Eddie Mercado & Victor Rodriguez are here to breakdown this Saturday’s, April 27th, UFC on ESPN+ 8 event results. The main event featured a middleweight bout between Ronaldo Jacaré Souza and Jack Hermansson.
The GUYS: Tonight, Eddie Mercado & Victor Rodriguez are here to breakdown tonight’s event, the usual guys – Zane Simon and Flyin’ Brian J – will both be back at the helm of the SBN MMA Post-Fight Show and the 6th Round Post-Fight Show, respectively, next weekend for UFC Ottawa; meanwhile, the guys are here with hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.
The EVENT: on the 27th of April, 2019, the UFC put on their UFC on ESPN+ 8 event from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Also known as UFC Fight Night 150, the event featured a middleweight bout between the Brazilian, Ronaldo ’Jacaré’ Souza, the #4 Greatest Grappler of All Time, with a 26-6-0, record against the Swedish Jack ‘The Joker’ Hermansson, with a 19-4-0 record, who was coming into this bout on a winning streak featuring 14 of his last 16 fights. Also of note on the card were some memorable names like Greg Hardy, Alex Oliveira, Glover Teixeira, John Lineker, Ben Saunders, Andrei Arlovski, Jim Miller and Court McGee.
The RESULTS: for the UFC on ESPN+ 8 event which took place at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, via Tapology.com:
The MAIN EVENT: ESPN+ | 9PM/6PM ET/PT
Jack Hermansson def. Ronaldo ‘Jacaré’ Souza, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
Greg Hardy def. Dmitrii Smolyakov, KO/TKO-Ground & Pound, R1
Mike Perry def. Alex Oliveira, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
Glover Teixeira def. Ion Cutelaba, SUB-Rear Naked Choke, 3:37 R2
Cory Sandhagen def. John Lineker, DEC-Split, 3 Rds
Roosevelt Roberts def. Thomas Gifford, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
The PRELIMS: ESPN | 7PM/4PM ET/PT
Takashi Sato def. Ben Saunders, KO/TKO, Left Cross & Ground/Pound, 1:18 R2
Augusto Sakai def. Andrei Arlovski, DEC-Split, 3 Rds
Carla Esparza def. Virna Jandiroba, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
Gilbert Burns def. Mike Davis, SUB-Rear Naked Choke, 4:15 R2
The EARLY PRELIMS: ESPN 2 | 5:30PM/2:30PM ET/PT
Jim Miller def. Jason Gonzalez, SUB-Rear Naked Choke, 2:12 R1
Angela Hill def. Jodie Esquibel, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
Dhiego Lima def. Court McGee, DEC-Split, 3 Rds
The BONUSES:
POTN: Jim Miller, Glover Teixeira, $50K each
FOTN: Alex Oliveira vs Mike Perry, $50K each
Attendance: 12,754
Gate: $1,209,654.09
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For those of you SBN MMA/6th Round Post-Fight Show fans who follow Bellator MMA, they also had an event tonight – Bellator 220 ‘MacDonald vs Fitch’. The guys could only catch one set of fights, so were only able to comment on the UFC event tonight; but here’s a look at the results from the San Jose, CA card from the SAP Center, via Tapology.com:
The MAIN EVENT: DAZN | SAT. APRIL 27 10PM ET
170 – Title Fight: DRAW-Majority – Rory MacDonald vs Jon Fitch, 5 Rds
125 – Title Fight: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane def. Veta Arteaga, KO/TKO Dr. Stoppage (Forehead Cut), 1:50 R3
155 – Benson Henderson def. Adam Piccolotti, DEC-Split, 3 Rds
205 – Phil Davis def. Liam McGeary, SUB-Neck Crank/Jaw Injury, 4:11 R3
145 – Gaston Bolanos def. Nathan Stolen, K0/TKO-Left Hook to Ground/Pound, 2:21 R1
The PRELIMS: DAZN
170 – Abraham Vaesau def. J.T. Roswell, KO/TKO-Ground & Pound, 1:59 R1
185 – Jordan Williams def. Diego Herzog, KO/TKO-Punches, 1:21 R3
145 – Josh San Diego def. Brandon Laroco, DEC-Unanimous, 3 Rds
155 – Hyder Amil vs Paradise Vaovasa, SUB-Rear Naked Choke, 2:34 R1
205 – Chuck Campbell def. Bruno Casillas, KO/TKO-Knee from Clinch, 1:45 R1
135 – Cass Bell def. Peter Ishiguru, KO/TKO-Knee & Punches, 4:52 R1
125 – Matt Perez def. Justin Tenedora, KO/TKO-Ground & Pound, 4:52 R1
155 – Brandon Faumui def. Chris Avila, DEC-Split, 3 Rds
155 – Aviv Gozali def. Travis Crain, SUB-Rear Naked Choke, 2:15 R1
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