UFC 239: JONES vs. SANTOS 6 July 2019 | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, NV MAIN CARD Pay-Per-View, 10 p.m. ET Jon Jones (c) vs. Thiago Santos Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Holly Holm Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren Luke Rockhold vs. Jan Blachowicz Michael Chiesa vs. Diego Sanchez PRELIMINARY CARD ESPN, 8 p.m. ET Gilbert Melendez vs. Arnold Allen Marlon Vera vs. Nohelin Hernandez Claudia Gadelha vs. Randa Markos Yadong Song vs. Alejandro Perez EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Jack Marshman Chance Rencountre vs. Ismail Naurdiev Julia Avila vs. Pannie Kianzad
Chiesa and Sanchez has the possibility of being a barn burner. The rest of the main card looks like a bunch of squash matches. I don't see either of the challengers touching the Champions, Askren will manhandle Masvidal, and I think Luke will look good at LHW and not dehydrating himself.
I hope Masvidal can pull off the miracle but I see him getting wrestle fucked. Santos better come out on fire; no hesitation; if he tries to be calm he's easily getting beat
Results Jon Jones def. Thiago Santos via split decision (48-47, 48-47, 47-48) Amanda Nunes def. Holly Holm via TKO – Round 1, 4:10 Jorge Masvidal def. Ben Askren via KO (flying knee) – Round 1, 0:05 Michael Chiesa def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) Arnold Allen def. Gilbert Melendez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Marlon Vera def. Nohelin Hernandez via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:25 Claudia Gadelha def. Randa Markos via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Song Yadong def. Alejandro Perez via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 2:04 Edmen Shahbazyan def. Jack Marshman via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:12 Chance Rencountre def. Ismail Naurdiev via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 30-27) Julia Avila def. Pannie Kianzad via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)
I feel like that Masvidal opening flying knee was the most telegraphed and predictable opening to a fight in history...and Askren still fell for it LMAO. Who the fuck shoots when someone is charging and obviously gonna do some flying shit towards you? Jesus...nastiest most iconic KO in UFC history. Give that man a shot at the belt.
UFC taking down those Streamable highlights like it's 2007. In UFC 239 news, Santos demolished 1.5 of his knees in the fight with Jones and took it to a SD. A rematch won't happen this year or the first half of next year but I can see it happening next year, supposing he heals up.