News Chris Weidman v Anders switch from the main card of UFC 309 (cancelled due to illness), to the early FP prelims of UFC 310.

[TCE]

Not sure why I find that funny. A main card fight on the PPV before, to an early fight pass prelim fight on the PPV right after.

Was UFC 309 just absolutely terrible in star power? Just banking on Jon Jones?

 

[El Fernas]

They dont trust they will make it to fight night anymore, dont want to give them any respectable spot like main card or feature prelim.

 

[TCE]

They dont trust they will make it to fight night anymore, dont want to give them any respectable spot like main card or feature prelim.

The fights not even on the prelims lol. It's on the early Fight Pass prelims. Weidman was hoping for PPV points for an eye poke win. Unlucky.

 

[legcramp]

UFC 310 is stacked though with great matchups. Chris is in worse fight shape than Stipe.

 

[chinarice]

Still my boy

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Where the Woodpile Weidman belongs at this stage of his career - in the mist and on the early prelims.

 

[rjmbrd]

They dont trust they will make it to fight night anymore, dont want to give them any respectable spot like main card or feature prelim.

Honestly the prelims are stacked with name brand fighters.

Reyes, Smith, Luque, Evloev, Sterling... even Brown/Battle are veterans with a name.

Multiple former title challengers and a former world champion fighting an undefeated opponent on the prelims. Guida, Hooper and Chiesa all on the early prelims.

You get bumped to this card as a 40 year old Weidman, you aren't making the PPV.

 

[wh4tttt]

Somewhere Bruno Silva is rubbing his eyes.

 

[TadDunbar]

Kron Gracie on the ppv over Weidman, Sterling, Movsar, Reyes, Luque, Chiesa, and Guida

 

[BroRogan]

To be fair 310 has at least twice the quality of the 309 card. Right decision.

 

[xhaydenx]

Where the Woodpile Weidman belongs at this stage of his career - in the mist and on the early prelims.

"In the mist" lol

 

[xhaydenx]

Somewhere Bruno Silva is rubbing his eyes.

What eyes?

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

"In the mist" lol

My favorite "Lost Battalion" reference per Eugene S Robinson, formerly of Knuckle Up!

 

[El Fernas]

Honestly the prelims are stacked with name brand fighters.

Reyes, Smith, Luque, Evloev, Sterling... even Brown/Battle are veterans with a name.

Multiple former title challengers and a former world champion fighting an undefeated opponent on the prelims. Guida, Hooper and Chiesa all on the early prelims.

You get bumped to this card as a 40 year old Weidman, you aren't making the PPV.

This was my exact thoughts, 310 has solid prelims to put Weidman in there, ironically, minus the main event the card is pretty solid, i mean, it technically wouldnt change anything, but co-main should had been the main event for the interim belt, they owed Rakhmonov a title fight.

 

[DrRodentia]

My favorite "Lost Battalion" reference per Eugene S Robinson, formerly of Knuckle Up!

Formerly of legendary noise rock band Oxbow. Eugene is the man.

 

[AmonTobin]

Kron.

 

[italiamusica]

Aljo loses his belt and BRRRRRRP, prelims

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Formerly of legendary noise rock band Oxbow. Eugene is the man.

Still doing music with Buñuel and has “The Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper Podcast” - a one-of-a-kind legend in the fight game!

 

[CobraCobretti]

Love how Evloev and Aljo will go to "war" on the prelims.

 

[fortheo]

Kron Gracie on the ppv over Weidman, Sterling, Movsar, Reyes, Luque, Chiesa, and Guida

Landwehr on the ppv over those guys too. Really strange.