Jimi Manuwa OUT, Eryk Anders IN against Thiago Santos at the UFN 137 Sao Paulo Main Event

[Deleted member 436105]

That main card is going to be torture. Sam Alvey and the corpse of lil nogBarao The usual FS1 pacing

 

[Espresso]

But man, to go from Tex vs Manuwa to Manuwa vs Santos to Santos vs Anders is just such a bummer.

Thanks for clearing that up

 

[HaulParris]

Card is cursed.

Props to Anders for stepping up, but Thiago is going to ruin him.

 

[welcometohavoc]

Whoa, that's surprising. Moving the fight to LHW makes sense though, why force him to cut that much weight in 5 days plus flying to Brazil.

Here's the card now:

Fox Sports 1:
LHW: Eryk Anders vs. Thiago Santos
WW: Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
LHW: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Sam Alvey
BW: Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
WSW: Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez

Fox Sports 2:
LW: Charles Oliveira vs. Christos Giagos
LW: Francisco Trinaldo vs. Evan Dunham
LHW: Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
HW: Augusto Sakai vs. Chase Sherman

Fight Pass:
WW: Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Gillian Robertson
MW: Thales Leites vs. Hector Lombard
WW: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Luigi Vendramini
WSW: Livia Renata Souza vs. Alex Chambers

Good card if you're a fan of Brazilian fighters like I am

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Good card if you're a fan of Brazilian fighters like I am

I read it over again and it's actually a really solid card. I'm surprised how there's been basically zero fanfare about it. An MMAjunkie article I saw tonight said something about how it'd be a stretch for someone to even identify the co-main on that card, and they have a point. Even so, there are a lot of name fighters on it like both Oliveiras, Little Nog, Barao, Randa, Dunham, Leites. Dang.

 

[Danis_champ]

props for Anders for taking this fight though but the guy has not looked good in his last two fights...not expecting much from him anymore.

 

[Chad W]

Mad kudos to anders for taking a 205lb 5 round fight on 5 days notice against a killer like Santos

 

[BjPenn2017]

Dan Hardy on suicide watch

 

[Goldentrophy]

Fuck that sucks. Santos vs Manuwa was a battle of the glass cannons and a guaranteed knockout.

Yeah two knockout artist with suspect chins (especially Jimi) I think Santos has a harder matchup now with Eryk and that damn chin of his lol plus if Santos had beaten Jimi he would of superseded Anthony Smith by having beaten him and defeating a more relevant fighter than the broken shell of Rahad/Shogun.

 

[ritchest_eva]

Whoa, that's surprising. Moving the fight to LHW makes sense though, why force him to cut that much weight in 5 days plus flying to Brazil.

Here's the card now:

Fox Sports 1:
LHW: Eryk Anders vs. Thiago Santos
WW: Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
LHW: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Sam Alvey
BW: Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
WSW: Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez

Fox Sports 2:
LW: Charles Oliveira vs. Christos Giagos
LW: Francisco Trinaldo vs. Evan Dunham
LHW: Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
HW: Augusto Sakai vs. Chase Sherman

Fight Pass:
WW: Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
WFLW: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Gillian Robertson
MW: Thales Leites vs. Hector Lombard
WW: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Luigi Vendramini
WSW: Livia Renata Souza vs. Alex Chambers

Santos was gonna fight Jimmi at LHW anyways so Anders don’t have to cut it’ll be a good banger main tho

 

[TITS]

I'd rather watch Bum Fights 3.

 

[The Bard]

A decent replacement under the circumstances, but this card is hot garbage overall.

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

Leites vs Lombard is on fightpass?

Damn, how the mighty have fallen

 

[Credo]

 

[markys00]

Damn that FP prelim better than the whole card aside from Brazilian cowboy fight lol

UFC doesn't care about it's fox/fs1 deal at this point

 

[Squintz]

Wasn’t impressed with Anders before his last fight and he looked less than mediocre his last fight against a complete can. For a guy that’s supposed strength is athleticism and touted as an “A level athlete” he sure lacks speed, explosiveness and he’s heavy/flat footed.

Santos is gonna look like the much more athletic guy when he wins via explosive KO.

 

[drbolony]

I may skip this card. Damn. This event really fell apart. Only fight that intrigues me is Moraes x Killa B.

Really sucks, this was a decent little fight night card. Really wanted to see how Muhammad would perform against a dynamic fighter in Dos Santos. Main event was a guaranteed KO. Still has the potential to be, but that was just a violent match up. Shoeface taking one of Ring Boys limbs would've been fun too. Lombard x Leites could be fun.

 

[Knockouttibster]

Holy shit !! Someone's going to sleep. Don't blink

 

[Vulcan]

 

[Washad]

Dying is UFC