- The event will mark the end of the UFC's seven years with Fox as a new broadcast deal with ESPN is slated to begin in January 2019.
- A lightweight rematch between former interim title challenger Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta is expected to serve as the event headliner. The pairing met previously in February 2014 at UFC 169 with Iaquinta winning the fight via unanimous decision.
- Erik Koch was expected to face promotional newcomer Dwight Grant in a welterweight bout. However, Koch was removed from the card on November 28 for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Zak Ottow.
- A women's flyweight bout between Jessica-Rose Clark and Andrea Lee was expected to take place at the event. However, Clark was forced out of the bout as she was hospitalized due to weight cutting issue and deemed medically unfit to compete by UFC physicians. As a result, the bout was cancelled.
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 15 2018 06:00. Posts 13076
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Lee > Iaquinta
• Hooker > Barboza
• Font > Pettis
• Miller > Oliveira
• Ottow vs. Grant (dunno)
• Klose > Green
• Gordon > Silva
• Cummings > Smith
• Hermansson > Meerschaert
• Ige vs. Griffin (dunno)
• Milstead vs. Rodriguez (dunno)
• Adams > Rocha
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Baalim   Mexico. Dec 15 2018 06:47. Posts 34252
finally a FN card worth watching
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 15 2018 22:11. Posts 13076
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My final picks:
• Lee > Iaquinta
• Hooker > Barboza
• Font > Pettis
• Miller > Oliveira
• Grant > Ottow
• Klose > Green
• Gordon > Silva
• Smith > Cummings
• Meerschaert > Hermansson
• Ige > Griffin
• Rodriguez > Milstead
• Adams > Rocha
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 15 2018 22:42. Posts 13076
Big win for Adams and Rodriguez.
The result of the first 2 fights is what I needed. Let's hope I can run good tonight.
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 16 2018 00:31. Posts 13076
Meerschaert lost the way I was thinking he might... His DK price seemed so good though.
Less than halfway through the card and my night is over because of that fight.
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 16 2018 03:32. Posts 13076
Sick fight between Barboza and Hooker!
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SpasticInk   Sweden. Dec 16 2018 03:41. Posts 6298
That was brutal. Hooker took a lot of damage in that fight.
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PuertoRican   United States. Dec 16 2018 04:33. Posts 13076
Great win for Al Iaquinta.
Back to the drawing board for Kevin Lee. Good thing for him is that he is only 26.
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whammbot   Belarus. Dec 16 2018 12:35. Posts 521
wow Kevin Lee's striking turns out is not crisp at all. couldn't handle that double jab /straight and also getting countered every time. gotta learn how to put those hands up. he stays in the strike zone way too much even though he's got a nice reach