UFC Fight Night 73 Date: August 8, 2015 Arena: Bridgestone Arena City: Nashville, TN In one line, I will be providing my own personal description for every fight ahead of us at tonight’s UFC Fight Night 73 in Nashville. I will also be following the Twitter rule of thumb of keeping them in 140 characters or less. The 13-fight card will get going with Fight Pass prelims at 6:30pm, with FOX Sports 2 prelims to follow at 8pm and main card action being live at 10pm ET on FOX Sports 1. If interested in wagering on this fight card, all lines will be made available at Several Bookmakerss. And without further ado, here are my one-liners for UFC Fight Night 73 in Nashville… MAIN CARD (FOX SPORTS 1) Glover Teixeira vs Ovince St Preux Teixeira tries to avoid a third straight loss against OSP, who looks for his third win in a row, with hopes of closing in on a title shot. Beneil Dariush vs Michael Johnson A barn-burner in the UFC’s lightweight division which many consider to be the favorite for the evening’s ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus. Derek Brunson vs Sam Alvey Brunson and Alvey collide in this middleweight affair set to determine which one of them belongs in the top 15 of the division. Jared Rosholt vs Timothy Johnson A rare heavyweight main card bout not many are anticipating. Amanda Nunes vs Sara McMann A battle of women’s bantamweights looking to regain relevancy in the division with an impressive victory this evening. Ray Borg vs Geane Herrera My favorite for the evening’s ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus, and I expect these flyweight to deliver the fireworks to kick off the main card. PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 2) Oluwale Bamgose vs Uriah Hall An action-packed “striker vs striker” match-up that will likely have fight fans glued to their seats from start to finish. Chris Camozzi vs Tom Watson A pair of 185-pound strikers go to war in this “loses goes home” match-up, with both men being expected to leave it all inside the Octagon. Dustin Ortiz vs Willie Gates Ortiz looks to return to the win column in front of his native TN crowd vs Gates, who aims for the big upset in this quick return to action. Frankie Saenz vs Sirwan Kakai A battle of bantamweight grapplers one might consider a “bathroom break” type of fight. PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS) Chris Dempsey vs Jonathan Wilson A light heavyweight contest that I consider to be the least anticipated bout of the evening. Marlon Vera vs Roman Salazar TUF: Latin America Season One competitor Vera looks for his first UFC victory against ex-cable guy Salazar, who has the same goal in mind. Anthony Christodoulou vs Scott Holtzman Christodoulou is the biggest underdog on the card in this 155-pound contest against the undefeated promotional newcomer Holtzman.
