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[Official] UFC 295: Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 6PM ET]

Card Info

Airing on ESPN+ Pay-per-view - Main Card 9PM ET

Division - Fighters
Light Heavyweight - Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira
Heavyweight - Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich
Women's Strawweight - Jessica Andrade vs. Mackenzie Dern
Lightweight - Matt Frevola vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
Featherweight - Diego Lopes vs. Pat Sabatini

Airing on ESPN+ - Prelims 8PM ET

Division - Fighters
Flyweight - Stephen Erceg vs. Alessandro Costa
Women's Strawweight - Loopy Godinez vs. Tabatha Ricci
Lightweight - Mateusz Rebecki vs. Roosevelt Roberts
Lightweight - Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Nazim Sadykhov

Airing on ESPN+ - Early Prelims 6PM ET

Division - Fighters
Lightweight - Jared Gordon vs. Mark Madsen
Catchweight - John Castaneda vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Flyweight - Kevin Borjas vs. Joshua Van
Featherweight - Dennis Buzukja vs. Jamall Emmers

^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)

66 comments

Tom is the real champ now. Jon will come back in a year and fight Stipe, win, and then both will retire. Tom will be the defacto champ or he'll fight Ciryl Gane to cement it.
Alex’s leg kicks are crazy. Jiri is already stumbling.
- DC was right, the back of his leg is fucked
BANG!! Wooooo!! What a performance.
That Jiri Reyes knockout is just filthy.
I’m indifferent about the stoppage. He was hurt but, it appeared that Jiri had some more fight in him. On the other hand, Jiri’s body language after the elbows likely didn’t look good from a ref perspective.
- Yeah, same. But knowing about his insane chin, Goddard should have let him take a few more..
  
  Anyways, Pereira wins either way
  
  Yeah I am quite certain Pereira gets the finish here anyway, I just would have liked to give Jiri the chance to try to hang on, because he has NO quit in him whatsoever.
Don't like that stoppage.
- Yeah it's hard to say, he did eat a lot of elbows. Goddard probably assumed it was a wrap.
Damn Jiri is intense.
I hate that stoppage a title fight.
HOLY FUCK BOYS
Jiri is so classy.
- He really is. I imagine he’s not far off from a rematch. Hell, knowing the way UFC does things, he might get an immediate rematch.
Thanks for participating everyone. Hope to see you all again at the next event.
Wow that was fast. I thought Aspinall was a dead man walking after he ate those first two shots.
- Me too, I thought "look at me, eating my words again".
Lopes has some serious contender potential. His style is so exciting and he’s got some crispy technique.
- That's true. Did he have a full camp this time?
  He's very talented.
  
  I think so. He looked great.
HOLY SHIT
Tom Aspinall vs Gane would be an absolute banger.
- I think Aspinall would dominate Gane on the ground. I’d still watch it though.
  
  Oh, absolutely. But Gane's speed and evasiveness would make the standup much, much more interesting. Gane's still gonna get his shit mixed, though..
I think he had it wrapped up but I think the stoppage was a lil snappy
Lopes closed that one out definitively, damn.
Wow, he looked a little disoriented already.
Stipe lookin like a Bond villain
- Bond villain mixed with Steve Jobs.
Fights start in a half an hour. Let’s go!
Wohoo go Gordon
- I’ve been rooting for him since the Paddy decision. Nice win.
  
  I think this applies to absolutely everyone haha
That was an insane first fight, can’t wait to see a rematch if they have one
Thankfully that's over. Nothing against Dern but that second round was hard to watch. Good stoppage from the ref.
I made it for the co and main...phew!
Jones will never fight either of those dudes.
I got Alex in this one, but Jiri is a dog. Coin flip fight.
- Yeah, I am stoked for this one.
  
  Alex should have the cleaner striking, but Jiri is just wild and probably a bit bigger at 205.
  
  Yeah. This is solid matchmaking. Not sure Alex has earned it, but I like this matchup.
Wow
Damn sometimes I feel for Dom Reyes, getting robbed against Jones and then those bad KOs.
- Yeah I remember when I watched Reyes VS Jones I was FLOORED that they gave it to Jones. The fix is in, that was my first thought.
- Reyes had a ton of potential. He’s got a fight coming up. Maybe Dom will turn things around. If he gets flatlined again I hope he hangs it up.
Wow, what a ko. Very memeable screm too.
- That was quite a scream. Nice start to the card!
Hey guys.
Only two fights above lightweight in the whole card...
Andrade is crypronite for Dern, too strong to get taken down and just way better on the feet.
Pavlovich is going to be outclassed. Aspinall's distance management will be too much.
- I think this is the most likely outcome, but Pavlovich just needs to connect once.
  
  That's true hahahah
  
  yeah he had the puncher's chance and almost got it
O wow, didn't even see what happened. Did his arm break??
Holy shit
Can't watch this, gonna check the result later.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Diego Lopes fight tonight.
Anybody else having issues with the Dubz links not working? Video won't play.
- No issues here. Do you have any video plugins running? I had to disable Baking Soda for the dubz domain to get them to play earlier.
  
  No, nothing like that. I'll keep poking at it.
Has Saint-Denis a tiny Stipe in his corner?
Dern Forrest Griffined out :(
I’m really looking forward to seeing Diego Lopes tonight.

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