UFC FN 174: Lewis vs. Oleinik

Date: Saturday, August 8
Main Card (ESPN+): 2:00 LP.net / 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN+): 23:00 LP.net / 3pm PST / 6pm EST
Live Streams: http://crackstreams.com/mma/2/




Main Card (ESPN+)

Derrick Lewis (23-7) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (59-13-1) (Heavyweight)
Chris Weidman (14-5) vs. Omari Akhmedov (20-4-1) (Middleweight)
Darren Stewart (11-5) vs. Maki Pitolo (13-5) (Middleweight)
Yana Kunitskaya (12-5) vs. Julija Stoliarenko (9-3-2) (Women's Bantamweight)
Beneil Dariush (18-4-1) vs. Scott Holtzman (14-3) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Kevin Holland (17-5) vs. Joaquin Buckley (10-2) (Middleweight)
Tim Means (29-12-1) vs. Laureano Staropoli (9-2) (Welterweight)
Nasrat Haqparast (11-3) vs. Alexander Munoz (6-0) (Lightweight)
Andrew Sanchez (11-5) vs. Wellington Turman (16-3) (Middleweight)
Gavin Tucker (11-1) vs. Justin Jaynes (16-4) (Featherweight)
Youssef Zalal (9-2) vs. Peter Barrett (11-3) (Featherweight)
Irwin Rivera (9-5) vs. Ali Al Qaisi (8-3) (Bantamweight)

Other

- Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya were originally scheduled for a week earlier at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan. However, it eventually moved to this event instead. Subsequently, Vieira was removed from the card on July 30 due to visa issues and was replaced by returning veteran and the current Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Julija Stoliarenko on July 31.
- A featherweight bout between Steve Garcia and Peter Barrett was scheduled for the event. However, Garcia withdrew from the bout for an undisclosed reason on July 25 and was replaced by Youssef Zalal on July 26.

First impression of the match-ups:

• Oleinik > Lewis
• Weidman vs. Akhmedov (dunno)
• Stewart > Pitolo
• Kunitskaya vs. Stoliarenko (dunno)
• Dariush > Holtzman
• Staropoli > Means
• Haqparast vs. Munoz (dunno)
• Turman > Sanchez
• Tucker vs. Jaynes (dunno)
• Zalal > Barrett
• Rivera > Qaisi

Gut feeling was on Oleinik. But after doing a little digging, dunno. The dude gasses and it's a 5 round match.

Weidman is like Overweem now. A small graze over the forehead could knock him down. Leaning on the Russian.

Dariush got stunned vs Klose, tho he got back and won. The same vs the guy before the Camacho match. I don't think he'll be able to the same vs Holtzman. Holtzman is tough.

Got some Tucker. I hope he looks good for this bout and Jaynes has an awful weight cut somehow. Lol.

Derrick Lewis (265) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (227)
Omari Akhmedov (185.75) vs. Chris Weidman (186)
Maki Pitolo (186) vs. Darren Stewart (186)
Yana Kunitskaya (135.5) vs. Julija Stoliarenko (136)
Beneil Dariush (158)* vs. Scott Holtzman (156)
Tim Means (171)^ vs. Laureano Staropoli (174.5)#
Joaquin Buckley (185) vs. Kevin Holland (183.5)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Alexander Munoz (156)
Andrew Sanchez (185.5) vs. Wellington Turman (185.5)
Justin Jaynes (146) vs. Gavin Tucker (146)
Peter Barrett (145.5) vs. Youssef Zalal (146)
Ali Al Qaisi (136) vs. Irwin Rivera (136)

* Dariush missed weight by 2 pounds and was fined 20 percent of his purse
^ Means was been given 1 additional hour to make weight after initially weighing 172.5 pounds
# Staropoli missed weight by 3.5 pounds and was fined 20 percent of his purse

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Makes me want to bet more on Means/Staropoli ITD.

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My final picks:

• Lewis > Oleinik
• Akhmedov > Weidman
• Pitolo > Stewart
• Kunitskaya > Stoliarenko
• Dariush > Holtzman
• Holland > Buckley
• Staropoli > Means
• Haqparast vs. Munoz (dunno)
• Turman > Sanchez
• Jaynes > Tucker
• Zalal > Barrett
• Rivera > Qaisi

^ Vera to win vs O'Malley?

And after McCann, Rodriguez and Calderwood, I'm feeling good about Stoliarenko. Lol.

R1: Al Qaisi (Rivera sounds like he's breathing hella heavy, and he's way slower than his UFC debut.)
R2: Al Qaisi (Clear round, imo. Rivera didn't throw many strikes, and kinda gave the round away. It wasn't a dominant round, but I saw a clear round winner in Al Qaisi.)
R3: Rivera (I forgot what happened before the low blow, but I gave Rivera the last half of the round.)

Ali Al Qaisi 2-1, imo.

Holland's really good.

Nice KO by Holland.

So much for the ITD bet.

Too much spinning stuff and too much clinch time against the cage.

Sick KO by Dariush~

Woooow

Stoliarenko +140 $10 for $14 for some action.

Impulse bet on Stoliarenko. Let's goooo!!!

STEWART LET'S GOOOOO!!!

Weidman is fighting and gassing like I thought he would.

I predicated Omari wins in R3 via TKO, but I hope I'm wrong.

On August 09 2020 02:51 PuertoRican wrote: Weidman is fighting and gassing like I thought he would. I predicated Omari wins in R3 via TKO, but I hope I'm wrong.

Akhmedov got tired way more.

On August 09 2020 05:37 captainhook wrote: Show nested quote + On August 09 2020 02:51 PuertoRican wrote: Weidman is fighting and gassing like I thought he would. I predicated Omari wins in R3 via TKO, but I hope I'm wrong. Akhmedov got tired way more.

Both were tired after Round 1.

It was an ugly performance.