Pre-fight Discussion UFC Fight Night 242: Burns vs. Brady Saturday September 7 Prelims 4pm et Main 7pm et all on ESPN+

[PurpleStorm]

The UFC returns Saturday September 7 with Fight Night 242: Burns vs. Brady at the Apex in Las Vegas. This is the pre-fight discussion thread. The main event's a Welterweight scrap between Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady who holds an an amazing record of 16-1. The Co-Main features the entertaining Jessica Andrade vs. Natalia Silva at Flyweight. Here in this thread discuss and share your thoughts, breakdowns & predictions in a civil manner.

If there are card changes this week please post an update in this thread. Check here throughout fight week for further updates. You're welcome to join us during the Play by Play thread during the fights where we have a lot of fun. During and after the card check out the live round by round scoring featuring astute writer @JayPettryMMA.

When you see the pre-fight predictions by Shillan & @BenjaminDuffy please post it in this thread because those previews rock. Thanks all.
Edited to add: see a few posts down for the Shillan & Duffy Preview of UFC Fight Night 242: Burns vs. Brady!

Enjoy fight week!

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady September 7, 2024​

UFC APEX, Las Vegas, NV
Main Card ESPN+ 7 PM et
Prelims ESPN+ 4 PM et

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 242 - BURNS VS. BRADY​

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)​

SEP 7, 2024

UFC APEX, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES

MAIN EVENT
WELTERWEIGHT​

GILBERT BURNS 22-7​

SEAN BRADY 16-1​

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MATCH		FIGHTERS
12	Jessica Andrade 26-12-0	Flyweight	Natalia Silva 17-5-1
11	Steve Garcia 16-5-0	Featherweight	Kyle Nelson 16-5-1
10	Matt Schnell 16-8-0	Flyweight	Alessandro Costa 14-4-0
9	Trevor Peek 9-2-0	Lightweight	Yanal Ashmoz 7-1-0
8	Zhu Rong 25-5-0	Lightweight	Chris Padilla 14-6-0
7	Ryan Spann 21-10-0	Light Heavyweight	Ovince St. Preux 27-17-0
6	Jaqueline Amorim 8-1-0	Strawweight	Vanessa Demopoulos 11-5-0
5	Isaac Dulgarian 6-1-0	Featherweight	Brendon Marotte 8-2-0
4	Felipe dos Santos 8-1-0	Flyweight	Andre Lima 9-0-0
3	Zha Yi 25-4-0	Featherweight	Gabriel Santos 10-2-0
2	Andre Petroski 11-3-0	Middleweight	Dylan Budka 7-3-0
1	Zygimantas Ramaska 9-2-0	Featherweight	Nathan Fletcher 8-1-0

UFC Fight Night 242 - Burns vs. Brady

UFC Fight Night 242 - Burns vs. Brady pits Sean Brady vs Gilbert Durinho Burns fight in UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on Sep 7, 2024.

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Here's another way of looking at the card:

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady​

September 7, 2024 UFC APEX, Las Vegas, NV​

Main Card ESPN+ 7:00 PM et

Welterweight - Main Event Gilbert Burns 22-7-0 vs. Sean Brady 16-1-0​

Co-Main Women's Flyweight Jessica Andrade 26-12-0 vs. Natalia Silva 17-5-1​

Featherweight Steve Garcia 16-5-0 vs. Kyle Nelson 16-5-1​

Flyweight Matt Schnell 16-8-0 vs. Alessandro Costa 14-4-0​

Lightweight Trevor Peek 9-2-0 vs. Yanal Ashmouz 7-1-0​

Lightweight Rong Zhu 25-5-0 vs. Chris Padilla 14-6-0​

Prelims ESPN+ 4:00 PM et

Light Heavyweight Ryan Spann 21-10-0 Ovince Saint Preux 27-17-0 *

Featherweight Isaac Dulgarian 6-1-0 vs. Brendon Marotte 8-2-0​

Flyweight Felipe dos Santos 8-1-0 vs. Andre Lima 9-0-0​

Featherweight Yizha 25-4-0 vs. Gabriel Santos 10-2-0​

Women's Straweight Jaqueline Amorim 8-1-0 vs. Vanessa Demopoulos 11-5-0​

Middleweight Andre Petroski 11-4-0 vs. Dylan Budka 7-3-0​

Featherweight Zygimantas Ramaska 9-2-0 vs. Nathan Fletcher 8-1-0​

Update:
Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux is off.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Anytime JBGoddess Andrade fights. I’m right in there like a dirty pair of underwear. No matter who else is fighting. That’s just gravy. She is must see tv, imo.

I’ll be back with more thoughts on the card later.

Thank you for the thread @PurpleStorm

 

[PurpleStorm]

Anytime JBGoddess Andrade fights. I’m right in there like a dirty pair of underwear. No matter who else is fighting. That’s just gravy. She is must see tv, imo.

I’ll be back with more thoughts on the card later.

Thank you for the thread @PurpleStorm

Agree about Jessica Andrade. Win or lose her fights are exciting!

 

[Your Salad]

The holliday/birthday weekend I just had was great and now I have Andrade and Burns plus my 49ers on Monday Night Football this coming weekend.
I'm going to need all the days in between to recover so I can fuck my shit up again.
I'm drinking coffee rn watching morning local fluff news show.
Apparently Adele is going to take a hiates, and the Middle Eastern food festival near me was a success.
Pretty sure I'm still drunk.

 

[liner]

A weekend without fights sucks. Thank goodness for the contender series I need some fights ASAP! Looking forward to this weekend card. Too bad it's at the apex.

Thinking Brady wins a decision think his grappling will be too much. I always like a peek fight. Same with schnell. Hopefully this card delivers like the last one with the fight nerd. Now that was an amazing card

 

[TempleoftheDog]

The holliday/birthday weekend I just had was great and now I have Andrade and Burns plus my 49ers on Monday Night Football this coming weekend.
I'm going to need all the days in between to recover so I can fuck my shit up again.
I'm drinking coffee rn watching morning local fluff news show.
Apparently Adele is going to take a hiates, and the Middle Eastern food festival near me was a success.
Pretty sure I'm still drunk.

It sounds like a good birthday bash.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Woo hoo Shillan and Duffy are back with another Preview MMA podcast. Thanks to both gentlemen for entertaining in-depth UFC previews & predictions.

Shillan and Duffy: UFC Fight Night 242 Preview​

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BEN DUFFY KEITH SHILLAN SEP 3, 2024COMMENTS
After a bye week, Keith and Ben are back to preview UFC Fight Night 242, with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. Side topics of conversation include hula hooping, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, sock-eating dryers, and of course Bo Nickal.

0:00 Intro: Well, this card might set at least one UFC record
6:59 Zygimantas Ramaska (9-2) vs. Nathan Fletcher (8-1)
14:32 Andre Petroski (11-3) vs. Dylan Budka (7-3)
23:13 Jaqueline Amorim (8-1) vs. Vanessa Demopoulos (11-5)
34:06 Zha Yi (25-4) vs. Gabriel Santos (10-2)
43:21 Felipe dos Santos (8-1, 1 NC) vs. Andre Lima (9-0)
53:11 Isaac Dulgarian (6-1) vs. Brendon Marotte (8-2)
1:05:03 Ryan Spann (21-10) vs. Ovince St. Preux (27-17)
1:15:36 Zhu Rong (25-5) vs. Chris Padilla (14-6)
1:22:44 Trevor Peek (9-2, 1 NC) vs. Yanal Ashmoz (7-1)
1:30:56 Matt Schnell (16-8, 1 NC) vs. Alessandro Costa (14-4)
1:40:57 Steve Garcia (16-5) vs. Kyle Nelson (16-5-1)
1:51:57 Jessica Andrade (26-12) vs. Natalia Silva (17-5-1)
2:07:14 Gilbert Burns (22-7) vs. Sean Brady (16-1)
2:26:15 A quick rundown of all the picks

Shillan and Duffy: UFC Fight Night 242 Preview

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[PurpleStorm]

Excellent articles on the fighters here: https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/list with dozens of photos too. Here's two regarding the Co-Main fighters. Share what you like.

5 Things You Might Not Know About Natalia Silva​

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BRIAN KNAPP AUG 28, 2024 1 COMMENT

A sink-or-swim moment has arrived for Natalia Silva.

The promising Brazilian will look to accelerate her rise through the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight division when she takes on Jessica Andrade—one of the sport’s most decorated and respected female competitors—in the UFC Fight Night 242 co-main event on Sept. 7 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Silva enters the 125-pound showcase on the strength of an 11-fight winning streak. She last appeared at UFC Fight Night 235, where she outpointed Viviane Araujo to a three-round unanimous decision on Feb. 3.

As Silva approaches her high-stakes showdown with the former UFC women’s strawweight champion, here are five things you might not know about her:

1. Her beginnings could not have been more modest.​

Silva was born on Feb. 3, 1997 in Pingo-d’Agua, Brazil—a city of fewer than 5,000 people situated in the southeastern quadrant of the South American country. The Minas Gerais capital of Belo Horizonte stands roughly 150 miles to the west, with its two million-plus residents.

2. Resilience was never an issue.​

The 27-year-old Brazilian suffered stoppage losses in three of her first four pro bouts, including her April 2015 debut. However, Silva has not been finished in 19 appearances since, going 16-2-1 with a draw against Cris Macfer Ferreira Macedo and decision losses to Daiane Firmino and Marina Rodriguez serving as the only blemishes on her resume.

3. She was worth her weight in gold on the regional scene.​

Silva captured the Jungle Fight women’s flyweight championship when she submitted Gabriela Reis Marcal with a first-round armbar in the JF 96 main event on Oct. 19, 2019. She successfully defended it on one occasion—she disposed of Joice Mara da Silva with an armbar at Jungle Fight 100—before surrendering the title to sign with the UFC.

4. She leans on a small inner circle.​

Having climbed into the Top 10 rankings in the UFC women’s flyweight division, Silva operates out of Team Borracha in Contagem, Brazil. There, coaches Carlos Borracha, Felipe Reis, Edvaldo Badola and Lucas Wallace oversee her fight preparation.

5. Effective standup has been her calling card.​

Silva has outpaced all five of her UFC opponents by double figures in the significant strikes landed department. She piled up a 296-125 advantage in victories over Araujo, Andrea Lee, Victoria Leonardo, Tereze Bleda and Jasmine Jasudavicius.

5 Things You Might Not Know About Natalia Silva

The promising Brazilian will look to accelerate her rise through the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight division when she takes on Jessica Andrade in the UFC Fight Night 242 co-main event on Sept. 7.

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5 Things You Might Not Know About Jessica Andrade​

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BRIAN KNAPP SEP 2, 2024 COMMENTS

Jessica Andrade’s small stature belies a ferocity that has made her one of the most unique Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors of all-time.

The 5-foot-2 Brazilian powerhouse will author the latest chapter of her remarkable career when she takes on Natalia Silva in the UFC Fight Night 242 co-main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Andrade, 32, climbs into the cage on the heels of back-to-back victories. She last strapped on the gloves at UFC 300, where she eked out a split decision over Marina Rodriguez in their three-round encounter on April 13. The Gilliard Parana protégé outlanded Rodriguez by a narrow 89-82 margin in significant strikes and secured the only takedown of the bout.

As Andrade moves ever closer to her looming showdown with Silva at 115 pounds, here are five things you might not know about her:

1. Martial arts stardom was a longshot at best.​

Andrade was born on Sept. 25, 1991 in Umuarama, Brazil—a city of roughly 110,000 inhabitants situated almost 6,000 miles to the southeast of Ultimate Fighting Championship headquarters in Las Vegas. She grew up tending to crops on her parents’ farm, aspired to be a professional soccer player, dabbled in judo and did not begin formal jiu-jitsu training until she was an adult.

2. She proved to be a quick study.​

“Bate Estaca” made her professional debut at the age of 19 on Sept. 6, 2011, when she disposed of Weidy Borges with punches in the second round of their pairing under the Sagaz Combat banner. Andrade started her career 9-2—Jennifer Maia and Kinberly Tanaka Novaes were responsible for her losses—before she signed with the UFC.

3. Exclusive clubs are her domain.​

Andrade laid claim to the undisputed strawweight championship with a slam knockout of Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 on May 11, 2019. She remains one of only five women to have captured the 115-pound title, along with Namajunas (twice), Carla Esparza (twice), Weili Zhang (twice) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

4. She has been a model of dependability.​

The Parana Vale Tudo product ranks as the all-time leader among women in UFC appearances (27) and victories (17). As the only female to ever compete in three weight classes for the Las Vegas-based company, Andrade has also pocketed 10 post-fight bonuses—six for “Performance of the Night” and four for “Fight of the Night”—totaling $500,000.

5. Quick-strike capability has been a calling card.​

Andrade has six first-round finishes to her credit, six of them by knockout or technical knockout and five of them by submission. Since joining the UFC roster in 2013, she has victimized Amanda Lemos, Cynthia Calvillo, Katlyn Chookagian, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Joanne Calderwood and Larissa Pacheco.

5 Things You Might Not Know About Jessica Andrade

The 5-foot-2 Brazilian powerhouse will author the latest chapter of her remarkable career when she takes on Natalia Silva in the UFC Fight Night 242 co-main event.

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[PurpleStorm]

The holliday/birthday weekend I just had was great and now I have Andrade and Burns plus my 49ers on Monday Night Football this coming weekend.
I'm going to need all the days in between to recover so I can fuck my shit up again.
I'm drinking coffee rn watching morning local fluff news show.
Apparently Adele is going to take a hiates, and the Middle Eastern food festival near me was a success.
Pretty sure I'm still drunk.

Heck yes, glad you had a great birthday weekend. Football starts thursday and we've got all the fall sports coming up. Baseball playoffs. Someone told me Cornhole on tv now and I will enjoy watching it both ironically and unironically.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

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Burns vs Brady fight is hard to call for me, a few years ago I would clearly favor Burns, but he is getting older now and has a lot of fight mileage on him, could see Brady wearing him down and taking over and finishing in later rounds.

 

[Luthien]

Despite the Apex I got a good feeling about this card

 

[Your Salad]

Heck yes, glad you had a great birthday weekend. Football starts thursday and we've got all the fall sports coming up. Baseball playoffs. Someone told me Cornhole on tv now and I will enjoy watching it both ironically and unironically.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Almost every fight on this card is somewhat meaningful or a banger, which is quite rare for apex cards. Really looking forward to Garcia vs Nelson, interested how dulgariaan rebounds as he looks like a good prospect and lost a close but awesome fight.

 

[Danespina]

Almost every fight on this card is somewhat meaningful or a banger, which is quite rare for apex cards.

I need more of your insight. What are 1 or 2 fights lower down the card that you think has hidden potential or meaning?

 

[BjPenn2017]

I need more of your insight. What are 1 or 2 fights lower down the card that you think has hidden potential or meaning?

Dulgariaan is a good prospect for sure, not sure of Merotte but I think Dulgariaan finishes him

Felipe dos santos vs Andre Lima winner might be lined up for a big fight seeing how FLW is lacking talent and both guys seem like good fighters

OSP vs Spann is a couple glass cannon vets, so probably a quick finish here but could turn out to be a stinker.

Peek vs Ashmouz has great potential for violence, not sure if any guy is making big moves in the division anytime soon but should be fun

Don’t miss Garcia vs Nelson

 

[PurpleStorm]

I need more of your insight. What are 1 or 2 fights lower down the card that you think has hidden potential or meaning?

Down card I'm looking forward to the featherweight match up of Zha Yi (25-4) vs. Gabriel Santos (10-2). Also love the co-main event at women's flyweight Jessica Andrade (26-12) vs.Natalia Silva (17-5-1) as neither is capable of a dull fight.

I enjoy fights with someone younger on a recent tear versus a veteran who wants to show them who is still boss. Sometimes the vet will expose glaring weaknesses in the younger person's game. I also love rooting for underdogs just to see if they can pull off the upset even though others counted them out. Love when an underdog winner's team erupts as well - like our game plan worked well.

I'm taking care of a dog this weekend so I'll give it lots of exercise then kick back and watch the whole card. I'm often doing little odd jobs around the house while I watch a full card. Like between breaks in action I'll cook some cool meal or repair an old broken chair that I wanna use outdoors, that type of thing. So I really love the actual fights because it's a break from landscaping or whatever. Usually with a tall cool glass of a delicious beverage like iced tea or fresh squeezed juice.
The Shillan & Duffy preview podcast is great for subjective previews. In a day or two I'll share the prelim and then main card predictions written by sherdog staff, which always provide outstanding information and I enjoy reading if I'm in the mood.

Depending on how busy I was during the week, sometimes I just wing it and look for surprises. I'll listen carefully to the short preview on the broadcast, just before the start of each fight as they often pack a lot of information into a minute or two. Often I'll laugh when I realize I may have made a terrible tap pick. I'll say to myself whoah, the guy I picked is declining recently and has been losing decisions. The other dude has been obliterating everyone and looks ready for more violence. Ru roh! Haha.

 

[Luthien]

@BroRogan has promised he will stay up for this whole card

 

[BroRogan]

@Luthien crossfit, bodybuild cat you are right!

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[PurpleStorm]

Preview: UFC Fight Night 242 Prelims
Spann vs. St. Preux
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TOM FEELY SEP 4, 2024 COMMENTS


The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday heads back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with UFC Fight Night 242 and a decent slate of prelims. The featured clash clearly carries the most star power of the bunch, as Ryan Spann looks to get past a rough stretch against longtime light heavyweight stalwart Ovince St. Preux. From there, some intriguing prospects are in action, led by featherweight Isaac Dulgarian and flyweights Felipe dos Santos and Andre Lima. Virtually all the matches were made with entertainment in mind.

Now to the preview for the UFC Fight Night 242 “Burns vs. Brady” prelims:

Light Heavyweights
Ryan Spann (21-10, 7-5 UFC) vs. Ovince St. Preux (27-17, 15-12 UFC)

ODDS: Spann (-340), St. Preux (+270)

Somehow, St. Preux isn’t done just yet. “OSP” has hit some high points in his career since coming to the UFC via Strikeforce in 2013, including fighting for the interim title against Jon Jones, but the fall figured to be hard for him whenever the end of his career drew near. St. Preux has never had much of a consistent approach, instead picking up a grab bag of skills along his journey that only held together thanks to his high-level athleticism. In a division like light heavyweight, that made St. Preux both a viable knockout and submission threat at his peak—it included a surprising run as a newfound master of the Von Flue choke—but once he slowed down in terms of speed and output in his late 30s, it made for extremely tough going. Beyond the issues with his offensive approach, St. Preux’s durability seemed to fail him in a few knockout losses, so it was a shock when he suddenly turned around a rough stretch with a win against Kennedy Nzechukwu in March. The result said a lot about Nzechukwu’s tendencies for slow starts and inability to pick up the pace, but it was nice to see St. Preux simply survive against a hard hitter for three rounds, with the victory only serving as a bonus.

Spann seems like a tough next matchup given that “Superman” has only just fallen out of the UFC’s rankings after his last loss, but then again, inconsistency seems to be the only thing consistent about his UFC career. This is a mirror match in a way, given that Spann is another elite physical talent who doesn’t always seem comfortable inside the cage. While St. Preux learned to stay cautious and wait for his spots, Spann tends to try and lead the dance and see where things go from there. That has led to some grinds where Spann feels like clinching and wrestling, but it just as often makes for some exciting coinflips, with his lack of defense resulting in him and his opponent trading shots in the hopes of scaring each other off—and usually scoring a knockout. After looking sharp against Dominick Reyes to cap off 2022, things have wound up going against Spann in his last three fights, with an April knockout to Bogdan Guskov completely derailing what momentum he has had in recent years. There is certainly a chance that Spann could walk himself into one of St. Preux’s off-kilter techniques. However, the lean here is that things don’t go quite as sanguine for St. Preux this time around against someone willing to take some risks offensively. The pick is Spann via first-round knockout.

Jump To »
Spann vs. St. Preux
Dulgarian vs. Marotte
Lima vs. dos Santos
Santos vs. Yi
Amorim vs. Demopoulos
Petroski vs. Hill
Fletcher vs. Ramaska

Preview: UFC Fight Night 242 Prelims - Spann vs. St. Preux

A light heavyweight duel pitting Ryan Spann against Ovince St. Preux anchors the Ultimate Fighting Championship undercard on Saturday in Las Vegas.

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[Jackonfire]

OSP vs Spann is a couple glass cannon vets, so probably a quick finish here but could turn out to be a stinker.

Unfortunately it looks like that fight got cancelled