UFC FN 145: Blachowicz vs. Santos

Date: Saturday, February 23
Preliminary Card (ESPN2): 17:00 LP.net / 8am PST / 11am EST
Main Card (ESPN+): 20:00 LP.net / 11am PST / 2pm EST
Live Streams: http://www.fìrstrow.eu/




Main Card (ESPN+)

Jan Blachowicz (23-7) vs. Thiago Santos (20-6) (Light Heavyweight)
Stefan Struve (28-11) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (16-5-1) (Heavyweight)
Gian Villante (17-10) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (12-2) (Light Heavyweight)
Liz Carmouche (12-6) vs. Lucie Pudilova (8-3) (Women's Flyweight)
John Dodson (20-10) vs. Petr Yan (11-1) (Bantamweight)
Magomed Ankalaev (9-1) vs. Klidson Abreu (14-2) (Light Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN2)

Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (11-2) vs. Dwight Grant (8-2) (Welterweight)
Daniel Teymur (6-2) vs. Chris Fishgold (17-2-1) (Featherweight)
Veronica Macedo (5-2-1) vs. Gillian Robertson (5-3) (Women's Flyweight)
Damir Hadzovic (12-4) vs. Polo Reyes (8-4) (Lightweight)
Michel Prazeres (26-2) vs. Ismail Naurdiev (17-2) (Welterweight)
Rustam Khabilov (23-3) vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira (14-2) (Lightweight)
Damir Ismagulov (17-2) vs. Joel Alvarez (15-1) (Lightweight)

Other

- Darko Stosic was scheduled to face Magomed Ankalaev at the event. However, Stosic pulled out of the fight on January 23 citing injury. On January 25, promotional newcomer Klidson Abreu stepped in and will face Ankalaev.
- Ramazan Emeev was expected to face Michel Prazeres at this event. However on February 4, it was reported that Emeev pulled out of the bout citing injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Ismail Naurdiev on February 7.

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First impression of the match-ups:

• Santos > Blachowicz
• Struve vs. Lima (dunno)
• Oleksiejczuk > Villante
• Carmouche > Pudilova
• Yan > Dodson
• Ankalaev > Abreu
• Pedersoli > Grant
• Fishgold > Teymur
• Macedo vs. Robertson (dunno)
• Hadzovic > Reyes
• Prazeres > Naurdiev
• Khabilov > Ferreira
• Ismagulov > Alvarez

Pudilovas Eyes look weird in that poster

she's keeping an eye on her opponent.

Jan Blachowicz (205) vs. Thiago Santos (204)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima (255) vs. Stefan Struve (263)
Michal Oleksiejczuk (204) vs. Gian Villante (206)
Liz Carmouche (125) vs. Lucie Pudilova (126)
John Dodson (136) vs. Petr Yan (136)
Magomed Ankalaev (204) vs. Klidson Abreu (209*)
Dwight Grant (171) vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. (171)
Chris Fishgold (145) vs. Daniel Teymur (146)
Veronica Macedo (126) vs. Gillian Robertson (125)
Damir Hadzovic (155) vs. Marco Polo Reyes (155)
Ismail Naurdiev (170) vs. Michel Prazeres (170)
Diego Ferreira (157*) vs. Rustam Khabilov (156)
Joel Alvarez (156) vs. Damir Ismagulov (155)

*Missed weight, fined 20-percent of purse

I'll post my DK teams when I get out of bed. Most of the card is on TV, and it's 8am.

My final picks:

• Santos > Blachowicz
• Struve > Lima
• Oleksiejczuk > Villante
• Pudilova > Carmouche
• Yan > Dodson
• Ankalaev > Abreu
• Grant > Pedersoli
• Fishgold > Teymur
• Robertson > Macedo
• Reyes > Hadzovic
• Prazeres > Naurdiev
• Khabilov > Ferreira
• Ismagulov > Alvarez

The biggest favorite on the card just got dominated!

Nice body shot by Oleksiejczuk.

R1: Santos (edged to him as the round progressed; I think there was only 1 punch landed this round, and it was by Santos; close round either way)
R2: Blachowicz (Santos seemed off this round -- not gassed, just off)

BOOM!

Santos with the quick counter in R3 to drop Blachowicz and follow up with a bunch of GnP!