- A welterweight bout between former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and former lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone was the first confirmed bout of the event. However, just a few days after the announcement, it was revealed the Lawler decided to take a little more time to get ready for the fight after losing his title via knockout at UFC 201. Lawler was replaced by Kelvin Gastelum, who was scheduled to face Jorge Masvidal one week earlier.
- A lightweight bout between Al Iaquinta and former welterweight title challenger Thiago Alves was previously linked to UFC 202. However, the pairing was initially delayed and was expected to be contested at this event. Subsequently, Iaquinta announced on September 19 that he pulled out due to a contract dispute with the promotion. He was replaced by Jim Miller.
- A welterweight bout between former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good and Belal Muhammad was scheduled for the preliminary portion of the event. However on October 24, Good was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA due to a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected ten days earlier. Additional information or UFC statements will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward. Good was replaced by Vicente Luque on October 25.
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 09 2016 20:50. Posts 13044
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First impression of the match-ups:
• McGregor > Alvarez
• Thompson > Woodley
• JJ > KK
• Weidman > Romero
• Cerrone > Gastelum
• Pennington > Tate
• Edgar > Stephens
• Nurmagomedov > Johnson
• Kennedy > Evans
• Natal > Boetsch
• Alves > Miller (Alves' first drop to Lightweight and hasn't fought in 1.5 years)
• Good > Muhammad
• Chookagian > Carmouche
PuertoRican United States. Oct 10 2016 00:42. Posts 13044
On October 09 2016 23:29 Spitfiree wrote:
Why Pennington > Tate as a first impression? I dont really feel like Pennington is better than her even on the ground
Pennington has better striking and clinch game, and has good take down defense.
Tate his super easy to hit in the face, and she'll need to get the fight on the ground to clearly win this fight.
Thompson rocking the backpack, Alvarez doesn't know how to shave.
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Stim_Abuser United States. Oct 11 2016 22:05. Posts 7499
Greatest card ever
Eddie
Wonderboy
The Chris
Cerrone which is weird because I've always doubted him, but he seems to have fixed his major leaks in head movement, footwork and boxing. Still super close fight cuz Kelvin is good and should have like 15 pounds on cerrone.
Khabib but Michael could absolutely give him problems and beat him. Still have no idea how badly all these injuries have affected Khabib
Frankie
Kennady
Alves
I might end up crying if Weidman & Wonderboy end up losing, but I think they are both solid favorites here.
Hey Im slinging mad volume and fat stackin benjies I dont got time for spellin n shit - skinny pete
McGregor TKO
Woodley KO
Jedrzejczyk TKO
Weidman SUB
Cerrone DECISION
Johnson KO
Don't care about the rest.
General predictions:
Khabib will get exposed as hella overrated.
Romero will grab the cage.
Kelvin will land a surprising amount of strikes on Cerrone but Cerrone still takes it after losing the first round on his back.
McGregor will make it look easy.
Woodley will eat a ton of shots but land a bomb of doom early.
I dont get how anyone can predict woodly winning this one, I literally cant think of a worst matchup, hell its probably even worse than a rematch vs McDonald, he has a powerful right but he isnt a good counterpuncher and doesnt set it up, and he is facing one of the most elusive and arguably the best fighter at controlling distance in the entire UFC roster
alvarez could surprise conor and KO the shit out of him in the 3rd round once he gasses AGAIN. conor is over hyped.
wonderboy vs woodley is closer than everyone thinks. woodley is underrated i feel this fight will prove his skills as a fighter. i would love to see wonderboy knocked out cold. that would be fun.
On October 12 2016 03:38 lucky331 wrote:
alvarez could surprise conor and KO the shit out of him in the 3rd round once he gasses AGAIN. conor is over hyped.
wonderboy vs woodley is closer than everyone thinks. woodley is underrated i feel this fight will prove his skills as a fighter. i would love to see wonderboy knocked out cold. that would be fun.
The conditions that caused Conor to gas against Diaz won't be there this time around (carrying extra weight, having to overextend and explode with each shot to compensate against the range and height, etc.)
He'll avoid the takedown better than people expect and soften Eddie up, eventually winning by overwhelming volume. It'll be Mendes all over again.
On October 12 2016 03:22 Baalim wrote:
I dont get how anyone can predict woodly winning this one, I literally cant think of a worst matchup, hell its probably even worse than a rematch vs McDonald, he has a powerful right but he isnt a good counterpuncher and doesnt set it up, and he is facing one of the most elusive and arguably the best fighter at controlling distance in the entire UFC roster
Not a logical prediction as much as it's a gut feeling, for me.
On October 12 2016 03:38 lucky331 wrote:
alvarez could surprise conor and KO the shit out of him in the 3rd round once he gasses AGAIN. conor is over hyped.
wonderboy vs woodley is closer than everyone thinks. woodley is underrated i feel this fight will prove his skills as a fighter. i would love to see wonderboy knocked out cold. that would be fun.
The conditions that caused Conor to gas against Diaz won't be there this time around (carrying extra weight, having to overextend and explode with each shot to compensate against the range and height, etc.)
He'll avoid the takedown better than people expect and soften Eddie up, eventually winning by overwhelming volume. It'll be Mendes all over again.
maybe you're right about the carry weight part but wrong that it will be mendes all over again. mendes wasn't even prepared for that fight. alvarez has also shown that he could be relentless with his strikes and i dont think conor's TD defense is that good. but we'll see. alvarez is way better on the ground too imo. so he'll go for the TD and he'll get a few.
and i do not think conor has rested well enough and has fully rejuvenated to take this fight.
Alvarez will try the tactic he employed against Pettis. Wrestle for his life, but I think Conor reacts better to pressure than Pettis and is harder to be crowded against the fence, actually He will be the one putting the pressure. Eddie will look clueless and get smashed in the 1st , imo.
Woodley for sure can surprise and KO Wonderboy early. Thompson carries his hands low and relies on his counterpunching and movement when attacked, but against Ellenberger he got dropped. And Woodley have the power and the speed to put him out. Most likely he will get picked apart and stopped, though.
Romero and Weidman is super close, imo. Very interesting to see how Romero will look now in the USADA era. Expect him to come out and take the 1st round and fade later on, with the Chris taking over.
Khabib will grapplefuck MJ.
Hope Rashad beats dumb soldier Tim Kennedy, just can't stand this retarded clown. Romero smashing his face in is one of the best highlights in recent memory.
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jvilla777 Australia. Oct 12 2016 12:39. Posts 1348
McGregor's frame is bigger than Eddie's frame.
I feel the fight will have a lot of similarities between the Mendes vs McGregor fight
longple: ur missing the point! this is an attempt to get away from the bumhuntmentality!
