[Official] UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 6:30PM ET]
[Official] UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 6:30PM ET]
Card Info
Airing on ESPN+ PPV - Main Card 10PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Welterweight - Leon Edwards (C) vs. Colby Covington
- Flyweight - Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs. Brandon Royval
- Welterweight - Stephen Thompson vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
- Lightweight - Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
- Featherweight - Josh Emmett vs. Bryce Mitchell
Airing on ESPN2 and ESPN+ - Prelims 8PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Light Heavyweight - Dustin Jacoby vs. Alonzo Menifield
- Women's Bantamweight - Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
- Bantamweight - Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
- Women's Flyweight - Ariane Lipski vs. Casey O’Neill
Airing on ESPN+ - Early Prelims 6:30PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Flyweight - Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
- Featherweight - Lucas Almeida vs. Andre Fili
- Heavyweight - Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev
^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)
Wtf was up with Kelleher's hair
Deserved the loss on this abomination alone
Holy shit, Emmet hits like a freight train.
He really does, I didn't even see the overhand, thought he had hit him with a body shot.
Colby's leg looks gross.
Okay, let's shut Colby up and call it a night.
Ah fuck, Tony don't keep doing this to yourself.
You did it all, no need to keep going.
That was amazing.
That's what I wanted to happen but oof.. brutal
Wonderboy super game but Shavkat is too much of a monster.
Colby fighting scared.
Main card time! Hope Colby gets his jaw broken again. Can't stand that absolute shitpile.
Now he is styling on him.
Thank God he didn't lose to kelleher looking like that.
Yes Cody!!!!
Nice
Damn, he is pretty much out wrestling Colby as well. Didn't expect to see that.
49-46 Edwards makes total sense. Fade into obscurity, Colby.
3.30 am
Let's go!
Ouch, my arm
No decisions tonight!
Holy fuck
Why did he accept the ground game? Fucking frustrating.
It does my heart good to watch Colby lose.
Jack Black baby
Wonderboy walking out to Wonderboy is amazing.
Time to retire, Tony. Please.
That's easily three rounds for Edwards.
Rakhmonov ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
Derrick Lewis and Manscaped is GENIUS marketing.
Maybe Colby has Covid, of which he probably denies the existence.
He's a MAGA idiot, or at least roleplaying as one, so being a COVID denier is par for the course.
What a fun fight from the flyweights
Colby is 35, last fight was over a year ago, against a 38 yo Masvidal. His last win before that one was against a 38 yo Woodley in 2020.
If Colby wins this I won't just be sad, I'll be absolutely shocked.
Talk about undeserving of a title shot.
After round one it looks like you just might be right about that.
Buday rib cage makes him look like a refrigerator.
Go Lipski!!
Who do you guys got for Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher? I'm leaning Garbrandt.
Garbrandt should be a tad better, I guess, but my gut says that Kelleher will clip him and Cody's chin will fail.
Sad to see the ghost of Garbrandt, hope his chin can survive
Can't stand colby
Blistering pace to this first round. Love watching flyweights go at it.
Hate seeing Tony lose :(
C'mon Raw Dawg!
I'm going to be out and about until the main card, so getting this up super early. Fights start in 6.5 hours. Let's get it!
Woohoo
Bummed the finish streak is over but that was still a banger
And here I was, the casual that I am, thinking about skipping this one. Wow, wow, wow! What a savage fight!
Menifield was losing most of the time, but won all the most important seconds.
Jesus Christ
Do the fucking Mike Tyson Tony!!
Shavkat "Merab" Rakhmonov I'm hating this dude.
Colby's such an insufferable Trump dickrider
Shimmy shimmy ya is a sick walkout song
But so is Many Men, fuck...
Haha that corner sounds like it is just what Colby deserves.
I think Shavkat's stock dropped a bit after that. Had trouble getting the take-down, and didn't really do anything on the feet. First one to submit Wonderboy, but still.