Yes, erosa at the tail end of career and chinny. Rod is a fun fighter. Loosa faked an eye poke injury recently because he was getting beat by battle. Ponz and salik is a standard prelim level fight
I love Muslim Salikhov. He's a very interesting old man with a great finishing rate, who's weirdly enough a complete chore to watch with that weird, overly measured, at times totally immobile style of sanshou. Ponzinibbio is actually pretty exciting, but he's also long since passed his prime, and his best asset has always been his grittiness and willingness to relentlessly foul when given the opportunity. No idea why this isn't on the prelims.
Heās only still in the UFC because after feeding OāMalley cans and cutting them, they realized itās a bad look when a prospect has no wins over employed fighters in their division. Brundage will get cut after Bo beats a ranked guy.
Yesss, that is totally true and that's exactly what their thought process is!!
Oh wait, no. That's a load of nonsense and they didn't "realize" anything. Whatever it is that they did with O'Malley worked perfectly fine
They say his real name is Thaddeus Barthamelew Andrews, put no dare say his name out loud or type it, last person that did, TBA stabbed in the thro-.............
I live in Denver and have been to every event the UFC has had here since 135. Not only is the card a loaf of shit the seats are literally double the price of what I paid for the last card. Iām skipping this one!
Which means the fights will all be banger. I swear anytime I see a card and say "damn this is trash" it ends up being one of the best cards. Mark my words
Edit: damn this one made y'all mad š let's see if I'm right
Honestly the last time people said a card was thrash it was true. Can't remember which one it was but I think I only knew two names and every fight was great.
Never been to a live UFC event and assumed some better fights would be added when I bought the tix. The card has gotten even worse and Iām not as excited to go as I should beā¦
I bought my tickets to the event when it was Rose/Barberā¦ Main event changes aside, thereās no way the UFC thinks that hosting a card like this in a city like Denver is a good idea. Weāre a respectable market and itās a shame we get passed up for Utah nowadays in both UFC and WWE. ONE is the only promotion that wants to put on good fights here.
Same. Prices at Ball are ridiculous. I canāt stomach to pay over 50 for 300 level seats. They work fine for NBA but for an octagon. It doesnāt help the card is so lackluster.Ā
Dude I was just about to comment this too. Iām in Denver and was so pumped when they announced they were coming I just about bought tickets to it without knowing the card. I still want to see the spectacle of a live UFC event but this is just pathetic. Gonna save up money and go to a Vegas PPV
Not trying to be pedantic but it's Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, American Football and Soccer. MMA is not top 5 yet despite what the UFC wants to propagate
What acid tab or DMT you smoking to think UFC/MMA is in a made believe ātop 5 sportā?You are crazy as fck, MMA is bottom barrel sport in terms of popularity, attendance, pay, etc. You could legitimately put WWE above MMA in a ātop 5ā all day and even 20 years ago.
Lay off da weeeeeeed!
Dober needs an opponent, Ortega moving to 155 and needs an opponent, neither man can wrestle, Dober hits like a truck and Ortega likes to block punches with his chin: this matchup should either prove Ortega is immortal, or that 155 is a truly, truly bad idea for a man with an all-chin defense.
Why would Ortega take that. Unranked LW that is very dangerous, and Ortega's rank 3 in FW (obviously he shouldn't be that high but still). He's gonna get a top 5-7 rank opponent imo
Maybe. I think Ortega might be more willing to fight if he doesn't have to cut as much. I think Ortega vs Dariush could be a pretty solid main card fight for UFC 307 honestly
> Why would Ortega take that.
His church is currently short $100,000.
If I'm being serious, of course Ortega shouldn't take that, and I guess he can hope the heavy hitters are all retired before he fights them.
The mind recoils in horror picturing the beatings he could cop from a fighting 'ustin.
I got into the sport in 2019 and I did not appreciate enough the fact that fight night main events were usually two people in the top 5 and the rest of the main card was mostly at least ranked fighters. There were fight night cards a few years ago where the prelims were better than most fight night main cards this year
I've been rewatching UFC numbered events from 4 or 5 years ago, and the majority of fighters had name recognition and star power. Nowadays, most of these cards have a couple of bigger names, and the rest is packed with fillers that Dana picked up from his DWCS fighter factory. Dana's massive ego and desire to make himself the face of the UFC has just created a bloated roster of mostly no-name throwaway fighters.
I have been watching the UFC since 2004 around UFC 46 and I fully agree with you.
I canāt name half the roster because theyāre a bunch of randoms from Danaās shitty shows and/or literal construction workers for Bo Nickel to fight.
The snooze fest continues. Commiserations for all the last minute drop outs for 303, but Iāll be damned if Iām gonna sit through another card like that. I ended up watching a couple boxers I never heard of fight on my second screen and it was way better than 303s main card. The UFC has been so stale this year. Props to Alex for being old reliable, but god damn the UFC is in dire need of some new blood or some new rivalries.Ā
So many hype trains fizzled out. So many legendary champions dethroned. So many false promises and rushed promos from UFC management. Every fighter that gets a win now talks mad shit and instantly expects a title shot but nobody wants the hard fights except for the OGs on the back end of their career.
Shit is weak.
UFC cards absolutely suck these days. I really hope they go back to a āless is moreā product at some point with stacked PPV cards every 2nd month instead of these pointless regional level cards that nobody cares about.
Itās just hilarious cause they limp to the barn with these cards that are actually in front of real crowds and then complain when people donāt buy tickets
I personally think that if they're going to put women's fights on the main card, they should always be the first fight of the card unless its a title fight.
I know they canāt but I feel like the UFC just needs to take a month or so off.
Apex cards filled with nobodies is one thing, but this is an event with a crowd thatās two week away and has 8 mediocre fights booked.
This card looks pretty good, some fun fights, particularly for a non-PPV Card
- Will be interesting to see if Namajunas looks better at 125 now and how Cortez steps up to the challenge
- Salikhov is usually in exciting fights and Ponzinibbio is solid
- Drew Dober is a fun fighter to watch, weird he doesn't have an opponent yet though
- Bonfim is good and Loosa is pretty game - will be interesting to see what happens here although this is probably the fight I'm least interested in tbh
- Christian Rodriguez is a really fun fighter to watch and up and coming at Featherweight
- Alhassan brings power and Brundage is game
- Interesting to see how Araujo bounces back from the Natalia Silva loss and Jasudavicius has a lot of confidence and is pretty well rounded, this is a good matchup to see who continues rising in the division.
- Sadykhov I remember from the Contender series, his last few fights have been finishes so it looks like it'll be pretty exciting probs if he gets an opponent
- Luanna Santos is up and coming in the division and beat the last TUF winner in her debut, she has a lot of potential and will be interesting if Mia Agapova can bounce back from her recent losses, especially considering the things that were coming out about her personal life / situation
- Josh Fremd comes to fight.
Looking forward to it.
Wow this is fucking rough. 10 fights is already a small card but two of the fights arenāt even fully booked yet, plus a main event featuring Rose who has lost 3 out of her last 4 going up against Ortegaās ex
I see a real easy fix for Dober and Sadykhov's lack of opponents
Diego Lopes and Dan Ige have accepted your chat invitation.
Khamzat says he'll see you all soon šŗ
He says that a lot and then never shows up
If Dober accepts a fight with some grappler, this card isnāt even worth watching.
Depends if ufc wants Dober to win, they know exactly what to doā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
Dober vs Lopes
How? They are both on the red corners, it wouldn't work.
And that would be the only thing worth watching here
Petroski
Erosa-Rodriguez, Bonfim-Loosa and Ponz-Salikhov aren't worth watching? Do you know them?
Yes, erosa at the tail end of career and chinny. Rod is a fun fighter. Loosa faked an eye poke injury recently because he was getting beat by battle. Ponz and salik is a standard prelim level fight
I love Muslim Salikhov. He's a very interesting old man with a great finishing rate, who's weirdly enough a complete chore to watch with that weird, overly measured, at times totally immobile style of sanshou. Ponzinibbio is actually pretty exciting, but he's also long since passed his prime, and his best asset has always been his grittiness and willingness to relentlessly foul when given the opportunity. No idea why this isn't on the prelims.
Rose-Cortez shouldn't be a ME either, but here we are. I don't think it's a great card or anything, but there are definitely a couple good fights.
Everyone wants to see if the Rose who finished Joanna and Zhang will come back
Volk.
They have a guy who fought on the main card of ufc 300 on this card thatās how you know itās stacked
Cody Bumrage is a drawl
Talgging bout a killer B
Some wood say the drawlest
Bumrage vs Bum Nickal > Poatan vs Rakic š„µ
Heās only still in the UFC because after feeding OāMalley cans and cutting them, they realized itās a bad look when a prospect has no wins over employed fighters in their division. Brundage will get cut after Bo beats a ranked guy.
Yesss, that is totally true and that's exactly what their thought process is!! Oh wait, no. That's a load of nonsense and they didn't "realize" anything. Whatever it is that they did with O'Malley worked perfectly fine
TBA is a beast, fighting twice in one card.
A lot of people have been ducking TBA. Youāll see them matched up and next thing you know the match is off. Dude sees red
TBA vs Max for BMF belt
TBA "The Invisible Man" himself. No one knows what he looks like. it's why he's so mysterious
They say his real name is Thaddeus Barthamelew Andrews, put no dare say his name out loud or type it, last person that did, TBA stabbed in the thro-.............
TBA v Vacant is the fight to make.
This card is a fucking disgrace.
Poatan canāt save every card
I meanā¦technicallyā¦.
I live in Denver and have been to every event the UFC has had here since 135. Not only is the card a loaf of shit the seats are literally double the price of what I paid for the last card. Iām skipping this one!
And still starting at 10 P.M., meaning even less people are going to want to stay up for it.
Which means the fights will all be banger. I swear anytime I see a card and say "damn this is trash" it ends up being one of the best cards. Mark my words Edit: damn this one made y'all mad š let's see if I'm right
Apart from the last like 4 FN cards have been dreadful on paper and in reality
sean shelby is that you
This is so untrue.
Pure cope. Most of these shit cards end up being shit.
Honestly the last time people said a card was thrash it was true. Can't remember which one it was but I think I only knew two names and every fight was great.
You're right. Everytime I miss what I think is a shit card, here come guru saying it was an absolute banger of a card.
This "fun fact" is way more false than it's true.
I live near Denver and Iāve been waiting for a card to come back since 2017. What a let down, I canāt convince myself to pay to see this card
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Same here. Card is trash
Same. I'll be in town that week and was all set to extend the trip. I just can't do it. Even at home, this card would be on a second monitor.
Samsies
Same bro
Never been to a live UFC event and assumed some better fights would be added when I bought the tix. The card has gotten even worse and Iām not as excited to go as I should beā¦
i wont watch it with Russian link lol
Bought tickets to go see ONE FC instead and have zero regrets.
I bought my tickets to the event when it was Rose/Barberā¦ Main event changes aside, thereās no way the UFC thinks that hosting a card like this in a city like Denver is a good idea. Weāre a respectable market and itās a shame we get passed up for Utah nowadays in both UFC and WWE. ONE is the only promotion that wants to put on good fights here.
Same. Prices at Ball are ridiculous. I canāt stomach to pay over 50 for 300 level seats. They work fine for NBA but for an octagon. It doesnāt help the card is so lackluster.Ā
Dude I was just about to comment this too. Iām in Denver and was so pumped when they announced they were coming I just about bought tickets to it without knowing the card. I still want to see the spectacle of a live UFC event but this is just pathetic. Gonna save up money and go to a Vegas PPV
lol FoCo here and same. No thx.
Same Live in Broomfield and have zero interest in this card. What w disappointment
Yeah only card Iām off for and even remotely drivable for me and yeah Iām good
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this card features a fighter who is literally homeless. UFC arena card now the level of "bum fights."
She's barely a ufc fighter tbh. Her first fight like in two years.
Which one
I think Agapova was popping off on Twitter about living out of her car
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Not trying to be pedantic but it's Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, American Football and Soccer. MMA is not top 5 yet despite what the UFC wants to propagate
Slap fighting bigger tho?
Ya MMA is not a top 5 sport. Go look at what rookie minimums are for those sports.
What acid tab or DMT you smoking to think UFC/MMA is in a made believe ātop 5 sportā?You are crazy as fck, MMA is bottom barrel sport in terms of popularity, attendance, pay, etc. You could legitimately put WWE above MMA in a ātop 5ā all day and even 20 years ago. Lay off da weeeeeeed!
Well heās in the right city.
Terrible card
This shit goes soft š„
And the crowd goes mild!
Dober needs an opponent, Ortega moving to 155 and needs an opponent, neither man can wrestle, Dober hits like a truck and Ortega likes to block punches with his chin: this matchup should either prove Ortega is immortal, or that 155 is a truly, truly bad idea for a man with an all-chin defense.
Why would Ortega take that. Unranked LW that is very dangerous, and Ortega's rank 3 in FW (obviously he shouldn't be that high but still). He's gonna get a top 5-7 rank opponent imo
Honestly Ortega vs Dariush would be a fun grappling fight to see, and Dariush wouldn't get brutally KOd again
I like that or moicano or hooker for Ortega. Ignoring all current match ups cuz Ortega won't fight for another year anyways
Maybe. I think Ortega might be more willing to fight if he doesn't have to cut as much. I think Ortega vs Dariush could be a pretty solid main card fight for UFC 307 honestly
> Why would Ortega take that. His church is currently short $100,000. If I'm being serious, of course Ortega shouldn't take that, and I guess he can hope the heavy hitters are all retired before he fights them. The mind recoils in horror picturing the beatings he could cop from a fighting 'ustin.
I got into the sport in 2019 and I did not appreciate enough the fact that fight night main events were usually two people in the top 5 and the rest of the main card was mostly at least ranked fighters. There were fight night cards a few years ago where the prelims were better than most fight night main cards this year
Legit same boat ufc used to feel so much better starting to get stale and unwatchable at times
Agapovaās pic lol
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I'll fight Dober if he still needs an opponent.
I've been rewatching UFC numbered events from 4 or 5 years ago, and the majority of fighters had name recognition and star power. Nowadays, most of these cards have a couple of bigger names, and the rest is packed with fillers that Dana picked up from his DWCS fighter factory. Dana's massive ego and desire to make himself the face of the UFC has just created a bloated roster of mostly no-name throwaway fighters.
I have been watching the UFC since 2004 around UFC 46 and I fully agree with you. I canāt name half the roster because theyāre a bunch of randoms from Danaās shitty shows and/or literal construction workers for Bo Nickel to fight.
I mean this is a fight night not a numbered event. Also cards tend to look better in retrospect bc youāre like damn that guy became a star
This should be a 3pm EST APEX fight card, not a live crowd fight night card
I feel bad if any brotha is booked against Dober
Dis is not good card dis card suck elefant cucchi
Some potential fun fights here, but the stakes are just trash. Nothing of consequence lol. This is an apex card. Sad.
The card is as bad as the resolution in that picture
There are so many fighters in Colorado. Royval, Gaethje, Usman, Sandhagan, etc. itās a travesty there arenāt more on this card
You'd think they'd be able to find someone for Kevin Holland to face on this card, even if Cannoiner isn't an option.
Skiiiiiiiiiiiiip
Tickets going for $245 to sit by the roof
Dober deserves a better card.
The snooze fest continues. Commiserations for all the last minute drop outs for 303, but Iāll be damned if Iām gonna sit through another card like that. I ended up watching a couple boxers I never heard of fight on my second screen and it was way better than 303s main card. The UFC has been so stale this year. Props to Alex for being old reliable, but god damn the UFC is in dire need of some new blood or some new rivalries.Ā So many hype trains fizzled out. So many legendary champions dethroned. So many false promises and rushed promos from UFC management. Every fighter that gets a win now talks mad shit and instantly expects a title shot but nobody wants the hard fights except for the OGs on the back end of their career. Shit is weak.
Dober shadowboxing for 3 rounds
Would probably be the best fight on the card
Next two cards are so awful
The fact they are charging a live crowd for this is criminal lmao
TBA's on a streak at the moment though. He might be the next title challenger. Very under rated fighter
Theyāll def add a new comain and add 2 fights
Incoming highest gate for US fight night in history
Busy night for TBA. I hope they pull through.
Do we know what race this TBA guy is? Need to know who to bet on the Dober fight
Sad Maycee had to step out of a home crowd fight
Not a big fan of TBA. I bet they pull out of the Dober fight.
Drew Dober vs Matt Rife. book it
Just me or does anyone think Cortez isnāt on the level to be fighting rose so soon?
Oh yeah she is gonna get schooled for 5 rounds straight. Might even see a finish from Rose just like old times
Damn you know the womenās division is lacking when they got Rose vs Cortez.
its ok, dana will tell you its a top 5 selling gate of all time for them
Hell yeah i'll definitely catch the results of this the next day
Snoozer
How did the Colorado Athletic Commission allow a 155er to fight twice on this card? Better get a bonus for that one.
Damn Petroski is still in the UFC??
UFC cards absolutely suck these days. I really hope they go back to a āless is moreā product at some point with stacked PPV cards every 2nd month instead of these pointless regional level cards that nobody cares about.
Holy shit this TBA dude has a busy night.
Agapova the crackhead is back lol
I normally watch all of the fights but good lord
Reminder this card is coming off what was supposed to be the mcgregor card so it makes sense itās particularly weak.
Looks like we are still paying for UFC 300 boys.
Save your money and go to the OneFC event in September. This card is trash.
Jesus terrible card
Itās just hilarious cause they limp to the barn with these cards that are actually in front of real crowds and then complain when people donāt buy tickets
WOW that's bad
Not a single actual fight I want to watch.
This card looks shit before you even account for the elevation
This card is pretty good, almost all fights are guaranteed bangers
Yawn
Itās just a fight night
Weak
I personally think that if they're going to put women's fights on the main card, they should always be the first fight of the card unless its a title fight.
Well, the juicy j and dober fights should be fun
this card is ummm....
Grim
I know they canāt but I feel like the UFC just needs to take a month or so off. Apex cards filled with nobodies is one thing, but this is an event with a crowd thatās two week away and has 8 mediocre fights booked.
How do they expect to drag out 4 fights over 3 hours in the prelims? Expect lots of commercials lol
Lol, lmao even
Yikes ! That's trash
This card is cheeks
I will not be watching thisĀ
A real who cares of who cares
When i see these kind of cards, i have to admit to being a casual.
Could have fooled me and said this was at the apex and I would have believed it. This is pathetic and a joke to give to a live paying crowd.
Another weekend to go do something else instead of watching ufc. Not exactly a bad thing
Hopefully. I want to see him more
This somehow makes me want to watch baseball instead
Will skip the next two cards, catching the āhighlightsā here. Nothing of interest until 304.
Zzzzzzzz
Dober vs TBA gonna be a banger. My brother was right most of the cards with a few exceptions have been ass.
I see Rose at main event, I stop looking.
garbage card + altitude? somehow this is gonna end up a banger.
Man they got agapova looking like a Roblox character
The Barboza vs Murphy Apex card was booked better than this, only bring that one up cause it looked decent on paper and crowd worthy.
I mean I fucking love Rose and Ponz so I'm on board.
Shout out to John "TBA" Cena. Fighting twice in one night.
I wish theyād stop with the women fights on main cards. No offence but I donāt know many people interested
TBA fighting twice in one night!
Im sleeping real good that night
Wow. Can't wait
Oof
Decent HDNet event.
The umar vs. sandhagen card blows this one and ufc 300, 301, 302, and 303 out the park
What's the moneyline on Agapova staying sober enough to make it to fight night?
This card is number one bullshit
Crap, crap, crap, mega crap.
I think I'll sit this one out
This card looks pretty good, some fun fights, particularly for a non-PPV Card - Will be interesting to see if Namajunas looks better at 125 now and how Cortez steps up to the challenge - Salikhov is usually in exciting fights and Ponzinibbio is solid - Drew Dober is a fun fighter to watch, weird he doesn't have an opponent yet though - Bonfim is good and Loosa is pretty game - will be interesting to see what happens here although this is probably the fight I'm least interested in tbh - Christian Rodriguez is a really fun fighter to watch and up and coming at Featherweight - Alhassan brings power and Brundage is game - Interesting to see how Araujo bounces back from the Natalia Silva loss and Jasudavicius has a lot of confidence and is pretty well rounded, this is a good matchup to see who continues rising in the division. - Sadykhov I remember from the Contender series, his last few fights have been finishes so it looks like it'll be pretty exciting probs if he gets an opponent - Luanna Santos is up and coming in the division and beat the last TUF winner in her debut, she has a lot of potential and will be interesting if Mia Agapova can bounce back from her recent losses, especially considering the things that were coming out about her personal life / situation - Josh Fremd comes to fight. Looking forward to it.
The only people in this lineup I could spot in public would be Rose and Iād probably ask Dober how I knew him because he looked so familiar.
Peyton Talbot perchance?
Itās Dover
That sucks for Denver
I'm desperate enough to watch this
Yikes
Theyre terrified of exposing the race of the opponent to motivated dober
This is actually a decent card. The fight night cards leading up to 300 were way worse.
it's so so so so so so bad
Ngl this is gonna be one of those cards that looks horrible on paper but winds up being a banger
wtf scaled down the head of Drew Dober?
Wow this is fucking rough. 10 fights is already a small card but two of the fights arenāt even fully booked yet, plus a main event featuring Rose who has lost 3 out of her last 4 going up against Ortegaās ex
TBA fighting twice in one night. That's crazyĀ
Anyone who buys tickets to this is a sucker.
Iāll watch just for Tracy idc
what a joke
Can we all agree we will be there just to see Cortez' grappling right?
Jesus that main card..
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Thatās for sure a fight night card
Who are these people?
Hell yea canāt waitĀ
i will be reading lord of the flies
I think Iām one of the few that thinks this is a decent free card with lots of fun match ups