GDT: UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns

[Avs_19]

Date: February 13, 2021
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: PPV

MAIN CARD (PPV)

Welterweight Championship bout: Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Gilbert Burns
Women's Flyweight bout: Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso
Middleweight bout: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ian Heinisch
Featherweight bout: Ricky Simon vs. Brian Kelleher
Middleweight bout: Maki Pitolo vs. Julian Marquez

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Middleweight bout: Rodolfo Viera vs. Anthony Hernandez
Welterweight bout: Belal Muhammad vs. Dhiego Lima
Women's Strawweight bout: Polyana Viana vs. Mallory Martin
Catchweight (140 lb) bout: Andre Ewell vs. Chris Gutiérrez

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass)

Welterweight bout: Gabriel Green vs. Philip Rowe
Women's Flyweight bout: Gillian Robertson vs. Miranda Maverick​

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[CDJ]

I tell you what- I bet Marquez-Pitolo will be a banger

any time people have no business being on a card something interesting happens*

* unless it’s a female non-contender bout

 

[CDJ]

Also I know the context of the wins kind of change everything (they’re typically later in the fighters career) but Gastelum’s wins before age 30 are quite impressive

Jacare
Bisping
Belfort (I count it, the NC is because of pot)
Hendricks
Kennedy
Marquardt
Story
Ellenberger
Uriah Hall

he’s got his losses but he’s also certainly got his wins

Heinisch has my vote for coolest backstory in the UFC. Tough fighter but he’s not going to be able to box with Gastelum. I hope he brought his wrestling shoes because that’s probably a big part of his path to victory

 

[CDJ]

And Bobby Green collapsed post-weigh ins......sick

obviously the status of his fight is very much in question


Andre Ewell vs Chris Gutierrez at a catch weight could be on the main card lol

I think you gotta put Belal on it? Or Boom-Simon?

 

[I am not exposed]

Woof!

As others have already said, this is a weak PPV.

 

[m9]

And Bobby Green collapsed post-weigh ins......sick

obviously the status of his fight is very much in question


Andre Ewell vs Chris Gutierrez at a catch weight could be on the main card lol

I think you gotta put Belal on it? Or Boom-Simon?

Simon/Kelleher is a good fight, it should already be up the card a bit.

I think Usman will win, but hopefully Burns makes it a tough fight. Belal/Lima, Gastelum/Heinisch, Grasso/Barber are all ok fights. Can't say I care about the rest of the card at all.

 

[bov]

The more time has passed, the more I favor Usman. Burns had all the momentum in the world after the Woodley fight and unfortunately the stars didn't align for a quick turnaround. I still think it's a hell of a matchup and could definitely see Burns winning, but Kamaru is so damn good. I know he gets a reputation for being boring but I like watching someone who is so effective at what he does.

Burns should bring out the best in the champ here. The rest of the card is weak (and why the heck is Kelleher/Simon on the fight pass prelims?), but this is one of the more intriguing main events in awhile for me.

 

[MD thaivuN]

it's pretty rare to see the Champion changing camp to face his teammate. Gotta wonder who were having the better of the other during sparring.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I got burns by sub

 

[CDJ]

Simon-Boom is on the PPV

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Woof!

As others have already said, this is a weak PPV.

Kind of weird how stacked 259 is compared to 258 when you consider they are only 3 weeks apart

 

[jcs0218]

My girlfriend is fighting in UFC 258!

 

[CDJ]

My girlfriend is fighting in UFC 258!

who we talkin about?


Also it’s wild that we get Pitolo vs Marquez on the main card and Joe B on a prelim in a few weeks lol


Honestly though the main card for tomorrow lost 3 fights- it would look a lot better with Weidman/Hall and Munhoz/Rivera on it


Nothing like 259 still but I’d probably pay 100 bucks for 259

 

[pistolpete11]

I gotta go with Usman, probably in a boring wrestle-f*** type of fight. Burns' big win is a broken Woodley. He just hasn't really beat anyone that makes me thing he's ready to be champ. Having said that, he has KO power and world class BJJ. So he has paths to victory. I think Usman will be extra cautious because of that, so he will probably try to hold him against the cage, foot stomp, go for a take down near the end of the round, etc.

Good to see Barber back, I guess, just not in a PPV co-main.

Gastelum is one of the more frustrating fighters to watch. I'd never bet on a Gastelum fight because you never know which guy is going to show up.

Simon-Kelleher is a fun one. Muhammad-Lima is OK, too.



Overall, tough card. Lost 3 of the better fights, but feels like the UFC was kinda punting on this one anyway.

 

[Killahpunk]

Weak card for a PPV. I think Usman wins the main event.

 

[m9]

Does anyone think a former 155er is the one to beat the most physically dominant 170er we've seen since GSP? Not sure there's much more to it than that.

 

[CDJ]

Pretty sure Usman has like zero bottom time in his career and hasn’t been knocked down. Pretty amazing

from what I heard on morning kombat he got choked by Bruce Leroy’s brother early in his career and has made it a mission to never be in that situation ever again

 

[Avs_19]

Agree with the consensus here. It's hard to imagine Usman losing this fight and the rest of the PPV card is weak. I actually like Barber vs. Grasso but that's more of a PPV opener or prelim main event than PPV co-main. The other fights on the main card aren't bad either and I'm also kinda interested in Muhammad vs. Lima.

Even the teammate vs. teammate aspect of this doesn't add too much excitement for me. For one I think Usman is just better but he's also the one who left the team and you could make a case that he upgraded. He became a champion with that team in Florida and now he gets to train with Wittman in Denver. I didn't see a huge difference in the Masvidal fight when Usman had just started training with the new team but I think we could see an even better version of him going forward.

 

[h2]

I want Burns to win as I dislike Usman, but I think Usman takes this. He'll just wrestle along the cage and foot stomp Burns for 5 rounds and get the win.

 

[darko]

My girlfriend is fighting in UFC 258!

Alexa Grasso?

 

[Killahpunk]

Gillian Robertson illness is off the UFC 258 undercard.

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

Alexa Grasso?

And mine is Polyana Viana

 

[CDJ]

Fanduel locked the event before it happened and wouldn’t let me edit Gillian Robertson out

I complained in the support chat and got snippy with some dude who suggested it was my fault. My new name is Karenron. These f***ing idiots just lost a guy who was giving them free money every weekend


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I just want my bovada account back

 

[CDJ]

Damn Anik, talking about the fighters custody battles is a bit of a stale fart

 

[chicagoskycam]

Damn Anik, talking about the fighters custody battles is a bit of a stale fart

lol, wtf was that

it’s like well this is all I know about these two