UFC FN 185: Blaydes vs. Lewis

Date: Saturday, February 20
Main Card (ESPN+): 2:00 LP.net / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Preliminary Card (ESPN+): 23:00 LP.net / 2pm PST / 5pm EST
Live Streams: http://ripple.stream/mmastreams




Main Card (ESPN+)

Curtis Blaydes (14-2) vs. Derrick Lewis (24-7) (Heavyweight)
Ketlen Vieira (11-1) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (13-5) (Women's Bantamweight)
Charles Rosa (13-4) vs. Darrick Minner (25-11) (Featherweight)
Aleksei Oleinik (59-14-1) vs. Chris Daukaus (10-3) (Heavyweight)
Phil Hawes (9-2) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (9-2) (Middleweight)
Andrei Arlovski (30-19) vs. Tom Aspinall (9-2) (Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Jared Gordon (16-4) vs. Danny Chavez (11-3) (Featherweight)
Eddie Wineland (24-14-1) vs. John Castaneda (17-5) (Bantamweight)
Nate Landwehr (14-3) vs. Julian Erosa (24-8) (Featherweight)
Shana Dobson (4-4) vs. Casey O'Neill (5-0) (Women's Flyweight)
Chas Skelly (18-3) vs. Jamall Emmers (18-5) (Featherweight)
Aiemann Zahabi (7-2) vs. Drako Rodriguez (7-1) (Bantamweight)
Sergey Spivak (11-2) vs. Jared Vanderaa (11-4) (Heavyweight)

Other

- A featherweight bout between Michael Trizano and Rafael Alves was scheduled for the event. However on February 9, news surfaced that Trizano was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an ankle injury. On February 12, promotional newcomer Pat Sabatini signed-up to fight Alves.
- Jai Hebert was expected to face Drakkar Klose in a lightweight bout at this event. However, Hebert pulled out in the weeks leading up to the event and was replaced by Luis Pena on February 10.

First impression of the match-ups:

• Blaydes > Lewis
• Vieira > Kunitskaya
• Rosa > Minner
• Daukaus > Oleinik
• Imavov > Hawes
• Aspinall > Arlovski
• Sabatini vs. Alves (dunno)
• Chavez > Gordon
• Klose > Pena
• Wineland vs. Castaneda (dunno)
• Erosa > Landwehr
• Dobson vs. O'Neill (dunno)
• Emmers > Skelly
• Rodriguez > Zahabi
• Spivak > Vanderaa

Curtis Blaydes (259) vs. Derrick Lewis (263)
Ketlen Vieira (138)* vs. Yana Kunitskaya (135.5)
Charles Rosa (146) vs. Darrick Minner (146)
Aleksei Oleinik (240) vs. Chris Daukaus (234)
Phil Hawes (185) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (185.5)
Andrei Arlovski (249) vs. Tom Aspinall (244.5)
Jared Gordon (150)** vs. Daniel Chavez (145)
Drakkar Klose (156) vs. Luis Pena (155.5)
Eddie Wineland (135.5) vs. John Castaneda (136)
Nate Landwehr (146) vs. Julian Erosa (145.5)
Rafael Alves (157.5)*** vs. Pat Sabatini (145.5)
Shana Dobson (126) vs. Casey O’Neill (125.5)
Chas Skelly (146) vs. Jamall Emmers (145.5)
Aiemann Zahabi (136) vs. Drako Rodriguez (140.5)****
Serghei Spivac (245) vs. Jared Vanderaa (265)


* Ketlen Vieira misses weight by 2 lbs.
** Jared Gordon missed weight by 4 lbs.
*** Rafael Alves misses weight by 11.5 lbs. His bout with Pat Sabatini has been cancelled.
**** Drako Rodriguez missed weight by 4.5 lbs.

I kinda like Landwher, live bet Charles Rosa, Blaydes - Lewis over 2.5 rounds.

My only bets thus far:

• Nassourdine Imavov +100 $200
• Imavov/Hawes Under 1½ +100 $100


There's some good fights on this card, but it's not a good card for betting. Next week's card is way better, and I'll be in Vegas for it.

On February 20 2021 09:50 PuertoRican wrote: My only bets thus far: • Nassourdine Imavov +100 $200 • Imavov/Hawes Under 1½ +100 $100 There's some good fights on this card, but it's not a good card for betting. Next week's card is way better, and I'll be in Vegas for it.

Yeah. Big tests for Daukas and Aspinall. And why do I have the feeling that Yana beats Ketlen. Hmmm...

On February 21 2021 00:08 captainhook wrote: Show nested quote + On February 20 2021 09:50 PuertoRican wrote: My only bets thus far: • Nassourdine Imavov +100 $200 • Imavov/Hawes Under 1½ +100 $100 There's some good fights on this card, but it's not a good card for betting. Next week's card is way better, and I'll be in Vegas for it. Yeah. Big tests for Daukas and Aspinall. And why do I have the feeling that Yana beats Ketlen. Hmmm...

Ketlen didn't have a good weight cut.

There has been 5 fights, and all 5 of them ended in a TKO.

Nice win by Tom Aspinall.

I like how Aspinall was calm and patient the entire time. The only negative was when he threw multiple small body shots to Arlovski's non-liver side when he had Arlovski hurt against the cage in R1.

The referee literally WARNED Hawes 5++++++++++++ times to STOP GRABBING THE FENCE...

WHAT THE FUCK????????????? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, YOU FUCKING IDIOT...

Nice KO by Black Beast.

Uppercut from hell.

12 fights, 8 finishes, but no good fights if you actually think about it. The only fight that was kind of good was Gordon vs. Chavez, but even that wasn't great. It was mostly a night of 1-sided finishes.

Fight results for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Blaydes_vs._Lewis#Results

big guys who hit hard are blayde's worst nightmare