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Well this is weird.
Sam Alvey walked through the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, pointed to the empty seats, and pretended to collide all five with fans who normally would have been there.
Of course, no one was cheering. These are weird times, and UFC 249’s first fight was accordingly quite strange.
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Price taken down by hammerblow
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Bruce Buffer’s performances have been followed by deafening silence instead of roars, corner conversations and every desperate, shaky breath can be heard, while Joe Rogan’s post-fight interviews have lacked his usual pop.
However, the lack of atmosphere has certainly not affected the action.
Alvey and Ryan Spann set the tone, Bryce Mitchell put on a wrestling masterclass before Vicente Luque and Niko Price went to war.
Price’s eye was completely broken when the doctor said he could not continue in the third round.
In the final fight of the preliminaries, Anthony Pettis beat Donald Cerrone in an entertaining three-round welterweight bout.
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The event that was first scheduled for April 19 in Brooklyn, then moved to Indian lands in California, before being postponed, finally hit the day of the fight.
Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje will headline a card in Jacksonville, Florida; fighting for the interim light belt.
UFC 249 Live on Main Event this Sunday at 12pm AEST with Tony Ferguson v Justin Gaethje. Order now at mainevent.com.au
DC behind the scenes look
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Meanwhile, in the main event, Henry Cejudo puts his bantamweight title on the line against 135-pound legend Dominick Cruz.
Also on the card, Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik will finally enter the Octagon; a showdown originally scheduled for March.
HOW TO SEE
Principal card
UFC 249 Live on Main Event this Sunday at 12pm AEST with Tony Ferguson v Justin Gaethje. Order now at mainevent.com.au
Preliminary
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COMPLETE CARD
Principal card
Tony Ferguson (1) vs. Justin Gaethje (4) – interim light title
Henry Cejudo (C) vs. Dominic Cruz – Bantamweight Title
Francis Ngannou (2) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (6) – heavyweight
Jeremy Stephens (7) vs. Calvin Kattar (9) – featherweight
Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan De Castro – heavyweight
Preliminary
Anthony Pettis (15) def. Donald Cerrone (6) – by unanimous decision (29-28 x 3)
Aleksei Oleinik (12) def. Fabricio Werdum – by split decision (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
Carla Esparza (7) def. Michelle Waterson (8) – by split decision (30-27, 29-28, 27-30)
Vicente Luque (13) def. Niko Price – via TKO third round (medical strike)
Early preliminaries
Bryce Mitchell def. Charles Rosa – by unanimous decision (30-25 x 2, 30-24)
Ryan Spann def. Sam Alvey – by split decision (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
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