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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic

UFC Fight Night
  • Saturday 08.29.2020 at 06:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: ESPN+
  • Name: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic
  • Also Known As: UFC Vegas 8
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: UFC APEX
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Paul Felder
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Paul Felder
  • TV Ratings: 564,000 avg. viewers (ESPN prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Ricardo Lamas vs. Bill Algeo   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Sean Brady vs. Christian Aguilera   |   $50,000 bonus to Brady
  • Performance of the Night
    Mallory Martin vs. Hannah Cifers   |   $50,000 bonus to Martin

Referees

  • Herb Dean
    Smith vs. Rakić (10)Brady vs. Aguilera (3)
  • Jason Herzog
    Lawler vs. Magny (9)Pitolo vs. Kasanganay (6)Whitmire vs. Viana (2)
  • Chris Tognoni
    Kim vs. Grasso (8)Caceres vs. Springer (4)Martin vs. Cifers (1)
  • Mark Smith
    Lamas vs. Algeo (7)Cummings vs. Di Chirico (5)

Event Discussion

phillip53
phillip53

08.30.2020 | 6:14 PM ET

congrats on the 10,000 posts and the new belt. long time to the red belt though.
freemoneyforall
freemoneyforall

08.30.2020 | 6:35 PM ET

Thanks bud. and Yeah I know. I think I'll just be satisfied with the coral belt since I never expected to get past black belt. Also I surpassed fish who was a brown belt when i started. Don't know why but that's the best part.
ImperatorFishrat
ImperatorFishrat

08.30.2020 | 8:28 PM ET

I stopped picking horse **** cards TBH.
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Fight Predictions

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