GDT: UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos/Bellator 298: Storley vs. Ward

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Date: August 12, 2023
Venue: UFC Apex
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (ESPN, TSN 5)

Welterweight bout: Vicente Luque vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. Hakeem Dawodu
Light Heavyweight bout: Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Chris Daukaus
Women's Strawweight bout: Polyana Viana vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Middleweight bout: A.J. Dobson vs. Tafon Nchukwi
Middleweight bout: Josh Fremd vs. Jamie Pickett

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, TSN 5)

Bantamweight bout: JP Buys vs. Marcus McGhee
Lightweight bout: Mike Breeden vs. Terrance McKinney
Featherweight bout: Francis Marshall vs. Isaac Dulgarian
Heavyweight bout: Josh Parisian vs. Martin Buday
Women's Strawweight bout: Jacqueline Amorim vs. Montserrat Ruiz
Bantamweight bout: Da'Mon Blackshear vs. Jose Johnson
Women's Flyweight bout: Juliana Miller vs. Luana Santos​

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Date: August 11, 2023
Venue: Sanford Pentagon
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: Showtime, Bellator Youtube

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Welterweight bout: Logan Storley vs. Brennan Ward
Heavyweight bout: Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry
Middleweight bout: Dalton Rosta vs. Aaron Jeffrey
Featherweight bout: James Gallagher vs. James Gonzalez
Lightweight bout: Sidney Outlaw vs. Islam Mamedov

PRELIMINARY CARD (Bellator Youtube)

Featherweight bout: Michael Blockhus vs. Eli Mefford
Featherweight bout: Lucas Brennan vs. Weber Almeida
Bantamweight bout: Enrique Barzola vs. Jaylon Bates
Women's Flyweight bout: Diana Avsaragova vs. Justine Kish
Lightweight bout: Vladimir Tokov vs. Jairo Pacheco
Women's Featherweight bout: Dayana Silva vs. Kateryna Shakalova
Light Heavyweight bout: Sullivan Cauley vs. Hamza Salim
Lightweight bout: Alfie Davis vs. Aalon Cruz
Bantamweight bout: Leandro Higo vs. Nikita Mikhailov
Bantamweight bout: Josh Hill vs. Kasum Kasumov
Bantamweight bout: Marcirley Alves da Silva vs. Jerrell Hodge
Featherweight bout: Jordan Oliver vs. Andrew Triolo​

 

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Still can't believe Bryce Hall is actually doing BKFC, and that he's fighting someone who is 3-0 in there with 3 KOs.

 

[m9]

Away this weekend and although I kind of like this bellator card I think it's a good week of fights to miss. The last 3 fights on the ufc card are ok I guess but it's a bad card overall.

 

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[CDJ]

Dwcs is back, sweeeeeeet

 

[pistolpete11]

RDA has been using wrestling a lot more lately (4, 2, 5, and 6 takedowns in his last 4 fights). I think Luque has enough power that RDA is going to want to avoid it, especially early, so I think RDA will look for the takedown. There's a chance that could turn into a grindfest, but Luque hunts for submissions, as does RDA at times, so I'm cautiously optimistic there could be some fun scrambles.

Always rooting for Cub and Rountree-Daukaus is meh. The rest I don't have any interest in.

 

[m9]

Yeah, usually there are some decent prospects on the rest of these UFC cards but the only guy worth keeping an eye on is Buday as a 12-1 HW prospect.

 

[Taytro]

Away this weekend and although I kind of like this bellator card I think it's a good week of fights to miss. The last 3 fights on the ufc card are ok I guess but it's a bad card overall.

Couple of those fighters have no business being on a main card.

 

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I’ve never watched the contender series before but I’m gonna try to catch every card this year, excited for it to be back. Though I’ve seen a lot of people say this season isn’t looking as strong as some of the last few

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I’ve never watched the contender series before but I’m gonna try to catch every card this year, excited for it to be back. Though I’ve seen a lot of people say this season isn’t looking as strong as some of the last few

I absolutely love it.. fun to watch some of these guys grow and make a name from themselves.

 

[CDJ]

Payton Talbott looks like a potential guy

 

[CDJ]

These heavyweights are god awful

 

[MMC]

Was hoping one of these guys would look good since UFC badly needs talent in the higher weight classes but that was awful

 

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Every winner got signed

 

[CDJ]

Almeida, Nolan, and Talbott were the only 3 I think are truly ufc caliber

Almeida has good takedown defense for a kickboxer, I could see him being solid. A little on the older side though, already 35. Talbott and Nolan are both young in their careers but they both seem to have bright futures. Talbott gets hit but he has a great chin, awkward style, and infinity pressure/gas tank. Kinda reminds me of Strickland a bit with his style tbh. Nolan is just way too tall to make lightweight but somehow does it and he looks so much bigger than everybody else. Seems to crack.


Keep an eye on George Hardwick next week

 

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I have a lot of gripes about the way Bellator does things but they do the prelims right. Once the decision is read the next fighters immediately start the walk.

 

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BKFC is free tonight BTW for those interested

 

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BKFC is free tonight BTW for those interested

 

[MMC]

Still can't believe Bryce Hall is actually doing BKFC, and that he's fighting someone who is 3-0 in there with 3 KOs.

Lmao, and he gets the win despite looking terrible due to a doctor stoppage because his opponent somehow f***ed his arm up