UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya - Do the early prelims have the UFC’s most overrated fighter?
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At the time this article was submitted for publishing, there were 15 total fights ready to go down at UFC 259. There are cards that
feel like they have 15 fights – last weeks card that saw decision after decision for example, even though it only had 9 – but rarely do they actually have 15. If we’ve learned anything about the UFC in the COVID era, making it to the week of the fights is hardly a safe haven. If there were bets going on for the amount of fights that would be cancelled before fight night, I’d imagine 2.5 would be the line… and I’d probably lean on the over. Last weeks card saw four contests cancelled on the week of, three of those within two days of the event. So even though six contests are presently scheduled for the early prelims, I wouldn’t count on that being the reality of the situation.
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Albuquerque native Angelo Leo, right, lands a right hand to the head of Tramaine Williams during a WBO super bantamweight fight in Connecticut in August. Leo won by unanimous decision. (Amanda Wescott/Showtime)
Dana White is arrogant and obnoxious, and he works at it. No, labors at it. White, the president and the face of the UFC, the most powerful entity in the world of combat sports, probably wouldn’t even disagree with that assessment.
But White definitely would agree with this: he’s a visionary who makes things happen and refuses to be told he can’t.
The above might strike you as a curious way to begin a New Mexico combat-sports year-end column. To link the names of White and Angelo Leo in that regard might seem even more curious.