GDT: UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis

[Avs_19]

Date: March 23, 2019
Venue: Bridgestone Arena
City: Nashville, Tennessee
Time: 8pm ET/5pm PT
Viewing: ESPN+, TSN 3

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, TSN 3)

Welterweight bout: Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis
Heavyweight bout: Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis
Lightweight bout: John Makdessi vs. Jesus Pinedo
Flyweight bout: Jussier Formiga vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Featherweight bout: Luis Peña vs. Steven Peterson
Women's Flyweight bout: Maycee Barber vs. JJ Aldrich

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, TSN 3)

Featherweight bout: Bryce Mitchell vs. Bobby Moffett
Bantamweight bout: Frankie Saenz vs. Marlon Vera
Women's Flyweight bout: Alexis Davis vs. Jennifer Maia
Women's Strawweight bout: Randa Markos vs. Angela Hill
Bantamweight bout: Ryan MacDonald vs. Chris Gutierrez
Flyweight bout: Eric Shelton vs. Jordan Espinosa​

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[m9]

This card looks great to me.

The main event will be fun, and that's a pretty key HW fight.

Hard to know how important a flyweight bout is, but those are two of the best. Excited to see Figueiredo with a step up.

Pena & Maycee Barber are both really interesting prospects.

 

[MD thaivuN]

meh card. main event probably will be slow and depressing as Wonderboy slowly dismantles Pettis. Figueiredo and Marlon Vera are the only fighters worth watching after that.

 

[pistolpete11]

The main event is going to be either fireworks or a major disappointment. It's kind of a stupid fight to begin with. Pettis can't hang at 170. With Woodley losing, Wonderboy isn't that far away from a title fight, but I'm not sure beating a LW/former FW really does a lot for him. But they are 2 of the flashiest strikers in the UFC, so it could be great.

Good co-main and Pena and Barber are good, exciting prospects.

Overall, not a bad card, but nothing that's going to blow back your hair .

 

[kabidjan18]

I'm meh excited about this card, only really interesting fight to me is Blaydes vs. Willis. The fight I can't wait for is next week...

 

[YNWA14]

Not a bad card. Excited for the Barber fight as up to this point she's looked like a beast and could really be an exciting women's champ down the line.

 

[Neutrinos]

Pettis is 3 - 6 in his last 9

I'm expecting Wonderboy to make easy work of him

 

[Avs_19]

Barber is throwing some wild lunging punches and getting lit up in the first round.

 

[td_ice]

Impressive round 1 for Aldrich.

 

[td_ice]

Barber is throwing some wild lunging punches and getting lit up in the first round.

JJ countered beautifully that round.

 

[Avs_19]

JJ countered beautifully that round.

Definitely looks like the better and more technical striker.

 

[td_ice]

Damn! Barber came on and showed her power. Started landing.

 

[Avs_19]

That changed quickly for Barber. Some nice work in the clinch with those elbows and then the left.

 

[td_ice]

Impressive win for Barber. Ate a lot of shots in round 1, but wasn't fazed at all.

 

[ZDH]

What time does pettis v wonderboy start?

 

[ZDH]

Oh yea and Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas

 

[Avs_19]

What time does pettis v wonderboy start?

Depends on how the next few fights go but probably not for at least another 1.5 hours.

 

[Avs_19]

Peterson is tough but that should be a clean sweep for Pena. He mixes up his striking pretty well. Too bad he missed weight.

 

[darko]

Formiga too good.

 

[Avs_19]

Formiga too good.

Yeah. It'll be interesting to see what happens next. Both him and Benavidez are in the title mix but no one knows if the division will even be around.

 

[darko]

Someone needs to teach Pinedo to use that reach.

 

[td_ice]

Well, not gonna be fight of the night, haha....bit of a snoozer, so far.

EDIT: starting to engage now.

 

[darko]

Interesting strategy by Pinedo in trying to lull Makdessi into sleep.

And lol at Pinedo looking disappointed with the scorecard.

 

[Avs_19]

Anything can happen at HW but I really don't think Willis is on Blaydes' level.

 

[kabidjan18]

Got to the bar just in time for Pineda vs Makdessi. Only person put to sleep was the fans.