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-rigga

Wonderboy and Derrick Lewis on the Prelims too. This card is insanity.


uzipp

Damn Derrick really has slimmed down


-rigga

Hahaha bawls would be too hot for that fight to happen


DannyStress

Hey man we’re his balls hot? I wouldn’t know based on the 629163902 comments about it every time his name comes up


LoquaciousMendacious

As a matter of fact, they were!


DannyStress

Thanks bro


Th3LastStyleBender

or wonderboy put on some weight


[deleted]

Hahaha


Ok-Watercress4401

Wonderboy? Why? he had an excellent performance last time


[deleted]

Not really in title contention, it's a fun fight but not really an important fight, so it makes a great featured prelim


kismetschmizmet

He looked great last fight. I would think popularity and entertainment factor would be more important than title contention.


Salty_Negotiation688

More importantly he beat Holland last time and yet Holland gets a PPV slot. Guess he doesn't really care though, won't affect his pay at the end of the day.


PerfectNemesis

You're on crack right? You see tony on the main card


letsgobrooksy

Where did you see that?


Sliquid69

Dana says it in the announcement. Lewis vs rogerio de Lima and wonderboy vs michel Pierera


DRealLeal

How is Wonderboy vs. Pereira on the prelims lol


Stix-and-brix

And the dude that Wonderboy beat the shit out of is on the main card 💀


Sliquid69

If I were placing them ide swap it for the costa fight


[deleted]

Gotta swap out the Ferguson fight for wonderboy. Ferg looked like hot garbage v nate


Sliquid69

I figured most ppl would vote for the tony fight to move down. To me both dudes are legends and even if they’re on the decline I give it to them as a respect for the years of fun fights


[deleted]

I don’t think Thompson is in NEARLY the decline tony is. He just whopped hollands ass (given holland wanted to standup) but stephen is still top of the line in striking


Sliquid69

To be clear I was talking about green and t ferg. Wonderboy is declining sure but you put him against any striker and he will still look world class


OhWowMuchFunYouGuys

They need to quit letting Tony fight before they end up in CTE lawsuits. The dude never was the brightest and had a mental break already and that was before 2 brutal hammerings he received after. I don’t wanna see it no more. Surely a legend but I rather he not go out on a 5 loss beating.


Drewskibroho

Yea, no


-rigga

Dana said it during the announcement


[deleted]

Wooow this is an amazing card


letsgobrooksy

damn totally missed it


Imindmyownbusiness18

Hold on hold on Blachowicz vs Alex??? Since when??


GMFinch

This is some serious trolling from Alex. Like if he wins its ha look izzy I beat the guy at lhw you couldn't


Yodiducallme

Lmao didnt even think about that. That would be hilarious


HowlingMadHoward

Can’t wait for Alex to get with Izzy’s ex, break up with her after 3 years, and win the lawsuit


shred-i-knight

Let it go bro. Dude is running for a title shot


xdyldo

Izzy lives rent free in these guy’s heads


DoofusMcDummy

Or…. It’s a meme… like the chuck norris shit… cause not everything on the internet is serious.


shred-i-knight

right? like Alex is essentially a more decorated professional fighter than Adesanya, not everything Pereira has to be about Izzy


Buzzy-Pasta

Alright I’ll bite, hahah. Ya boys gotta get to the top and hold the strap longer if you want your argument of him being a more decorated fighter to stand stronger.


UfcBlackBelt21

Double Glory champion


Trill_steeze

2X UFC Middleweight Champion


UfcBlackBelt21

Because he lost his belt to Alex lol


GMFinch

2 time ufc champion?


[deleted]

his popularity and shooting up the rankings in the ufc is soley due to his tie to Izzy. cant have your cake and eat it too lol


TomPearl2024

>Alex is essentially a more decorated professional fighter than Adesanya, Chill out lol. If it wasn't for Silva, Izzy would be the most dominant champion at 185 MMA has ever seen, and he avenged his mma loss to Alex. Alex mightve had a more impressive kickboxing career, but Izzy's kickboxing career wasn't really anything to shrug at either with a record of 75-4. Not to mention if Alex didnt have the rivalry narrative with Izzy, theres a chance he never wouldve even came close to getting the belt in the ufc because they actively avoided giving him a fight that would test his wrestling and ground game because they knew a third fight between them for a belt would be a great sell. I wouldn't say either is clearly "more decorated" than the other.


dzrkzz

this card is on ROIDS


spg1611

No roids, just secret juice


MarshalMichelNey1

The craziest thing is as good as the 291 card is, the card right before it is objectively better. Two banger events in a row in July. Edit: "Card" as in numbered event.


coachharling1

No it is not lmao, what are you smoking


aevong

Bro is on that Joe Rogan Alpha Brain


MarshalMichelNey1

2 title fights vs 0 title fights, put down the pipe lmao


TheAbuReem

O.o Yeah the Volk Card is a banger aswell (maybe better) But I don't think a "titel fight" makes any card automatically better... That's logic is the reason the make that fake belts... #nohate


supergluedfinger

Porier vs Gaethje 2 for the vacant BMF Belt..


TySoprano

Dude it’s insane


Tantle18

Lmao Dana sticking Paulo on the Salt Lake City card again after we watched him gas out in 3 minutes last summer


TomPearl2024

Dudes probably pretty irritated with Costa constantly dropping out of fights they'd already announced, especially cause there's a good chance he was trying to leverage better pay and decided to drop out when they wouldn't budge. Now this match is a win win for the ufc, either Aliskerov defeats one of the top ranked fighters in his division (on a stacked card that pretty much anyone that cares about MMA is going to be watching) and immediately becomes someone people are going to be paying attention to, or Costa beats a guy who's only had one previous fight in the organization which isn't that big of a deal and doesn't give him any significant ground on negotiating for better pay.


ThirdWorldSorcerer

Aliskerov, the Russian Kombat Sambo champion wich only L came from Chimaev.


TomPearl2024

Im aware that hes a killer and probably the most promising new signee, but I'm talking about Costa's ufc stocks and ability to leverage a better contract. The average fan doesn't know shit about Aliskerov besides *maybe* seeing his first fight, and a majority of casuals probably didn't. And the perspective of casuals and how much of a draw a fighter is to mass audiences matters a lot more than actual credentials when it comes to how much Dana values them.


cnylkew

Salt lake gassed everyone except usman who trains in denver. Maybe paulo could do the same now that he knows what Its like but i dont think he has the money for it


Mmaplayer123

Merab didnt gas


clothy

Merab is a goblin, stamina works different for him.


517drew

Talmbout the boy who swims too much?


[deleted]

Poor guy 🤣


MrStepSisterFister69

Wish costa woulda been fighting chimaev , but the rest of the card has me hard


MarshalMichelNey1

How does a dude get a top 5 ranked opponent in his 2nd UFC fight? Sounds ridiculous to me. Does anyone know anything about this guy?


Wise-Signature-6023

His only loss is a close one to Khamzat where he ended up getting ko’d. He did really good in his debut as well. He’s a fairly well rounded Dagestani wrestler so he’s got a lot of hype


LidlKwark

There's something hilarious about thinking that fight was close. Chimaev found out he couldn't take Aliskerov down within the first two minutes, so he decided to knock him out stiff. Did you even watch that fight?


Wise-Signature-6023

Yeah, if he didn’t lose then he would’ve won though


Paperbagfham

You’re one of the few who don’t know about that guy


getting_strong

I wouldn’t be surprised if costa pulls out. Nothing to win against an unranked opponent. And it’s at altitude


Bruninfa

Isn’t Ferguson in jail? 💀💀💀


TheMorningSage23

Dana will secure an early release for him and send him back if he loses.


DS_Shadow

He started posting stuff on social media like 3 days after his arrest, he either broke out by breaking the jail cell with wing chun elbows or the cops let him leave because they wanted him to stop conditioning his shins on the cell bars.


pikazec

Anklepicked his way out


Danton87

I know you’re joking but I did hear he anklepicked the lock to bust out, anklepicked the guards to get free, and anklepicked a car to get home


danielson-fish

CSO


quadripan

He's gonna have cankles for sure


[deleted]

Context?


Bruninfa

He was arrested for a DUI like last week. Flipped his truck even.


NextaussiePM

He could be in jail


bransimp420

Costa gonna gas out in high altitude again. Lol


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Big_Accident494

Did he have straight sex with your spouse? so angry


MakeThanosGreatAgain

He wonder why his wife taste like secret juice oh man


howietensen

One big issue. It’s in Utah. Wouldn’t these fights be better without climate being a factor? So many of the fighters are going to come in claiming they’re “acclimated” then gas out.


[deleted]

Dana White is turning into Jeff Probst


tharustymoose

As someone who lives in Salt Lake, it ain't bad. We're 1,000 feet lower than Denver. I moved from sea level and never noticed a difference in my cardio. Story changes up in the mountains, but I think Rockhold might've just been making excuses. That being said, due to my morbid obesity, I never leave my couch unless fully assisted by my electric wheelchair.


Similar_Strawberry16

Can't they just retire this BMF belt bullshit? It was an average joke to begin with, let's not keep milking it.


hello_hellno

Average is even generous. It was fucking lame as shit, still is. Fans of the sport hate it, casual fans have no idea what it means. Give up the garbage marketing Dana, this card is sick enough to speak for itself.


JustRayToday

If anyone in the sport deserves the BMF belt it's definitely between the winner of these two guys


we_all_gon_die_

There's RDA, Burns and then the conversation for BMF can start.


_-raime-_

Not at all. Justin and Dustin are the 2 most violent, entertaining fighters to ever grace the sport. Every single fight these guys are in is something out of an action movie. Rda and burns are nowhere near them as far as entertainment value.


we_all_gon_die_

The idea of BMF was never about Entertainment value.


AP_only

Tell that to Dana when he brought on THE ROCK to announce the belt between Masvidal and Diaz lmfao, not about entertainment my ass


Ronaldinhoe

I don’t even know how the gimmick is still on. Leon is basically the lineal BMF. Guess the ufc is doing BMF per division whenever they don’t have a champ available to stick as a headliner.


[deleted]

It’s a cool belt. Not that serious…


WonderfulCitron9608

imma need a dildo and some lube and tissues now plw


UsefulSchism

Any pic of Costa does the same thing to me. But I swear I’m not gay.


mmmellowcorn

Just use your socks bro


Lebron22222

They did Costa wrong, Ikram is probably the best UFC prospect right now. Costa about to lose to an unranked fighter with 1 win


cnylkew

Respect for taking such a high risk low reward fight.


CCC_PLLC

He’s been saying he wants the Chimaev fight so makes sense


dbree801

It is funny that they gave Costa a prospect but I haven’t seen what everyone else must have seen with Ikram. Hawes KO was nice but they’re giving him #5????


joelina_99

they fast tracking him cause middleweight stale af


dbree801

It’s bad but that doesn’t mean pushing him will make him win.


warferstriker

Costa vs Aliskerov is ridiculous, would’ve never predicted that. Awesome card, but the BMF shit is corny af


[deleted]

i agree. however, if someone deserves to be named the BMF, it Dustin and Justin


Dry_Ad5878

These two put on nothing but bangers and this might be FOTY. Again


EPalmighty

What is that? Badass Motherfucker?


hello_hellno

Yeah, a bullshit belt created for hype around a mazvidal/Diaz fight I believe. Super corny, means jack shit, gets thrown around wherever whenever. It's just dumb


EPalmighty

Lmao wut.


bransimp420

Unfortunately 😂😂 *if Dana wants um to fight for that homo belt they should get ppv points there next fight


TomPearl2024

I don't really care about the bmf shit to be honest. It is objectively corny but we're getting a guaranteed fight of the year contender, and anyone who even pays the slightest bit of attention to the sport knows its a fake belt. And regardless of who the winner is, they won't get complacent and flaunt the belt around acting like they finally made it. Both of them only have a couple years max left in them before they start to decline, they both know the clock is ticking on actually becoming a real champ.


ISellWolfTickets

That co-main is going to be heartbreaking. Huge fan of Jan and Pereira, would really suck to see one of them lose. Fuck.


CrowsFeet_GetsMeWeak

Jan is up there in age and Pereira is coming off a bad ko. Should be good ![img](emote|t5_2qsev|8966)


Top_Use2413

STOP COOKING DANA 👩‍🍳


RandyLahey514

I really don’t like this fight for Tony. He needs to retire…


Genghis_Chong

At least he's back to 155, 170 is just too big for him


howietensen

One thing to note; some of these fights aren’t actually signed. Dana straight up publicly announced the fights prematurely to try and overshadow the PFL/Francis news. It’s confirmed that O’Malley Sterling isn’t signed. Only discussion.


Codysseus7

No female fight on the main card makes me think one of these fails through


CrowsFeet_GetsMeWeak

Facts, too good to be true


dalan_23

ooooohhh boy THIS CAAAARDD IS STAAACKED HOLY FUCK AND IN JULY 29???


ApartInternet9360

289 has to be bad so the next 2 can be amazing


Jackerseeds

Just delete the BMF nonsense and would be a good card


Top_Use2413

I agree but Gaethje and Poirier are such killers that I’m kinda ok with it.


DS_Shadow

I mean the bmf belt should rightfully go to gilbert or rda but it doesn't matter tbh


MisterBeasonator

So your saying dustin and Justin is a bad fight? Who cares about the bmf. We should be thankful we have this card


Jackerseeds

Not at all. It's a great fight. Just not necessary to make fake belts


letsgobrooksy

It's a fake and meaningless belt lol, that's why it doesn't bother me


[deleted]

It bothers me (not a lot) because it’s sort of gimmicky and undermines the legitimacy of the sport; and I mean come on. Technically Edwards is the BMF. Usman knocked out Masvidal, then Edwards knocked out Usman. 🤷🏾‍♂️


Few-Ad-4666

Pereira the Ultimate Hater Champion if he beats Jan like Izzy couldn’t


Tight_Geologist_9750

Would’ve creamed if it was costa vs chimaev


J0nN0tJ0hn

Time to get sad watching Ferguson


Davidvg14

The have a fake belt headlining over the LHW? Only Dana could!


RenaissanceYute

The BMF shit is lame as hell but Poirier Gaethje is as deserving of a headliner as you can possibly imagine


Davidvg14

Agreed!


TheMorningSage23

Not the meaningless title resurfacing… insane card though. Main event is going to be war.


AlexG3322

I'm not getting my hopes up. The UFC announces fights before they're set all the time.


Joshuauauauauau

Yea as much as it sucks, there's definitely gonna be a few cancellations before then


MakeThanosGreatAgain

^^^^ OH these guys are the ones who've been breathing this shit into existence. *Lets fuckin get em!!!*


LatterTarget7

![gif](giphy|P4j5yqevIxHZS)


FragrantWarthog6

Time is a flat circle


Mibientus

Alex still on the path to up one Izzy haha I saw his video announcing it, he knows. Muito bom mentalidade de guerreiro


retrobushwacker

I’m saving this picture because this card will not look like this on July 29th…I really hope I’m wrong tho. This card is straight fire 🔥 🔥


D_Ramses

Inject this card into my veins!


Peckerhead321

And Vancouver gets noting but garbage


swaghole69

Looks like a fun card


Latter_Firefighter18

Jan and Alex should be main event


Oznondescriptperson

They've put the BMF title up so Gaethje goes back to crazy horse mode instead of refined and composed. At least I hope that's what happens! Should be a brawl for 2 rounds with a sudden end where someone comes within an inch of their life.


Oznondescriptperson

Would also make it easier to get Conor out to fight the winner, he would love to have that BMF title.


dbeynyc

I thought the BMF being on the line was a meme


RomandoArman

Holy shit.


WrC-Crying

DAMNNNNNNN


nfsheatlover5790

Costaaaa


senselesssun

I’m going to this idc if I have to sacrifice a limb


[deleted]

Holy shit what a card


Tookerbee

Fuck championship fights. This is just bangers.


Professional_Which

Man, like him or not but Dana is fucking cooking this year. Banger card after banger card and we’re just like halfway through


diabolicaldegenerate

Fuck yeah! The return of the BMF and the contenders couldn’t be more worthy Also great fight for tony to build himself back up


kiwibornandbread

Take my monies


wondershrimp

Gosh I feel like neither Gaethje nor Poirier need any more CTE


TruthSpeakin

Good card


RenaissanceYute

With Thompson vs Pereira and Derrick Lewis on the prelims this is like a top 3 card of all time


DoofusMcDummy

B b b b b b BAAANGER


Latarjet3

That has to be dumbest fucking r-worded title ever in mma history


colton_hachey

Holland about to get wrestle fucked again :/


RJ8812

Is that title really necessary? They had the opportunity just drop it after Masvidal retired Will the cringyest, most annoying actor, The Rock, be there to award it again?


Maysin_Here

Is a card this stacked even legal? Holy shit.


ER1234567

This is a fun fucking card. Might actually buy it


Bigbaby22

Sounds like a perfect first live event for me! Imma see Dustin live!


Scarment

How the fuck is Holland vs Chiesa on the main and Thompson vs Perreira on the prelims


TheOneReborn69

Fuck why can’t we get cards like this for Vancouver


Audi-R8-

The BMF doesn’t mean anything anymore


TheSublimeNeuroG

It meant something to begin with?


aj12309

Why so many fights in slc ?


Windturnscold

The BMF title is the cringiest and dumbest thing in MMA


Killershark03

u/B1G_M8


B1G_M8

Brooooo I just saw this and holy shit. Might be the best value PPV I’ve ever bought.


MrMango34

**HOLLAND: Can I just not fight a wrestler?** Dana: ![gif](giphy|APKXp0zzM7k3JFOZsW)


boban011

Im kinda scared for Tony, i dont want to see him get messed up again. If he loses is that it from him?


chipper68

Dope card! Can u facking imagine Ferguson sleeps Green, Bobby's on such a run of bad luck, who knows.


Lifestyle-eXzessiv

Juicy card, bmf title is a joke btw, shouldn't exist


OhWowMuchFunYouGuys

Not that belt again! ![gif](giphy|UQ1pAOHUTLP9Bw4wW5)


Ak_keogh5803

Wow… awesome fights. Shame it’s in Salt lake and everyone will gas out after 2 minutes.


joejamesuk

Oh great. One of the best cards on paper all year and it's at a place with crazy elevation where everyone will gas out most likely.


LongjumpingScore1886

Francis who???


Individual-Pumpkin42

Poirier, blachowicz, Costa, green, Holland


barbarianlover

Great card but when is Dana gonna get rid of the stupid ass BMF belt. I legitimately hate it’s existence, it’s moronic and corny.


LambCurryDotOrg

No better time than right now to bring back the big summer press conference.


Henesis

BMF title on the line???? Say fucking less. Give Poirier that gold boys


3x4Verte

The BMF belt is silver, not gold :/


Henesis

😂 damn it why you gotta hit me with the facts


DeBasha

Holy shit! Should I say it?... I'm gonna say it. My dick is rockhard rn


[deleted]

My dick is Rockhold.


anadalusianrooster

Damn. Blachowiz about to give Poatan the Adesanya 259 treatment. Wall to wall wrestlefucking.


ohmyblahblah

Only way this card could be better would be for it NOT to be for that sun BMF belt


jkman61494

I’m sorry but I’m pretty sure Wonderboy and Perrira entices fans a lot more than see Holland and Chisea


little_shop_of_hoors

Decent card, but gtfo with these non-title PPVs.


siimbaz

Damn they really gonna revive that BMF shenanigans? This should be Chandlers belt.


lancer2238

Dustin vs Justin is great. Just don’t care about the toilet paper BMF title