Event UFC on FOX 23: Shevchenko vs. Peña [Results]

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    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
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Throwback poster looks nice.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Pena needs to beat Shevchenko but she seems to have a good antidote style for Nunes.
     
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    Jeremy Kimball replaces John Phillips.

    :dunno:
     
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    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
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    MRdL must be a big dude to miss weight at 205. Fight at heavyweight you goof.
     
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    Arlovski being fed to Ngannou makes me a little uneasy.
     
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    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
     
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    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.
     

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