Jun 24, 2019
Junior Dos Santos is about to have his 4th fight in less than a year after having 4 fights combined between 2014 and 2017. Glad the man is healthy!
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Junior Dos Santos is about to have his 4th fight in less than a year after having 4 fights combined between 2014 and 2017. Glad the man is healthy!
It really says something about heavyweight when every single striker, aside from Stipe and Lewis, that has fought Francis Ngannou up to this point has decided to just go “fuck it, I gotta throw the big punch NOW” on Ngannou. That’s exactly what he wants.
Alonzo Menifield stops Paul Craig in the 1st round!
Craig throws a spinning back kick. Instead of ducking out, Menifield follows Craig’s back, pushes him to the ground, and delivers a bomb that knocks Craig out. After a couple of follow up shots, Dean steps in to stop the fight.
Happy that they have Cormier doing DETAIL on ESPN+. Don’t care for Kobe Bryant but it is a great show and honestly I think the format fits combat sports more than it does any other sport. And DC is a good guy to do breakdowns. Gonna go give it a look now.
Eryk Anders stops Vinicius Moreira in the first round!
Anders desperately needed something to rebuild his stock and his self-confidence following his 3 fight losing streak (1-4 in last five) in which he lost one by scary stoppage and another in a one sided drubbing. Fought off a takedown attempt from Moreira and turned it into a series of power punches that hurt and dropped Moreira.
Ricardo Ramos takes a UD over Journey Newson
What a wacky finish. After throwing 4 or 5 spinning back elbows throughout the fight, Ramos finally cracks Newson with one that drops him. Newson, obviously rocked, manages to get back to his feet. He throws a leg kick to Ramos’ lead left calf and lands. Ramos immediately starts hopping around. Newson, still too rocked to do anything, just kind of stares at Ramos as the round runs out.
Fun fight all around. Impressive debut for Newson, especially on short notice.
Jared Gordon takes UD over Dan Moret
First decision of the night from Minneapolis in a fun scrap. Gordon was the more technically sound and more powerful of the two. Moret had the more memorable big moments but they just weren’t enough to overcome Gordon’s overall better grappling game.
Gordon asks the crowd who shot up before coming to the card tonight and you hear that one dude up in the bleachers let out a whoo
Emily Whitmire trying to wave the cameraman out the way to stare down Ribas but him continuing to stand in front of her is something