UFC 241 also features a potential breakout star in middleweight Ian Heinisch, who looks to solve the Derek Brunson puzzle in his star-crossed journey to stardom.As good as the card looks, the scenarios from the possible outcomes are equally as intriguing.
In the main event, Stipe Miocic took the UFC heavyweight title back from Daniel Cormier with a TKO in the fourth round.You can relive the action from the event, which took place at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, right here with the UFC 241: Fight Motion slow-motion video highlights.
But there is also a tremendous amount at stake for Diaz, who makes his fighting return after three years away from the cage.An integral part of the plot in this fight is if Diaz wins, does that finally open the door to a third match with McGregor?“I can’t tell you what the Cormier-Stipe fight is going to look like, or what it will look like for [Yoel] Romero and [Paulo] Costa, but I guarantee there is no way in hell that the Pettis-Diaz fight isn’t incredible,” said White. The biggest question is how Costa will respond to a dangerous opponent in Romero. “Pettis looked unbelievable in his last fight, and who knows what Diaz is going to look like after three years off, but one thing we do know is that anytime the Diaz brothers come to fight, they come to fight. Other than soccer, we’re the most international brand in the world.”Dana White on Anthony Pettis-Nate Diaz bout: “I think that fight is going to be ridiculous.” Diaz looked excellent in defeating former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis in a welterweight scrap. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) I make my home in Baltimore, MD.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
“But I also think that a fight between Cormier and Francis Ngannou is a fight people would also want to see, and that would be big for Cormier’s legacy.”Standing 6'4", Ngannou is a force and would present an obstacle for Cormier, but he lost by unanimous decision to Miocic in January 2018.
Worthy was the biggest underdog on the card. UFC 241 gave fight fans all they could ask for on Saturday night in Anaheim, California. Headlined by Daniel Cormier defending his Heavyweight title against former champion Stipe Miocic, 241 offers a combination of depth, marquee matchups and speculation over what comes next.In addition to Cormier-Miocic, the card also features the return of Nate Diaz, who will step into the Octagon for the first time since August 2016 to face a scorching hot Anthony Pettis. Kenney accepted the fight on very short notice and handed Bermudez his first setback in 15 matches when he topped his opponent by unanimous decision.
The main event for 241 is Cormier (22–1–1) against Miocic (18–3), which is a rematch of the July 2018 fight at UFC 226 when Cormier won the heavyweight title. “We went from Uruguay last week to Anaheim, and then we’re in Shenzhen, China for a [UFC women’s Strawweight champ Jessica] Andrade title fight, then go straight from there to Abu Dhabi for another title fight [for the Lightweight title between champ Khabib Nurmagomedov against interim champ Dustin Poirier], Vancouver, Mexico City, Copenhagen, then Melbourne, Australia for another title fight [Middleweight champ Robert Whittaker vs. interim champ Israel Adeanya].“We’re going to Singapore, Brazil, and New Zealand all before the end of the year.
UFC 241 - Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Fight Card, Main Card, Main Event, Co-Main Event, Undercard Fights, Prelims Fights Two fights later, Cory Sandhagen launched himself into bantamweight contender status with a unanimous decision win over the always tough Raphael Assuncao/ Assuncao had been on an 11-2 run dating back to August 2011. I am a freelance writer who has covered a wide variety of topics over the years. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. I’ve written about crime, technology, fitness, and entertainment for a variety of outlets. I think that fight is going to be ridiculous.“Should Pettis win, he’s in that 170-pound division and he did finish ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, and if he beats Diaz, you’re looking at absolute beasts in [Jorge] Masvidal, The middleweight fight between Yoel Romero (13–3) and Paulo Costa (12–0) also holds implications both in and out of the cage.
UFC 241 takes place this Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The preliminary card was not particularly deep, but that portion of the event delivered as well. He also earned himself a “Performance of the Night” bonus in what was his first UFC outing.In the main card, Derek Brunson stopped the middleweight climb of the heavily hyped Ian Heinisch.
welterweight bout during the UFC 241 event at the Honda Center on August 17, 2019 in Anaheim, California.
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: (R-L) Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis embrace after their In the aftermath of this past Saturday’s UFC 241 fight card, the general consensus seems to be that the pay-per-view portion of the event will go in the books as one of the best cards of 2019. The prelim card closer offered up one of the bigger surprises of the night. In that contest, Khama Worthy, a late replacement, scored a first-round TKO win over Devonte Smith.
A rubber match against Cormier would make the most sense if Miocic regains the title.The welterweight fight between Anthony Pettis (22–8) and Nate Diaz (19–11) is also a matchup layered with possibilities.Pettis is on an incredible hot streak after his return to welterweight. Those two fights set the table for the top three scraps on the PPV card.In one for the more exciting middleweight bouts in recent memory, Paulo Costa passed his first big test in the octagon when he earned a unanimous decision win over Yoel Romero. These days I mostly focus on MMA as a contributor to MMAjunkie and now Forbes. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. UFC spent last weekend in Montevideo, Uruguay for a card headlined by women’s Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko defeating Liz Carmouche, and the international flavor continues for the next six fight nights following 241.“You can’t get any more international than us,” said White.