GDT: UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez

[MMC]

Date: July 13, 2024
Venue: Ball Arena
City: Denver, Colorado
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN, Sportsnet

MAIN CARD (ESPN, Sportsnet)

Women's Flyweight bout: Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez
Welterweight bout: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov
Lightweight bout: Drew Dober vs. Jean Silva
Welterweight bout: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Ange Loosa
Featherweight bout: Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, Sportsnet)

Middleweight bout: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage
Women's Flyweight bout: Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Fatima Kline
Flyweight bout: Josh Van vs. Charles Johnson
Women's Flyweight bout: Luana Santos vs. Mariya Agapova
Middleweight bout: Josh Fremd vs. Andre Petroski
Bantamweight bout: Montel Jackson vs. Da'Mon Blackshear
Welterweight bout: Evan Elder vs. Darrius Flowers​

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[MMC]

This card went through the ringer but they managed to put together a somewhat interesting event here I guess. Probably still not good enough for a road fight night but whatever. Dober/Silva is the fight I'm most interested in, props to Jean for taking this fight against a pretty solid fighter a weight class up after his big win 2 weeks ago. Interested to see Kline as I've heard a lot of good things about her as a prospect, but she's still pretty green and much more of a strawweight than a flyweight so JJ could be tough for her

 

[CDJ]

Tracy says she’s acclimated to the altitude in 2 days so I’m gonna bet on Rose.

 

[MMC]

Cortez really needs to fight more, only fought once every year since she debuted in 2019

 

[LandfiII]

Namajamma let's gooooooo

 

[MMC]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1811079302684774810

 

[CDJ]

Kinda like Loosa as a heavy dog against Bonfim. Bonfim faded hard in his last fight against Dalby and Loosa hasn’t been finished. Used to grindy fights. It’s at elevation. Sneaky upset play at like +270

 

[Taytro]

Kinda like Loosa as a heavy dog against Bonfim. Bonfim faded hard in his last fight against Dalby and Loosa hasn’t been finished. Used to grindy fights. It’s at elevation. Sneaky upset play at like +270

Don't gotta tell me twice.

 

[16Skippy]

Other than the main event it's basically an Apex card though not sure if I'll even watch the whole thing. Ponzinibbio was a tank before his layoff, usually root for him but realistically he should hang them up soon.

 

[Taytro]

Other than the main event it's basically an Apex card though not sure if I'll even watch the whole thing. Ponzinibbio was a tank before his layoff, usually root for him but realistically he should hang them up soon.

I don't think he should hang them up just yet, have to remember his losses to Neal and Pereira were split decisions so he's still competitive at the higher end of the division. I'm a fan and will be hoping for a win this weekend but can easily see this as a "loser leaves town" match between two guys who have each lost 3 if their last 4 fights.

 

[CDJ]

Tracy missed weight

 

[MMC]

Tracy missed weight

Ended up making it after a haircut

 

[CDJ]

Ended up making it after a haircut

Respect the dedication

 

[MMC]

Respect the dedication

f*** it, make it a requirement that if a fighter misses weight on the first attempt they have to have their head shaved

 

[Avs_19]

So Cortez said she adjusted to the altitude in two days, missed weight, cut her hair to make weight on the second attempt, and was crying during the faceoff because she was emotional from making the weight? Yeah, bet Rose.

This card sucks and so does the one next week. After that we get two straight stacked ones though so just have to get through two weeks of mediocrity (at best) here.

 

[LandfiII]

Cortez holding her cut off hair in her hand as she weighs in makes me think it was something else that did the magic.

 

[CDJ]

Cortez holding her cut off hair in her hand as she weighs in makes me think it was something else that did the magic.

That’s just the photo op, she wasn’t holding it for the actual weigh-in

So Cortez said she adjusted to the altitude in two days, missed weight, cut her hair to make weight on the second attempt, and was crying during the faceoff because she was emotional from making the weight? Yeah, bet Rose.

This card sucks and so does the one next week. After that we get two straight stacked ones though so just have to get through two weeks of mediocrity (at best) here.

No star power on it outside of Rose but overall I actually think tomorrow should be solid from a viewing perspective. Should get some action fights. Nothing of real consequence though other than getting to see if Bonfim is truly a fraud or not. Silva-Dober is probably the best fight on the card

 

[LandfiII]

That’s just the photo op, she wasn’t holding it for the actual weigh-in


No star power on it outside of Rose but overall I actually think tomorrow should be solid from a viewing perspective. Should get some action fights. Nothing of real consequence though other than getting to see if Bonfim is truly a fraud or not. Silva-Dober is probably the best fight on the card

My bad. I'm pretty new to the sport.

 

[CDJ]

My bad. I'm pretty new to the sport.

It’s no worries, I know I didn’t know that for a few years. Hell this was a journalist that covers the sport today



So it’s clearly not something even all die hards know. But yeah apparently they do an official weigh-in and then a ceremonial weigh-in for show

 

[LandfiII]

It’s no worries, I know I didn’t know that for a few years. Hell this was a journalist that covers the sport today



So it’s clearly not something even all die hards know. But yeah apparently they do an official weigh-in and then a ceremonial weigh-in for show

one of us me

one of  us me

 

[Taytro]

Cortez holding her cut off hair in her hand as she weighs in makes me think it was something else that did the magic.

That’s just the photo op, she wasn’t holding it for the actual weigh-in

In his defence, she was holding it for the actual weigh-in too, she just had to be told to let it go if she wanted to make weight lol.

 

[CDJ]

7 PM ET prelim start time is wild, we workin those ppv hours today boys

 

[Bunk Moreland]

That reach advantage really helped Johnson land that killer uppercut

 

[Taytro]

That reach advantage really helped Johnson land that killer uppercut

I think Johnson is really unlikable but damn he looked pretty good against a young guy who also looked in peak form. That blitz to finish the fight was impressive, perfect use of his reach advantage.

 

[MMC]

Good stop by Dan, can't do that