Nashville hosts card featuring Derrick Lewis
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It was not the prettiest of sights for No. 14-ranked featherweight contender Calvin Kattar.At UFC Nashville Saturday night, Kattar fell short of expectations with an underwhelming unanimous decision loss to Steve Garcia (30-27 x3).
He'll face unbeaten Brazilian slugger Tallison Teixeira, 25, who earned a UFC slot with a win on Dana White's Contender Series and stopped Justin Tafa in just 35 seconds in his official company debut on a pay-per-view undercard five months ago.
The Octagon returned to Tennessee for tonight's UFC Nashville fight card, and 4 fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses.
We look at the opening betting odds for the UFC 318 full fight card. The pay-per-view event is headlined by Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier 3 for Holloway's BMF title.
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Most of the veterans are massive underdogs, as the sportsbooks suspect that the UFC is setting them up for squash spots. Just four bouts on the 12-fight card event have odds inside of +200 for the underdog. Meaning we’re looking at some dominant showings from the favorites on this card.
Dana White has noted that the entire UFC 318 pay-per-view event was put together as a tribute to Dustin Poirier’s legendary career.
Two-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis faces rising prospect Tallison Teixeira on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night.
Retired light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith, former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen, former UFC/WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, Alan Jouban and Teddy Atlas will serve as desk analysts on the UFC 318 post-fight show and throughout the card, when necessary. Brendan Fitzgerald will serve as desk host.