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Mason Jones takes a decision over Jeremy Stephens.

That's your FoTN thus far. Great great performance from Jones, a guy the UFC absolutely brought in for Stephens to beat (tho I wouldn't trust Stephens to beat a lot of guys in MMA right now) in Iowa. Man looked sharp. Great jab. Nice use of kicks and had a real knack early for finding ways to get in and out of the pocket to get his offense off. Was working Stephens well to the body too. Ate way too many of those Stephen cross counters though, which is why this went from dominant win to competitive fight. Stephens, when he could bring himself to throw, landed really well on the counter. So much so Jones decided to lean heavy on the wrestling in the final round. He'd been getting takedowns late in the 1st and 2nd, so going for one early in the third after getting touched up a bit in the 2nd was the right call.

Looking forward to Jones' 2nd stint in the UFC. Not expecting big things but if he's going to continue to have interesting fights like this, I won't complain when I see his name on the card.

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An Iowan getting outwrestled by a Brit. MMA has come so far.

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Bellator died as it lived, in silence.

I know we rightfully poked a lot of fun at Bellator throughout the years. But I think it kinda sucks that they basically disappeared as a whisper in the wind after getting bought by PFL.

Their Youtube channel is still pretty active and theyve been posting a lot of their best and most notable fights from their library. So many names forgotten in time on some of these older cards.

This is an oldie but good one that has Hector Lombard Vs Alexander Shlemenko and Megumi Fuji Vs Zoila Frausto.

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Yana Santos takes UD over Miesha Tate

We got some very close to vintage Tate theatrics in this one. She came out hot, looking to close the distance get in the clinch and use her dirty boxing to push Santos into the cage before ducking down and getting TDs. And it looked like it was going to work for a couple minutes before Santos found her rhythm. Santos is a fantastic clinch fighter. She can strike from there and use it to neutralize her opponents. Tate repeatedly pushing recklessly into the clinch let her work underhooks, then escape with knees and elbows on the break. Also fought off almost every takedown attempt. And Tate's reckless forward pressure turns self-destructive as she just walked into the jab for 7 minutes. But she rallied like she tends to do late. Got Santos with the overunder in the 3rd and dragged her to the ground. Landed some nice GnP but chose to chase the RNC from backmount and ended up losing the match on the cards.

If Tate had won, it would not have surprised me if they just gave her a title fight. Cause who else is there really. But I guess we'll never know.

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Marina Rodriguez calls it a career. Just a case of got to the top too late. One of the more entertaining SWs in recent years. Flawed, but able to bring in so much chaos due to her power, frame and variety.

Gillian Robertson stops Marina Rodriguez in the 2nd!

Imagine he she did that in front of a Canadian crowd.

That aside, just relentless approach from Robertson. She will drag you to the mat if it’s the last thing she ever does. Got Marina down in the second by grabbing a leg and pushing her to the fence. Rodriguez tried to lock up a ninja choke but couldn’t get the angle. Robertson pops her head out and is able to just get to top position. She passes to mount and rains down punches until the ref stops the fight!

Props to Robertson, a legit top ten fighter now. Bring on a fight between her and Dern. Or Suarez. That’s be fun.

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Gillian Robertson stops Marina Rodriguez in the 2nd!

Imagine he she did that in front of a Canadian crowd.

That aside, just relentless approach from Robertson. She will drag you to the mat if it’s the last thing she ever does. Got Marina down in the second by grabbing a leg and pushing her to the fence. Rodriguez tried to lock up a ninja choke but couldn’t get the angle. Robertson pops her head out and is able to just get to top position. She passes to mount and rains down punches until the ref stops the fight!

Props to Robertson, a legit top ten fighter now. Bring on a fight between her and Dern. Or Suarez. That’s be fun.

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Gillian Robertson is possibly the best Canadian fighter in the UFC atm. Always brings a fun fight. About to fight a former top 5 fighter to make herself a contender.

but she’s on the early prelims of a fight night card in Iowa a week before the UFC goes to Canada for a PPV? Ok. Whatever.

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Quang Le gives us the first stoppage on the card.

After a couple of heavy grinders, Le is able to RNC Balanos for the stoppage win. Caught a front kick and just threw Balanos to his butt. Then methodically worked to the back.

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Juliana Miller wins a decision in the opener over Ivana Petrovic.

Not a particularly notable fight. Petrovic did the incredibly MMA thing of engaging with the wrestling along the fence instead of creating space to strike. Kept inviting tie ups and clinch exchanges and by the 2nd Miller was finding ways to turn those into takedowns. From there she was nabbing back mount and grinding out rounds from top. Props to miller for making the come back. Injuries and the like have kept her away from the sport.

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Starting soon!

UFC Line up for later

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UFC Line up for later

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UFC Line up for later

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Spread the world and happy reading!

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Welp, turns out the money is coming from nowhere

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People will blame this performance on Ryan getting off the juice, but it’s because he gave up the true PED - cocaine

Ryan Garcia lost to Rolly???? LMAO

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Thank god for no crowd cause they would have started rioting at how bad this was. Complete waste of time and has permanently damaged everyone involved except for Rolly, the only real winner.

So that big Time Square boxing card featuring Teo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, and Devin Haney is like this Friday and there's no start time. No tickets either. I'm guessing if you want to watch live, you can just show up?

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Ryan Garcia lost to Rolly???? LMAO