UFC Fight Night: Kattar Vs. Ige Bonuses

IgeEarlier tonight (Wed. July 15th, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Kattar Vs. Ige took place from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The island hosted the main event bout between #6 ranked Featherweight Calvin Kattar and #10 ranked Dan Ige. What was a back and forth striking match seemingly began with Kattar taking the first round. In the […]

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Earlier tonight (Wed. July 15th, 2020) UFC Fight Night: Kattar Vs. Ige took place from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

The island hosted the main event bout between #6 ranked Featherweight Calvin Kattar and #10 ranked Dan Ige. What was a back and forth striking match seemingly began with Kattar taking the first round. In the second round, the momentum began to swing with Ige landing a big shot on Kattar injuring his nose. The third and fourth rounds were both very competitive rounds that saw Kattar stuff many of Ige’s takdown attempts making it clear heading into the final round that Kattar was up on the scorecards. Ultimately the judges saw it for Kattar leading him to win by unanimous decision. Outside of the main event, this great night of fights provided plenty of moments warranting of receiving a bonus.

Fight of the Night came in the first bout on the main card between Mounir Lazzez and Abdul Razak Alhassan. Both high-level strikers, Alhassan came out immediately landed huge shots and looking as though the fight was soon to be stopped. Lazzez weathered the storm continuing to pick apart a tired Alhassan apart throughout the following rounds and secure himself the win.

The First Performance of the Night bonus was awarded to Modestas Bukauskas for him victory against Andreas Michailidis. Bukauskas edged out the exciting striking exchanges in the round landing a massive elbow right before the buzzer stunning Michailidis and making the referee call the fight off in between rounds.

The Second Performance of the Night bonus went to Lerone Murphy for his TKO victory against Ricardo Ramos. Ramos, who looked to grapple against Murphy was taken down and finished by the fighter in the final minute of the first round.

The Third Performance of the Night bonus went to Khamzat Chimaev for his dominant victory against John Phillips. Out the gate, Chimaev secured a takedown securing and beating down on Phillips for the majority of the round. Early in round two, it looks as though the same was about to ensue until Chimaev secured a darce choke to get the submission win and secure his bonus.

Calvin Kattar Beats Dan Ige In Five-Round War – UFC Fight Island 1 Results

Calvin KattarIT’S TIME! The UFC Fight Island 1 main event is finally upon us. Featherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will square off for five-minute rounds. The winner will move one step closer to a shot at 145lb champ Alexander Volkanovski. Round 1: A tentative start to the fight. Both men are taking their time. […]

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IT’S TIME! The UFC Fight Island 1 main event is finally upon us. Featherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will square off for five-minute rounds. The winner will move one step closer to a shot at 145lb champ Alexander Volkanovski.

Round 1: A tentative start to the fight. Both men are taking their time. Dan Ige eventually wades in with some looping hooks which dont really land. A little break in the action before Ige rushes in again with no luck. Calvin Kattar appears to be trying to time him opponent but isn’t throwing much yet. Ige lands a body shot but eats a hook for his troubles. Kattar lands to the head and body. Ige doesn’t like it and shoots for a takedown. He drive Kattar across the cage but isn’t able to get it. Ige is on his back. Kattar contemplates jumping in with ground strike but ultimately lets his opponent up. This fight is really catching fire now. Both fighters are landing beautiful strikes. Kattar with the more eye catching stuff but Ige is sticking with him. Kattar leaves himself wide open and eats a right hand for doing so. It doesn’t both him thought and he jumps in with a flying knee and follows up with punches as the round ends.

Round 2: Another slow start to the round. Lot’s of movement from both men just not a lot of action. Ige lands to the body – lovely shot. One-two straight down the pipe from Kattar. Ige tries to loop in with a right hand but eats one right down the middle again. Ige lands big! This is really a back and forth fight. To the body and to the head from Ige. Kattar is bleeding heavily from the nose, it appears to be bothering him. Back-to-back jabs from Kattar who’s had a tough round two so far. They begin exchanging shots in the middle of the cage. Ige stumbles backward and Kattar throws a flying knee which just misses the mark. The fighters posture and feint as round two ends.

Round 3: Kattar is getting aggressive at the start of round three. He is back up his opponent. Throwing lots of punches and kicks to every section of Ige’s body. Ige responds though. A beautiful shot to the body. He i waiting for Kattar to jump in and then countering him with good head strikes. Huge body shot from Kattar. Ige eats it. Kattar is really getting after it now. He certainly has the heavier hands but Ige is matching him for volume. Ige has huge swelling over his eye and it seems to be bothering him. The round ends with Kattar stalking his opponent.

Round 4: Big swing to the body from Ige to open up the round. He shoots for a takedown and almost take it to the mat. Huge right from Kattar. Ige is so tough to take it. They clinch and Kattar ends up in top position. He’s landing ground and pound. Kattar backs away and lets his man back up. Ige is winding up with big punches and elbows looking for the knockout shot – so far he hasn’t been able to land. Inside low kick from Kattar. Ige returns with a hook followed by a body shot. Kattar is the fresher fighter towards the end of round four. He is stalking Ige and begins to open up with shots but the bell sounds to end the round.

Round 5: Both guys swinging big at the start of the final round. Lot’s of strikes missed but Kattar lands an eye-catching right hand. He pops out a nice jab too. Just as one many seems to be taking control the other fires back. Ige seems to have got his second wind now. Lot’s of good strikes starting to land for him. Ige shoots for a takedown but Kattar does very well to defend. Ige’s right eye is almost swollen shut now, it looks nasty! Body shot from Kattar. Ige comes forward catches Kattar on the end of his flurry but it doesn’t make an impact. Kattar defends another takedown. He lands a big knee. Ige is on the floor eating shots as the buzzer sounds to end the fight.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Calvin Kattar def. Dan Ige via unanimous decision (49/46 X2 & 48/47)

UFC on ESPN 13 Highlights: Calvin Kattar Outlasts Dan Ige in FireFight

Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige served as the main event of UFC on ESPN 13. The two fighters met in a featherweight bout on Wednesday night (July 15, 2020) at the UFC on ESPN 13 event from Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island aka Fight Island. There was no feeling o…

Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige served as the main event of UFC on ESPN 13. The two fighters met in a featherweight bout on Wednesday night (July 15, 2020) at the UFC on ESPN 13 event from Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island aka Fight Island. There was no feeling out process at all in this fight […]

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UFC On ESPN 13 Main Event Staff Predictions

UFC Fight NightFeatherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will square off in the UFC on ESPN 13 main event this evening (July 15). The winner will move one step closer to a shot at 145lb champion, Alexander Volkanovski. Who will that be? Let’s find out what the LowKickMMA staff think. Jordan Ellis: I’m backing Calving Kattar […]

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Featherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will square off in the UFC on ESPN 13 main event this evening (July 15). The winner will move one step closer to a shot at 145lb champion, Alexander Volkanovski. Who will that be? Let’s find out what the LowKickMMA staff think.

Jordan Ellis: I’m backing Calving Kattar big time in this fight. I feel like he has beaten the better guys in more impressive fashion and has all it takes to be a potential title contender. Dan Ige on the other hand has struggled with recent steps up in competition and in my mind lost his last fight against Edson Barbosa. Ige is tough and game but I expect him to be outclassed and stopped tonight.

Prediction: Calvin Kattar

Ryan Galloway: The main event at this fight night between Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige is a very important match in the featherweight division. The winner of this will be back into title contention while the loser will have a ways to climb. In this matchup I favour Kattar as I think he is the better striker and has extremely heavy hands. If this fight goes into the later rounds maybe Ige can take him down and find a submission but I don’t really see it lasting that long.

Prediction: Calvin Kattar

Ryan Jarrell: I am really excited for this main event featherweight matchup between Kattar and Ige. As crazy as it may sound I think both of these guys are a little overlooked in this division and because of this a win here is important to keep the momentum rolling for each fighter. Ige is extremely durable and good everywhere the fight goes. However, I don’t think that’s going to be enough when it comes to Kattar’s elite level boxing. If Calvin can keep this fight where he wants it, and I see no reason why he cannot, I envision a stoppage after wearing down Ige and taking a little time to figure his style out. I have Calvin Kattar via round 3 TKO.

Prediction: Calvin Kattar

Who do you think will win the UFC on ESPN 13 main event?

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige Weigh-In Results

UFCUFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige is official. All 20 fighters have now weighed in ahead of the event which will take place at the Flash Forum in at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening (July 15). In the main event featherweight contenders, Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will face off with the […]

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UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige is official. All 20 fighters have now weighed in ahead of the event which will take place at the Flash Forum in at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening (July 15). In the main event featherweight contenders, Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will face off with the winner moving one step closer to a shot at 145lb champ, Alexander Volkanovski. Check out all the weigh-in results below…  

MAIN CARD

Calvin Kattar (146) vs. Dan Ige (145)

Ryan Benoit (126) vs. Tim Elliott (125)

Jimmie Rivera (145) vs. Cody Stamann (145)

Molly McCann (125) vs. Taila Santos (125)

Abdul Razak Alhassan (174)* vs. Mounir Lazzez (171) – Alhassan missed weight by 3lbs.

PRELIMINARY CARD

John Phillips (186) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (186)

Lerone Murphy (146) vs. Ricardo Ramos (145)

Modestas Bukauskas (205) vs. Andreas Michailidis (206)

Chris Fishgold (149)* vs. Jared Gordon (145) – Fishgold missed weight by 3lbs

Diana Belbita (125) vs. Liana Jojua (126)

Aaron Phillips (135) vs. Jack Shore (136)

Kenneth Bergh (OUT)* vs. Jorge Gonzalez (205) – Bergh did not weigh in. Fight cancelled.

Which UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige bout are you most excited to watch?

UFC Reveals Full July 15 Card, Calvin Kattar vs Dan Ige

Calvin KattarThe UFC has finally revealed the full event lineup for it’s July 15th card on “Fight Island”. The card is to be headlined by ranked featherweights Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige. The two will face off with Ige looking to climb the rankings and make his way into the top 10 while Kattar is aiming […]

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The UFC has finally revealed the full event lineup for it’s July 15th card on “Fight Island”.

The card is to be headlined by ranked featherweights Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige. The two will face off with Ige looking to climb the rankings and make his way into the top 10 while Kattar is aiming to prove he deserves to be in title contention.

Coming off his recent knockout victory of Jeremy Stephens, Kattar took this fight after Stephens failed to make weight continuing to showcase a stellar performance finishing Stephens with elbows towards the end of the second round.

Ige’s most recent bout was against Edson Barboza. This would be Barboza’s first fight at Featherweight and it didn’t go as planned for the former lightweight with Ige winning a split decision. What was a very close fight went to the judges who ultimately thought Ige did enough to get the nod.

In the Co-Main event, we see a bantamweight matchup between Frankie Edgar and Pedro Munhoz. This is the first time Edgar has made the move down to bantamweight. The former Lightweight champion was set to make the move in 2019 until a short notice loss to The Korean Zombie left him unable to participate in his scheduled bantamweight debut.

Pedro Munhoz most recently faced Aljamain Sterling in June of 2019, losing a unanimous decision. Munhoz is going to look to get back into the win column when he welcomes the former champion to his new division.

You can see the full card below.

Main Card:

  • Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige
  • Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz
  • Carla Esparza vs. Marina Rodriguez
  • Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Mounir Lazzez
  • Jared Gordon vs Chris Fishgold

Preliminary Card:

  • Modestas Bukauskas vs. Vinicius Moreira
  • Molly McCann vs. Talia Santos
  • Ricardo Ramos vs. Lerone Murphy
  • John Phillips vs. Dusko Todorovic
  • Tim Elliot vs. Ryan Benoit
  • Diana Belbita vs Liana Jojua