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Airing on ESPN+ PPV - Main Card 10PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Welterweight - Leon Edwards (C) vs. Colby Covington
  • Flyweight - Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs. Brandon Royval
  • Welterweight - Stephen Thompson vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
  • Lightweight - Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
  • Featherweight - Josh Emmett vs. Bryce Mitchell

Airing on ESPN2 and ESPN+ - Prelims 8PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Light Heavyweight - Dustin Jacoby vs. Alonzo Menifield
  • Women's Bantamweight - Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
  • Bantamweight - Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
  • Women's Flyweight - Ariane Lipski vs. Casey O’Neill

Airing on ESPN+ - Early Prelims 6:30PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Flyweight - Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
  • Featherweight - Lucas Almeida vs. Andre Fili
  • Heavyweight - Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev

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

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[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wtf was up with Kelleher's hair

[–] munter@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Deserved the loss on this abomination alone

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Colby's leg looks gross.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Colby fighting scared.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Okay, let's shut Colby up and call it a night.

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

That was amazing.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Wonderboy super game but Shavkat is too much of a monster.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Ah fuck, Tony don't keep doing this to yourself.

You did it all, no need to keep going.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy shit, Emmet hits like a freight train.

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

He really does, I didn't even see the overhand, thought he had hit him with a body shot.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Main card time! Hope Colby gets his jaw broken again. Can't stand that absolute shitpile.

[–] DirtyDan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

That's what I wanted to happen but oof.. brutal

[–] toastus@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Now he is styling on him.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

3.30 am

Let's go!

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Why did he accept the ground game? Fucking frustrating.

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Ouch, my arm

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

No decisions tonight!

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Buday rib cage makes him look like a refrigerator.

[–] Fernando-678@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Go Lipski!!

[–] DirtyDan@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who do you guys got for Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher? I'm leaning Garbrandt.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Sad to see the ghost of Garbrandt, hope his chin can survive

[–] munter@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Garbrandt should be a tad better, I guess, but my gut says that Kelleher will clip him and Cody's chin will fail.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Blistering pace to this first round. Love watching flyweights go at it.

[–] DirtyDan@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Thank God he didn't lose to kelleher looking like that.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Jack Black baby

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Wonderboy walking out to Wonderboy is amazing.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Time to retire, Tony. Please.

[–] ASaltPepper@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Rakhmonov ᕙ⁠(⁠⇀⁠‸⁠↼⁠‶⁠)⁠ᕗ

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Derrick Lewis and Manscaped is GENIUS marketing.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

What a fun fight from the flyweights

[–] The_Terrible_Humbaba@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Colby is 35, last fight was over a year ago, against a 38 yo Masvidal. His last win before that one was against a 38 yo Woodley in 2020.

If Colby wins this I won't just be sad, I'll be absolutely shocked.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Talk about undeserving of a title shot.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

After round one it looks like you just might be right about that.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe Colby has Covid, of which he probably denies the existence.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

He's a MAGA idiot, or at least roleplaying as one, so being a COVID denier is par for the course.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

49-46 Edwards makes total sense. Fade into obscurity, Colby.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

That's easily three rounds for Edwards.

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Can't stand colby

[–] The_Terrible_Humbaba@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Damn, he is pretty much out wrestling Colby as well. Didn't expect to see that.

[–] DirtyDan@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It does my heart good to watch Colby lose.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Menifield was losing most of the time, but won all the most important seconds.

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

Jesus Christ

[–] ooi_vebnq@r.nf 2 points 2 years ago

And here I was, the casual that I am, thinking about skipping this one. Wow, wow, wow! What a savage fight!

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

Do the fucking Mike Tyson Tony!!

[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Shimmy shimmy ya is a sick walkout song

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[–] toastus@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Haha that corner sounds like it is just what Colby deserves.

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