UFC 231 Fight Pass Prelim Notes
The show opened up with Aleksandar Rakic vs Devin Clark and it was a freakishly good fun fight. Rakic was struggling at range vs Clark and then fought to get it into the clinch where they traded knees. Rakic was dropped, almost finished, recovered and then in a wild exchange, he landed a backfist that dropped Clark and led to the ground and pound. REALLY good fun fight at 205 lbs.
Carlos Diego Ferreira finished Kyle Nelson in the 2nd round. Wasn’t paying a ton of attention to it other than Nelson starting pretty well. CDF started scoring takedowns and it was all academic on the ground after that. It was the performance CDF needed against a short notice guy.
Big win for Dhiego Lima over Chad Laprise to save his job. Lima cracked a sloppy Laprise on a counter and finishd the deal without having to add any unnecessary punishment. Career saving win for Lima and Laprise’s chin continues to hold him back from any sort of long term success.
