UFC FN 142: JDS vs. Tuivasa

Date: Saturday, December 1
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 1:00 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 2:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (Fox Sports 1): 4:00 LP.net / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://www.fìrstrow.eu/




Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Junior dos Santos (19-5) vs. Tai Tuivasa (8-0) (Heavyweight)
Mark Hunt (13-13-1) vs. Justin Willis (7-1) (Heavyweight)
Tyson Pedro (7-2) vs. Mauricio Rua (25-11) (Light Heavyweight)
Jake Matthews (14-3) vs. Tony Martin (14-4) (Welterweight)
Paul Craig (10-2) vs. Jim Crute (8-0) (Light Heavyweight)
Suman Mokhtarian (8-0) vs. Sodiq Yusuff (7-1) (Featherweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Yushin Okami (35-11) vs. Alexey Kunchenko (19-0) (Welterweight)
Wilson Reis (22-9) vs. Ben Nguyen (16-7) (Flyweight)
Mizuto Hirota (18-9-2) vs. Christos Giagos (15-7) (Lightweight)
Keita Nakamura (33-9-2) vs. Salim Touahri (10-2) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Elias Garcia (6-1) vs. Kai Kara-France (17-7) (Flyweight)
Damir Ismagulov (16-2) vs. Alex Gorgees (6-0) (Lightweight)

Other

- Ross Pearson was expected to face Joseph Duffy at the event. However, Pearson announced on November 7 that he was out of the bout due to a broken nose and subsequent surgery to correct the injury. Pearson was replaced by promotional newcomer Damir Ismagulov on November 18. Subsequently, Duffy pulled out of the fight, citing a rib injury. UFC newcomer, Alex Gorgees, replaced Duffy on November 21 and will now face Ismagulov.
- Ashkan Mokhtarian was scheduled to face promotional newcomer Kai Kara-France at the event. However on November 20, Mokhtarian pulled out of the fight citing injury. He was replaced by another newcomer Elias Garcia on November 23.

First impression of the match-ups:

• JDS > Tuivasa
• Hunt > Willis
• Pedro > Rua
• Matthews > Martin
• Crute > Craig
• Yusuff > Mokhtarian
• Okami vs. Kunchenko (dunno)
• Nguyen > Reis
• Giagos > Hirota
• Nakamura vs. Touahri (dunno)
• France > Garcia
• Ismagulov > Gorgees

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My final picks:

• JDS > Tuivasa
• Hunt > Willis
• Pedro > Rua
• Matthews > Martin
• Crute > Craig
• Yusuff > Mokhtarian
• Kunchenko > Okami
• Reis > Nguyen
• Giagos > Hirota
• Touahri > Nakamura
• France > Garcia
• Ismagulov > Gorgees

Sigh...

Jake Matthews ruins my night after I was doing so well...

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

Great comeback win by JDS!

I think Tuivasa will be a future very strong contender. His power looked absolutly insane. Hardest leg kick i've ever seen. Too bad he stopped being patient.Acting cool and asking for a brawl like Holloway is nice but its always risky.