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UFC 213 Prelims Bring In Lowest Ratings Since 2014

The viewership numbers are in for the UFC 213 prelims. If you thought International Fight Week had a lack of buzz, it’s safe to say that you were not alone and we have the ratings to back up that statement. The prelims, which were headlined by Travis Browne vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk, pulled in 657,000 viewers. […]

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The viewership numbers are in for the UFC 213 prelims. If you thought International Fight Week had a lack of buzz, it’s safe to say that you were not alone and we have the ratings to back up that statement.

The prelims, which were headlined by Travis Browne vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk, pulled in 657,000 viewers. This is down from the UFC 212 prelims that did 732,000 viewers with Raphael Assuncao and former WSOF champ Marlon Moraes being the featured prelim.

This marks the lowest number for prelims before a pay-per-view show dating back to UFC 179, which was nearly three years ago as it took place back on Oct. 25, 2014, when the prelims before the Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes featherweight title bout did 536,000 viewers. The previous low for 2017 was for UFC 2010, which did 723,000 viewers back on April 8th with Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier being the featured prelim.

The prelims for this event peaked during the Oleinik vs. Browne bout at 732,000 viewers. This is down from last year’s UFC 200 prelims, which drew 1,786,000 viewers. Granted, the UFC stacked that card so much to the point where it featured Kelvin Gastelum vs. Johny Hendricks, Julianna Pena vs. Cat Zingano and T.J. Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assuncao on the prelims.

This should be concerning for the UFC as the promotion used to have its biggest audience between 18 and 34. However, that is no longer the case as the pay-per-view prelims had stronger numbers among viewers over the age of 50 than in either 18-34 or 18-49 categories.

UFC 213 took place on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET. Five bouts including two title bouts took place on the main card that aired on pay-per-view event at  10 p.m. ET.

The show did have to go up against stiff competition. The NASCAR race on NBC Sports Network did 2,710,000 viewers, baseball on FOX did 2,539,000 viewers, and Summer League basketball on ESPN did 1,106,000 viewers. The pre-fight show drew 219,000 viewers, and the post-fight show did 206,000 viewers.

Fight fans get ready because the UFC is bringing you, even more, action this weekend. UFC Fight Night 113 takes place on Sunday, July 16th at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The event will be the second that the promotion has hosted in Glasgow, following UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites in July 2015. The preliminary bouts will air on UFC Fight Pass at noon ET and FOX Sports 1 at 1 p.m. ET. The six-bout main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 3 p.m. ET.

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Dana White Thinks Travis Browne Should Retire Following Latest Defeat

Known best for his media-heavy relationship with Ronda Rousey, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne nevertheless had his back against the proverbial wall when he met veteran mat technicican Oleksiy Oliynyk on the preliminary card of last night’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from Las Vegas. “Hapa” went into the fight with losses in his three […]

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Known best for his media-heavy relationship with Ronda Rousey, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne nevertheless had his back against the proverbial wall when he met veteran mat technicican Oleksiy Oliynyk on the preliminary card of last night’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from Las Vegas.

“Hapa” went into the fight with losses in his three prior bouts and four of his last five, with three T/KO defeats. The Hawaiian knockout artist was still ranked inside the top 10, a testament to the overall lack of depth at heavyweight rather than his recent results in the octagon. He nearly got back into the win column against Oliynyk last night, yet as he’s shown in recent losses, the onetime contender seems to let his opponent back in the fight.

Browne tagged his Russian counterpart with some big shots early, but couldn’t put him away and ended up getting constricted by the longtime submission specialist when he foolishly took him on in his area of strength. A fourth stoppage in six fights now blurring his record, Browne had made an alarming fall from grace compared to his torrid stretch of three straight “Knockout of the Night” performances in 2013.

That had Browne on the edge of title contention, but a one-sided beating in an April 2014 UFC on FOX main event against former champion Fabricio Werdum sent him crashing back down to Earth. Browne then decided to leave the world-renowned Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA to go to California and train at Edmond Tarverdyan’s Glendale Fight Club. He met and found love with Rousey there, but his fighting career has clearly taken a steep dive.

Dana White spoke up about just that during the UFC 213 post-fight presser, pointing out the unforgiving nature of the UFC and its fighters (quotes via MMA Fighting):

“It’s crazy,” White told reporters at the UFC 213 post-fight conference. “Travis Browne was one of those guys that before the ‘Bigfoot’ fight – and even in the ‘Bigfoot’ fight, I mean he got injured, he blew his hamstring, something weird happened to him – in that fight, the guy looked like he was going to be a world champion. This is one of those sports that you just never know. One minute you’re absolutely unbeatable or unstoppable and the next minute you can’t win a fight.”

Kyle Terada for USA TODAY Sports

Once feared as one of the most powerful fighters in the game, Browne now appears stiff and robotic in his stand-up, and has also come to show the aforementioned tendency to let his opponents back into the fight like he did in a recent loss to Derrick Lewis and again to Oliynyk at UFC 213. Most are quick to point to Tarverdyan’s tendency to ruin MMA fighters’ records as the main culprit for the fall, but ultimately it’s on the fighter to perform, and perhaps Browne has lost some of the focus that’s required to stay at the absolute top of the UFC.

There will always be a short window to be truly elite in MMA, and as White says, you never know just when it will close. Even if “Hapa” did decide to call it quits with a long climb back to relevancy staring him in the face, his life would be just fine getting married and raising a family with the most popular women’s MMA legend of all-time. The losses building, White offered the belief that Browne should hang up his gloves:

“I think that Travis should retire,” White said.

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UFC 213 Preliminary Live Results

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, July 8th, 2017) will come from in the form of UFC 213. Headlining the card are Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card. Travis […]

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, July 8th, 2017) will come from in the form of UFC 213. Headlining the card are Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

Travis Browne vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk in a heavyweight closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1.

Brian Camozzi vs. Chad Laprise is next in a welterweight bout.

Gerald Meerschaert vs. Thiago Santos is next in a middleweight bout.

Jordan Mein vs. Belal Muhammad in a welterweight bout opens the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts.

Cody Stamann vs. Terrion Ware is next in a featherweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.

Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is James Bochnovic vs. Trevin Giles in a light heavyweight bout. In round 1, Giles was able to clinch with him up against the fence and score a takedown. He got in guard and worked him over with strikes. Giles hits the belly to back and lands some huge ground and pound. In round 2, Giles with a nice lead left hook and a crisp jab.Giles with a clubbing body hook and Bochnovic gives up the ride to Giles with a bad shot. Giles into mount and now on the back and lands some big shots to end the fight.

Here are the results:

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

Heavyweight: Travis Browne vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk

Welterweight: Brian Camozzi vs. Chad Laprise

Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert vs. Thiago Santos

Welterweight: Jordan Mein vs. Belal Muhammad

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6:30 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: Cody Stamman vs. Terrion Ware

Light Heavyweight: Trevin Giles def. James Bochnovic via KO (Punches), Round 2 – 2:54

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UFC Fight Night 57: Edgar vs. Swanson — Main Card Results & Commentary

The UFC is live in Austin, Texas, tonight with a lineup of crowd-pleasing fighters and a featherweight main event that could maybe produce the next title challenger, particularly if Conor McGregor isn’t available. On tonight’s menu: Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson in the headliner spot, with a side order of Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza, and a light dusting of Joseph Benavidez, Brad Pickett, and Jared Rosholt. Should be pretty okay.

The UFC Fight Night 57 main card kicks off on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, and our old friend Matt Kaplan will be stickin’ round-by-round results after the jump. Refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest, and shoot us your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for being here.

The UFC is live in Austin, Texas, tonight with a lineup of crowd-pleasing fighters and a featherweight main event that could maybe produce the next title challenger, particularly if Conor McGregor isn’t available. On tonight’s menu: Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson in the headliner spot, with a side order of Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza, and a light dusting of Joseph Benavidez, Brad Pickett, and Jared Rosholt. Should be pretty okay.

The UFC Fight Night 57 main card kicks off on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, and our old friend Matt Kaplan will be stickin’ round-by-round results after the jump. Refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest, and shoot us your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for being here.

UFC Fight Night 57 Preliminary Card Results
– Ruslan Magomedov def. Josh Copeland via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2)
– Roger Narvaez def. Luke Barnatt via split-decision (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
– James Vick def. Nick Hein via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x 2)
– Akbarh Arreola def. Yves Edwards via submission (armbar), 1:52 of round 1
– Paige VanZant def. Kailin Curran via TKO, 2:54 of round 3
– Doo Ho Choi def. Juan Manuel Puig via TKO, 0:18 of round 1

MATT WIMAN VS. ISAAC VALLIE-FLAGG

Rd. 1 – Wiman opens it up with a lead leg kick and an overhand right. Vallie-Flagg counters, and Wiman presses him against the cage. They separate and Vallie-Flagg lands a nice uppercut. Vallie-Flagg applies shoulder pressure to Wiman in a clinch against the cage; Wiman lands a few elbows, but it’s Vallie-Flagg who lands the punch combinations that keep Handsome Matt on the fence. More short elbows from Wiman, and now a knee; Vallie-Flaggfires back, keeping the pressure on Wiman. Wiman lands a knee to the body and another strong elbow to the head. Wiman stuffs a takedown attempt and takes Vallie-Flagg’s back. Transition to an armbar…triangle control…that’s the round. Most of that roound was spent against the cage.

Rd. 2 – Vallie-Flagg strikes first with an uppercut-cross combo to Wiman’s jaw. Big punches in the clinch from Vallie-Flagg follow, and again Vallie-Flagg has Wiman ‘s back against the fence. More of the same, though: Wiman gets off some inside elbows.  Ooh, both exchange elbows inside the clinch. Big uppercut from Wiman on the inside. Wiman lands an overhand right in the center of the cage. Vallie-Flagg pushes him back on the fence. Wiman reverses position and again scores with the ‘bows. Big right hand exchange program in the center of the cage. Uppercut from Vallie-Flagg. His takedown attaempt is again thwarted, his back is again taken, and it’s Wiman working for the RNC. Vallie-Flagg escapes and has Wiman on the fence again. Vallie-Flagg punches the body. Wiman elbows the jaw. Vallie-Flagg hits with elbows of his own. Wiman knees the body. The horn sounds as Wiman lands a big overhand right.

Rd. 3 – A lead uppercut from Vallie-Flagg opens the final round. Just seconds into the third, both are again up against the cage, this time with Wiman pressing the action. Yamasaki separates them, and it’s Vallie-Flagg again landing uppercut-friendly punch combos. Vallie-Flagg knees from inside the clinch. Wiman lands a good left hook to end a brief punch exchange. Vallie-Flagg has Wiman on the fence and wants that single leg. Wiman stuffs it and has Vallie-Flagg’s back for a third time, again searching for the RNC. Wiman punches away as he wants to finish the RNC with a minute left. Vallie-Flagg can’t go anywhere with the hooks in and is taking the short punches. Time. And that’s the fight. Ooh, they’re still shit talking one another. That was a close, competitive opening fight.

 ”Handsome” Matt Wiman wins the unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2).

JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ VS. DUSTIN ORTIZ

Rd. 1 –

Slobberknocker Alert: Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk Added to UFC on FOX 10


(Suddenly, my American flag lapel pin feels very inadequate. / Rosholt portrait via Getty)

Now that Mark Hunt and Antonio Silva have made heavyweight slugfests cool again, we’re pleased to inform you that 9-1 prospect Jared Rosholt will face old-school Russian veteran Oleksiy Oliynyk (often referred to by the more-coherent spelling of Alexey Oleinik) at UFC on FOX 10: Henderson vs. Thomson, January 25th in Chicago. The UFC announced the booking over the weekend.

Rosholt won his Octagon debut on the TUF 18 Finale prelims, brawling his way to a unanimous decision victory against Walt Harris. Though he comes from a very decorated collegiate wrestling background at Oklahoma State University, Rosholt has preferred to stand and throw bombs thus far in his MMA career.

As for Oliynyk, he most recently caught our attention with his neck-crank submission of Mirko Cro Cop at Legend Fight Show 2 in Moscow last month. The win was Oliynyk’s ninth in a row (all by stoppage), including previous submissions of Jeff Monson, Tony Lopez, and Dion Staring. Overall, Oliynyk has compiled a record of 48-9-1 through 16 damn years of competition. He made his MMA debut when the sport still looked like this. He lost to Chael Sonnen in Bodog seven years ago. He was a YAMMA semi-finalist for God’s sake. And now, at the age of 36, he’s fighting in the UFC for the first time. Do you believe in miracles?

The current lineup for UFC on FOX 10 is after the jump…


(Suddenly, my American flag lapel pin feels very inadequate. / Rosholt portrait via Getty)

Now that Mark Hunt and Antonio Silva have made heavyweight slugfests cool again, we’re pleased to inform you that 9-1 prospect Jared Rosholt will face old-school Russian veteran Oleksiy Oliynyk (often referred to by the more-coherent spelling of Alexey Oleinik) at UFC on FOX 10: Henderson vs. Thomson, January 25th in Chicago. The UFC announced the booking over the weekend.

Rosholt won his Octagon debut on the TUF 18 Finale prelims, brawling his way to a unanimous decision victory against Walt Harris. Though he comes from a very decorated collegiate wrestling background at Oklahoma State University, Rosholt has preferred to stand and throw bombs thus far in his MMA career.

As for Oliynyk, he most recently caught our attention with his neck-crank submission of Mirko Cro Cop at Legend Fight Show 2 in Moscow last month. The win was Oliynyk’s ninth in a row (all by stoppage), including previous submissions of Jeff Monson, Tony Lopez, and Dion Staring. Overall, Oliynyk has compiled a record of 48-9-1 through 16 damn years of competition. He made his MMA debut when the sport still looked like this. He lost to Chael Sonnen in Bodog seven years ago. He was a YAMMA semi-finalist for God’s sake. And now, at the age of 36, he’s fighting in the UFC for the first time. Do you believe in miracles?

The current lineup for UFC on FOX 10 is after the jump…

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT)
Benson Henderson vs. Josh Thomson
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Stipe Miocic
Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins
Darren Elkins vs. Jeremy Stephens

PRELIMINARY CARD
Yves Jabouin vs. Eddie Wineland
Chico Camus vs. Yaotzin Meza
Adam Khaliev vs. Pascal Krauss
Ramiro Hernandez vs. Hugo Viana
Walt Harris vs. Nikita Krylov
Oleksiy Oliynyk vs. Jared Rosholt
Daron Cruickshank vs. Mike Rio