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to the most famous theme park in the
world but this Saturday the UFC provides
a thrill rise as we bring 14 fantastic
matchups to Florida we’ve got the
ceremonial weigh-ins and plenty of fight
breakdowns for here on the UFC Fight
Night pre-show
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Wonderboy Thompson one half of our main
event his record is 16-6-1 in MMA but
57-0 as a kickboxer he debuted in the
UFC in 2012 with a knockout he fought
Tyron Woodley for the title and he still
has his eyes on the prize
across the Octagon will be Kevin Hall
and his record is 23-8 with one no
contest he actually retired in September
but he is back he is a Dana White
Contender series season two success
story big mouth has a fan-friendly style
in and out of the Octagon welcome inside
the Amway Center the pre-show is
presented by DraftKings Sportsbook
and with that said welcome inside Booyah
we are here for the pre-show Karen
Bryant hanging out with Alan Joe Van
Michaela and Megan o Levy it is Stuart
Scott Knight on Saturday night our fight
night as part of Jimmy V week we are
honoring the late Stuart Scott with our
Booyah shirts we’ve got 14 awesome
fights it feels so good to be back here
in Orlando it does last time I was here
I think it was fighting in that octagon
I’m glad to be here at the desk with you
guys don’t have to do any of that stuff
but as you said less stressful here what
a stacked card 14 fights who still have
a terrific main event and lots of
bangers in this matchup as well oh lots
of bangers for sure and if there’s one
thing that’s so fitting for it being
Stuart Scott Knight on Saturday night is
the fact that it is a stack card he was
such a die-hard MMA fan and while he’s
not with us today he will have the best
seat in the house absolutely contenders
could emerge on this card in our main
event you gotta love it because there’s
two guys who really wanted to fight one
another who were so thrilled to sign on
the dotted line when they heard their
opponent’s name yeah excellent well
let’s take a look at our main card we
have got six fights for you four
different weight classes and seven
ranked Fighters middleweight Anders
Dawkins from Manson and Deliza get us
going heavyweights to evasive versus
pavlovich Clash but for number six
versus number seven at flyweight
barbarina versus Rafael dosandro serves
as our co-main event in the first of two
welterweight battles but Michael
Wonderboy is a former title Challenger
still a threat at age 39 due to his
striking versatility what are the best
weapons in the Arsenal well the best
weapons in his Arsenal I would
definitely say are his kicks
particularly that lead Lakeside kick he
does a great job maintaining space and
keeping his opponents off him with that
lead leg sidekick but it’s also it’s
also the spinning attacks it’s also the
head kicks like you see against Dan
stigen he does a good job getting the
knee up and bringing the kick over your
shoulder and he’s got good blitzes with
his punches he does a good job
sidestepping his oppon offense where he
can counter with two three four punch
Combos and what a Victory celebration
he’s got as well well listen Alan Kevin
Holland uh has the fifth highest
striking accuracy at middleweight so how
does that skill say skill set translate
15 pounds lighter well he’s such a long
fighter right he’s six foot three has an
81 inch reach tremendous for the
welterweight division but he has a lot
of pop in his punch you see this even
from the ground he’s able to knock out
jacquery so one of the most decorated
Jiu Jitsu artists in all of UFC at 185
he’s fighting at Walt away tonight you
see this the right hand that’s where he
does a lot of his handiwork right there
against Cowboy Olivera the right hand in
tight gets people done gets people out I
think he needs to cover the distance and
try to get in close against Wonderboy
and there’s not a lot of tension this
weekend there Megan there’s not and
there seems to be a lot of relief in
that sentiment that both of these guys
are on good terms with one another in
fact Kevin Holland had Stephen Thompson
on his own podcast a couple of weeks ago
they were laughing they interviewed one
another this week for the UFC social
media team and while they are so
thrilled to face another their lifelong
martial artists a traditional martial
arts there also seems to be a real
comfort that they don’t have to go in
there with a lot of hostility yeah that
doesn’t mean Kevin won’t be talking
though he gets a big mouth he loves to
talk all the way through fights and
speaking of talking it is time now to
send it down to the stage and the man on
the microphone take it away Johnny
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Let’s Go Orlando great to be back in
Central Florida how about a hand for the
Octagon girls Luciana Entourage Brooklyn
Wren Sean Shelby our matchmaker is here
and we are ready to go 14 fights coming
your way live on ESPN tomorrow night we
begin with a prelimit in the UFC Women’s
stroll away division Jasmine Howard
versus Estella Nunez first athlete to
the stage is Stella Nunez
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114 and a half the official weight for
is Stella Nunez
and her opponent please welcome Jasmine
howergy
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X prelim comes your way of the UFC
featherweight division Marcelo Pitbull
Rojo versus Francis Fire Marshall first
fighter to the stage making his UFC
debut here tomorrow night Francis
Marshall
thank you
145 the official wait for Francis
Marshall
and his opponent please welcome Marcelo
Rojo
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145 the official waiting for Pitbull
Marcelo
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next up in the UFC’s lightweight
division lethal not John Levy versus
hanato viadito Valdez
first fighter to the stage out of
Tijuana Mexico in that old Valdez
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back out of the featherweight division
Darren the damage Elkins versus Jonathan
JSP Pierce
first fighter to the stage Jonathan JSP
Pierce
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and his opponent set to make his 27th
UFC appearance Darren good damage Elkins
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145 the official wait for the veteran
Darren Elkins
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moving on now should be a good one in
the UFC lightweight division Michael the
Menace Johnson versus Mark Bone Crusher
Casey
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from Mark to Casey
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and his opponent UFC flight number 27
for Michael the man
the medicine
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156 the official way for Michael Johnson
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all right next prelim also in the
lightweight division clay the carpenter
Guida versus Scott hot sauce Saltzman
first fighter to the stage is Scott
Holtzman
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155 and a half
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and his opponent set for his 34th UFC
appearance clay the carpenter
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official weight 154 and a half for clay
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all right next up in the women’s
strawweight division Angelo Overkill
Hill versus Emily Cordina to Cody
first fighter to the stage 13th ranks in
the showway division Emily dub Cody
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one 15 and a half the official wait for
Emily ducote
and her opponent the 12th ranks throw
away in the world Angela Overkill Hill
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115 and a half the official wait for
Angela Hill
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that brings us to the featured prelim
and the UFC’s welterweight division Nico
the Hybrid price versus Phil The Fresh
Prince Row first fighter to the stage
repping Orlando Florida USA
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173 and a half the official way for Phil
Road two and a half pounds over the
commence away limit
and now introducing his opponent out of
Cape Coral Florida Nico the hybrid
Prince
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boy that brings us to the main core live
on ESPN for UFC Fight Night Thompson
versus Holland first out of the shoot in
the middleweight division your boy Eric
Sanders versus Kyle caucus
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and his opponent your boy Eric Anders
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186 the official wait for Eric Anders
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matchup also in the middleweight
division Jackson choker Hermanson versus
Roman Delite first fighter to the stage
Roman talise
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official weight 185 and the half for
Roman delisee
and his opponent is the eighth ranked
middleweight in the world Jack The Joker
her mansion
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come on guys
186 for Jack Hermanson
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heavyweight matchup on the card Ty Bam
Bam to ivata versus Sergey pavlovich
first fighter to the stage number five
in the world
Sergey pavlovich
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Contender Ty bad bam to ibassador
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first fighter to the stage number seven
in the world in the flyweight division
Matt snow
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official weight 126 pounds for Mateus
nicolao
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right now to the coal Main Event in the
UFC’s welterweight division Brian Bam
Bam barbarina versus Rafael dos anchos
first fighter to the stage the former
Undisputed UFC lightweight champion
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170 the official weight for RDA
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and his opponent has had a big 20-22
please welcome Brian Arena
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170 and a half the official wait for
barbarina
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all right main event tomorrow night also
comes your way in the UFC men’s
welterweight division we now take a look
at the two Headliners the men on the
Marquee here at Amway tomorrow night
all smiles for the crime-fighting trash
talking bright shining Kevin Holland
he’s a wild boy Trailblazer is the
official nickname Big Mouth Is The
Unofficial nickname I guess I move
between Trailblazer and big mouth just
depending on the times of the situation
Trailblazer I know it’s like nothing’s
gonna stand my way oh
super entertaining always fun for the
people he put some quiet
that she’s talking to his opponents
berating his opponents I’ve never seen
somebody talk like that in the middle of
a fight put them both together it’s a
hard combination to do it
well from the moment Stephen Wonderboy
Thompson made his UFC debut in 2012 a
lot of us have the sense that he could
be something special it was UFC 143 my
very first UFC fight
and I just realized that I just made it
I made it to the biggest fight promotion
in the world I’m here
I went out there first round head kick
knockout
and guess what
still here baby Stephen Wonderboy
Thompson makes really good Fighters look
very average what sets him apart from
the others is his karate style it’s such
a difficult possible song
you can’t see where the punches are
coming
you don’t see them until they’re up near
your face it’s very exciting to go get
somebody with a traditional background
you know it gets just able to prove how
good my striking is
sometimes you get guys that know how to
bang a good roundhouse kick at the right
time throw some good punches but you
ain’t got wonderful way he can spin with
the kid he can jump in the air and throw
a strike you know his punches are clean
everything about Wonder Boys spells good
striking another
connected that’s it it the difference is
I hit like a truck
harder than one way I’m just as fast as
Wonderboy and I’m just a slick is
wearing a boy the mud loves to fight the
fight performance of the night bonuses
left and right
you can deliver enough happen anywhere
knocked out watching Buckley with one
punch at 185. it’s knocked out jacqueray
from his back
he has some fantastic submission skills
he’s a black belt into Travis looter I
mean he can do it all you know a lot of
guys can fixate on what they can do to
you instead of what you’re going to be
doing to them
and that’s what I’m focused on what I’m
going to be doing to Kevin Holland
it’s gonna be a fun night because when I
put the right hand on them no matter
what he does my right hand is going to
make a difference in this fight every
single time
yeah he’s got his hands full because
he’s got a hungry Steve and Wonder Boy
Thompson who’s not giving up on that
title he’s gonna go walk right through a
Wonder Boy let me eat that boy I get
some Wonder Bread white bread
no wheat
I’m gonna knock him out it’s my night
all right folks here we go with the main
event first fighter to the stage Kevin
Trailblazer Holland
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for Kevin Holland
and his opponent is a former two-time
World title Challenger the number six
ranked Contender
Wonder Boy Thompson
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we step over here and First grab a
minute with Kevin Trailblazer Holland
congratulations quite a pop here
obviously how about a man a lot of these
fans have come out to see you final
expectations for what they’re going to
see here tomorrow night uh tomorrow
night Wonderboy is going to go out there
and throw some good stuff I’m gonna go
out there and throw some good stuff
somebody’s gonna get hit and somebody’s
gonna go to sleep that’s as simple as it
is but at the end of the day all respect
make sure you guys show Warner boys some
love and uh I’ll be getting some steak
tonight four lucky people can come with
me because I brought too many tickets to
the steakhouse there he is folks
appreciate your time see you tomorrow
night Kevin Holland all right we step
over here and talk to the ever classy
Stephen Wonderboy Thompson I know you
like this man a lot you and Kevin have
spent a lot of time together this week
uh the words give away to the action
tomorrow night any final thoughts before
yet another huge spot for you man this
is this fight excites me 100 man be able
to do it right here in Orlando Florida
with you guys I love it hey it’s going
to be action-packed baby make sure you
guys are tuning in
I love you guys appreciate you great to
have you back Stephen Wonderboy Thompson
all right Orlando appreciate the noise
thank you all for coming out one more
sleep we’ll see you tomorrow night
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