LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 08: Neil Magny poses on the size throughout the UFC Struggle Night time weigh-in at UFC APEX on November 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
The 11-fight UFC Vegas 100 card on the UFC Apex on Saturday signaled the promotion’s a hundredth occasion within the APEX. Whereas nobody may have guessed that struggle playing cards on the UFC’s ‘home base’ would have continued for this lengthy, they’ve supplied an intimate and distinctive viewing expertise for the fights they’ve hosted.
UFC Vegas 100 featured a five-fight important card that produced three thrilling finishes. Within the co-main occasion, ONE Championship’s former two-division champion, Reiner de Ridder, submitted UFC vet Gerald Meerschaert to seize his first win with the promotion. And in the principle occasion, Carlos Prates firmly arrived as a recent contender for the UFC’s welterweight division as he shocked viewers, flatlining veteran gatekeeper Neil Magny. Just a few new faces and a few wily vets must be matched after struggling defeat at UFC Vegas 100.
Neil Magny
Neil Magny was starched within the first spherical of the principle occasion of UFC Vegas 100 by sizzling prospect Carlos Prates. It’s an undoubtedly robust loss for Magny to abdomen because the 37-year-old has now been completed two occasions in a row and misplaced three of his final 4 fights. Magny entered the struggle Saturday ranked at #15 within the UFC’s welterweight division, so he will probably be unranked when the brand new rankings come out.
Magny’s subsequent struggle needs to be towards Elizeu Zaleski. Elizeu picked up a win earlier within the evening when he smoked undefeated alternative fighter Zach Scoggin within the first spherical (Elizeu was initially alleged to tackle Nicolas Dalby earlier than Dalby withdrew). Zaleski has gone 2-1-1 in his final 4 fights, with the loss coming to Randy Brown again in June. Magny and Zleski share a typical opponent in Li Jingliang. Neil defeated ‘The Leech’ through unanimous choice whereas Elizeu suffered a TKO defeat within the third spherical. The 38-year-old would match up effectively towards Magny and the winner would probably be on the lookout for one other struggle to interrupt again into the rankings.
Neil’s subsequent struggle: Elizeu Zaleski
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert was submitted late in his three spherical co important occasion towards UFC newcomer, Reinier de Ridder. Meerschaert had displaying on Saturday regardless of being dropped early however couldn’t discover a path to victory. Meerschaert is now 12-10 within the UFC and 2-2 in his final 4 fights. Gerald holds the middleweight submission document for the UFC. He is among the most lively threats within the grappling division with the promotion.
With Meerschaert turning 37 subsequent month he’s nonetheless harmful and has plenty of tread left on the tires of his profession, as will be seen together with his final win, a second-round submission over Edmen Shahbazyan in August.
Gerald’s subsequent struggle needs to be towards Abus Magomedov. This can be a struggle that the UFC has scheduled on two separate events at this level. In December of 2021 a struggle between the 2 middleweights was scheduled, but it surely was cancelled as a consequence of Magomedov’s visa problems. In February of 2023, the second scheduling of this struggle, the date was cancelled once more due to the identical causes. Nonetheless, Gerald has solely fought outdoors of the U.S. one time in his complete professional profession so this bout may logistically not exercise.
A superb again up can be the loser of Paul Craig vs. Bo Nickal on UFC 309. Timing works out because the bouts are inside per week of one another. And each fighters would supply one other grappling heavy kind of matchup for Meerschaert.
Gerald’s subsequent struggle: Abus Magomedov or Loser of Paul Craig vs. Bo Nickal
Cortavious Romious
Cortavious Romious was defeated in a lopsided unaimous choice by the hands of Gaston Bolanos on Saturday. Romious fought on the 2023 season of the Contender Sequence shedding to Ramon Taveras. Cortavius was miraculously invited again earlier this yr for a shot at redemption. The 30-year-old will start his profession within the UFC’s bantamweight division at 0-1.
Cortavious ought to struggle the loser of Lengthy Xiao vs. Quang Le. The 2 males are scheduled to struggle on November twenty third, so the bouts are just a few weeks aside. Each Cortavious and Lengthy had been Contender Sequence fighters that competed on the 2024 season of the present. Quang got here via the LFA and went undefeated via seven fights earlier than dropping his first (brief discover) struggle within the UFC to Chris Gutierrez. Quang was additionally alleged to be on the 2024 season of the Contender Sequence however was signed as a substitute. Lengthy additionally misplaced his first struggle within the UFC shedding a break up choice to Chang Ho Lee in June. Three males in very related positions. Whoever loses the bout on the twenty third ought to struggle Cortavious for his or her first victory within the UFC.
Cortavious’ subsequent struggle: Loser of Lengthy Xiao vs. Quang Le
Luana Pinheiro
Luana Pinheiro misplaced a unanimous choice to UFC vet, Gillian Robertson, on the principle card of UFC Vegas 100 on Saturday. Pinheiro has now misplaced three straight fights and has been completed in two of them (by Amanda Ribas and Angela Hill).
Pinheiro, a 2020 Contender Sequence alum, now has a promotional document of 3-3 after beginning off sizzling with the UFC. Luana, now 30, has no wins towards present UFC fighters as Randa Markos and Sam Hughes have since been launched by the group. And Michelle Waterson-Gomez has since retired, so not search for Pinheiro.
Luana’s subsequent struggle needs to be towards Yazmin Jauregui. Yazmin has an identical document as Luana as she’s 11-2 and Lunana is 11-3 as a professional. Jauregui is 3-2 within the UFC however has misplaced two of her final three fights and was completed within the first spherical of each. This struggle can be a traditional striker vs grappler match up and would supply each fighters an opportunity to get again heading in the right direction of their respective UFC careers.
Luana’s subsequent struggle: Yazmin Jauregui
Dusko Todorovic
Dusko Todorovic was relentlessly crushed and stopped to open the principle card of UFC Vegas 100 on Saturday. Dusko’s opponent, Mansur Abdul-Malik, was an undefeated Contender Sequence fighter seeking to make an announcement and sadly, he did so together with his end of Dusko. Tough consequence for Todorovic as he was simply returning to motion after struggling a struggle ending knee harm towards Christian Leroy Duncan that has had him out of motion since March of 2023.
Todorovic is now 3-5 with the promotion since he was signed from the 2019 season of the Contender Sequence. Todorovic has misplaced three of his final 4 fights and been stopped in all three. Of Dusko’s three victories, all of his opponents have since been launched (Dequan Townsend, Maki Pitolo and Jordan Wright).
Dusko ought to struggle Ihor Potieria in his subsequent struggle. Ihor was final in motion at UFC 307 in October when he misplaced a unanimous choice to Cesar Almedia. Potieria is 2-5 within the UFC and has misplaced 4 of his final 5 bouts. Ihor defeated Mauricio Rua in his retirement bout in early 2023. And Ihor gained a unanimous choice over Robert Bryczek again in February however missed weight forward of that bout. Good struggle to make as each fighters are on the new seat and produce thrilling hanging to the desk.
Dusko’s subsequent struggle: Ihor Potieria
