- A strawweight bout between Alexa Grasso and Marina Rodriguez was scheduled at UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2. However, it was reported on December 17, that Rodriguez pulled out of the event due to a hand injury. The pairing was left intact and rescheduled for this event. In turn, it was reported that Grasso was pulled from the bout due to injury and she was replaced by Jessica Aguilar on March 23.
- A bantamweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Ray Borg and Pingyuan Liu was scheduled to take place at the event. However, it was reported on March 13, that Liu was replaced by newcomer Kyler Phillips for an undisclosed reason. In turn, Phillips was removed from the card on March 25 for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Casey Kenney that same day.
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 25 2019 01:31. Posts 13123
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Barboza vs. Gaethje (dunno)
• Hermansson > Branch
• Johnson > Emmett
• Waterson > Kowalkiewicz
• Craig vs. Nzechukwu (dunno)
• Yusuff > Moraes
• Green > Pearson
• Barzola vs. Aguilar (dunno)
• Holland > Meerschaert
• Rodriguez > Aguilar
• Borg > Phillips
• Mazo > Moroz
• Perez > Rosa
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 26 2019 07:39. Posts 13123
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 30 2019 20:57. Posts 13123
My final picks:
• Gaethje > Barboza
• Hermansson > Branch
• Johnson > Emmett
• Waterson > Kowalkiewicz
• Craig vs. Nzechukwu (dunno)
• Yusuff > Moraes
• Green > Pearson
• Barzola > Aguilar
• Holland > Meerschaert
• Rodriguez > Aguilar
• Borg > Phillips
• Mazo > Moroz
• Perez > Rosa
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 31 2019 01:13. Posts 13123
Sick late submission by Paul Craig!
2nd time he did that in the UFC.
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 31 2019 02:55. Posts 13123
Gaethje with the one-hitter-quitter!
And he didn't take much damage, so that's even better!
And he didn't take much damage, so that's even better!
Anyway how much did Holloway improve compared to how much did Poirier improve since their first fight?
Holloway improved a lot since their first fight.
- They fought 7 years ago
- Max Holloway was the 3rd replacement for Dustin Poirier in that fight
- Max was only 4-0 when he made his UFC debut against Dustin on short notice
- Max was giving Dustin problems on the feet, so Dustin was forced to take him down
Gonna be a great fight, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Max to win.
And he didn't take much damage, so that's even better!
Anyway how much did Holloway improve compared to how much did Poirier improve since their first fight?
Holloway improved a lot since their first fight.
- They fought 7 years ago
- Max Holloway was the 3rd replacement for Dustin Poirier in that fight
- Max was only 4-0 when he made his UFC debut against Dustin on short notice
- Max was giving Dustin problems on the feet, so Dustin was forced to take him down
Gonna be a great fight, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Max to win.
But would it be a close fight or do the odds correctly suggest an outcome of a somewhat easy win for Holloway?
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 02 2019 03:35. Posts 13123
And he didn't take much damage, so that's even better!
Anyway how much did Holloway improve compared to how much did Poirier improve since their first fight?
Holloway improved a lot since their first fight.
- They fought 7 years ago
- Max Holloway was the 3rd replacement for Dustin Poirier in that fight
- Max was only 4-0 when he made his UFC debut against Dustin on short notice
- Max was giving Dustin problems on the feet, so Dustin was forced to take him down
Gonna be a great fight, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Max to win.
But would it be a close fight or do the odds correctly suggest an outcome of a somewhat easy win for Holloway?
I think Max vs. Dustin will be close within the first 3 rounds, and anyone can win at that point. If it gets to rounds 4 and 5, Max will still be 100% fresh and throw a lot more strikes and use more pressure than Dustin, which means Dustin will either get finished in R4/R5, or lose a decision.
Dustin can win this fight, he just needs to do it within the first 3 rounds.
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iakim322 United States. Apr 02 2019 05:41. Posts 1335
Think I agree with the above scenario except I would say that even if Dustin lights Max up here and there early, I just don't really see him stopping this version of Max. But I guess there's been a lot of kind of unexpected early main event wipe outs recently. Also first fight of Max moving up to 155, but I think all his shit will translate well. He has a pretty big frame for 145
Maybe I'm overrating Max but I'd only really solidly favor Khabib over him. I actually think he'd actually match up well vs Tony, close to or about even with a not peak Conor, and yeah, he's -220 vs Dustin. Maybe a big for the division wrestler like Kevin Lee would give him a lot of trouble even though Max is obviously the better overall fighter. Oh and Gaethje. Guy is a major threat to literally anyone on any given night
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iakim322 United States. Apr 02 2019 06:00. Posts 1335
Oh and yeah I wouldn't glean anything off their first fight. Max was so raw. Literally just 20 years old with 4 random amateur fights in Hawii. Maybe we see super young fighters come into the UFC more recently but I'm pretty sure Max at 20 so undeveloped but already in the UFC was an anomaly back then. Dustin was only 23 but had packed in a ton of fights '09 to '12
And he didn't take much damage, so that's even better!
Anyway how much did Holloway improve compared to how much did Poirier improve since their first fight?
Holloway improved a lot since their first fight.
- They fought 7 years ago
- Max Holloway was the 3rd replacement for Dustin Poirier in that fight
- Max was only 4-0 when he made his UFC debut against Dustin on short notice
- Max was giving Dustin problems on the feet, so Dustin was forced to take him down
Gonna be a great fight, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Max to win.
But would it be a close fight or do the odds correctly suggest an outcome of a somewhat easy win for Holloway?
I think Max vs. Dustin will be close within the first 3 rounds, and anyone can win at that point. If it gets to rounds 4 and 5, Max will still be 100% fresh and throw a lot more strikes and use more pressure than Dustin, which means Dustin will either get finished in R4/R5, or lose a decision.
Dustin can win this fight, he just needs to do it within the first 3 rounds.
What are the odds that Dustin Poirier can finish Holloway within the first 3 rounds?
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