UFC FN 128: Barboza vs Lee Info and Prediction Thread

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Date: Saturday, April 21st
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 (Fox Sports 1): 2:00 BCT / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://www.fìrstrow.eu/




Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Edson Barboza (19-5) vs. Kevin Lee (16-3) (Lightweight)
Frankie Edgar (22-6-1) vs. Cub Swanson (25-8) (Featherweight)
Chase Sherman (11-4) vs. Justin Willis (6-1) (Heavyweight)
David Branch (21-4) vs. Thiago Santos (17-5) (Middleweight)
Aljamain Sterling (14-3) vs. Brett Johns (15-0) (Bantamweight)
Jim Miller (28-11) vs. Dan Hooker (15-7) (Lightweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Ryan LaFlare (13-2) vs. Alex Garcia (15-4) (Welterweight)
Magomed Bibulatov (14-1) vs. Ulka Sasaki (20-5-2) (Flyweight)
Siyar Bahadurzada (23-6-1) vs. Luan Chagas (15-2-1) (Welterweight)
Corey Anderson (9-4) vs. Patrick Cummins (10-4) (Light Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Leslie Smith (10-7-1) vs. Aspen Ladd (6-0) (Women's Bantamweight)
Merab Dvalishvili (7-3) vs. Ricky Simon (12-1) (Bantamweight)
Tony Martin (12-4) vs. Keita Nakamura (33-8-2) (Welterweight)

Other

- Augusto Mendes was pulled from a bout against Merab Dvalishvilli due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Ricky Simon on March 30.

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[Hydrogen]

Not many initial notes for this card.

-One of Kevin Lee's coaches, Robert Follis, passed away recently. Don't know what effect it might have.

-Ryan LaFlare vs Alex Garcia is a wrestling specialist vs wrestling specialist match up. What's weird is both of them appear to be slowing down at different times. Alex Garcia looked like he was slowing down when he got KO'ed by a jab from Sean Strickland and Ryan LaFlare looked like he was slowing down a bit when he was finished by Alex Oliveira. Although its been said that Alex Oliveira is extremely strong, maybe why LaFlare had problems.

-Cub Swanson vs Frankie Edgar 2. I think if Frankie can't get it to the ground he'll be KO'ed again. This fight seems to have been made on short notice with neither of them having much time to prepare.

[tokeweed]

^  Swanson at 3.00 (at Nitrogen, last time I saw) is looking good imo.  I think Edgar is in too much of a hurry to get back competing again.  That could be bad...  I don't think he's in the right mindset after getting KO'd by Ortega.

[tokeweed]

Here are the weigh ins for the event.  I ended up not making any bets.  Lol.  No confidence on my decision making in making picks.  I already bet what's left in my Nitrogen account on the Stoke vs Burnley match.  Lol.

UFC Fight Night Atlantic City:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBOOznjrlpM

[eaLiTy]

^  Swanson at 3.00 (at Nitrogen, last time I saw) is looking good imo.  I think Edgar is in too much of a hurry to get back competing again.  That could be bad...  I don't think he's in the right mindset after getting KO'd by Ortega.

Frankie Edgar is rushing back to the octagon and i am not sure what his conditioning is but i think he is super confident that he could take down Swanson like he did in his first fight and win this fight easily.

• Kevin Lee missed weight and i would like to see Barboza wheel kick the lights out of Kevin Lee as he is talking too much as he said he is going to work Barboza and finish him in the first round.
• I am interested in Magomed Bibulatov and i like taking a chance with David Branch too as he is a good striker and he is under rated.
• This is the last fight for Leslie Smith in the UFC as they are releasing her for her efforts of planning to create a fighters union.

[Hydrogen]

Here are the weigh ins for the event.  I ended up not making any bets.  Lol.  No confidence on my decision making in making picks.  I already bet what's left in my Nitrogen account on the Stoke vs Burnley match.  Lol.

UFC Fight Night Atlantic City:  Weigh In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBOOznjrlpM

Good luck. Hope you win the internets!

I'll probably wait till the last minute to decide whether or not to drop a few plays depending on how things are going for the night.

^  Swanson at 3.00 (at Nitrogen, last time I saw) is looking good imo.  I think Edgar is in too much of a hurry to get back competing again.  That could be bad...  I don't think he's in the right mindset after getting KO'd by Ortega.

Frankie Edgar is rushing back to the octagon and i am not sure what his conditioning is but i think he is super confident that he could take down Swanson like he did in his first fight and win this fight easily.

• Kevin Lee missed weight and i would like to see Barboza wheel kick the lights out of Kevin Lee as he is talking too much as he said he is going to work Barboza and finish him in the first round.
• I am interested in Magomed Bibulatov and i like taking a chance with David Branch too as he is a good striker and he is under rated.
• This is the last fight for Leslie Smith in the UFC as they are releasing her for her efforts of planning to create a fighters union.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but Bibulatov wasn't medically cleared to fight and his fight was pulled. Leslie Smith's opponent showed up 1.8 pounds overweight and she declined to take the fight @ catchweight. I think the UFC paid Leslie Smith her show and win money and cut her from the roster.

I'm not certain about Frankie Edgar vs Cub Swanson. I think if Frankie doesn't get the fight to the ground he will probably lose. Being KO'ed about a month ago doesn't help his chances. Frankie might have been better off giving his brain time to fully recover before stepping back into the cage. This type of quick turnaround is the type of thing which can contribute towards greater statistical probability of developing head trauma although in Frankie's case he doesn't cut much if any weight. That's one advantage he has in that he's not dehydrating himself which also contributes towards sustaining greater injury from concussions.

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So who wants to see Poirier vs Lee after this event?  I think it's gonna be the next fight to make, with the winner fighting Khabib vs Conor (or Ferguson?) winner...?

I think Ferguson vs Khabib has to happen.  It's every MMA fan's wet dream.

Anyway here are the results:

[eaLiTy]

So who wants to see Poirier vs Lee after this event?  I think it's gonna be the next fight to make, with the winner fighting Khabib vs Conor (or Ferguson?) winner...?
I think Ferguson vs Khabib has to happen.  It's every MMA fan's wet dream.

Kevin Lee Vs Justin Poirier is the next fight  to make but i want to see the rematch with Eddie Alvarez and it is said that Eddie rejected the rematch five times already and it all depends upon how long it will take for Conor McGregor or Ferguson to be back to face Khabib, if they are not ready by November i think Khabib will be facing Justin Poirier.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but Bibulatov wasn't medically cleared to fight and his fight was pulled. Leslie Smith's opponent showed up 1.8 pounds overweight and she declined to take the fight @ catchweight. I think the UFC paid Leslie Smith her show and win money and cut her from the roster.

I missed these reports as i did not follow the news as of lately, Bibulatov would have being a good fight and when it comes to Leslie Smith i do not think the UFC will hire her again.

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Edson Barboza took one of the most brutal beatings I've ever seen anyone take in the cage. Hope he's ok. Kevin Lee easily took Barboza down in rounds 1 and 2 and did nothing but punch Barboza in the face for the entire 5 minutes. It was ugly.

7/12 of my picks were accurate. Couldn't should've done better. For some strange reason I forgot that Kevin Lee had a staph infection when he fought Tony Ferguson which probably didn't have the best effect on his cardio. And I forgot Edson Barboza didn't defend many of Khabib's takedowns properly and was unlikely to be able to stop Kevin Lee from taking him down.

David Branch's KO of Thiago Santos was bizarre. He barely touched him. Didn't look like a KO shot at all. Kind of a strange night for MMA with how the Ricky Simon fight went too.

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Who does everyone reckon beat Edson Barboza better, Khabib or Kevin Lee hehehe. Poor Edson.

In any case, Kevin's win might call for a rematch versus Tony Ferguson, before Tony can be considered good to challenge for the lightweight title.