UFC FN 94: Poirier vs. Johnson

Taken from someone at Sherdog:

Hometown Fighters (Hidalgo, Texas)
• Chas Skelly

UFC Debut
• Rick Glenn (Lightweight)
• Alberto Morales (Bantamweight)

Late Replacements (Updated 9/11)
• Albert Morales filling in for Manny Gamburyan vs Alejandro Perez (30 Days)
• Rick Glenn filling in for Abel Trujillo vs #15 Evan Dunham (12 Days)

Fighters on Losing Streaks
• Michael Johnson - 2

Long Layoff
• Michael Johnson (10 Months - Injury)
• Uriah Hall (11 Months - Cancelled bouts)
• Evan Dunham (10 Months - Combination of injuries and bout cancellations)
• Kenny Robertson (14 Months)
• Islam Makhachev (12 Months - Tested positive for banned substance, anti-ischemic meldonium, and served a provisional suspension. Makhachev had heart surgery in 2014 and was prescribed the banned substance from a doctor and USADA decided to lift his provisional suspension after he provided documentation)
• Sam Sicilia (10 Months)
• Gabriel Benitez (10 Months)
• Augusto Montano (15 Months - Suspended for one year for testing positive for testosterone metabolites)
• Jose Alberto Quinonez (15 Months)
• Erick Montano (10 Months)

New Weight Class
• Rick Glenn (Featherweight to Lightweight)
• Roan Carneiro (Middleweight to Welterweight; used to fight at Welterweight earlier in his career)

Age Gaps
• Evan Dunham 7 years older at 34
• Roan Carneiro 6 years older at 38
• Leonardo Guimaraes 8 years older at 34

Height
• Albert Morales 3 inches taller (Alejandro Perez vs. Albert Morales)
• Augusto Montano 4 inches taller (Augusto Montano vs. Belal Muhammad)
• Randy Brown 3 inches taller (Erick Montano vs Randy Brown)
• Chas Skelly 3 inches taller (Chas Skelly vs Maximo Blanco)

Reach
• Rick Glenn 6 inch reach advantage (#15 Evan Dunham vs Rick Glenn)
• Albert Morales 4 inch reach advantage (Alejandro Perez vs Albert Morales)
• Gabriel Benitez 4 inch reach advantage (Gabriel Benitez vs Sam Sicilia)
• Jose Quinonez 4 inch reach advantage (Jose Quinonez vs Joey Gomez)
• Randy Brown 5 inch reach advantage (Erick Montano vs Randy Brown)

:O Great info. Thanks.

Dont know if I am going to bet mmmm maybe poirier and hall

I'm pretty damn high on Derek Brunson in general, that said Hall is always impossible to count out completely but I don't see him winning this more out of maybe 1/4 times tops and its always by KO.

I think there are a few really solid favorite bets on this card including Brunson, Mackachev, Brown, Muhammad and Carlos Junior.

I also think Blanco is a nightmare matchup for Skelly and is super juicy at +165

MMMM I think Hall can win here but I am going to watch again Brunsons fights, Hall is stupid you can never trust him, so I dont know it was just an initial idea. Going to evaluate more fights

Belal Muhammad is going to destroy Montano.

It's gonna be hot and humid tomorrow, and we don't know how humid the arena will be. Some people might gas-out, so take that into consideration.

Hot + humid weather also makes things slippery. People who rely mostly on grappling might have problems. There might be more decisions than finishes.

John Morgan from MMA Junkie said this event is in a modern arena, so the fighters should be fine. IMO, I'd see how the first 3-4 fights go before making any big bets.

Hall is almost always the worst guy to bet on/against, you don't know if he will be KOing people or be high fiving them...

Michael Johnson (154.5) vs. Dustin Poirier (156)
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Uriah Hall (185.5)
Evan Dunham (156) vs. Rick Glenn (154.5)
Roan Carneiro (171) vs. Kenny Robertson (170.5)
Islam Makhachev (155.5) vs. Chris Wade (156)
Maximo Blanco (145.5) vs. Chas Skelly (146)
Gabriel Benitez (145.5) vs. Sam Sicilia (146)
Augusto Montano (170.5) vs. Belal Muhammad (170.5)
Antonio Carlos Junior (185) vs. Leonardo Augusto Guimaraes (186)
Joey Gomez (135) vs. Jose Quinonez (134.5)
Randy Brown (171) vs. Erick Montano (171)
Albert Morales (135) vs. Alejandro Perez (135)

Poirer > Johnson UD
Hall > Brunson TKO strikes
Rogan<Coleman GNP lol

On September 16 2016 01:59 soberstone wrote: I'm pretty damn high on Derek Brunson in general, that said Hall is always impossible to count out completely but I don't see him winning this more out of maybe 1/4 times tops and its always by KO. I think there are a few really solid favorite bets on this card including Brunson, Mackachev, Brown, Muhammad and Carlos Junior. I also think Blanco is a nightmare matchup for Skelly and is super juicy at +165

Same. Dude was working Romero for 2 rounds till get gassed out and got finished. Romero might of been sick ( pooped himself ) but still impressive none the less. Dude might be a contender.

Final picks:

• Poirier > Johnson
• Brunson > Hall
• Dunham > Glenn
• Morales > Perez
• Robertson > Carneiro
• Makhachev > Wade
• Sicilia > Benitez
• Muhammad > Montano
• Gomez > Quinonez
• Guimaraes > Junior
• Brown > Montano
• Blanco > Skelly

can't bother staying awake for this card.

I think MJ will smash Poirier.

On September 17 2016 23:48 northsails wrote: can't bother staying awake for this card. I think MJ will smash Poirier.

From what I've seen, you're the only one who thinks MJ will smash Poirier.

If MJ doesn't smash Poirier within the first 10 minutes, he'll lose the fight via decision or lose via TKO or by submission. MJ can basically only win via TKO, unless he randomly improved his cardio all of the sudden.

Muhammad vs. Montano was pretty good.

Good win for Muhammad.

quick stoppage of Uriah, these bam bam bam *ref comes in . Herb Dean stopped it a bit too early imo

Come on Herb :/

There has been several bad stoppages, point deductions, lack of point deductions, and lack of warning on this card alone.

Overall, this card was fucking TRASH, aside from 2 fights.

man i shoulda hedged out, as this fight was about to go down i really felt there was value on MJ at +odds. felt it shoulda been a pickem if anything. esp after i saw mj had wins over barbosa and ferguson...

Goodnight, Mr. Poirier.

everyone just had that thrashing by nate on their minds (even tho he went into that fight -450, so before that ppl thought he was good)