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UFC Fight Night 107 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from London

UFC Fight Night 107 may have lacked star power, but it still contained some pretty interesting fighters—and some doggone interesting fights.
The main event of the card, which aired Saturday on UFC Fight Pass, pitted heavy-striking light heavyweig…

UFC Fight Night 107 may have lacked star power, but it still contained some pretty interesting fighters—and some doggone interesting fights.

The main event of the card, which aired Saturday on UFC Fight Pass, pitted heavy-striking light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa against grinder Corey Anderson. With the card taking place at the O2 Arena in London, Englishman Manuwa was the crowd favorite.

The winner of the bout was looking at a big leap forward in the light heavyweight division, as was the victor in the co-main event, which featured welterweights Alan Jouban and Gunnar Nelson in a striker-grappler matchup.

As noted, there was no big star anchoring the card. But you don’t need star power to have a quality card—there was intrigue all up and down the lineup in London, and as usual, the final stat lines only reveal so much. These are the real winners and losers from UFC Fight Night 107.

Full card results appear on the final slide.

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Twitter Reacts To Nasty Finishes At UFC Fight Night 107

UFC Fight Night 107 went down from the O2 Arena in London, England this afternoon (Saturday, March 18, 2017), headlined by a light heavyweight clash between Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson. The hometown favorite Manuwa made quick work of “Overtime”, finishing with a pair of left hooks in the very first round. The first put

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UFC Fight Night 107 went down from the O2 Arena in London, England this afternoon (Saturday, March 18, 2017), headlined by a light heavyweight clash between Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson. The hometown favorite Manuwa made quick work of “Overtime”, finishing with a pair of left hooks in the very first round. The first put Anderson on wobbly legs and into retreat mode, but Manuwa calmly followed him along the fence and uncorked the second. It caught Anderson clean, sending him unconscious, face-first to the canvas. Manuwa walked calmly away.

The co-headliner saw welterweight action fighter Alan Jouban battle karate and grappling specialist Gunnar Nelson. Jouban had early success on the feet but was taken down and mounted in the first. Nelson would not need his wrestling in round two, however. A straight right crashed into Jouban’s face and completely took away his equilibrium. Nelson followed it with a head kick, then snapped Jouban to the floor and locked up a fight-finishing guillotine choke.

See how Twitter reacted to these scraps below:

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UFC Fight Night 107 Post-Fight Press Conference

It may not have featured the most amount of pre-fight hype and anticipation, but today’s (Sat., March 18, 2017) UFC Fight Night 107 from the O2 Arena in London, England, featured three hard-hitting finishes on the main card in addition to several other impressive performances. In the main event, hometown fan favorite slugger Jimi Manuwa extended

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It may not have featured the most amount of pre-fight hype and anticipation, but today’s (Sat., March 18, 2017) UFC Fight Night 107 from the O2 Arena in London, England, featured three hard-hitting finishes on the main card in addition to several other impressive performances.

In the main event, hometown fan favorite slugger Jimi Manuwa extended his streak of vicious one-punch knockouts to two by starching Corey Anderson with a short but devastating left hook, while Gunnar Nelson put on a clinic in all facets of MMA by ending the momentum of dangerous striker Alan Jouban with a picture-perfect right hand that quickly lead to a fight-ending submission.

In other action, beloved British star Brad “One Punch” Pickett fell short in his final MMA bout when short-notice replacement Marlon Vera finished the tough veteran fighter with a third-round head kick in a bout Pickett was possibly winning two rounds to none on the scorecards.

Watch the event’s post-fight press conference starting shortly after the main card here:

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Jimi Manuwa Sleeps Corey Anderson With One-Punch Knockout

Jimi Manuwa (17-2) had his patience pay off against Corey Anderson (9-3) with a one-punch knockout. Anderson landed a leg kick to get things started. He went for a takedown, but it may have been done to get “Poster Boy” thinking. A body shot connected for Manuwa. A high kick from Manuwa was blocked. Anderson

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Jimi Manuwa (17-2) had his patience pay off against Corey Anderson (9-3) with a one-punch knockout.

Anderson landed a leg kick to get things started. He went for a takedown, but it may have been done to get “Poster Boy” thinking. A body shot connected for Manuwa. A high kick from Manuwa was blocked. Anderson was kicked in the body as he went for a takedown. Manuwa stuffed a takedown, but Anderson threw some strikes. Manuwa obliterated Anderson with a left hand and it was a done deal.

Final Result Jimi Manuwa def. Corey Anderson via KO (Punch) – Round 1, 3:05

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UFC Fight Night 107 Betting Odds Feature Close Call In Main Event

UFC Fight Night 107 is here, and it goes down today (Saturday, March 18th, 2017) from the O2 Arena in London, England. The entire event will stream live on the UFC’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. The preliminary card will air at 1:30 p.m. ET with nine bouts. The four bout main card kicks off

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UFC Fight Night 107 is here, and it goes down today (Saturday, March 18th, 2017) from the O2 Arena in London, England. The entire event will stream live on the UFC’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. The preliminary card will air at 1:30 p.m. ET with nine bouts. The four bout main card kicks off at 5 p.m. ET. A light heavyweight bout between Jimi Manuwa and TUF 19 light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson will headline the event while Alan Jouban vs. Gunnar Nelson in a welterweight bout will co-main event this show. Rounding out the main card is Brad Pickett vs. Marlon Vera in a bantamweight bout (this is Pickett’s retirement bout) and Arnold Allen vs. Makwan Amirkhani in a featherweight bout.

According to oddsmakers, Manuwa is a -145 favorite over Anderson, who is a +125 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Jouban being a +280 underdog against Nelson, who is a -340 favorite. Here are the betting odds:

MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 5 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa (-145) vs. Corey Anderson (+125)

Welterweight: Alan Jouban (+280) vs. Gunnar Nelson (-340)

Bantamweight: Brad Pickett (-140) vs. Marlon Vera (+120)

Featherweight: Arnold Allen (+100) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (-120)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Night, 1:30 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Joseph Duffy (-750) vs. Reza Madadi (+525)

Light Heavyweight: Francimar Barroso (+160) vs. Darren Stewart (-185)

Heavyweight: Timothy Johnson (-175) vs. Daniel Omielanczuk (+155)

Lightweight: Marc Diakiese (-230) vs. Teemu Packalen (+190)

Welterweight: Oluwale Bamgbose (+235) vs. Tom Breese (-275)

Welterweight: Leon Edwards (+120) vs. Vicente Luque (-140)

Bantamweight: Ian Entwistle (+335) vs. Brett Johns (-420)

Middleweight: Scott Askham (-150) vs. Brad Scott (+130)

Female Bantamweight Lina Lansberg (-310) vs. Lucie Pudilova (+255)

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UFC Fight Night 107 – Jimi Manuwa vs. Corey Anderson

UFC Fight Night 107 on Saturday March 18, 2017 in London is expected to be one of the hottest competitions in the year so far. Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson are set to take on each other in the headliner scheduled for five rounds. Alan Jouban and Gunnar Nelson also face off in the 170 […]

UFC Fight Night 107 on Saturday March 18, 2017 in London is expected to be one of the hottest competitions in the year so far. Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson are set to take on each other in the headliner scheduled for five rounds. Alan Jouban and Gunnar Nelson also face off in the 170 pound co-event while Brad Pickett and Marion Vera are also scheduled to go hell for leather at each other as Pickett seeks to end his combat sports career on a high not. Makwan Amir Khan and Arnold Allen are part of the main card.

So who’s going to come out in the O2 Arena in London? Let’s try and look deeper than a crystal ball.

Poster boy Jimi Manuwa (16-2) vs Corey Anderson (9-2)

Manuwa is capable of putting up a good fight and even brags about it. He has also made no bones about picking at the others in the 205-pound division who have turned down fights against him. That said, the fact is that Manuwa aka ‘poster boy’ failed to make good of two opportunities. He failed to get the better of Alexander Gustafsson and was demolished at UFC 191 by the Brit, Anthony Johnson. So is his bragging really got any fuel?  At 37, Manuwa doesn’t seem to have enough steam although he could pull it off against mid-tier fighters including Corey Anderson.

Speaking of Anderson, he too hasn’t had a pretty good run in the last eight fights. He won only two of them. It could be that his skill set isn’t refined as yet. What works for him is that he seems to be a better athlete and can frustrate Manuwa but the question of whether he could keep up the pace over five rounds, is still debatable. Therefore, the gods seem to be in favor of Manuwa winning by a knockout.