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Main card - FOX at 8 pm ET/1 am GMT - BT Sports 2

Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader
Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell
Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera
Sage Northcutt vs. Bryan Barberena

Undercard - FOX Sports 1 at 5 pm E.T/10 pm GMT - BT Sports 2

Tarec Saffiedine vs. Jake Ellenberger
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
Kevin Casey vs. Rafael Natal
Dustin Ortiz vs. Wilson Reis
George Sullivan vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Alex Caceres vs. Masio Fullen

Undercard - UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 pm. ET/8.30 pm GMT

Matt Dwyer vs. Randy Brown
Levan Makashvili vs. Damon Jackson
Tony Martin vs. Felipe Olvieri

Bader is probably going to get knocked out here, at least that is what I am hoping get to see tonight.

 

[Nameless]

Rumble w/actual prep time vs Cormier II is a better fight than Cormier v. Bader, so yeah, Rumble by Destruction Fist.

 

[BannedAtTheTroxy]

Excited to see the return of Tarec Saffiedine. Also, I am curious to see how a 170lb Sage Northcutt performs. Should be a fun little card.

 

[Weckum]

Sage is fighting again? Damn son.

 

[Dysun]

I'd watch Barnett and Rothwell, pass on the rest

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Hopefully Bader gets KTFO.

 

[Purexed]

Bader via 3rd round gasout by Johnson.

 

[Weckum]

Also, LOL Kevin Casey is back in the UFC?

 

[Purexed]

Also, LOL Kevin Casey is back in the UFC?

KING Kevin Casey, get it right!

 

[Chesskid1]

love him so much

 

[Weckum]

KING Kevin Casey, get it right!

 

[Rur0ni]

Bader via 3rd round gasout by Johnson.

If Bader manages to grind, sure.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Nothing I want to see on this card besides Josh Barnett.

 

[BannedAtTheTroxy]

If Bader manages to grind, sure.

I could see Bader taking a page out of Cormier's last fight with Humble Rumble. DC couldn't stand and bang with Rumble, so he used his best wrestling to grind him down. I doubt Bader's wrestling is 'better' than DC's though.

 

[Calderc]

love him so much

There's no way he's a real person. He's like an MMA Disney film Prince.

 

[RBH]

I had no clue that Josh Barnett was back in the UFC.

 

[Weckum]

I had no clue that Josh Barnett was back in the UFC.

He's been since like two years or something.

However, Kevin Casey being back, now THAT is news.

I hope his opponent has seen this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2N2TiKI3o

 

[Norml]

I see Bader winning by having better gas tank.

 

[-MD-]

Hoping Rumbe KOs Bader in the first or second.

 

[septicore]

Kevin Casey was garbage off his back for being a black belt.

 

[Fersis]

There's no way he's a real person. He's like an MMA Disney film Prince.

Apparently he's a legit good kid
http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/...ws-you-want-to-punch-him-in-the-face-20160128

"Georges St-Pierre – he's so awesome," Northcutt says. "It was very great getting to roll around with him and getting to train with him. He's so nice and so friendly and he's very humble too. He's almost like your next-door neighbor and you've known him your whole life. That's how nice he is."

 

[septicore]

Good to see the return of Tarec Saffiedine.

 

[Guru-Guru]

Kevin Casey was garbage off his back for being a black belt.

Honestly, at this point, being a black belt can basically mean nothing. Some deserve it, but plenty of bums somehow ($$) seem to get black belts anyway.

 

[MassiveNights]

Did Sage Northcutt move up 10lbs on a day's notice?

Wtf?

Edit: Getting confused here, ignore me.

 

[alr1ght]

No way Dana will allow this scrublord to derail his Sage hypetrain.

 

[BronsonLee]

Because I believe in Dana's sadness, Sage getting bopped would be lovely

 

[shwimpy]

the difference in body type is hilarious.

 

[BronsonLee]

the difference in body type is hilarious.

Well Sage is basically smaller Ivan Drago, so

 

[Guru-Guru]

the difference in body type is hilarious.

No clue how Northcutt has passed every drug test so far--he's been tested a lot too since coming to the UFC.

 

[painey]

Sage is losing this fight

 

[dabig2]

Sage has been on the ground for a bit this round and getting hit.

 

[Fitts]

Hahahaha

 

[shwimpy]

welp.

 

[BronsonLee]

Barberina's too fat for Northcutt

LOL HE TAPPED
BYE BITCH

 

[strikeselect]

Dana on suicide watch.

 

[alr1ght]

lmao

 

[rinse82]

Sage hype train DERAILED

 

[MassiveNights]

LOL

 

[ldcommando]

Dat derail doe

 

[Master Thespian]

lol ggs kid

 

[Guru-Guru]

HAHA. Just like last fight, Northcutt looks awful when he is on his back. Hype train derailed by a guy nobody knows who took the fight on 8 day (?) notice. Damn!

 

[septicore]

Sage basically quit. Go back to 145lb kid.

 

[dabig2]

Hype train getting blown the fuck up. His ground game was pretty bad there. Other WWs would feast.

 

[oneils]

Wow good for barberena

 

[BronsonLee]

Northcutt just hadn't dealt with stuff on the ground before. Now he hopefully knows what to work on.
Rogan shitting on him is lame though

STOP GOING ROGUE, JOE

 

[Jarrod38]

No way Dana will allow this scrublord to derail his Sage hypetrain.

And you were saying?

 

[ChosenPredator]

lol good i wanted that hype train to end

 

[Plywood]

Sage can't embrace the grind and reels back like Brock did when punches come his way. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[rinse82]

Tapped while dude was still in half guard

No heart

 

[brentech]

Dude is ugly on the ground. Lacks technique, just tries to use strength for separation.