May 8, 2016 | Ahoy Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands MAIN CARD FOX Sports 1, 2 p.m. ET Andrei Arlovski vs. Alistair Overeem Antonio Silva vs. Stefan Struve Gunnar Nelson vs. Albert Tumenov Anna Elmose vs. Germaine de Randamie Francimar Barroso vs. Nikita Krylov Heather Jo Clark vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 12 p.m. ET Rustam Khabilov vs. Chris Wade Magnus Cedenblad vs. Garreth McLellan Josh Emmet vs. Jon Tuck Yan Cabral vs. Reza Madadi PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 10:30 p.m. ET Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Neil Seery Leon Edwards vs. Dominic Waters Willie Gates vs. Ulka Sasaki
Holly Holm says her coaches, namely Wink and Yoda, have lost sleep over the fact their guys are fighting one another in the main event. Although it is a little odd since neither of them are products of the camp, just journeymen who arrived there at some point. Gunni Nelson vs. Einstein is an awesome fight as well.
Gustafsson is going to be at a lot of the Q&A's for this event. Hopefully we find out some news about his immediate future.
Dammit. Im gonna be in vegas when this card happens so i wont be able to watch it. Arlovski and overeem is sure to have fireworks too.
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 2 p.m. ET) Andrei Arlovski (248) vs. Alistair Overeem (244) Antonio Silva (266) vs. Stefan Struve (265) Gunnar Nelson (170) vs. Albert Tumenov (170) Anna Elmose (135) vs. Germaine de Randamie (135) Francimar Barroso (204) vs. Nikita Krylov (205) Heather Jo Clark (116) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115) PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, noon ET) Rustam Khabilov (155) vs. Chris Wade (155) Magnus Cedenblad (185) vs. Garreth McLellan (184) Josh Emmett (156) vs. Jon Tuck (156) Yan Cabral (156) vs. Reza Madadi (155) PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 10:30 a.m. ET) Kyoji Horiguchi (125) vs. Neil Seery (126) Leon Edwards (169.5) vs. Dominic Waters (170) Willie Gates (125) vs. Ulka Sasaki (125) mmajunkie.com
Gunnar Nelson impressive through 1.5 so far. Massive hellbows in round 1. He's so composed in there. I can't believe Maia dominated him so bad. I'd like to see a rematch to see if Gunnar was just having a bad night that day.
His stand up looked impressive as well. You can definitely see the influence of training with Conor. Nelson with a round 2 submission. Just cranked the neck/jaw to force the tap.
Results Alistair Overeem def. Andrei Arlovski via TKO – Round 2, 1:12 Stefan Struve def. Antonio Silva via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:16 Gunnar Nelson def. Albert Tumenov via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:15 Germaine de Randamie def. Anna Elmose via TKO (knees and punch) – Round 1, 3:46 Nikita Krylov def. Francimar Barroso via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:11 Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Heather Jo Clark via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Rustam Khabilov def. Chris Wade via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Magnus Cedenblad def. Garreth McLellan via TKO (kick and punches) – Round 2, 0:47 Josh Emmett def. Jon Tuck via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Reza Madadi def. Yan Cabral via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 1:56 Kyoji Horiguchi def. Neil Seery via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) Leon Edwards def. Dominic Waters via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Ulka Sasaki def. Willie Gates via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:30
I was only able to catch the last two fights. I thought both Silva and Arlovski looked intimidated. Didn't mean to miss Nelson/Tumenov but it looks like Gunni got a good result. Great main card with five finishes.