UFC ON FOX 23: SHEVCHENKO VS. PENA 28 January 2017 | Pepsi Center | Denver, CO MAIN CARD FOX, 8 p.m. ET Valentina Shevchenko vs. Julianna Peña Donald Cerrone vs. Jorge Masvidal Andrei Arlovski vs. Francis Ngannou Alex Cacares vs. Jason Knight PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET Nate Marquardt vs. Sam Alvey Raphael Assunção vs. Aljamain Sterling Li Jingliang vs. Bobby Nash Luis Henrique da Silva v. Jordan Johnson Eric Spicely vs. Alessio Di Chirico Jason Gonzalez vs. J.C. Cottrell PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 5 p.m. ET Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Jeremy Kimball Eric Shelton vs. Alexandre Pantoja
MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) Valentina Shevchenko (134.4) vs. Julianna Pena (135) Donald Cerrone (170.8) vs. Jorge Masvidal (171) Andrei Arlovski (246) vs. Francis Ngannou (253.6) Alex Caceres (145) vs. Jason Knight (145.6) PRELIMINARY CARD (5 p.m. ET, FS1) Sam Alvey (185.6) vs. Nate Marquardt (185.6) Raphael Assuncao (135.4) vs. Aljamain Sterling (135.8) Li Jingliang (170.4) vs. Bobby Nash (170.8) Luis Henrique da Silva (205.8) vs. Jordan Johnson (205) Alessio Di Chirico (185.6) vs. Eric Spicely (185.8) Jeremy Kimball (204) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (209.6)* PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET) Alexandre Pantoja (126) vs. Eric Shelton (125.8) J.C. Cottrell (155.8) vs. Jason Gonzalez (156) * – Missed weight and fined 20 percent of purse, which goes to opponent
Results Valentina Shevchenko def. Julianna Pena via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 4:29 Jorge Masvidal def. Donald Cerrone via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:00 Francis Ngannou def. Andrei Arlovski via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:32 Jason Knight def. Alex Caceres via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:21 Sam Alvey def. Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Raphael Assuncao def. Aljamain Sterling via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Li Jingliang def. Bobby Nash via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 4:45 Jordan Johnson def. Luis Henrique da Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Eric Spicely def. Alessio Di Chirico via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:14 Marcos Rogerio de Lima def. Jeremy Kimball via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:27 Alexandre Pantoja def. Eric Shelton via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Jason Gonzalez def. J.C. Cottrell via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1, 3:54
Positives - Strong main card, all finishes, little time wasted - Francis Ngannou keeps getting the job done; reminds me of when Meathead was winning fights - Jorge Masvidal lived up to his potential which isn't always the case with him - Bullet humbled Julianna Pena - Rafael Assuncao back on track Negatives - Andrei Arlovski getting BJ Penn'ed by a hot prospect - Donald Cerrone looking like a glass cannon once again - Todd Grisham repeatedly calling Masvidal "Mastival" - Aljamain Sterling has lost his most important UFC fights and looks like he won't pan out
Cerrone may be on Kenny Florian's level of choking. Every time he's in a big fight, he chokes..Diaz...multiple title fights...now his hometown fight...c'mon man...I'm supposed to believe he would beat McGoat? McGoat would pick him apart on the fight and end him in two.