UFC Fight Night 27 Delivers

Last night's Fox Sports 1 event was a successful event that included lots of entertaining fights.  There was knockouts, submissions and close decisions all packed into one amazing event.  Carlos Condit was able to rise up last night and put on an amazing performance that earned he and Kampmann Fight of the Night honors.  Carlos Condit proved that his climb to the top was no fluke.  Condit was coming off of a two fight losing streak against top competition including a fight with the UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre and St. Pierre's UFC 167 opponent, Johnny Hendricks.  I think that Condit is now 1 or 2 wins away from a title shot.  Condit survived the early takedowns of Kampmann in the first round to go on and win rounds 2 and 3 and finish Kampmann in the fourth by TKO due to strikes.

Rafael Dos Anjos also made a statement in his fight with Donald Cerrone.  Dos Anjos was able to keep the pressure on Cerrone in their bout in which he earned a decision victory and moves up the ranks in the UFC Lightweight Division.  Cerrone had no answer for the striking attack that dos Anjos used to keep Cerrone from getting comfortable.  Cerrone wasn't able to find his rhythm until the third round in which he was finally able to open up with an effective strike game which featured his devastating leg kicks that made dos Anjos lose his footing early in the round.  Though Cerrone was able to put off a great third round, it just proved to be too late in the fight to pull off a win.  Dos Anjos made a real name for himself in the Lightweight division with his win over Donald Cerrone.  This was dos Anjos fifth straight victory in the UFC.

Recent Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum came into last night's event with a win over hyped up opponent Uriah Hall into his welterweight debut over Brian Melancon.  Gastelum came into the fight looking to be in amazing shape and looked calm and confident as he was going into an important fight in his post-TUF UFC career.  Gastelum was able to out-strike the powerful striker Melancon.  Melancon was rocked and dropped by a series of punches thrown by Gastelum.  Instead of continuing with strikes on the ground, Gastelum quickly took Melancon's back and secured a rear naked choke to earn the submission victory in the first round, winning his welterweight debut.

Another Ultimate Fighter winner was able to pull off a victory in their fight last night and that man was the talented Court McGee.  Court McGee was able to outstrike and overpressure Brian Whittaker last night handing Whittaker his first loss in the UFC.  The win came via split decision in which the judges scored the bout 30-27,27-30, 29-28 for Court McGee.

Takeya Mizugaki also put on a show for the fans with Erik Perez as the put on a complete mixed-martial-arts fight that had a perfect balance of striking and grappling that was delightful to watch and possibly my favorite fight from last night.  The fight was decided via split decision but I felt it was clear enough that Mizugaki had earned a unanimous decision but the judges thought otherwise.  This was Takeya's third straight victory in the UFC.

I would rate this event 8/10 as it was an amazing event that completely delivered while other UFC events have disappointed.

UFC Fight Night 27 Results

Main card
Carlos Condit def. Martin Kampmann via fourth-round TKO
Rafael dos Anjos def. Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision
Kevin Gastelum def. Brian Melancon via submission (rear-naked choke)
Court McGee def. Robert Whittaker via split decision
Takeya Mizugaki def. Erik Perez via split decision
Brad Tavares def. Bubba McDaniel via unanimous decision

UFC Fight Night 27 Weigh In Results

MAIN CARD

Carlos Condit (170.5) vs. Martin Kampmann (170)
Donald Cerrone (156) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (155.5)
Kelvin Gastelum (170) vs. Brian Melancon (170)
Court McGee (170) vs. Robert Whittaker (170.5)
Takeya Mizugaki (135.5) vs. Erik Perez (135.5)
Brad Tavares (186) vs. Bubba McDaniel (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Dylan Andrews (185) vs. Papy Abedi (184.5)
Justin Edwards (170) vs. Brandon Thatch (170)
Darren Elkins (145) vs. Hatsu Hioki (146)
James Head (170.5) vs. Jason High (171)
Zak Cummings (170.5) vs. Ben Alloway (170)
Roger Bowling (155.5) vs. Abel Trujillo (155)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we will witness an amazing card tomorrow evening.

Chael and Kenny's UFN 27 Predictions

Kenny Florian and Chael Sonnen weigh in on the coming UFC Event this Wednesday.

UFC Fight Night 27 Predictions

My predictions:

UFC Fight Night 27 Fight Card

UFC Fight Night 27 is set to be an exciting night filled with great fights.  The event will be headlined with a rematch between former WEC Welterweight Champion and UFC Interim Welterweight Champion, Carlos Condit and Danish welterweight stand out Martin Kampmann.  In their first bout Kampmann came out the victor by split decision after going three exciting, back-and-forth rounds of action.  Both men are in need of a victory after coming off of losses in recent bouts.  Both men have a common loss to Johnny Hendricks in the last year.  This match promises to be an exciting match between exciting fighters who left it all in the cage in their last match.

UFC Fight Night 27 also features the UFC debut of Kelvin Gastelum after his successful win over heavy fan favorite Uriah Hall to be come TUF Season 17 winner. Donald Cerrone also looks to regain his position as a top contender in the UFC's Lightweight Division and Rafael dos Anjos looks to make his way up the ladder in their fight that will be the co-main event of the card.

Main Card (FOX Sports 1 8PM ET)

Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann
Donald Cerrone vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Brian Melancon
Court McGee vs. Robert Whittaker
Robert McDaniel vs. Brad Tavares
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Erik Perez

Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 2 6PM ET)

Papy Abedi vs. Dylan Andrews
Justin Edwards vs. Brandon Thatch
Darren Elkins vs. Hatsu Hioki
James Head vs. Jason High

Preliminary Card (Facebook 5PM ET)

Ben Alloway vs. Zak Cummings
Roger Bowling vs. Abel Trujillo

Sarah Kaufman Dropped From UFN Aug. 28

After reporting earlier this month that Sara Mcmann would no longer be competing August 28th at UFC Fight Night, we have learned that the UFC hasnt been able to find a new opponent for Sarah Kaufman.  With no opponent for Kaufman, they have decided to completely scrap Kaufman from the event. There is no word on whether or not the UFC will be rescheduling Mcmann vs. Kaufman.

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Sarah Kaufman Will Need a New Opponent for UFN

It was recently reported that Sarah Kaufman's original opponent for Ultimate Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2, Sara McMann, has been forced to drop out of her fight on Aug. 28.  There UFC has yet to announce a replacement for Kaufman who will be making her UFC debut.  Kaufman is a top contender who has an impressive (16-2) mixed martial arts career with wins over Miesha Tate, Alexis Davis (twice) and Liz Carmouche.

The question now becomes, who does the UFC get to replace the top contender?

 Possible matchups in my opinion would be a rematch with Liz Carmouche, whom she defeated earlier in their careers.  Carmouche was the first person to challenge UFC Champion, Ronda Rousey in the first ever female bout in the UFC.  Liz Carmouche was close to defeating Rousey via choke in their contest for the UFC Womens Bantamweight Championship before Rousey locked in her signature armbar.  Carmouche is coming off of a dominating TKO victory over UFC newcomer Jessica Adrade.  Carmouche showed a wide array of her veteran skills to prove that she is still a force to be reckoned with in the UFC Womens Bantamweight division.  If Carmouche is able to avenge her Strikeforce decision loss to Kaufman she could prove to the UFC that she is ready for a shot at the title with possibly Cat Zingano being the only one standing in her way.

Another option that the UFC could take would be a bout with Amanda Nunes who also is coming off of an impressive TKO victory over Sheila Gaff in her UFC debut this past Saturday at UFC 168.  The spotlight of being in the "big stage" didn't seem to effect Nunes who put on an amzing show and won impressively over veteran Gaff.  I think it would be an interesting match up between two excited Top 10 contenders.