GDT: UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento

[MMC]

Date: May 11, 2024
Venue: Enterprise Center
City: St. Louis, Missouri
Time: 7 pm ET/4 pm PT
Viewing: ESPN, Sportsnet

MAIN CARD (ESPN, Sportsnet)

Heavyweight bout: Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Welterweight bout: Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
Light Heavyweight bout: Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
Lightweight bout: Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Rebecki
Featherweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson
Heavyweight bout: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+)

Lightweight bout: Chase Hooper vs. Viacheslav Borshchev
Lightweight bout: Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics
Women’s Strawweight bout: Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Pennington
Welterweight bout: Billy Goff vs. Trey Waters
Flyweight bout: Charles Johnson vs. Jake Hadley
Women's Flyweight bout: JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy​

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[CDJ]

I feel like General Custer after last weekend. This will be my last stand against all odds (Ruziboev/Robelis/Hooper). I won’t be a coward and back out of this one and ruin my weekend like I did last week. Do I blame some of you for not talking me out of Brener last weekend? Sure a little- but it’s still mostly on me

 

[MMC]

I feel like General Custer after last weekend. This will be my last stand against all odds (Ruziboev/Robelis/Hooper). I won’t be a coward and back out of this one and ruin my weekend like I did last week. Do I blame some of you for not talking me out of Brener last weekend? Sure a little- but it’s still mostly on me

You’re much more knowledgeable than I am but I really don’t like Hooper vs Slava

 

[CDJ]

You’re much more knowledgeable than I am but I really don’t like Hooper vs Slava

It’s a big striking mismatch but Hooper is improving at least in that area (still not good)- Slava just has really bad TDD (35%) so I’m anticipating it hitting the floor and if it does with any reasonable amount of time left then Hooper will submit him imo

He’s definitely the underdog but I think there’s a path to victory there. That parlay is like +900 for me or something so it’s a long shot

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Am I weird for thinking this card isnt even much worse than 301?

Robelis has the makings of being a stud, looking forward to that fight.

 

[MMC]

 

[Neutrinos]

Lewis is 2 - 5 in his last 7 fights, and he's headlining a card?

 

[CDJ]

Ricci didn’t win that imo

 

[Taytro]

Awful decision in the Pennington vs Ricci fight. Ricci didn't do anything except try to take her down and didn't have any success with that. Round 1 and 3 very clearly had Pennington with more strikes and damage. Ricci just won a fight for having her takedowns defended.

 

[CDJ]

Awful decision in the Pennington vs Ricci fight. Ricci didn't do anything except try to take her down and didn't have any success with that. Round 1 and 3 very clearly had Pennington with more strikes and damage. Ricci just won a fight for having her takedowns defended.

Really makes gambling on the sport inadvisable


Oh well!!

Poor McKinney man, that guys chin is cooked

 

[Avs_19]

One of the better finishes you'll see. Made him take a seat against the fence.

 

[Taytro]

I'm always waiting for McKinney to go to the Justin Gaethje school of slowing it down and being technical, and I'm always let down. He seems so skilled, powerful, and long but he takes unnecessary risks and never seems to defend himself.

 

[CDJ]

Hooper may be evolving!

 

[CDJ]

Slava Claus is tough

10-8 Hooper

 

[MMC]

Of all the times to stop that one, lol.

 

[CDJ]

Of all the times to stop that one, lol.

Looked like he tried a fake tap, crafty vet move!

 

[Avs_19]

I'm not sure if that was an actual tap but it's one of those where I'm fine with it. Hooper dominated from the start.

 

[Taytro]

Chase Hooper looked phenomenal the whole fight, pure domination. I saw a pretty deliberate "tap" but you can't tap once then decide you don't want to... Hard call but it could have been stopped 5 times before that so whatever. Finally seeing Hooper add weight and add some striking confidence, still has a long career left.

 

[CDJ]

90% of the public money is on Despaigne I DONT LIKE THAT

 

[Taytro]

90% of the public money is on Despaigne I DONT LIKE THAT

So you should put some money in the less athletic, less promising, but more experienced Cortes-Acosta.

 

[MMC]

Pathetic from both guys

 

[CDJ]

So you should put some money in the less athletic, less promising, but more experienced Cortes-Acosta.

The second I saw that I started sweating and yup my instincts were correct, my parlay was unfortunately already in and I had naturally hit easy on my underdog (Hooper)

 

[Taytro]

The second I saw that I started sweating and yup my instincts were correct, my parlay was unfortunately already in and I had naturally hit easy on my underdog (Hooper)

Now next time he you gotta bet Despaigne because people will be low on him.

Based on the commentators the judges are going to go Woodson but I thought Caceres won rounds 2 and 3. Woodson looked good early but faded quick and just didn't have the output after the first round.

 

[Taytro]

.... How could a judge give Woodson that 3rd round?

 

[CDJ]

30-27 is wrong, 29-28 either way is agreeable

.... How could a judge give Woodson that 3rd round?

They don’t know what they’re watching!