<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5" align="center">UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" align="center">Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia, Brazil</td><td colspan="3" align="center">8 November 2014 </td><td colspan="1" align="center">7.30pm ET (FP)</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Mauricio Shogun Rua #9</td><td></td><td>205-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Ovince OSP St. Preux #10</td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="5">5-Round Main Event</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Warlley Slingshot Alves</td><td></td><td>170-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Allan Brahma Jouban</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Cláudio Silva</td><td></td><td>170-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Leon Rocky Edwards</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Juliana Ju-Thai Lima</td><td></td><td>115-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Nina The Strina Ansaroff</td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="5"></td><tr><td align="right" width="300">Diego Pitbull Rivas</td><td></td><td>145-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Rodolfo Fito Rubio</td></tr><tr></tr><td align="right" width="300">Caio Hellboy Magalhães</td><td></td><td>185-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Trevor Hot Sauce Smith</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Dhiego Lima</td><td></td><td>170-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Jorge Van Damme Oliveira</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Leandro Buscape Silva</td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Charlie The Spaniard Brenneman</td></tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Thomas Thominhas Almeida</td><td></td><td>155-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Tim The Psycho Gorman</td></tr><tr><tr><td align="right" width="300">Wagner Wagnao Silva</td><td></td><td>170-lbs.</td><td> </td><td align="left" width="300">Colby Covington</td></tr></tbody></table>
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. Manuwa (Nov/8) Jorge Oliveira in for Pawel Pawlak St-Preux in for Manuwa
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux (Nov/8) I think this main event is a lot less interesting but it makes more sense in terms of the rankings, with Manuwa being below OSP.
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux (Nov/8) This is the first card (ever?) where I don't even know who half of the fighters are.
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux (Nov/8) McCall/Lineker, the only fight on the card with immediate ramifications, has been pulled due illness for McCall. Shit.
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux (Nov/8) Results Colby Covington def. Wagner Silva via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:26 Thomas Almeida def. Tim Gorman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Leandro Silva def. Charlie Brenneman via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:15 Caio Magalhaes def. Trevor Smith via knockout (knee, punches) – Round 1, 0:31 Diego Rivas def. Rodolfo Rubio via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Juliana Lima def. Nina Ansaroff via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Dhiego Lima def. Jorge Oliveira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Claudio Silva def. Leon Edwards via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Warlley Alves def. Alan Jouban via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Ovince St. Preux def. Mauricio Rua via TKO (round 1)
Re: UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. St. Preux (Nov/8) A lot of low- to mid-range talent on this card bogged it down.
Warlley Alves def. Alan Jouban via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) In case you missed it, Jouban won the second and third rounds so clearly the Brazilian fans booed the decision. Florian said afterwards that these kinds of decisions would result in international fighters not wanting to compete in Brazil.
So - the show almost nobody saw was pretty good, while the one on TV was a big bowl of "meh!" The OSP win was a bit of a "holy #$@!" moment, but not enough to save the card.
I don't know what Time Zone Uberlândia is in but apparently Shogun/OSP started around 4am. How does that happen?