GDT: UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan/Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics

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Date: October 1, 2022
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Women's Strawweight bout: Mackenzie Dern vs. Yan Xiaonan
Welterweight bout: Francisco Trinaldo vs. Randy Brown
Bantamweight bout: Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones
Featherweight bout: Sodiq Yusuff vs. Don Shainis
Catchweight (140 lb) bout: John Castaneda vs. Daniel Santos
Lightweight bout: Mike Davis vs. Viacheslav Borshchev

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Heavyweight bout: Aleksei Oleinik vs. Ilir Latifi
Lightweight bout: Joaquim Silva vs. Jesse Ronson
Middleweight bout: Krzysztof Jotko vs. Brendan Allen
Light Heavyweight bout: Maxim Grishin vs. Philipe Lins
Women's Bantamweight bout: Leah Letson vs. Chelsea Chandler
Bantamweight bout: Guido Cannetti vs. Randy Costa​

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Date: October 1, 2022
Venue: Long Beach Arena
City: Long Beach, California
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: Showtime, Bellator Youtube

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Featherweight Championship bout: Patricio Pitbull (c) vs. Adam Borics
Lightweight bout: A.J. McKee vs. Spike Carlyle
Featherweight bout: Aaron Pico vs. Jeremy Kennedy
Bantamweight bout: Juan Archuleta vs. Enrique Barzola

PRELIMINARY CARD (Bellator Youtube)

Lightweight bout: Jay Jay Wilson vs. Vladimir Tokov
Lightweight bout: Mike Hamel vs. Max Rohskopf
Lightweight bout: Nick Browne vs. Islam Mamedov
Lightweight bout: Keon Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas
Bantamweight bout: Richard Palencia vs. Cee Jay Hamilton
Middleweight bout: Khadzhimurat Bestaev vs. Khalid Murtazaliev
Women's Flyweight bout: Sumiko Inaba vs. Nadine Mandiau
Lightweight bout: Lance Gibson Jr. vs. Dominic Clark
Bantamweight bout: Bobby Seronio III vs. Miguel Peimbert
Featherweight bout: Weber Almeida vs. Ryan Lilley​

 

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[m9]

UFC card obviously has no main event but some names sprinkled all over. Bellator with a great main card and nothing on the prelims.

Timing works out well to watch UFC/Bellator. If you consider the entire UFC card the prelims & Bellator the main card you've got a pretty solid fight night.

 

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[CDJ]

Bo Nickal day

 

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[Bunk Moreland]

Bo Nickal day

I am ready. Looking forward to Sam Patterson fighting as well he has potential.

 

[m9]

Will be interesting when it gets released what's happening here. It's nothing bad - not some Covid or poor ticket sales thing. Talk around town is that it's a trial run for a virtual reality UFC experience, but nothing confirmed yet.

 

[CDJ]

Yeah Bo is a future UFC champion

 

[Avs_19]

Nickal looks like the has the skill set to beat ranked fighters right now. Maybe an overreaction but I don't care.

 

[m9]

Nickal looks like the has the skill set to beat ranked fighters right now. Maybe an overreaction but I don't care.

I think he would probably be favored over a handful of top 15 guys already. Like, Darren Till is ranked 9th. Chris Curtis is ranked 15th. I think Bo is favored and probably wins both.

 

[Taytro]

Problem with Bo is that we haven't seen enough of him. He's obviously on a different level than what he got tonight but I'd like to at least see a couple rounds so I can get excited about him. Can you chill a little next time Bo?

 

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[CDJ]

Ben Rothwell may be perfect for bare knuckle

 

[Taytro]

Ben Rothwell may be perfect for bare knuckle

I can see Ben and his opponent tumbling out of the ring Pride/Pancrase style. Those are two big men in a not very big ring.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I think he would probably be favored over a handful of top 15 guys already. Like, Darren Till is ranked 9th. Chris Curtis is ranked 15th. I think Bo is favored and probably wins both.

Funny you mention Curtis....

 

[m9]

Funny you mention Curtis....

I think he's correct in what he's saying.

Also - I don't want him to be fighting ranked guys anytime soon, they need to really take it slow with matchups. There's really no rush - they can put him on ESPN main cards fighting anyone. He'll get to the "Chris Curtis" level in 3-5 fights.

 

[Taytro]

I think he's correct in what he's saying.

Also - I don't want him to be fighting ranked guys anytime soon, they need to really take it slow with matchups. There's really no rush - they can put him on ESPN main cards fighting anyone. He'll get to the "Chris Curtis" level in 3-5 fights.

Bo is 26, they definitely don't have to rush him into anything. Give him 4 fights over 2 years to develop his hands, comfort level in the octagon, and just general experience before he even sniffs anyone ranked. Low and slow for a guy this young with a lot of time left in the sport.

Should we be talking about him winning a title in 2023? No, obviously not. Should we be talking about him like he's a very high level prospect breaking into the scene? Yup. So shut up Chris Curtis.

 

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[Chaels Arms]

Possibly brings some truth to the VR rumor mentioned earlier if this is for some Meta stuff. The VR sports experience has endless potential but has a very, very long way to go. The company that eventually gets that right would have an actual gold mine on their hands.

 

[member 51464]

If there was ever a fighter to get people to plunk down money for a virtual reality version of, it's Dern.

 

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[CDJ]

That means he did

 

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