- Douglas Silva de Andrade was briefly scheduled to face Petr Yan at the event. However, Andrade pulled out of the fight on August 9 citing a foot injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Jin Soo Son on August 18.
- Krzysztof Jotko was expected to face promotional newcomer Adam Yandiev at the event. However, Jotko pulled out of the fight on August 16 citing injury and was replaced by Jordan Johnson on August 17.
- A lightweight bout between Desmond Green and Mairbek Taisumov was scheduled for this event. However, the status of the pairing is unknown after Green sustained minor injuries in a serious car accident in Davie, Florida on August 18 which left two people dead.
- Claudio Silva was scheduled to face Ramazan Emeev at the event. However, Silva pulled out of the fight in early-September citing a lower back injury. Emeev will now face promotional newcomer Stefan Sekulic as of September 7.
- Omari Akhmedov was expected to face C.B. Dollaway at the event. However, Akhmedov pulled out of the fight in early September and was briefly replaced by promotional newcomer Artem Frolov. However, after just three days, Frolov backed out of the fight citing lingering injuries. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Khalid Murtazaliev on September 9.
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 10 2018 07:48. Posts 13024
This UFC card will end way before the GGG vs. Canelo card starts, so that's cool.
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First impression of the match-ups:
• Hunt > Oliynyk
• Blachowicz vs. Krylov (dunno)
• Arlovski > Abdurakhimov
• Kunchenko > Alves
• Dollaway vs. Murtazaliev (dunno)
• Yan > Son
• Khabilov > Johnson
• Taisumov > Green (this fight will likely be cancelled)
• Ankalaev vs. Prachnio (dunno)
• Johnson vs. Yandiev (dunno)
• Emeev vs. Sekulic (dunno)
• Dvalishvili > Ware
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 02:12. Posts 13024
Mark Hunt (265) vs. Alexei Oleinik (235)
Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Nikita Krylov (205)
Andrei Arlovski (244) vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (256)
Alexey Kunchenko (170) vs. Thiago Alves (171)
Khalid Murtazaliev (185) vs. C.B. Dollaway (186)
Petr Yan (136) vs. Jin Soo Son (137*)
Rustam Khabilov (156) vs. Kajan Johnson (155)
Mairbek Taisumov (161**) vs. Desmond Green (156)
Magomed Ankalaev (204) vs. Marcin Prachnio (205)
Jordan Johnson (186) vs. Adam Yandiev (184)
Ramadan Emeev (171) vs. Stefan Sekulic (170)
Merab Dvalishvili (135) vs. Terrion Ware (135)
* Son fined 20% of his purse, which goes to Yan
** Taisumov fined 40% of his purse, which goes to Green
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 15:39. Posts 13024
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My final picks:
• Oliynyk > Hunt
• Blachowicz > Krylov
• Arlovski > Abdurakhimov
• Kunchenko > Alves
• Murtazaliev > Dollaway
• Yan > Son
• Khabilov > Johnson
• Taisumov > Green (this fight will likely be cancelled)
• Ankalaev > Prachnio
• Johnson vs. Yandiev > Johnson
• Emeev > Sekulic
• Dvalishvili > Ware
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 18:43. Posts 13024
Sick fight between Yan and Son.
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 20:37. Posts 13024
Good win for Jan Blachowicz.
Not that Krylov is any good, but he is overrated and hyped up, which makes this seem like a much bigger win than it actually is for Blachowicz.
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 21:01. Posts 13024
BOOM!
Alexey Oleinik with the BIG win~~~
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PuertoRican   United States. Sep 15 2018 21:14. Posts 13024
Some of my picks didn't win, but I made sure to pick my tournaments wisely.