It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, January 28th, 2017) will come in the form of UFC on FOX 23. Headlining the card are Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Sam Alvey vs. Nate Marquardt in a middleweight bout closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1.
Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling is next in a bantamweight bout
Li Jingliang vs. Bobby Nash is next in a welterweight bout
Luis Henrique da Silva vs. Jordan Johnson is next in a light heavyweight bout
Alessio Di Chirico vs. Eric Spicely in a middleweight bout is next.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Jeremy Kimball in a light heavyweight opens the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts
Eric Shelton vs. Alexandre Pantoja in a flyweight bout finished off the UFC Fight Pass prelims. In round 1, Shelton gets the takedown right away but Pantoja kicks off and gets back to his feet. Pantoja gets his back midway through the round and worked him over with strikes. Shelton finally able to spin out and hit a double leg. But Pantoja kicks out and gets back up with seconds to go in the round. Shelton took him down to end the round. In round 2, Shelton out of the gate on a low single off a caught body kick from Pantoja. They clinched up against the fence. Shelton with a bad shot that Pantoja stuffed, but Shelton wrestled through it and into a guillotine that he got out of. Pantoja landed a flying knee while Shelton was working for a takedown. Pantoja took him down and got his back and worked him over with strikes. Shelton stayed through it and survived the round. In round 3, Pantoja pressing forward right into a Shelton backfist. Both fighters slowed down in this round. Pantoja shoots from way out and Shelton ragdolls him into the cage. The judges gave the win to Pantoja by split decision.
Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims was Jason Gonzalez vs. J.C. Cottrell in a lightweight bout. Gonzalez threw a lot of kicks early then stunned him with a right hand. However, Cottrell took him down and got guard. Gonzalez scrambled and got to his feet but Cottrell slammed him back down to the ground. Cottrell worked for a north-south choke but let it go. Cottrell had side control and worked him over with shots. Gonzalez locked in a d’arce choke and won the fight. Nice comeback for Gonzalez.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 5 p.m. ET)
Middleweight: Sam Alvey vs. Nate Marquardt
Bantamweight: Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling
Welterweight: Li Jingliang vs. Bobby Nash
Light Heavyweight: Luis Henrique da Silva vs. Jordan Johnson
Middleweight: Alessio Di Chirico vs. Eric Spicely
Light Heavyweight: Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Jeremy Kimball
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET)
Alexandre Pantoja def. Eric Shelton by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Jason Gonzalez def. JC Cottrell by submission (D’arce choke) at 3:54 of Round 1
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