#Ian Heinisch

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Sean Strickland claims UFC isn't the 'creme de la creme' of MMA - "It's the easiest promotion to get into"

Sean Strickland says UFC fighters are idiots!

UFC fighter Sean Strickland has recently claimed that the UFC is not the creme de la creme of MMA. He says that it is, in fact, the “easiest promotion to get into.” Strickland’s comments came in response to a statement made by fellow fighter Ian Heinisch. He used basic math to argue that only 1 in 130,494,809 people get to compete in the UFC. Heinisch’s statement was tweeted as follows: “FUN…

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Nassourdine Imavov stops Ian Heinisch in the 2nd round

Really wanted to scream at Imavov when he started wrestling in the first round but didn’t catch up to him so good. Best performance of Imavov’s career, breaking down the always rock solid Ian Heinisch. Heinisch has made a career out of just tiring out guys by being a scramble sponge. Imavov was able to set range however with his jab and slowly but surely breakdown Heinisch along the cage. Some really nice push kicks to the body to wear the guy down. Still ate something like 20 leg kicks though. Heinisch just wasn’t able to build anything off of it. Too reticent to back into the cage and take shots.

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Hurricane's Eye featuring UFC fighter Ian Heinisch

Hurricane's Eye featuring UFC fighter Ian Heinisch - https://mmauk.net/2019/03/07/hurricanes-eye-featuring-ufc-fighter-ian-heinisch/

Hurricane's Eye featuring UFC fighter Ian Heinisch

A personal setback often leads to an even greater professional victory in the Mixed Martial Arts world. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet an aggressive barnstormer looking to crash the London homecoming at UFC On ESPN plus 5 on March 16. A professional since January 2015 and representing Factory X, Ian Heinisch owns a 12-1 record in 13 career bouts as a professional comprised of six decisions, four knockouts and two submissions. Heinisch earned a contract with the UFC on week seven of season two of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series in 2018 and has also competed with Legacy Fighting Alliance.

In his MMA debut at SCL 40, he defeated Dante Florez via TKO in the first round. Heinisch defeated his next three opponents via decision that included victories over Kris Hocum and Zach Wells. Then at WSOF 29, he defeated Tyler Vogel via unanimous decision. Heinisch defeated his next two opponents in Hayward Charles and Jeremy Spelts. In the main event of LFA 10, he submitted Lucas Rota in the first round via scarf hold armlock. For his next outing with Legacy Fighting Alliance at LFA 31, Heinsch knocked out Daniel Madrid in the second round. In his final appearance with Legacy Fighting Alliance, he faced Gabriel Checco in the main event of LFA 39 and knocked him out in the first round.

At Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series 7, Heinisch faced Justin Sumter and knocked him out in round one to earn a contract with the UFC. At UFN 140 he defeated Brazil’s Cezar Ferreira via unanimous decision to earn his sixth decision victory as a professional. The win also extended his win streak to four. At UFC On ESPN plus 5 on March 16 in London, Heinisch will look to make it five in a row when he squares off with England’s Tom Breese in a middleweight encounter. Good luck Ian!

Ian’s first round knockout of Justin Sumter at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series 7

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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira Betting Odds and Picks / Predictions

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira Betting Odds and Picks / Predictions

The UFC stays put in Las Vegas this Saturday for UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Texeira, from the APEX center. The preliminary card kicks off at 6:00pm CST on ESPN+, followed by the main card at 9:00pm CST on ESPN2. Last week, we were a perfect 5-0 with our main card picks, bringing our 2-week streak to 11-0 including our picks from UFC 254. Follow along as we break down each of the main card…

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Highlands Ranch, Colorado's Ian Heinisch earns 3rd UFC win, knocks out Gerald Meerschaert at 'UFC 250' in Las Vegas, Nevada

Highlands Ranch, Colorado’s Ian Heinisch earns 3rd UFC win, knocks out Gerald Meerschaert at ‘UFC 250’ in Las Vegas, Nevada

Ian “The Hurricane” Heinisch, 31, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States was one of the winners at “UFC 250.” It was his third victory in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Featuring 12 MMA matches, “UFC 250” took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on June 6, 2020. In the sixth bout of the evening, Heinisch fought Gerald “GM3” Meerschaert, 32, of Racine, Wisconsin,…

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“Singapore with a singaBORE main” UFC Fight Night: Askren vs Maia preview

Joey

October 20th, 2019

When the UFC signed up to do a multi million dollar stretch of shows in Singapore, I have to imagine this wasn't QUITE on the menu. This show isn't awful but compared to what's coming down the pike with the MSG card, the Vegas PPV, a really solid card in South Korea and such, this card is only worth discussing due to its early start time. Still there's good stuff to discuss here! It's a nifty 11 fight card starting early in the morning with some good HW fights on it and an "intriguing" main event. Let's see what happens.

Fights: 11

Debuts: Loma Lookboonmee, Don'tale Mayes

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 4 (Karol Rosa vs Julia Avila CANCELLED/Jarjis Danho vs Greg Hardy CANCELLED/Yan Xionan OUT, Randa Markos IN vs Ashley Yoder/Brad Tavares vs Ian Heinisch CANCELLED)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 6 (Demian Maia, Stevie Ray, Michael Johnson, Beneil Dariush, Sergey Pavlovich, Randa Markos)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC:

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 7 (Demian Maia, Muslim Salikhov, Laureano Staropoli, Beneil Dariush, Maurice Green, Ashley Yoder, Sergey Pavlovich)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 17-19-1

Ben Askren- 1-1 Demian Maia- 3-3 Michael Johnson- 2-3 Stevie Ray- 2-3 Muslim Salikhov- 2-1 Laureano Staropoli- 2-0 Beneil Dariush- 2-2-1 Frank Camacho- 2-3 Cyril Gane- 1-0 Don'Tale Mayes- 0-0

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Lightweight- 3 (69) Heavyweight- 3 (34) Welterweight-  2 (64) Women’s Strawweight- 2 (28) Featherweight-  1 (53)

Women’s Flyweight-  (31) Middleweight-  (40) Light Heavyweight-  (39) Bantamweight- (53) Flyweight-  (15) Women’s Featherweight- (8) Women’s Bantamweight-  (18)

2019 Number Tracker

Debuting Fighters (37-58-1)- Loma Lookboonmee, Don'tale Mayes

Short Notice Fighters (28-36)- Randa Markos

Second Fight (52-35)- Movsar Evloev, Raphael Pessoa, Ciryl Gane, Rafael Fiziev

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (22-38-1)-

Undefeated Fighters (38-37-2)- Ciryl Gane, Movsar Evloev

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (11-8)- Frank Camacho, Stevie Ray

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (29-22)- Michael Johnson

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- I've seen some folks who take the Askren vs Maia booking as some sort of punishment for Askren because it's an early morning show overseas BUT let's be 100% fair and point out that Askren spent the better part of the last 4-5 years fighting in Asia and SHOULD have some semblance of name recognition. In this case he probably serves more good as the main eventer on a random Asian show than he does as the 3rd or 4th fight in MSG or what have you. I mean if he doesn't then why did you even sign him?

2- Who is this main event appealing to? I can understand SOME genuine appeal in this fight for the grappling purists out there I suppose but even that feels limited. I just think if you took 100 MMA fans and brought them into a room and said "Would you like five rounds of Askren vs Maia?", the slimmest of slim percentage of them would say "Oh man, love it. Bring me all of that." It's a fine main event pitting name value vs name value and I guess style vs style but the appeal feels so limited. I really hope this isn't what that group in Singapore expected to be paying for when they made this multi-million dollar deal with the UFC for the next five years or so.

3- Even with a win, is Askren officially "done" in terms of flirtations as a #1 contender? Usually a win over Demian Maia takes you right to #1 contender status. In this instance, it feels like Askren is sort of kind of in the Vitor range where anything short of a string of stoppages will keep him firmly from the title picture.

4- Is  Michael Johnson vs Stevie Ray the most random co-main of 2019? I can't imagine it's got a lot of competition for the spot.

5- Laureano Staropoli vs Muslim Salikhov is a really interesting fight for a variety of reasons. For starters, Staropoli has real potential to become yet another solid Argentinian fighter in the UFC's fold. He's 2-0 and coming off a decision win over Thiago Alves in Brazil. He's a balanced striker who seems to excel in those back and forth firefights where he can outlast his opposition. Thats going to be a problem against Muslim Salikhov who is beginning to find his groove in the UFC. Every second this fight stays standing and at a pace befitting of Muslim is a second closer to losing in a most brutal fashion. Can Staropoli wrestle more than we've seen him do so far?

6- If I had a fighter like Frank Camacho, I'm not sure that I'd put him up against a guy who is primarily coming to wrestle with Beneil Dariush. Dariush is going to try to Drew Dobert it except he can't strike as good as Dober so we're setting up for a lot of wall and stall. Thumbs down.

7- If you're not hot on heavyweights, lemme chit chat with you a bit about how some of these HW fights are pretty good:

With the UFC talking about doing a show in France in 2020, Ciryl Gane figures to be an impressive dude to follow. The muay thai stud/Ngannou sparring buddy won his UFC debut without much issue and the French born fighter will be given ample opportunities to show out. Dontale Mayes is the rare THREE time DWCS talent who lost his first fight but won the next two by stoppage. Mayes' upside may be in a role like this as a hard hitting prospect tester. One thing which stood out was how much weight he lost between all three Contenders Series fights.

Sergey Pavlovich vs Maurice Greene is a REALLY interesting fight. Mo Greene was a bit of a gimmick who got the villain edit on TUF but he's fought three times while the winner of the show has pretty much disappeared. Greene hits really hard, attacks from awkward angles, doesn't have good wrestling but has some wacky BJJ off of his back and so far his cardio hasn't been awfl. On the other hand, Sergey Pavlovich has gone from Russian prospect du jour to "maybe he's good?" UFC fighter. Pavlovich's first win was against Junior Albini and Mo Greene's best win as of right now is Junior Albini so here we are. Good evenly matched fight on paper.

Raphael Pessoa vs Jeff Hughes kicks off the show and Huges was considered to be one of the top HW prospects prior to getting into the UFC. To this point he was upset by Maurice Greene (who he had beaten on the regional circuit) and looked to be potentially en route to getting slop stopped by Todd Duffee prior to an eye poke no contest. This is like the bottom of the barrel in terms of opposition and if Hughes loses this one, his career is in deep doo doo.

8- Speaking of Maurice Greene, can we just pretend that he won the TUF season if he wins this fight vs Pavlovich?

9- Enrique Barzola vs Mosvar Evloev is an interesting fight because it pits arguably the most exciting Russian prospect in the UFC under 155 lbs against a really solid featherweight who can do some stuff to challenge Evloev. Barzola's a superb wrestler who has endless pressure and cardio while Evloev has excelled thus far in the UFC as a slower paced grappling machine despite showing more on Russia's regional circuit. We haven't seen Barzola do much counter wrestling and Evloev figures to test that in spades IF he fights like he did in his debut.

10- Randa Markos is still relevant at 115 lbs which feels like a credit to her but also a knock on the speed (or lack thereof) by which this division is advancing.

11- Who has the cardio advantage between Maia and Askreen going into the championship rounds? Gotta be Ben, right?

12- Is this the most irrelevant card of the year?

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UFC 241 AfterMMAth (Blood, Sweat and so many tears)

#UFC241 was a mixed bag. Great fights, one very disappointing result (for me) and those picks... OUCH. Read it and weep (if you're a DC fan like I am...) in this #AfterMMAth

I don’t feel like writing a full piece on this event. Why? It would just make me re-live that sad moment at the end. Not to mention… those picks. But, We’re here to talk MMA and not wollow in our pain, so… Let’s jump right to my picks. Then, we’ll chat about this, that and the other.

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UFC on ESPN+ 20 - Ian Heinisch contre Brad Tavares Samedi 26 octobre 2019 SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM, SINGAPORE https://www.ufc-fr.com/evenement-506.html

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UPSET ALERT! Derek Brunson DEFEATS Ian Heinisch via 3 round DECISION!

Derek Brunson {+135} DEFEATS Ian Heinisch {-155} via 3 round #DECISION on #UFC241. Will Go 3 Rounds {-120} & Brunson wins by decision {+325} hits!

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💰 Официальные зарплаты участников #UFCVegas32 T.J. Dillashaw: $406,000 ($200,000 to show, $200,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Darren Elkins: $205,000 ($67,000 to show, $67,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $21,000 fight week incentive pay) Sijara Eubanks: $126,000 ($60,000 to show, $60,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Mickey Gall: $106,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Raulian Paiva: $94,500 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $4,500 fight week incentive pay) Adrian Yanez: $94,500 ($20,000 to show, $20,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus, $4,500 fight week incentive pay) Cory Sandhagen: $92,000 ($86,000 to show, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Kyler Phillips: $76,500 ($22,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus, $4,500 fight week incentive pay) Maycee Barber: $64,000 ($29,000 to show, $29,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Brendan Allen: $50,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Julio Arce: $50,000 ($22,000 to show, $22,000 win bonus, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Ian Heinisch: $41,000 ($35,000 to show, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Andre Ewell: $36,000 ($30,000 to show, $6,000 fight week incentive pay) Nassourdine Imavov: $28,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Darrick Minner: $24,500 ($20,000 to show, $4,500 fight week incentive pay) Randy Costa: $24,500 ($20,000 to show, $4,500 fight week incentive pay) Miranda Maverick: $24,000 ($20,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Punahele Soriano: $24,000 ($20,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Diana Belbita: $24,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Jordan Williams: $14,000 ($10,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Elise Reed: $14,000 ($10,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) Hannah Goldy: $14,000 ($10,000 to show, $4,000 fight week incentive pay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRwdkmxLXBG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[theanticool]

Kelvin Gastelum takes decision over Ian Heinisch

So i have no idea what Heinisch was actually good at. Dude is a fantastic anti-grappler, but really only in the sense that grapplers try to out grapple him and get tired after half a round of trying. Gastelum, for all his faults, never tires. So him being able to outgrapple Heinisch for the better part of 3 rounds is not all that surprising. Good on Gastelum for picking up a much needed win after a 3 fight skid.

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Ian Heinisch v Nassourdine Imavov Live Stream July 24, 2021

Competition: Nassourdine Imavov vs Ian Heinisch live

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Sandhagen - Dillashaw match overview, prediction&tips

No spectators.

Sandhagen will have a poor advantage in this game.

Recently, the fighters did not play each other.Abdurahimov - Daukaus match overview, prediction&tips

Postponed due to Covid-19.

Daukaus will have a mini benefit in this match.

Recently, the fighters did not play each other.Barber - Maverick match overview, prediction&tips

No spectators.

Maverick will have a small advantage in this match.

Recently, the fighters did not play each other.

Sandhagen - Dillashaw match overview, prediction&tips Sandhagen tendrá una ligera ventaja en este juego. Recientemente, el equipo no jugó entre sí.Abdurahimov - Daukaus match overview, prediction&tips Daukaus tendrá una ligera ventaja en este juego. Recientemente, el equipo no jugó entre sí.Barber - Maverick match overview, prediction&tips Maverick tendrá una ligera ventaja en este juego. Recientemente, el equipo no jugó entre sí.

Sandhagen - Dillashaw match overview, prediction&tips Sandhagen haben einen leichten Vorteil in diesem Match. Vor kurzem hat das Team nicht spielen einander.Abdurahimov - Daukaus match overview, prediction&tips Daukaus haben einen leichten Vorteil in diesem Match. Vor kurzem hat das Team nicht spielen einander.Barber - Maverick match overview, prediction&tips Maverick haben einen leichten Vorteil in diesem Match. Vor kurzem hat das Team nicht spielen einander.

Sandhagen - Dillashaw match overview, prediction&tips Sandhagen будет иметь небольшое преимущество в этом матче. В последнее время команды между собой не играли.Abdurahimov - Daukaus match overview, prediction&tips Daukaus будет иметь небольшое преимущество в этом матче. В последнее время команды между собой не играли.Barber - Maverick match overview, prediction&tips Maverick будет иметь небольшое преимущество в этом матче. В последнее время команды между собой не играли.

Sandhagen - Dillashaw match overview, prediction&tips Sandhagen ще имат леко предимство в този мач. Наскоро отборът не играе един на друг.Abdurahimov - Daukaus match overview, prediction&tips Daukaus ще имат леко предимство в този мач. Наскоро отборът не играе един на друг.Barber - Maverick match overview, prediction&tips Maverick ще имат леко предимство в този мач. Наскоро отборът не играе един на друг.

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“A very weird card for a very weird month” UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs Reyes Preview

Joey

October 14th, 2019

It's Octobr and the UFC's scheduling usually goes like this in my estimation:

Jan- New year, we're all excited, folks get injured, overpacked shows in December hurt the new year but we deal with it.

Feb- Injuries/cold means makeshift cards, people get mad.

March- Shows are a bit fatter, big title fights are coming around, people are excited.

April- The "set up" for the summer months, usually really good fight cards on paper with little to no name value.

May- Normally the "bad" PPV month, free events are good.

June- The last month before things get wild and wooly. PPV's tend to be damn good, free cards tend to be pretty balanced.

July- Everything has to be BIG so you get BIG PPV and then an event or two after the PPV that drag down the blocks average.

August- The end of the summer, injuries get heavy because of the seasonal change, focus is on prepping for November and December.

September- OH MY GOD EVERYBODY IS HURT! EVERYTHING IS REALLY WEIRD! THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON!

October- The down month where they're scrapping and salvaging just to get to MSG. Shows are pretty much whatever they can put together without working too hard. Usually where they do some kind of weird Canadian card. The cards tend to bounce between "This is surprisingly good" and "I don't have the time or the energy for this".

November- IT'S MSG! IT'S LOADED! What about the rest of the month? Ah, okay then. Carry on.

December- The end of the year where they try to end with a bang. Normally a lot of drama, prep for 2020. We get fights announced for next year that usually top what we're being offered this year. Big PPV to end things on the right note.

This card is pretty much 100% October. You have a kind of weird but kinda good main event at the top of the bill, a really good yet weird co-main event under it, a really weird but kinda good HW fight and then a bunch of Northeast projects and prospects. If you remove the top three fights, finding the next good fight that is objectively good might depend on how you feel about Gillian Robertson vs Maycee Barber. Me personally I think you can do far, far worse than Barber vs Robertson and actually quite like the fight as a good test for Maycee Barber. After that? You have some highly touted prospects coming off losses (Manny Bermudez, Randy Costa, Boston Salmon), some guys off the Contenders Series trying to find their niche (Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Jonathan Pearce)  and a bunch of filler. It's kinda not bad filler though? Everything about this card is just weird, folks. Bare with.

Fights: 13

Debuts: Tanner Boser, Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Sean Brady, Diana Belbiţă, Ben Sosoli, Jonathan Pearce

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: (Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Calvin Kattar CANCELLED/Eric Spicely OUT, Kevin Holland IN vs Brendan Allen)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 5 (Greg Hardy, Jeremy Stephens, Yair Rodriguez, Chris Weidman, Joe Lauzon)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: 1 (Joe Lauzon)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 6 (Dominick Reyes, Chris Weidman, Greg Hardy, Gillian Robertson, Maycee Barber, Kevin Holland)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 24-15

Chris Weidman- 1-2 Dominick Reyes- 5-0 Jeremy Stephens- 3-3 (1 NC) Yair Rodriguez- 2-1 (1 NC) Greg Hardy- 2-1 Ben Sosoli- 0-0 Joe Lauzon- 1-3 Jonathan Pearce- 0-0 Gillian Robertson- 4-1 Maycee Barber- 2-0 Deron Winn- 1-0 Darren Stewart- 3-4

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Featherweight- 3 (52) Women’s Flyweight- 2 (31) Middleweight-  2 (40) Heavyweight- 2 (31) Welterweight- 1 (62) Light Heavyweight- 1 (39) Bantamweight- 1 (53)

Lightweight- (66) Women’s Strawweight- (26) Flyweight-  (15) Women’s Featherweight- (8) Women’s Bantamweight-  (18)

2019 Number Tracker

Debuting Fighters (33-55-1)- Tanner Boser, Brendan Allen, Sean Woodson, Sean Brady, Diana Belbiţă, Ben Sosoli, Jonathan Pearce

Short Notice Fighters (28-35)- Kevin Holland

Second Fight (52-34)- Randy Costa, Boston Salmon, Deron Winn

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (20-37-1)- Charles Rosa, Joe Lauzon, Daniel Spitz

Undefeated Fighters (35-37-2)- Dominick Reyes, Sean Woodson, Maycee Barber

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (11-8)-

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (29-20)- Chris Weidman, Manny Bermudez

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- Why is a New York vs New York fight taking place in Boston? I know that might not matter from a lot of folks but as the guy who grew up with boxers headlining in their home markets, this irks me.

2- I feel like this main event almost depends entirely on how you view Volkan Oezdemir as a fighter. The last time we saw Dom Reyes, he was given a really hard tough fight against Volkan Oezdemir in London. I don't think "robbery" is fair but I do think if you scored it for Volkan then you have a justifiable grumble about him losing that decision. What has gone under the radar is that Reyes did a tremendous job to adjust to what wasn't working and mix in more work to the body to keep it close and then the general rule of "win the third round, win the fight" wins out. I think there's no shame in a young prospect getting tested on his way up the ranks and managing to get by. You'd rather see warts now than in the middle of the first round of a title fight. Also Volkan Oezdemir is proving to be a pretty good quality 205er who even in his losses has moments of success. As such, I'm left to wonder if folks are a bit too harsh on a dude who iced Jared Cannonier, had no issues with OSP and remains the most exciting LONG TERM prospect at 205 lbs.

3- Is it too late for Chris Weidman? Despite the calls of folks to move up in weight, Weidman held off until seemingly all options were exhausted at 185 lbs. The fact of the matter and the unbearable truth is that Chris Weidman's style was based all on his durability and versatility simply fell apart when he needed it the most. He couldn't withstand the wars he was putting himself in at 185 lbs and his wrestling isn't as advertised anymore. At the same time, he still subbed Kelvin Gastelum, has a Hall of Fame worthy resume and enters a division where mid tier MWs are having breakout runs to title shots. Weidman can still crack, has a variety of offensive tools in his backpocket and in SPURTS he's still a good wrestler. Weidman's biggest problem for me as a wrestler has always been his lack of control once fights hit the turf but maybe cutting less weight will help. Then again Luke Rockhold didn't get much help in that regard either.

4- Here's how I'm beginning to feel about guys from 185 lbs going up to 205 lbs. If you're an athlete (Thiago Santos, even Anthony Smith to some degree) then it can work because the athletic barometer at 205 is better than HW but lowert han any other weight class. Guys who are fast at 185 lbs will remain fast at 205 lbs because that travels. They're also likely to hit a lot harder given the increase in weight. That said, if you're slow or clunky, no amount of weight cutting is going to fix that. Luke Rockhold simply looks and perhaps may just be a slow and clunky guy. Against Jan Blachowicz, he LOOKED like a heavier version of his usual self. What makes me worried about Chris Weidman and his chances at 205 lbs is that he's slow, clunky and kind of sort of broken. I don't think his body and his (lack of) speed will travel much at 205 lbs.

5- So who is hurt more by having to cut weight again for this fight, Yair or Jeremy Stephens? I kind of think it'll be Yair but I also saw him show up on two weeks notice to fist fight the Korean Zombie.

6- I really hope there's a chance, honestly and truthfully, that Joe Lauzon calls it quits win or lose. Lauzon feels like one of those guys who would be better suited in his personal life giving up the ghost and embracing the next phase.

7- This feels like the first real card to roll out the Contenders Series for season 3 so I'll break down who is whom and how they got here:

HW Ben Sosoli faces Greg Hardy- Sosoli is an Aussie kickboxer who made the MMA transition, fought on TUF and emerged on the DWCS in season 3. He had a "no contest" but was on his way to winning the fight before an eye poke (by him) ended the fight. Sosoli is being brought in to have a slugfest with Hardy.

LW Jon Pearce has a pretty crazy story. He was in a coma after getting jumped by somebody at his gym after hours. He recovered and fights like every southeastern dude who has ever fought in the UFC; basically scrapping when he wants to and wrestling out of trouble when he has to. I would say "He's the kind of guy who can give Joe Lauzon trouble" but I think at this point anybody with a working pulse gives him trouble.

FW Sean Woodson is REAL interesting. He took on a super prospect in his DWCS fight and struggled with the consistent wrestling----then he hit one of the cooler flying knees ever and scored a walk off second round KO. Dana even admitted that his finish was TOO good to not get signed despite the concerns he had about his wrestling.

MW Brendan Allen is your yearly "LFA has a middleweight champ and we gotta sign him" guy. He's accomplished-ish at 12-3 with some losses to good competition (Anthony Hernandez and Eryk Anders are both having solid runs). He's a violent kinda dude but I think he's a step below Ian Heinisch and Anthony Hernandez IE: he's kinda sketchy.

8- Boston Salmon was a really hyped L(R)FA prospect, the kind of guy who the UFC normally signs before he's ready and rushes out there. Salmon won on the DWCS in Season One and disappeared, re-emerging this year before losing in ugly fashion in his first fight with the organization. We've detailed here how badly debuting fighters struggle but also how much better they do in their second go around. Of course the same could be said for his opponent Boston Salmon. I guess win or lose, I think Salmon's going to look worlds better than he did in his debut. It couldn't in theory have looked much worse?

9- I wish I knew about Molly McCann's opponent so I could somewhat excited about her fight upcoming. Diana Belbita lost to Ariana Lipski who Molly McCann beat so....I dunno dudes.

10- I wonder how many fighters people would know off of this main card. 4 or 5 tops? Manny Bermudez, Molly McCann, Kevin Holland  and then?

11- So let's talk about Kevin Holland briefly, shall we? Holland's UFC run has been weird to say the least. Holland debuted on short notice against THIAGO SANTOS (!), took all of Santos' best offense and somehow lived to tell the tale about it. In large part, Holland's ability to just talk copious amounts of shit no matter the circumstance endeared him to UFC fans and supporters. In the end, Holland got his best opportunity and since then the UFC has taken it slow and steady with him. Holland has wins over John Phillips, Gerald Meerschaert and most recently a close decision win over Alessio Di Chirico. Holland's rep as an action fighter is overstated (as is most of his game) but to go 3-1 in the UFC under any circumstances is pretty solid. He's the sort of guy who doesn't like to work too hard theoretically but lacks the middle ground to carry himself beyond that point. Yet he's so gifted, long and determined that he tends to be able to get by doing the bare minimum. Brendan Allen is probably going to give him plenty of opportunities to be offensive if he wants to be but that's entirely up to Holland and his mentality.

12- The last time we saw him, Deron Winn was having a FOTN style war with Eric Spicely on short notice. Winn has a lot of "poor man's DC" about him which is a really unfair comparison but I can't think of a guy that short in a weight class who prioritizes the same arsenal of strikes that he does other than DC. He gets a kind of risky step up in competition with Darren "The Dentist" Stewart. Stewart has a bit of a funky UFC record, he started his run 0-3 and then hit a stride of sorts since then, going 3-1 with the sole loss being a super close split decision to MW prospect Edmen Shahbazyan. Stewart hits really hard and has found some tremendously timely resolve with his takedown defense, creating a sort of fight that should be closer on paper than some folk might realize.

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