[Official] UFC 295: Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 6PM ET]
Card Info
Airing on ESPN+ Pay-per-view - Main Card 9PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Light Heavyweight - Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira
- Heavyweight - Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich
- Women's Strawweight - Jessica Andrade vs. Mackenzie Dern
- Lightweight - Matt Frevola vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
- Featherweight - Diego Lopes vs. Pat Sabatini
Airing on ESPN+ - Prelims 8PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Flyweight - Stephen Erceg vs. Alessandro Costa
- Women's Strawweight - Loopy Godinez vs. Tabatha Ricci
- Lightweight - Mateusz Rebecki vs. Roosevelt Roberts
- Lightweight - Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Nazim Sadykhov
Airing on ESPN+ - Early Prelims 6PM ET
- Division - Fighters
- Lightweight - Jared Gordon vs. Mark Madsen
- Catchweight - John Castaneda vs. Kyung Ho Kang
- Flyweight - Kevin Borjas vs. Joshua Van
- Featherweight - Dennis Buzukja vs. Jamall Emmers
^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)
Tom is the real champ now. Jon will come back in a year and fight Stipe, win, and then both will retire. Tom will be the defacto champ or he'll fight Cyril Gane to cement it.
Alex’s leg kicks are crazy. Jiri is already stumbling.
DC was right, the back of his leg is fucked
I hate that stoppage a title fight.
Jiri is so classy.
HOLY FUCK BOYS
Thanks for participating everyone. Hope to see you all again at the next event.
I’m indifferent about the stoppage. He was hurt but, it appeared that Jiri had some more fight in him. On the other hand, Jiri’s body language after the elbows likely didn’t look good from a ref perspective.
Yeah, same. But knowing about his insane chin, Goddard should have let him take a few more..
Anyways, Pereira wins either way
Yeah I am quite certain Pereira gets the finish here anyway, I just would have liked to give Jiri the chance to try to hang on, because he has NO quit in him whatsoever.
BANG!! Wooooo!! What a performance.
Don't like that stoppage.
Yeah it's hard to say, he did eat a lot of elbows. Goddard probably assumed it was a wrap.
Damn Jiri is intense.
Tom Aspinall vs Gane would be an absolute banger.
I think Aspinall would dominate Gane on the ground. I’d still watch it though.
Oh, absolutely. But Gane's speed and evasiveness would make the standup much, much more interesting. Gane's still gonna get his shit mixed, though..
Yeah. I just can’t imagine Gane surviving much longer than he did vs Jones with another well rounded and dynamic opponent. I also can’t think of many other fighters not named Jon Jones that could give Aspinall a really tough fight. Pavlovich seemed like the one with his fuck you power.
That Jiri Reyes knockout is just filthy.
Damn sometimes I feel for Dom Reyes, getting robbed against Jones and then those bad KOs.
Yeah I remember when I watched Reyes VS Jones I was FLOORED that they gave it to Jones. The fix is in, that was my first thought.
Reyes had a ton of potential. He’s got a fight coming up. Maybe Dom will turn things around. If he gets flatlined again I hope he hangs it up.
Lopes closed that one out definitively, damn.
Jones will never fight either of those dudes.
Lopes has some serious contender potential. His style is so exciting and he’s got some crispy technique.
That's true. Did he have a full camp this time?
He's very talented.
I think so. He looked great.
HOLY SHIT
I think he had it wrapped up but I think the stoppage was a lil snappy
Wohoo go Gordon
I’ve been rooting for him since the Paddy decision. Nice win.
I think this applies to absolutely everyone haha
That was an insane first fight, can’t wait to see a rematch if they have one
Wow
Wow that was fast. I thought Aspinall was a dead man walking after he ate those first two shots.
Me too, I thought "look at me, eating my words again".
Dern Forrest Griffined out :(
Fights start in a half an hour. Let’s go!
Holy shit
Andrade is crypronite for Dern, too strong to get taken down and just way better on the feet.
Wow, he looked a little disoriented already.
Can't watch this, gonna check the result later.
I made it for the co and main...phew!
Thankfully that's over. Nothing against Dern but that second round was hard to watch. Good stoppage from the ref.
Has Saint-Denis a tiny Stipe in his corner?
Pavlovich is going to be outclassed. Aspinall's distance management will be too much.
I think this is the most likely outcome, but Pavlovich just needs to connect once.
That's true hahahah
Stipe lookin like a Bond villain
Bond villain mixed with Steve Jobs.
I got Alex in this one, but Jiri is a dog. Coin flip fight.
Yeah, I am stoked for this one.
Alex should have the cleaner striking, but Jiri is just wild and probably a bit bigger at 205.
Yeah. This is solid matchmaking. Not sure Alex has earned it, but I like this matchup.
Idk man, he managed to avoid getting wrestlefucked by Jan. To me that's a good enough litmus test..
That’s true. Not a ton of contenders at LHW either.
Confused Dagestani noises
Only two fights above lightweight in the whole card...
I’m really looking forward to seeing Diego Lopes fight tonight.
Anybody else having issues with the Dubz links not working? Video won't play.
No issues here. Do you have any video plugins running? I had to disable Baking Soda for the dubz domain to get them to play earlier.
No, nothing like that. I'll keep poking at it.
O wow, didn't even see what happened. Did his arm break??
Hey guys.
Wow, what a ko. Very memeable screm too.
That was quite a scream. Nice start to the card!