GDT: UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos

[Avs_19]

Date: March 9, 2019
Venue: Intrust Bank Arena
City: Wichita, Kansas
Time: 8pm ET/5pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 5)

Heavyweight bout: Derrick Lewis vs. Junior dos Santos
Welterweight bout: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Curtis Millender
Welterweight bout: Tim Means vs. Niko Price
Heavyweight bout: Blagoy Ivanov vs. Ben Rothwell
Lightweight bout: Beneil Dariush vs. Drew Dober
Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Omari Akhmedov

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass)

Welterweight bout: Anthony Rocco Martin vs. Sérgio Moraes
Women's Bantamweight bout: Marion Reneau vs. Yana Kunitskaya
Featherweight bout: Grant Dawson vs. Julian Erosa
Heavyweight bout: Maurice Greene vs. Jeff Hughes
Bantamweight bout: Louis Smolka vs. Matt Schnell
Welterweight bout: Alex Morono vs. Zak Ottow
Lightweight bout: Alex White vs. Dan Moret​

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[m9]

Should be a fun main event, but I think JDS is a bit too technical for Lewis.

Overall not many big names on the rest of the card, though I think there should be some exciting fights/finishes.

 

[member 51464]

That winner announcement in Reneau/Kunitskaya was an instant classic. Marion's face when they said Yana = priceless and gifable. If only I knew how to gif.

 

[Avs_19]

Not a great night for noses so far tonight. Both Yana and Boetsch with nasty looking breaks.

 

[TerminatorBlue]

wow I thought Big Ben won, moved forward all fight.

 

[Avs_19]

wow I thought Big Ben won, moved forward all fight.

Same. He went forward and I thought he landed more.

 

[Jasper]

Thought so too.

 

[darko]

Blink and you miss it.

 

[darko]

Same. He went forward and I thought he landed more.

He got tagged a lot moving forward. First 2 rounds could've gone either way. Ben won round 3.

 

[Avs_19]

Damn. Nice right hook to end it. That was a fun back and forth round.

 

[YNWA14]

I think Means was a bit too passive there...he had Price hurt, but damn that was a nice shot and his follow up was spot on.

 

[YNWA14]

"GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD, THANK YOU FATHER!!" … "VIOLENCE" lol what come on man

 

[Deen]

This is a good fight.

 

[m9]

He got tagged a lot moving forward. First 2 rounds could've gone either way. Ben won round 3.

Agreed. One of those fights where first two rounds are fairly even and one guy clearly wins the third so it seems like a bad decision. Close fight.

 

[Deen]

Why does the guy checking them for foreign objects and their mouth guard/cup rub down the guys chest? Can't you just see that he doesn't have grease on? Weird.

 

[m9]

Kind of shocked Price was a big underdog for that fight, seemed pretty much a pick-em. Awesome timing on that punch.

 

[YNWA14]

This is a good fight.

Agreed. Welterweight and Lightweight are the two best divisions in the UFC...so much talent.

 

[Avs_19]

Co-main should be a good one. Both guys are skilled and can finish.

 

[Avs_19]

He made that look so easy. Took the back with ease, then the mount, and then the back again to finish.

 

[Deen]

That was super slick. Didn't know this guy was like a mini Maia.

 

[darko]

That was super slick. Didn't know this guy was like a mini Maia.

Not really. His hands are very good. This guy needs to fight a top-10 guy.

 

[m9]

Millender is solid but he's a bit stiff and is a zero on the ground.

 

[m9]

That's how you pick a walkout song, Derrick Lewis.

 

[TerminatorBlue]

Hopfully his back is holding up, seems like every fight he has back problems.

 

[YNWA14]

I didn't realize that Lewis was THAT big.

Also the smaller dos Santos is a beast. Give him Lawler.

 

[Deen]

Not really. His hands are very good. This guy needs to fight a top-10 guy.

Didn't he say he was a black belt on the ground? Just prefers throwing hands I think.