GDT: UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker

[Avs_19]

Date: July 13, 2016
Venue: Denny Sanford Premier Center
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Time: 9pm ET/6pm PT
Viewing: FS1, TSN 2

MAIN CARD (FS1, TSN 2)

Bantamweight bout: Michael McDonald vs. John Lineker
Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson vs. Landon Vannata
Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Josh Samman
Heavyweight bout: Daniel Omielańczuk vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk
Welterweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Keita Nakamura
Flyweight bout: Louis Smolka vs. Ben Nguyen

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, Fight Network/UFC Fight Pass)

Women's Bantamweight bout: Lauren Murphy vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Middleweight bout: Eric Spicely vs. Sam Alvey
Women's Strawweight bout: Cortney Casey vs. Cristina Stanciu
Lightweight bout: Scott Holtzman vs. Cody Pfister

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)

Bantamweight bout: Rani Yahya vs. Matthew Lopez
Middleweight bout: Devin Clark vs. Alex Nicholson

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[m9]

Certainly a pretty weak offering. Sam Alvey will run over Eric Spicely and there really isn't much else on the undercard.

Nice to see Oleksiy Oliynyk finally back. Hard to know where he can get to the HW division if he stays healthy.

The main event should be great, though. Ferguson is always fun, too.

 

[Avs_19]

It was a two fight card to begin with and then Chiesa got hurt so now it's really just the main event.

Ferguson should run through that guy I've never heard of.

 

[kurt]

One of the worst cards ever? This is barely better than the old "Srikeforce Challengers" events.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

There's some decent fights on here. Ngyuen/Smolka is a great fight. And then obviously Ferguson and MacDonald coming back in their fights. Plus Boestch/Samman.

 

[Avs_19]

One of the worst cards ever? This is barely better than the old "Srikeforce Challengers" events.

I wouldn't say it's quite that bad since the main event is legit and there's some other decent fighters but it's bad.

They had to take a hit somewhere with the fights they put on last week and with how they stacked UFC 202. Those hits are coming with the next four cards. Even the next PPV and Fox cards don't look too great.

 

[m9]

I wouldn't say it's quite that bad since the main event is legit and there's some other decent fighters but it's bad.

They had to take a hit somewhere with the fights they put on last week and with how they stacked UFC 202. Those hits are coming with the next four cards. Even the next PPV and Fox cards don't look too great.

Yeah, all the cards leading up to 202 are ugly.

 

[Jasper]

Pretty bad. A few recognizable names though so probably not among the very worst.

 

[Peter Griffin]

One of the worst cards ever?

It's certainly up there. I think this one takes the cake for worst one in recent memory though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Holohan_vs._Smolka

 

[jw2]

Some entertaining guys, could be a fun card. Not a lot of star power.

 

[Sheppy]

I'll probably tune in, but it seems like a pretty random card at a pretty weak time, haha.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

It'll be entertaining. Fight Night cards remind of WEC (r.i.p.) cards. No name dudes tossin leather.

 

[jw2]

Just saw the commercial - I can't believe I missed the announcement of Melendez-Barboza bout. Nice.

 

[LSCII]

Sam Alvey needs to shut the **** up with that post fight rambling. Nearly as annoying and bad as the fight he was just in...

 

[dss97]

Of course TSN is showing me some Toronto soccer game

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Smolka is all over him.

 

[Avs_19]

Some fun grappling in that fight. Great performance by Smolka.

Nguyen showed a lot of toughness but Herb Dean probably should have stopped that earlier.

 

[Avs_19]

Nakamura chokes Noke out with a second to go.

This might be one of those cards that has no star power but ends up being very good.

 

[Killahpunk]

Heavyweight fight producing some blood.

 

[Avs_19]

Oleinik is a mess.

 

[dss97]

Oliynyk looked awful. Too bad I was looking forward to his return.

 

[Avs_19]

Solid performance for Boetsch. His comeback against Okami is still one of my favourites.

 

[Avs_19]

This is nuts. What a round.

Vannata came to fight.

 

[Sheppy]

Great fight.

 

[dss97]

Vannata is legit. Wow awesome fight.