GDT: UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus

[Avs_19]

Date: December 18, 2021
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 2

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 2)

Heavyweight bout: Derrick Lewis vs. Chris Daukaus
Welterweight bout: Stephen Thompson vs. Belal Muhammad
Women's Strawweight bout: Amanda Lemos vs. Angela Hill
Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Ricky Simón
Lightweight bout: Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Gamrot
Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. Darren Elkins

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 2)

Middleweight bout: Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Bantamweight bout: Raoni Barcelos vs. Victor Henry
Heavyweight bout: Justin Tafa vs. Harry Hunsucker
Women's Flyweight bout: Sijara Eubanks vs. Melissa Gatto
Featherweight bout: Charles Jourdain vs. Andre Ewell
Women's Bantamweight bout: Raquel Pennington vs. Macy Chiasson
Heavyweight bout: Don'Tale Mayes vs. Josh Parisian
Lightweight bout: Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Sayles​

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[MMC]

Pretty good card to end the year with. I love Lewis but for some reason I think Daukaus takes this one

 

[CDJ]

Daukaus finally quit his police job, gonna be interesting to see how well he does devoting his life to MMA

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Daukaus finally quit his police job, gonna be interesting to see how well he does devoting his life to MMA

Crazy to me that he's only been training part time and is the number 7 rank heavyweight in the world. I was reading a piece on it and he was saying he would skip training sometimes if it meant he was able to do some OT as a cop. He was trying to get a leave of absence but the bosses in Philly PD pretty much told him no you have to pick a career so he resigned December 1st. His wife also wanted him to pick one because he was always away from his family.

Derrick Lewis had some good punchlines in his interviews...

He actually took some shots at Ngannou while praising Gane today too

 

[pistolpete11]

Yeah, pretty good Fight Night to end the year.

I never really know what to expect in a Lewis fight (except the DC fight), so no outcome would surprise me.

I think Wonderboy puts a beating on Belal.

I don't know anything about Lemos, but being a -300 favorite over Hill says something. I don't think Hill's all that good, but she's a solid fighter.

Assuncao's gotta be close to the end. 39 years old. Lost 3 in a row (granted all to killers). He's had a heck of a career, though, and probably one of the more underrated fighters out there. Simon's got a win over Merab. I don't know how high his ceiling is, but he could make some noise. If he wins, he should call out O'Malley. O'Malley-Simon would be fun and a good test for both.

CDF-Gamrot is another up-and-comer against a long standing, solid, vet. Don't really know enough about Gamrot to have any expectations, but you've got to take him seriously if he can beat CDF.

Cub-Elkins is just an old guy fight, but should be fun.

 

[CDJ]

Congrats to Justin Tafa for being the first fighter to miss weight at HW

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Congrats to Justin Tafa for being the first fighter to miss weight at HW

Sijara Eubanks and Macy Chiasson also missed weight. Don't know if those fights are going on or not yet.

 

[CDJ]

Leavitt was looking for that inverted triangle a couple of times. Finally hit it

guys really flexible, might see some weird subs out of him

 

[CDJ]

Mayes showing some development

 

[member 51464]

Quite the paunch on Pennington. You usually don't see folks looking flabby in the tummy at these lower weight classes.

 

[Killahpunk]

Just tuned in. I missed last weekend's event due to having company over. Hopefully there will be some sleeper fights.

 

[m9]

Nice win for Pennington and kind of a fun fight.

 

[Taytro]

Idk how you guys are watching tonight but god damn how many times do I have to see the Chiesa/Gaethje Jose Cuervo commercial?

 

[Taytro]

Nice win for Pennington and kind of a fun fight.

I actually really liked the fight but that's the 2nd sub already that I thought wasn't even close to being finished and the bottom fighter tapped. People don't want to stick around on the fight night I guess.

 

[CDJ]

Rocky looked decent

Jourdain is fighting out his contract with this one

 

[m9]

I actually really liked the fight but that's the 2nd sub already that I thought wasn't even close to being finished and the bottom fighter tapped. People don't want to stick around on the fight night I guess.

Amanda Nunes normalizing the quick tap just like that

 

[Avs_19]

Jourdain is fun. He's landing some nasty leg kicks and mixing things up well.

 

[Killahpunk]

Jourdain looking solid.

 

[Taytro]

Amanda Nunes normalizing the quick tap just like that

No way, McGregor was the original quick tap, how dare you leave his name out of your mouth?!

 

[Avs_19]

What a beating.

 

[Killahpunk]

Some major damage inflicted.

 

[Taytro]

My boy just Sparta kicked him to end the fight. Jourdain gaining some upvotes in my books.

 

[Killahpunk]

Jourdain just bringing the kicks!

 

[CDJ]

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA

pay that man

 

[m9]

No way, McGregor was the original quick tap, how dare you leave his name out of your mouth?!

I know he gets made fun of for the Nate tap, but that wasn't quick at all. Nate had it locked in.