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[Official] UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 7PM ET] (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Card Info

Airing on ESPN+ Pay per view - Main Card 10 PM ET

Division - Fighters
Lightweight - Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje
Light Heavyweight - Jan Błachowicz vs. Alex Pereira
Heavyweight - Derrick Lewis vs. Marcos Rogério de Lima
Lightweight - Tony Ferguson vs. Bobby Green
Welterweight - Michael Chiesa vs. Kevin Holland

Airing on ABC and ESPN - Prelims 8PM ET

Division - Fighters
Welterweight - Trevin Giles vs. Gabriel Bonfim
Flyweight - CJ Vergara vs. Vinicius Salvador
Middleweight - Roman Kopylov vs. Claudio Ribeiro
Welterweight - Jake Matthews vs. Darrius Flowers

Airing on UFC Fight Pass - Prelims 7PM ET

Division - Fighters
Welterweight - Matthew Semelsberger vs. Uros Medic
Women's Flyweight - Miranda Maverick vs. Priscila Cachoeira

Stephen Thompson vs. Michel Pereira is canceled due to Pereira missing weight
^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly what I thought. I felt Jan clearly landed more in round 3. Alex's leg kicks were nice but he didn't even land a lot of them in round 3 and Jan had some as well. So I had Jan winning even before the takedown which according to my understanding of the rules (damage and effective grappling!) should be largely inconsequential when it comes to scoring. Still, I thought that was the icing on the cake. Even had the word robbery in mind after the decision as UFC probably wanted Alex to win. Anyway, seeing people disagree in good faith is a nice reality check as usual. Would love to hear some reasoning for it though.