UFC Fight Night (1/14/23): Imavov vs. Gastelum

[MR. BMJ]

Thoughts?

Main Card:

Middleweight	Nassourdine Imavov	vs.	Sean Strickland
Featherweight	Dan Ige	vs.	Damon Jackson
Middleweight	Punahele Soriano	vs.	Roman Kopylov
Women's Bantamweight	Ketlen Vieira	vs.	Raquel Pennington
Bantamweight	Umar Nurmagomedov	vs.	Raoni Barcelos

Preliminary Card:

Middleweight	Abdul Razak Alhassan	vs.	Claudio Ribeiro
Lightweight	Mateusz Rębecki	vs.	Nick Fiore
Bantamweight	Javid Basharat	vs.	Mateus Mendonça
Flyweight	Allan Nascimento	vs.	Carlos Hernandez
Featherweight	Daniel Argueta	vs.	Isaac Dulgarian
Flyweight	Jimmy Flick	vs.	Charles Johnson
Women's Flyweight	Priscila Cachoeira	vs.	Sijara Eubanks

 

[MR. BMJ]

@jipped genes @genetic freak @Stclineman @gunslinger

Thoughts?

 

[genetic freak]

Worth watching. I will probably flip back and forth between this and boxing.

 

[jipped genes]

Gastelum is out and Sean Strickland is in. Gastelum had a tooth knocked out right before the fight. He could not continue.

Would have preferred Gastelum, he is a tank.

this card is OK at best. Will watch but nothing gets me exited for the UFC to be back. You would have thought they would have brought out some bangers on a free show to start 23.

 

[Stclineman]

Card doesn’t impress me but so many times these end up being the best fights, I usually watch them all… if not the night of, my youngest daughter will watch some of them on Sunday mornings with me.

totally agree Jipped…. Seems like a very weak card for the beginning of the year

 

[MR. BMJ]

Yea, it's a weak card for sure. I'm interested in the main event....and yes, Sean Strickland is in for Gastelum now. ****I'll go edit that in****

 

[jipped genes]

I mean I am no business man or such but one would think, new year, let's put on a banger of a show!

I bet Dana wishes it was a banger card so people would stop talking about him and his wife's slap fight. If you watch the news, it is ALL "Dana White, CEO of the violent UFC slaps wife, no surprise" None of them say his wife slapped him first. That is not justification for such action. I mean feminists should praise him. They want equality...sorry they want equity. There is a diff. Women wanna be treated the same in SOME ways. A man slaps me...well they gettin slapped back or maybe fists if the case is warranted. Again, I have never hit a girl. I have slapped many gals...on the ass while gettin it on.

Also MMA news. Phil Baroni allegedly beat his GF to death

 

[MR. BMJ]

This card was decent, nothing to write home about, but it was okay.

Strickland has such a unique standup game. It's like he keeps the fight in a close boxing stance the whole time and doesn't allow the opponent to have a little distance, so they are forced to box with him. He is excellent in deflecting punches. I have to give him credit to take this fight on a few days notice and make it through 5 rounds. He totally made Imavov fight his style of fighting.

Ige won via TKO/KO. I missed it, but it was a quick fight. I was dishing me some ice cream and missed it, LOL!

Kopylov won via body shots/kicks, possibly liver shots, but i'm not sure.

Was so glad to see Pennington beat Vieira. Vieira got a gift in her last fight with Holly Holm. It was one of the worse decisions i've seen. I think it was a turn off for me that she actually thought she won. I am not a fan of the Brazilian over-drama....unless it involves some chick with a nice big firm fat ass in front of me, hahaha. Pennington is in a tough spot though; she can beat the top girls but not the elite of the division. It will be interesting to see if she gets another title shot. Nunes totally dominated her in their first fight. She may be better equipped to fight against other women, imo. I don't see her beating Nunes...but who knows.

Umar Nurmagomedov won via quick 1st round KO...his first ever.

I didn't watch any of the under card...just no interest.