REDDzone wrote:True but she lost to Roxanne Modaferri.
That's bad but she can blame on the weight difference, there might not actually be a real difference, but might as well.
Of course Joanna is almost as big as favorite as Rousey.
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REDDzone wrote:True but she lost to Roxanne Modaferri.
blkout wrote:Cheapest ticket to this is $100. At a 70,000 seat stadium to view a 30ft wide octagon.
Stephen Jackson wrote:Make sure u want these problems. Goggle me slime. Im in da streets.
Jasen777 wrote:blkout wrote:Cheapest ticket to this is $100. At a 70,000 seat stadium to view a 30ft wide octagon.
Seems high for the lowest priced ticket, hard to believe they'd get 70,000 with that.
Anyways, Holm vs. Evinger for the Invicta belt would be an intriguing fight.
CPT wrote:Is this event getting the same amount of hype as other Rousey fights? I know it had some ads that got some buzz a few months ago, but leading up to the fight it doesn't seem like there's as much chatter.
Are people getting bored of Rousey? If so, is it just the hardcore fans, who will still watch, while casual fans make it one of the most watched events of the year?
Anyway, here's the final card, barring any weigh in shenanigans:
MAIN CARD
Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET
Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm for women's bantamweight title
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau for strawweight title
Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva
Uriah Hall vs. Robert Whittaker
Jared Rosholt vs. Stefan Struve
PRELIMINARY CARD
FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET
Akbarh Arreola vs. Jake Matthews
Kyle Noke vs. Peter Sobotta
Anthony Perosh vs. Gian Villante
Danny Martinez vs. Richie Vaculik
PRELIMINARY CARD
UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET
Daniel Kelly vs. Steve Montgomery
Steven Kennedy vs. Richard Walsh
James Moontasri vs. Anton Zafir
Ryan Benoit vs. Ben Nguyen
Anyone who pays enough attention see anything good on the prelims? Looks like a download/skim event for me, though Rousey fights are always somewhat of an event, so you want to see them live, and I'm looking forward to seeing JJ in her highest profile fight thus far.
Stephen Jackson wrote:Make sure u want these problems. Goggle me slime. Im in da streets.
Based Mike wrote:I don't like the fight. I thought Holly Holm almost lost to Raquel Pennington, and I thought the fight vs Marion Reneau was completely lackluster. She's not a big puncher either, she doesn't have savage KO power, so I doubt she'll catch Ronda. Her only way to win is to stuff takedowns and outpoint her for 25 mins, and I don't think the odds of that is good. I would have preferred the Tate fight or even Amanda Nunes.
Based Mike wrote:I don't like the fight. I thought Holly Holm almost lost to Raquel Pennington, and I thought the fight vs Marion Reneau was completely lackluster. She's not a big puncher either, she doesn't have savage KO power, so I doubt she'll catch Ronda. Her only way to win is to stuff takedowns and outpoint her for 25 mins, and I don't think the odds of that is good. I would have preferred the Tate fight or even Amanda Nunes.
REDDzone wrote:Villante has the worst striking defense in the ufc (literally setting records for amount of times he gets punched in the face). And he took his first KO in his last fight. I see his career disintegrating fast now that he is in his 30s and his chin failed him for the first time. Not sure if Perosh is the guy to do it though.
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