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01.24.2023 | 11:34 AM ET

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UFC Fight Night
  • Saturday 04.29.2023 at 04:30 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: ESPN+ | Prelims: ESPN+
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: UFC Apex
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Dominick Cruz, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Joe Martinez
  • Interviews: Daniel Cormier | Backstage: Megan Olivi
  • MMA Bouts: 11
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Bout   Info
Yadong Song   defeats   Ricky Simón   via KO/TKO, Punches   1:10 Round 5 of 5, 21:10 Total Bout Page
Caio Borralho   defeats   Michał Oleksiejczuk   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   2:49 Round 2 of 3, 7:49 Total Bout Page
Rodolfo Vieira   defeats   Cody Brundage   via Submission, Arm Triangle Choke   1:28 Round 2 of 3, 6:28 Total Bout Page
Fernando Padilla   defeats   Julian Erosa   via KO/TKO, Right Hook   1:41 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Marcos Rogério de Lima   defeats   Waldo Cortes-Acosta   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Trey Waters   defeats   Josh Quinlan   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Martin Buday   defeats   Jake Collier   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Cody Durden   defeats   Charles Johnson   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Irina Alekseeva   defeats   Stephanie Egger   via Submission, Kneebar   2:11 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Marcus McGhee   defeats   Journey Newson   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   2:03 Round 2 of 3, 7:03 Total Bout Page
Jamey-Lyn Horth   defeats   Hailey Cowan   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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Mav58
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04.25.2023 | 3:49 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 9 Winners, 2 Perfect, 290 Points   |   Tied for 2465th

That's a good point. Haha yeah I know what you mean
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04.25.2023 | 4:03 PM ET

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Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 280 Points   |   Tied for 2526th

Quinlan vs. Waters
Josh Quinlan, TKO
I want to pick waters for his height and reach but he gets rocked easily. I think I gotta chose quinlan

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04.25.2023 | 4:04 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 9 Winners, 1 Perfect, 200 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

Glad to see the alt conversation being had. You can tell it's only 2-3 guys, but theyve got the free time and thin skin to absolutely dominate these threads with completely incoherent feuding. 

I actually really like this card, so long as it's the weekly B-side of the UFC that keeps some action happening, rankings moving, developing young fighters to the feed into the big PPVs. I even like the Apex as the place to do it, but they gotta find a way to get like 2-3 thousand seats in there. Treat it like AA baseball or something. If I lived in Vegas, it'd be a fun way to kill an afternoon. I imagine they'd still sell out every single time. 
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04.25.2023 | 4:14 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 410 Points   |   Tied for 659th

I heard the reason March 11th was in the theater at virgin hotels was because they were renovating the apex to put more seats in buttt… it was just for stupid power slap finale. They really should put more seats in there. They love profit margins so much I don’t understand why they wouldn’t put more seats in. Then they don’t have to pay arena costs AND can overcharge 2,500 for a vip experience for 2,000 seats rather than just 150 

I see it as a win win. Not sure what the higher ups are thinking. It’s a one time opportunity cost that would generate insane revenues for them. They could clear 250k per apex event rather than the 10-20k they make for over charged seats

* Edited at 04.25.2023, 4:15 PM ET *

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Erison
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04.25.2023 | 4:20 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 9 Winners, 1 Perfect, 200 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

Yeah, it doesnt need to compete with the big arenas, and it'd still be for the smaller cards. But you could still get a crowd in there. Let people get hyped up. Maybe sometimes put these small cards on Fridays when there's a big PPV Sunday, like that one weird week on Fight Island where there was a Wednesday card and a Saturday card.

I think there's still a lot of value in a "regular season" type UFC atmosphere. Dont save everything to stack the big cards. Expand. I bet a lot of guys would love to do the Khamzat or Kevin Holland thing and just keep fighting every month.
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04.25.2023 | 4:24 PM ET

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Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 280 Points   |   Tied for 2526th

Erosa vs. Padilla
Julian Erosa, SUB
Erosa is a lock. This kid ain't ready for the big leagues

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04.25.2023 | 4:27 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 410 Points   |   Tied for 659th

I kinda like having events in a closed off venue with a small crowd. Makes it feel like a fight club. Packing the apex with 2k seats could make the fights seem super intense with all the yelling. I guess the only issue is following fire codes but that shouldn’t be too much of an issue

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04.25.2023 | 4:27 PM ET

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Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 280 Points   |   Tied for 2526th

Brundage vs. Vieira
Rodolfo Vieira, SUB
Losing to nick maximov is pretty sad. Viera by submission

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04.25.2023 | 4:29 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 315 Points   |   Tied for 2091st

I'm not posting my predictions this week and maybe for the month. I am doing an absolute **** job as of late. The UFC lowkey has done a good job with 50/50 fights as of late tbh, and I don't want to lose anyone money bc I realize I've been a user for a while and haven't missed a fight night since summer of 2020 
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04.25.2023 | 4:39 PM ET

Agreed I’ve been to two apex events events and one at T-Mobile. Apex is amazing but it’s essentially just a vip experience where as the arena shows are much more accessible for everyone else. 
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04.25.2023 | 4:39 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 3797th

Bellator was in Hawaii the other day while the UFC is still in the apex. Dana was bragging about being the first sport to return, but now they're the last. They're ****ting out diarrhea cards every week to meet their espn quota.

* Edited at 04.25.2023, 4:44 PM ET *

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04.25.2023 | 5:38 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 455 Points   |   Tied for 289th

Nah, UFC already had big gates lol Bellator can't compare, the Apex events are fine in their own regard as you can hear everything from the corners to the cracks and thuds from the strikes perfectly, feels more private or like Ayy said like a fight club
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04.25.2023 | 6:49 PM ET

Predictions: 2 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 3797th

Yeah I'd much rather hear Jake collier breathing heavily as he's getting cage pushed in a smaller cage instead of having fans cheering
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04.25.2023 | 7:11 PM ET

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Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 1230th

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04.25.2023 | 7:17 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 2289th

Jake is one of the worst HW in existence he lost justly should have been dq for headbutting Arlo at least 3 times.
Getting pieced up with combos and panic wrestling to survive, also has **** cardio being nearly 100lbs over weight.

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04.25.2023 | 7:36 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 325 Points   |   Tied for 1777th

Collier is an interesting character. Very hard guy to take seriously. I don't like his chances in this fight but Buday isn't exactly crazy skilled. 
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04.25.2023 | 7:39 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 0 Perfect, 410 Points   |   Tied for 659th

Collier is far from the worst hw on the roster lol. Sounds like a bit of bias with that comment 

I could name 25 guys worse than him, which is like 90% of the division lol. Man heavyweight sucks so bad

* Edited at 04.25.2023, 7:39 PM ET *

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04.25.2023 | 7:51 PM ET

@ayy

Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 325 Points   |   Tied for 1777th

There's 37 heavyweights currently on the roster. Collier is somewhere between 25-30. He's definitely not that bad as far as heavyweight goes but he's still pretty bottom of the barrel when you compare him to the rest of the UFC roster. 
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04.25.2023 | 7:59 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 325 Points   |   Tied for 1777th

Also just gonna say one more time this main event absolutely ****s. Super pumped this fight became 5 rounds and I think it changes the potential outcome quite a bit.

I'm going to do a way deeper dive over the course of the week but my preliminary thoughts are it's basically 50/50. I lean Simon but it's very close. I think Song would need to KO him and Ricky is just so well rounded and really hard to put away. Simon's boxing looks better than ever and his wrestling has always been legit. 

However, I was also extremely impressed with Song in his fight with Sandhagen. I won't say Corey is lucky he got that Dr. stoppage because he caused all that damage, but he dropped the first 2 rounds on 2 judges score-cards. As battered as Song was, he looked ready to go out on his shield and finish that fight.

Honestly A1 matchmaking. Perfect opponent for each guy given where they are in the division. This should have been a main event from the jump IMO. 
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04.25.2023 | 8:20 PM ET

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Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 1408th

Egger vs. Alekseeva
Irina Alekseeva, DEC
I am going with Irina Alekseeva (can't fade a solid Russian). Debut baby!! 💰🔐.

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