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 Tonight's fights are happening at the UFC's own venue The Apex, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Apex usually hosts Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series fights which take place in a 25 foot wide cage, when accommodating a crowd the UFC's standard 30 foot cage does not fit well in that venue however I have seen reports that without the crowd, the standard cage can fit just fine, I do not know if they will actually bother to do that, so we might be getting small cage fights tonight. Our Welterweight main event fighters are: (19-4-1) Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley is the man who knocked out Robbie Lawler in half a round to win the Welterweight championship and proceeded to have 10 boring rounds against Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, which ended in a draw and a win. He then defended his belt two more times, once against professional backpack Demian Maia by decision, and once more by knocking out professional poo poo taker Darren Till. Woodley then lost the belt to current champion Kamaru Usman in what was a very odd and weak performance, it is thought that this can be attributed to his change of focus from fighting to starting a rap career despite being literally the world's worst rapper. If recent interviews are to be believed, Woodley is now refocused on his fighting career and hopes to show a similar caliber performance to the one that got him the belt. (18-3) Gilbert "Durinho" Burns is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu high level competitor who has won medals in many world-class BJJ competitions, he transitioned to MMA in 2012 and was in the UFC by 2014. Burns has bounced around between the Lightweight and Welterweight division, and all 3 of his losses are at Lightweight, aside from his strong grappling skills he is known for covering his big head with a Brazilian flag bandanna, and for his willingness to step in as a late-notice replacement which is partially how he found himself fighting at Welterweight on occasion. Burns last fought Demian Maia at UFC Brasilia on March 14th, the only UFC event that was held without a crowd shortly before the recent string of event cancellations, this will make him the first and so far only UFC fighter to fight without a crowd twice, and could potentially serve as a mental advantage tonight. Our Co-main event takes place in the Heavyweight division: (18-3-(1NC)) Blagoy Ivanov began his career in regional Bulgarian organizations where his third fight against current UFC fighter Ilir Latifi ended in under a minute due to the ring breaking, he then came up primarily through the Bellator organization where his undefeated run was eventually ended by current UFC fighter Alexander Volkov, he proceeded to win several more fights in WSOF which became PFL, and finally found his way in the UFC. Since then he has suffered two more defeats both by decision to former UFC champion Junior Dos Santos, and titled contender Derrick "My balls was hot" Lewis, aside from his fighting skills he is known for having literally been stabbed in the heart in 2012 by a group attacking him in a Bulgarian night club, the scar from this can be very clearly seen during fights. (14-1-1) Augusto Sakai began his career in the Curitiba, Brazil regional scene and after a series of quick first round knockouts also found himself in Bellator, where his undefeated run was eventually ended by former UFC fighter Cheick Kongo, after easily winning another fight in the Brazilian regional scene he finally made it to the UFC through Dana White's Contender Series, since then he has knocked out Chase Sherman and Marcin Tybura in the UFC, and most notably defeated crowd and forum favorite Andrei Arlovski by way of Judge Robbery. The 150lb Catchweight fight on the main card is a short notice replacement for both fighters, here is their faceoff: https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1266448283825668096 For the rest of the fights, here are some words from beloved forum poster Bluedeanie: Bluedeanie posted:Antonina Shevchenko is Valentina Shekvchenko's worse sister. She is fighting Katlyn "Blonde Fighter" Chookagian, whose most recent fight was her getting highlight reel KO'd by Valentina for thr flyweight title. Fights should be starting about 2 hours from this post.
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Event's live, fights should start in about 10-15 minutes. Looked it up and it looks like press has been told that the fights are in fact taking place in the smaller 25 foot wide octagon, should be interesting. We've got Cormier, Bisping and Fitzgerald on commentary. I thought it was gonna be Anik but that was from DC's comments on DC & Helwani, which probably means next weekend (UFC 250) should be DC, Rogan and Anik. DC confirmed he is staying in Vegas the full 11 days required for him to work both events. Brut fucked around with this message at 23:09 on May 30, 2020 |
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May 30, 2020 23:07
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I like Joe Martinez. Not that I want Buffer going anyway but I wouldn't mind he taking over.
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May 30, 2020 23:24
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I don't know if I'm just cranky or what but the commentary team seem way too loving talkative right now, I want to hear more of the corners/fight sounds. Holy poo poo they're talking over each other like they're on the Joe Rogan podcast. Brut fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 30, 2020 |
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May 30, 2020 23:27
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A corner stoppage after the first would have been justified.
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May 30, 2020 23:33
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Goddamn his leg
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May 30, 2020 23:33
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Leg kick TKO to start the night.
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May 30, 2020 23:35
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Hell yea Leg TKO Where's Lobster?
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May 30, 2020 23:35
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That ruled
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May 30, 2020 23:36
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Digital Jedi posted:Hell yea Leg TKO
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May 30, 2020 23:36
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  So many people in the tiny octagon.
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May 30, 2020 23:37
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Social distancing post fight interviews.
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May 30, 2020 23:40
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ccubed posted:Social distancing post fight interviews. Yeah, I hate it. Also how do fighters not know not to ask for the loving bonus by now.
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May 30, 2020 23:41
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Is there any chance that the main event is gonna be worth watching? The only Woodley fights I recall seeing were the really atrocious ones like the Wonderboy slog.
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May 30, 2020 23:44
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I miss one fight after finishing moving apartments and it was a leg kick TKO? gently caress
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May 30, 2020 23:44
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BhindiBhaji Boogie posted:Is there any chance that the main event is gonna be worth watching? The only Woodley fights I recall seeing were the really atrocious ones like the Wonderboy slog. I love watching Woodley fight because I won a decent chunk of money betting on Woodley/Maia going to a decision (I want to say it was like +280?) and that whole fight kicked so much rear end for someone who wanted nothing to happen
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May 30, 2020 23:46
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BhindiBhaji Boogie posted:Is there any chance that the main event is gonna be worth watching? The only Woodley fights I recall seeing were the really atrocious ones like the Wonderboy slog. Burns owns, he's gonna take it to Woodley, the Wonderboy fights being boring was mostly Wonderboy's fault.
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May 30, 2020 23:52
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Holy poo poo.
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May 30, 2020 23:54
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drat wasn't expecting that fast of a tap Edit: ESPN app really sucks. No popout video so I have to keep focus on it. And it does have a "go to live" if paused. I have to reopen the stream to catch up. Digital Jedi fucked around with this message at 00:04 on May 31, 2020 |
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May 30, 2020 23:54
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The app sucks, the fights ain't bad.
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May 31, 2020 00:14
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How much smaller is this cage than normal? Seems super tiny.
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May 31, 2020 00:14
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Ratios and Tendency posted:How much smaller is this cage than normal? Seems super tiny. 25 feet instead of 30 feet wide. I missed the first half of this first round, anything worth rewinding for?
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May 31, 2020 00:18
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Brut posted:25 feet instead of 30 feet wide. it's the greatest fight in UFC history so yes
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May 31, 2020 00:20
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Hahahaha Royval's corner dude says "Take like 10% of your power off", copying what Gaethje was told.CommonShore posted:it's the greatest fight in UFC history so yes ????
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May 31, 2020 00:21
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Brut posted:Hahahaha Royval's corner dude says "Take like 10% of your power off", copying what Gaethje was told. This fight is like methhead grappling it's amazing.
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May 31, 2020 00:23
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drat that was a fun match
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May 31, 2020 00:26
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CommonShore posted:This fight is like methhead grappling it's amazing. Ok yeah I went back and watched it, it was pretty fun.
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May 31, 2020 00:28
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Can someone watching through ESPN (my condolences) tell me if the censors let "shitshow" through?
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May 31, 2020 00:29
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Looks bad on the UFC when you've got a guy who just won his fight with a nice finish looking downtrodden because he didn't earn himself enough.
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May 31, 2020 00:31
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Le Saboteur posted:Looks bad on the UFC when you've got a guy who just won his fight with a nice finish looking downtrodden because he didn't earn himself enough. I know I just said I don't like it when people ask for a bonus, but I feel like if you're gonna ask for a bonus, the exact way to do it is how this guy just did.
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May 31, 2020 00:33
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just posting to note the 1st fight ruled
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May 31, 2020 00:35
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woodley only -160, the disrespect
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May 31, 2020 00:39
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lmao Abreu sucks.
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May 31, 2020 00:46
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Turn it on just in time to see Abreu die.
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May 31, 2020 00:47
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Jerusalem posted:Turn it on just in time to see Abreu die. Hahaha what a sneaky edit. I know you haven't asked (yet) but all 3 previous fights are worth watching, it's been a cool night.
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May 31, 2020 00:49
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Well the ESPN absolutely refuses to work for me, sure glad to be one of the suckers actually paying for ESPN+
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May 31, 2020 00:51
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Halle Berry is thirsty as gently caress and calling Dana White for hookups  Brut posted:Hahaha what a sneaky edit.  Brut posted:I know you haven't asked (yet) but all 3 previous fights are worth watching, it's been a cool night. Thanks, I'll jump back once the main fights are over 
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May 31, 2020 00:56
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Digital Jedi posted:Hell yea Leg TKO sorry, i was eating bbq slowly catching up now
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May 31, 2020 01:06
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Am I crazy if I placed bets on the assumption Woodley is over the hill?
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Chichevache posted:Am I crazy if I placed bets on the assumption Woodley is over the hill? Nah, burns gonna whoop his rear end. Both these dudes are kinda thick and I think DC is forgetting this is welterweight when he's talking about how they're not gassed halfway through the second round.
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