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UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya (March 3, 2018)

T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya – fighting for the featherweight title
Frankie Edgar vs. Brian Ortega
Sean o ’ Malley vs. Andre Soukhamthath
Andrei Arlovski vs. Stefan Struve
Ketlen Vieira vs. Cat Zingano

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Mackenzie Dern vs. Ashley Yoder
Beneil Dariush vs. Alexander Hernandez
John Dodson vs. Pedro Munhoz
C.B. Dollaway vs. Hector Lombard

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Zak Ottow vs. Mike Pyle
Bryan Caraway vs. Cody Stamann
Jordan Johnson vs. Adam Milstead

Man, there were so many momentum shifts in there, if I recall correctly—it felt like a 2-2 split in the first round. First, Lewis gets an edge, then Tybur manages to take control on the ground, but then Lewis scrambles back up, and before you know it, Tybura is turning the tables again. It was actually pretty 👍

@boldridge22/">@@boldridge22 - I was actually thinking along the same lines as Susan Sullivan6 when it comes to reminding everyone about that Arlovski vs Browne round 😛 though I think we should probably mention that first fight between Hunt and Bigfoot too, because honestly, there would be plenty of candidates for the longest round in history from that one as well. 🙏

Cowboy got a good victory, I suppose, but unfortunately, I just don't see him ever grabbing that belt 🤷 though he definitely has a shot at breaking that win streak record.

Jailton Tyra really caught me off guard; I honestly expected him to wrap things up way before the fight even hit the third round. He’s mostly on himself here, I guess, since it looks like he might just lack that heavy-hitting KO power and this might just be his ceiling 🤷 which really ties back into what boldridge22 was saying about the top 10 rankings.

As for the heavyweight matchups, if I were to pair them up right now, I'd go with:
Jailton Tyra vs Tai Tuivasa
Lewis vs Ngannou
Blaydes vs Alistair

Yeah, Sage let me down too. Even though he's only 21, whenever you watch him, you can't help but feel like he's capable of doing so much better than that..

Texas is basically going to turn into Brazil 😁

That was such an incredible event; I honestly had a blast watching. There were just so many stoppages and some seriously interesting matchups to dive into.

Cowboy now has 20 wins in the UFC, which puts him right on par with Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre. That stat feels even more insane when you consider he’s only been in the UFC since 2011—seriously, massive props to him 🙏 and man, seeing how Black Beast managed to flip the script... I mean, who would've guessed he'd still have enough gas in the tank to pull off a stoppage in the third round? 🙏

Man, what an absolute bloodbath of a preliminary card 🙏. You seriously need to go back and watch the replays; out of six fights, five ended in first-round finishes 🙏, and honestly, the one single fight that actually went to a decision was probably the most boring bout on the whole night 👍

Anyway, the main card is finally getting underway...

The broadcast kicks off at midnight, so we’ve still got about an hour or so to kill..

Cowboy is an absolute legend, honestly one of those fighters you just can't take your eyes off of when he's in the cage 🙏 he really only seems to drop fights against the elite tier, though I guess we saw how Till managed to catch him off guard last time. It seems like Cowboy just isn't a fan of getting pressured or stuck against the fence, which is pretty much exactly what Till did to him in that fight.

In my opinion, Cowboy is a much more well-rounded fighter than Medeiros, who is your typical Hawaiian brawler—the kind of guy who just wants to trade shots regardless of the consequences 🙏 there's zero math involved in his style, so I'm betting this main event is going to be an absolute blast to watch 👍

So, the fight order has shifted around a little bit, and the whole thing kicks off on Sunday right at midnight.

Main card (FS1, 9 p.m. ET)
Donald Cerrone vs. Yancy Medeiros
Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura Francisco Trinaldo
Francisco Trinaldo vs. James Vick Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves vs. Curtis Millender
Brandon Davis vs. Steven Peterson
sage Northcutt vs. Thibault Gouti preliminary card

Preliminary card (FS1, 7 p.m. ET)
Diego Ferreira vs. Jared Gordon Brian Camozzi
Brian Camozzi vs. Geoff Neal Joby Sanchez
Joby Sanchez vs. Roberto Sanchez
Sarah Moras vs. Lucia pudilov

Preliminary card (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Oskar Piechot vs. Tim Williams
Josh Burkman vs. Alex Morono

Brandon Davis vs. Steven Peterson moved up to the UFC-Austin Main card |

Yeah, the Black Beast is making his comeback 😁 and honestly, he was even talking about retirement for a bit there, especially with those nagging back issues he was dealing with. He actually put together this incredible run—a 6-0 streak—which, if you think about it, is insanely difficult to pull off in the heavyweight division, but then Hunt came along and snapped that momentum.

Tybura is stepping back into the cage following that loss to Werdum.

We've got an event lined up for this weekend, though just a heads-up, the broadcast schedule shifts from Sunday over to Monday.

Last year, Medeiros put on one of those absolute bangers against that Brazilian cowboy, 🙏 and now he’s looking to hunt down another cowboy, only this time, he's going after an American one. 😁



Yancy "The Cowboy Hunter" Medeiros 😁

It looks like a solid card, honestly; there are some pretty interesting matchups on the slate.

The preliminary card kicks off at 11:30 PM (Sunday).
The Main card starts at 3:00 AM (Monday morning).

We'll have Brendan Fitzgerald and Jimmy Smith handling the commentary for this one.

Fight Night Austin: Cowboy vs Medeiros

Frank Erwin Center | Austin, Texas

Main card (FS1, 9 p.m. ET)
Donald Cerrone vs. Yancy Medeiros
Derrick Lewis vs. Marcin Tybura Francisco Trinaldo
Francisco Trinaldo vs. James Vick Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves vs. Curtis Millender
sag Northcutt vs. Thibault Gouti preliminary card

Preliminary card (FS1, 7 p.m. ET)
Diego Ferreira vs. Jared Gordon Brian Camozzi
Brian Camozzi vs. Geoff Neal Joby Sanchez
Joby Sanchez vs. Roberto Sanchez
Sarah Moras vs. Lucia pudilov

Preliminary card (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
Brandon Davis vs. Steven Peterson
Oskar Piechot vs. Tim Williams Josh Burkman
Williams Josh Burkman vs. Alex Morono

Paul Anderson7 said:It’s honestly kind of a tragedy that I can’t hit my bets at the sportsbook nearly as well as I call things here. 😛

Well, that’s just how the cookie crumbles, I guess. 😁

Since this forum caps out at 9 images per post, I figured I’d just lay out what these little "arrows" actually mean right here:

- stayed put in the rankings
- moved up the ladder
- dropped down the ranks

Robert Fisher48 said:Sure thing, I’m more than happy to just run my own math in my head starting from 222 if that's how we're doing this.

Fine by me! :-)

So, here is the total tally after two rounds have wrapped up. Please, go ahead and double-check everything—I really hope I haven't accidentally shortchanged anyone on their points.

Standings after Round 2:
01. Paul Anderson7 52
02. JKD01 44
03. Alex Murphy3 41
04. Kal-El 39
05. balkanunited 39
06. Lester 38
07. toplomjer 36
08. Life on Mars 29
-- 09. Michael Haneke 23
10. Rodney Trotter 22

Robert Fisher48 said:So, wait, are you guys seriously just getting started?

Yeah, yeah, we’re only through round two. We have seven rounds in total before we crown a champion, so there's still plenty of time to see where things land. Right now, we're just throwing out predictions for the big ones—you know, UFC 220, UFC 221, UFC 222, UFC 223, and so on. You could always jump in starting with UFC 222, though I guess you'd be playing a bit of catch-up on the points since you missed the first two rounds, but maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing if you just wanted to get some experience under your belt for next season. 😉

Paul Anderson7 said:Well, looks like I’m still sitting pretty at the top. I guess that means I get to enjoy this view for a little while longer. 😬

Hehe moći 😁

Aha, so they actually started making those predictions back at UFC 220 when Miočić and Francis Ngannou were fighting 😉

Round 2 Results:
01. Alex Murphy3 27
02. babarej 25
03. quietskipper24 25
04. Haneke 23
05. toplomjer 22
06. balkanunited 22
07. JKD01 21
08. Kal-El 18
09. Life on Mars 13

Way to go, me :clapping: 😁

From what I can tell, it looks like our buddy Rodney Trotter totally forgot to get his picks in for this one, unfortunately. 😢
Haneke is just now making their big debut in this round.
I guess quietskipper24 was the only one who actually called the Romer fight correctly.
And, well, nobody managed to nail the fight of the night or the best performance.

I should probably double-check everyone's math just to make sure I haven't accidentally cheated anyone out of any points, 😉 since I still have to crunch all the numbers for the overall standings.