GDT: UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev

[MMC]

Date: July 9, 2022
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 9 pm ET/6 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN, TSN 5)

Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev
Middleweight bout: Caio Borralho vs. Armen Petrosyan
Bantamweight bout: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Heavyweight bout: Jared Vanderaa vs. Chase Sherman
Bantamweight bout: Aiemann Zahabi vs. Ricky Turcios
Lightweight bout: Michael Johnson vs. Jamie Mullarkey

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Middleweight bout: Cody Brundage vs. Tresean Gore
Women's Flyweight bout: Antonina Shevchenko vs. Cortney Casey
Featherweight bout: David Onama vs. Garrett Armfield
Light Heavyweight bout: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Karl Roberson
Bantamweight bout: Ronnie Lawrence vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov​

Click to read more...

 

[MMC]

Been excited for this one since it was first announced back in December or January or whenever. Glad it's finally happening

 

[MMC]

Oh and APEX fight nights still suck

 

[m9]

Not much going on in terms of name value here. Decent main event, some decent prospects, and a couple of middling wmma fights.

 

[Taytro]

Big spot for Caio, I know the UFC like him and are pushing him but Co-main after 1 fight in the organization is a bit much.

Couple other fights I like, both the ladies fights could be fun. If Michael Johnson looks as good as he did last time, that could be a real fun one too, I'd love to see him win but I have a feeling he gets knocked out.

Sherman vs Vanderaa has to be to see who gets cut, right? 3 fight losing streak vs 4 fight losing streak. Hopefully it's a draw and they both go.

 

[CDJ]

Lawrence vs Kakhramonov is a sneaky sick fight

 

[16Skippy]

I would definitely put Calvillo, and probably Lawrence and little Zahabi on the main card over that Vanderra-Sherman fight but this is still about as good as you can hope for a free fight at the Apex.

 

[MMC]

 

[MMC]

 

[m9]

Hopefully they can get that one rescheduled (in Invicta)

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Big spot for Caio, I know the UFC like him and are pushing him but Co-main after 1 fight in the organization is a bit much.

His first fight with the promotion was co-main

 

[CDJ]

Kakhramonov looks like a beast. Man-handling Ronnie Lawrence right now and that’s nothing to ignore

 

[CDJ]

Nzechukwu dominated Roberson. Showed off some wrestling, didn’t expect that. He seems so soft-spoken and friendly for a guy named “African Savage” lol


Didn’t realize Onama was born on a refugee settlement in Uganda. Talk about being forged in fire. We know the kid can handle adversity

 

[m9]

Onama is still raw but is a guy to keep an eye on. Hopefully the UFC slow plays him a bit.

Nzechukwu dominated Roberson. Showed off some wrestling, didn’t expect that. He seems so soft-spoken and friendly for a guy named “African Savage” lol


Didn’t realize Onama was born on a refugee settlement in Uganda. Talk about being forged in fire. We know the kid can handle adversity

Roberson shouldn't be fighting at 205.. or probably in the UFC

 

[m9]

Nice KO to cap off the prelims

 

[Taytro]

Nice KO to cap off the prelims

That was a very impressive and scary KO, guy went to sleep 3 separate times and fainted when he got back to his feet.

 

[Tw1ster]

Mullarkey kinda looks like a pastier version of Dion Phaneuf

 

[m9]

What a fight through 10 minutes.

 

[CDJ]

What a 3rd round for Johnson

I got 29-28 Johnson

 

[m9]

Well if anything beats that for FOTN we're in for something fun later.

Will come down to how they score Rd 1.

 

[Tw1ster]

Johnson gets 1 and 3 I’d say

 

[weems]

should be johnson rd 1, mularkey rd 2, johnson rd 1

 

[Tw1ster]

Don’t agree with that at all

 

[CDJ]

Lol f*** these judges so hard man

Nobody gets f***ed like Michael Johnson

 

[m9]

Fine with that, Round 1 was close. 2 & 3 obvious.