It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, November 12th, 2016) will come the form of UFC 205. Headlining the card are Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens in a featherweight bout closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports.
Michael Johnson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov is next in a lightweight bout.
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal is next in a middleweight bout.
Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad in a lightweight opens the Fox Sports 1 preliminary bouts.
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller in a lightweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. In round 1, Alves opens up with a good knee strike to the face of Miller. They have a feeling out process early. Alves landed a big head kick but Miller followed up with a takedown halfway through the round. Miller got guard and worked him over with strikes. Miller transitions and gets his back with under two minutes to go. Alves scrambles and got back to his feet but Miller clinches with him with 1:30 to go. They eventually separate. In round 2, they exchanged for the first half of the round. Miller takes him down halfway through the round and gets half guard. Miller holds him down while Alves tried to scramble off his back. Alves scrambled back to his feet with a little over a minute remaining and blasts him with knee strikes. Miller clinches with him and Alves separated by missing a spinning back fist. In round 3, Miller took him down halfway through the round and worked him over with strikes from guard but Alves got back to his feet. Miller took him back down and got half guard. Miller worked him over then got guard with less than a minute to go. Miller scored the unanimous decision victory.
Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims was Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian in a women’s bantamweight bout. In round 1, Chookagian keeps her distance and uses a series of leg kicks early on in the fight. Carmouche followed up with a leg kick and body punch. Carmouche closed the distances and dropped her on her back with a nice takedown. Chookagian tries to use the cage to get back to her feet. Chookagian got back to her feet but Carmouche stayed on her and clinched with the remaining two minutes. Carmouche took her down with a minute to go and got guard. Carmouche works her over with strikes. In round 2, Carmouche came out strong and went for a takedown but Chookagian landed a series of knees while in the clinch before separating. Carmouche took her down halfway through the round and went for a guillotine choke but Chookagian scrambles out of it. Chookagian got back into guard with a little over two minutes to go. In round 3, Chookagian opened up the round with a series of strikes then a huge head kick that dropped Carmouche. Chookagian rains down strikes but Carmouche got back up to her feet and clinched. Chookagian landed some more knees. Carmouche starts to bleed from her nose. Chookagian continues to pressure her but Carmouche does separate from her. Halfway through the round, Carmouche clinches with her but Chookagian separates and starts landing big shots. Carmouche attempts a takedown to end the round but doesn’t get it. The judges awarded Carmouche the win by split decision.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Featherweight bout: Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Lightweight bout: Michael Johnson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Welterweight bout: Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Women’s strawweight bout: Liz Carmouche def. Katlyn Chookagian via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
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