UFC Vegas 59 Performance Bonuses

UFC Vegas 59 may have lost a few bouts during fight week, but the 10 fights that went ahead as scheduled delivered an action-packed card that didn’t include a single decision. The UFC had plenty of options to choose from for the night’s bes…

UFC Vegas 59 may have lost a few bouts during fight week, but the 10 fights that went ahead as scheduled delivered an action-packed card that didn’t include a single decision. The UFC had plenty of options to choose from for the night’s best performances. The promotion elected to go with a trio of Performance…

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Fighters React To Bryan Battle’s Head Kick KO At UFC Vegas 59

Former The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight champion Bryan Battle made a statement in his welterweight debut against Takashi Sato. Battle faced Sato on the UFC Vegas 59 preliminary card. He was making his first appearance at 170lbs after competing at m…

Former The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight champion Bryan Battle made a statement in his welterweight debut against Takashi Sato. Battle faced Sato on the UFC Vegas 59 preliminary card. He was making his first appearance at 170lbs after competing at middleweight for the majority of his professional career to date. It took just under a…

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EXCLUSIVE | Bryan Battle Calls Out Ian Garry: “Where You At?”

Former The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight winner Bryan Battle wants to be the one to expose Ian Garry in the UFC Octagon. Battle is set to make his welterweight debut against Takashi Sato on August 6th. He’s opted to make the move to 170lbs fol…

Former The Ultimate Fighter 29 middleweight winner Bryan Battle wants to be the one to expose Ian Garry in the UFC Octagon. Battle is set to make his welterweight debut against Takashi Sato on August 6th. He’s opted to make the move to 170lbs following a middleweight win over Tresean Gore in February and a…

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Gunnar Nelson To Face Replacement Takashi Sato At UFC London

UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson finally has a new opponent for the upcoming UFC London card on March 19. News of the booking was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Takashi Sato will fill in for the injured Claudio Silva on 11 days’ notice against Nelson. Sato hasn’t fought in the Octagon since his submission loss…

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UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson finally has a new opponent for the upcoming UFC London card on March 19.

News of the booking was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto.

Takashi Sato will fill in for the injured Claudio Silva on 11 days’ notice against Nelson. Sato hasn’t fought in the Octagon since his submission loss to Miguel Baeza in November 2020.

Nelson has also spent a considerable amount of time away from MMA competition. He’s slated to make his first walk to the Octagon since his loss to former title challenger Gilbert Burns in September 2019. He’s lost back-to-back fights to Burns and Leon Edwards.

Nelson’s last win came against Alex Oliveira at UFC 231, submitting Oliveira in the second round. He’s also picked up wins over Albert Tumenov and Alan Jouban over his recent stretch of fights.

Nelson will get a tough assignment against the short-notice replacement Sato. While Sato has lost two of his last three UFC fights, he’s an accomplished striker and could give Nelson plenty of headaches on the feet.

Nelson is mostly known for his grappling, as he’s demonstrated in past wins over Omari Akhmedov and DaMarques Johnson. Sato has earned gruesome knockouts over the likes of Jason Witt and Ben Saunders in the UFC.

The UFC London card is set to be headlined by a heavyweight matchup between Tom Aspinall and Alexander Volkov, though it’s still unclear if the main event and the Russian Volkov will be impacted by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

What are your thoughts on Takashi Sato vs. Gunnar Nelson at UFC London?

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UFC on ESPN 18 Highlights: Miguel Baeza Taps Takashi Sato

Miguel Baeza vs. Takashi Sato ended up replacing Josh Parisian vs. Parker Porter as the co-main event.  The two fighters met in a welterweight bout on Saturday night (November 28, 2020) at the UFC On ESPN 18 event from the UFC APEX facility in Las…

Miguel Baeza vs. Takashi Sato ended up replacing Josh Parisian vs. Parker Porter as the co-main event.  The two fighters met in a welterweight bout on Saturday night (November 28, 2020) at the UFC On ESPN 18 event from the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight ended in the second round thanks […]

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UFC Vegas 15 Results: Smith vs. Clark

SmithLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark Results throughout the night (Sat. 21st. November 2020) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event honours on just a single day’s notice, a five-round light heavyweight pairing of one-time title challenger, Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith, and the surging, Devin ‘Brown Bear’ […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark Results throughout the night (Sat. 21st. November 2020) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event honours on just a single day’s notice, a five-round light heavyweight pairing of one-time title challenger, Anthony ‘Lionheart’ Smith, and the surging, Devin ‘Brown Bear’ Clark.

Originally slated to feature as tonight’s co-main event, the 205-pound pairing was promoted to the showcase’s headliner following a positive COVID-19 test result which was returned by wrestling ace, Curtis ‘Razor’ Blaydes ahead of his scheduled matching with one-time heavyweight championship challenger, Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis.

As well as it’s promotion to curtain-closing status, Smith vs. Clark has also been promoted to five-rounds, with both combatants agreeing to the change in duration of their contest. For Smith, it’s his second outing on the trot that’s been move to the main event on short-notice, following the Nebraska native’s unanimous decision defeat to Aleksandar Rakic in August.

Pushed to the co-main event, Miguel Baeza clashes with Takashi Sato, in what promises to bring some fireworks, with the pair combining to score a whopping twenty stoppage wins.

UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark Results

Main Card: (ESPN/ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Devin Clark

Welterweight: Miguel Baeza vs. Takashi Sato

Heavyweight: Josh Parisian vs. Parker Porter

Featherweight: Spike Carlyle vs. Bill Algeo

Catchweight (138.5lbs): Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Norma Viana Dumont

Featherweight: Jonathan Pearce vs. Kai Kamaka III

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Bantamweight: Martin Day vs. Anderson dos Santos

Women’s Flyweight: Gina Mazany vs. Rachael Ostovich

Flyweight: Su Mudaerji vs. Malcolm Gordon

Catchweight (140lbs): Luke Sanders vs. Nathan Maness