UFC FN 118: Cerrone vs Till Info and Prediction Thread

[tokeweed]

Date: Saturday, October 21st
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 15:45 / 8:45am PST / 11:45am EST
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass): 19:00 / 12pm PST / 3pm EST
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Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Donald Cerrone (32-9) vs. Darren Till (15-0-1) (Welterweight)
Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-2) vs. Jodie Esquibel (6-2) (Women's Strawweight)
Jan Blachowicz (19-7) vs. Devin Clark (8-1) (Light Heavyweight)
Oskar Piechota (9-0-1) vs. Jonathan Wilson (7-2) (Middleweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Marcin Held (22-7) vs. Nasrat Haqparast (8-1) (Lightweight)
Damian Stasiak (10-4) vs. Brian Kelleher (17-8) (Bantamweight)
Sam Alvey (31-9) vs. Ramazan Emeev (15-3) (Middleweight)
Artem Lobov (13-13-1) vs. Andre Fili (16-5) (Featherweight)
Warlley Alves (10-2) vs. Salim Touahri (10-1) (Welterweight)
Lina Lansberg (7-2) vs. Aspen Ladd (5-0) (Women's Bantamweight)
Felipe Arantes (18-8-1) vs. Josh Emmett (11-1) (Featherweight)

Other

- Teemu Packalen was expected to face Marcin Held at the event. However Packalen pulled out of the fight on October 5 citing a knee injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Nasrat Haqparast on October 10.
- Trevor Smith was expected to face Ramazan Emeev at the event. However, Smith pulled out of the bout in early October citing injury and was replaced by Sam Alvey on October 11.

- On October 15, it was announced that Jim Wallhead pulled out of his welterweight bout against The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 middleweight winner Warlley Alves due to an injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Salim Touahri on October 16.

- At the weigh ins, Alvey missed the middleweight limit of 185 pounds, coming in at 189 pounds. He was fined 20% of his purse and his bout with Emeev is expected to proceed at a catchweight.

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[tokeweed]

I thought this card was kinda meh, but when I saw the result of the main bout I wish I did watch it.  And I honesly wasn't even supposed to be bothered posting the results but look...  Lol.  I think Cerrone needs to retire now.

[Hydrogen]

The way Darren Till finished Cerrone was a lot like Cerrone's fight with RDA(Rafael Dos Anjos). I don't know what happened to Cowboy but he hasn't looked the same since he fought Matt Brown and has been on a decline for the past 1-2 years. It could be because he had a motorcycle accident and had part of his intestine removed. With IV rehydration being banned after cutting weight, that could be Cerrone at a disadvantage with oral hydration. His intestines are much shorter now which could put him at a disadvantage when his body needs to absorb water after weight cuts. He moved up to 170 from 155. Possibly to mitigate this issue, but it may not be enough and he could still be struggling with that.

Next UFC event is Lyoto Machida vs Derek Brunson in brazil on october 28th. That event looks very difficult from a betting perspective.

Have to wonder if MMA is dying or on a decline. The only fighter people seem interested in is Conor McGregor.

[bbc.reporter]

I reckon it is another instance of over hyping a fighter. 3 years ago, Cowboy was supposed to be the next dominant champion in either the lightweight or welterweight division. The UFC has tried to market him is one of the future greats in MMA, but the results did not back it up.

But Conor has been very lucky to get the results.

[Reatim]

I reckon it is another instance of over hyping a fighter. 3 years ago, Cowboy was supposed to be the next dominant champion in either the lightweight or welterweight division. The UFC has tried to market him is one of the future greats in MMA, but the results did not back it up.

But Conor has been very lucky to get the results.

Too bad for Cerrone. I thought he has the tools to make and become a successful star. But unfortunately, he I don't know what happened to his career. He is destroying every opponent and then suddenly hits a wall. Its looks like more of a mental thing for him. I really though that he can really be a champion. He's been on a declined and I doubt he can rise again. Such pity that a talent he has was wasted.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Luckily i did not wage a bet in this card if not i would have lost each and every bet apart from Carolina because all of my favorite lost the fight,Darren Till was the stand out performer and until this fight i did not notice him and after the fight only i noticed that he is undefeated and he is just 24 years.