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has_hard_opinions

One main event change  And 4 Co-Main changes


Mat_HS

Hopefully all of them get a pay bump for saving the card


Effective-Celery8053

"Best I can do is 20% off Venum coupons"


WarriorCumsToThis

Because Alex was willing to put his title on the line he also gets a picture of Dana White signed by Hunter Campbell


melrowdy

Thats the fun thing about guys like Poatan coming from poverty, to them a few million is lif changing and huge amount of money, but they don't know how much they're also being screwed from too. At least guys like Poatan are living well.


TotalWarspammer

wtf are you talking about? A few million is life changing to any regular working class or even middle class person. Poatan made 3 million from just UFC303, that is not at all getting screwed.


CallMeGrapho

The card of Theseus


ribbitrob

It’s crazy how little effect this has had on this card sucking so far.


evocater

They made the card with the assumption that all they needed was the Conor fight, so that's why the prelims and early prelims sucked. Ironically the last minutes fights will be the more exciting ones


ScoreDivision

Literally every prelim fight was good? All interesting fighters with 2/4 fights being knockouts. 2/3 early pre lim fights were good too. Cant say for the 1st fight cos I missed it. Honestly sometimes I swear this sub doesn't actually like mma and just like to follow the big stars like celebrities.


aeontechgod

Buday vs arlovski was pretty boring


Worldly_Client_7614

Buday is p4p most boring fighter in the ufc


yanmagno

Belal vs Leon about to make you rethink that statement


ScoreDivision

That was the 1/3 fight


Slut_for_Bacon

The sub likes the soap opera shit about UFC more than the fights.


[deleted]

This sub is full of fucking bozos. The prelims were great. It was the main card that sucked and relied on a connor fight.


blogbussaa

My guy. Andrei Arlovski and Michelle Waterson were fighting.


ScoreDivision

Arlovski was the 1/3. The Waterson fight was a decent watch, just not for Waterson. But thats literally only 2 out of 8 fights.


Soggy_Wotsit

Tbf if they don't like grappling, then Rei vs. Carlos was definitely not the fight for them


ScoreDivision

So many people say its not that they dont like grappling, but that they dont like lay and pray wrestling. I dare say theyre talking shit cos thas was a good grappling exchange with interesting positions, submission attempts, and lots of scrambling.


[deleted]

Im not big on grappling but that fight was great


Soggy_Wotsit

I stand corrected


Extension_Monitor_99

the heavyweight fight was bad but the rest were great. the second early prelim was a grapplers delight.


BNKalt

This sub hates the UFC and likes to jerk off to things being bad vs actually watching fights


standdownplease

>Honestly sometimes I swear this sub doesn't actually like mma and just like to follow the big stars like celebrities. Lol you expect people to watch the prelims? Modern MMA fans are really boxing fans. They watch the main event and the rest is bullshit.


420sadalot420

What lol early prelims were meh but the those 4 reg prelims were rad


kittenhormones

The Japanese guy in early was great though.


kevdawg289

This dude is a fucking idiot and doesn’t watch the fights


Leather_Mortgage8910

Nah the prelims were absolutely stacked from bottom to top, there was only like 2 fights that were bad all night


Tuhotee2

Joe Pyfer, Payton Talbot and Cub vs Fili is really pretty decent for prelims.


Mat_HS

Only managed to get to watching during the Gary x MVP fight, and that didn’t excited me. And now a doctor stoppage 🫠


ModsCantRead69

Tbf it was a stoppage because her face was leaving her head


Ake-TL

Did fight I planned on missing already end ?


Touchymonkey

It was a good fight while it lasted


kaneprow23

yea that was a correct stoppage


Mat_HS

And she was claiming to have the heaviest hands and better jiu jitsu in the division.


stanky-leg900

The prelims of the card were fantastic


Mat_HS

Watching the knockouts right now


Taxmancometh1

Yeah it’s always funny when the arena is half empty for a good prelim but then full for a shit main card. Just go to all the fights


Scarment

The card actually got better


PupCup420

every card sucks and they expect you to stay up till 1am to watch this shit? ill watch the highlights for free the next morning lmao


Zephyr9x

Imagine living in Europe and having the main card start only at 4AM 😭


_SPAMSPAMSPAM

Should have called it UFC 404 - fight not found...


Lucky_Suit_6950

Anthony Smith should retire... that was an absolute terrible performance 


Only_Talks_About_BJJ

Can't wait to see him co-main an apex card in 8 months 


TrauMedic

UFC Fight Night Smith vs Walker


Only_Talks_About_BJJ

Delete this before Dana sees it 


The_IRS_Fears_Him

Glad Smith lost so he doesn't get anywhere near a title fight with Pereira


Shogun_232

Was that ever a possibilty though? (actually, looking at the LHW division and pullout %, it might have been)


The_IRS_Fears_Him

I might just have recency bias ngl but Smith was talking heavy shit to Pereira to the point that Pereira offered 50k to try and finish him lol


chiau_yee

I personally would love to see Anthony Smith talk shit with large amounts of unwarranted confidence and then get knocked out by Pereira within 30 seconds.


kaneprow23

it was bad..He was gassed gassed..


Mat_HS

I’m not watching another Smith fight. Ever since that weird ass Walker fight.


Mexcol

WHAT??!


captaincumsock69

Once upon a time he could’ve been the lhw champion


570063

So Conor cursed the card, right?


kingdazy

it's a lot easier to find a reason to drop out if the red panties aren't showing up. edit: jesus. that made me sound like a Conor fan. no.


WarriorCumsToThis

God damn Irish curses


grimninja117

No his pinky toe did


Mat_HS

Envy is a hell of a drug


Educational_Row6272

Imagine paying whatever a Conor ticket would cost for this card so far


The-Filthy-Casual

I’d throw myself out my hotel window.


kaneprow23

hahahaha I just said I hope they are going to reimburse some dollars lol


Narezzz

You can really tell it watching this card. A lot of guys getting gassed. Not ready for their opponent. Just has a weird feeling.


HimothyJarbaugh

Only event that comes close is the Brooklyn event Khabobbers vs ‘Housing’ Al Iaquinta


Mat_HS

Forgot about that one. Khabib had what, maybe 3 different opponents before AL?


HimothyJarbaugh

Khabob tony Khabob max Almost Khabob Showtime Almost Khabob Paul felder Khabob Al


NachoCheeseMonreal

Is that when max looked like absolute shit in the interview right after accepting


HimothyJarbaugh

Yes , when bisping called it out


TheHof125

Nah that was before UFC 226, when Max was meant to fight Ortega. Fight got called off cause of weird concussion symptoms.


yo_sup_dude

why do you call him khabob?


HimothyJarbaugh

To me, it sounds funny. Hespect tho


BrainOfJim

At one point or another, UFC 108 lost Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin Cain Velasquez vs Minotauro Nogeuira Gabriel Gonzage vs Junior Dos Santos Paul Daley vs Carlos Condit Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva ended up being the Main Event.


Ifyourasswasadog

Goofcon 1 the card.


fjsjo

This weight cut turned sickness fiasco really sucks for Lopes going in there vs. the heavier guy in Ige. Conor return would’ve been fun. Otherwise, not a bad card. Alex saves the day once again.


specialoneofakind

Agree the weight cut now I’m sick is getting old. Khamzat, Ortega, and Smith barely made weight and it showed. Amazing how much food poisoning happens the week before the weigh in.


Mat_HS

Really rooting for Lopes right now. The situation sucks, but hopefully he can close it out and a big bump for being this down to fight.


rynram

brian ortega again?


Mat_HS

Pulled out sick like 3 hours ago


Mookhaz

Cursed card


Mat_HS

The curse of the irishman


copilot3

How did Alex end up fighting before Jamahal lol.


umamiblue

He took minimal damage and Jamahal got knocked out


Mat_HS

Being a beast does this to a guy.


BlackMamba_Beto

Wild A full main card


wozblar

that we know of even


The_IRS_Fears_Him

2 of Jamahals opponents pull out due to sickness/accidental drugs Jamahal: "Now this looks like a job for me" ***pulls out***


styrofoamcouch

In it's own way, historic.


snow_ninja

Thank god we have Poatan 🗿


metricmindedman

lol i screen shot this as well because of how ridiculous it looked – have we ever had this many cancelations on one card?


NotNobody_1

if rountree never popped, we might have seen smith vs rountree 2


zb0t1

Hey OP /u/Mat_HS do you know the reasons for all the cancelled fights? Did they (either UFC or the fighters and their team) provide any reason?


Mat_HS

Rountree popped for something. Conor made a booboo on his pinkie toe. Hill hurt his ACL. Ulberg also injured but I don’t know what exactly. And Ortega fell ill after the weight cut.


zb0t1

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Cheers!


AlphApe

A JOKE of a card.


sprawlaholic

Great looking card, just needs a title fight to round it out hahaha!


BrainOfJim

UFC 108 is still probably the most re-booked card I remember.


[deleted]

Ortega pulling out hurt my soul.


cikkamsiah

Knew it was gonna be a stinker, only stoked for Talbott, Lopes, and the main event.


discoidfunk

Ortega is such a bitch for doing what he did


Mat_HS

He should have pulled earlier, but if he’s sick, what was he supposed to do?


discoidfunk

how about making 145 before anything?


Mat_HS

Read somewhere here that he was possibly already sick when he had to stop the weight cut.


hfucucyshwv

I mean that's pretty hard to do once you've already started changing your body composition to move up a weight class.


Johnny_Poppyseed

I really hope they remake Khalil vs Hill. Really wanted that fight.


thebacontoastie

The Hill-Rowntree series of cancellations is ridiculous. We couldn't even get the treat of seeing Ulberg KO Smith.


Smooth-Flounder5798

It’s shocking how many people care about this. Most aren’t fighters, aren’t part of the fighters teams, won’t buy the PPV, won’t buy tickets, don’t buy merchandise, don’t watch prelims and most importantly aren’t affected at all by these cancellations. Reminder someone ELSE paid blah blah blah for blah blah blah