UFC Fight Night 47 took place on Saturday night at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine and was headlined by Ryan Bader winning his third straight fight with a decision victory over Ovince St. Preux.
Also, Ross Pearson, Tim Boetsch, and Alan Jouban scored knockout victories on the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1.
Check out how members of the MMA media reacted to UFC Fight Night 47.
Tim Boetsch vs. Brad Tavares up next. Surprised Boetsch is +250ish here.
— Bleacher Report MMA (@BR_MMA) August 17, 2014
Solid 1st round for Tavares – chipping away at Boetsch. Can “The Barbarian” survive 10 more mins of this? Or will he rebound and win?
— Joe Ferraro (@ShowdownJoe) August 17, 2014
Wow! Tim Boetsch becomes the first man to ever knock out Brad Tavares. This place is going absolutely bonkers.
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) August 17, 2014
Tim Boetsch just made Bangor’s night. Wow.
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) August 17, 2014
Pearson lands a couple decent kicks, one to the body, one high. Maynard takes Pearson down, but he’s up quickly. Close round.
— Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) August 17, 2014
Pearson with a huge right hand, he pounces and finishes Maynard! TKO!
— UFCONFOX (@UFCONFOX) August 17, 2014
Don’t know about you, but I don’t really feel like watching Gray Maynard keep getting knocked out any more.
— Dave Doyle (@davedoylemma) August 17, 2014
Ross Pearson KO’s Gray Maynard, nasty finish. Gotta feel for Gray cause he was doing well up to that point #UFC
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) August 17, 2014
Ross Pearson just dropped a bunch of bombs and Gray Maynard and no more Gray Maynard. #UFCFightNight
— Erik Fontanez (@Erik_Fontanez) August 17, 2014
Alright, Gray. It’s time.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) August 17, 2014
Mark my words: you won’t see Gray fight again.
— Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) August 17, 2014
Question of the night, should Gray Maynard retire? That’s his 3rd knockout loss in a row & he’s 35. What does he have to gain #UFCFightNight
— James Lynch (@LynchOnSports) August 17, 2014
OSP survives, gets back up and lands a monster left kick…boys are swinging away right now.
— Joe Ferraro (@ShowdownJoe) August 17, 2014
Ryan Bader gets to side control twice in the first round, but isn’t able to do a whole lot with either. Might end up regretting that.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) August 17, 2014
R1: 10-9 Bader. OSP takedown defense not there. Showed patience standing from side-control but hands down and swinging wide endanger him.
— Josh Gross (@yay_yee) August 17, 2014
Better round for OSP, nice body kicks, good ground and pound. His striking is definitely unorthodox, but it’s fun to watch. 19-19
— Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) August 17, 2014
OSP’s coach starts off livid, calms down, and freaks out again. “BREAK HIS ARM!!!!!”. Wow…lol.
— Joe Ferraro (@ShowdownJoe) August 17, 2014
10-9 Bader yet again. All he has to do is avoid getting caught by OSP and this fight his his #UFCFightNight
— James Lynch (@LynchOnSports) August 17, 2014
OSP made a comeback there. Nabbed a couple takedowns, mixed up the striking and cut Bader. But a little too late. I have it for Bader.
— Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) August 17, 2014