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[Official] UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs Walker 2 - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 4PM ET] (kbin.social)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ugmug@kbin.social to c/mma@kbin.social
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Airing on ESPN+ - Main Card 7PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Light Heavyweight - Magomed Ankalaev vs. Johnny Walker
  • Lightweight - Gabriel Benitez vs. Jim Miller
  • Bantamweight - Ricky Simon vs. Mario Bautista
  • Middleweight - Phil Hawes vs. Brunno Ferreira
  • Heavyweight - Andrei Arlovski vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Airing on ESPN+ - Prelims 4PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Welterweight - Preston Parsons vs. Matthew Semelsberger
  • Bantamweight - Marcus McGhee vs. Gaston Bolanos
  • Bantamweight - Farid Basharat vs. Taylor Lapilus
  • Featherweight - Westin Wilson vs. Jean Silva
  • Lightweight - Tom Nolan vs. Nikolas Motta
  • Flyweight - Felipe Bunes vs. Joshua Van

^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)

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[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Jean Silva is a capoeirist!

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 2 points 8 months ago

Really excited for Basharat and surprised to still see him so low on the undercard.

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't look that aggressive to me apart from talking and gesturing. But nice power.

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 2 points 8 months ago

And nice accuracy, though I'm not sure how much of that was up to Wilson running into every strike.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

2 for 2 on knockouts!

[–] ugmug@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Fights start in an hour. Let’s go!

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Anyone still out there by the way or are y'all just waiting for 297 to come around?

[–] ugmug@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m not watching tonight. Just catching the highlights as they roll out. I’ll be here for 297 though.

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you want some fights to watch later, check out the two Bantamweight decisions. Both were really fun. And see you next week!

[–] ugmug@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Will do. Thanks for the heads up. See you next week!

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Got the feeling that the smiley guy is gonna win.

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Nevermind

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago

"Redefining care" is a weird advertisement on an MMA cage, lol

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago

What a great fight, even though a knockout doesn't look at all likely. But who knows, I've got Basharat 2:0, so maybe Lapilus will bring it now.

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago

Poor Hawes always gets knocked out so brutally while looking like a Greek god.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Wish he finished the choke at the end - finish streak is over

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 1 points 8 months ago

That was the slickest axe kick I've seen so far. Beautiful!

[–] ASaltPepper@lemmy.one 1 points 8 months ago

Walker is massive!

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 0 points 8 months ago

Let's gooo. We are finally back. I have to admit I find it much easier to follow the UFC rather than other promotions simply because watching fights on Saturday nights has become such a habit.

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also, anyone else thinks that Ferreira looks a bit like RDA?

[–] ASaltPepper@lemmy.one 1 points 8 months ago

I do now