Who is fighting ufc 143
Max Holloway. Alex Caceres. Edwin Figueroa. Matt Brown. Chris Cope. Matthew Riddle. Henry Martinez. Rafael Natal. Michael Kuiper. Dan Stittgen. Stephen Thompson. Here's what went down. Video Submission of the Week: Ed Herman vs. KO of the Week: Brown vs. Renan Barao discusses his dominating win over Scott Jorgensen. Moreover, deductions for items such as insurance and licenses are not accounted for.
The buyrate and viewership data is: , For upcoming UFC events, click here. If you see a mistake, let us know. Sign in. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. News Payouts. At , Stittgen's good, but he's green. And he wouldn't be in the picture at all if the UFC hadn't needed yet another injury replacement. A good showing could mean a foothold; a bad showing could mean one and done.
His opponent, Thompson, is also making his UFC debut and is a relative MMA newcomer at , but his career kickboxing record and that's not a misprint might give him some cushion. Rising featherweight Dustin Poirier was initially slated to face Erik Koch. But Koch got injured, soo he's out and Ricardo Lamas was in. I think I'm done with this MMA. I don't need this s--t.
In a very close first round, both men took some time feeling each other out and then they proceeded to engage in a tough and even kickboxing exchange, with the fight never going to the ground and neither man wanting to take it there. Diaz appeared to be more comfortable with the pace of the fight as the first round ended. In the second round it became more Diaz's fight, as he began to land more of his trademark high-volume punching.
He also started to do more of his taunting.