UFC on ESPN 16 results & discussion

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UFC on ESPN 16 (UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana) took place Saturday, October 3rd from the Flash Forum arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
 
Main Card (Live on ESPN, 10:30 PM EST)
 
-Holly Holm defeated Irene Aldana by Unanimous Decsion (50-44, 50-45, 50-45)
-Carlos Felipe defeated Yorgan De Castro by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
-Germaine de Randamie defeated Julianna Pena by Technical Submission (Guillotine choke,  Round 3, 3:25)
-Kyler Phillips defeated Cameron Else by TKO (Punches, Round 2, 0:44)
-Dusko Todorovic defeated Dequan Townsend by TKO (Punches, Round 2, 3:15)
 
Preliminary Card (Live on ESPN+, 7:30 PM EST)
 
-Carlos Condit defeated Court McGee by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Charles Jourdain vs. Josh Culibao ruled a Split Draw (30-27, 28-29, 28-28)
-Nassourdine Imavov defeated Jordan Williams by Unanimous Decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-28)
-Loma Lookboonmee defeated Jihn Yu Frey vs. by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
-Casey Kenney defeated Heili Alateng by Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-27)
-Luigi Vendramini defeated Jessin Ayari by TKO (Head Kick & punches, Round 1, 1:12)
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worst card they have ever had

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Only interesting fight on the card is Condit vs McGee and they bury it on the prelims lol.

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Dangerousdoug - Only interesting fight on the card is Condit vs McGee and they bury it on the prelims lol.

Came to say this....how did De Castro vs Felipe make the main card especially over Condit vs McGee?

No casual fan has any idea who De Castro or Felipe is and no one cares.

This is worst card of the month, year, and decade for UFC.

* On a SideNote:  I'll be watching unless the Lakers are playing!!!

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Winston Wolf -

worst card they have ever had

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Dangerousdoug - Only interesting fight on the card is Condit vs McGee and they bury it on the prelims lol.

They didn’t bury it, it’s the featured main bout of the prelims.  They usually do this to get people to watch the prelims.  But I agree it should be on the main card.  

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Dangerousdoug - Only interesting fight on the card is Condit vs McGee and they bury it on the prelims lol.

They didn’t bury it, it’s the featured main bout of the prelims.  They usually do this to get people to watch the prelims.  But I agree it should be on the main card.  

That made sense when prelims were on TV and you needed a nice fight to hook people for last minute PPV buys. Now it's the opposite. 

Now you already have to be equipped with the knowledge that  there’s some worthless PPV headlined by a non-title chick fight, read who’s on the prelims, see that the only fight worth a shit is on an app you have to pay for, then buy the app to see 1 good prelim fight.

We live in the worst timeline.

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It'll be interesting to see the ratings.

The prelims for UFC 253 averaged 523K viewers.

Here are the ratings from previous PPV prelims in 2020 (I copied this from Jed Goodman):

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Main Card (Live on ESPN, 7:30 PM EST)
 
-Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana
-Yorgan De Castro vs. Carlos Felipe
-Germaine de Randamie vs. Julianna Pena
-Dusko Todorovic vs. Dequan Townsend
 
Preliminary Card (Live on ESPN+, 4:30 PM EST)
 
-Carlos Confit vs. Court McGee
-Cameron Else vs. Kyler Phillips
-Josh Culibao vs. Charles Jourdain
-Nassourdine Imavov vs. Jordan Williams
-Jihn Yu Frey vs. Loma Lookboonmee
-Heili Alateng vs. Casey Kenney
-Jessin Ayari vs. Luigi Vendramini
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Carlos Confit is a beast. 

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Carlos Confit is a beast. 

He used to be. Hasnt been the same guy since the lawler fight. Or maybe it was a usada thing? No offense btw not trying to fighter bash. A lot of guys suffered that same fate when usada came around.

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HEY, UNDERGROUND FEED!

UFC's web site says the prelims are at 7:30 Eastern and Main Card is at 10:30.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-october-03-2020

So do other sites: https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/10/3/21499090/ufc-fight-island-4-results-holm-vs-aldana

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About average for the number of fights that didn't get on the card.

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Dangerousdoug - Only interesting fight on the card is Condit vs McGee and they bury it on the prelims lol.

Think your wrong on this. Condit has looked past washed up in recent fights. Is there much doubt it's a one sided beatdown with Condit being submitted by round 2?

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Universally -

About average for the number of fights that didn't get on the card.

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I would take the cancelled fights over this card. I'll still watch though.

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Winston Wolf -

worst card they have ever had

No doubt on paper it looks very weak but sometimes these weak cards turn out to be barnburners. Hoping thats the case here.

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Horrible card

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Winston Wolf -

worst card they have ever had

Waaaahhhhhhh!

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Universally -

HEY, UNDERGROUND FEED!

UFC's web site says the prelims are at 7:30 Eastern and Main Card is at 10:30.

https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-october-03-2020

So do other sites: https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/10/3/21499090/ufc-fight-island-4-results-holm-vs-aldana

Yea espn app is saying 730pm eastern for prelims and 1030 for main card