By: Julio Olmo
UFC Vegas 9 Preview:
Up next from the Fight Capital Of The World is UFC Vegas 9 Fight Night. UFC® kicks off the month of September with a battle between heavyweight knockout artists Alistair Overeem facing off against Augusto Sakai in the Main Event.
Up next from the Fight Capital! 🏛 #UFCVegas9 pic.twitter.com/9AaiuiHCmG
— UFC (@ufc) August 30, 2020
UFC Vegas 9 Fight Night’s Card:
Alistair Overeem vs. Augusto Sakai
Karol Rosa vs. Sijara Eubanks
Julia Avila vs. Nicco Montano
Viviane Araujo vs. Montana De La Rosa
Zelim Imadaev vs. Michel Pereira
Bartosz Fabinski vs. Andre Muniz
Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon
Ottman Azaitar vs. Khama Worthy
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Alexander Romanov
Alonzo Menifield vs. Ovince Saint Preux***Fight card, subject to drastic changes because of the various global quarantine restrictions.***
UFC Vegas 8 Recap:
UFC Vegas 8 Fight Night featured Anthony Smith vs. Aleksandar Rakic.
Rakic was coming off a loss, but nevertheless was sill the betting favorite against Anthony Smith in the last Apex UFC event in August.
And that's THAT.
🇷🇸 Rakic sweeps the judges scores and get unanimous decision at #UFCVegas8. pic.twitter.com/am0LFA0djI
— The Voice of One! (@jeolmoz2) August 30, 2020
No doubt in his mind! This how you let the elite know that you are coming!
🇷🇸 Rakic with the big win 👏 #UFCVegas8 pic.twitter.com/P4V29vjO2T
— The Voice of One! (@jeolmoz2) August 30, 2020
In the Co-Main event between Lawler against Magny, Neil Magny won easily.
Alexa Grasso won her debut bout in convincing fashion.
Ricardo Lamas survived a wild fight.
Polyana Viana won by submission in the first round.
And Zak Cummings put Alessio Di Chirico on skates with a significant kick to the head.
😬 Damn! He's not going to remember his room number at the Apex #UFCVegas8 pic.twitter.com/haQsbF95Vz
— The Voice of One! (@jeolmoz2) August 30, 2020
Dana White’s UFC Contender Series:
Dana White’s Contender Series Season 4 Episodes 5 of his Reality Show kept moving right along with their Ultimate Job Interview theme.
With this many UFC contracts being given to fighters, you can expect notable cuts to the UFC rosters to come soon.
Also the announcement of a class action lawsuits against the UFC by former fighters.
Coupled with the ever increasingly competitive market, the culture of combat sports is brutal both in between and outside the ropes for fighters.
3️⃣ more contracts handed out by the Boss tonight on #DWCS!
Tune in LIVE next week on #ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/j8HS9n6wIp
— UFC (@ufc) September 2, 2020