UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2

[jipped genes]

Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili (c)	vs.	Sean O'Malley
Women's Bantamweight	Julianna Peña (c)	vs.	Kayla Harrison
Middleweight	Kelvin Gastelum	vs.	Joe Pyfer
Bantamweight	Mario Bautista	vs.	Patchy Mix
Welterweight	Vicente Luque	vs.	Kevin Holland

This is a good card.

Merab will wrestle and hold down Sean and get a decision win. But Sean has a puncher's chance at the start of every round.

Pena vs Kayla, two beast women. Will be a grappling affair and fairly boring but maybe if we are lucky, they will cancel each other's grappling out and will bang. On the ground Kayla has the advantage, the feet Pena. Also, Kayla with all that mass gets tired. Pena ought to really have pushed her cardio for this one.

Kelvin vs Pyfer is a BANGER! Kelvin is 3-6 since 2019. He is a top tier gatekeeper now but always dangerous. He beat Jacare and Bisping back in the day back to back, two legends. He is aging out and a lot of damage. Pyfer is a monster. He has finished every fight he has won in the UFC against some good guys. He lost vs Hermanson who is top tier. This is worth watching the card!

Mario on a 7 fight wins streak. He is a sub guy mainly but will trade. Patchy is also on a 7 fight win streak and was brought over from Bellator. He beat a badass Dag wrestler 2x soo he can grapple too. Watch this is you like high level BJJ!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luque and Holland both have loosing records as of late but both put on entertaining shows. Luque is TOUGH and game, Holland is more of a finesse fighter with flashes of one touch KO power. Should be a banger! Both are well rounded. Luque does his best work on the mat on top while Holland on his feet with precise punches and distance. Holland has great BJJ but will waste rounds on the bottom sometimes.

This is a GREAT card fellas. I am stoked! Some good stuff with up and comers on the undercard as well.

 

[schultz1]

Merab
Harrison
Pyfer
Bautista
Luque

These are my picks for the main card.

 

[USMCRabi]

Been waiting for this one. Great card

 

[Triple D Star]

I’m just hoping O’ Malley doesn’t backpedal all night.

 

[ValeTudo8080]

I will be watching this one and hoping Pena can get the KO

 

[jhotsauce7]

Stoked for this one, LETS GO!
That pyfer fight is gonna go off for sure

 

[Stclineman]

Good card! I’m actually looking forward to the ladies. Like you said it could be boring if one is able to dominate tye other grappling but I’m just excited to see how the two match up.

 

[USMCRabi]

8pm preliminary starts now let's go

 

[Lizard King]

Good card, watching now.

@jipped genes is watching at his bosses house...

 

[jipped genes]

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili (c)	def.	Sean O'Malley	Submission (north-south choke)	3	4:42
Women's Bantamweight	Kayla Harrison	def.	Julianna Peña (c)	Submission (kimura)	2	4:55
Middleweight	Joe Pyfer	def.	Kelvin Gastelum	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Mario Bautista	def.	Patchy Mix	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Kevin Holland	def.	Vicente Luque	Submission (brabo choke)	2	1:03
Flyweight	Joshua Van	def.	Bruno Gustavo da Silva	TKO (punches)	3	4:01
Light Heavyweight	Azamat Murzakanov	def.	Brendson Ribeiro	TKO (submission to punches)	1	3:25

Pretty much how I saw it all playing out on the main card.

The last two on the prelims were interesting. Azmat and Van both looked awesome. Van has NASTY boxing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Azmat is a sniper with big power too.

Gastelum is too small for 185. he just cannot make 170 only because of discipline. He is fighter fat and just cannot reach the much bigger guys. Wasted talent. he could make 170 just by leaning up and would be a BEAST at welter.

Holland looked good.

• Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
• Performance of the Night: Merab Dvalishvili, Kayla Harrison, Kevin Holland, and Yoo Joo-sang

 

[schultz1]

Pyfer can crack. His mic skills need some serious work though. The card overall was pretty good, entertaining.

 

[jipped genes]

Pyfer can crack. His mic skills need some serious work though. The card overall was pretty good, entertaining.

Yeah he is very one dimensional. He will struggle up the ranks