Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) Saturday 22nd June in Greenville, South Carolina for this āun... ESPN+Ā MAIN CARDRenato Moicano vs Chan Sung JungĀ Bryan Barberena vs Randy Brown Andre Ewell vs Anderson Dos SantosĀ Montana De La Rosa vs Andrea LeeĀ Alessio Di Chirico vs Kevin HollandĀ Ā ESPN 2Ā PRELIMSDan Ige vs Kevin AguilarĀ Syuri Kondo vs Ashley Yoder Matt Wiman vs Luis PenaĀ Allen Crowder vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik Molly McCann vs Ariane LipskiĀ Deron Winn vs Eric Spicely Ā Not the strongest of cards but worth a look for the main event. Undercard looks a bit thin but thereās a few bits of interest for me. Itāll do.Ā Ā Renato Moicano vs Korean Zombie should be a heck of a scrap. Donāt think the Zombie is capable of having a dud and Moicano has proven to be a bit of a handful himself. Heās 13-2-1 in his MMA career. 5-2 in the UFC with the only losses coming to Jose Aldo and Brian Ortega. No shame there. He was winning the Ortega fight as well before getting caught in a choke late in the fight. Heās beat Cub Swanson, Jeremy Stephens, Zubaira Tukhugov and Calvin Kattar. Heās good. Very good. But he needs to rebound offĀ that AldoĀ loss here. A win over the KZ would be a great way to do that. Zombie will be looking to bounce back in style as well though. Heās coming off that mad knockout loss to Yair Rodriguez in the last second of the last round of a fight he was probably winning if it went to the cards. It was a bad break for Jung. One second to go! So yeah, I like this fight a lot. Style-wise and the timing of it. I donāt want to jinx it but itĀ just feels like a fight thatāsĀ got all the ingredients to deliver a real FOTY contender.Ā Ā Bryan Barberena vs Randy Brown could be good. Barberena is coming off that batshit war against Vicente Luque in February. Aside from Adesanya vs Gastelum, thatās probably the FOTY so far in 2019. If you havenāt seen it yet,Ā get it watched. Aside from that heās best known as the man who handed Sage Northcutt his first loss. Heās also gone to decision lossesĀ with Colby Covington and Leon Edwards. So despite coming up short,Ā heās mixed at a pretty high level. Brown is 10-3 and ended a hype train himself when he gaveĀ Mickey Gall his first defeat. Donāt know much about him but heās looked decent, albeitĀ hit and miss to me. I mostly remember him for getting KOād by Niko Price with hammerfists from the bottom.Ā Ā Montana De La Rosa vs Andrea Lee Iām neither here nor there on really. De La Rosaās not a bad little fighter. Sheās 10-4 with 3 submission wins in the UFC so far. Still 24 years old as well so thereās some upside there. Lee Iāve seen less of but sheās 10-2 and has won her last 6. Vaguely recall her boxing looking decent against Ashlee-Evans Smith last time out. But then I donāt really rate Evans-Smith so fuck knows. Could be alright.Ā Ā Alessio Di Chirico vs Kevin Holland should be worth a watch.Ā Quite like what Iāve seen of Chirico. Admittedly itās not much but heās looked pretty good the few times Iāve seen him. Just hasnāt been as active as heād probably like. Won his last coupleĀ though, including a highlight reel knee KO over Oluwale Bamgbose. Holland is 14-4, 26 yearsĀ old and got on the radar through Dana Whiteās Contender Series. He lost but managed to go the distance against Thiago Santos in his UFC debut last August and has won hisĀ 2 fights since. Looking forward to this. The company seem quite high on Holland and Chirico should provide aĀ good barometer for us to see what heās really got.Ā Ā Syuri Kondo vs Ashley Yoder is a bit of a curious choice as a main card opener for me. This screams āearly prelimsā to meĀ but whatever. I like Kondo purely because sheĀ was a pro wrestler and was trained by Tajiri. But she hasnāt looked too good in the UFC. Sheās 6-2 and lost her last 2 in a row. Yoderās been even less impressive though. 6-4 overall, 1-3 in the UFC. Got the feel of a āloser leavesā fight. Which makes it all the more of a head scratcher why itās on the main card.Ā Ā Outside of the mainĀ event, Iād say Dan Ige vs Kevin Aguilar might well be the frontrunner toĀ steal the show. On paper this should be a veryĀ entertaining fight. From the little Iāve seen of these two they both bring it. Igeās 11-2 and has won his last 3 fights,Ā 2 of them in around a minute. He doesnāt fuck about. Aguilar is 16-1, has won 9 in a row and had a real hidden gem of a war against Rick Glenn in the UFC late last year. Expecting a bit of a chaotic scrap here.Ā Ā Matt Wiman vs Luis Pena is another fun sounding fight.Ā We havenāt seen Wiman for ages. He last fought in November 2014. Heās won 3 of his last 4 but thatās pretty meaningless now due to this 4+ yearĀ layoff. Reading up on it a bit, he had a back injury in 2015 so maybe thatās the reason heās been gone so long. Pena is 6-1 and at 6ā3ā is a huge lightweight. Havenāt been massively impressed with him so far but heās alright. Wimanās inactivity is the x-factor in this one.Ā Ā Allen Crowder vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik is the heavyweight offeringĀ on this one. Could be ugly. Crowder is 9-3 and most recently had that shite and controversial fight with Greg Hardy, which he won by disqualification due to Hardyās illegal knee. Rozenstruik is unbeaten at 7-0 and stopped Junior Albini in his UFC debut. Heās got an extensive Kickboxing background as well, 80-odd fights and a bunch of titles to his name. Could be decent but he didnāt look the best even in victory against Albini and his grappling especially looked suspect. Weāll see. Could be fun to watch against the bangers of the division.Ā Ā Molly McCann vs Ariane Lipski could be alright. As you can see fromĀ the photo Iāve used there, McCannās last fight wasnāt exactly plain sailing. She beat Priscila Cachoeia on points but got her eye well and truly fucked up in the process. Sheās 8-2 now, former Cage Warriors champ. Lipski is Brazilian, former KSW champion,Ā 11-4 and coming off a loss to Joanne Calderwood in her UFC debut.Ā Ā Deron Winn vs Bruno Silva isĀ ***WANDāS ONE TO WATCH*** for this one. Hopefully it makes TV. Itāll beĀ worth checking out purely to see Winnās debut.Ā Heās a 3 time All-American wrestler, heāsĀ Daniel Cormierās protĆ©gĆ©, is coached by former UFC fighter and Olympic gold medalist Kevin Jackson and heās undefeated at 5-0 so far in his MMA career. He beat Tom Lawlor on that Golden Boy MMA show a few months ago but nobody really took any noticeĀ because they were tooĀ busy trying toĀ washĀ the sour taste of Tito vs Chuck 3 out of their mouths. Heās not getting any easy opponents by the looks of it. Bruno Silva is also making his Octagon debut but heās 19-6 with 16 TKOs, including a first round stoppage of Alexander Shlemenko last June. Looking forward to this. Itās rare that you get 2 guys making their debuts in such an interesting matchup.Ā Ā Andre Ewell vs Anderson Dos Santos jerks the curtain. Ewell is 14-5. Most notably beat Renan Barao in his UFC debut but got submitted by Nathaniel Wood in his next fight. Dos Santos is 20-7 and I canātĀ recall ever seeing him fight before. If I have it mustāve been forgettable. Zero recollection.Ā Ā Thatās your lot.Ā Edited June 22, 2019 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2019 Surprised Deron Winn is buried down the card, hes a guy coming in with some legitmate buzz, hes talking a good game too. He was the only bright spot on that horrid Golden Boy show. Hes dropping to 185 too, he looked tiny at 205. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2019 Yeah that confused me a bit. Iām hoping they shuffle things up andĀ Winn vs Silva gets bumped up to the main card. Iād sackĀ Kondo vs Yoder off down to the prelims and have Winnās fight as the main card opener.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 6, 2019 This card just got a bit better.Ā The UFC Brazil twitter account confirmed that Cody Stamann is off this show injured. JOHN āHANDS OF STONEā LINEKER replaces him and will now rematch Rob Font.Ā Well happy with that. Lineker tweeted recently that he was getting frustrated at not getting fights and even went as far as saying they should release him. Iām glad they didnāt. Pound-for-pound one of the most consistently entertaining fighters on the whole roster.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 6, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 6, 2019 3 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Rob Font He should only ever be interviewed by Arial Helveti(ca)Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted June 7, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 7, 2019 11 hours ago, Carbomb said: He should only ever be interviewed by Arial Helveti(ca)Ā ....Fucking hell mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 21, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 21, 2019 Lineker hasn't helped himself here. After complaining about not being offered fights regularly enough, he has now pulled out of this weekends show for an undisclosed reason (as of now).Ā https://mmajunkie.com/2019/06/ufc-greenville-john-lineker-withdraws-from-rob-font-fight-last-minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 22, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 22, 2019 didnt see it get switched but Winn is fighting Eric Spicely now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 22, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 22, 2019 Yeah, Winnās had about 3 opponent switches. Spicely could be a trickier debut actually.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 My boy does it again. It looked like that overhand right knocked him out and the left as he was dropping woke him back up. I do think the ref could've stopped it a bit earlier, Moicano took so many unanswered shots before it was stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just read on the Observer that the fight should've been stopped about 20 seconds earlier and people were crying at cageside after Zombie getting the W! Madness! Wished I'd watched it now,Ā but everyone else on the card was unknown to me so I slung it a deefy. Who was the ref? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just watched the main event there, no chance it was a late stoppage. Moicano was moving and trying to defend himself until about 2 seconds before the ref jumped in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 23, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Brewster McCloud said: Who was the ref? Blake Grice.Ā Not one of the more well known refs but heās worked some big fights and main events. I know he reffed the Holloway vs Poirier fight in April anyway.Ā 17 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: Just watched the main event there, no chance it was a late stoppage. Moicano was moving and trying to defend himself until about 2 seconds before the ref jumped in. Yeah I had zero problems with that stoppage. If thereās been fuss over that then I donāt really get why. Watching it just now, it didnāt even enter my head that it was a late stoppage until I read the comments here and on TwitterĀ and stuff. MoicanoĀ got fucking cracked and droppedĀ with the initial punch but was conscious and kept moving, then KZ took his back and he was trying to escape, ate some shots, then ate some more and thatās when the ref intervened. Iād say the ref stopped it at just the right time. If heād jumped in sooner while Moicano was actively trying to improve position then I think that wouldāve been premature and harsh. But he didnāt wait until Moicano got put out cold either like some refs would. As soon as it was clear Moicano wasnāt improving his position anymore or intelligentlyĀ defending himself, GriceĀ stopped it. Absolutely nothing wrong with the stoppage.Ā It was great to see the Zombie back to winning ways. Heās had such a stop/start career and itās been really frustrating at times as a fan of his, but thereās never a dull moment with him is there? When Zombie is fighting, you can bet thereāll be some craziness.Ā Enjoyed this card a lot actually. Jairzinho Rozenstruik with the 9 second KO on Allen Crowder was good stuff.Ā Andre Ewell vs Anderson Dos Santos was an unexpected corker. Ige vs Aguilar was another wild scrap.Ā Deron Winn got through his debut in a bit of a war with Eric Spicely. Itās a shame really because this couldāve been a tremendous ground battle but they decided to just swing dopey haymakers all night. Still fun to watch but it was clearly neither manās strength. They got the FOTN bonus though so fuck my opinion.Ā Ashley Yoder has either levelled up her grappling or Kondo is getting worse. Matt Wiman probably shouldāve stayed wherever heās been the last couple of years. Itās harsh to say but heāsĀ a yesterday fighter whoās not going to hang with the younger breed of today.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted June 23, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2019 58 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Mattļ»æ Wiman probably shouldāve stayed wherever heās been the last couple of years. Itās harsh to say but heāsĀ aļ»æ yesterday fighter whoās not going to hang withļ»æ the younger breed of today Yeah, Pena was respectful to Wiman in his post fight promo but really Wiman was never in this one. It was a showcase for Pena against a fighter who will add a bit of a name to a resume for a fighter on the rise.Ā I thought that was an impressive debut for Winn. Considering the amount of late notice opponent changes he has had, to go out there and completely out work Spicely on his promotional debut, while giving up so much size, was a boost. He showed he's packing some power and has quick hands. It didn't look a well rounded striking game, but at this stage I wouldn't expect it. Very good wrestling, power and good hand speed will get him somewhere in this division. By the time he's fighting the top level guys he will either have brought the other areas of his game up to speed, or he won't. But for now Winn showed enough that he'll probably win most fights against this level of opponent.Ā Rosenstruik with a KO so fast that I didn't know what happened (I was skipping past a lot of the intros) I had to rewind to see the whole fight. You can't ask for more than that when trying to climb the ladder at HW.Ā I was absolutely delighted for Zombie. By the time I was about to watch I had it in my head that he was definitely losing this fight, probably another war, and that he would get stopped as he's be unable to take as much damage after the amount of war's he had been in. It was kind of how I felt about Justin Gaethje heading into the James Vick fight. Then both men made me look like an idiot and show why we all love them so much. Scree trying to guess what's going to happen in a Zombie fight, just soak it all in. I don't care who he fights next, I'm for it no matter what.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted June 23, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 23, 2019 At 145 thereās not many fights that would get my nipples harder than Zombie vs Zabit right now. And since you mention him there,Ā Zombie vs Gaethje at 155 or somewhere in between would be a level of insanity Iām not sure any of us could handle.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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