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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 5

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Third Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Eduardo Perez defeated Bobby Maximus via TKO (Elbows) at 3:58 R1​

 

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Main Card (ESPN+)

Heavyweight

Alexander Volkov defeated. Jairzinho Rozenstruik via TKO (Punches) at 2:12 R1

Featherweight

Movsar Evloev defeated Dan Ige via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Featherweight

Lucas Almeida defeated Mike Trizano via TKO (Punches) at 0:55 R3

Women's Flyweight

Karine Silva defeated Poliana Botelho via Submission (D'Arce Choke) at 4:55 R1

Flyweight

Ode Osbourne defeated Zarrukh Adashev via KO (Punches) at 1:01 R1

Light Heavyweight

Alonzo Menifield defeated Askar Mozharov via TKO (Elbows) at 4:40 R1


Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Women's Strawweight

Karolina Kowalkiewicz defeated Felice Herrig via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:01 R2

Lightweight

Joe Solecki defeated Alex da Silva via Majority Decision (28-28, 28-27, 29-27)

Featherweight

Damon Jackson defeated Daniel Argueta via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Lightweight

Benoît Saint-Denis defeated Niklas Stolze via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:32 R2

Bantamweight

Tony Gravely defeated Johnny Muñoz via KO (Punches) at 1:08 R1

Flyweight

Jeff Molina defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

Welterweight

Rinat Fakhretdinov defeated Andreas Michailidis via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Women's Flyweight

Erin Blanchfield defeated JJ Aldrich via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:38 R2​

 

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My fight picks...

Volkov - W (9-5)
Evloev - W (8-5)
Trizano - L (7-5)
Silva - W (7-4)
Osbourne - W (6-4)
Mozharov - L (5-4)
Herrig - L (5-3)
Solecki - W (5-2)
Jackson - W (4-2)
Stolze - L (3-2)
Gravely - W (3-1)
Zhumagulov - L (2-1)
Fakhretdinov - W (2-0)
Blanchfield - W (1-0)

 

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2022 Picks Record:

160-84 (65.5%)

Updated through UFC on ESPN 37.

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 6

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Third Women's Flyweight Quarterfinal

Juliana Miller defeated Claire Guthrie via Decision​

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 7

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Fourth Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Jordan Heiderman defeated Chandler Cole via TKO (Punches) in R3​

 

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Main Card (ESPN)

Featherweight

Josh Emmett defeated Calvin Kattar via Split Decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47)

Welterweight

Kevin Holland defeated Tim Means via Submission (D'Arce Choke) at 1:28 R2

Middleweight

Joaquin Buckley defeated Albert Duraev via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at 5:00 R2

Lightweight

Damir Ismagulov defeated Guram Kutateladze via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)

Middleweight

Gregory Rodrigues defeated Julian Marquez via KO (Punch) at 3:18 R1

Catchweight (137.5 lb)

Adrian Yanez defeated Tony Kelley via TKO (Punches) at 3:49 R1


Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Women's Flyweight

Natália Silva defeated Jasmine Jasudavicius via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweight

Jeremiah Wells defeated Court McGee via KO (Punch) at 1:34 R1

Featherweight

Ricardo Ramos defeated Danny Chavez via KO (Spinning Back Elbow) at 1:12 R1

Women's Strawweight

Maria Oliveira defeated Gloria de Paula via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Bantamweight

Cody Stamann defeated Eddie Wineland via TKO (Punches) at 0:59 R1

Middleweight

Phil Hawes defeated Deron Winn via TKO (Elbows) at 4:25 R2

Middleweight

Roman Dolidze defeated Kyle Daukaus via TKO (Knee and Punches) at 1:13 R1​

 

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My fight picks...

Emmett - W (8-5)
Holland - W (7-5)
Duraev - L (6-5)
Ismagulov - W (6-4)
Rodrigues - W (5-4)
Yanez - W (4-4)
Jasudavicius - L (3-4)
McGee - L (3-3)
Ramos - W (3-2)
de Paula - L (2-2)
Stamann - W (2-1)
Hawes - W (1-1)
Daukaus - L (0-1)

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 8

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Fourth Women's Flyweight Quarterfinal

Brogan Walker defeated Hannah Guy via Decision

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Semifinal Matchups Announced:

Heavyweight

Jordan Heiderman vs. Zac Pauga
Mohammed Usman vs. Eduardo Perez

Women's Flyweight

Laura Gallardo vs. Brogan Walker
Juliana Miller vs. Kaytlin Neil​

 

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Main Card (ESPN)

Lightweight

Mateusz Gamrot defeated Arman Tsarukyan via Unanimous Decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)

Welterweight

Shavkat Rakhmonov defeated Neil Magny via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:58 R2

Heavyweight

Josh Parisian defeated Alan Baudot via TKO (Punches) at 3:04 R2

Lightweight

Thiago Moisés defeated Christos Giagos via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:05 R1

Bantamweight

Umar Nurmagomedov defeated Nate Maness via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)

Middleweight

Chris Curtis defeated Rodolfo Vieira via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)


Preliminary Card (ESPN2)

Light Heavyweight

Carlos Ulberg defeated Tafon Nchukwi via TKO (Punches) at 1:15 R1

Featherweight

Sha Yilan defeated T.J. Brown via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bantamweight

Sergey Morozov defeated Raulian Paiva via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Flyweight

Cody Durden defeated JP Buys via TKO (Punches) at 1:08 R1

Bantamweight

Mario Bautista defeated Brian Kelleher via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:27 R1

Women's Strawweight

Vanessa Demopoulos defeated Jinh Yu Frey via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)​

 

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My fight picks...

Tsarukyan - L (8-4)
Rakhmonov - W (8-3)
Baudot - L (7-3)
Moises - W (7-2)
Nurmagomedov - W (6-2)
Curtis - W (5-2)
Ulberg - W (4-2)
Brown - L (3-2)
Morozov - W (3-1)
Durden - W (2-1)
Bautista - W (1-1)
Frey - L (0-1)

 

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2022 Picks Record:

198-106 (65.1%)

Updated through UFC FN 208.

 

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My fight picks...

Tsarukyan - L (8-4)
Rakhmonov - W (8-3)
Baudot - L (7-3)
Moises - W (7-2)
Nurmagomedov - W (6-2)
Curtis - W (5-2)
Ulberg - W (4-2)
Brown - L (3-2)
Morozov - W (3-1)
Durden - W (2-1)
Bautista - W (1-1)
Frey - L (0-1)

Tsarukyan-Gamrot was an outstanding bout, some of the best wrestling and counter wrestling that i've seen in quite a while.

 

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Super technical fight. Would love to see a rematch in the future.

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 9

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Heavyweight Semifinal 1

Zac Pauga defeated Jordan Heiderman via TKO (Punches) in R2​

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 10

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Women's Flyweight Semifinal 1

Brogan Walker defeated Laura Gallardo via Unanimous Decision​

 

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Main Card (ESPN)

Lightweight

Rafael Fiziev defeated Rafael dos Anjos via TKO (Punches) at 0:18 R5

Middleweight

Caio Borralho defeated Armen Petrosyan via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Bantamweight

Said Nurmagomedov defeated Douglas Silva de Andrade via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight

Chase Sherman defeated Jared Vanderaa via TKO (Punches) at 3:10 R3

Bantamweight

Aiemann Zahabi defeated Ricky Turcios via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Lightweight

Jamie Mullarkey defeated Michael Johnson via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)


Preliminary Card (ESPN2)

Middleweight

Cody Brundage defeated Tresean Gore via KO (Punches) at 3:50 R1

Women's Flyweight

Antonina Shevchenko defeated Cortney Casey via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Featherweight

David Onama defeated Garrett Armfield via Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 3:13 R2

Light Heavyweight

Kennedy Nzechukwu defeated Karl Roberson via TKO (Elbows & Punches) at 2:19 R3

Bantamweight

Saidyokub Kakhramonov defeated Ronnie Lawrence via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)​

 

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My fight picks...

Fiziev - W (7-4)
Borralho - W (6-4)
Nurmagomedov - W (5-4)
Vanderaa - L (4-4)
Turcios - L (4-3)
Johnson - L (4-2)
Brundage - W (4-1)
Shevchenko - W (3-1)
Onama - W (2-1)
Nzechukwu - W (1-1)
Lawrence - L (0-1)

 

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Fiziev needs some work but he has the potential to be a Brute at that weight. Ha, comes off as a likeable dude too.

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 11

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Heavyweight Semifinal 2

Mohammed Usman defeated Eduardo Perez via Split Decision​

 

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Main Card (ABC)

Featherweight

Yair Rodríguez defeated Brian Ortega via TKO (Shoulder Injury) at 4:12 R1

Women's Strawweight

Amanda Lemos defeated Michelle Waterson via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:48 R2

Welterweight

Li Jingliang defeated Muslim Salikhov via TKO (Punches and Elbows) at 4:38 R2

Flyweight

Matt Schnell defeated Su Mudaerji via Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) at 4:24 R2

Featherweight

Shane Burgos defeated Charles Jourdain via Majority Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

Women's Flyweight

Lauren Murphy defeated Miesha Tate via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)


Preliminary Card (ESPN)

Middleweight

Punahele Soriano defeated Dalcha Lungiambula via TKO (Punches) at 0:28 R2

Bantamweight

Ricky Simón defeated Jack Shore via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 3:28 R2

Featherweight

Bill Algeo defeated Herbert Burns via TKO (Retirement) at 1:50 R2

Light Heavyweight

Dustin Jacoby defeated Da Un Jung via KO (Punch) at 3:13 R1

Middleweight

Dustin Stoltzfus defeated Dwight Grant via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Women's Strawweight

Emily Ducote defeated Jessica Penne via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)​

 

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My fight picks...

Rodriguez - W (7-5)
Lemos - W (6-5)
Jingliang - W (5-5)
Sumudaerji - L (4-5)
Burgos - W (4-4)
Tate - L (3-4)
Soriano - W (3-3)
Shore - L (2-3)
Algeo - W (2-2)
Jacoby - W (1-2)
Grant - L (0-2)
Penne - L (0-1)

 

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The Ultimate Fighter 30 - Episode 12

Team Pena

Women's Flyweight

Helen Peralta (5-2)
Juliana Miller (2-1)
Hannah Guy (4-1)
Laura Gallardo (4-1)

Heavyweight

Mohammed Usman (7-2)
Zac Pauga (5-0)
Jordan Heiderman (5-0)
Bobby Maximus (5-4)

Team Nunes

Women's Flyweight

Claire Guthrie (3-1)
Brogan Walker (7-2)
Kaytlin Neil (5-4)
Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)

Heavyweight

Eduardo Perez (4-1)
Chandler Cole (8-3)
Mitchell Sipe (5-2)
Nyle Bartling (6-0)


Women's Flyweight Semifinal 2

Juliana Miller defeated Kaytlin Neil via Submission (Kimura) in R2​

 

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Main Card (ESPN+)

Heavyweight

Curtis Blaydes defeated Tom Aspinall via TKO (Knee Injury) at 0:15 R1

Middleweight

Jack Hermansson defeated Chris Curtis via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Lightweight

Paddy Pimblett defeated Jordan Leavitt via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:46 R2

Light Heavyweight

Nikita Krylov defeated Alexander Gustafsson via TKO (Punches) at 1:07 R1

Women's Flyweight

Molly McCann defeated Hannah Goldy via TKO (Punches) at 3:52 R1

Light Heavyweight

Volkan Oezdemir defeated Paul Craig via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)


Preliminary Card (ESPN+)

Lightweight

Ľudovít Klein defeated Mason Jones via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight

Marc Diakiese defeated Damir Hadžović via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Featherweight

Nathaniel Wood defeated Charles Rosa via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Featherweight

Jonathan Pearce defeated Makwan Amirkhani via TKO (Punches) at 4:10 R2

Flyweight

Muhammad Mokaev defeated Charles Johnson via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lightweight

Jai Herbert defeated Kyle Nelson via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Women's Flyweight

Victoria Leonardo defeated Mandy Böhm via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweight

Nicolas Dalby defeated Claudio Silva via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)​

 

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Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz in UFC 279 main event on Sept. 10th.

 

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Terrible fight for Nate. Definitely a punishment as he's on his way out with the final fight on his UFC deal. Doesn't do a whole lot for Chimaev though aside from make money.

 

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My fight picks for the early UFC London card...

Aspinall - L (9-5)
Curtis - L (9-4)
Pimblett - W (9-3)
Krylov - W (8-3)
McCann - W (7-3)
Craig - L (6-3)
Jones - L (6-2)
Diakiese - W (6-1)
Wood - W (5-1)
Pearce - W (4-1)
Mokaev - W (3-1)
Herbert - W (2-1)
Bohm - L (1-1)
Dalby - W (1-0)

 

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Dana White's Contender Series - S6 E1 - 07/26

Middleweight

Joseph Pyfer defeated Ozzy Diaz via KO (Punches) at 1:39 R2

Light Heavyweight

Anton Turkalj defeated Acácio dos Santos via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Featherweight

Dennis Buzukja defeated Kaleio Romero via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Flyweight

Alessandro Costa defeated Andres Luna Martinetti via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)


Contracts Awarded: 1

Joseph Pyfer​

 

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2022 Picks Record

208-109 (65.6%)

July is in the books after 277.

 

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Dana White's Contender Series - S6 E2 - 08/02

Lightweight

Chris Duncan defeated Charlie Campbell via KO (Punches) at 1:43 R1

Flyweight

Vinicius Salvador defeated Shannon Ross via TKO (Punches) at 4:22 R2

Featherweight

Francis Marshall defeated Connor Matthews via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Heavyweight

Waldo Cortes-Acosta defeated Danilo Suzart via TKO (Punches) at 3:40 R1

Welterweight

Billy Goff defeated Shimon Smotritsky via TKO (Punches) at 3:37 R1


Contracts Awarded: 5

Billy Goff
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Francis Marshall
Vinicius Salvador
Chris Duncan​