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The Apex will celebrate its 100th UFC event this Saturday night and they did absolutely nothing to celebrate the milestone. Instead, the promotion decided they would present the worst Apex card of the year, perhaps the worst one everāa feat hard to achieve with 99 bare-minimum cards under their belt already.
We do slightly lament the loss of Garbrandt-Johns, but aside from the main event, thereās a plethora of going-nowhere fights. Lateral movement is everywhere you look. But the main event is a juicy one and Zaneās favor is shining upon Prates despite his Fighting Nerds home.
Letās take a look at the eventās main portion and the alternative stats:
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UFC Vegas 100 Main Card
* Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates 170 lbs
* Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes 115 lbs
* Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj 135 lbs
* G. Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder 185 lbs
* Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson 115 lbs
UFC Vegas 100 Alternative Facts
* Ranked fights: 1
* Ranked fighters: 3
* Fighters coming off losses: 14
* Contender Series alumni: 6
* TUF alumni: 4
* Debuting fighters: 4
Thereās no bonus section this week as Zane was in Mexico and wasnāt able to watch the card, but they will return to form next week. Make sure to tune in immediately after this Saturdayās fights for breakdowns and analysis on our 6th Round Post-Fight Show.
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Canada is getting the rough treatment from UFC this weekend. A 14-fight event where 13 of the featured athletes are coming off losses seems like a hard sell, even with four ranked bouts. Sitting atop the heap is a great flyweight matchup between Brandon Moreno and Amir Albazi. Is it the kind of fight you put atop an on0the0road card? Probably not, but bā¦
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UFC 308 is finally here and with it, one of the better PPV main cards of the year. At the top of the event is the featherweight title bout between reigning king Ilia Topuria and the challenger, one Jerome Max Holloway. Straight up banger, full stop. The co-main event of Bobby Knuckles and Khamzat Chimaev is a fight weāve all looked forward to for a hot ā¦
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You guys and gals arenāt going to believe this, but a mythical entity is afoot. The ultra-rare decent Apex card. Thatās right kids, weāre getting a pretty solid event with UFC Vegas 99. Not only do we get three ranked fights, we have some really good matchmaking at play, as well. Charles Johnson vs. Sumudaerji is certified fresh.
The main event is good, too. Middleweight doesnāt look completely barren these days. Itās not robust, by any means, but itās got potential, and itās been awhile since weāve been able to say that. Letās take a look at the bouts of the main portion as well as some alternative stats:
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UFC Vegas 99 Main Card
* Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez 185 lbs
* Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips 135 lbs
* Sumudaerji vs. Charles Johnson 125 lbs
* Jake Hadley vs. Cameron Smotherman 135 lbs
* Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda 145 lbs
UFC Vegas 99 Alternative Stats
* Ranked fights: 3
* Ranked fighters: 6
* Fighters coming off losses: 12
* Contender Series alumni: 5
* TUF alumni: 4
* Debuting fighters: 1 (Smotherman)
Donāt forget to check out the bonus section for a great review of the UFC Vegas 98 card. Make sure to tune in immediately after this weekendās fights for breakdowns and analysis on our 6th Round Post-Fight Show.
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UFC is back in business this weekend with their 98th Vegas themed Apex card, and much as one would expect, itās kind of miserable. Okay, itās a lot of miserable. If you donāt believe it, just scroll down to the alternative stats and feast your eyes on those. Outside the main event, there isnāt another truly intriguing fight. There are plenty of interestā¦
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RED ALERT! UFC is giving us a card with SEVEN ranked fights! Of course itās a PPV, but we can admit when the promotion is churning out solid content, and for the last few weeks, weāve gotten some good matchmaking. This week features much of the sameāalthough weāre not overly thrilled with the two dinosaur matches on the undercard. Means vs. McGee and OSā¦
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UFC Paris has arrived for 2024 and as you probably guessed, itās a decent card, as they tend to be when on the road. Have to make sure those seats are sold at a premium, right? At the top of the card is an excellent bout between Number 11 ranked Renato Moicano (Moicano wants MONEY!) and Number 12 ranked Benoit St. Denis. Will Moicano continue to surprisā¦
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UFC 306 week is finally here and with it, a solid card. Is it worth all the hype and huge production budget the promotion has invested in it? Absolutely not. Will it be a fun watch considering the match-ups? Yes it will. Maybe we see Sean OāMalley be the one to stop the Dvalishvili juggernaut, or maybe the Georgian ends Sugarās title run.
And if the boysā¦
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UFC Vegas 97 isnāt where all the action is happening, or even part of it, but it does have a fight here and there that is worth the watch. It gives that deja vu feeling, though, like weāve already seen it before. Such is the way of all Apex cards. Who knows, maybe weāll get better quality cards once the expansion is done. We wonāt hold our breath, thougā¦
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UFC 96 isnāt just a raggedy Apex card. This time around, it also bears the distinction of being a TUF finale event, as well. And before you ask, yes, TUF is still a thing. The show is headlined by a middleweight contender matchup between Jared Cannonier and Zaneās favorite fighter, Caio Borralho. Will the leader of the Fighting Nerds be able get the W?
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Weāre just a day away from a pretty solid PPV with UFC 305, and even the undercard has a little razzle dazzle. Once again, I canāt help but laugh to myself when I stop to think what you all are guessing the title means. It would be pretty great to see some of you came up with before you listened to the show. The comments are right there, just in case you want to share.
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But right now, letās see whatās shaking with the prelims. Weāre getting a heavyweight bout as the featured prelim, and for that, I will offer up a rare bit of gratitude in keeping unranked heavies on the undercard. Junior Tafa is a crowd favorite and willing to get right in the pocket, so Valter Walker should prepare for that. Itās decent placement for this event. Letās take a look at the rest of the bouts and some alternative stats:
UFC 305 Undercard
* Junior Tafa vs. Valter Walker 265 lbs
* Josh Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos 145 lbs
* Casey O'Neill vs. Luana Santos 125 lbs
* Jack Jenkins vs. Herbert Burns 145 lbs
* Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes 155 lbs
* Kenan Song vs. Ricky Glenn 170 lbs
* Stewart Nicoll vs. Jesus Aguilar 125 lbs
UFC 305 Alternative Stats
* Ranked fights: 4
* Ranked fighters: 9
* Fighters coming off losses: 15
* Contender Series alumni: 5
* TUF alumni: 1
* Debuting fighters: 1 (Nicoll)
Donāt forget to check out the companion episode for our predictions and analysis of the main card. Remember, weāre off this weekend so there wonāt be a 6th Round Post-fight Show, but weāll return next week, as usual. Until then, enjoy this weekās bonus content on the house. We appreciate you all.
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I bet you guys are wondering what the title means and it tickles me to death to tell you to listen to the show to understand why. Also, quick reminder that this weekās Vivisections will be FREE in their entirety. One of our hosts has a family obligation this weekend, so there wonāt be a 6th Round Post-fight Show. To make it up to you, our loyal listeners, weāve decided to make our bonus content for this week on the house.
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Now, on to the card, which is a very decent one. Weāve got the battle for middleweight gold in the main event, an absolute grudge match between the reigning champion, Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. Weāve also got a possible title eliminator bout in the co-main event when Kai Kara-France takes on Steve Erceg. Letās take a look at the contests and some alternative stats:
UFC 305 Main Card
* Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya 185 lbs
* Kai Kara-France vs. Steve Erceg 125 lbs
* Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan Hooker 155 lbs
* Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 265 lbs
* Jingliang Li vs. Carlos Prates 170 lbs
UFC 305 Alternative Stats
* Ranked fights: 4
* Ranked fighters: 9
* Fighters coming off losses: 15
* Contender Series alumni: 5
* TUF alumni: 1
* Debuting fighters: 1 (Nicoll)
Donāt forget to check out the bonus section for a great review of the UFC Vegas 95 card. Make sure to tune in immediately after this weekendās fights for breakdowns and analysis on our 6th Round Post-Fight Show.
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UFC Vegas 95 is terrible. Full stop. We donāt think weāve seen a worse card in the history of the sport, and if there was, itās escaped our memory. Itās like the UFC threw darts at their roster and wherever the dart landed is how the matches were made. Just an absolute mess. Donāt let the alternative stats fool you. When you peel back the layers of the ā¦
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UFC Abu Dhabi is here and surprise, surprise, itās a good card. Generally, the on-the-road fight night events usually are pretty good. UFC wants to make sure they maximize their gates by saving the better fights for these shows and it appears to be working. That and jacking up the rates of the tickets, but donāt let me get caught up in that. Letās insteā¦
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Hold onto your hats! The UFC has given us a very solid card with this coming Saturdayās offering. UFC 304 bears all the hallmarks of a great event. Not one, but two title fights, name value, ranked talentā¦it has it all. Thank you matchmaking brass for finally getting on the ball. We are most definitely worthy, considering how much we sink into the ever-ā¦
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UFC Vegas 94 is almost here and boy is it a really meager card. Weāre sure the old platitudes of āthese crappy-on-paper cards always deliverā will be there, but itās about getting the butt in the seat first. How are we to do that if only the hardcores are the ones willing to watch, and they arenāt always paying subscribers? It certainly isnāt going to bā¦
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The UFC is back to business after a brief, one-week respite. We return with a card on the road, to the mile-high city where Tracy Cortez will be able to let us all know if two days really is enough time to acclimate to that altitude. And Thug Rose will be able to answer the question of where her flyweight ceiling is.
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UFC 303 is here, sans Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler headling. In their place, we get a rematch between the two dynamos known as Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazkaānot a bad replacement at all. As a matter of fact, thereās quite a few matches we like on this card. All in all, itās a very solid card, and it will be just fine without McGregor. The UFC, ā¦
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UFC Riyadh is here and while itās not terrible, itās nothing to write home about either. But it is infinitely better than the originally planned March card that was ultimately postponed to this weekend. That card was so bad the Saudis sent it back. This current iteration was so much better before it was ravaged by cancellations, some coming within the lā¦
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If you thought UFC might reward you this week for making it through last weekendās UFC Louisville card, youāve got another thing coming. If it is even possible, this Apex event is worse than the last one and thatās saying something. Youāll understand when you get to the alternative stats portion.
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