UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum - July 22, 2017

[STAR-69]

Main Card (Fox)

Middleweight Chris Weidman vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Featherweight Dennis Bermudez vs. Darren Elkins
Light Heavyweight Patrick Cummins vs. Gian Villante
Bantamweight Jimmie Rivera vs. Thomas Almeida

Preliminary Card (Fox)
Welterweight Lyman Good vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Middleweight Rafael Natal vs. Eryk Anders
Welterweight Ryan LaFlare vs. Alex Oliveira
Heavyweight Damian Grabowski vs. Chase Sherman

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Jeremy Kennedy def. Kyle Bochniak Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Marlon Vera def. Brian Kelleher Submission (armbar) 1 2:18
Heavyweight Júnior Albini def. Timothy Johnson KO (punches) 1 2:51
Featherweight Shane Burgos def. Godofredo Pepey Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-26, 29-28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Chris Wade def. Frankie Perez Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) 3 5:00

 

[kes1111]

 

[CurtDawg]

Thanks for the heads up
But I don't even know any of these dudes, other than Chris Weidman

 

[Riggz]

Good lookin out... I missed the last one cause of that Sunday early european shit

 

[c_commander]

Oliviera just shut every CAC in the building up

 

[STAR-69]

I didn't see that KO coming from Cowboy Olivera...

 

[c_commander]

Anders with a nice KO. Are the refs usually quicker to stop a fight in NY cause twice as soon as the guy hit the ground the ref was flying in to stop things.

 

[STAR-69]

Anders with a nice KO. Are the refs usually quicker to stop a fight in NY cause twice as soon as the guy hit the ground the ref was flying in to stop things.

I don't think it's a NY thing, it's because they're on FOX, they don't want to show too much violence.

 

[will_right]

OK Fam who ya got in this Main event? Does Weidman get his ass handed to him again or what IMO if Weidman doesn't win by KO Kelvin Gastelum is gonna walk him down and wear his ass out for the KO stoppage..But hey this is the UFC and ANYTHING can happen


Both these two have ground game so this win be good while it lasts

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Believe Gastellum is gonna take the main event.

Not sure where Weidman will go next IF he loses. Should be interesting to see how it plays out as Gastellum is a true 170lb'er now at 185lbs. Weidman's a 185lb'er who could easily fight at 205lbs.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Weidman#Mixed_martial_arts_record

 

["THE MAN"]

I always want Weidman to lose lol

 

[MacNeverSlip]

I fucking hate Weidman! Hope he gets KO'ed

 

[Amajorfucup]

What channel is this shit on?

 

[MacNeverSlip]

What channel is this shit on?

FOX

 

[Amajorfucup]

FOX

I dont see it.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

What channel is this shit on?

FOX and TSN

 

[MacNeverSlip]

I dont see it.

Damn. I dont know what to tell you. It's on my regular FOX channel

 

[will_right]

Chris wants to choke dude

 

[Amajorfucup]

FOX and TSN

Damn. I dont know what to tell you. It's on my regular FOX channel

My fucking program guide wasnt showing it as airing but its on. Thanks fellas..

 

[MacNeverSlip]

Weidman got rocked!!

 

["THE MAN"]

I blame Spider for giving Weidman any confidence in life.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Good 1st round. Smart gameplan from Weidman looking to get the submission locked in. Solid defense from Gastellum and he caught him with that left to close the round and give Weidman a scare.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

My fucking program guide wasnt showing it as airing but its on. Thanks fellas..

You got it, fam. Problem with the TV cards is the spacing between bouts too with the advertising breaks and such. They always run long - so the main event was just starting up as the designated tv timeslot was to wrap up. TSN in Canada has CONCACAF scheduled right now. FOX is supposed to be airing Big Bang Theory. Whenever I record MMA programming ... always set it to run 30 - 60 mins past the end time if I'm checking it out later.

 

[c_commander]

Weidman is using alot of energy for minimal results.

 

["THE MAN"]

 

[bgbtylvr]

all that was good shit.

 

[will_right]

Chris owe this win to his corner...cuz he didn't know the choke was there but his corner said "the arm choke is there chris" or something to that effect.Everytime he took dude down it just happened to be in his corner..that lucky little bitch..

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Good main event. Enjoyed that - both fighters had their moments.

 

[Riggz]

Weidman feeling himself a little too much... you lost 3 in a row before this win... you are far from being champion.. but good fight though.. he worked for that.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Weidman feeling himself a little too much... you lost 3 in a row before this win... you are far from being champion.. but good fight though.. he worked for that.

Agreed. There's some tough mofos in that division. Whittaker, Bisping, Romero, Jacare, Rockhold, GSP (if he ever decides to compete at 185, or just returns back to 170 at some point), etc. He's lucky Mousasi (his last loss) moved over to Bellator as well.

 

[Jay_from_dade]

Eh i cared for nobody on this card. Just watching it for the love of the sport.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

For the fam' that missed the card and are checking it out after the fact ... you might want to check out the televised prelims. Of the 4 fights on there ... 2 were KOs, one was Fight of the Night, and the other was so-so. In no particular order. Worth your time.

 

[gdatruth]

completely forgot about this

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/forums/UnderGround/Serras-calves-are-ridiculous:2666022?pc=1

https://www.youtube.com/user/MMAFightingonSBN/videos



Funny stuff with Matt Serra after the 03:55 mark in the 1st clip ... as he co-hosts the UFC Unfiltered podcast, and is on Dana White - Lookin' for a Fight with Din Thomas & Dana himself.

Ariel Helwani's had beef with Dana the past year ...