Luke Sanders gets his chance at UFC Fight Night 81

[Wild]

Maximo Blanco finally has a new opponent for next week’s UFC Fight Night 81 fight card.

Undefeated RFA vet Luke Sanders (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has stepped in to fight Blanco (12-6-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC), who originally was expected to fight fellow featherweight Dennis Bermudez (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC).

UFC Fight Night 81 takes place Jan. 17 at TD Garden in Boston. After early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, the remainder of the card airs on FOX Sports 1.

Sanders, a former Strikeforce and XFC fighter who’s the latest RFA champ to earn a UFC contract, moves from bantamweight to featherweight for his fight with Blanco, which is slated for the FOX Sports 1-televised prelims.

LINK: Luke Sanders steps in to fight Maximo Blanco; UFC Fight Night 81 lineup shuffled

 

[TheFifthScallop]

Finally. Cool hand Luke is a beast, can't wait to see him in the octagon.

 

[Wild]

Finally. Cool hand Luke is a beast, can't wait to see him in the octagon.

@ECC170 has been talking up this dude for a year. I cant wait to see him throw down.

 

[Caoiltedb]

Glad to see he gotta chance, think I watched one or two of his fights and I was impressed. Hope he puts on a show.

 

[Caoiltedb]

Check this out for some highlights

 

[Wild]

Glad to see he gotta chance, think I watched one or two of his fights and I was impressed. Hope he puts on a show.

Doh!

 

[Caoiltedb]

Doh!

Huh? lol

 

[Zeph]

Maximo Blanco is a tough introduction on short notice. Good luck to him. If Luke can survive the first round he might be good, but on short notice his gas tank will be depleted which does him no favours.

 

[Wild]

Huh? lol

I got called out for a spelling error in the thread title...and rightfully so

 

[Ministry of Silly Walks]

it should be " gets his chance at a huge reebok payday".

 

[Caoiltedb]

it should be " gets his chance at a huge reebok payday".

He maybe losing out on sponsorship money that he was earnin but he'll probably get a way better salary than he ever was getting despite Reebok

 

[Ministry of Silly Walks]

He maybe losing out on sponsorship money that he was earnin but he'll probably get a way better salary than he ever was getting despite Reebok

if he has a good manager, i doubt it. you can't live on 2 fights a year, at base pay.

 

[Caoiltedb]

if he has a good manager, i doubt it. you can't live on 2 fights a year, at base pay.

Well if he puts on a show/gets a big victory or is able to draw a crowd/market himself correctly he might get lucky.

 

[Ministry of Silly Walks]

Well if he puts on a show/gets a big victory or is able to draw a crowd/market himself correctly he might get lucky.

Look at Aljamain Sterling. I hope he does well, but its rotten to be on the bottom.