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UFC on ESPN: Ribas vs. Namajunas



Date: March 24, 2024
Preliminary Card : SUN, MAR 24 / 1:00 AM GMT+2
Main Card: SUN, MAR 24 / 4:00 AM GMT+2

Venue: UFC Apex

Main card (ESPN)
Women's Flyweight: Amanda Ribas vs. Rose Namajunas            
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Karl Williams            
Middleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. A.J. Dobson            
Bantamweight: Payton Talbott vs. Cameron Saaiman            
Featherweight: Billy Quarantillo vs. Youssef Zalal            
Featherweight: Fernando Padilla vs. Luis Pajuelo

Preliminary card (ESPN)
Lightweight: Kurt Holobaugh vs. Trey Ogden            
Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos vs. Julian Erosa            
Bantamweight: Miles Johns vs. Cody Gibson            
Featherweight: Jarno Errens vs. Steven Nguyen            
Women's Bantamweight: Montserrat Rendon vs. Darya Zheleznyakova            
Flyweight: Igor Severino vs. André Lima            
Heavyweight: Mohammed Usman vs. Mick Parkin   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_on_ESPN:_Ribas_vs._Namajunas

I didn't realise Tybura was 38 years old already. That could explain why 7 years younger Tuivasa was considered a slight favourite.
It was short and intense, for a moment it looked like Tuivasa was about to KO Tybura, but Marcin used his reach advantage to keep him away and then went for that takedown which resulted in some nice ground-and-pound from a back-mount position and later in a clumsy but effective rear naked choke.
I don't think either of them could go for the full five rounds, so early finish was more than certain.
Big win for Tybura. I don't think he'll ever get a chance for a title shot at this stage of his career, but he proved to belong in the top 10.

I think they gave away the hint already when Sean considered a 3rd fight even before the 2nd started. We should have considered it a good hint that the fight will be a decision and that a 3rd fight will be coming.

Whats next for Tuivasa? It bet for this man to win lol such a careless. He was winning. He could prevent that takedown by just pulling Tybura up but couldn't resist punching, the worse part he gave up back.

^  As said...  It's gonna be underdog city.    And it did, even OSP won as a huge underdog.  :/  There were close calls for a couple of those underdogs tho.  Like Rodriguez, I think the other guy should've won.

Here are the results.

Marcin Tybura def Tai Tuivasa  SUB R1
Bryan Battle vs Ange Loosa  NC
Ovince Saint Preux def Kennedy Nzechukwu  SD
Christian Rodriguez def Isaac Dulgarian  SD
Macy Chiasson def Pannie Kianzad  SUB R1
Gerald Meerschaert def Bryan Barberena  SUB R2
Mike Davis def Natan Levy  SUB R2
Chelsea Chandler def Josiane Nunes  UD
Jafel Filho def Ode Osbourne  SUB R1
Danny Silva def Joshua Culibao  SD
Jaqueline Amorim def Cory McKenna  SUB R1
Thiago Moises def Mitch Ramirez  TKO R3
Chad Anheliger def Charalampos Grigoriou   UD

UFC Fight Night:  Tuivasa vs Tybura Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYW6o0Hgssc

So, any comment on the past event? I have watched it. From the wikipedia I have found that there were lots of submission on the event; think I am going to find a review of it. Also those two split fights, either they were too boring and hard to choose the winner, or they were really close fights?

And again we have a eye poke (btw isnt if funny that two fighters that dont have a wiki page (not very popular) are co-main event fight? ). Many times I have said already, that UFC need new gloves.

The Reality is there but because he nearly defeated Tyson Fury he thought that he could also go toe-to-toe with other Heavyweights picking Anthony Joshua was a terrible mistake as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have different techniques, and Tyson Fury underestimated Francis Ngannou that time but I guess this is how far Francis Ngannou could go in boxing and even though he lost against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua he still got a ton of money with this 2 fights.


For sure many have expected Francis Ngannou would put up a good fight against Anthony Joshua but sad to say it was not worth the watch as Anthony Joshua was dominating Ngannou, while Francis Ngannou didn't know what he was doing for this fight, I am sure he has acquired a lot of money in their fight, men and I really miss Ngannou fight again in the MMA and not in the boxing ring, he should abolish the hope that he can be a boxer, it is OK that he has tried it and make big money for himself, but becoming a boxer I really think that is something he can never achieve with his style and technique right now he can not defeat any Heavyweight boxer I think if Ngannou and Fury would fight again it will be Francis Ngannou's defeat.

Disappointed with Chito Vera's performance even though he won their 1st encounter this is really different Sean O'Malley right now knows what he is doing even though it was a boring fight O'Malley was fighting to win, he doesn't care knocking Marlon Vera he just wants to win and it is really effective against Marlon Vera.

There is an age difference however which bookmakers see it as Tai's advantage. What is exciting is its a HW fight, there's always KO in HW fights which means you can expect something shocking will happen in the cage apart from Bambam drinking piss from a shoe. I think he will win this time.

How much could PPV lose if Charles's fight is cancelled?  Not good for business. I think everybody is expecting him to win too, he got to fight.

Today Is another weekend where we will have fights, I'm looking at at least 4 fights. the first fight was between Thiago Moisés and Mitch Ramirez. well, Thiago Moisés is being seen as the favorite by the bookmakers with odds of 1.25, he was coming from 2 consecutive victories but then lost in the fight against Benoit St. Denis, in a fight he lost by knockout. on the other side we have Mitch Ramirez who was born in the USA, he is 31 years old and has 5 years of professional career, in my opinion Thiago Moisés will come out of this fight with victory, he has much more experience, although in his last fight he had He was defeated, but I still see him coming out victorious in this fight.

Joshua Culibao will fight against Danny Silva, Joshua Culibao is being seen as the favorite by the bookmakers, the odds for him to come out of this fight with a victory are at 1.53, on the other side we have Danny Silva who is 27 years old. age and has 5 years of professional career, he had 9 fights of which he won 8 fights and lost in just 1 fight, but the bookmakers are not seeing Danny Silva as the favorite perhaps because he doesn't have much experience, in any case this odds of 2.60 for Danny Silva I still think they are underestimating him a lot. Danny Silva may be able to surprise in this fight

Natan Levy will fight against Mike Davis, in this fight Mike Davis is being seen as the favorite and given the low odds in his favor I highly doubt that we will see any surprises in this fight in relation to the fighter who will win this fight. Mike Davis is 31 years old and was born in New York, USA. He has 9 years of professional career, but he only had 12 fights of which he won 10 fights and lost 2 fights and on the other side we have Natan Levy who is 32 years old and was born in France. In my opinion, the odds for this fight seem to reflect well on the outcome this fight will have, in other words, Mike Davis will come out of this with victory

But it's not looking good when it happens two times in a row. especially when there's a risk of the main event getting cancelled.
that's just showing a lack of professionalism, i.e. not wearing protective gear, although that doesn't 100% prevent from such injuries, as evidenced by Tyson Fury.


Tuivasa is a slight favourite, but he's coming off 3 losses in a row so could get overly desperate and chaotic. I think if Tybura keeps a cool head, he might shift odds in his favour.

Yeah the guys at Chute Boxe are known for their hard sparring.  That sht's bound to happen from time to time.  I just hope the fight won't be cancelled.  But I'm not to sure for Oliveira anymore...  Seems like he's not as hungry as he was before and before his resurgence, he was seen to give easily in some of his fights.  But that was before blonde Oliveira years ago.  So we'll see what's up on April.

Here are the weigh in results.

Tai Tuivasa (265.5) vs Marcin Tybura (247)
Bryan Battle (170) vs Ange Loosa (171)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (205) vs Ovince Saint Preux (206)
Isaac Dulgarian (145.5) vs Christian Rodriguez (145)
Macy Chiasson (135.5) vs Pannie Kianzad (136)
Bryan Barberena (186) vs Gerald Meerschaert (185.5)
Mike Davis (155) vs Natan Levy (156.5)*
Chelsea Chandler (137)* vs Josiane Nunes (135)
Jafel Filho (125.5) vs Ode Osbourne (125.5)
Josh Culibao (146) vs Danny Silva (148.5)*
Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs Cory McKenna (115.5)
Thiago Moises (155.5) vs Mitch Ramirez (155.5)
Chad Anheliger (135) vs Charalampos Grigoriou (136)

*Missed weight

UFC Tuivasa vs Tybura:  Weigh Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4aW9aornI

UFC Tuivasa vs Tybura:  Face Off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iE07Kk9DIc

Even know it did not work for him at that time, the strategy itself was not wrong. It would make no sense for Almeida to get too engaged in a striking war with Blaydes, instead, he tried to utilise his strongest skills to get the advantage. It worked for him quite OK in the first round, maybe even too well, because he got too careless in the 2nd round. And to be fair, we rarely see people getting KO'd from that position, he might kept his head a little bit too low and the first hammerfists turned out to have enough impact to get Almeida dazed. Real shame, because he had a really nice run and looked like he could bring some fresh air to the division.
 


I don't think losing to Charles would disqualify Arman from being in the top 5. Many great fighters have lost to Charles, including Gaethje, who probably will get a title shot if he wins with Holloway. Arman has already fought Islam and lost only by decision, and he is much better fighter now than he was back then. That's not something to be discounted.
I really hope that fight doesn't get cancelled.

It was really unfortunate that Almeida needed to lose like this and that Curtis Blaydes really is one solid fighter that he can not takedown I guess it is because Jailton Almeida doesn't have a combination strike or his striking was really worse and so Blaydes was ready for his takedowns because all Almeida can do was the takedowns he was really looking forward in taking down Blaydes that is the time when Curtis Blaydes really know this kind of strategy and if Almeida only has 1 pattern of attack or that is his only option of attack then he can never become champion in this division.

Judging how good Aspinall is and that he got a ton of moves to get into Almeida and all Aspinall needs to do is just defend those takedowns then that is not good at all, Jailton Almeida needs to improve his striking.


Let's just hope that the fight will not get canceled as this is a great chance to see Arman Tsarukyan fighting a high-caliber fighter and if he gets defeated by Oliveira then he is not fit to move forward, while Charles Oliveira on the other hand needs to win in this fight if he wants to Challenge the Champion Islam Makhachev again, or maybe this is just getting money fights here on.

That's not good. It's hard to judge how deep the cut was from that photo alone, but if it's deep, the healing could take longer than a month. Quick search by google tells me it can take 2-3 months for larger cuts.
If it's deep, I hope his team contacted UFC to make sure he gets the best available care to speed the recovery.
If he pulls out again, that would be a disaster. Although there's still enough time to find a back-up fighter (unless they already have one). Looking at the possible options from the 155 class, the most probable back up would be Chandler (if he still wants to fight) or Gamrot (who already defeated Arman once and came out of his fight against Dos Anjos victorious and unharmed.

Even if the cut is not very serious, it could still affect Oliveira's preparation quite significantly, as he probably won't be able to do hard sparring, whether striking or grappling.

Of course, because Michael Page is mainstay fighter who has always been knockout artist in Bellator and by joining the UFC, several fighters in his class will feel how great Michael Page is in the octagon in destroying his opponents.
Talking about his strong kicks and twice causing his opponent to suffer fractures to the head is really quite scary and anyone who experiences this condition will definitely regret having fought Michael Page.
I believe he is capable of being great champion holding several belts in the UFC, just needing time and waiting for his decision in fighting for title that may be above him.
This is the start of his career with the UFC which makes it possible to return to being one of the best and of course Michael Page will use his experience while being part of Bellator to become tough challenger in the UFC.

Yes, Michael Page managed to beat Kevin Holland with absolute points in that fight and of course this is clear proof that Michael Page is truly great fighter.
Fight was very fierce because both fighters tried to gain an advantage over each other and be able to achieve victory more quickly, just look at how Michael Page threw several kicks and spinning elbows even though they didn't hit Kevin Holland accurately.

I think this will not affect Oliveira's performance too much later, at first glance it can be seen from the picture if the wound obtained is a bit small so that the possibility of healing will be faster, at this time Oliveira should focus on training before facing Arman Tsarukyan who is also famous as a strong fighter and has many advantages, especially if you see when Tsarukyan fought with Makhachev,  didn't he capable of being a very tough opponent for Makhachev at that time and it even took longer for Makhachev to defeat Tsarukyan than when Makhachev fought oliviera at Ufc 280.

I think the fight between Makhachev vs. oliviera was deliberately canceled because Makhachev is currently injured and he is doing Ramadan fasting and it is only natural for Makhachev to cancel the fight which was planned to be played this year, but in an article I have read that actually oliviera is not a priority for Makhachev when he returns to the ring and reportedly Makhachev wants to fight Justin Gaethje more Rather than Oliviera when the month of Ramdhan ends.

One month left until UFC 300 and Tsarukyan vs Oliveira fight, and Charles recently posted in Instagram, that he has got a cut.



I hope that does not interfere and wont influence on his performance, or the fight got cancelled (previously, Olivera got eye cut in 2 weeks before fight against Makhachev and the fight got cancelled). Btw, he is an underdog in a fight against Tsarukyan.

Seeing more clips from McGregor’s drugged out interview… It seems like he’s now setting his sights on KSI and the boxing influencer circuit. This is the sort of thing he would have made fun of a few years ago but a YouTube boxing run is probably the only fights he has left. I don’t think he ever wins another UFC fight in his career. You can’t go from world class fighter to drug addict and then back to world class fighter.

Oof tough room...  It looks like no one's interested to see Tuivasa and Tybura.  And the co main event match up between Bryan Battle and Loosa?  No buyers?    Lolol.

Anyway, but the show must go on.  Weigh ins are gonna start in three hours or so.

UFC Fight Night:  Tuivasa vs Tybura Official Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRxElM4AYA

Here are some replays to watch.

UFC Free Fight:  Battle vs Fletcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYqTuo_xjk

UFC Free Fight:  Loosa vs Mckee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAvu8AF7rs4

But yeah, it's prolly right to stay away from this event from a betting perspective.  Most of the match ups are unpredictable...  Could be underdog city.  :/

That guy has so much money now...  And he really doesn't need to fight anymore.  So I don't really know why he keeps teasing people that he will.  :/  Maybe just to stay relevant. 


There's really nothing to climb back for Saint Denis as he's ranked lower than Poirier...  So he stays where he is and being the tough guy that he is, he'll really ask the UFC for another shot vs somebody in the top 5 again.

Edit:  Looking at the rankings at 155, nobody makes sense for Saint Denis except for maybe Gamrot.  But he recently just won.  So somebody from the top 10 is more likely for him.  Hopefully it's Fiziev.  I'd like to see that guy back in the cage.

Correct, we dont know what is happening behind the closed doors. Maybe Chandler was promised that big fight, maybe UFC just tricked him. Like they keep saying that Nate Diaz would have a fight against X, or Bones vs Miocic. UFC knows how to tell something and nothing particular, how to play for time, how to do nothing. As to ranking - they wont remove him. Like they kept Bones for year when he was inactive, like Conor was in top15, even though he fought rarely and lose, how they kept Ferguson there when he was at the beginning of losing series.



The show? You mean the movie? I've read a bit different review. They release it on streaming platforms, because of to much CGI in fighting, and the quality of that CGI is not on a high level to show it on big screens. Ok for the tv screen size, but for a huge screens quality would be awful.