UFC on ESPN: England: MVP vs Woodley
Saturday, Week 3, June 2021
Birmingham, England
Attendance: 6,005 (Gate: $1,411,175)
Critical Rating: 72%, Commercial Rating: 100%


MAIN EVENT

(#3) Tyron Woodley defeated (#8) Michael 'Venom' Page via TKO (Strikes) at 1:06 of Round 3

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#9) Anthony Joshua defeated (#24) Andrei Arlovski via KO (Punch) at 1:11 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#5) Darren Till defeated (#10) Tom Breese via Unanimous Decision
(#8) Marc Diakiese defeated (#10) James Vick via Unanimous Decision
Steven Ray defeated Takanori Gomi via Submission (RNC) at 4:25 of Round 3

PRELIMS

Mike Shipman defeated Marvin Vettori via TKO (Strikes) at 0:34 of Round 1
(#24) Nathaniel Wood defeated Brandon Royval via TKO (Strikes) at 2:21 of Round 2
Tom Watson defeated Tom Lawlor via KO (Kick) at 1:06 of Round 2
Leonardo Limberger defeated Brendan Loughnane via TKO (Strikes) at 2:13 of Round 1
Saul Rogers defeated Arman Tsarukyan via TKO (Strikes) at0:42 of Round 3
Boston Salmon defeated Michael Wooten via Unanimous Decision
James Mulheron defeated Alexander Romanov via Unanimous Decision
Bradley Scott defeated Piotr Strus via TKO (Strikes) at 0:53 of Round 3
Mike Wilkinson defeated Jay Cucciniello via Submission (Kimura) at 3:09 of Round 1
Fabian Edwards defeated Carlos Matos via TKO (Strikes) at 0:47 of Round 2


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Saul Rogers vs Arman Tsarukyan
Knockout of the Night: Anthony Joshua (vs Andrei Arlovski)
Submission of the Night: Steven Ray (vs Takanori Gomi)


Notes:

- Fabian Edwards came into his fight against Dominican Republic fighter, Carlos Matos at 11-0, while his fellow undefeated opponent was 8-0, but took the win after a TKO 47 seconds into the second round.
- Mike Wilkinson made his return to the UFC, after a 2-0 run in ACA, by submitting Jay Cucciniello in 3:09 of the first round.
- Bradley Scott extended his win streak to 6, by TKOing Polish fighter, Piotr Strus.
- James Mulheron is now undefeated in 4 fights, with 3 stoppages in the 4 wins.
- Tom Watson was a +470 underdog against Tom Lawlor, but knocked out the American with a headkick just over a minute into the second round.
- Mike Shipman came into his fight against Italian, Marvin Vettori as a +330 underdog, but ended his opponents 5 fight win streak in just 34 seconds.
- Takanori Gomi retired after his loss to Steven Ray.
- Darren Till won the first quarter final in the Middleweight tournament to determine the next champion. He called out Brad Tavares for his next fight, altho the Hawaiin will have to beat Gegard Mousasi to get to the semi-finals against Till.
- Anthony Joshua moved to 2-0 after KOing former UFC Heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski in 71 seconds. Arlovski retired after the loss.
- Tyron Woodley earned the next shot at Vicente Luque for the Welterweight Title by TKOing MVP in the third round.
- James Vick, Brandon Royval released from the UFC.

UFC Contenders 5
Friday, Week 1, July 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 7,598 (Gate: $1,759,764)
Critical Rating: 70%, Commercial Rating: 70%

Welterweight:

Emil Meek defeated Alex Morono via Unanimous Decision
Michael Graves defeated Oliver Enkamp via KO (Punch) at 2:52 of Round 2
Sage Northcutt defeated Kyle Stewart via Unanimous Decision
Nicolas Dalby defeated Dwight Grant via TKO (Strikes) at 0:42 of Round 3

Michael Graves defeated Emil Meek via Unanimous Decision
Nicolas Dalby defeated Sage Northcutt via Unanimous Decision

Michael Graves defeated Nicolas Dalby via Unanimous Decision to win the Welterweight Tournament

Featherweight:

Giga Chikadze defeated Austin Arnett via Submission (Kimura) at 4:11 of Round 3
Suman Mokhtarian defeated Chas Skelly via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:35 of Round 1
Danny Henry defeated Alex White via Submission (RNC) at 4:15 of Round 1
Emmanuel Sanchez defeated Grant Dawson via TKO (Strikes) at 4:48 of Round 2

Suman Mokhtarian defeated Giga Chikadze via Unanimous Decision
Danny Henry defeated Emmanuel Sanchez via Split Decision

Suman Mokhtarian defeated Danny Henry via TKO (Cut) at 4:40 of Round 3 to win the Featherweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Danny Henry vs Emmanuel Sanchez
Knockout of the Night: Michael Graves (vs Oliver Enkamp)
Submission of the Night: Suman Mokhtarian (vs Chas Skelly)


Notes:

- Michael Graves came into the tournament undefeated, and left it undefeated, improving from 7-0-1 pre-tournament to 10-0-1 post tournament. It must be strange for Graves to see the guy he beat in his UFC debut, now the king of the mountain at Welterweight, with Vicente Luque holding the UFC Welterweight title.
- With his tournament win at Featherweight, Aussie Suman Mokhtarian extended his win streak to 4 after a 0-2 start to his career in the UFC. He becomes the first Australian to win a contender tournament. His win in the final came via a cut just 20 seconds from the end of the fight, which Danny Henry was arguably winning on the scorecards, prior to the cut.
- The featherweights started their tournaments right, getting finishes in all the quarter final fights and not leaving it to the judges.


Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)

Man, i would have been wrong if i had gotten my predictions in.

Yeh these tournaments seem to be going all over the place tbh, with a lot of them fucking up my booking, theres guys I wanna win them and they lose first round and some bum wins the lot, 2 or 3 of them have been won by fighters who were the underdog in every fight including the final, keeps the booking fresh tho I guess

UFC Contenders 6
Thursday, Week 2, July 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 5,343 (Gate: $1,733,804)
Critical Rating: 75%, Commercial Rating: 67%

Lightweight:

Teemu Packalen defeated Thanh Le via Unanimous Decision
Peter Queally defeated Mike Davis via Unanimous Decision
Landa Vannata defeated Natan Schulte via TKO (Strikes) at 0:31 of Round 1
Roosevelt Roberts defeated Jared Gordon via Unanimous Decision

Teemu Packalen defeated Peter Queally via Submission (RNC) at 4:11 of Round 1
Roosevelt Roberts defeated Lando Vannata via Submission (Triangle with Armbar) at 4:18 of Round 3

Teemu Packalen defeated Roosevelt Roberts via Submission (Kimura) at 2:33 of Round 5 to win the Lightweight Tournament

Middleweight:

CB Dolloway defeated Yushin Okami via Submission (Guillotine) at 4:07 of Round 1
Rousimar Palhares defeated Kendall Grove via KO (Punch) at 3:10 of Round 2
Hector Lombard defeated Omari Akhmedov via Split Decision
Clint Hester defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via KO (Punch) at 0:17 of Round 2

Rousimar Palhares defeated CB Dolloway via Unanimous Decision
Hector Lombard defeated Clint Hester via TKO (Strikes) at 2:53 of Round 1

Rousimar Palhares defeated Hector Lombard via Submission (Leglock) at 3:13 of Round 1 to win the Middleweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Roosevelt Roberts vs Lando Vannata
Knockout of the Night: Clint Hester (vs Yoshihiro Akiyama)
Submission of the Night: Rousimar Palhares (vs Hector Lombard)


Notes:

- Finnish fighter, Teemu Packalen wasnt expected to go far in the tournament, but managed to submit his opponents in the semi final and final to win the Lightweight tournament, and put him on a 5 fight win streak.
- Packalen's opponent in the final went 2-1 in the tournament, putting his UFC record at a fairly impressive 7-2, and was also on a 5 fight win streak prior to his loss in the final.
- Another fighter on a 5 fight win streak, and 8-1 in his last 9 fights, was Middleweight tournament winner, Rousimar Palhares, who won the tournament with 3 wins, all by different methods - Submission, Knockout and Decision. At 41 years old, his best is likely behind him, but this form is impressive and likely enough to get him a decent ranking boost. (It did and hes up to #18 at Middleweight)


Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)
Contenders 6: Teemu Packalen (Lightweight), Rousimar Palhares (Middleweight)

UFC Contenders 7
Saturday, Week 3, July 2021

Welterweight: (All fighters have 1 career loss)

Robson Gracie Jr vs Raimond Magomedaliev
Amiran Gogoladze vs Aziz Pakhrudinov
Andrew McInnes vs Andrew Todhunter
Khonry Gracie vs Magomed Nurov

Light Heavyweight:

Mike Rodriguez vs Klidson de Abreu
Shamil Gamzatov vs Myron Dennis
Dalcha Lungiambula vs Gian Villante
Karl Albrektsson vs Roman Dolidze

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UFC Contenders 8
Wednesday, Week 4, July 2021

Bantamweight:

Dustin Ortiz vs Naoki Inoue
Brad Katona vs Sergio Pettis
Darrion Caldwell vs Pedro Nobre
Eduardo Dantas vs Manel Kape

Light Heavyweight:

Kenneth Bergh vs Dmitry Minakov (Nuclear Heat Feud)
Darko Stosic vs Stephan Puetz
Batraz Agnaev vs Eryk Anders
Devin Clark vs Ivan Shtyrkov


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UFC on ESPN: Gillespie vs Barboza II
Saturday, Week 4, June 2021
California, USA
Attendance: 9,603 (Gate: $2,832,885)
Critical Rating: 66%, Commercial Rating: 96%


MAIN EVENT

(#2) Edson Barboza defeated (#1) Gregor Gillespie via KO (Kick) at 3:30 of Round 5 to win the UFC Lightweight Title

CO-MAIN EVENT

(#6) Alonzo Menifield defeated (#3) Volkan Oezdemir via KO (Punch) at 3:51 of Round 1

MAIN CARD

(#4) Tony Ferguson defeated (#21) Jim Miller via Unanimous Decision
(#6) Renato Carneiro defeated (#8) Alexander Volkanovski via KO (Punch) at 0:27 of Round 1
(#2) Brad Tavares defeated (#12) Gegard Mousasi via Unanimous Decision

PRELIMS

Vitor Belfort defeated (#22) Tyson Pedro via TKO (Strikes) at 0:27 of Round 2
AJ McKee defeated (#17) Shane Burgos via Submission (Armbar) at 2:33 of Round 1
(#24) Augusto Sakai defeated Todd Duffee via KO (Punch) at 3:51 of Round 1
Doo Ho Choi defeated Dan Ige via Unanimous Decision
Anthony Hernandez defeated Abukar Yandiev via Submission (Armbar) at 4:05 of Round 3
Aleksa Camur defeated Christian Edwards via Unanimous Decision
Mateus Vasco defeated Joe Soto via TKO (Cut) at 4:18 of Round 2
Ismail Naurdiev defeated Elias Silverio via KO (punch) at 3:31 of Round 1
Ciryl Gane defeated Ben Sosoli via TKO (Strikes) at 1:55 of Round 1
Yusuf Raisov defeated Bryce Mitchell via TKO (Strikes) at 3:58 of Round 2


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Anthony Hernandez vs Abukar Yandiev
Knockout of the Night: Edson Barboza (vs Gregor Gillespie)
Submission of the Night: AJ McKee (vs Shane Burgos)


Notes:

- TUF season 30 winner and former ACA Featherweight champion, Yusuf Raisov, moved to 2-0 in the UFC after taking Bryce Mitchell's undefeated record via TKO.
- Ciryl Gane moved to 10-0 after TKOing Ben Sosoli in less than 2 minutes. Gane moves to 7-0 in the UFC after the win. Sosoli came into the fight off the back of 3 straight victories over Justin Ledet, Rico Verhoeven and Domingos Barros.
- Ismail Naurdiev KOd Elias Silverio in 3:31 of the first round, then called for a fight against outspoken BJJ black belt, Dillon Danis next.
- 7-0 Aleksa Camur edged out 5-0 Christian Edwards via unanimous decision, to end the 22 year old Jackson-Wink prospects undefeated run.
- Anthony Hernandez extends his win streak to 4, all by arm-related submissions, with 2 kimuras and 2 armbars. He called for an interesting fight against MW tournament winner, Markus Perez next, which should be a great fight.
- AJ McKee bounced back from his first career loss, to Sergio Giglio, by submitting Shane Burgos in the first round via an armbar.
- 44 year old, Vitor Belfort turned back the clock, TKOing Tyson Pedro just 27 seconds into the second round.
- Brad Tavares set up a grudge match against Darren Till in the Middleweight Tournament semi-final, after taking a unanimous decision from Gegard Mousasi.
- BJJ Whiz, Renato Carneiro pulled out a shocking result, KOing former champion, Alexander Volkanovski in just 27 seconds.
- Tony Ferguson called out Edson Barboza for his next fight, this will depend on how the Brazillian does in the main event, facing Lightweight champion, Gregor Gillespie.
- Alonzo Menifield booked a title fight against Dominick Reyes, in Reyes first title defense, after KOing Volkan Oezdemir in under 4 minutes of the first round. Menifield moves to 15-0, with 8 wins in the UFC cage, with all but 1 of those UFC wins coming by stoppage.
- Edson Barboza extends his win streak to 4, after previous wins over Khabib Nurmagomedov, Anthony Pettis and Dustin Poirier, but more importantly, he takes the UFC Lightweight title from Gregor Gillespie. The KO came with just 1:30 left of the 25 minutes in the fight.

UFC Contenders 7
Saturday, Week 3, July 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 4,263 (Gate: $1,383,344)
Critical Rating: 77%, Commercial Rating: 54%

Light Heavyweight:

Klidson de Abreu defeated Mike Rodriguez via Submission (RNC) at 4:18 of Round 2
Shamil Gamzatov defeated Myron Dennis via Unanimous Decision
Gian Villante defeated Dalcha Lungiambula via TKO (Strikes) at 2:16 of Round 1
Karl Albrektsson defeated Roman Dolidze via TKO (Strikes) at 1:54 of Round 3

Klidson de Abreu defeated Shamil Gamzatov via Submission (Armbar) at 3:35 of Round 1
Gian Villante defeated Karl Albrektsson via KO (Punch) at 3:55 of Round 1

Gian Villante defeated Klidson de Abreu via TKO (Strikes) at 1:18 of Round 1 to win the Light Heavyweight Tournament

Welterweight:

Raimond Magomedaliev defeated Robson Gracie Jr via Unanimous Decision
Amiran Gogoladze defeated Aziz Pakhrudinov via TKO (Strikes) at 3:22 of Round 2
Andrew Todhunter defeated Andrew McInnes via Unanimous Decision
Khonry Gracie defeated Magomed Nurov via Submission (RNC) at 4:37 of Round 1

Amiran Gogoladze defeated Raimond Magomedaliev via KO (Punch) at 1:30 of Round 3
Khonry Gracie defeated Andrew Todhunter via Submission (Kimura) at 1:46 of Round1

Khonry Gracie defeated Amiran Gogoladze via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:05 of Round 1 to win the Welterweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Amiran Gogoladze vs Raimond Magomedaliev
Knockout of the Night: Gian Villante (vs Karl Albrektsson)
Submission of the Night: Khonry Gracie (vs Amiran Gogoladze)


Notes:

- The veteran of the Light Heavyweight tournament, Gian Villante outlasted his opponents to win the tournament. He actually spent less time in the cage than the standard 15 minute you would for a whole fight, stopping his 3 opponents in the first round in all 3 fights. His last fight pre-tournament was actually the first LHW winner in Fabio Maldonado, and Villante said he'd like to run that back in his next fight.
- Khonry Gracie was another winner who finished all his opponents to win the tournament. His famed submission skills shone thru as he submitted all 3 opponents with different methods. He is now riding a 7 fight win streak, with 5 of those coming by submission.

Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)
Contenders 6: Teemu Packalen (Lightweight), Rousimar Palhares (Middleweight)
Contenders 7: Khonry Gracie (Welterweight), Gian Villante (Light Heavyweight)

Figured a Gracie would win. Gian winning in the game bother me just as much as him winning irl.

UFC Contenders 8
Wednesday, Week 4, July 2021
Nevada, USA
Attendance: 4,390 (Gate: $1,424,555)
Critical Rating: 70%, Commercial Rating: 62%

Light Heavyweight:

Dmitry Minakov defeated Kenneth Bergh via KO (Punch) at 2:21 of Round 1
Darko Stosic ddefeated Stephan Puetz via KO (Punch) at 0:50 of Round 3
Batraz Ignaev defeated Eryk Anders via TKO (Strikes) at 4:57 of Round 1
Ivan Shtyrkov defeated Devin Clark via Split Decision

Dmitry Minakov defeated Darko Stosic via Submission (Armbar) at 3:52 of Round 3
Batraz Agnaev defeated Ivan Shtyrkov via TKO (Strikes) at 1:09 of Round 1

Batraz Agnaev defeated Dmitry Minakov via KO (Kick) at 3:05 of Round 2 to win the Light Heavyweight Tournament

Bantamweight:

Naoki Inoue defeated Dustin Ortiz via KO (Kick) at 4:46 of Round 2
Sergio Pettis defeated Brad Katona via Unanimous Decision
Darrion Caldwell defeated Pedro Nobre via Unanimous Decision
Eduardo Dantas defetaed Manel Kape via Unanimous Decision

Naoki Inoue defeated Sergio Pettis via Split Decision
Darrion Caldwell defeated Eduardo Dantas via Unanimous Decision

Naoki Inoue defeated Darrion Caldwell via TKO (Strikes) at 0:56 of Round 5 to win the Bantamweight Tournament


Bonuses: ($50,000)

Fight of the Night: Naoki Inoue vs Darrion Caldwell
Knockout of the Night: Batraz Agnaev (vs Dmitry Minakov)
Submission of the Night: Dmitry Minakov (vs Darko Stosic)


Notes:

- Naoki Inoue is now on a 5 fight win streak after winning the Bantamweight tournament. The 24 year old has alot of upside and the UFC will be hoping to push him as the face of MMA in Japan.
- Darrion Caldwell's 6 fight win streak was ended with his loss to Inoue in the final.
- Losing Light Heavyweight finallist, Dmitry Minakov is now 3-2 in the UFC, all via stoppages, 2 wins by KO, 1 win by sub and 2 losses by KO.
- Light Heavyweight tournament winner, Batraz Agnaev is now 5-0 in the UFC, all by stoppage, with 4 of those coming in the first round. Agnaev is a real prospect at 205lbs.


Ongoing Tournament Winners:

Contenders 1: Martin Bravo (Featherweight), Steve Mowry (Heavyweight)
Contenders 2: Beneil Dariush (Lightweight), Fabio Maldonado (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 3: Cody Garbrandt (Bantamweight), Markus Perez (Middleweight)
Contenders 4: Andrey Koreshkov (Welterweight), Mario Bautista (Bantamweight)
Contenders 5: Michael Graves (Welterweight), Suman Mokhtarian (Featherweight)
Contenders 6: Teemu Packalen (Lightweight), Rousimar Palhares (Middleweight)
Contenders 7: Khonry Gracie (Welterweight), Gian Villante (Light Heavyweight)
Contenders 8: Naoki Inoue (Bantamweight), Batraz Agnaev (Light Heavyweight)