UFC FN 105: Lewis vs. Browne

Date: Sunday, February 19th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 00:30 LP.net / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 1:00 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Main Card (Fox Sports 1): 3:00 LP.net / 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Derrick Lewis (17-4) vs. Travis Browne (18-5-1) (Heavyweight)
Johny Hendricks (17-6) vs. Hector Lombard (34-6-1) (Middleweight)
Sam Sicilia (15-7) vs. Gavin Tucker (9-0) (Featherweight)
Elias Theodorou (12-1) vs. Cezar Ferreira (11-5) (Middleweight)
Sara McMann (10-3) vs. Gina Mazany (4-0) (Women's Bantamweight)
Nordine Taleb (12-3) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (23-3) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Carla Esparza (11-3) vs. Randa Markos (6-4) (Women's Strawweight)
Aiemann Zahabi (6-0) vs. Reginaldo Vieira (13-4) (Bantamweight)
Jack Marshman (21-5) vs. Thiago Santos (13-5) (Middleweight)
Alessandro Ricci (10-4) vs. Paul Felder (12-3) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Gerald Meerschaert (25-8) vs. Ryan Janes (9-1) (Middleweight)

Other

- Alvaro Herrera was expected to face Alessandro Ricci at the event. However, Herrera pulled out of the fight in mid-January citing injury and was replaced by Paul Felder on January 23.
- Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Liz Carmouche was expected to face 2004 Olympic silver medalist in wrestling and fellow title challenger Sara McMann at the event, but pulled out on February 2. She was replaced by promotional newcomer Gina Mazany on February 3.
- Michel Quinones was expected to face Alexander Volkanovski at the event, but Volkanovski announced on February 13 that the bout was scrapped due to Quinones being injured and no replacement being found.

~~~THIS EVENT IS ON SUNDAY~~~

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Lewis > Browne
• Lombard > Hendricks
• Sicilia vs. Tucker (dunno)
• Theodorou > Ferreira
• McMann > Mazany
• Taleb vs. Ponzinibbio (dunno)
• Esparza > Markos
• Zahabi > Vieira
• Marshman > Santos
• Ricci vs. Felder (dunno)
• Meerschaert vs. Janes (dunno)
• Volkanovski > Quinones

I suspect KO via haymaker by Lewis

i heard browne is training under ronda's coach. he might scam himself into winning.

On February 13 2017 05:34 lucky331 wrote: i heard browne is training under ronda's coach. he might scam himself into winning.

Travis Browne has been training with Ronda's coach for 2 years or so, it's the reason why he has lost so many fights after he left Jackson's MMA.

Travis and Ronda have been dating for awhile, which is the reason why he moved to California and joined Ronda's team.

At one point, their coach was on an 0-13 losing streak with all of his UFC fighters. It might be a higher number now.

bet the house on Lewis

0-13 should be enough of a sample in this business to know you are doing something wrong...

Browne moved to another gym a couple of months ago, he isnt with Tarverdyan anymore.

Browne came out and said he's still with Tarverdyan. Just something about camp logistics this time around. Who knows if there's more to it. Who should actually care though. Unless Browne actually moved back to Jacksons, where he was actually a relatively dynamic striker for the HW division, highly likely the plodding version that still can have power of the last 3-4 times we've seen him is what's comin

Small random thing but I liked how Tarverdyan spent most of his air time on two embedded's elaborating/patting himself on the back on how he has his fighters do swimming exercises so at least have some cardio is easier on the joints. In a way that made it seem like only he knew and that there aren't in fact actually masses of athletes doing all forms of pool training or millions of other older people doing daily swimming exercise...because it's easiest on the joints. Guy wasn't even tracking what Browne was doing in the pool either. Champ coach material

I was on the side that felt badly for Ronda's downfall. But an effect of that came out of that is that now everyone knows Edmund is useless which is deserving. At least he's doin this thing with Travis this time and not Ronda.

As for the fights, looks like a pretty barren card with a couple potentially good ones. Main event should be fun but Theodorou could make his fight boring,hendricks could get rolled by lombard which I guess could give like 20 seconds of entertainment. Who knows what Sicilia has at this point. Esparza and Mann are meh unless they pop the rare entertaining finishes in their fights. I guess the Ponzinibio vs Taleb fight is the sleeper

Gonna go

Lewis > Browne
Lombard > Hendricks
Esparza > Mazany

Probably Ponz as well

On February 14 2017 08:26 Baalim wrote: Browne moved to another gym a couple of months ago, he isnt with Tarverdyan anymore.

Really awful main card match-up wise, some snooze-material to follow-up 208 seems to be OTW..... I do like a couple of the early prelims, Janes vs Maerschart, Marshman vs Santos, and Ricci vs Felder should be fun to watch with Maerchart and Marshman being the 2 guys with the highest ceilings.

Last event I didn't post, but I lost, first losing event in a long time unless I'm blanking.

Picks:

Lewis > Browne - Can't be confident but I don't see why the chin and cardio edges (yes, his cardio is actually pretty decent for his size) wouldn't be enough to finish Browne who is worthless after a couple of big exchanges.

Hendricks > Lombard - Hendricks that fought Gastellum in retrospect doesn't seem too bad considering what Kelvin just did to Kennedy. Also thought he passed the eye test in that fight. The Magney fight I thought he won, but he didn't pass the eye test in that one (looked like shit)..... meanwhile Lombard's awful cardio and slow pace actually seem to play really nicely for Hendricks who folds to pace and pressure. Lombard's chin also seems to be shot looking back to the Hendo KO - he was getting rocked easy in that fight. Everyone seems to be on Lombard here, so it makes sense that the line moved with it opening at a pickem.

Sicilia > Tucker - Tucker guy looked awful on tape. Last random new guy I watched with so little tape was Nico Price, and he made me look stupid, so well see.

Theodoro > Ferreria - Such a stereotypical "Fighter A needs an early KO or Fighter B has it" scenario

McMann > Mazany

Ponz > Taleb - Taleb is a good all-around fighter, but not very good at any single thing. Perfect fighter to make Ponz look very good while still being competitive and fun.

Esparza > Markos - Both of these fighters stocks are far lower than they were when that season of TUF ended, but particularly Markos who never got better at anything and was supposed to be green coming off the show.

Zahabi vs Vieira - Dunno

Santos > Marshman - I like Marshman a lot and think he could crack the top 15 at some point possibly, but this is a great stylistic matchup for Santos who should be at a huge advantage at distance via kicks and footwork. In order to win, Marshman will need to be willing and able to pressure and eat some early shots.

Felder > Ricci - Felder via close decision seems like an inevitability. Ricci seems like a shittier version of Felder to me.

Maerschardt > Janes - Both guys super durable and good on the ground but only 1 of them is a fluid striker + Maerschardt is far more experienced in general.

Volkanovski vs Quinones - Dunno

Michel Quinones was expected to face Alexander Volkanovski at the event, but Volkanovski announced on February 13 that the bout was scrapped due to Quinones being injured and no replacement being found.

Down to 11 fights now.

Would've been sick of volko could fight. I work with a dude that he trains with found out about this few days ago.

On February 14 2017 20:00 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On February 14 2017 08:26 Baalim wrote: Browne moved to another gym a couple of months ago, he isnt with Tarverdyan anymore.

FFS... at some point Travis seemed like the future of the aged HW division and now he is a chump

On February 15 2017 22:37 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + On February 14 2017 20:00 PuertoRican wrote:   On February 14 2017 08:26 Baalim wrote: Browne moved to another gym a couple of months ago, he isnt with Tarverdyan anymore. FFS... at some point Travis seemed like the future of the aged HW division and now he is a chump

Travis was known for being athletic and durable. He used to bounce around and move a lot and throw unorthodox strikes that would catch people off guard.

Ever since he moved to Ronda's camp to be closer to her, he stopped moving and bouncing around the cage a lot. Now, he plants his feet and crouches over more to use his length + jab that he learned from Ronda's coach, who is a pure boxing coach, not an MMA coach.

If Travis didn't lose his movement + bouncing style, I would pick him to beat Lewis. Without his movement, it'll be hard for him to stop Lewis from closing the distance. Lewis sucks at technical striking, but he doesn't need to be technical if Travis isn't moving around the cage.

The big thing people are looking at is Lewis' last fight against Shamil. It was a 5-round fight and Lewis had a hard time stopping the take down and only won once Shamil gassed out in Round 4 or something. Shamil is kind of a technical boxer, but with no power, and he's from Dagestan, home of the best wrestlers. Travis isn't as skilled as Shamil in striking, but he has more power + length. Travis has the cardio to go 5 rounds, but lacks the wrestling that Shamil has.

I'm still on Lewis atm, but I'm not 100% sure yet.

p.s. Travis is training with Blackhouse MMA, but he'll still have Ronda's coach in his corner. Travis should look a little better, but who knows how good he'll actually look. If Ronda left her coach, Travis would leave him too, he's only staying with him cuz of Ronda.

I took a bet on Lewis based on these comments. I like the bet.

So we wont have the good ol HEAD MOVEMENT HEAAAD MOVEMEEENT.... NOOOOOOO NIIAAAAAAAAAOOO

Sefo is mostly known for his kicks, iirc. Lundell is a wrestling and BJJ coach.

Maybe we'll see Browne fight on the outside with his good jab and arm + leg reach advantage, and look for take downs when necessary. He'll already have the cardio advantage.

going for browne and markos.

I heard Browne will be leaving Edmond's once that Rousey money starts to dry up. Savvy business decision imo

Travis Browne (241) vs. Derrick Lewis (262)
Johny Hendricks (185.5) vs. Hector Lombard (182)
Sam Sicilia (144) vs. Gavin Tucker (145)
Cezar Ferreira (186) vs. Elias Theodorou (185.5)
Gina Mazany (139.5*) vs. Sara McMann (135)
Paul Felder (155) vs. Alessandro Ricci (156)
Santiago Ponzinibbio (170) vs. Nordine Taleb (171)
Carla Esparza (116) vs. Randa Markos (116)
Reginaldo Vieira (136) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (135)
Jack Marshman (184) vs. Thiago Santos (186)
Ryan Janes (185.5) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (185)


Only one fighter came in heavy, and she accepted her fight on just two weeks notice. Gina Mazany weighed in at 139.5 lbs for her bout against Sara McMann, and she will forfeit 20% of her purse to McMann.

Bellator 172 tonight (Saturday). UFC tomorrow (Sunday).

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Bellator 172: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione


Main Card: Spike TV at 6pm PST / 9pm EST (tape delay on the West Coast)
Preliminary Card: Spike.com at 4pm PST / 7pm EST http://bellator.spike.com/live

http://www.sherdog.com/events/Bellator-172-Fedor-vs-Mitrione-56373
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_MMA_in_2017#Bellator_172


Main Card (Spike TV)

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione (Heavyweight)
Josh Thomson vs. Patricky Freire (Lightweight)
Cheick Kongo vs. Oli Thompson (Heavyweight)
Veta Arteaga vs. Brooke Mayo (Women's Flyweight)
Josh Koscheck vs. Mauricio Alonso (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Spike.com)

James Terry vs. JC Llamas
Nikko Jackson vs. Cesar Gonzalez
Juan Cardenas vs. Luis Vargas
Anthony Do vs. Bobby Escalante
Matt Ramirez vs. Jeremy Murphy
J.J. Okanovich vs. Zach Andrews
Justin Tenedora vs. Roque Reyes
Anatoly Tokov vs. Francisco France
Martin Sano vs. Diego Herzog
Abner Perez vs. Gaston Bolanos
Dominic Sumner vs. Abraham Vaesau

Solid bellator card. I'm fine with Fedor losing, just hoping he doesn't get destroyed. Him winning impressively would be awesome.

JT vs Freire is a great fight too. I expect JT to win but he's pretty inconsistent.

Had leftover money on Bovada. Going to let it all ride on iamkims picks.

On February 19 2017 00:48 Bigbobm wrote: Had leftover money on Bovada. Going to let it all ride on iamkims picks.

Seems like a poor idea

On February 19 2017 01:07 iakim322 wrote: Show nested quote + On February 19 2017 00:48 Bigbobm wrote: Had leftover money on Bovada. Going to let it all ride on iamkims picks. Seems like a poor idea

Especially since you picked Esparza to beat Mazany.

Yea just a brain fart while typing. Meant Esparza > Markos obv and I'm going to be on Esparza as a parlay with Ponz. I don't see how shitty Markos stops Esparza's TD's or gets anything done unless the Joanna beatdown really took Esparza's soul

Added Theodoro by decision as well. Not so confident about Lombard anymore but whatever at least the fight should be fun. If Hendricks really is going to be better at 185, Lombard's forever gas tank problems are kind of a worry. Also liked what Dom Cruz had to say about this fight in the weigh-in video. Funny though that even though he did look better on the scale, he still had a bit of a surprise relief look when he was announced as on weight

Too bad for Bellator. The event went from at least some entertainment potential to basically unwatchable imo. And too bad for Mitrione who may have lost his winning lottery ticket. Though I don't feel too badly for him since I find him to be pretty unlikeable

My mistake. Have Bellator on in the background and well, watching Koscheck get wrecked was a little entertaining. And this random women's fight between fighters with like a combined three professional fights was surprisingly entertaining in a low level but lots of heart kinda way

On February 15 2017 04:38 soberstone wrote: Really awful main card match-up wise, some snooze-material to follow-up 208 seems to be OTW..... I do like a couple of the early prelims, Janes vs Maerschart, Marshman vs Santos, and Ricci vs Felder should be fun to watch with Maerchart and Marshman being the 2 guys with the highest ceilings. Last event I didn't post, but I lost, first losing event in a long time unless I'm blanking. Picks: Lewis > Browne - Can't be confident but I don't see why the chin and cardio edges (yes, his cardio is actually pretty decent for his size) wouldn't be enough to finish Browne who is worthless after a couple of big exchanges. Hendricks > Lombard - Hendricks that fought Gastellum in retrospect doesn't seem too bad considering what Kelvin just did to Kennedy. Also thought he passed the eye test in that fight. The Magney fight I thought he won, but he didn't pass the eye test in that one (looked like shit)..... meanwhile Lombard's awful cardio and slow pace actually seem to play really nicely for Hendricks who folds to pace and pressure. Lombard's chin also seems to be shot looking back to the Hendo KO - he was getting rocked easy in that fight. Everyone seems to be on Lombard here, so it makes sense that the line moved with it opening at a pickem. Sicilia > Tucker - Tucker guy looked awful on tape. Last random new guy I watched with so little tape was Nico Price, and he made me look stupid, so well see. Theodoro > Ferreria - Such a stereotypical "Fighter A needs an early KO or Fighter B has it" scenario McMann > Mazany Ponz > Taleb - Taleb is a good all-around fighter, but not very good at any single thing. Perfect fighter to make Ponz look very good while still being competitive and fun. Esparza > Markos - Both of these fighters stocks are far lower than they were when that season of TUF ended, but particularly Markos who never got better at anything and was supposed to be green coming off the show. Zahabi vs Vieira - Dunno Santos > Marshman - I like Marshman a lot and think he could crack the top 15 at some point possibly, but this is a great stylistic matchup for Santos who should be at a huge advantage at distance via kicks and footwork. In order to win, Marshman will need to be willing and able to pressure and eat some early shots. Felder > Ricci - Felder via close decision seems like an inevitability. Ricci seems like a shittier version of Felder to me. Maerschardt > Janes - Both guys super durable and good on the ground but only 1 of them is a fluid striker + Maerschardt is far more experienced in general. Volkanovski vs Quinones - Dunno

hendricks line is moving doen. should have picked some.

Nice uppercut by Patricky to finish Thomson.

Thomson's TD attempt looked kinda weird, imo. He dropped down in a straight line, then shot forward, which gave Patricky enough time to time the uppercut.

Pretty sure he was legit hurt from the accidental clash of heads in the exchange right before and that TD attempt was out of a little hazy instinct. Unfortunate for him but Patricky looked sharp anyways

Actually hedged out of Lombard. And will miss the fights anyways. Forgot about NBA all star game. Out to watch that instead. Hopefully I can get back to watch the black beast do his thing. Or get front kicked to the face by Browne

Oh and Browne apparently trained with Ray Sefo for this camp tho he still says he's with Tarvedyan as well. Probably going back to a more kick heavy approach though it may not show right away. Probably would be good for him against Lewis though

My DK teams:

Lewis, Lombard, Marshman, McMann, Taleb, Zahabi ($27)
Lewis, Lombard, Marshman, McMann, Taleb, Zahabi (Sherdog MMA)


My final picks:

• Lewis > Browne
• Lombard > Hendricks
• Tucker > Sicilia
• Ferreira > Theodorou
• McMann > Mazany
• Taleb > Ponzinibbio
• Esparza > Markos
• Zahabi > Vieira
• Marshman > Santos
• Ricci > Felder (split-decision)
• Meerschaert > Janes

What a BULLSHIT stoppage...

Marshman wasn't out, and he was still trying to defend himself. Fucking bullshit...

On February 20 2017 00:16 PuertoRican wrote: What a BULLSHIT stoppage... Marshman wasn't out, and he was still trying to defend himself. Fucking bullshit...

Hes Bleeding out the side of his skull lul

lol don't use these nufegen or whatever its called or testx thingy contains fenugreek which is overall bad for T.
muh stream
http://www.247hd.info/hd2.php

I had Reginaldo Vieira winning 3-0. 2-1 at the very least.

MMA decisions agrees with judges???
http://mmadecisions.com/decision/7795/Aiemann-Zahabi-vs-Reginaldo-Vieira

Me and ricain both were really confident in viera winning.

These 2 girls hate each other.

I have it 2-1 Randa Markos, but I expect a split-decision.

Nice call, that knee was dirty,

I have it a split-decision for either guy in the Taleb/Ponzinibbio fight.

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Another robbery in favor of a Canadian tonight with Elias Theodorou picking up another win in Canada, the only location he fights in.

He is lucky he gets to spend the majority of his MMA career in Canada, even in the UFC.

He has 14 pro fights and has only fought outside of Canada 2 times, and those 2 times were in USA where he went 1-1. He lost to Thiago Santos in USA and beat Roger Narvaez in USA after Narvaez broke his arm blocking a kick.

Sick performance by Gavin Tucker.

He'll easily win a POTN bonus.

Haha what the hell. You may need to get a grip on bias based on pick. Got back on time to watch that Theodore/mutante snoozer and well, if you think that was a robbery, you should probably call every split decision ever a robbery. Elias didn't do much and he clearly has a very capped ceiling but don't see what in the world mutante did to have clearly deserved two rounds. 29-28 mutante wouldve been fine too but in no way was it a robbery. Saw the marshman highlight too and well, I guess you didn't want it stopped unless the guy was dead on the floor

Lost my esparza/ponzinibbio parlay (did Markos actually look decent or esparza just bad?) but Elias by decision was a good little hit. Let's go black beast

Actually my mistake. Watched the highlight again and you have a bit of a point in that marshman was still moving to defend. Not the worst stoppage still though and I still think it's crazy to think mutante got robbed

Great win for Hendricks. Pretty glad I bought out of Lombard for a small loss. Gave 2, 3 to Johnny and could see the close sweep as well. Still though. Don't see how his stature isn't going to cap his ceiling hard at 185 even after tonight. Can't imagine the beatings Gegard or Jacare would dish out to him. And someone like Weidman would just physically steamroll him. Though I guess I just listed 3 of the top 5

Good win for Hendricks, but definitely not the most mobile he looked like the commentators said -- you can watch the Lawler fights for the most mobile Hendricks.

Hopefully Lombard retires now since he'll get fired from the UFC after this loss.

On February 20 2017 03:58 iakim322 wrote: Haha what the hell. You may need to get a grip on bias based on pick. Got back on time to watch that Theodore/mutante snoozer and well, if you think that was a robbery, you should probably call every split decision ever a robbery. Elias didn't do much and he clearly has a very capped ceiling but don't see what in the world mutante did to have clearly deserved two rounds. 29-28 mutante wouldve been fine too but in no way was it a robbery. Saw the marshman highlight too and well, I guess you didn't want it stopped unless the guy was dead on the floor Lost my esparza/ponzinibbio parlay (did Markos actually look decent or esparza just bad?) but Elias by decision was a good little hit. Let's go black beast

Regarding Cezar/Elias: I have no need to be biased, as I had nothing riding on either of them.

Esparza has no answer if she can't get the TD, but the fight was still close. Markos fought with a low stance and jabbed a lot, so Esparza wasn't able to dominate with TDs.

GG Travis Browne.

Browne will get fired now, and Lewis is one step closer to a title shot. Lewis just needs one more Top-10 win, but he could probably get a title shot if he's lucky with the other top guys being injured, which happens a lot.

Got em coach. Even with a curiously bad strategy to start. Travis looked good but then got a little over confident off just 1 round and closed the distance for Lewis. Oh and talking about being fired, Yamasaki should be charged with helping facilitate murder one of these days. Not sure how he is still a main event ref

"I wasn't hurt to the body, I just had to boo-boo." -- Derrick Lewis

"All the training and sex I've been getting... ...I just need some time off." -- Derrick Lewis

"Where's Ronda Rousey fine ass at?" -- Derrick Lewis

On February 19 2017 01:07 iakim322 wrote: Show nested quote + On February 19 2017 00:48 Bigbobm wrote: Had leftover money on Bovada. Going to let it all ride on iamkims picks. Seems like a poor idea

2/3 aint bad. ill be back next fight

holy shit, horrible stoppage, so late

On February 20 2017 05:07 PuertoRican wrote: "I wasn't hurt to the body, I just had to boo-boo." -- Derrick Lewis "All the training and sex I've been getting... ...I just need some time off." -- Derrick Lewis "Where's Ronda Rousey fine ass at?" -- Derrick Lewis

That dude is pure gold on his post fight talk.

I find Travis to be unlikeable just as much as the next guy and usually like Lewis's random trolling humor. Thought continuing in on the domestic violence stuff after the fight when any fight promotional angle is done with was a bit much though. And borderline defamation case worthy considering that case was dropped almost immediately and was brought about by what looked to be a near psychotic attention whore. Maybe I'm just being the no fun police though

i actually didnt know about it till the post fight interview and went and looked it up. looked like it got dropped and him cleared? which makes the jokes a bit tasteless imo. Buttttt I laughed his whole post fight interview so even without in there still pretty gold lol

On February 20 2017 06:17 LikeASet wrote: holy shit, horrible stoppage, so late

edmond tarverdyan yelled at yamasaki that "travis can still stand up. his eyes are still wide open. look!" so yamasaki had no choice but to give it a few seconds more.

travis browne on meth.

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On February 20 2017 04:36 PuertoRican wrote: Good win for Hendricks, but definitely not the most mobile he looked like the commentators said -- you can watch the Lawler fights for the most mobile Hendricks. Hopefully Lombard retires now since he'll get fired from the UFC after this loss.

I don't think he will be fired. Hes a big name, Roy Nelson and people like that, especially as skilled as Lombard can stick around forever. People want to watch them.

If you have less than 10k followers on Instagram you will get dropped regardless of winstreak or rank