UFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt Live Discussion (4PM ET START TIME)
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Added to Calendar: 05-22-21
Main Card (ESPN+ 7:00 pm Eastern)
Bantamweights (five rounds):
Rob Font (18-4, #5 ranked bantamweight) vs Cody Garbrandt (12-3, #4 ranked bantamweight)
Women’s Strawweights:
Yan Xiaonan (13-1, 1 NC, #10 ranked women’s strawweight) vs Carla Esparza (18-6, #6 ranked women’s strawweight)
Heavyweights:
Justin Tafa (4-2, #34 ranked heavyweight) vs Jared Vanderaa (11-5, #38 ranked heavyweight)
Women’s Featherweights:
Felicia Spencer (8-2, #17 ranked women’s feather/bantamweight) vs Norma Dumont (5-1, #26 ranked women’s feather/bantamweight)
Flyweights:
David Dvorak (19-3, #17 ranked flyweight) vs Raulian Paiva (20-3, #16 ranked flyweight)
Middleweights:
Jack Hermansson (21-6, #10 ranked middleweight) vs Edmen Shahbazyan (11-1, #13 ranked middleweight)
Prelims (ESPN+ 4:00 pm Eastern)
Featherweights:
Ricardo Ramos (14-3, #25 ranked featherweight) vs Bill Algeo (14-5, #60 ranked featherweight)
Heavyweights:
Ben Rothwell (38-13, #17 ranked heavyweight) vs Chris Barnett (21-6)
Welterweights:
Court McGee (20-10, #59 ranked welterweight) vs Claudio Silva (14-2, #14 ranked welterweight)
Flyweights:
Bruno Silva (11-5-2, 1 NC, #12 ranked flyweight) vs Victor Rodriguez (7-3, #22 ranked flyweight)
Featherweights:
Joshua Culibao (8-1-1, #73 ranked featherweight) vs Sha Yilan (19-6)
Lightweights:
Yancy Medeiros (15-7, 1 NC, #31 ranked lightweight) vs Damir Hadzovic (13-6, #22 ranked lightweight)
Lightweights:
Rafael Alves (19-9) vs Damir Ismagulov (22-1, #61 ranked lightweight)
So bad.
The bizarre card positioning is proof that the UFC doesn't give a shit about its product
Justin Tafa debuted on a PPV main card. He suffered one of the most embarrassing KOs in UFC history. His next fight was also a PPV main card. Now he is 3rd from the top of a Fight Night, above Hermansson and Edmen. He is 1-2 in the UFC.
Has the UFC forgotten who Mark Hunt is and think this is him?
Justin Tafa debuted on a PPV main card. He suffered one of the most embarrassing KOs in UFC history. His next fight was also a PPV main card. Now he is 3rd from the top of a Fight Night, above Hermansson and Edmen. He is 1-2 in the UFC.
Has the UFC forgotten who Mark Hunt is and think this is him?
They're slotting based on perceived entertainment value. The general public loves heavyweights and they love knockouts.
Court has one win in six. Back on TUF I really expected him to make waves.
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@Sex Chicken you see Joshua Culibao is fighting? I imagine you probably like him given that you were the #73 ranked wrestler at Windsor High School.
No thanks.
They could match-up a thousand nobodies without skill or will and I’d watch every second of every fight if it meant I get to see Font KO Garbrandt.
Actually I’m not convinced that will be the outcome, and I’m also not convinced this will be a bad event. Some veteran names, some fights with divisional significance, guaranteed action main event. I don’t think that’s too bad for a free card. It’s all just background to bullshitting in this thread with you fine people anyway!
Actually I’m not convinced that will be the outcome, and I’m also not convinced this will be a bad event. Some veteran names, some fights with divisional significance, guaranteed action main event. I don’t think that’s too bad for a free card. It’s all just background to bullshitting in this thread with you fine people anyway!
And if you don't know, now you know neighbor...
View: https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1395825394910171139?s=20
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Garbrandt/Font
Shahbazyan/Hermansson
Everything else is dog shit.
Shahbazyan/Hermansson
Everything else is dog shit.
I remember that big boy
We get it. You want them to re-sign the original Four Horsewomen and add Marina Shafir. Try and act professional though.
No matter who wins, Huggy Boy or Big Ben, we are in for an octagon dance party
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#NeverForget the cringe those 4 horsewomen produced...
Shayna had to be the worst no doubt...
Here she is after getting BTFO by Julianna Pena...
Where to begin…
I want to first say, I knew nothing of Julianna Pena and the way she fights except for what I saw during the elimination fights. I knew she had been armbarred by Sarah Moras. I knew she was a suck-up trying to play both sides.She will tell you that she told Ronda Rousey that she wanted to be picked by her before she knew Miesha Tate was going to be there. I hope at least that the people in the Queen’s Army are smart enough to put together that we had no contact with the coaches until after we saw both of them there when they called us in for Dana White’s epic speech that first day. She knew Miesha was a coach before she tried to convince Ronda she wanted to be picked. Another thing I like about Ronda: she’s too smart for that. She didn’t fall for it. But that’s Ronda. It spoke to me of both her and Juliana’s character from the get-go.
Training for a fight on TUF is a strange animal. You can’t really game-plan based on your opponent. It could be anyone at any time. So instead of training things in your game based on weaknesses your opponent might have, you just train your strengths. So that’s what I did. I worked a lot one on one with the coaches, and that’s kind of how it went. The rest of the team did a team practice. Whoever had a fight got to work with a coach one on one. And being the first one that got to work with the coaches in this way, I have to say, I loved working with them from the start.
The first day of practice would be a dream for many hardcore fans of WMMA: Ronda and I just rolling. I had mentioned earlier how I was worried about Ronda and I both having strong personalities. We could very well clash. And both of us being proud people, both of us probably knowing that many in the WMMA community were begging for us to fight, I had some concern about training together getting overly competitive. Maybe she would want to show me exactly who she was, which I would definitely try to not let her get away with. But, as it turns out, Ronda is as secure with herself as I am. Zero ego. We rolled, we sparred, we trained. No one-upping, no pissing contest. Training. Two of the best females in the world just training together. It was awesome. And spoke again of her character to me.
Many out there believe I shouldn’t have had to do this show. That the UFC should already have signed me. That, in some ways (and I hope my Team Rousey family understands I mean no disrespect in saying this—love you guys), I was better than all this. And in some ways, Ronda treated me as such, like a comrade and not a “student.” It was a relief. She never once made me feel like she thought she was better than me, but at the same time, getting across that she very much believes she will kick my ass when we meet in the cage one day.
I think it could go without saying, but I don’t like Julianna. Many of the girls in the elimination fights knew her and didn’t like her. I didn’t know her, so I generally gave her the benefit of the doubt. She did not win me over. She tries too hard to get people to like her, exploits herself in all the wrong ways, and too easily turns her back on her friends. I don’t know how she will come across as the season goes on, but like I said, I believe at least the Queen’s Army won’t be blinded. All the others, fuck ‘em. All that being said, one other thing about Juliana: the girl doesn’t stop. She keeps scrapping.
Shayna had to be the worst no doubt...
Here she is after getting BTFO by Julianna Pena...
Where to begin…
I want to first say, I knew nothing of Julianna Pena and the way she fights except for what I saw during the elimination fights. I knew she had been armbarred by Sarah Moras. I knew she was a suck-up trying to play both sides.She will tell you that she told Ronda Rousey that she wanted to be picked by her before she knew Miesha Tate was going to be there. I hope at least that the people in the Queen’s Army are smart enough to put together that we had no contact with the coaches until after we saw both of them there when they called us in for Dana White’s epic speech that first day. She knew Miesha was a coach before she tried to convince Ronda she wanted to be picked. Another thing I like about Ronda: she’s too smart for that. She didn’t fall for it. But that’s Ronda. It spoke to me of both her and Juliana’s character from the get-go.
Training for a fight on TUF is a strange animal. You can’t really game-plan based on your opponent. It could be anyone at any time. So instead of training things in your game based on weaknesses your opponent might have, you just train your strengths. So that’s what I did. I worked a lot one on one with the coaches, and that’s kind of how it went. The rest of the team did a team practice. Whoever had a fight got to work with a coach one on one. And being the first one that got to work with the coaches in this way, I have to say, I loved working with them from the start.
The first day of practice would be a dream for many hardcore fans of WMMA: Ronda and I just rolling. I had mentioned earlier how I was worried about Ronda and I both having strong personalities. We could very well clash. And both of us being proud people, both of us probably knowing that many in the WMMA community were begging for us to fight, I had some concern about training together getting overly competitive. Maybe she would want to show me exactly who she was, which I would definitely try to not let her get away with. But, as it turns out, Ronda is as secure with herself as I am. Zero ego. We rolled, we sparred, we trained. No one-upping, no pissing contest. Training. Two of the best females in the world just training together. It was awesome. And spoke again of her character to me.
Many out there believe I shouldn’t have had to do this show. That the UFC should already have signed me. That, in some ways (and I hope my Team Rousey family understands I mean no disrespect in saying this—love you guys), I was better than all this. And in some ways, Ronda treated me as such, like a comrade and not a “student.” It was a relief. She never once made me feel like she thought she was better than me, but at the same time, getting across that she very much believes she will kick my ass when we meet in the cage one day.
I think it could go without saying, but I don’t like Julianna. Many of the girls in the elimination fights knew her and didn’t like her. I didn’t know her, so I generally gave her the benefit of the doubt. She did not win me over. She tries too hard to get people to like her, exploits herself in all the wrong ways, and too easily turns her back on her friends. I don’t know how she will come across as the season goes on, but like I said, I believe at least the Queen’s Army won’t be blinded. All the others, fuck ‘em. All that being said, one other thing about Juliana: the girl doesn’t stop. She keeps scrapping.
unimpressive looking card....but maybe it ends up being me of those crazy nights nobody expected.
Are there any sleeper fights I should give a shit about?
I sort of give a shit about the Garbrandt/Font fight, but other than that it’s Hermansson (which IMO should be the main event out of this lineup)
Are there any sleeper fights I should give a shit about?
I sort of give a shit about the Garbrandt/Font fight, but other than that it’s Hermansson (which IMO should be the main event out of this lineup)
You just saved me from missing out! I had no idea this was an early start time. Thank you!!