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03.06.2016 | 2:23 AM ET
Nate Diaz Vs Eddie Alvarez
Conor McGregor Vs Frankie Edgar
Miesha Tate Vs Ronda Rousey III
Holly Holm Vs Amanda Nunes
Ilir Latifi Vs Patrick Cummins / Antônio Rogério Nogueira Winner
Gian Villante Vs Nikita Krylov / Francimar Barroso Loser
Corey Anderson Vs Ovince St. Preux
Tom Lawlor Vs Sean O'Connell
Amanda Nunes Vs Holly Holms
Valentina Shevchenko Vs Bethe Correia / Raquel Pennington Loser
PRELIMINARY CARD
Siyar Bahadurzada Vs Mike Pyle
Brandon Thatch Vs Gasan Umalatov
Nordine Taleb Vs Ryan LaFlare
Erick Silva Vs Jake Ellenberger
Vitor Miranda Vs Chris Camozzi
Marcelo Guimarães Vs Cezar Ferreira / Caio Magalhães Loser
Darren Elkins Vs Brian Ortega
Chas Skelly Vs Clay Guida
FIGHT PASS PRELIMS
Diego Sanchez Vs Joe Lauzon
Jim Miller Vs Ross Pearson / Abel Trujillo Loser
Jason Saggo Vs Islam Makhachev / Drew Dober Winner
Justin Salas Vs Scott Holtzman
Teruto Ishihara Vs Alex Caceres
Julian Erosa Vs Phillipe Nover
Responses
03.06.2016 | 3:27 AM ET
- McGregor said he's planning on defending his FW belt next. That fight should really do the Frankie/Conor fight next. Frankie deserves it, and it's a fresh match up.
- I think we'll see Ronda come back earlier than expected; since she doesn't have to worry about being kicked in the face by Tate.
- Wouldn't it be great to watch Cyborg vs. Holm at a catchweight of 140. I'd be a lot cooler if Holm was still the 135 champ and they had super fight at UFC 200. But still, imagine Tate/Rousey III, and Holm/Cyborg underneath. If Holm could win that fight, that would put her right in line for the shot at the UFC belt again.
- If Nunes fights for Tate's belt next, they should stick that thing on free TV. I don't think it's a compelling enough fight to even be the co-main of a PPV. Cat Zingano needs to get back into the game!
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03.06.2016 | 4:14 AM ET
@unbeknownst,
- I agree, though I'd say Diaz kinda deserves a shot at the title and there is the "disinterest, injured, out-of-shape" Diaz fought RDA angle to play on, though no matter how great Nate has looked in his last two fights that doesn't change the fact that both Diaz bros' achilles heel is good wrestlers, RDA is a a crazy good wrestler, Diaz/Alvarez seems pretty much the route to go, let RDA heal up properly.
- Yup.
- Ronda/Tate is frustrating because even though Miesha's got better, she still NEEDS her grappling to beat any one of the top girls (I know she thinks she's become Bruce Lee, she hasn't), and that's one area Ronda will always trump her in. Even in their last fight, every time Miesha was having some sort of success she took Ronda down and got flipped.
- Fun fight, though I don't see UFC ego bending for anything that isn't a pure money fight and at this point in time, Cyborg/Holm is for the hardcores, I don't think it's a money-fight as far as they're concerned. Had they not had all the back-and-forth in the past I think they could just make that kind of fight as part of the UFC 200 spectacle.
- I really hope Tate gets Nunes before Ronda, I believe Tate's the worst matchup on the planet for Nunes, a durable pitbull that won't go away within the first 2 rounds, could be a nice defense for Miesha.
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03.06.2016 | 10:27 AM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
03.06.2016 | 3:28 PM ET
Holm vs. Zingano, Nunes/Pena, and Schevchenko/Reneau would be how I would match the women's BW contenders but Tate/Nunes would work for me as well.
I'd make Latifi vs. Anderson and Villante is 4-4, Barroso 4-1, & Krylov 4-2 so either the Hester/Rogerio de Lima or Blachowicz/Pokrajac loser would make more sense to me.
Siyar is 2-2 so I'd match him up with 1 of the other 3 2-2 WWs coming off a win: Benoist, Moontasri, or Yakovlev. Moontasri would be the most fun.
Thatch vs. either Sullivan or Musoke and loser gets cut if he isn't already.
Taleb/Strickland would be more even. I think LaFlare would beat both easily.
Ellenberger is probably the best matchup for Silva. If not then Masvidal, John Howard, Noke, or Saunders
Miranda vs. McCrory and Guimaraes vs. Boetsch
I agree with Ortega for Elkins but Bektic, Tavares, or even Bermudez would be good as well
Skelly vs. Kawajiri seems tailor made
If not Lauzon then Poirier for Diego
Jim Miller vs. Michael Johnson or Joe Proctor
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03.06.2016 | 6:56 PM ET
Not bad for a guy that supposedly doesn't move the needle.
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03.06.2016 | 7:37 PM ET
Conor McGregor Vs Frankie Edgar
Miesha Tate Vs Ronda Rousey III (go figure this is the fight that Ronda comes back for, and she will lose to Tate this time.)
Holly Holm Vs Amanda Nunes
Ilir Latifi Vs Patrick Cummins / Antônio Rogério Nogueira Winner
Gian Villante Vs Ed Herman
Corey Anderson Vs Jimi Manuwa
Tom Lawlor Vs Sean O'Connell
Valentina Shevchenko Vs Ashlee Evans-Smith
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03.06.2016 | 9:04 PM ET
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03.06.2016 | 9:13 PM ET
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03.06.2016 | 11:47 PM ET
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03.07.2016 | 12:52 AM ET
"I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them."
03.07.2016 | 5:44 AM ET
Conor vs. Frankie (agreed)
Tate vs. Rousey III (agreed)
Holm vs Nunes (agreed)
Latifi vs Manuwa
Villante vs Feijao
Beastin 25/8 vs OSP (agreed)
Lawlor vs O'Connell (agreed)
Shevchenko vs Murphy
Bahadurzada vs Pyle (agreed)
Thatch vs Noke
Taleb vs Thiago Alves
Erick Silva vs Yakovlev
Miranda vs Camozzi (agreed)
Elkins vs Kawajiri
Skelly vs Cole Miller
Diego vs Lauzon (agreed)
Jim Miller vs Makdessi
Saggo vs Jon Tuck
Ishihara vs Noad Lahat
Erosa vs Kikuno
03.07.2016 | 7:27 AM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
03.07.2016 | 9:48 AM ET
Holly Holm Vs Cat Zingano
Corey Anderson Vs Misha Cirkunov
Amanda Nunes Vs Tate or Tate/Rousey winner or Julianna Pena if she doesn't get fired or ?
Valentina Shevchenko Vs Bethe Correia / Raquel Pennington Loser
Vitor Miranda Vs Santos/Marquardt winner
Cut: Justin Salas, Brandon Thatch
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
03.07.2016 | 4:34 PM ET
erick silva looked like zhit too. i think matt brown ****** him up mentally with the boken jaw and other assorted **** when they fought. i also think rothwell will steamroll dos santos. i think dos santos has taken to many shots to the head and rothwell can take more punishment than any other HW out there. and dish it out.
* Edited at 03.07.2016, 4:36 PM ET *
03.09.2016 | 7:29 AM ET
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
03.09.2016 | 9:08 AM ET
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/3/9/11184604/justin-bieber-says-diazs-style-is-terrible-nate-responds
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03.09.2016 | 9:25 AM ET
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03.09.2016 | 10:28 AM ET
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03.09.2016 | 10:38 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"