UFC FN 135: Gaethje vs Vick Info and Prediction Thread

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Date: Saturday, August 25th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 22:30 BCT / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 00:00 BCT / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 2:00 BCT / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://www.fìrstrow.eu/




Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Justin Gaethje (18-2) vs. James Vick (13-1) (Lightweight)
Michael Johnson (17-13) vs. Andre Fili (18-5) (Featherweight)
Cortney Casey (7-6) vs. Angela Hill (8-4) (Women's Strawweight)
Jake Ellenberger (31-14) vs. Bryan Barberena (13-5) (Welterweight)
John Moraga (19-6) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (14-0) (Flyweight)
Eryk Anders (10-1) vs. Tim Williams (15-4) (Middleweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)

James Krause (25-7) vs. Warlley Alves (12-2) (Welterweight)
Iuri Alcantara (35-9) vs. Cory Sandhagen (8-1) (Bantamweight)
Andrew Sanchez (9-4) vs. Markus Perez (10-1) (Middleweight)
Mickey Gall (4-1) vs. George Sullivan (17-6) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Joanne Calderwood (11-3) vs. Kalindra Faria (18-7-1) (Women's Flyweight)
Drew Dober (19-8) vs. Jon Tuck (10-4) (Lightweight)
Rani Yahya (25-9) vs. Luke Sanders (12-2) (Bantamweight)

Other

- A lightweight bout between former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje and Al Iaquinta was expected to serve as the event headliner. However on June 28, it was announced that Iaquinta withdrew from the bout and was replaced by James Vick that same day.

- Alexa Grasso was expected to face former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela Hill at the event, but pulled out on July 19 due to a knee injury. She was replaced by Cortney Casey that same day.

- Antonio Braga Neto was expected to face The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia light heavyweight winner Andrew Sanchez at the event. However, Neto was removed from the bout on August 2 for undisclosed personal issues and was replaced by Markus Perez that same day.

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Notes

-Mickey Gall trained out of elevation fight team in colorado for this one. He claims his loss to Randy Brown motivated him to leave his comfort zone and better himself.

-Joe Ellenberger (Jake Ellenberger's brother) retired from MMA after losing to Bryan Barberena via TKO. Barberena could end up retiring both Ellenberger brothers, something that doesn't happen often in combat sports.

-I have Michael Johnson @ 2-4 since USADA went into effect in 2015. Not certain if Johnson did steroids or used PED's but it is a possibility.

-Luke Sanders is training out of a different gym from his usual. Don't know if that's better or worse but it often does make a difference.

[YuginKadoya]

I really think that Justin Gaethje had the most experience with the number of matches even though James Vick had the further reach of 76 this is UFC were talking about and not like boxing we can sure say that technique will be base on your movement and a fall down can gain a upper hand in the fight, And James Vick had a harder road that other lightweight fighters that he said in an interview, That he will have a mentally stronger than all the other guys.

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James Vick didn't look healthy @ weigh ins. Severely dehydrating himself during his weight cut made it easier for Justin Gaethje to finish him.

I felt bad for Michael Johnson. When they were reading the score card results he looked terrible. You could tell the outcome of this fight meant a lot of for him and he trained for it as if it were a title fight.

There were some crazy fights on this card.

Iuri Alcantara vs Cory Sandhagen was a crazy fight. Iuri got Sandhagen in a deep armbar early in the 1st round. Somehow Sandhagen was able to survive and battle his way back.

Lots of good fights @ this event.

[tokeweed]

^  Didn't watch.  Lol.  How was the main event tho? 

Is it just me or is the UFC churning out too many minor 'filler' events?  I would've watched Gaethje bs Vick as an undercard for a PPV event but I really don't care if it's a main event of one of these minor events.