The Prelims: Mina Snuffs Pyle with Flying Knee The prelims were wrapped up by an appealing welterweight scrap.
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The Prelims: Ferreira Chokes Hermansson in the Second The prelims were wrapped up by an intriguing middleweight showdown.
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The Prelims: Wineland Snipes Saenz for Third-Round TKO The prelims were wrapped up by compelling bantamweight showdown.
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Fight Pass Prelims – More New Blood At the head of the Fight Pass Prelims sits a fight that the European scene has been salivating for.
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Prelims In the featured prelims bout, UFC newcomer Katlyn Chookagian really stepped up to the mark in her short notice bout against experienced bantamweight Lauren Murphy.
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The Prelims: Burkman Grinds Noons to Decision Win The prelims were wrapped up by a lightweight bout between Joshua Burkman and KJ Noons; a pair of veterans with a combined 60 professional fights.
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The Prelims Frankie Edgar Outworks Jeremy Stephens to UD The final bout of the prelims pitted former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar with brick-fisted veteran Jeremy Stephens in a high-stakes featherweight showdown.
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Lorenz Larkin serves as the UFC Fight Pass prelims headliner.
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Prelims started on floor, Aly's best event and Gabby's weakest.
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The Prelims: Patient Strickland Snipes Garcia in the Third The Pittsburgh prelims were wrapped up by Tristar talent Alex Garcia, who took on the rangy Sean Strickland in a compelling clash of welterweight prospects.
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The Prelims: Maynard Returns to Wrestling Ways for Unanimous Decision Win In the final bout of the prelims, former lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard looked to rebound from a four-fight skid with a featherweight reinvention.
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The UFC Fight Night 81 prelims are nothing to smirk at either.
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When we finished the gymnastics prelims, we said: 'Watch the next few nights.
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That all changed when I hit my head on the board during the prelims.
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The Prelims: Ortega Dodges Defeat with Thunderous Third-Round Knee After a tribute to late boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, and a spine-tingling "Ali" chant from the California crowd, the UFC 199 prelims wrapped up with an interesting featherweight bout.
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Under normal circumstances, these two decorated lightweights wouldn't be anywhere near the Fight Pass Prelims.
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Katie Ledecky broke #Olympics record in 22016-meter freestyle in prelims with an 8:12.86.
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The Prelims: Peña Grapples Her Way to Unanimous Decision Win The prelims were wrapped up by a scrap between top-ranked bantamweights Cat Zingano and Julianna Peña, who were arguably battling for a shot at the winner of Tate and Nunes' main event title fight.
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On the prelims or not, this one is as high-stakes as non-title fights get.
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On the Fight Pass prelims, Lando Vannata scored a "Knockout of the Year" victory over John Makdessi.
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The company's own UFC Fight Pass will continue to stream prelims along with offering replays of old events.
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The Prelims: Cote Swarms Saunders in the Second The preliminary card was wrapped up by an intriguing welterweight showdown.
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On Thursday, she broke another record: clocking in at 53:25 in the 22014-meter freestyle in Olympic prelims.
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But the good thing is there is a long time between prelims and finals and we are able to rest.
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The Prelims: Garbrandt Smashes Mizugaki in Less than a Minute The undercard was wrapped up by an intriguing bantamweight bout.
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The pay-per-view draws of today were plucked straight from the lower ranks of yesterday: Georges St. Pierre was supposed to get chewed up by Karo Parisyan on the prelims of UFC 46 before he became the greatest welterweight in the world, and Conor McGregor debuted on the whatever-the-fuck prelims in Stockholm.
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The man who would have stolen the show, if the UFC hadn't booked him midway through the prelims, was Kyoji Horiguchi.
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Tim Boetsch Wrecks Rafael Natal in One The second bout of the televised prelims was an intriguing clash of middleweight veterans.
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Well, there's always the time-tested strategy of replacing an injured main card fighter with a healthy fighter from the prelims.
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On the FS1 prelims, Misha Cirkunov emerged as a contender in the struggling light heavyweight division with a submission of Nikita Krylov.
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Fight Pass has an estimated 450,000 subscribers, it would be generous to think that half of those would tune in for prelims.
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Lee Smashes Matthews in the First The 22-bout Fight Pass prelims were wrapped up by a clash of talented lightweight prospects.
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And with her leading by about seven seconds after the 800 prelims Thursday, it's very unlikely that anyone else will win it.
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Undoubtedly his toughest test to date, Seery will be taking on Japanese hotshot Kyoji Horiguchi in Sunday night's UFC Fight Pass prelims headliner.
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Joe Lauzon (24-12-0) The early prelims will be wrapped up by a lightweight bout that promises to paint the canvas red.
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Fight Pass Prelims Chad Laprise had to be dragged off Thibault Gouti just over 90 seconds into their catchweight clash at 159 lbs.
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Morono Captures Decision from Moontasri The third bout of the FS1 Prelims pitted Alex Morono against James Moontasri in an exciting welterweight scrap.
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The Prelims: Bahadurzada Scores Late Sub over Thatch UFC 196's stacked preliminary card was wrapped up by a compelling clash of welterweight strikers.
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Finally, the prelims of this intriguing card will pit some of Canada's most talented competitors against talented opposition flown in from the world over.
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Prelims Sam Alvey got back to winning ways at the top of the prelim card with a second round TKO win over Kevin Casey.
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The standout from the prelims was fan favorite, Ben Nguyen, who can always be relied on for a good bit of smooth, technical striking.
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Smith Elbow Levels Mutapcic The featured bout of the fight pass prelims pitted Elvis Mutapcic with Anthony Smith in a long-awaited middleweight showdown.
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Prelims Gabriel Benitez bounced back from his first-round knockout at the hands of Andre Fili with a second round submission of Sam Sicilia.
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"So we got through the prelims and felt pretty good since he backed off a little before the finish and still ran 6.47," Hall said.
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Still, at least Horiguchi met Gaudinot on the main card of UFC 182: much of the moving and shaking at flyweight happens on the prelims.
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Add the other two title fights and the brilliant prelims and the lucky citizens of New York are getting the biggest event of the year.
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Despite the many big names on the prelims, this main card void was filled by an unassuming flyweight bout between Fredy Serrano and Ryan Benoit.
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As the card continued to expand with bigger and bigger fights, however, Mousasi and Brunson were pushed all the way down to the early prelims.
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Fight Pass Prelims Cub Swanson managed to get the better of Tatsuya Kawajiri over three rounds in the headliner of the UFC Fight Pass Prelim card.
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Khabilov Edges Parke in Close Fight The early prelims were closed out by an interesting lightweight bout between Dagestan's Rustam Khabilov and Northern Ireland's Norman Parke.
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The Prelims: Correia Steals Split Decision from Cleveland's Eye The undercard was wrapped up by an exciting bout between struggling female bantamweights Jessica Eye and Bethe Correia.
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Prelims An emotional Court McGee thanked the Salt Lake City crowd for his rousing reception in his home state after seeing off Dominique Steele over three rounds.
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Edwards Taps Tumenov in the Third The second bout of the televised prelims saw Russia's Albert Tumenov and England's Leon Edwards collide in an intriguing welterweight pairing.
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And with such an inflated public self, losses chip away at the McGregor mythology far more swiftly than they do for an anonymous slugger on the prelims.
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Rodriguez was booked into the prelims when Cain Velasquez made it to Mexico at UFC 188 and with his leaping kicks Rodriguez was able to steal the show.
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Should McGregor leave the bracket and Aldo follow through with his retirement claims, the Irishman's premonition of the division being stuck in the prelims could become a reality.
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Rivas Levels Lahat with Flying Knee The first bout of the televised prelims paired Israel's Noad Lahat with Chile's Diego Rivas in a compelling clash of featherweight prospects.
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Prelims Demian Maia underlined his status as one of the greatest jiu jitsu players to ever enter the Octagon with his third round submission win over Matt Brown.
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The Prelims: Ponzinibbio Edges Taleb in Welterweight Firefight The undercard was wrapped up by a welterweight battle between Argentinian striking whiz Santiago Ponzinibbio and Canada's own Nordine Taleb.
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Larkin Chops Magny Down for First-Round Win The Fight Pass Prelims were wrapped up by a welterweight scrap between top-22 talents Neil Magny and Lorenz Larkin.
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Breese heads the Fight Pass prelims on the UFC 199 card next Saturday night against fellow welterweight prospect Sean Strickland, a fight that is exclusive to the UFC's network.
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Rafael Assunção (22-2003-2200) Recent bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw's being relegated to the prelims are, once again, a clear indication of just how absurdly stacked this card is.
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LaFlare Outworks Jucão to Unanimous Decision After a pair of UFC 208 bouts were cancelled at the last minute, the Fight Pass Prelims were reduced to just one fight.
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Moyle Out-grapples Curran to Unanimous Decision The first bout of the Fox Sports prelims saw Kailin Curran welcome Jamie Moyle to the Octagon in an intriguing strawweight showdown.
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Fight Pass Prelims Randy Brown, of 'Looking for a Fight' fame, bounced back from the first loss of his professional career with a third round submission of Erick Montano.
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Wineland Flattens Mizugaki in One The Fight Pass prelims were wrapped up by a clash between Eddie Wineland and Takeya Mizugaki—the UFC's 13th and 14th ranked bantamweights respectively.
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The Prelims: Saffiedine Out-Strikes Ellenberger to Unanimous Win After being scheduled to no avail on two previous locations, Jake Ellenberger and Tarec Saffiedine finally got at it in Newark.
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Ferreira Dominates Aubin-Mercier The second last bout of the prelims paired TUF: Nations runner-up Olivier Aubin Mercier with Brazil's Diego Ferreira in an interesting clash of lightweight grapplers.
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When the night arrived, the prelims went off strangely and spectacularly—including a double spinning elbow knockout and two disqualifications—and then the main card started out just as strong.
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Fight Pass Prelims Antonio Rogerio Nogueira brought the first big roar of the night out of the Curitiba crowd with his first round TKO finish of wrestling standout Patrick Cummins.
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Vannata Blasts Makdessi with First Round Spin Kick The Fight Pass Prelims were wrapped up by an intriguing collision of lightweight strikers, as Lando Vannata took on Canada's John Makdessi.
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Oliveira Batters Moontasri to Well-Earned Decision The Fight Pass Prelims were wrapped up by an exciting welterweight bout between Brazil's Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira and Taekwondo expert James "Moonwalker" Moontasri.
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Kim Swipes Unanimous Win from O'Reilly The second bout of the televised prelims pitted the UFC's lesser known Dong Hyun Kim against Brendan O'Reilly a nice bit of lightweight matchmaking.
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The Prelims: Klose Dominates Powell to Unanimous Triumph The undercard was wrapped up by a clash of debuting lightweights, as Drakkar Klose took on Lookin' For A Fight prospect Devin Powell.
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Scott Holtzman bounced back from suffering his professional loss in his UFC debut to Drew Dober back in January with a unanimous decision win over Cody Pfister to open the prelims.
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The Prelims: Alcantara Mauls Pickett in the First The undercard was wrapped up by a compelling bantamweight showdown between Brazilian talent Iuri Alcantara and 38-year-old British vet Brad Pickett.
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In other heats, newly crowned 400m individual medley champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary set an Olympic record as she dominated the 200m IM prelims with a best time of 2:07.45.
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Felder Chokes Cruickshank in the Third The final bout of the Fight Pass prelims paired dynamic lightweights Paul Felder and Daron Cruickshank—both of whom are known for their spectacular spinning attacks.
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Makhachev Out-Grapples Lentz to Unanimous Decision The second bout of the Fox Sports prelims saw veteran lightweight Nik Lentz take on Dagestan's Islam Makhachev in a clash of wrestling vs. Sambo.
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Smith Spoils Aldana's Debut with Decision Win The first bout of the FS24 Prelims pitted Alexa Grasso training partner Irene Aldana with Gilbert Melendez protégé Leslie Smith in an compelling bantamweight scrap.
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Sanchez Edges Miller in Competitive Scrap The Fight Pass Prelims were wrapped up by grizzled lightweight veterans Jim Miller and Diego Sanchez, who touched down in Vegas with a combined 23 UFC bouts.
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Ross Pearson vs Chad Laprise Chad Laprise took on the toughest test of his professional career at the top of the Exclusive Fight Pass Prelims card when he met established English veteran, Ross Pearson.
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The Prelims: Muhammad Shows Well-Rounded Skillset in Unanimous Defeat of Brown The undercard was wrapped up by a welterweight bout between Lookin' For a Fight prospect Randy Brown, and late replacement Belal Muhammed.
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Prelims – Fan Favorites and a Hometown Interest Neil Seery has taken on a cult status in Ireland, and despite his loss at the hands of Kyogi Horiguchi last April, he remains as popular as ever.
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Sanders Taps Blanco in UFC Debut The first bout of the televised prelims saw former RFA bantamweight champion Luke Sanders make a short-notice UFC debut, replacing Dennis Bermudez against brick-fisted featherweight Maximo Blanco.
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When Cro Cop made a surprise retirement from MMA however, Hamilton was relegated to the sidelines until the Octagon touched down in Pittsburgh, where he would kick off the Fight Pass Prelims against Shamil Abdurakhimov.
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Should Mickey Gall pass his test on the UFC 196 prelims, all signs point to his mixing it up with Punk before the year is out—perhaps even at the landmark UFC 200 this July.
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Alexey Oleynik Locks up History-Making Ezekiel Choke in the First The second bout of the televised prelims pitted 61-fight Russian veteran Alexey Oleynik against the Czech Republic's Viktor Pesta in an exciting heavyweight matchup.
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The Prelims: Saggo Scores Split Win Over Silva The final bout of the undercard occurred in the lightweight division, as Canada's Jason Saggo took on Brazil's Leandro "Buscape" Silva in a clash of slick submission specialists.
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Bamgbose Snuffs Sarafian with First-Round Head Kick The second last bout of the prelims saw 28-year-old Oluwale Bamgbose look to rebound from a short-notice loss to Uriah Hall in his UFC debut.
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Brown Outguns Dwyer for Successful UFC Debut The final bout of the Fight Pass Prelims saw Lookin' For a Fight product Randy Brown make his UFC debut against Canada's Matt Dwyer in an intriguing welterweight showdown.
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Medeiros Chokes Spencer in the Second When CB Dolloway was forced out of his undercard bout with Francimar Barroso after a freak elevator accident, the UFC 203 Fight Pass Prelims were reduced to just one fight.
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Theodorou Edges Alvey After Three Slow Rounds In the final bout of the prelims, Sam Alvey finally got the fight he'd been asking for, as he entered the Octagon with lustrous-locked social media darling Elias Theodorou.
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The Prelims: Cirkunov Locks up Guillotine in One The UFC 206 undercard was wrapped up by a dynamite light heavyweight booking as Toronto's own Misha Cirkunov took on Ukraine's Nikita Krylov in a clash of dangerous prospects.
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The Prelims: Krylov Snuffs Herman with Second-Round Head Kick The final bout of the undercard came courtesy of the light heavyweight division; as former middleweight Ed Herman took on 24-year-old Ukrainian finisher Nikita Krylov.
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Lopez Ousts Gagnon with Unanimous Win The first bout of the the Fox Sports prelims occurred in the bantamweight division, where Canada's Mitch Gagnon returned from more than 700 days on the shelf to take on Matthew Lopez.
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Horiguchi, the number five ranked flyweight in the world and a guy who gave Johnson more than a handful on the feet, was matched against the unranked Neil Seery, and hidden on the prelims of a televised card.
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The Prelims: McMann Decisions Eye in Slow Fight Vegas' featured preliminary bout came courtesy of the women's bantamweight division, as one-time title challenger Sara McMann took on long-time contender Jessica Eye in a clash of former teammates.
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The Prelims: Ayari Edges Wallhead in Back-and-Forth Fight The final bout of the undercard occurred at welterweight, as Germany's own Jessin Ayari took on England's Jim Wallhead—a replacement for recent Rousimar Palhares foil Emil Weber Meek.
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After coming out of Roufussport via Iowa as a top featherweight prospect, Koch has suffered enough injuries and losses to fighters in the top echelon to send him tumbling down to the prelims on Sunday's card in Las Vegas.
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Casey Taps Markos in One The televised prelims began in the women's strawweight division, as "Cast Iron" Cortney Casey looked to build on the momentum of a July TKO over Cristina Stanciu by taking out rising Canadian Randa Markos.
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Hamilton Turns the Lights Off On Grabowski The second bout of the televised prelims occurred in the heavyweight division, as 36-year-olds Damien Grabowski and Anthony Hamilton looked to rebound from losses to Derrick Lewis and Shamil Abdurakhimov respectively.
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As a flyweight, Scoggins' place is usually on the undercard, only seen by those committed fans who religiously watch the prelims (the UFC wonders why it struggles to get fans invested in the division and in Demetrious Johnson's title defenses).
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Evans-Smith Scores Debatable Split Decision Over Reneau The Fight Pass Prelims were closed out by a fight in the women's bantamweight division, as Marion Reneau and Ashlee Evans-Smith looked to rebound from losses to Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington respectively.
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Sage Northcutt (03-1-0) The first bout of UFC 200's televised prelims will see the ultra-hyped Sage Northcutt attempt to rebound from his first pro loss against Spain's Enrique Marin—undoubtedly the least-known fighter on this star-studded card.
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Fight Pass Prelims The second and final bout on the exclusive Fight Pass prelim card saw Rani Yahya retain is unbeaten status in his fourth test in the Octagon when he finished Matthew Lopez in the final minute of their fight with an arm triangle.
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Fight Pass Prelims Price scores stirring KO comeback win over Morono Fresh off his upset win over Brandon Thatch at UFC 207, Niko Price quickly returned to the Octagon for his sophomore appearance to take on hometown boy Alex Morono as a last-minute opponent.
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Takedowns Carry Mutante to Unanimous Decision Win The televised prelims were kicked off by a middleweight scrap between inaugural TUF Brazil winner Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira and the towering Anthony Smith, who walked into the bout having scored finishes in 23 of his previous 25 wins.
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Bellator MMA yesterday announced that 24-year-old Ferguson, Jr., will make his pro debut at Bellator 160 in Anaheim, California, where he'll fight another welterweight (as-year-undetermined) on the streaming prelims beneath the main event of Benson Henderson versus Patricio "Pitbull" Freire.
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The Prelims: Hall Takes Decision from Sluggish Maynard The final bout of the undercard saw former lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard look to build on the momentum of a sorely needed defeat of Fernando Bruno with a win over former TUF winner Ryan Hall.
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Taleb Scores Highlight Reel Knockout Over Silva The second last bout of the prelims went down at welterweight, as Canada's Nordine Taleb mixed it up with Brazil's Erick Silva, a former prospect who looked to reinvent himself under the tutelage of Rafael Cordeiro at Kings MMA.
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Lauzon Scores Quick TKO over Sanchez The Fight Pass Prelims were wrapped up by a scrap between TUF 2200 winner Diego Sanchez and post-fight bonus collector Joe Lauzon, who met in a lightweight bout that many considered a frontrunner for Fight of the Night honors.
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It is sad that Volkanovski ended up on the prelims on Saturday night, and many of those fans who tuned in for that fight probably felt more disappointed that the patented Elkins last-minute magic never showed up rather than impressed at how convincingly Volkanovski handled him.
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He won gold in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle race in Rio last week and is the first male swimmer from Georgia to do so, although he did not actually swim in the finals portion of the race – he helped Team USA advance from prelims.
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It's a line-up so good that former champions Miesha Tate and Rashad Evans are down on the prelims, and that UFC President Dana White glossed over the fact that lightweight contenders Michael Johnson and Khabib Nurmagomedov had been added until he mentioned it halfway through the press conference.
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Takanori Gomi (35-03-0) The fact that UFC 200's early prelims are being kicked off by Jim Miller, a veteran of 22 UFC bouts, and Takanori Gomi, a former Pride champ and one of the greatest lightweights of all time, is a testament to just how stacked this card is.
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Saturday, June 217: UFC OttawaEarly Prelims: 27:27pm ET on UFC Fight PassPrelims: 22:211pm ET on Fox Sports 21Main Card: 13:21pm ET on Fox Sports 28 The biggest card of the weekend, as expected, will come from the UFC, who are set to debut in the beautiful Canadian capital on Saturday night.
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As the championship approached, the boys had to be schooled in the importance of those December matches—the prelims within your dorm, the matches between your dorm's best guy and the best sluggers from the other two dorms, and then the bout between the best black fighter and whatever chump the white guys put up.
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