April 4, 2015 | Patriot Center | Fairfax, Virginia MAIN CARD Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET Ricardo Lamas vs. Chad Mendes Jorge Masvidal vs. Al Iaquinta Michael Chiesa vs. Mitch Clarke Milana Dudieva vs. Julianna Pena Clay Guida vs. Robbie Peralta Diego Ferreira vs. Dustin Poirier PRELIMINARY CARD Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET Shamil Abdurahimov vs. Timothy Johnson Liz Carmouche vs. Lauren Murphy Justin Jones vs. Ron Stallings Gray Maynard vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Henderson out vs. Masvidal to fight Brandon Thatch New opponent for Masvidal being sought 12/13 of Masvidal's last fights have gone to a decision
Jose Aldo says he expects to fight Chad Mendes again. Apparently Mendes is the Urijah Faber of the division, perennial runner-up.
Six fight main card, four fight prelim card. I think this event could be pretty good. The match-ups are even.
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 1 p.m. ET) Ricardo Lamas (145.5) vs. Chad Mendes (145.5) Al Iaquinta (155.5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (156)* Michael Chiesa (155.5) vs. Mitch Clarke (155) Milana Dudieva (135.5) vs. Julianna Pena (136) Clay Guida (146) vs. Robbie Peralta (145) Diego Ferreira (155.5) vs. Dustin Poirier (155.5) PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 11 a.m. ET) Liz Carmouche (134.5) vs. Lauren Murphy (135) Gray Maynard (155) vs. Alexander Yakovlev (155.75) Shamil Abdurahimov (255) vs. Timothy Johnson (263.6) Justin Jones (185.5) vs. Ron Stallings (185) * Masvidal was 156.5 pounds on his first attempt, but made 156 on his second try.
I thought Masvidal took it easy after the first round. I had it 29-29. Not really upset that Quint won it.
MAIN CARD FOX Sports 1, 1 p.m. ET Chad Mendes def. Ricardo Lamas TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:45 Al Iaquinta def. Jorge Masvidal split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) - Round 3, 5:00 Michael Chiesa def. Mitch Clarke unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-28) - Round 3, 5:00 Julianna Pena def. Milana Dudieva TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:59 Clay Guida def. Robbie Peralta unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) - Round 3, 5:00 Dustin Poirier def. Diego Ferreira knockout (punches) - Round 1, 3:45 PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 11 a.m. ET Liz Carmouche def. Lauren Murphy unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) - Round 3, 5:00 Alexander Yakovlev def. Gray Maynard unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) - Round 3, 5:00 Timothy Johnson def. Shamil Abdurahimov TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:57 Ron Stallings def. Justin Jones
I didn't see the Maynard fight but if he can't win on the prelims he is going to be looking for a new gig soon, I reckon.
If it isn't showing up, judge Doug Crosby, who scored the fight 30-27 for Masvidal (both other judges had it 29-28 Iaquinta), is basically enemies with Ray Longo and shouldn't have been judging Iaquinta's fight.
Mendes: "The only thing that makes sense is a title shot" Hard to argue otherwise, 'cept he won't get it. He's in a tough spot. Can't change weight classes, can't beat the champ--perpetual runner-up.