For seven years Fox was home to the UFC. The network platform helped legitimize MMA in the world of mainstream sports. Now, that run has come to an end. UFC on Fox 31 was the final installment of the UFC-Fox partnership and it went out with a bang…
For seven years Fox was home to the UFC. The network platform helped legitimize MMA in the world of mainstream sports. Now, that run has come to an end. UFC on Fox 31 was the final installment of the UFC-Fox partnership and it went out with a bang…
Tonight the final UFC event on FOX will be held before the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotional juggernaut jumps over to ESPN. UFC on FOX 31 will go down from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the main event, Kevin Lee will meet Al Iaquinta …
Tonight the final UFC event on FOX will be held before the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotional juggernaut jumps over to ESPN. UFC on FOX 31 will go down from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the main event, Kevin Lee will meet Al Iaquinta in a lightweight rematch from their initial meeting back […]
The final UFC on FOX 31 (also known as UFC Milwaukee) betting odds are in for as this event is quickly approaching for the Las Vegas-based promotion. UFC on FOX 31 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, December 15, 2018) from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Las Vegas-based promotion has signed […]
The final UFC on FOX 31 (also known as UFC Milwaukee) betting odds are in for as this event is quickly approaching for the Las Vegas-based promotion.
UFC on FOX 31 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, December 15, 2018) from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Las Vegas-based promotion has signed new broadcast deal with ESPN is slated to begin in January of 2019.
The main card will air on FOX at 8 PM ET. The preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at 5 PM ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 4 PM ET. The event will also mark the end of the UFC’s seven years with Fox Sports.
Kevin Lee vs. Al Iaquinta in a lightweight bout will headline this show. In the co-headliner, it will be Edson Barboza vs. Dan Hooker. Rounding out the four bout main card is Rob Font vs. Sergio Pettis in a bantamweight bout and Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout.
According to oddsmakers, Lee is a 310 favorite over Al, who is a +255 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Barboza being a +105 underdog against Hooker, who is a -115 favorite. Here are the full betting odds:
Main Card (8 PM ET, FOX)
Kevin Lee (-310) vs. Al Iaquinta (+255)
Dan Hooker (-115) vs. Edson Barboza (+105)
Rob Font (-165) vs. Sergio Pettis (+145)
Charles Oliveira (-300) vs. Jim Miller (+250)
Preliminary Card (6 PM ET, FS1)
Dwight Grant (-290) vs. Zak Ottow (+245)
Drakkar Klose (-275) vs. Bobby Green (+235)
Jared Gordon (-155) vs. Joaquim Silva (+135)
Jack Hermansson (-200) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (+170)
After his showing this past weekend (Sat. December 8, 2018) at UFC 223, many are already putting UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in the GOAT dicussion. Holloway successfully defended his 145-pound title against Brian Ortega in the main event. The Hawaiian was pretty dominant in the match-up, clearly the superior striker through the four rounds […]
After his showing this past weekend (Sat. December 8, 2018) at UFC 223, many are already putting UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in the GOAT dicussion.
Holloway successfully defended his 145-pound title against Brian Ortega in the main event. The Hawaiian was pretty dominant in the match-up, clearly the superior striker through the four rounds they shared the Octagon. Ortega refused to go down, but was battered pretty badly. In fact, he likely made it through half of the fight on heart alone.
Recently, there has been talk of Holloway potentially moving up to lightweight. That would mean he’d be facing the likes of top-ranked 155 pounders such as Kevin Lee. Lee will compete this weekend at UFC on FOX 31.
Speaking on “The MMA Hour,” Lee discussed Holloway being tossed into the discussion for GOAT. Lee said people throw fighters into that mix way too fast nowadays (via MMA Mania):
“I feel like in time maybe people will stop doing that. We are talking about something bigger than that. I feel like people are too short-sighted. You win one fight and all of a sudden you are the GOAT,” Lee said.
“And this is no disrespect to Max at all. Max is one of the very few fighters in the game that I got a lot of respect for and actually consider a good friend. He looked amazing, really. We are all kind of the same generation. I feel like me and him both are in the new generation of fighter.
“He set the bar last week and it has given me a bit more motivation, a bit more fuel to go out there and put a show on. But, I feel like that’s not the way you get it done. That’s not the way you become a superstar by automatically let’s just bump up.”
Lee went on to compare the situation to that of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Immediately after his win over Conor McGregor in October, Khabib called out Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a boxing fight:
“You see the same thing with Khabib. I told this to Ali, you win one fight and all of a sudden you want to fight Floyd Mayweather for $100 million. Come on, this is not how this game works. It’s a marathon.
“Keep putting in the work, keep taking out No. 1 contenders and then maybe you will get there eventually. You talk about guys like Georges St-Pierre who had to defend the title nine or ten times before they started saying that. I feel that is the way the sport should really be. Let’s get back to the real sport, let’s get back to, we’ve already seen it.
“Why do you want Khabib to fight Floyd? It’s not even a great fight. Why do you want Max to come up and fight somebody like Khabib or like me? It’s unfair for him to even have to, that’s a lot of weight. People do not understand, we are competitors.
“We are just too big and too strong. It’s too big of a disadvantage. I feel like it needs to be a clear playing field, and then that’s when you really see the best fight.”
The Fox era is nearing its end, and the UFC is sending it off with a bang. Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum plays host to UFC on Fox 31 and the lightweight rematch between Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta…
The Fox era is nearing its end, and the UFC is sending it off with a bang. Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum plays host to UFC on Fox 31 and the lightweight rematch between Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta…
Kevin Lee vows to send his next opponent, Al Iaquinta, back to the preliminary portion of the card. This would be after UFC on FOX 31. Iaquinta vs. Lee II is set to headline the final UFC on FOX event this coming weekend. If you recall, their first fight went down in 2014 and saw […]
Kevin Lee vows to send his next opponent, Al Iaquinta, back to the preliminary portion of the card.
This would be after UFC on FOX 31. Iaquinta vs. Lee II is set to headline the final UFC on FOX event this coming weekend. If you recall, their first fight went down in 2014 and saw Iaquinta emerge victorious via unanimous decision.
Although they have fought before, Lee understands that things have changed. More for Iaquinta. Thus, he knows what he’ll need to pay attention to come fight night.
“I think it’s more he has just changed with time,” Lee said on the MMA Hour. “He’s gotten a little bit older. But I’ve had 12 fights since our fight, and he’s only had [seven]. Lee’s taken years off in there and he’s a real estate agent now. He’s going around, he’s worried about other things. He’s the one that’s doing something else.
When we fought the first time, he had so much more experience over me. He had been through The Ultimate Fighter, he had already had three or four fights in the UFC. Now the tables have flipped a little bit. This is what I do full-time. I think that’s what’s really going to show through, is the evolution.”
Lee’s Promise
UFC on FOX 31 is set to take place on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The title contender has made one promise. That is to send his opponent back to the prelims after being in main event spots.
“He’s got some good qualities probably, but we just are two different types of people,” Lee said. “We’ve crossed paths a couple times in these last years. We’re just two different [people]. He’s that Jersey boy that’s going to get drunk and f*ck up a hotel room. I just don’t think there’s his voice shouldn’t be no bigger than it already is. So I feel like it’s my personal duty to get him up out of there. Put him back on the prelims.”