

Caught the last few minutes of the opener and let's hope that's a sign of how things'll play out tonight. That was a ridiculous comeback.

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Felipe Silva probably shouldn't have let Puelles up and should've tried to GnP him into dust.

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The female contingent (Ketlen Veira and Poliana Botelho) of Nova Uniao is trying to rescue that team from the doldrums. 

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That's a good, quality win for Vicente Luque. Laprise is a very underrated fighter.

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Reyes called out Jordan Johnson for the PPV card in LA. We know Reyes can finish people, but how well can he do against a strong wrestler? I think that would answer that question.

[Hail Sabin]

Benitez and Botelho got these prelims off to a hell of start. Benitez with several nasty flurries of strikes and Botelho with 2 nasty body kicks then some hammerfists. 

[Hail Sabin]

Veronica Macedo vs. Andrea Lee was a deserving fight of the night with Macedo having an amazing showing even in losing with Lee looking amazing with a well rounded game. Lee almost finished it several times but Macedo was able to survive and make great counters on the ground before Lee would reverse her. 

Suarez did what was expected got the fight to the ground and was able to be the 1st to finish Grasso.