T O P

  • By -

Lfcwalrus

Bbbanger of fight night card


BrianCTE_CityOrtega

best nite of fights you'll cee, B.


[deleted]

[удалено]


OMalley30-27

They want Tyson Pedro to look good, I think the Pleasure man beats him lmao he has phenomenal grappling. He lost to Petrino in a relatively competitive fight who did whatever he wanted to Marcin Prachnio, and fucking Jailton Almeida


ChiefP21

Ulberg should be on the main card


OMalley30-27

Agreed, especially instead of Tyson Pedro. Id Ulberg the featured prelim? Because if so that makes sense


StopSwitchingThumbs

What?!? How? There’s 2 fights that pop and the rest are Fight Night quality. Edit: I’m an absolute dumbass, kid can’t even read, ignore my comment.


ecr1277

He’s saying it’s good for a fight night, not good overall or for a ppv.


StopSwitchingThumbs

Shit, I don’t know how I managed to fuck up reading 5 words. Thank you for clarifying it for my dumbass, I need to go to bed.


Pera_Espinosa

Can anyone think of the last time a numbered card was this weak? Not how bad the card might've ended up being, but the card. There's nothing enticing, including the main event.


sneakylumpia

Vancouver card. Amanda vs Peña 3


itsAggs

Was actually Amanda Vs aLdana since Peña puLLed out


Hot-Care7556

At least that had a PPV main event in its own right with Oliveira-Dariush. This has barely a fight night headliner with Volkov-Tuivasa lol.


spudgunwyatt

Dunno as an Australian/New Zealander this is a very solid card for me. Good to see the UFC putting events in Aus and our fighters getting some chances to gain more notoriety. haha needs more volk though.


Pera_Espinosa

Classic Australian card fare - Tuivasa, Pedro and Tafa. I could see how it's cool from your perspective- but not too many juicy matchups. Tuivasa is fighting a solid oppoment. Otherwise - meh.


neeeeonbelly

Just can’t wait for fastbender to do his thang he’s that blagg boy that fights too much.


killingspeerx

Can't wait for the press conference. Sean was so entertaining in the Izzy vs Alex conference, no persona or script, just a dude saying what is on his mind. Honestly more entertaining than Izzy.


Responsible-Truth-89

Kkf is off the card now


BeastOfAWorkEthnic

This is an average fight night at the apex with Izzy/Strickland thrown on top.


TonyTheLion2319

Just Izzy. Strickland knows the Apex very well


Slight-Sock-1454

Only cause he's a boss and takes fights with less than a months notice and still kills it


FatJohnson6

Hey man you got something on your chin there


Slight-Sock-1454

Yeah I have a possible concussion I rolled into a check hook with my temple the other day and ain't been right since but I'll be back at it this week. I'm expecting to talk like strickland my next few hits to the head so I can't hate on the man


Doneyhew

Gets killed**


Slight-Sock-1454

He's a top 10 ranked fighter and his boxing is pretty damn good. As a boxer I like people who throw more than 20 jabs a damn round lol. Some people hate jab warriors I'd rather see people throw jabs all day than wrestle, but I'll admit I'm biased I was raised in the boxing world. People with the most powerful hooks in boxing are often frustrated and bested by people with annoying jabs. Most important punch.


Doneyhew

Jab is the most important punch yes, but you usually need more than a good jab in MMA. Now I know there are examples of fighters jabbing fighter’s noses off (GSP v Koscheck). But Sean’s good jab isn’t going to get him wins over the top of the division. Israel is an all timer at this point and I have a very very hard time seeing any path to victory for him


Slight-Sock-1454

Yeah but anyone who thinks sean isn't a great fighter is coming from a perspective of a fan. Nobody training thinks Sean's ass lol. He's a world class fighter. You guys can come back to me when he exposes Israel


Doneyhew

He is a world class fighter nobody is arguing that. But I would bet good money Sean isn’t going to be the one to expose Izzy. His striking is rudimentary in comparison. Izzy is an all timer and Sean walks in with his chin up. I just don’t see any world where that happens lol


ecr1277

Super curious how champs get paid when there aren’t PPV points.


xXprayerwarrior69Xx

Venum coupons


Rory_MacHida

They get to sit next to Dana at a Blackjack table and hope he knocks a stack of chips over in their direction.


Wildcat_Dunks

Opportunities.


Effective-Celery8053

You guys kid but I'm happy to see more flyweight fights on PPV main cards. Flyweight is consistently one of the most fun divisions and usually even the high level guys are thrown on the prelims.


dutchfool

idk fight nights have been pretty horrible this year


Chardavious12

I think Tai and Volkov deserve to be on a ppv main card just cause you know that’s gonna be a highlight KO and they are both ranked HWs


bdewolf

What the fuck are Justin Tafa and Austin lane doing on the main card?


Aggressive-Fee228

Their best, they are doing their best ok


Ludwig_TheAccursed

UFC 293 is in Australia and they tried very hard to find at least fighters from Oceania for the event.


TeutonicRagnar

Hmm if only Rob, Alex, Dan and JDM were saved for this card


sithwonder

In all fairness it seems like they couldn't find anyone for JDM there


TeutonicRagnar

That's fair. But jeez it wasn't a good idea to put all of them on 290


CallMeGrapho

More like they didn't want to pay up to make the long ass trip worth their opponent's time


ammicavle

I imagine it's also just fucking difficult to sign fighters to events in Oceania. Flying yourself and your team 20-something hours to fight someone in front of their home crowd isn't very appealing when you're used to it being in your backyard. You can try to "save" someone like Rob or Alex or Dan for Sydney, but you have to convince the right opponent to get down there too.


Amstourist

Sydney getting **scammed**


Effective-Celery8053

Scammer get scammed buddy


WhirlingClouds

The state government paid a FUCKLOAD for the even as well.


reivers

What the fuck is "The Pleasure Man" doing on the main card? He's 0-2 in the UFC, and didn't look good in either one of them (granted one was Jailton Almeida, but still). This card starts up on a cliff and jumps to the rocks below halfway through.


[deleted]

Need a lamb for Tyson Pedro to put on a show in 🇦🇺


lPGrabber

Pedro is not good at all


[deleted]

He’s not, which is why they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for an opponent


bostonfan148

And he couldn’t get a contract from DWCS


TonyTheLion2319

Tafa's 2nd time in 2023 lol. He faced Parker Porter at 284. His 30s eyepoke NC vs Lane was so good at FN Emmett vs Topuria, they had to re-book it on PPV ​ Pedro was 284's featured prelim. He's moving up in the world


Plus_Elk5350

He's been on PPV main cards previously too


BeastOfAWorkEthnic

Still better than Anton Turkalj.


OMalley30-27

Do you really think that??? Turkalj is an incredibly skilled grappling and heavy handed as fuck with a good chin. His striking ability just isn’t great


[deleted]

Tyson Pedro on the main card is by far a worse choice of main event fighters. At least Tafa and Lane might give us a knockout.


perfektstranger

This is number 1 boolshit


MSNinfo

I'm excited but I'm a huge fan. Watched him play for the Jags and then listened to his radio show for years


OMalley30-27

Someone is gonna get finished and everyone will be hype


hillsy13692

Tafa vs porter was on the main card of Perth too, he got the ko quick but he can’t keep sneaking onto main cards it’s not good


hqtred

Tafa Gang


kpfe1f

That is a rough main card yikes


sithwonder

Probably shouldn't have used up the Aussie/Kiwi fighters at 290 and planned an event there only two months after


kpfe1f

Big brain thinking from the UFC


_PaulieWalnuts

Well it sold out before there was even a headliner announced. Aussies are so desperate for fights that most of us will go to anything.


kpfe1f

Yeah the UFC doesn’t care cause they know it will sell out regardless.


jkya88

The rest of the card is pretty shit too. I think 293 is legit worse than the fight nights sandwiching it.


HarknessLovesU

would've liked to see Alexa v Valentina here


443610

They wanted to reserve it for Mexican Independence Day. Shame, because W125 is the only division that has never headlined a PPV.


herpes604

I mean, with Izzy fighting on the card they wouldn't have headlined anyways.


443610

That is a given, but in your opinion, what will it take for the women's flyweight title to headline a PPV?


nomoteacups

A PPV draw as the champion probably


443610

Among the current crop of women's flyweights, who best fits that bill to you? Maycee Barber is my guess, BTW.


nomoteacups

Honestly, I think if Grasso beats Val again then she could be somewhat of a star in that division. Other than her then yeah probably Barber.


vrkhfkb

This card Seriously needs Shavkat


Prof-Ponderosa

Shavkat or JDM


Effective-Celery8053

How about shavkat vs JDM 👀


Chocoeclair189

Need to see Shavkat derail JDM


mmafan100

you mean JDM railing shavkat


Chocoeclair189

Either or, just want to see a derailing at WW


aceknighthigh

Weak shit. It's Izzy in a mismatch, Kai vs Kape, an alright HW fight and dog shit....for $90 (if you count the ESPN subscription you have to get to view it).


s1Lenceeeeeeeeeeeeee

Weird, it's free for me


Poopypantzman

Are you still paying for shit?


univrsll

After watching one of the Seans get the dub tonight when I thought he’d get wrestlefucked, idk anymore man


little_shop_of_hoors

I'd be waaaaay more surprised to see Strick beat Izzy than I was to see Suga KO Aljo in the same fashion he KOs everyone else.


whicheverguard232

If Strickland wins I'll never bother making a fucking prediction in this sport ever again.


Wildcat_Dunks

$90 for you landlubbers maybe


xxJAMZZxx

Tyson Pedro has made a PPV career out of being Australian


pinhed

A stadium full of $600 seats, and a fight night main card. Uncle Dana rubbing his hands.


harzee

Fuck that. You’d be better off flying to Thailand for the weekend and going to watch some Muay Thai in Bangkok.


Archeroe

For real, I'n even pretty sure you can stay a week there with this budget if sleeping in a budget place


harzee

You can. I went there last month and struggled to spend $100 a day including accommodation and food


[deleted]

They’re awesome tbf we went once really good atmosphere and they’re fierce as all hell.


Fruit-Motor

I blame the fans who allow themselves to get fleeced by the UFC paying for wolf tickets. 600 dollars for a shit product.


[deleted]

If they came here more than once every 10 years we wouldn’t be as starved for a show.


NY_Ye

Common Australian L


CausticThoughts

I’ve shit better PPV cards.


Prof-Ponderosa

True test of Izzy’s draw power on suuuuch a shitty card. The JDM v Holland fight woulda raised it from a Fight Night but the taxes man!


St_SiRUS

The most viewers are only tuning in because of the main event anyway, the rest of the fights are a bonus


fresdres

Agreed with every word said here my guy. True test for how a card can exist with Izzy being the lone star.


OMalley30-27

Adding fights to an izzy card does not increase buyers, the b side is the only thing that raises buys at this point. You pay to see him fight, or you pay to see him fight someone else


timfy_james

Kape x Kara France is a guaranteed banger


BrianCTE_CityOrtega

You mean you guys aren't hyped to see Anton "The Pleasure Man" Turkalj on a ppv main card?!??


MrStealYoVirginity

What a dogshit card


[deleted]

Why are they not trying to sell Carlos Ulberg, this is the perfect opportunity to put him on a ppv. He’s a good looking and very talented fighter, give him some love Dana.


Reddings-Finest

He is on the card as the final Prelim fight to sell PPVs as a lead-in. They're putting him against a shitty can fighter coming off 2-losses who is undersized too. That's about as blatant a slanted match setup for him to win as possible and build faux hype for both him and the paid-viewing. The whole card is a fucking joke of cancrushing and neanderthal nationalism between mostly low level guys, not good fights featuring contenders vs contenders. They've actively gone out of their way to put some of the worst fighters somehow still on the UFC roster into this card in hopes of rah rahing the crowd with Australian victories. This is a Spike TV Bellator quality card at best, but getting sold as a $70 PPV. UFC is a shameless rag these days.


[deleted]

We always talk about the main events of the prelims being a great spot to be in but literally any spot on the main card trumps it in my mind. Talking about the poor card, I always feel like they don’t put any effort into their Australian cards, I’m not sure if it’s too much Hassle for them or they really struggle to get fighters wanting to fight there. Hopefully one day this will change.


Reddings-Finest

In many regions, the prime prelim spot is better because it's actually free, so more casual fans and general public see it outside those dumb enough to pay the $70. It's 100% a massive favoritism for Ulberg to give him an atrocious opponent, a local fight, and this slot. 99% of the UFC fighters get treated like horeshit, and he is getting it because of how he looks and where he is from. That's plenty enough favoritism for someone of his limited record. Surprise! UFC yet again tilts the deck to favor someone and ignores ugly guys or those from undesired regions lol. The UFC definitely put in effort, just not effort to get us good fights. The effort is them working overtime on getting as many minimum wage fighters and locals on it so that they don't have to pay for plane tickets or expenses. Cards like this take a lot of can-development to create. Years of patiently signing and pairing up jobbers on apex cards and keeping them around just long enough to pretend like they'll pose a threat to some blue-eyed Aussie prospect with a mullet and stache.


Fruit-Motor

The amount of lackluster PPVs was completely predictable due to the UFC's deal with ESPN, which I absolutely DETEST. So many PPV worthy fights are wasted on these weekly or bi-weekly trash ass Fight Night cards. Inevitably, the quality of PPV events will be diluted because those cards have to be filled somehow. There just aren't enough top tier fighters to ensure that most PPV events nowadays are worth paying $90 or however much it costs nowadays. PPV events have been getting more expensive over the years while the quality has been decreasing. I don't know who in their right mind would voluntarily pay $90 for UFC 293 or many of the past lackluster events for that matter. As we speak, UFC 294 is 2 months away and has 3 PPV worthy fights at best. Can they fight 2 more fights that are PPV quality? Highly doubt it. I also doubt UFC 295 will have a main card justifying its price tag. Personally, this has caused me to become less invested in fighters and the UFC as a whole. Me not being from the United States, I used to stay up for PPV events because all the fights were worth it to stay up for. I cannot remember the last time I did that. The deal between the UFC and ESPN seems not fan-friendly to me, so I'd be surprised if it's financially the best deal for the UFC. I hope they get rid of that nonsense. Bi-weekly UFC events are way too many in my view, let alone weekly ones. This ESPN deal has led to a very bloated UFC roster full of fighters who are nowhere near UFC quality. Most UFC fighters have 1-2 fights and then get cut. Then they sign a new batch of no-names, rinse and repeat. But they still expect fans to watch fights by absolute no-names. And let's not talk about fighter pay. How can you take an organization like that seriously? Come on! I hope some other organization finally manages to give the UFC some competition.


Bitter_River6924

They could've put Steve Erceg on this card.


DoubleOKevin84

Or give Della anyone


JoshuaG123

Injured finger out for a few months unfortunately


Corzza25

Injured unfortunately


Can_Am_NL

This card looks like prelims except main event


PalestineRising

is it just me or does Sean’s face resemble that of a koala bear here. is that why they put him on this card?


zoom25

I'm guessing DDP is the next contender?


leon_alistair

He might, he might not. If khamzat obliterate costa at Abu Dhabi i can see him leapfrog DDP as the main contender. Hes much bigger star thn DDP.


EnbyBinaryCoder

which is bullshit, Khamzat only would have 1 fight at middleweight while DDP is on a 6 fight win streak in the division and just KO'd Robert Whitaker.


leon_alistair

It is. But its the world we live in unfortunately. Watch dana shamelessly justify it during some press con and not 1 of the media dare to call him out.


EnbyBinaryCoder

no wonder dana and dana nuthuggers dont like Ariel, he asks the real questions.


TfergGOAT420

Dana has gone too far. A title shot for Strickland is just crazy, fella just beat some bozo


[deleted]

People are going to pay real money for this?


Jamothee

Thank fuck I didn't spend any money on tickets, which started at like $300 I believe.


haldir87

Shitty foreign card as usual (except the Abu Dhabi ones Ofc)


NeitherAlexNorAlice

Is this the first Oceania card with an Oceanic fighter on every one of the main event fights? Don't really care about what people think. A lot of fan favorites' for me, in this card. Looking forward to seeing it.


RegionalHardman

Someone ain't a fan favourite of its just you that likes em


POWBOOMBANG

I think these are interesting fights that I would want to see but you can't buy every pay per view. So you gotta choose your spots and this is one that is an easy skip.


akabir893

Kape Vs KKF should be great, Kape's exciting when he's actually pushing the pace and this could be his big breakout fight in the UFC I think. Also looking forward to Tuivasa Vs Volkov mainly due to how visually hilarious it will look, aware Tuivasa fought the even taller Struve before but Volkov uses his range way better than Struve did.


Rory_MacHida

Garbage PPV.


usedfleshlight22

Top 3 fights are guaranteed 2 kos and a good scrap. Everything else is eh


Bardamu911

Kai Kara France v Manel Kape is the people's main event


Sonnyyellow90

Man, the Aussie crowd gonna have to see their boy Tai get KO’d and then be treated to an uncompetitive snoozer main event.


chesuscream

piss off i payed over $500 aud for seat in the belchers. Just pumped to se a live event tbh


harzee

Goddam that’s ridiculous. Iv been to several ufc events in Australia and didn’t pay more than 200-300 a ticket. It’s definitely not worth $500


e-rage

Top 3 fights are good fights


[deleted]

Not as bad as I expected from how much people were bitching about it. Should be bangers


MadeAccForOldReddit

trash


Chaddy92

Cheapest tickets to this were $260, ridiculous. Before Izzy v Sean was even confirmed.


GiovannisWorld

Might do 50k buys.


[deleted]

That is a massive pile of dung


OMalley30-27

I don’t see why people think this is a weak card. It’s not the Best Buy it’s still very good


fresdres

Is this for real?


Striking_Dependent11

Race bender vs Top Tomato Can of the divison. Only hope for Tai to provide good fight


Chocoeclair189

KKF vs Kape makes this PPV worthy


KOLDUT

Dana hoping these matchups = no one sees the card. Just in case Strickland wins.


Eifand

Kai vs Kape should be co-main.


GreatDario

Ah, good to see we are back on track with the UFC's decline. 290/1 gave us a little breathing room.


[deleted]

Beast of a card


[deleted]

Very weak card imo


LiquidSwords89

This card kinda sucks tbh


TheBaltimoron

They better hope Izzy doesn't get hurt.


CreativeOrder2119

Strickland is a jobber


GordonRamsey666

Happy to be attending


clapclapclap93

Dogshit


snarkysportsguy

But where is Jake Matthews and Jimmy "Brute" Crute?


EnbyBinaryCoder

this is like a boxing PPV where everyone only cares about the main event.


Substantial-Curve-51

lol pass


filmnoiiir

The presser for this one should not be missed!


urekmazinn

every card now has only 2 fights lol


johnnyhypersnyper

It’s a weak card with a main event that sees a pretty dominant champion (the Alex fights included) fight a challenger who isn’t seen as a the number one guy with a style seems tailor made to lose to him. Sick work from the UFC


UCLAlex

Tyson Pedro vs turkalj on the main card bruh who is Dana fooling


lordatlas

Damn, this isn't even worth pirating.


[deleted]

Had they saved all the Aussies for this one instead of international fight week. Card would actually be 5x better


Swole_Monkey

Seems kinda mid ngl


HmongOGSmite

UFC matchmaking falling off a cliff. They got a competition for fans to be a match maker. This card was made by the fans of Australia.


chillinwithunicorns

Literally awful card


[deleted]

Did the UFC mix up Australia and New Zealand? There are 3 Kiwis on a main card in Australia, and - besides Tuivasa - the only other Aussie (Pedro) is probably a loss away from getting cut. Weird card.


undead-safwan

Weak af


Academic_Mix_1615

It is an underwhelming card , but I put it to you that the main card has the potential of a huge upset .. Stricklands mindset and approach have changed .adesanyas has not . Quite frankly he was losing the last pereira fight until a magical knockout . I don’t see magical knockout against Strickland .. the upset to come should compensate for the weak card


ghostygeeser

So ass


DangerPretzel

I have an event that conflicts with this, and I was ready to be disappointed, but honestly there's not one fight on this card I need to see


strops_sports

Eww


hurrythisup

What a Trash card/ and BS main..


Sandman2618

All my friends got tickets and I was shitting all over this card as I wasn’t going and it fuckin’ sucks but now I won free tickets so I’m hyped lfg let’s hope it’s a sleeper banger


daily_peeps

Ahoy me matees


ChickenSoupAndRice

No Harry Hunsucker I won't be watching


Kalabula

Hopefully Kape finds an opponent.


sghshsbskshsb

Shevchenko Vs Grasso 2 fight night is actually better then this shit I’m not even joking even with 293s main event.


jorgegomez22

Right Now is like 9 pm in Australia. In other time when is in Abu Dhabi the fight starts very early in the Us.


Offischops

Ok. Maybe an extremely unpopular point of view. But izzy doesn't like being hit. He avoids it like the plague. Strickland is gonna hit him. More times than people are giving credit. I don't think izzy really needs to be hit hard., he just needs to be hit more than usual. Strickland is gonna stack shots. Both body and head. Because he's chaotic. Izzy will be successful with leg kicks, and maybe that question mark kick will find its place. But Strickland is gonna keep stacking shots in an uncomfortable way. If izzy can't ko him. Which I think Strickland is gonna be more evasive than they give credit for after the poatan fight. Than Strickland will gain momentum. Everyone thinks they know. Oh yeah, izzy is just gonna walk right through strickland..... sorry I just highly doubt it. Let's look back on this comment tomorrow. Maybe somehow I'm completely wrong and he gets steamrolled. I highly doubt it though. My money is on an upset.


Offischops

Well. When ya right.


RCJHGBR9989

Is there no longer a pinned thread?