GDT: UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg

[MMC]

Date: May 4, 2024
Venue: Farmasi Arena
City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Time: 10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Viewing: PPV

MAIN CARD (PPV)

Flyweight Championship bout: Alexandre Pantoja (c) vs. Steve Erceg
Bantamweight bout: Jonathan Martinez vs. Jose Aldo
Light Heavyweight bout: Anthony Smith vs. Vitor Petrino
Middleweight bout: Michel Pereira vs. Ihor Potieria
Middleweight bout: Paul Craig vs. Caio Borralho

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, Sportsnet)

Featherweight bout: Jack Shore vs. Joanderson Brito
Women’s Strawweight bout: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Iasmin Lucindo
Lightweight bout: Elves Brener vs. Myktybek Orolbai
Lightweight bout: Joaquim Silva vs. Drakkar Klose

EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass)

Lightweight bout: Jamie Mullarkey vs. Mauricio Ruffy
Women’s Flyweight bout: Dione Barbosa vs. Ernesta Kareckaite
Lightweight bout: Ismael Bonfim vs. Vinc Pichel
Flyweight bout: Alessandro Costa vs. Kevin Borjas​

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[Bunk Moreland]

Wonder if it'll be a packed house with Aldo/pantoja... last ppv in Rio was a ghost town

 

[CDJ]

Decent chance Erceg wins imo

Gonna try and make up for last weeks brutal loss (on the Figlak decision) with a Orolbai/Pereira/Bonfim parlay

 

[I am not exposed]

Wonder if it'll be a packed house with Aldo/pantoja... last ppv in Rio was a ghost town

If no one shows up, can they keep on calling Aldo the King of Rio?

 

[Moncherry]

They're charging money for this?

 

[The Devil In I]

Over under on PPV buys....250k?

 

[I am not exposed]

Over under on PPV buys....250k?

Under.

 

[chicagoskycam]

It looks like a Fight Night card. I know we were a bit spoiled with 300 but wow. 300 should be free on ESPN+ by now, I might just watch that again, lol.

 

[I am not exposed]

It looks like a Fight Night card. I know we were a bit spoiled with 300 but wow. 300 should be free on ESPN+ by now, I might just watch that again, lol.

I feel like a lot of Brazil PPV cards are lacking tbh.

 

[CDJ]

The prelims are sneaky sweet, the main card lacks in a big way. I do like them putting Potieria on the main card in Brazil against Michel Pereira after he danced over shoguns corpse

 

[Taytro]

I think I disagree with everyone saying this main card is severely lacking. I think the only thing it's lacking is a big name for a co-main (or main with the other title being co-main). Outside of that, every fight has a main card fighter on one side of it. Aldo, Smith, Pereira, and Craig are pretty big name, main card guys. 2 of those guys have main evented PPVs before, the other 2 have been have been on the main card of PPVs. So is it just their matchups or the total composition that people aren't thrilled with? We got spoiled last time out but I think this is an okay PPV, not great obviously but it's fine. A lot of up and coming talent trying to make their name for of bigger names guys on the main card.

 

[End of Line]

Over under on PPV buys....250k?

I’m guessing around 80k if that

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Gomis looked messed up on the scales read he threw up before he got up there. Wonder if this fight gets allowed.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Outside of Gomis looking like crap while still making weight there was no issues on the scale today.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Gomis vs Silva is off to no one's surprise

 

[CDJ]

Gomis looked messed up on the scales read he threw up before he got up there. Wonder if this fight gets allowed.

His team are a bunch of idiots for having him cut 3 lbs more than he’s allowed

 

[Tobias Kahun]

3 extra pounds, realistically closer to 4 as he was clothed is huge at 145, no wonder he looked like shit

 

[Bunk Moreland]

What's are we playing today gents

 

[CDJ]

Decent chance Erceg wins imo

Gonna try and make up for last weeks brutal loss (on the Figlak decision) with a Orolbai/Pereira/Bonfim parlay

I did research and I backed off the Orolbai pick. I think I like Brener +210 now

Brener has some submissions off his back, good takedown defense, and much better striking. Should be more of a pickem imo

 

[MMC]

Even though I agree that Martinez probably wins I’m still surprised to see him as the favorite

 

[MMC]

 

[Bunk Moreland]

"Did you think you did enough to win the fight?" Has to be the dumbest question that gets asked after every close decision what do you think he's gonna say

 

[CDJ]

I did research and I backed off the Orolbai pick. I think I like Brener +210 now

Brener has some submissions off his back, good takedown defense, and much better striking. Should be more of a pickem imo

I’ve made a huge mistake

 

[CDJ]

Brener is a dog

 

[CDJ]

Wow I really lost because Brener let that knockdown happen with 1 second left