Nov 13, 2016 Main Card (Fight Pass)-4 P.M. ET Gegard Mousasi (#5 MW) vs Uriah Hall (#10 MW) Ross Pearson vs Stevie Ray Timothy Johnson (#15 HW) vs Alexander Volkov Artem Lobov vs Teruto Ishihara Prelims (Fight Pass)-12:30 ET Magnus Cedenblad vs Jack Marshman Kyoji Horiguchi (#4 FLW) vs Ali Bagautinov (#8 FLW) Kevin Lee vs Magomed Mustafaev Anna Elmose vs Amanda Cooper Justin Ledet vs Mark Godbeer Zak Cummings vs Alexander Yakovlev Marion Reneau (#15 WBW) vs Milana Dudieva Brett Johns vs Kwan Ho Kwak Charlie Ward vs Abdul Razak Alhassan Main Card (FS1)-9 P.M. ET Ryan Bader (#4 LHW) vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (#9 LHW) Thomas Almeida (#11 BW) vs Albert Morales Claudia Gadelha (#1 WSW) vs Cortney Casey Thales Leites (#11 MW) vs Krzysztof Jotko (#15 MW) Warlley Alves vs Kamaru Usman Sergio Moraes vs Zak Ottow Prelims (FS1)-7 ET Cezar Ferreira vs Jack Hermansson Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Gadzhimurad Antigulov Johnny Eduardo (#13 BW) vs Manny Gamburyan Luis Henrique vs Christian Colombo Prelims (Fight Pass)-6 ET Justin Scoggins (#11 FLW) vs Pedro Munhoz-BW bout Francimar Barroso vs Darren Stewart Oh and also on Saturday Main Card (Spike TV)-9 P.M. ET Michael Chandler (C) vs Benson Henderson-For LW Title Michael "Venom" Page vs Fernando Gonzalez Linton Vassell vs Francis Carmont Adam Piccolotti vs Brandon Girtz Keri Melendez vs Sheila Padilla Little MMA overload this weekend, but get used to it because the next weekend without any UFC is Christmas weekend.
Nov 13, 2016 Definitely looking forward to Chandler vs Henderson way more than any of the UFC fights this weekend
Nov 14, 2016 Power ranking the fights for me personally 1. Chandler vs Bendo -Think Bendo is past it, but should still be a good fight. Taking Chandler by decision 2. Scoggins vs Munoz -Scoggins at BW should be interesting and better, but Munhoz is a fucken stud whose only loss in the UFC was a SD loss to top 5 BW Jimmie Rivera. Taking Munhoz by Guillotine in the 1st. 3. Mousasi vs Hall 2 -Think the first fight was a bit of a fluke and think Mousasi dominates with TD's and either TKO's him or submits him in the 2nd. 4. MVP vs Gonzalez -Finally a decent step up for MVP but still not a wrestler, should be another Knockout for MVP. 5. Almeida vs Morales -Bit of a squash match designed to get Almeida back on track. Another 1st round KO for Almeida. 6. Bader vs Lil Nog 2 -Not really thrilled with this fight but its probably the most relevant to the UFC Title picture. Bader has 1 fight left on his contract and I would normally say he would be gone to Bellator, but if Cormier beats Rumble again he probably gets a Title shot and that will swa his decision to stay imo. Anyways Bader by 2nd round KO, Lil Nog is way to weathered at this point. 7. Horiguchi vs Bagautinov -Horiguchi is one of the most exciting FLW's in the division, while Bagautinov is arguably the most boring. I think Horiguchi is too quick and his TDD good enough to keep the fight on the feet, Guchi by decision. 8. McCall vs Seery -Not sure what McCall has left, but it should be enough to get by Seery in his retirement fight. Taking McCall by decision. 9. Gadelha vs Casey -Another squash match to get Claudia back on track. Claudia should win by a pretty lopsided decision. 10. Mustafaev vs Lee -Mustafaev is another one of those Russian savages who swings for the fences and Lee has gotten caught in the past, if Lee doesn't get the TD early it will be a short night for him. On the fence about this one but leaning Mustafaev by TKO in the 1st 11. Alves vs Usman -Alves is very dangerous in the 1st round, but Kamaru is a grinder who should be entering that top 15 very soon. Usman by decision 12. Eduardo vs Gamburyan -Manny is a little over the hill, but Eduardo is no spring chicken either at 38 and with a history of injuries. Eduardo has a lot of power (see Eddie Wineland fight) but, hes had trouble with grapplers and i think Manny ends up grinding him out. 13. Johnson vs Volkov -Volkov is a good addition to the HW division, he is very easily taken down but i don't think Johnson will be looking for the TD. Pick is Volkov by decision. 14. Pearson vs Ray -Pearson is always in exciting fights and Ray is game, should be a back and forth stand up FOTN type fight with Pearson edging it. 15. Leites vs Jotko -Two ranked MW's (although Jotko will probably be replaced by Boetsch), Jotko is the type of guy Leites chews up but once you get into that upper tier he struggles. Jotko has been submitted by Cedneblad and Leites is a level above him on the ground. Pick is Leites by decision or late submission. 16. Cedenblad vs Marshman -Cedenblad is an underrated MW, who is also on the fringe of being ranked. Hes won 4 in a row but has been somewhat inactive. Marshman is your typical European journeyman, whose fought mostly in BAMMA and Cage Warriors, hes well rounded but I think Cedenblad ends up winning a pretty clear decision with his grappling. 17. Lobov vs Ishihara -Looking forward to Artem getting laid out, Ishihara is the man and im taking him by 1st round KO. 18. Johns vs Kwak -Don't know much about Kwak, but Johns is a former Titan FC BW champ who lost his title after he missed weight (despite winning the fight anyways). Johns has had a lot of injuries but another solid European prospect. Taking him by decision. 19. de Lima vs Antigulov -Two guys with 32 combined wins, with 30 coming by finish. Always interested in the new Russian additions, ton of untapped talent over there. Don't know a ton about Antigulov other then most of his wins come by submission. I'll take Pezao by TKO. 20. Ledet vs Godbeer -Ledet impressed me in his debut despite his opponent essentially being a punching bag. I haven't seen much of Godbeer outside of his loss to Kongo, but I think Ledet might end up having a pretty good career at HW. Taking Ledet by decision.
Nov 14, 2016 Ranking Horiguchi-Bagautinov that low is criminal. You don't think Chanlder is going to f--- up Bendo? @redsoxx
Nov 14, 2016 I think Chandler wins a pretty one sided decision. And have you seen Bagautinov's fights before? His last 5 fights have been s---, all against exciting opponents. Very good chance that Horiguchi comes out hesitant not wanting to get taken down and wins a boring point fight. There are quite a few fights that i think will deliver over that one. I only really ranked it as high as I did because of its relevancy.
Nov 14, 2016 I like Ali, but I tend to enjoy watching eastern european guys just because they're so unique. Two of those fights were against the best flyweights ever so you really can't hold those against him. Chandler should knock Bendo out. Bendo been looking like dogshit, Just watched Koreshkov lose to Lima. Didn't expect that.
Nov 14, 2016 I enjoy watching Eastern European fights too, but Ali is one of the few I don't really enjoy. Hes a blanket in a lot of his fights. Bendo has looked like s---, but hes tough to take out. I look at the RDA Flying knee TKO loss similar to how i look at Josh Thomson's headkick of Nate Diaz. The types of shots nobody can take no matter how good their chin is. I'm also not drinking the Chandler is back kool aid, hes looked very good against bad opponents but i can't un-see the 2nd Will Brooks fight. I still think he wins because Bendo is not the same, but i think its by decision. I picked Lima to beat Koreshkov this time around, Lima was hurt going into the 1st fight and didn't look like the same guy.
Nov 14, 2016 Fair enough. Idk if Chandler is back, but he's certainly on enough pharmaceuticals to hulk smash anybody atm. I think I'd only seen his fights versus washed up Daley, Koreshkov, and Askren so I didn't expect much of a fight. Really hoping MVP loses soon. Can't stand shameless can crushing. Especially after it almost took Cyborg's life. Ridiculous that Gonzalez is considered a step up.
Nov 15, 2016 McGregor's teammate Charlie Ward, the one who killed Joao Carvalho in the ring is a late addition to the Belfast card and will fight against Abdul Razak Alhassan. Guy has a 2-1 pro record and him getting a fight shows you how much pull Conor has atm. Artem at least went through the TUF house and KO'd a bunch of guys with solid MMA records.
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Nov 19, 2016 Not UFC caliber, only got a fight in the UFC because of Conor. Also the guy he fought is a pretty solid prospect who has KO'd all 7 of his opponents in less then 90 seconds.
Nov 19, 2016 So the Fight Pass Prelims of the Brazil card start in 20 mins and the Main Event for the Belfast show hasn't started yet.
