UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs Poirier 2
July 28, 2018
Scotiabank Saddledome
Calgary, Alberta
Fight Card Ranking (strength of card on paper based on our exclusive Pound for Pound fighter rankings)
8,404 – best FOX card in recent memory
UFC on Fox cards range between 7,700-6,400 points, with an average UFC on Fox card ranking 7,300
(click on fighter’s name for detailed scouting report)
(fighter ranking based on our exclusive Performance Based Ranking system – click fighter’s rank to check out the list)
Main Card (FOX/CTV TWO – 2:00 pm Eastern)
Lightweights (five rounds):
Eddie Alvarez (29-5, 1 NC, #9 ranked lightweight) vs
Dustin Poirier (23-5, 1 NC, #7 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES & ELBOWS) – ROUND 2 (4:05)
PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT
Featherweights:
Jose Aldo (26-4, #3 ranked featherweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (4:19)
vs Jeremy Stephens (28-14, #7 ranked featherweight)
PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT
Women’s Strawweights:
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-2, #2 ranked women’s strawweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
vs Tecia Torres (10-2, #10 ranked women’s strawweight)
Lightweights:
Alexander Hernandez (9-1, #30 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
vs Olivier Aubin-Mercier (12-2 #16 ranked lightweight)
Prelims (FOX/TSN2 – 6:00 pm Eastern)
Welterweights:
Jordan Mein (30-12, #51 ranked welterweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
vs Alex Morono (14-4, 1 NC, #61 ranked welterweight)
Featherweights:
Hakeem Dawodu (7-1-1, #56 ranked featherweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
vs Austin Arnett (15-5, #56 ranked featherweight)
Lightweights:
Kajan Johnson (22-12-1, #24 ranked lightweight) vs
Islam Makhachev (15-1, #9 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA SUBMISSION (ARMBAR) – ROUND 1 (4:43)
Light Heavyweights:
Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-4, #51 ranked light heavyweight) vs
Ion Cutelaba (13-3, 1 NC, #26 ranked light heavyweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES & ELBOWS) – ROUND 1 (4:25)
Early Prelims (UFC Fight Pass – 4:00 pm Eastern)
Lightweights:
John Makdessi (15-6, #36 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-26, 29-27, 29-28)
vs Ross Pearson (22-14, 1 NC, #60 ranked lightweight)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT
Women’s Flyweights:
Alexis Davis (19-7, #6 ranked women’s flyweight) vs
Katlyn Chookagian (10-1, #15 ranked women’s flyweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Flyweights:
Dustin Ortiz (18-7, #11 ranked flyweight) **WINNER VIA KO (HEAD KICK & PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (3:49)
vs Matheus Nicolau (13-2-1, #15 ranked flyweight)
Women’s Strawweights:
Randa Markos (8-6, #18 ranked women’s strawweight) vs
Nina Ansaroff (8-5, #23 ranked women’s strawweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweights:
Devin Powell (8-3, #72 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA KO (KICKS TO BODY & PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (1:52)
vs Alvaro Herrera (9-5, #60 ranked lightweight)
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