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01.10.2022 | 9:27 PM ET

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UFC Fight Night
  • Saturday 05.14.2022 at 07:30 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: ESPN 2
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: UFC APEX
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Michael Bisping, Dominick Cruz
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Michael Bisping
  • TV Ratings: 542,000 avg. viewers (726k ESPN prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 11
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Bout   Info
Jan Błachowicz   defeats   Aleksandar Rakić   via KO/TKO, Leg Injury   1:11 Round 3 of 5, 11:11 Total Bout Page
Ryan Spann   defeats   Ion Cutelaba   via Submission, Guillotine Choke   2:22 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Davey Grant   defeats   Louis Smolka   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   0:49 Round 3 of 3, 10:49 Total Bout Page
Katlyn Cerminara   defeats   Amanda Ribas   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Manuel Torres   defeats   Frank Camacho   via KO/TKO, Right Hook   3:27 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Allan Nascimento   defeats   Jake Hadley   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Viviane Araujo   defeats   Andrea Lee   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Michael Johnson   defeats   Alan Patrick   via KO/TKO, Counter Left to Ground Strikes   3:22 Round 2 of 3, 8:22 Total Bout Page
Virna Jandiroba   defeats   Angela Hill   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Tatsuro Taira   defeats   Carlos Candelario   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Andre Petroski   defeats   Nick Maximov   via Submission, Anaconda Choke   1:16 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page

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2022.04.28 9:09 PM ET

bout status update

Emmers vs. Pineda Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
2022.04.30 3:57 PM ET

bout announced

Carlos Candelario vs. Tatsuro Taira at 125 lbs (56.7 kg)
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05.01.2022 | 7:15 AM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 1691st

Spann vs. Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba, TKO, R1
Cutelaba is exactly what I want to see when I'm watching MMA. Stupid medieval violence with intense drama at the end. It's not the most effective way to fight tho.

Johnson vs. Patrick
Michael Johnson, DEC
Michael Johnson is such a strange fighter. He has impressive wins against some of the greatests fighters in the world (like Poirier, Ferguson or Barboza) and gave very close back and forth wars to elite fighters like Gaethje, Dariush, Nate Diaz in his prime, Emmett, hell he's the only fighter who managed to hurt Khabib a little bit with a good shot before getting smeshed. But he has A LOT of losses to mediocre competition (I have nothing against Syeevie Ray or Clay Guida, but that's far from Poirier, Ferguson, Gaethje or Emmett...) so I'm not confident he can win this at all.

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05.04.2022 | 9:34 AM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 485 Points   |   Tied for 527th

Błachowicz vs. Rakić
Jan Błachowicz, TKO, R2
LEGENDARY POLISH POWER

Chookagian vs. Ribas
Katlyn Chookagian, DEC
womens 125 lowkey in shambles

Johnson vs. Patrick
Alan Patrick, DEC
how tf is ur name alan patrick but ur brazillian

Araujo vs. Lee
Andrea Lee, DEC
why does she have the sickle and hammer on her ****

Hadley vs. Nascimento
Jake Hadley, SUB, R2
british nate diaz

Candelario vs. Taira
Tatsuro Taira, SUB, R1
hes tuff

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05.04.2022 | 12:09 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

the grant vs smolka fight was supposed to happen in like march of 2020. but covid happened and it got cancelled. the odds were -250 smolka. +210 davey grant. 

now the odds have flipped. 

crazy.

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05.04.2022 | 12:19 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 2252nd

Lol -250 smolka is criminal 

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05.04.2022 | 12:23 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

Grant is a lock here. Smolka worst male fighter in the UFC still signed and I stand by that.

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05.04.2022 | 12:28 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

lol. theres much worse. yall love recency bias. 

everyone was saying he was a lock against my guy vince morales. and now after 1 loss he sucks ass. mmm makes sense to the casual veiwer

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05.04.2022 | 12:29 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

so hunsucker is better than smolka?

sano better than smolka? 

brandon jenkins better than smolka?

you are crazy if you actually think that

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05.04.2022 | 12:31 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

Smolka vs. Grant
Davey Grant, DEC
fun scrap. davey is better i believe. but people are way too confident in him here

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05.04.2022 | 12:54 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 2252nd

Dude relax don’t get angry tieoken was saying that same thing before he got ko’ed by Vince🤣🤣🤣 me and everyone else tried to convince him he wasn’t THAT bad and then he gets ktfo

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05.04.2022 | 12:57 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

smolka is not the worst fighter on the roster. thats all i know

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05.04.2022 | 1:23 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

I actually think all those listed names are better than Smolka. Hunsucker is the only one I had to pause and think about. 

Bantamweight Smolka for worst male fighter on the roster isn't a bad take. You can argue maybe 3-4 other people and I'll accept that it's close, and Flyweight Smolka was significantly better. But it's irrelevant because he's gonna get cut here.

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05.04.2022 | 1:46 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

this dude drunk?

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05.04.2022 | 1:47 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

you must dont like him personally

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05.04.2022 | 1:49 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

Never met him and nothing against him personally. I watched his fights and his opponents fights and duly unimpressed with him that's all. You're more interested in defending him than I care about it at all. I just think Davey Grant is the lock of the card and he'll be my top best without a doubt.

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05.04.2022 | 1:52 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

there are zero locks on this card. a lock is like drakkar klose over jenkins

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05.04.2022 | 1:55 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

Given Klose's background going into that fight I am legitimately more confident in Davey Grant here than I was Klose in the Jenkins fight.

Hindsight being what it is I shouldn't have doubted Klose. But the weight issue and whiplash injury keeping him out for a while made me have doubts. With Grant I have pretty much no doubt that he's in peak shape.

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05.04.2022 | 1:58 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

Would you consider Adrien Yanez to be a lock against Smolka?

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05.04.2022 | 2:03 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

yea

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05.04.2022 | 2:03 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 225 Points   |   Tied for 3529th

or close to one

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05.04.2022 | 2:11 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 430 Points   |   Tied for 1199th

Yanez and Grant went 100-98 strikes in a pretty damn even fight. Yanez one that one just because he put it on closer to the end of the rounds where the judges pay more attention.

Grant is the best pick of the card in my opinion. But hey, I've been wrong as **** before.

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