10 Lessons Learned From UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux

UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux went down Saturday night, and with the action came plenty of lessons we can learn.

UFC Fight Night 47 Bader vs. Saint Preux It was the UFC's first trip to Maine, home state of former heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia (who campaigned hard to appear on the card to no avail, as he has not fought in the promotion in years). That marks the 32nd state the promotion has visited, in addition to numerous countries around the globe. Along the way to the main event, "Smiling" Sam Alvey and Tom Watson put on a great battle for fans where there was really no loser, Sara McMann picked up her first win since her title fight loss to Ronda Rousey, and Thiago Tavares picked up his second submission in a row to open the main card. Later in the night, Shawn Jordan picked up a much needed win at heavyweight, and debuting fighter and former male model Alan Jouban shocked us all, knocking out opponent and UFC/IFL vet Seth Baczynski, proving once again that it's easy to be an arm-chair coach when it comes to MMA, but extremely difficult to predict what can happen inside the cage. The full results for the event were as follows: Main card: LHW Ryan Bader defeated Ovince St. Preux via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) LW Ross Pearson defeated Gray Maynard via TKO (punches) (round 2 - 1:35) MW Tim Boetsch defeated Brad Tavares via TKO (punches) (round 2 - 3:18) WW Alan Jouban defeated Seth Baczynski via KO (punch) (round 1 - 4:23) HW Shawn Jordan defeated Jack May via TKO (punches) (round 3 - 2:55) FW Thiago Tavares defeated Robbie Peralta via rear-naked choke (round 1 - 4:27) Prelims: FLY Jussier Formiga defeated Zach Makovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) WBW Sara McMann defeated Lauren Murphy via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) MW Tom Watson defeated Sam Alvey via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) BW Frankie Saenz defeated Nolan Ticman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Now lets look at ten lessons we learned from UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux
 
Posted On: 
Contributor
Contributor

Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.