The phrases "Just Bleed" and "stand n' bang" come to mind. I don't care much for this bout, nor do I care much for waiting around all night to see it. Lots of overblown words and narrative building about heart and grit and determination and guts will be thrown around for as long as this fight lasts. I see it unfortunately for the long term brain health of both men going the distance of 5 rounds.
Belfort vs Hall - UFC throws one last aging veteran at Hall in an attempt to parlay some shine onto Hall who has just fluctuated up and down wildly at times in the UFC and on TUF. I don't frankly care about this bout and will probably be dozing off by the time it starts.
Usman vs Meek
Usman has pieced together 6 wins in a row in the UFC, capping off his last performance with a dominant stoppage of Sergio Moraes (his notches include the likes of Sean Strickland, Warley Alves and other beginning tier opposition. Meek on the other hand took a decision win over Jordan Mein and beat the notorious Rousimar Palhares overseas in his two most recent fights). Usman is as stern a debut test as one could find, but methinks Usman also had looked good because of who he has faced. Moraes looked flat and tentative from the outset of Usman's last bout. Credit to Usman for making the most of it, but otherwise, I'm largely unsold on Usman's fights thus far having seen 4-5 of them.
Elkins vs JohnsonElkins coming off a win over game Bermudez, Johnson off of a loss to Khabib and Gaethje but before that beat Dustin Poirier and before that losses to Beneil Dariush & Nate Diaz but before that he beat Edson Barboza. Man. I didn't realize it until pulling up his record but Johnson has faced murderer's row of experienced and dangerous guys in the UFC. Elkins has piled up 5 wins, but against far less notable competition.
Krause vs White
Krause won several TUF fights despite showing the penchant for fading at times in his fights in terms of cardio. Frustratingly he also shows great promise in instances in his fights. He's beaten the likes of Jamie Varner, Toby Imada, Sam Stout, and Shane Campbell. White got here by picking up wins over Artem Lobov and Mitch Clarke while dropping fights to Tony Martin, Clay Collard, and a couple others. I don't think either guy is exceptional but Krause should win via a slighter better resume and time spent in the TUF House grinder.
Alves vs CummingsCummings somehow managed to get injured within a day or two of the fight so this one is off. Poor Alves. Dude has had a run of bad luck in his career at times. Bummer. This was going to be a good scrap.
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