- A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Gunnar Nelson was expected to take place at this event. However on April 28, it was reported that Nelson pulled out of the fight due to a knee injury. On May 15, promotional newcomer Craig White was announced as Magny's new opponent.
- Salim Touahri was scheduled to face Brad Scott at the event. However, Touahri pulled out of the fight in mid-May citing a knee injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Carlo Pedersoli Jr. on May 17.
- A bantamweight bout between Davey Grant and Manny Bermudez was expected to take place at this event. However, it was reported on May 24, 2018 that the bout has been scrapped as Grant was diagnosed staph infection.
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PuertoRican   United States. May 23 2018 23:27. Posts 13023
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Thompson > Till
• Magny > White
• Allen > Burnell
• Knight vs. Amirkhani (dunno)
• Grant vs. Bermudez (dunno)
• Spicely > Stewart
• Taleb > Silva
• Kelly > Breese
• Scott vs. Pedersoli (dunno)
• Robertson vs. McCann (dunno)
• Theodorou > Smith
• Lansberg > Mazany
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Floofy   Canada. May 24 2018 03:14. Posts 8708
i don't get how the odds are so close for the main event. Thompson is a clear favorite in my book. Like -175 at least.
james9994: make note dont play against floofy, ;(
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PuertoRican   United States. May 24 2018 08:00. Posts 13023
On May 24 2018 02:14 Floofy wrote:
i don't get how the odds are so close for the main event. Thompson is a clear favorite in my book. Like -175 at least.
Till is good, but it's the hype train + fighting in his home city of Liverpool + knocks guys out (TKOs) + younger and fresher face.
I like Wonderboy to win via decision or late TKO. I have a bet on Over 3.5 rounds, so I hope Wonderboy does what he did to Rory and Masvidal.
Till slows down after 2 rounds, so he better come with a different strategy if he wants to win. He already said he'd KO Wonderboy in the 2nd round or within 2 rounds, but I doubt that will happen.
impact69   Mexico. May 24 2018 17:22. Posts 307
Are the times of the event right? it will happen at the same time as the Champions League final?
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PuertoRican   United States. May 25 2018 01:03. Posts 13023
On May 24 2018 16:22 impact69 wrote:
Are the times of the event right? it will happen at the same time as the Champions League final?
I don't watch futbol/soccer.
The times I listed are correct. This fight card is in England, which means it starts earlier than usual.
Edit: I just changed the date in the original post from Saturday to Sunday. This UFC card is on Sunday in both USA and England.
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Baalim   Mexico. May 25 2018 04:48. Posts 34246
They are both counterstrikers with sick reach, but Thompson has the better kicks and distance control I think he takes this one.
Unfortunately he fought like an absolute idiot against Woodley twice and I've lost confidence in his game plans
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iakim322   United States. May 25 2018 07:21. Posts 1335
Not sure where he fought like an idiot in the first fight. He was winning most of the exchanges until getting absolutely rocked by a counter shot which comes at an incredible speed when Woodley decides to burst
2nd fight his cautioness stemmed from knowing if he got caught like that again, same thing happens where he'd automatically lose a round and get further damaged on the floor or finished. Twood barely came out of his shell just looking for the one hard counter again. Hard to be so offensive vs that. And I thought Thompson still should've got the decision
Going to be on Thompson here too even though I think the hype is deserved for Till. Just maybe a little too early for a top 3 Welter who he's going to have to distance strike with for long stretches which obviously plays into Thompson's strength. Prob cautious early but should be a good fight closer to the middle
Rest of the card is complete shit. Might go a little on Kelly as a pretty big dog
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Baalim   Mexico. May 25 2018 20:12. Posts 34246
Watch Woodley vs McDonald, its a blueprint how to beat Woodley and its an easy one that Wondeboy should have followed and cruised to an easy win.
Woodley backs up to the cage eating damage looking to explode either with a takedown or running with a hard right hook, all that Rory did was keep him there pot shotting him with jabs and straight rights and doing a front kick to the ribs, Woodley collapsed.
Wonderboy skillset is perfect to repeat that plan but he didn't, he kept Woodly there just throwing 1 striker per minute on both rounds
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PuertoRican   United States. May 25 2018 22:01. Posts 13023
"A bantamweight bout between Davey Grant and Manny Bermudez was expected to take place at this event. However, it was reported on May 24, 2018 that the bout has been scrapped as Grant was diagnosed staph infection."
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PplusAD   Germany. May 26 2018 17:57. Posts 7180
Anyone has a better link than op ?
Oh my bad ... its tomorrow
U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)
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PuertoRican   United States. May 27 2018 02:30. Posts 13023
Stephen Thompson (171) vs. Darren Till (174.5)*
Neil Magny (171) vs. Craig White (171)
Arnold Allen (146) vs. Mads Burnell (146)
Jason Knight (146) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (146)
Claudio Silva (170) vs. Nordine Taleb (171)
Eric Spicely (186) vs. Darren Stewart (186)
Dan Kelly (186) vs. Tom Breese (186)
Brad Scott (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (170)
Gina Mazany (135) vs. Lina Lansberg (135)
Gillian Robertson (125) vs. Molly McCann (127)**
Elias Theodorou (186) vs. Trevor Smith (186)
*Till forfeits 30 percent of his fight purse
**McCann forfeits 20 percent of her fight purse
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PuertoRican   United States. May 27 2018 15:22. Posts 13023
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Final picks:
• Thompson > Till
• Magny > White
• Allen > Burnell
• Amirkhani > Knight
• Spicely > Stewart
• Taleb > Silva
• Breese > Kelly
• Pedersoli > Scott
• Robertson > McCann
• Theodorou > Smith
• Lansberg > Mazany
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PuertoRican   United States. May 27 2018 16:22. Posts 13023
Great win for Gillian Robertson. She showed some nice grappling and actually looked like a true brown belt, unlike other females who have brown/black belts in the UFC.
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PuertoRican   United States. May 27 2018 20:35. Posts 13023
R1: Thompson (slow round by both; lots of feints; I like the strikes Wonderboy landed out of the two guys)
R2: Till (Wonderboy didn't throw much at all this round)
R3: Thompson (the closest round of the fight thus far; it can go either way)
R4: Till (Thompson didn't throw much this round, basically giving the fight away to the hometown fighter)
R5: Till (he got the KD, but would've won this round regardless)
Darren Till 3-2 or 4-1, imo. R3 decides how much Till won by.
Official result: Darren Till 48-47, 49-46, 49-46
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whammbot   Belarus. May 28 2018 00:20. Posts 517
noice that Till Won. WB just too tentative since his losses. He fights like he's up against Woodley now even when he's not. Till is yuuuuge, he should be at middleweight
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Baalim   Mexico. May 28 2018 04:51. Posts 34246
Wonderboy suffers the "Anderson Silva syndrome", he becomes utter garbage against people who aren't being aggresive, you need a strike to force your opponent to come in, not everybody is going to be an idiot and bullrush you, i dont know why wonderboy just doesnt sidekick non-stop on the ribs to force a reaction.
yeah Till is huge wtf
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PuertoRican   United States. May 28 2018 05:55. Posts 13023