Francis Carmont and CB Dollaway Added to UFC Fight Night 41

The UFC has announced that the co-main event for the Munoz-Mousasi card will feature another bout at middleweight as CB Dolloway and Francis Carmont are set to go to battle in the Octogon.  Francis Carmont is coming off of a decision loss to grappling wizard "Jacare" Souza at UFC Fight Night 36 in February.  Before that fight, Carmont was on an eleven-fight win streak with six of those fights in the UFC.  With his streak ended, Carmont is looking to get back right into the title picture again.  Dollaway is coming off of a 39 second TKO win over TUF Brazil  season one winner, Cezar Ferreira at UFC Fight Night 38 in March.

This is an important fight for both men as they look to move up the ladder of contenders.  It should be an interesting fight between these two entertaining fighters.  Both men are great wrestlers, but I believe that Dollaway carries a little more power than Carmont.  Carmont has great technical striking though Dollaway will definitely be the harder hitter of the two men.  I see Carmont's excellent technique and takedown defense being too much Dollaway.

UFC Fight Night 36: Fight Results

Main Card:

Lyoto Machida def. Gegard Mousasi via unanimous decision
Ronaldo Souza def. Francis Carmont via unanimous decision
Erick Silva def. Takenori Sato via first-round TKO
Nicholas Musoke def. Viscardi Andrade via unanimous decision
Charles Oliveira def. Andy Ogle via submission (triangle choke)

Preliminary Card:

Joe Proctor def. Cristiano Marcello via unanimous decision
Rodrigo Damm def. Ivan Jorge via unanimous decision
Francisco Trinaldo def. Jesse Ronson via split decision
Iuri Alcantara def. Wilson Reis via split decision
Felipe Arantes def. Maximo Blanco via unanimous decision
Ildemar Alcantara def. Albert Tumenov via split decision
Zubaira Tukhugov def. Douglas Silva de Andrade via unanimous decision

UFC Fight Night 36 Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

Lyoto Machida (185) vs. Gegard Mousasi (186)
Ronaldo Souza (185) vs. Francis Carmont (185)
Erick Silva (170) vs. Takenori Sato (170)
Viscardi Andrade (170) vs. Nicholas Musoke (170)
Charles Oliveira (143) vs. Andy Ogle (146)

Preliminary Card:

Cristiano Marcello (156) vs. Joe Proctor (155)
Rodrigo Damm (156) vs. Ivan Jorge (156)
Francisco Trinaldo (155) vs. Jesse Ronson (156)
Iuri Alcantara (136) vs. Wilson Reis (135)
Felipe Arantes (146) vs. Maximo Blanco (145)
Ildemar Alcantara (171) vs. Albert Tumenov (170)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (145) vs. Zubair Tuhugov (146)

Machida-Mousasi, Jacare-Carmont

Two HUGE Middleweight fights have been scheduled for UFC Fight Night 36. The event will be headlined by former MMA champions Lyoto Machida and Gegard Mousasi and co-headlined by Francis Carmont and Jacare Souza. The event will take place in Brazil on February 15th.

This will be an event with four of the best that the UFC has to offer. We are in for an amazing night of fights in February and I cannot wait. All four of the fighter s have world class skills and are sure to got out and perform to the best of their abilities especially considering how close they all are to getting a title shot. I feel that a win for Machida or Souza could be a guarenteed title shot depending on how the UFC decides to eliminate the other if they both win. I feel like Carmont would be one win away with Mousasi being two fights away from a title shot.  This will be a night to look forward to.