UFC Fight Night 47 in Tweets: Pros react to Ryan Bader vs. Ovince St. Preux, Tim Boetsch’s stunning comeback, more

Ryan Bader capped off the UFC’s debut trip to Bangor, Maine, imposing his will on Ovince St. Preux for five rounds to capture a unanimous decision victory in the main event of UFC Fight Night 47. Bader has now won three straight in dominant fashion, inching his name back into contention, however his performance was far from the only standout on what became a violent Saturday night.

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NOTHING beats good wrestling and combinations. Make them fear the takedown and combos are there all day. #ufcfightnight

Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) August 17, 2014

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Is it me or does OSP remind you guys of Keith Jardine with his awkward movement and blitzes? #UFCBangor

Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMasterAljO) August 17, 2014

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If OSP would use more basic combos I think he could do a lot better.

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) August 17, 2014

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When somebody does some shit wrong and they call it “unorthodox”

Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 17, 2014

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OSP is very Raw Talent but the key word here is Talent #UFCFightNight

Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 17, 2014

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I’ve got 1,3, and 4 bader so far?

Jared Rosholt (@JaredRosholt) August 17, 2014

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Bader looking solid through 4. @aaronsimpson has him coached up well with his transitions. #UFCBangor #UFCFightNight47

Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) August 17, 2014

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OSP’s cornermen just karate chopped the other cornermen in between the 4th and 5th round. WTF! Did you see that?

Andy Ogle (@thelittleaxe) August 17, 2014

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OSP’s corner man should get “move of the fight” with that “b***h shut up” backhand! #UFCFightNight

Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) August 17, 2014

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Gruelling fight that was. #UFCFightNight think bader got it.

— jimi manuwa (@POSTERBOYJM) August 17, 2014

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Anyone else catch the corner man bitch slapping the other corner man? Can we get this guy an award?… http://t.co/3Vsv2tFXO8

Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) August 17, 2014

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Official: Ryan Bader lands a career-high 9 TDs, taking his UFC career total up to 39. He’s now in 2nd place in 205 lb. history (Evans, 50).

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) August 17, 2014

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Boring is all I have to say!

Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) August 17, 2014

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ROSS PEARSON VS. GRAY MAYNARD

Congrats @RossTheRealDeal well done my friend!!!!

— michael (@bisping) August 17, 2014

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Wow. Pearson hurt him with the short right and put a stamp on it. #UFCFightNight

Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) August 17, 2014

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FUCK YEAH @RossTheRealDeal get in mate,buzzing for you #UFCFightNight

Mike Wilkinson (@M_WilkinsonMMA) August 17, 2014

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Nice pin point striking by @RossTheRealDeal! Very nice to watch!

Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) August 17, 2014

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Pierson by pop & pivot got damn that baby lil right hand was clean

— Marcelino Evil (@KCBanditMMA) August 17, 2014

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Tough one for gray. He was lookin good before he got caught.

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) August 17, 2014

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Congrats @RossTheRealDeal great W.

— Andy Ogle (@thelittleaxe) August 17, 2014

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Wow. Great fight between @GrayMaynard and @RossTheRealDeal !!!! But Ross takes the W by KO! @ufc

— Emily Peters Kagan (@EmilyPKagan) August 17, 2014

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Hate seeing Gray go down like that. Good fight!

— Shannon Knapp (@shanknapp) August 17, 2014

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I’m a fan of Maynard but I think another ko is bad for the brain man

— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) August 17, 2014

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Damn, that cudve gone just 2-3 sec longer. Maynard did have his arm up and looked like he was trying to stand up. #UFCBangor

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMasterAljO) August 17, 2014

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Nice finish for Pearson. Hands looked fast there. That’s a big win for him. #UFCBangor #UFCFightNight47

— Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) August 17, 2014

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I don’t care what any of you think. @GrayMaynard is one of my favorite people in the @ufc

Stipe Miocic (@smiocic) August 17, 2014

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At 35 YO + the battles Maynard has been in, might’ve shown that it may be time to hang em up and not tarnish his great UFC run any further.

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMasterAljO) August 17, 2014

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Hate to see Maynard go out like that once again! As much as we all want to continue to see him fight. He should consider maybe retiring!

Kelvin Gastelum (@KelvinGastelum) August 17, 2014

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TIM BOETSCH VS. BRAD TAVARES

Tim Boestch is SUCH a fucking monster. Wow

— Marcelino Evil (@KCBanditMMA) August 17, 2014

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Congrats to @TimBoetsch always fear man with power because you have to watch every second. @ufc @lunarpageshttp://t.co/ZawGD6IKlC

Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) August 17, 2014

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@TimBoetsch represents Maine well.. wish I was in Bagor to see that one live. Congrats!

Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) August 17, 2014

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Wow congrats to Tim Boetsch, guys got a big heart and tough as nails.

Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) August 17, 2014

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Koooooo !! Wow. What a come back. @ufc

— jimi manuwa (@POSTERBOYJM) August 17, 2014

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I’m happy for @TimBoetsch man. To do that in front of the home town crowd? #DreamComeTrue

— Stipe Miocic (@smiocic) August 17, 2014

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Tim Boetch!! ;$

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) August 17, 2014

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What a comeback by @TimBoetsch! WOW!

— Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) August 17, 2014

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@TimBoetsch is the comeback king!!! #UFCFightNight

Mark Bocek (@MarkBocek) August 17, 2014

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Great fight by both guys, MMA is never predictable for sure.

Amir Sadollah (@amirMMA) August 17, 2014

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Praise Oden! The Barbarian pulls of the win | #ComeBackking | #UFCFightNight

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) August 17, 2014

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I just can’t help liking Tim Boetsch a whole helluva lot

Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) August 17, 2014

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Awesome come back from behind knockout for Tim Boetsch #UFCFightNight @ufc

Darren Elkins (@Darren_Elkins) August 17, 2014

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Bummed for @BradTavares . . .

Bubba McDaniel (@BubbaTheMenace) August 17, 2014

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Keep your head up bro! Just got caught! I know you’ll be back! @BradTavares #teamhawaii

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) August 17, 2014

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ALAN JOUBAN VS. SETH BACZYNSKI

#ufc Fight of the night, damn they were slugging it out. Jouban looked hurt and tired but pulled it off.

— Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) August 17, 2014

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Space between upper lip and bottom of nose is best place to hit if you wanna put a man to SLEEP.

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) August 17, 2014

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That was a hell of a fight #UFCFightNight

— Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) August 17, 2014

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I love that Jouban just KO’d a dude and everyone still talks about his looks. Dude is cursed by beauty.

— Stipe Miocic (@smiocic) August 17, 2014

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Those guys threw down! Congrats @AlanJouban #UFCFightNight

Chris Holdsworth (@holdsworth135) August 17, 2014

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Holly hell what a fight! @Sethbmma and @AlanJouban amazing exchanges. One gets rocked, then the other. Good show chaps @ufc #UFCFightNight

— ☆SAMPO☆ (@JSampoMMA) August 17, 2014

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Shit. I feel as if Tavares and Seth B were both going to take those fights but this is the fight game anything can happen.

— Andy Ogle (@thelittleaxe) August 17, 2014

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SHAWN JORDAN VS. JACK MAY

That’s digging deep @savageshawn. Well done @AmericanTopTeam getting the W!

Cole Miller (@colemillerATT) August 17, 2014

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Way to go @savageshawn congratulations you did great buddy

Court McGee (@Court_McGee) August 17, 2014

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Heavyweights are the bestest you guys.

— Stipe Miocic (@smiocic) August 17, 2014

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Daaaam youse boys hit hard@savageshawn congrats

Robert Whiteford UFC (@Flyinjudoka) August 17, 2014

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Congrats!! @savageshawn great preformance @ufc @AmericanTopTeam #topteamtakeover

Tecia Torres (@TeciaTorres) August 17, 2014

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Big congrats to @savageshawn .Great win over a very game Jack May. P.s. You’re not getting any prettier in those types of scraps.

— Mike Brown (@mikebrownmma) August 17, 2014

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I can’t believe this is on the main card…

Mac Danzig (@macdanzigmma) August 17, 2014

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THIAGO TAVARES VS. ROBBIE PERALTA

That was a hell of a performance by thiago Tavares @ufc #UFCFightNight #UFC

— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) August 17, 2014

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Tavares is looking super dominant at 45 so far

— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) August 17, 2014

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Tavarez looks so big. Controlling the ground.

— jimi manuwa (@POSTERBOYJM) August 17, 2014

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Nice finish @TavaresMMA

— STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) August 17, 2014

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Respect to @TavaresMMA using his post fight win speech to get his student a shot. @ufc

Luke Harris (@HayabusaHarris) August 17, 2014

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Tavares needs to touch up on his Rosetta Stone but I thought he looked great at 145’s and thought his shout out was the tits #UFCFightNight

— Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) August 17, 2014

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Tonight wasn’t my night but I’ll be back! Thank you @ufc and @TavaresMMA for the fight! He was the better man tonight! Much respect!

Robbie Peralta (@PeraltaMMA) August 17, 2014

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JUSSIER FORMIGA VS. ZACH MAKOVSKY

Idk why Formiga was a +260 Underdog. . OK. I’ll take that #EasyMoney

— Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) August 17, 2014

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I find it interesting that this flyweight fight has two top 10 guys & they’re on the prelims. Main event is two top 10 LHWs..#UFCFightNight

— Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) August 17, 2014

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These flyweights both look VERY sharp + technical! #Makovsky #Formiga #UFCFightNight

Dominick Cruz (@TheDomin8r) August 17, 2014

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@JussierFormiga parabéns valeu campeão

Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) August 17, 2014

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Great fight by @JussierFormiga ! The @ufc card in Mexico looks like a good night to fight! Wanna dance? @seanshelby

Louis Gaudinot (@LouGaudinotUFC) August 17, 2014

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These flyweights are nice and tight!! @ufc

— STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) August 17, 2014

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Parabéns meu Formigaaa!!!

Claudia Gadelha (@ClaudiaGadelha_) August 17, 2014

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@ZachFunSize tight decision bro.. I thought you won! Great 3rd round

Nordine Taleb (@NordineTaleb) August 17, 2014

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@ZachFunSize You should have put nail polish on… Gotta look pretty when your getting fucked @JussierFormiga pic.twitter.com/uO7VBdyMji

Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) August 17, 2014

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SARA MCMANN VS. LAUREN MURPHY

Way to go @LaurenMurphyMMA, gr8 @ufc showing and way to push the pace!!! Proud of u chica…

— Benson Henderson (@BensonHenderson) August 17, 2014

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Split decision? Lawdamercy

— Darth Tank (@TankScogginsMMA) August 17, 2014

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Great job to @LaurenMurphyMMA came up a little short on her fight but I’m proud of u girl. Those elbow from bottom were good, n nice 3rd…

Efrain Escudero (@effyescudero) August 17, 2014

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Strength difference? Really? I’m sure it has nothing to do with her OLYMPIC wrestling pedigree.

Cody Bollinger (@CodyBollinger) August 17, 2014

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Great job to @LaurenMurphyMMA came up a little short on her fight but I’m proud of u girl. Those elbow from bottom were good, n nice 3rd…

— Efrain Escudero (@effyescudero) August 17, 2014

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I’m a @LaurenMurphyMMA after that fight for staying active and trying to do damage and fight the time!

— ike vallie-flagg (@IKEVF) August 17, 2014

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Congrats to @Sara_McMann on her win tonight on #UFCFightNight against a tough opponent. @flaviomeierbjj

Alexis Davis (@AlexisDavisMMA) August 17, 2014

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Mcmann is boring I think she lost and she has nothing coming if she think she can step to rousey again

— Michael (@TeamRocBiggie) August 17, 2014

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This is for Sara @ufc pic.twitter.com/uuEVVoS1fJ

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 17, 2014

Ryan Bader capped off the UFC’s debut trip to Bangor, Maine, imposing his will on Ovince St. Preux for five rounds to capture a unanimous decision victory in the main event of UFC Fight Night 47. Bader has now won three straight in dominant fashion, inching his name back into contention, however his performance was far from the only standout on what became a violent Saturday night.

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ROSS PEARSON VS. GRAY MAYNARD

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TIM BOETSCH VS. BRAD TAVARES

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ALAN JOUBAN VS. SETH BACZYNSKI

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SHAWN JORDAN VS. JACK MAY

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THIAGO TAVARES VS. ROBBIE PERALTA

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JUSSIER FORMIGA VS. ZACH MAKOVSKY

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SARA MCMANN VS. LAUREN MURPHY

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