Not going to quote myself but I've posted right after the Rakic fight that they're going to do Alex vs. Jiri 2 because that's the obvious one from a business perspective.

Hill out of 303, too. Replaced by Anthony Smith. If Ulberg wins that one there's a good chance he fights Alex next (if Alex wins).

Also Ortega vs. Lopes as new co-main event. Card looks pretty decent now.

No idea how they would Conor vs. Chandler reschedule for August or September? August has the Perth card which is obviously a no-go and September has The Sphere which also wouldn't make too much sense? There's 6 weeks between Sphere and Abu Dhabi in late October (which obviously also wouldn't work) so in theory they could add another PPV in-between.

To me most likely would be November if they're going to NYC or the December Vegas card.

I guess ticket prices went down a little for UFC 303, as the cheapest are now at $600 (1k+ a month back).

Just realized that Arlovski is on that card. First UFC fight was almost a quarter century ago when several fighters on the current roster weren't even born yet.

Always amazes me to see those names too. Clay Guida, etc. Guys just grinding it out smashing their brain around.

What happens to the ticket sales? You just get screwed if you shelled out huge expecting to see McGregor?

Out of curiosity I just looked up when Arlovski's UFC heavyweight title run was exactly.

He won the interim championship vs. Tim Sylvia in February 2005 and lost the title in April of 2006 in the rematch with Sylvia. In between he defended the belt twice including a 15 second KO on the day before Raul Rosas Jr. turned one year old. That's pretty wild.

No idea about his current contract but the last time he had a disclosed purse that was for a flat $325k. Highest "show" money last weekend in Louisville was Jared Cannonier at $165k. Reyes got $125k to show and another $125k for the win. That's a pretty solid reason for Arlovski to keep fighting into his mid 40s.

Another fun fact: He's the only UFC fighter who extended Aspinall to the second round.

Apparently the NSAC has a clause that people can return their tickets if the main event gets changed/cancelled. Didn't know about that before the Conor sitch.

That said, there's obviously a lot of people from Ireland and ROW that booked flights etc. to Vegas for that weekend. That's going to be a different issue. Probably didn't help if Helwani's report is true that the fight had been off for two days without UFC announcing it because they wanted to wait for the replacement to be official.

I was at that 15 seconds KO, Mohegan sun

Forrest was on that card too and Chael got choked out by Sebral, that cop that beatup Kimbo in a basement was on the card too

I didn't really know who anyone was though




Arlovoski seemed like the baddest man on the planet that night to someone that didn't know anything about the sport

Interesting. I suspect the min entry price will continue to go down... I might actually attend it, if prices become somewhat reasonable again

Bruce Buffer the short stack in the WSOP $50K. 11BB with 13 players left.

Izzy -150 vs DDP feels low

Guess it depends how much you think his fight vs Strickland was a GSP/Serra type deal but jacked stocky strong guys that can't close distance on him he's generally eaten alive in his career

Looks like the musical chair game that is UFC 303 is now at LHW Anthony Smith vs. MW Roman Dolidze in the fight that was supposed to be the co-main event of Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree..

In other news, Kelvin Gastelum successfully made 185 today for tomorrows fight against D-rod. Two days ago that fight was supposed to be at 170 but Gastelum said he couldn't even make a 180 catch weight. 3rd time he couldn't make weight for someone who is 2-6 in his last 8 fights. Granted against mostly good to very good opposition.

Sucks for D-Rod he actually was cutting to 170

That Gordon and Haqparast fight was something special until the judges ruined it.

Gordon is used to it, this one was less egregious than the Pimblett decision.

No idea what's wrong with Jason Herzog, maybe the early stoppage last week is still messing with him. Hard to blame Oezdemir if the ref doesn't step in.

No idea when Gastelum usually starts his weight cut but the way he looked today there was no chance for him to make 170 since at least early in the week.

whittaker title shot incoming? maybe if DPP wins, probably izzy/strickland if izzy wins

Crazy (maybe great?) idea: The Main Event in every major card should be a fight to the finish.

Unlimited rounds. You can only win by KO/TKO, Submission, or the other fighting not being able to continue due to fatigue.

So back to original ufc ? Lol

I assume he's going to be official back-up fighter for DDP/Izzy after not taking any damage today and that card being in Australia. Everything else mostly depends on timing/location but Izzy winning opens up more possibilities because he can headline a card anywhere. They can make Izzy vs. whoever in the US but DDP vs. Whittaker would probably be a co-main event on a big US card or headline an international card.

Have you ever watched Royce Garcie vs. Ken Shamrock at UFC 5?

A little sad to see Pavlovich exposed like that today. I thought he had a background in sambo? Now it looks like he might just be a white Derrick Lewis.

In a surprising twist, this wasn't even the most interesting UFC idea of the day:



And then there's the whole PvZ power slapping thing where I'm still not sure if that's supposed to be a joke?

Derrick Lewis tries to ko . Pavlovich just looked awful. Maybe it’s cause they used to train together .

Maybe my memory is bad but I thought Lewis in his fight with Volkov looked pretty much the same as Pavlovich tonight? Difference was that Volkov made sure he wouldn't get KO'd with 10 seconds left in this one.

powerslap: citizens vs migrants would definitely get some traction

You are prolly right . I don’t remember though but pavlovich was too passive tonight .