UFC FN 181: Hall vs. Silva

Date: Saturday, October 31
Main Card (ESPN+): 23:59 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN+): 21:00 LP.net / 1pm PST / 4pm EST
Live Streams: http://crackstreams.com/mma/2/




Main Card (ESPN+)

Uriah Hall (15-9) vs. Anderson Silva (34-10) (Middleweight)
Andre Fili (21-7) vs. Bryce Mitchell (13-0) (Featherweight)
Kevin Holland (19-5) vs. Charlie Ontiveros (11-6) (Middleweight)
Maurice Greene (9-4) vs. Greg Hardy (6-2) (Heavyweight)
Bobby Green (27-10-1) vs. Thiago Moises (13-4) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Chris Gruetzemacher (14-3) vs. Alexander Hernandez (11-3) (Lightweight)
Adrian Yanez (11-3) vs. Victor Rodriguez (4-2) (Bantamweight)
Sean Strickland (20-3) vs. Jack Marshman (23-9) (Middleweight)
Cole Williams (11-2) vs. Jason Witt (17-6) (Welterweight)
Dustin Jacoby (12-5) vs. Justin Ledet (9-3) (Light Heavyweight)
Cortney Casey (9-8) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (9-3) (Women's Flyweight)
Miles Johns (10-1) vs. Kevin Natividad (9-1) (Bantamweight)

Other

- A middleweight bout between Wellington Turman and Sean Strickland was expected to take place at the event. However on September 29, Turman pulled out due to COVID-19 sequelae that prevented him from training after his two-week quarantine ended on September 24. He was replaced by Jack Marshman on October 17.
- A middleweight bout between Krzysztof Jotko and Makhmud Muradov was briefly scheduled to take place at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie two weeks earlier, before being moved to this event. In turn, Jotko pulled out of the bout due to a broken toe and he was replaced by Kevin Holland. The bout suffered another setback during fight week, as Muradov had to be pulled due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by promotional newcomer Charlie Ontiveros on October 28.
- Aaron Phillips was expected to face Adrian Yanez in a bantamweight bout at the event. However on October 20, Phillips pulled out due to an undisclosed injury. Promotional newcomer, Victor Rodriguez, stepped in to face Yanez on October 21.

First impression of the match-ups:

• Hall > Silva (This is Anderson Silva's last fight in the UFC; his manager said he likely won't retire, though.)
• Mitchell > Fili
• Holland > Ontiveros
• Hardy > Greene
• Green > Moises
• Hernandez > Gruetzemacher
• Yanez vs. Rodriguez (dunno)
• Strickland > Marshman
• Williams vs. Witt (dunno)
• Jacoby > Ledet
• Casey > Cachoeira
• Johns vs. Natividad (dunno)

Fili is live imo.

so does anyone care to see AS fight still?

On October 30 2020 19:06 CamilaPunt wrote: so does anyone care to see AS fight still?

Not me, but I think he's live in this match-up.

That being said, he lost his last fight due to a few leg kicks -- I think his legs are fucked. While Hall doesn't have amazing leg kicks, he averages 20 leg kicks in a 3-round fight, and this is 5 rounds. I think Anderson Silva is going to lose via leg injury again, just like his last fight.

Hall decision +255 has some value.

why are his legs fucked thought? he broke his left leg vs Weidman and Canonier injured his right one.


Personally I'll still watch because its Anderson, but yeah I don't want to see him fight anymore, he should have retired long ago, he just doesn't have it anymore, unlike Randy or Hendo his style doesn't suit old age.

On October 31 2020 00:13 Baalim wrote: why are his legs fucked though? he broke his left leg vs Weidman and Canonier injured his right one.

Good question.

I'm not sure why his legs seem weak, but it took 10 leg kicks from Cannonier to finish Anderson at the end of Round 1. Hall throws more leg kicks than Cannonier, so I won't be surprised if Anderson loses via leg kick again.

Remember, this if a 5-round fight, so Hall has an extra 10 minutes to land leg kicks.

My final picks:

• Hall > Silva
• Mitchell > Fili
• Holland > Ontiveros
• Hardy > Greene
• Green > Moises
• Hernandez > Gruetzemacher
• Yanez > Rodriguez
• Strickland > Marshman
• Williams vs. Witt (dunno)
• Jacoby > Ledet
• Johns > Natividad

Good night sweet prince.

lmao...

Natividad was on his way to winning 2-1. Nice KO.

On October 31 2020 20:41 PuertoRican wrote: lmao... Natividad was on his way to winning 2-1. Nice KO.

Really? I think he was down 2 rounds.

I have 15 teams entered into the late slate event on DraftKings. (last 8 fights)

I am heavy on Gruetzemacher, due to his price and MU.

I just cannot not have a bet... Just made Bobby Green via dec -150 and Fili + 115.

I might regret this.

On October 31 2020 21:58 captainhook wrote: I just cannot not have a bet... Just made Bobby Green via dec -150 and Fili + 115. I might regret this.

Yanez ITD or by KO.

Hardy/Greene O1.5

WTF? Gritz just stood there the entire time and did nothing. The 2 year layoff was a big factor I guess. Now all of my teams are dead since he lost early.

All favorites have won. Same as last week. All were -300 or higher, except for Miles Johns -130.

Easy to win bets tonight.

Judges better not fuck this up

This is bull shit. Green clearly won that fight.

55% to 45% lean to Moises, but split-decision is what I expected to see.

Moises clearly upgraded his boxing and wasn't afraid to throw this time. Complete opposite performance than his last fight.

Here we gooo

Was expecting more from Fili TD defense with him being at Team Alpha Male.

I'm rooting for Anderson Silva, but I think he'll lose by leg injury again.

R1: Silva (Hall took R1 off, it seems.)

Hall knocked Silva down the same way Anderson knocked Forrest Griffin down.

Shows how slow Silva is in 2020.

expected outcome but the fight was still entertainment, mostly because of uriah's respect for him i guess

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