August 1, 2015 | HSBC Arena | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil MAIN CARD Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Bethe Correia Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua Glaico França vs. Fernando Bruno Dileno Lopes vs. Reginaldo Vieira Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Stefan Struve Soa Palelei vs. Antonio Silva Claudia Gadelha vs. Jessica Aguilar PRELIMINARY CARD Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET Neil Magny vs. Demian Maia Rafael Cavalcante vs. Patrick Cummins Warlley Alves vs. Nordine Taleb Iuri Alcântara vs. Leandro Issa PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 6:45 p.m. ET Clint Hester vs. Vitor Miranda Guido Cannetti vs. Hugo Viana
The TUF Brazil 3 finals are going onto this card so it will have seven fights on PPV. At that rate they'll have the main event beginning at like 3am.
If the line doesn't move, Rousey's odds (-1600) will be the most lopsided in UFC history, reportedly.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET) Champ Ronda Rousey (135) vs. Bethe Correia (134) – for women’s bantamweight title Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (206) vs. Mauricio Rua (206) Fernando Bruno (155) vs. Glaico Franca (156) – “TUF: Brazil 4″ lightweight tournament final Dileno Lopes (135) vs. Reginaldo Vieira (135) – “TUF: Brazil 4″ bantamweight tournament final Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (240) vs. Stefan Struve (265) Soa Palelei (264) vs. Antonio Silva (265) Jessica Aguilar (116) vs. Claudia Gadelha (116) PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET) Neil Magny (171) vs. Demian Maia (171) Rafael Cavalcante (205) vs. Patrick Cummins (206) Warlley Alves (171) vs. Nordine Taleb (171) Iuri Alcantara (136) vs. Leandro Issa (136) PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET) Clint Hester (186)* vs. Vitor Miranda (186) Guido Cannetti (135) vs. Hugo Viana (136) * Hester was 186.7 pounds on her first attempt, but made 186 on his second try.
Results Ronda Rousey def. Bethe Correia via knockout (punches) -- Round 1, 0:34 Mauricio Rua def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Glaico Franca def. Fernando Bruno via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 4:46 Reginaldo Vieira def. Dileno Lopes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Stefan Struve def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Antonio Silva def. Soa Palelei via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 0:41 Claudia Gadelha def. Jessica Aguilar via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Demian Maia def. Neil Magny via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:52 Patrick Cummins def. Rafael Cavalcante via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 0:45 Warlley Alves def. Nordine Taleb via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 4:11 Iuri Alcantara def. Leandro Issa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27) Vitor Miranda def. Clint Hester via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:38 Guido Cannetti def. Hugo Viana via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
I feel like I'm watching a cultural and social milestone every time Ronda knocks down a borderline top-10 opponent in her custom weight class.
Some thoughts... Demian Maia was possessed. Great effort. Still something left in the tank. Jessica Aguilar is too small for 115-lbs. and showed nothing for being a former champion. CG is a good title fight for JJ but she lacks killer instinct and will likely lose worse a second time around. Surprised Silva/Soa lasted more than a round. Soa crumbled. Such is the HW division. Struve looked alright but is still so vulnerable. He could use a better striking coach. The way he fights makes no sense although he used his length slightly better than in his last fight. I have no idea why he has no clinch game. Big Nog looked for a home run all night. Kind of unsure where he goes from here. Didn't pay much attention to the TUF finals and I have no idea why they were included on the PPV portion. The fights ended at like 2:30am local time. Rua/Little Nog was nostalgic. They're both kind of worn out so this is the kind match up that makes sense. They could match Shogun up with Cummins but honestly I don't know what they do with him at this point. The Nogs need to huddle up and decide if this is still the lifestyle they want to pursue. Not much to say about Ronda. She was -1500 at fight time which might've been better odds than Correia deserved. The UFC can't help but hype her do death and I can't really complain about that since they are actually trying to build stars these days (two at least) but she is so far above her competition (be it #1 or #10) that watching her fight is like watching the Harlem Globetrotters. If not for Rousey's mystique I think Rousey/Tate 3 is an unsellable fight.
I agree rousey is kinda boring because her competition is so bad. But I'd still love to see rousey carano, because carano is so hot.... And I don't mind rousey Tate 3, because Tate is pretty attractive too, and knows how to get under rouseys skin
I don't find Rousey boring at all. Her striking has evolved so much from when she first came around. I was impressed. I do agree she is so far ahead of her competition, but watching her evolve is fun. Meh to Shogun/Lil Nog. The first round was fun, but it went downhill quick. The two TUF fights were terribly undeserving of a PPV. The card sucked, IMO. I'm glad I didn't pay for it.
yeah brazillian fighters became a lot less interesting when peeing in a cup became part of the equation cough-bringbackPRIDE-cough.
