GDT: UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2

[Avs_19]

Date: February 15, 2020
Venue: Santa Ana Star Center
City: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Time: 8pm ET/5pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Light Heavyweight bout: Corey Anderson vs. Jan Błachowicz
Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Michel Pereira
Women's Flyweight bout: Montana De La Rosa vs. Mara Romero Borella
Lightweight bout: Brok Weaver vs. Kazula Vargas
Flyweight bout: Rogério Bontorin vs. Ray Borg
Lightweight bout: Lando Vannata vs. Yancy Medeiros

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Welterweight bout: Tim Means vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Bantamweight bout: John Dodson vs. Nathaniel Wood
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Scott Holtzman
Light Heavyweight bout: Devin Clark vs. Dequan Townsend
Bantamweight bout: Casey Kenney vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Women's Bantamweight bout: Macy Chiasson vs. Shanna Young
Flyweight bout: Mark De La Rosa vs. Raulian Paiva​

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[Neutrinos]

What a train wreck of a card

Sanchez is 8 - 10 in his last 18 fights, and Pereira doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page

How could the UFC possibly think that was a worthy co-main event?

 

[CDJ]

What a train wreck of a card

Sanchez is 8 - 10 in his last 18 fights, and Pereira doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page

How could the UFC possibly think that was a worthy co-main event?

because this is a relatively minor fight night in New Mexico and Diego is a draw in New Mexico. Also the guy he’s fighting- while not being good- is a semi-viral guy who does crazy stuff and had a sweet KO in his ufc debut. But again....he’s not that good. He got handled by Tristan Connelly. I anticipate Diego will hold him down for 3 rounds and get the win. Or he’ll get KO’d in 30 seconds. No in between.


Dodson vs Wood should be good. Vannata vs Medeiros should be fun. Dirty Bird usually has fun fights. Hot sauce vs jim Miller is something.

not saying it’s a good card but I’ll probably watch it lol

 

[m9]

Not a ton in terms of relevance but I actually think this will be a pretty fun card.

 

[CDJ]

Pretty insane Diego is still fighting and picking up the occasional win considering he won ultimate fighter 1 lol

jfc that was so long ago

 

[Kel Varnson]

So does the winner of the main event get Jones next or do you think Reyes gets an immediate rematch?

 

[Suxnet]

Pretty insane Diego is still fighting and picking up the occasional win considering he won ultimate fighter 1 lol

jfc that was so long ago

Yeah, especially with all the wars he's been in.

 

[CDJ]

So does the winner of the main event get Jones next or do you think Reyes gets an immediate rematch?

I would give the winner to Jones and give the loser to Reyes. Then if Reyes wins again you can run it back.

thiago Santos is walking around now so that’s nice. I still can’t believe he took a card from Jon on zero good legs

 

[m9]

So does the winner of the main event get Jones next or do you think Reyes gets an immediate rematch?

I said it in the other thread already, but I give Jones the winner and have Reyes fight Oezdemir.

 

[Avs_19]

The main event is an important fight for the division but I don't know if it'll be as simple as the winner getting a title shot. If Anderson wins one of his boring decisions, no one will be asking to see him fight Jones. I think he needs to win impressively to finally get his title shot.

I could actually see the co-main being entertaining since both guys are kinda crazy and don't always stick to a game plan. Same goes for Vannata vs. Medeiros.

 

[pistolpete11]

Probably won't bother watching this one. The only fight I'm somewhat interested in is the main event, but I'm more interested in the outcome and the impact it has on the rest of the division than watching the fight.

 

[m9]

I know Borg has had family issues, but he missed weight again. I don't know why the UFC keeps giving him fights at flyweight, it's embarrassing to both sides at this point.

 

[Jasper]

The main event and any time Diego fights should be good. Kind of surprised to see Means and Miller on the undercard coming off of wins on a pretty weak card. With Dodson on the undercard as well it's worth checking out. A random HW fight or two would make it a lot more interesting.

 

[CDJ]

I know Borg has had family issues, but he missed weight again. I don't know why the UFC keeps giving him fights at flyweight, it's embarrassing to both sides at this point.

Idk why he doesn’t permanently move to 135. He’s missed weight there, 125 should be entirely out of the question.

Feel bad for the guy though. He’s a guy that can’t really afford to get fined and I’d also imagine it’s really hard for him to get a full camp in given the situation with his son.

just a shitty situation. It’s also not fair for the opponent obviously. Hopefully he doesn’t look at that Kenney loss as a setback and hopefully it’s not his motive for moving back down, I thought he won that fight tbh.

 

[m9]

Idk why he doesn’t permanently move to 135. He’s missed weight there, 125 should be entirely out of the question.

Feel bad for the guy though. He’s a guy that can’t really afford to get fined and I’d also imagine it’s really hard for him to get a full camp in given the situation with his son.

just a ****ty situation. It’s also not fair for the opponent obviously. Hopefully he doesn’t look at that Kenney loss as a setback and hopefully it’s not his motive for moving back down, I thought he won that fight tbh.

I read a stat that he has either missed weight or pulled out of half his UFC fights. I get there are some legit reasons there, but some people just aren't reliable.

 

[CDJ]

I read a stat that he has either missed weight or pulled out of half his UFC fights. I get there are some legit reasons there, but some people just aren't reliable.

he did get put in that sick armbar though so he’s at least given us that!

I really do feel for him and his opponents. But yeah at a certain point he needs to take accountability and give up flyweight considering making bantamweight isn’t a lock for him

 

[BGDDYKWL]

Normally number one contender fights are very compelling but I just can't get up for this one. Both guys have too many bad losses on their resumes. Even with Jones looking very human as of late I still think he walks right through either of these guys.

People keep talking about Anderson as a dark horse, and how he feels he's been disrespected. I can't say I agree. He acts like he's been on this unnoticed ass whooping tour. The second he earned a decisive/impressive win he was put in a number one contender fight. Can't really ask for more than that.

 

[CDJ]

Big win for Dodson

 

[Avs_19]

Couple of good fights on the prelims.

Means just got lit up. It's surprising he lasted as long as he did in that fight.

 

[member 51464]

I love how Anderson's highlight reel is basically just two punches against Johnny Walker from multiple angles, lol

 

[CDJ]

I love how Anderson's highlight reel is basically just two punches against Johnny Walker from multiple angles, lol

lololol

Well otherwise it would be buffer reading a bunch of 29-28 scores


Nice to see Borg win even if he came in off weight. Get all that money you possibly can!

 

[CDJ]

That was a brutal illegal knee by Vargas. Pretty blatant

 

[h2]

Crazy illegal knee there

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Anyone w a stream? DM

 

[h2]

I was about to say De La Rosa's striking looks so non-threatening, and then she knockdowns her opponent. Pretty meh fight otherwise.