The Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York, was home to a mediocre night of fights, with four (T)KOs, three submissions, and five decisions, including one split-decision.
Next week’s stacked UFC 225 left tonight’s card somewhat lacking in star power, and the NYSAC didn’t help matters by pulling Jessica Aguilar from the event, allegedly because she had “chapped lips.” Even with a fight scratched from the card, this event struggled for pacing in the prelims and there were only a few bright spots in the fights tonight.
Brad Pickett’s protege, Nathaniel Wood, made his UFC debut on the heels of five stoppage wins in a row in Bellator and the UK’s Cage Warriors promotion, and he proved he could hang in the UFC with a D’arce choke victory over Johnny Eduardo.