UFC on FX 8: Belfort vs. Rockhold - May 18th

[canucksfreak19]

This undercard has a lot of really compelling fights; there is not very much "star power" on this card; but there are some great fighters with a lot on the line.

Main Bouts (on FX):
Vitor Belfort (22-10; #4 Middleweight) vs. Luke Rockhold (10-1; #8 Middleweight)
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (17-3) vs. Chris Camozzi (19-5)
Rafael dos Anjos (18-6) vs. Evan Dunham (14-3)
Rafael Natal (15-4-1) vs. João Zeferino (13-4)

Preliminary Bouts (on Fuel TV):
Hacran Dias (21-1-1) vs. Nik Lentz (23-5-2; #8 Featherweight)
Francisco Trinaldo (12-2) vs Mike Rio (9-1)
Gleison Tibau (35-9) vs. John Cholish (8-2)
Yuri Alcantara (26-4) vs. Marcos Vinicius (20-5-1)
Fabio Maldonado (18-6) vs. Roger Hollet (13-4)
Paulo Thiago (14-5) vs. Richard dos Prazeres (16-0)

Preliminary Bouts (on Facebook):
John Lineker (20-6; #8 Flyweight) vs. Azamat Gashimov (7-2)
Jussier Formiga (14-2; #5 Flyweight) vs. Chris Cariaso (14-4)
Lucas Martins (11-1) vs. Jeremy Larsen (8-3)

 

[canucksfreak19]

Everybody made weight; time for some fights.

UFC on FX 8 Weigh-In Results:

Vitor Belfort (186) vs. Luke Rockhold (186)
Ronaldo Souza (186) vs. Chris Camozzi (186)
Evan Dunham (156) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (156)
Rafael Natal (186) vs. Joao Zeferino (185)
Nik Lentz (146) vs. Hacran Dias (146)
Francisco Trinaldo (154) vs. Mike Rio (156)
Gleison Tibau (156) vs. John Cholish (*156)
Paulo Thiago (170) vs. Michel Richard dos Prazeres (171)
Iuri Alcantara (136) vs. Iliarde Santos (134)
Fabio Maldonado (205) vs. Roger Hollett (204)
John Lineker (126) vs. Azamat Gashimov (126)
Jussier da Silva (126) vs. Chris Cariaso (126)
Lucas Martins (153) vs. Jeremy Larsen (155)

 

[canucksfreak19]

Some pretty fun fights thus far.

 

[canucksfreak19]

Stunning knockout by Vitor. I went 12-1 with my picks, only getting the Main Event wrong, haven't had a chance to watch the main card yet, but reading about sounds like it was a good card.

The 50K bonuses: Knockout - Vitor; Submission - Jacare; Fight - Martins/Larson.

Vitor has to be considered the number one contender at middleweight after Silva and Weidman fight, right?