UFC Fight Night 73 Bonuses: Teixeira & St. Preux Earn $50000 For FOTN

At UFC Fight Night 73, Glover Teixeira and Ovince St. Preux will clash in the main event.

Sirwan Kakai, an American Top Team member who was in the recent “Ultimate Fighter” cast, lost a unanimous decision to Frankie Saenz. The victory halted Teixeira’s two-fight losing streak.

St. Preux unable to get out from under Teixeira despite many attempts to give up his back, was stuck in mount for the majority of the fight.

Glover Teixeira: “Of course, there’s nothing I can say against my last fight; all judges saw it for him”. Johnson (16-9, 8-5 UFC) seemed to be in complete control for vast stretches of the first and second rounds, as he countered beautifully with his quick hands, fired off multi-punch combinations and sprawled out of one takedown after another. St. Preux went out on his shield in his hometown, refusing to tap and instead passing out to the choke. It’s a big fight for Teixeira, as a loss wouldn’t prompt his walking papers, but if he wants to stay in the title shot mix he needs a win. Also, Michael Johnson faces Beneil Dariush and there is an important women’s bantamweight division bout as well. The explosive fighter’s approach is extremely unorthodox, and OSP has acknowledged as much. “But sometimes, right before a fight, something goes wrong”. Now if he could just show the same ferocity and killer instinct when he’s taking on tougher competition though. The loss snapped Johnson’s run of eight straight wins. Alvey broke away, only to be met with a seemingly endless volley of power punches from the North Carolinian.

After some solid striking work to begin round two, Teixeira took the fight to the mat in the second minute, continuing to drain the gas tank of the hometown hero with his top game and ground strikes. I restarted and thanks to my boxing coach, my conditioning coach, I was in good condition.

Any fighter who can outstrike Germaine de Randamie is a problem and I think she picks McMann apart on the feet.

Jonathan Wilson continued to string of early finishes on UFC Fight Pass, knocking out Chris Dempsey. Both fighters have weaknesses where their foe has strengths which should make for an exciting back-and-forth battle. Rosholt is one of the best wrestlers in the heavyweight division at the moment, he grounds Johnson on route to a decision win.