Event UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz [Results]

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    January 17, 2016| TD Garden| Boston, Massachusetts

    MAIN CARD
    Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET
    T.J. Dillashaw (c) vs. Dominick Cruz
    Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis
    Travis Browne vs. Matt Mitrione
    Ross Pearson vs. Francisco Trinaldo

    PRELIMINARY CARD
    Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET
    Patrick Cote vs. Ben Saunders
    Medhi Baghdad vs. Chris Wade
    Maximo Blanco vs. Chris Sanders
    Tim Boetsch vs. Ed Herman

    PRELIMINARY CARD
    UFC Fight Pass, 5:45 p.m. ET
    Daron Cruickshank vs. Paul Felder
    Ilir Latifi vs. Sean O'Connell
    Jimy Hettes vs. Charles Rosa
    Rob Font vs. Joey Gomez
    Francimar Barroso vs. Elvis Mutapcic​
     
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    That is a solid main card.
     
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    Looking forward to this card more than ufc 195
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    This main event is every bit as intriguing as Aldo-McGregor.
     
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    Tim Boetsch has lost five-of-seven. Any risk of being cut if he loses badly to Herman? He finds himself fighting on Fight Pass this time around.
     
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    No replacement yet for Bermudez so the UFC has promoted Pearson/Trinaldo to the main card.
     
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    Damn I'm excited for this card. Can't wait for Cruz to destroy dillashaw.

    Hoping Pettis can have a nice bounce back performance
     
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    MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET)

    • Champ T.J. Dillashaw (135) vs. Dominick Cruz (135) – for bantamweight title
    • Eddie Alvarez (155.5) vs. Anthony Pettis (155.5)
    • Travis Browne (238) vs. Matt Mitrione (249)
    • Ross Pearson (155) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (155.5)
    PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

    • Patrick Cote (171) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
    • Medhi Baghdad (156) vs. Chris Wade (155.5)
    • Tim Boetsch (206) vs. Ed Herman (204.5)
    • Maximo Blanco (146) vs. Luke Sanders (145.5)
    PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

    • Daron Cruickshank (155) vs. Paul Felder (155.5)
    • Ilir Latifi (205) vs. Sean O’Connell (205.5)
    • Kyle Bochniak (145) vs. Charles Rosa (145.5)
    • Rob Font (135) vs. Joey Gomez (135)
    • Francimar Barroso (205) vs. Elvis Mutapcic (201)
     
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    Fight goggles. Somebody make them. $$$

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    This guy's fun to watch, Maggle!
     
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    TJ won the fourth. Cruz seems to have an issue with his left leg.

    3-1 Cruz going into the fifth in my book.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Last round was pretty even. Not sure how this fight will be scored. 49-47 for me, rounds 1-3 for Dom, 4 for TJ, 5 even.
     
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    Dom is hobbled.
     
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    Cruz wins by split decision. Crowd approves.
     
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    Cruz has a tale to tell. Amazing career story.
     
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    The 49-46 score for Dillashaw is a bit perplexing. I mean they can have three, five, seven judges, I guess it doesn't matter, judging is crazy subjective.
     
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    Cruz came into the fight with a foot injury which was causing him problems, not the leg kicks.
     
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    Cruz calls out KenFlo for copying-and-pasting! LOL
     
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    Results

    Dominick Cruz def. TJ Dillashaw via split decision (48-47, 46-49, 49-46)
    Eddie Alvarez def. Anthony Pettis via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
    Travis Browne def. Matt Mitrione via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:09
    Francisco Trinaldo def. Ross Pearson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
    Patrick Cote def. Ben Saunders via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:14
    Ed Herman def. Tim Boetsch via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 2, 1:39
    Chris Wade def. Mehdi Baghdad via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:30
    Luke Sanders def. Maximo Blanco via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:38
    Paul Felder def. Daron Cruickshank via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:56
    Ilar Latifi def. Sean O’Connell via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:30
    Charles Rosa def. Kyle Bochniak via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
    Rob Font def. Joey Gomez via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:13
    Francimar Barroso def. Elvis Mutapcic via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
     
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    Pretty good fight. Great movement from both fighters. Not a lot of damage.

    Anthony Pettis is unreliable. Not a great performance from him. Seems to require a certain type of opponent to bring the best out in him. Didn't look himself. Ed Alvarez is in a strange spot now. Tony Ferguson? Nate Diaz?

    Browne/Mitrione sucked. Mitrione lept into lead left hands that never landed. Tucked and ran when they missed. Didn't throw kicks despite Browne's super wide stance and open front leg. Easy night of work for Browne who still cheated with repeated thumb pokes. Guh.

    Didn't pay close attention to Trinaldo/Pearson. Not very interesting.

    Cote/Saunders was surprising. I thought Saunders was a terrible match-up for Cote. The old Predator still has power in his hands. A little disappointed in Saunders who has really been going strong in his UFC return.

    Didn't see the other fights.
     
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