WSOF 11: Gaethje vs. Newell

Date: Saturday, July 5th
Preliminary Card (NBC Sports.com): 13:00 LP.net / 11am PST / 2pm EST
Main Card (NBC): 15:00 LP.net / 1pm PST / 4pm EST
Live Streams: Main Card is Live on NBC - http://www.vipbox.tv (All MMA events are listed under the UFC button. Press the UFC button and you'll see the event in the list.)





Main Card (NBC)

Justin Gaethje (11-0) vs. Nick Newell (11-0) (Lightweight Championship)
Jon Fitch (25-6-1) vs. Dennis Hallman (53-14-2) (Welterweight)
Melvin Guillard (31-13-2) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (18-7-1) (Lightweight)
Pablo Alfonso (9-5) vs. Cody Bollinger (15-2) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (NBC Sports.com)

T.J. O'Brien (20-7) vs. Luis Palomino (22-9) (Lightweight)
Alexandre Pimentel (13-1) vs. Jerrod Sanders (14-1) (Featherweight)
Neiman Gracie (1-0) vs. David Mundell (1-0) (Catchweight 175 lbs)
Jake Heun (5-3) vs. Kendrick Miree (5-1) (Light Heavyweight)

Other

- Rousimar Palhares was set to make his first title defense against former UFC vet Jon Fitch. On April 30, 2014 it was announced that the bout was canceled due to personal problems with Palhares.
- Fitch was then expected to face debuting Jake Shields. However, Shields was forced out of the bout due to an injury. Fitch was then expected to face Josh Burkman in a rubber match. However Burkman was forced out of the bout due to an elbow injury. Fitch is now expected to face Dennis Hallman at the event.
- This event will feature the first time Lightweight Champ Justin Gaethje defends his belt against fellow undefeated lightweight Nick Newell.
- Matt Hamill was expected to make his debut at this event but was sidelined due to a knee injury.
- Brian Cobb was expected to face Luis Palomino at the event however Cobb was removed from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by T.J. O'Brien.

First thoughts:

• Gaethje > Newell (I'll be betting Newell if his line is +200 or better.)
• Fitch > Hallman
• Cavalcante > Guillard (Hopefully Guillard's bigger name will make him the favorite at the bookies.)
• Bollinger > Alfonso
• Palomino > O'Brien
• Gracie vs. Mundell (dunno, 99.9% sure Gracie will win though.)
• Heun > Miree

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There's actually some good match-ups on this card and, the best part is, it's on the NBC television channel and will start and finish before UFC 175 starts.

Gaethje is a monster, his highlights are insane. Newell obviously is an amazing story and he is a good fighter, but I think he get's squashed pretty bad here.

This is a pretty good event, Rooting for Palomino and Newell. I think I am not betting here.

NBC Network Main Card (4 p.m. ET)

155 lbs.: Justin Gaethje (154.8) vs. Nick Newell (155)
170 lbs.: Jon Fitch (183) vs. Dennis Hallman (181.2)
155 lbs.: Melvin Guillard (157.2***) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (155.6)
135 lbs.: Pablo Alfonso (136) vs. Cody Bollinger* (138.4)

Online "Prelims" (2 p.m. ET)

175 lbs.: Jose Caceres (173.6) vs. Roner Taytay (174.8)
205 lbs.: Muhammed Dereese (206.2) vs. Rashaun Spencer (200.8)
175 lbs.: Neiman Gracie (176) vs. Dustin Holyko (175.8)
205 lbs.: Jake Heun (205) vs. Kendrick Miree (204.8)

* Bollinger didn't weigh in.

** Guillard has two hours to make weight. Guillard never loses fights in July, so this should be interesting. I'm betting against him.

*** Melvin's final weight after a second attempt: 157.2 (first attempt was 159.4). Melvin via Twitter: "It was the time difference that messed up my weight cut. I'll be ready tomorrow guys, trust that."

what the hell happen with Luis Palomino

On July 04 2014 18:10 alejandicto wrote: what the hell happen with Luis Palomino

"Brian Cobb was expected to face Luis Palomino at the event however Cobb was removed from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by T.J. O'Brien. The bout between Palomino and O'Brien was later scrapped for unknown reasons."

I wanted to see Palomino knock someone out via spinning back kick...

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Update on the weigh-ins

* Bollinger didn't weigh in on stage. His final weight was 138.4 pounds.

** Guillard has two hours to make weight. Guillard never loses fights in July, so this should be interesting. I'm betting against him though.

*** Guillard's final weight after a second attempt: 157.2 (first attempt was 159.4). Guillard via Twitter: "It was the time difference that messed up my weight cut. I'll be ready tomorrow guys, trust that."

Prelims: http://www.wsof.com/home/19#

Will anyone else here going to feel weird watching Justin beat the shit out of newell?

On July 05 2014 14:29 Stim_Abuser wrote: Will anyone else here feel weird watching Justin beat the shit out of newell?

This is what I posted on Sherdog:

Gaethje should dominate here, but I have a feeling something weird is gonna go down. I'm not sold on the WSOF finally getting to put a show on NBC's main television channel, then showing a one-armed fighter in Nick Newell get his ass kicked in the main event.

I have 1 unit on Newell at +353.

i don't get how Justin is only -400. From my understanding he is a very legit prospect. I mean only having one arm is a massive, MASSIVE disadvantage.

I get newell is 11-0, but only one of his fighters has a wikipedia page.

I doubt anything shady will go on. They'd have to pay Justin a bunch of money to throw the fight, because of all the huge future earning loses he'd have. He's a top prospect that will be going to the UFC soon, and a loss to newell would hurt his earnings big time.

Gaethje's style is very very aggressive. He doesn't stop coming at you during the entirety of Round 1, which plays into Newell's style. Newell does best when people get close to him so he can clinch with you and lock something up.

Gaethje SHOULD win here, but I don't mind putting a bet on Newell at +353, just in case it goes past 3 rounds where Newell will be fresher, or if Newell snags a submission at some point. Gaethje is most dangerous in the 1st and 2nd round.

Well you've actually seen either fight so I will go with your opinion. I just have a really hard time seeing a guy with one arm win against a high level LW.

I wonder what the backlash will be if Justin beats the fuck out of him. It's obviously Newells right to go in there and get his ass whipped, and I'm fine with it. But I'm sure the shitheads in the media will make a big deal about it in regards to MMA.

Nick Newell +353 $10
JZ Cavalcante +135 $10


Parlay $5: Cavalcante/Guillard o2.5 +113, Alfonso/Bollinger o1.5 -175

JZ looked slow out there. Guillard looked normal, nothing improved and nothing special.

Nice performance by Cody

Hallman/Fitch u2.5 +160

Really like the pace of the event, seems to be going faster then most ufc events

Yeah, just the main event left.

Too bad Fitch has no power in his GnP... Anyone else would have finished this via strikes if they had 14 of 15 minutes on top of Hallman and hit him as much as Fitch did.

Wow Newell is impressing the shit out of me. His striking looked great for the first 2-3 minutes. Also his chin is amazing. Justin has hit him with some crazy bombs.

Newell looks pretty gassed/beat up at this point though. Probably shouldnt be much longer.

Way more competitive than I thought.