GDT: TUF Latin America 3 Finale: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson

[Avs_19]

Date: November 5, 2016
Venue: Arena Ciudad de México
City: Mexico City, Mexico
Time: 10pm ET/7pm PT
Viewing: FS1, TSN 5

MAIN CARD (FS1, TSN 5)

Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Tony Ferguson
Lightweight bout: Martín Bravo vs. Claudio Puelles (TUF final)
Lightweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Marcin Held
Featherweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliveira
Lightweight bout: Beneil Dariush vs. Rashid Magomedov
Women's Strawweight bout: Alexa Grasso vs. Heather Jo Clark

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, Fight Network/UFC Fight Pass)

Bantamweight bout: Érik Pérez vs. Felipe Arantes
Bantamweight bout: Marco Beltrán vs. TBA
Welterweight bout: Erick Montaño vs. Max Griffin
Bantamweight bout: Henry Briones vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)

Middleweight bout: Sam Alvey vs. Alex Nicholson
Lightweight bout: Marco Polo Reyes vs. Jason Novelli
Featherweight bout: Enrique Barzola vs. Chris Avila

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[Avs_19]

I like this main card. Great main event and a few other good fights as well.

Anyone watch TUF and know if either one of these guys are good?

 

[m9]

I like this main card. Great main event and a few other good fights as well.

Anyone watch TUF and know if either one of these guys are good?

I haven't watched TUF, but I agree this card is good. That main event will be awesome.

 

[Wood Stick]

Had no idea this card was this weekend. How was the season?

 

[Sheppy]

Pretty fun looking card here. Lamas vs Olivera and Dos Anjos vs Ferguson should be dandy.

 

[Peter Griffin]

First UFC event in like a month? I'm actually looking forward to this one, like how it used to be when there was one or maybe two events a month.

 

[m9]

First UFC event in like a month? I'm actually looking forward to this one, like how it used to be when there was one or maybe two events a month.

Agreed. 2 shows a month is perfect, and luckily it sounds like new management agrees and it's trending in that direction.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Agreed. 2 shows a month is perfect, and luckily it sounds like new management agrees and it's trending in that direction.

Yep, one PPV and one "free" card a month is perfect. All these extra cards in random locales can't be all that profitable anyway and it seems like the regime isn't as gung ho on "building the brand" in these areas.

 

[jw2]

Wasn't going to click on the thread. Glad I did, should be an entertaining main card.

 

[m9]

Yep, one PPV and one "free" card a month is perfect. All these extra cards in random locales can't be all that profitable anyway and it seems like the regime isn't as gung ho on "building the brand" in these areas.

If some of the rumors are true, it might not even be one PPV per month. My suggestion all along has been one free show a month, then one 'bigger' show per month.. 8 PPVs, 4 Fox shows. Can only hope we get somewhere close to that, maybe a few extra cards throughout the year to get close to 30 events total. (TUF finales, Fight week, etc)

 

[m9]

Had no idea this card was this weekend. How was the season?

This wasn't the real "TUF" season, it was the Latin America one.

 

[Avs_19]

I agree, two shows a month is the way to go. That gets you up to 24 and then maybe add in a handful of special cards if they do one of those fight weeks.

I don't mind one PPV per month. They do 13 PPVs now so going one lower isn't much of a change but cutting out the smaller events will just make the PPVs that much better.

There's five events this month and three of those only have a couple of good fights between them. They could have built one great free card and shifted a good fight or two over to next month's awful looking Toronto PPV card. Stacking up the NY card hurts Toronto as well but even with that, they still could have put on a very good PPV next month. Instead, they're going to Mexico, Ireland, Brazil, and Australia in the same month.

 

[Peter Griffin]

"Less is more" should be the UFC's gameplan in 2017. Cut out all the crap events with one or two decent fights and start loading up the PPV events again and watch the numbers increase. The UFC's bread and butter is, and likely always will be, PPV buys. New York is going to be HUGE for the UFC, I wouldnt be surprised to see 3 or 4 events there next year.

 

[Wood Stick]

"Less is more" should be the UFC's gameplan in 2017. Cut out all the crap events with one or two decent fights and start loading up the PPV events again and watch the numbers increase. The UFC's bread and butter is, and likely always will be, PPV buys. New York is going to be HUGE for the UFC, I wouldnt be surprised to see 3 or 4 events there next year.

Too many fighters currently on the roster to hold back I think. Isn't there another card in NY this year with Lewis headlining? Kind of odd.

 

[Avs_19]

Oliveira weighs in 10 lbs over but Lamas is still going to take the fight.

 

[jw2]

Did he came one in over weight last fight, too?

 

[Peter Griffin]

Did he came one in over weight last fight, too?

It was two fights ago against Myles Jury. This is his 4th time out of his last 10 fights where he's failed to make weight, the last two being significantly over, so might be time for him to look at moving up in weight.

 

[Avs_19]

It was two fights ago against Myles Jury. This is his 4th time out of his last 10 fights where he's failed to make weight, the last two being significantly over, so might be time for him to look at moving up in weight.

I believe it's the 5th time overall now. He also pulled out of that Lentz fight when he got sick after missing weight. He should probably move back up.

 

[jw2]

It was two fights ago against Myles Jury. This is his 4th time out of his last 10 fights where he's failed to make weight, the last two being significantly over, so might be time for him to look at moving up in weight.

Thanks.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I believe it's the 5th time overall now. He also pulled out of that Lentz fight when he got sick after missing weight. He should probably move back up.

Good call. Pretty much in John Lineker territory at this point.

 

[m9]

"Less is more" should be the UFC's gameplan in 2017. Cut out all the crap events with one or two decent fights and start loading up the PPV events again and watch the numbers increase. The UFC's bread and butter is, and likely always will be, PPV buys. New York is going to be HUGE for the UFC, I wouldnt be surprised to see 3 or 4 events there next year.

Too many fighters currently on the roster to hold back I think. Isn't there another card in NY this year with Lewis headlining? Kind of odd.

The plan is "less is more".. it's just going to take a bit of time. They still owe a ton of cards to Fox on their deal, but the plan is for them to sell less shows under the new deal. Better shows, but less.

And yeah, they want to run through the contracts of the fighters as well. I think you'll see many guys that were released in the past being allowed to fight out their contracts and then be let go. The roster is showing 628 guys now and I think they will want to get more in the 400 range.

 

[Avs_19]

I don't know if Avila is bad or just not UFC ready but either way, he probably shouldn't be in the UFC.

 

[darko]

Oliveira weighs in 10 lbs over but Lamas is still going to take the fight.

Inexcusable

 

[darko]

Marcin Held in UFC.

Nice.

 

[Avs_19]

Marcin Held in UFC.

Nice.

I'm surprised Bellator let him go. I like him to win tonight.