As the UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige fight card played out, Dana White’s voice rang in my head. I could hear him saying things such as “no fight card is bad,” and “don’t judge a fight card before it happens.” Sometimes White delivers those words after events that are not so good. Other times White delivers those words with a sneer. The voice I heard in my head tonight was the latter. For a card that lacked name recognition, Wednesday’s fight card delivered.
The six-fight prelim card delivered five stoppages and one dominant decision win. All five of the main card bouts went the distance, but they were all memorable scraps which delivered some memorable moments such as Mounir Lazzez’s excellent win over Abdul Razak Alhassan and Taila Santos showing a lot of growth and development over her UFC debut with her win over Molly McCann.