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Women’s Bout Scrapped From Tonight’s TUF 25 Finale

A women’s bantamweight bout has been scrapped from tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the last minute. Jessica Eye’s fight against the debuting Aspen Ladd is off, as ‘Evil’ revealed on her official Instagram page: Fight is off ???????? A post shared by Jessica […]

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A women’s bantamweight bout has been scrapped from tonight’s (July 7, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 25 Finale from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the last minute.

Jessica Eye’s fight against the debuting Aspen Ladd is off, as ‘Evil’ revealed on her official Instagram page:

Fight is off ????????

A post shared by Jessica Eye (@jessicaevileye) on Jul 7, 2017 at 1:55pm PDT

The UFC confirmed the bout’s calling off, describing the reason as an illness for Ladd that most likely had something to do with cutting weight.

Eye vs. Ladd was supposed to open the FOX Sports 1 preliminary card beginning at 7 p.m. ET, but now Tecia Torres vs. Juliana Lima at women’s strawweight will move up to that prelimnary card from the Fight Pass prelims.

Here is a full updated schedule and lineup for the TUF 25 Finale beginning soon:

Main Card (FOX Sports 1, 9 p.m. ET):

Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje
Dhiego Lima vs. Jesse Taylor – “TUF 25” tournament final
Marc Diakiese vs. Drakkar Klose
Jared Cannonier vs. Nick Roehrick
Brad Tavares vs. Elias Theodorou
Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. ET):

Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder
Tom Gallicchio vs. James Krause
C.B. Dollaway vs. Ed Herman
Juliana Lima vs. Tecia Torres

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET):

Teruto Ishihara vs. Gray Maynard

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Betting Odds For TUF 25 Finale: Is Justin Gaethje Favored In Debut?

TUF 25 Finale is here, and it goes down tonight (Friday, July 7th) from the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 6PM/3PM ETPT and FOX Sports 1 at 7PM/4PM ETPT. Six bouts will take place on the main card on […]

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The event will be headlined by a lightweight bout between Michael Johnson and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje. Dhiego Lima vs. Jesse Taylor will serve as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card is Marc Diakiese vs. Drakkar Klose in a lightweight bout, Elias Theodorou vs. Brad Tavares in a middleweight bout, and Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson in a light heavyweight bout.

According to oddsmakers, Johnson is a -165 favorite over Gaethje, who is a +145 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Lima being a +165 underdog against Taylor, who is a -205 favorite. Here are the betting odds:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1 at 9PM/6PM ETPT)

Lightweight: Michael Johnson (-165) vs. Justin Gaethje (+145)

The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Final: Dhiego Lima (+165) vs. Jesse Taylor (-205)

Lightweight: Marc Diakiese (-260) vs. Drakkar Klose (+220)

Light Heavyweight: Jared Cannonier (-260) vs. Steve Bosse (+200)

Middleweight: Elias Theodorou (-120) vs. Brad Tavares (+100)

Light Heavyweight: Marcel Fortuna (+200) vs. Jordan Johnson (-240)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1 at 7PM/4PM ETPT)

Tom Galicchio (+255) vs. James Krause (-335)

Strawweight: Angela Hill (-340) vs. Ashley Yoder (+280)

Middleweight: Ed Herman (+160) vs. C.B. Dollaway (-185)

Female Bantamweight: Jessica Eye (+100) vs. Aspen Ladd (-120)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass at 6PM/3PM ETPT)

Featherweight: Gray Maynard (+255) vs. Teruto Ishihara (-310)

Strawweight: Juliana Lima (+310) vs. Tecia Torres (-370)

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TUF 25 Finale Weigh-In Results

TUF 25 Finale takes place on Friday, July 7, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 6PM/3PM ETPT and FOX Sports 1 at 7PM/4PM ETPT. Six bouts will take place on the main card on FOX Sports 1 at […]

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UFC officials held the weigh-ins for TUF 25 Finale on Thursday and here are the weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 9 p.m. ET)

Michael Johnson () vs. Justin Gaethje ()
Dhiego Lima () vs. Jesse Taylor – TUF 25 final ()
Marc Diakiese () vs. Drakkar Klose ()
Jared Cannonier () vs. Nick Roehrick (205.5)
Brad Tavares () vs. Elias Theodorou (186)
Marcel Fortuna () vs. Jordan Johnson (205.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 7 p.m. ET)

Angela Hill () vs. Ashley Yoder ()
Tom Gallicchio () vs. James Krause (170)
C.B. Dollaway () vs. Ed Herman (205.5)
Jessica Eye (134.5) vs. Aspen Ladd (135)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

Teruto Ishihara () vs. Gray Maynard ()
Juliana Lima (115.5) vs. Tecia Torres (115)

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Justin Gaethje Reveals The Reason He Chose UFC Over Bellator MMA

It was all about the Benjamins when it came to former World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) lightweight champion Justin Gaethje’s free agency decision earlier this year. Gaethje made a name for himself over at WSOF by finishing all but one of his bouts under the promotion’s banner, and continuing his undefeated mixed martial arts (MMA) […]

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It was all about the Benjamins when it came to former World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) lightweight champion Justin Gaethje’s free agency decision earlier this year.

Gaethje made a name for himself over at WSOF by finishing all but one of his bouts under the promotion’s banner, and continuing his undefeated mixed martial arts (MMA) record of 17-0. After his contract with the promotion expired late last year, the dominant 155-pounder decided to go out and test the free agency market.

When it came down to it, the UFC and Bellator MMA remained the front runners to land Gaethje’s services, however, it was the UFC who ultimately inked “The Highlight” down to a deal. When asked why he decided to sign with the UFC instead of Bellator, Gaethje stated that money was the ultimate motive and Dana White and company showed up with the fatter check (quotes via MMA Junkie):

“This is America, man. You’ve got to negotiate,” Gaethje said. “As soon as I was a free agent I was a little nervous.”

After inking a deal with the UFC, Gaethje is set to make his promotional debut this Friday (July 7, 2017) at The Ultimate Fighter Season 25 Finale (TUF 25 Finale) in the main event against No. 5-ranked Michael Johnson. Gaethje went on to explain that the opportunity to challenge himself against the best fighters in the world at 155 pounds also factored into his decision – and that’s another opportunity the UFC brought to the table:

“Hindsight, of course, I knew I was going to get a chance to fight Michael Johnson or somebody in the top five, top six,” Gaethje said. “As long as the money matched up, I knew that’s what I wanted to do.”

Although he opted to forgo a stint with Bellator, Gaethje has nothing but nice things to say about Scott Coker and his promotion:

“I give Bellator respect. They wanted me, and they respectfully came and tried to do it,” he said. “We talked a couple times. I like those guys over there. I have nothing but respect for them.”

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Justin Gaethje Explains Why He Chose UFC over WSOF and Bellator MMA

Justin Gaethje was one of the UFC’s bigger free agent signings this year. The undefeated lightweight won the WSOF 155lb title back in 2014, and successfully defended it six times before leaving the promotion and jumping to the UFC earlier this year. Friday night, he’ll make his promotional debut in the main event of The […]

UFC 25 FINALE – Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje

Just one day before UFC 213 gets underway on July 8th, in the same venue (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada) Michael Johnson and Justin Gaethje will warm up the crowd and set the mood when the face off in a fight as part of the UFC 25 Finale. Michael Johnson is a force to be […]

Michael Johnson is a force to be reckoned with. He has a knack for knockouts and a staggering 44% of all his victories has come by the way of knockouts. His record currently stands at 18 – 11. Johnson’s recent form has dipped, however. In his most recent fight, he suffered a loss at the hands of Khabib Murmagomedov. His previous six fights have been splits and he is going to be hungry for a win, a convincing one at that. In fact, he will most certainly be looking to put the fight to bed before it can even get to the judges. His strike statistics do look promising with an averages strikes per minute of 3.77 and a strike accuracy of 35.3 %. When it comes to take down stats, his average is 0.58 takedowns with a 53.8 % accuracy which is not bad at all.

Gaethje, without a question of a doubt has a better record of 17 – 0. Furthermore, over 3/4th of his victories have been courtesy of knockouts, some of them pretty brutal. His most recent fight was a victory against Luiz Firmino. Gaethje’s is certainly going to be high on confidence stepping into the Octagon come July 7th.

This will no doubt be an entertaining fight which see’s two fighters with rather identical fighting styles try to outwit and out strike each other. It is admittedly difficult, however, to see Gaethje lose. He really has no weak points are vulnerabilities. He is a great grappler and can knock opponents out with hands or feet.

Prediction – Gaethje to win by knock out