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| Bantamweight | Sean O'Malley | def. | Aljamain Sterling (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:51 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def. | Amanda Lemos | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Ian Machado Garry | def. | Neil Magny | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–24) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Mario Bautista | def. | Da'Mon Blackshear | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Marlon Vera | def. | Pedro Munhoz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Chris Weidman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gregory Rodrigues | def. | Denis Tiuliulin | KO (elbows) | 1 | 1:43 | |
| Lightweight | Kurt Holobaugh | def. | Austin Hubbard | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 2:39 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Brad Katona | def. | Cody Gibson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
- Fight of the Night: Brad Katona vs. Cody Gibson
- Performance of the Night: Sean O'Malley and Zhang Weili
WOW! I would have bet my paycheck against O'Malley. I will not anymore, he truly is a sniper. Sterling's post fight interview was respectful and true as Joe said.
Weili just crushed Lemos, I still say that is a post op dude. Lemos landed a few good shots but just was never really in the fight.
Gary just destroyed Magny. He came out of that unscathed and with a lot of momentum. Magny will be on crutches for 2 weeks, I can tell you nothing hurts worse in fighting and nothing lingers longer than getting your leg beat up like that. This kid is a BEAST!
Vera vs Munhoz was a super close fight. I think it was simply the damage inflicted by Chito that got him the win. Why Munhoz did not shoot more I have no idea.
Tavares tuned Weidman up, Props to Chris as he is tough as nails, He too will be on crutches. Tavares's TD defense really shown
Rodriguez vs Denis, Once on the ground Denis is like a newborn Panda in the jaws of a pitbull. I like RoboCop!
Bautista vs Blackshear. Great fight. Blackshear won round 1 for sure, Chris Lee (1 of 2 worst judges in MMA) scored it for Katona. Was not a robbery as Katona won 2 and 3 but still how could a reasonable person score round 1 any other way than give it to Blackshear? I look forward to seeing both guys again. What a battle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOTN $50K winners
Holobaugh vs Hubbard. Good fight. Hubbard won round 1. Holobaugh made the most out of the scramble in round 2 and that armbar to triangle transition was CRAZY good. Deserved $50K.
Katona vs Gibson WHAT A FIGHT! These guys gave it ALL. Again Chris Lee scored round 1 for Katona, which he obviously did not win. Things changed when Katona stung Gibson in the second, he wilted and just never was the same.
Man, I can't add much else, so i'll probably just echo what you wrote again, lol.
I can't stand Aljo, but his post-fight speech was pretty damn awesome. He does that a little more, and people may start liking him more, lol. Props to O'Malley, he avoided the takedown and stayed composed. His distance and ability to avoid good punches is phenomenal. Aljo seen that right coming and knew he was in trouble, lol.
Lemos was still deadly in the standup until the end, but that is all she had, and with somebody as experienced and smart as Weili, that will not cut it. She did do fairly well on the ground the first 2 rounds, avoiding damage, but she was still losing. Weili is just a freak. I think she is vulnerable to taller fighters though being so short and compact.
Can't add any thoughts to Magny/Garry. Garry is a rising star for sure. He and Wonderboy would be a great fight...but WB may be looking up the chain to a higher ranked fighter.
Bautista/Blackshear was a great fight. How any judge could score it 30-27 is beyond me. Blackshear CLEARLY won round 1, it really blows my mind. He just got tired and Bautista took advantage of it. I remember Bautista now. I watched one of his prior fights, he is a good fighter. Once I seen him I remembered. He needed Blackshear to fade though, so he got that in his favor. Blackshear should keep his head up, he is very skilled. Even in rounds 2 and 3, he was hanging in there, but he lost them.
Man, I had Munhoz winning round 1 and 2, and Chito winning 3. Round 2 was close, so at most, I had either guy winning 29-28. I don't agree with the two 30-27 scorecards. These judges really suck imo. Chito always inflicts more damage on his opponents, and then he comes away with nothing, lol. His jab was money the whole fight. He is so much bigger than everybody else too. Munhoz seemed fine with the results, he may have been a little too humble, imo. YES, I agree with you
@jipped genes, about Munhoz not going for more takedowns and level changes in the fight. Even if he would not have taken Chito down, it would have kept him guessing a little more. He made a RoboCop error imo. He needs to utilize his ground game WAY more. In the end, it was a very good technical fight.
Man, poor Weidman. He just did not look the same. There were glimpses when he went for it standing up, but without any takedowns, which is his bread and butter, he fell right into Tavares's fight game. Props to Tavares's TD defense, it was phenomenal.
Flippin' RoboCop finally mixed it up and fought with his strength, which is his worldclass jiujitsu! I love watching this guy fight, he just needs to play it a little safer on the standup and mix it up, and then take it to the ground when he can. He has a ton of potential, hopefully he works up a winning streak now.
It was a really good night of fights!
