Topic: Contender Series 2020
Contender Series 2020: Week 2
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- Tuesday 08.11.2020 at 08:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: ESPN+
- Promotion: Dana White's Contender Series
- Ownership:
- Venue: UFC APEX
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Cage
- TV Announcers: Dan Hellie, Paul Felder
- Post-Fight Interviews: Laura Sanko
- MMA Bouts: 5
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Event Links:
| Bout | Info | |
|---|---|---|
| Dustin Stoltzfus defeats Joe Pyfer via KO/TKO, Slam (arm Injury) | 4:21 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Adrian Yanez defeats Brady Huang via KO/TKO, Punches | 0:39 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Cory McKenna defeats Vanessa Demopoulos via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| T.J. Laramie defeats Daniel Swain via KO/TKO, Doctor Stoppage (rib Injury) | 5:00 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Impa Kasanganay defeats Anthony Adams via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page |
Responses
bout announced
T.J. Laramie vs. Daniel Swain at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
bout announced
JP Buys vs. Nate Smith at 125 lbs (56.7 kg)
bout announced
Joe Pyfer vs. Dustin Stoltzfus at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
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- AnthillIss
07.17.2020 | 1:57 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 2 of 2 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points | Tied for 528th
Dustin Stoltzfus, SUB, R2
Let's go Dustin!
07.23.2020 | 10:18 PM ET
Pyfer vs. Stoltzfus
Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 150 Points | Tied for 501st
"One Fight At A Time"
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- AnthillIss
07.25.2020 | 3:00 AM ET
Predictions: 2 of 2 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points | Tied for 528th
07.25.2020 | 3:18 PM ET
Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 150 Points | Tied for 501st
"One Fight At A Time"
bout announced
Adrian Yanez vs. Brady Huang at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
bout announced
Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Cory McKenna at 115 lbs (52.2 kg)
07.28.2020 | 4:24 PM ET
Lets GO Joe!!!!
Predictions: 3 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points | Tied for 474th
"BODYBAGZ.....BODYBAGZ.....BODYBAGZ!!!!"
bout status update
Buys vs. Smith Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
bout announced
Anthony Adams vs. Impa Kasanganay at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
08.06.2020 | 9:52 AM ET
Making me nervous Tap.
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 101st
"I’m here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
08.06.2020 | 1:26 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 2 of 4 Winners, 0 Perfect, 100 Points | Tied for 570th
Cory McKenna
Ginger hobbit power!
"Weasel Piss *********" Dan Hooker
08.06.2020 | 3:39 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 275 Points | Tied for 76th
Dustin Stoltzfus, SUB, R2
I can see why this is the main event and I think it's a lot closer than what tapology seems to think. Both are solid all-around fighters. My thing with Dustin though is that he leaves his chin open a bit too much, which the rangey striker in Pyfer could capitalize on. Though I suspect Dustin is the better grappler of the two and I think that'll be the deciding factor, plus most of the guys Pyfer's fought seem to be kind of **** so It's hard to tell how he'll cope with his toughest opponent by far
Yanez vs. Huang
Adrian Yanez, TKO, R1
I'm suuuuper looking forward to seeing Yanez. This guy is an excellent boxer with pretty decent grappling. His ko over Rodriguez is absolutely brutal. Haven't managed to find much on Huang other than his tko loss to Martin Day in which he looked only ok up until the finish, the quality of his record isn't great either. He'll have the size advantage but I don't think that'll be enough
Demopoulos vs. McKenna
Vanessa Demopoulos, SUB, R2
McKenna is scrappy af and will likely bring on the pressure, though she has a tendency to often get caught in bad spots. I think Demopoulos has the submission skills to put her away. I also don't think I could pick someone who has a decision loss to Di Segni
Laramie vs. Swain
T.J. Laramie, DEC
Swain is dangerous on his back and T.J knows it. Despite that it seems that T.J is the stronger grappler of the two and will likely stuff any attempt for Swain to head to the ground. While his striking is a little sloppy, tends to go for too many overhands, T.J should have the advantage there as well. My only thing is that Swain has definitely fought stronger competition over at M1 so I wouldn't be surprised if he's able to catch him with something.
Adams vs. Kasanganay
Impa Kasanganay, DEC
Impa should already be in the ufc in the first place, had a fantastic performance first time around. Adams doesn't seem that bad though, but seems a little green in his striking
"metsä kutsuu nimeäni"
08.06.2020 | 10:07 PM ET
Predictions: 2 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 140 Points | Tied for 508th
"you dont need religion to have morals. if you can't tell right from wrong you lack empathy and humanity, not religion."
08.09.2020 | 12:30 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 101st
Cory McKenna, DEC
I'm going against the flow here. I think both of these girls have good UFC potential in all reality, I just think that McKenna has a good enough awareness to stifle the game plan of Demopoulos. There will always be that threat of a submission from the bottom, but I think we might see a horizontal version of what happened between Kunitskaya and Stoliarenko just last night (as of writing this). There is a lot of close fights on this card, at least closer than the odds indicate, but this is a close fight due to the massive amount of unknowns on both sides. Two young fighters who I would not say are "quite" ready for the straw-weight division, being as stacked as it is, but both will likely get there at some point.
Laramie vs. Swain
Daniel Swain, SUB, R2
TJ Laramie is a fun stocky fighter. Watching his tape as he's progressed through the years, he has that age old story of a wrestler who fell in love with their hands. He's very good at blitzing forward, but a two to three bunch type of striker. I will say he keeps his gas tank in good reserve which could prove to earn him the win against Swain. But I just don't see this as his fight at all. Daniel Swain was a weird fighter to research, I saw him against Julian Erosa when I was picking Erosa vs. Woodson (easy money that one), and I really like him. He has some losses to good opponents (Erosa, Alex da Silva, Viktor Kolensik), but those all came a while ago, and if you really watch he takes a lot of these guys to school for moments. I mean he really humiliated Alex Da Silva for one round, but just blew his wad trying to get him out of there. Now since those two bad losses he seems to have matured in the cage a bit while fighting lower tier competition mostly. But I know the caliber of Alex da Silva and Swain made him look like a child for 5 minutes. I gotta think as long as the cardio hold, Swain wins this one any way he wants.
"I’m here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
08.09.2020 | 12:59 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 101st
Adrian Yanez, TKO, R2
Yanez is a crisp MMA boxer. He can recycle his punches and uses an energy wasting counter grappling game. But both of these serve him well with his style of fighting, an O’Malley type of counter puncher could make him pay for some of his habits. But Huang has nothing for him that I can see, all the tape on Huang makes me see why he lost to his one big step up in competition (a natty flyweight). Yanez needs to polish some habits but he has the precursory skills, and definitely has the power, to survive in the UFC. Huang? Not so much.
* Edited at 08.09.2020, 1:00 PM ET *
"I’m here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
08.09.2020 | 1:08 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 255 Points | Tied for 115th
"If it's not a challenge, it isn't fun enough."
08.09.2020 | 6:40 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 5 of 5 Winners, 1 Perfect, 305 Points | Tied for 49th with 1 other
Adrian Yanez, TKO, R2
Yanez is gonna put a whoopin on Huang here!
Adams vs. Kasanganay
Impa Kasanganay, TKO, R2
Didn't Kasangay almost get the contract last year but Dana said "go get yourself more experience then come back kid". Well, he's back, but he aint had 1 single fight since!!!! So, what happens if he wins, which I expect him to, has he now all of a sudden got the required experience??
"Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe ****! "
08.09.2020 | 8:21 PM ET
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." -H.L. Mencken
08.10.2020 | 11:00 AM ET
Lines just dropped
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 101st
"I’m here to snatch necks and cash checks" - Darrick Minner
08.10.2020 | 11:40 AM ET
Interesting tap on Huang, Yanez sits -300
I see Laramie -300 and Dustin -200 at BOL
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." -H.L. Mencken
08.11.2020 | 12:36 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 2 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 60th
Cory McKenna, DEC
Demopoulos looks like Lena Paul but i like McKenna's nickname so i don't know who to root for
08.11.2020 | 5:37 AM ET
Predictions: 1 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 50 Points | Tied for 617th
"Life is always better after a big poo."
08.11.2020 | 11:58 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 200 Points | Tied for 306th
Dustin Stoltzfus
DEC
"If you want some, come get some. If you don't like me, bite me."
08.11.2020 | 12:00 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 5 Winners, 0 Perfect, 200 Points | Tied for 306th
Brady Huang
DEC
Demopoulos vs. McKenna
Cory McKenna
DEC
Laramie vs. Swain
T.J. Laramie
TKO
Adams vs. Kasanganay
Impa Kasanganay
SUB
"If you want some, come get some. If you don't like me, bite me."