UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

@foppa420 

Yeah not like there is 6 fighters from the area. No big deal for local fans /s. Also, isn't the point of putting the fight on in AC to get people to buy tickets? So, you get fighters from the area to sell tickets.

* Edited at 03.15.2024, 8:35 AM ET *

I'm from this area. You could literally put anything on this card and people will show up. It wasn't a bad attempt going with Brady/Blanchfield as your "local fighters" for the main and co-main. There was a version of this card that was actually looking awesome at one point.

Luque vs. Brady
Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
Menifeld vs. Ulberg
Loopy vs. Jandiroba
Weidman vs. Silva
Sabbatini vs. Landwehr (although this fight was falsely advertised and was never close to actually being booked)

That's an awesome 6 fight main card for a fight night. **** happens. Saying there's "6 local fighters" is kind of stretch. It's really just Algeo and Petroski, but this is me getting into Jersey politics and semantics that no one probably cares about.

Basically, the only "locals" in Jersey live smack dab in the middle of the state around Princeton. If you're above that, you're "from New York". If you're below that, you're "from Philly". That's why I thought it was weird Blanchfield was on this card instead of the Newark one. Newark is literally her backyard. 

I think the ticket prices for this event reflect my criticism. I was planning on going, nixed the idea when the card lost Brady, but now have tickets. They were simply too cheap for me to pass up. Literally half the price of what Aljo/Cejudo cost last year in Newark. Theres still some decent seats available but I expect it will probably be close to sold out as we get closer. I think a lot of people are just doing what I did and waiting to see if ticket prices continue to fall due to lack of interest in a WMMA main event. 

Sorry this turned into a novel. I was being too harsh before, especially if we're comparing it to some other APEX cards coming up. This card is decent. 

EVERYBODY!

Aslan vs. Turkalj
Ibo Aslan, TKO, R1
No matter who wins, the fans will be pleasured

Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
Manon Fiorot, DEC
Fiorot very hard to takedown

Luque vs. Buckley
Vicente Luque, DEC
RDA better than Buckley

Luque vs. Buckley
Vicente Luque, DEC
buckley is a bum

Ruziboev vs. Dumas
Nursulton Ruziboev, TKO, R1
let the woman beater know what its ******* like nursulton

Luque vs. Buckley
Joaquin Buckley, TKO, R2
Welterweight Buckley is much better than Middleweight Buckley.

Gatto vs. Dudakova
Victoria Dudakova, DEC
Prettier girls always win

Luque vs. Buckley
Vicente Luque, DEC
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Gatto vs. Dudakova
Victoria Dudakova, SUB, R2
HIGH CONFIDENCE

Algeo vs. Nelson
Bill Algeo, DEC
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Landwehr vs. Emmers
Nate Landwehr, DEC
MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE

Did the UFC use Microsoft Paint to make this fight poster? Got to be one of the worst ones we'll see all year. 

Some of these betting lines do not make any sense to me

Petroski, Landwehr and Dudakova all being underdogs

Landwehr vs. Emmers
Nate Landwehr, DEC
Def got Nate over 2 1/2. Could see a late SUB or DEC win for him here. Imma say by SPLIT DEC.

Can anyone confirm what weight Nokuani vs. Mckee is going to happen at? Tapology says Middleweight, but on the UFC website it reflects welterweight. Which one is correct? 

Thank you. 

170

Love Chidi but he is a weird case too small for 185 at times chinny and had trouble making 170 at least in past.

Two back to back womens main events! What did we do to deserve this😭

@Traw 

one of them is a #1 contenders fight outside of the apex, how can u complain

@JReynolds47 

ain’t no ******* wayyyyyy you took Firiot to beat Blenchfield. No way. 👀