@chriswartaco Man, these calls for money are rough to hear. You have a guy in Padilla who is an elite athlete in the biggest organisation in his sport, and he needs $50,000 this badly? It feels like something needs to change with fighter pay. I hope he gets paid.

Padilla (@chriswartaco) is a real dark horse of the lightweight division. That was a showcase performance. He had a clear game plan and followed it to a tee. Even when Bonfim had moments, you could see that he wasn't deterred. He knew it was going to work. That's ultimate

Emmers would do well to return to takedowns in the second. Amil is less likely to pop back up now that he is tired and he is always dangerous on the feet.

A close back-and-forth battle between these two. I had it scored: 1- Simon. He badly hurt Barcelos early, quickly reversed the takedown and landed ground and pound. Barcelos did a good job coming back a bit at the end. 2- Closer round with Barcelos landing the bigger shot. In

A great measured performance from Cavalcanti. She appeared conservative with her gas tank in the first two rounds, but she was still the more effective striker and put more damage on Silva. She opened up in the third round, making things more exciting. A great way for her to

Hokit made sure Gimenis couldn’t showcase his BJJ. And he showcased his own explosiveness and quick feet. He gets in position to throw at lightning speed and that starts from his foot work. You can see the high-level football influence there. He is going to be a problem for

Gomes looked extremely comfortable in the first - almost too comfortable. She was getting nice takedown and trips but didn’t even use them. She seemed to want to use the fight as a striking showcase. After a closer second round, she smartly and successfully chased the takedown

Johns was landing significant strikes on the feet but Marcos was able to almost reset the fight every time Johns was getting some momentum - whether with big strikes, such as a knees, or with highly efficient, well-timed takedowns. In the clinch, he didn’t even let Johns start

As for McVey, he is now 0-2 in the UFC, but he has a fun style to watch and he did accept a late replacement. He is clearly showing some holes in his ground game. We expect UFC to give him another fight.

Even though Reese had his moments on the feet in the first, he got beat up in the clinch pretty badly and kept finding himself in a Thai clinch, where McVey was very strong and comfortable. However, Reese did get a takedown at the end, which made it clear he held an advantage on

Gabriel Bonfim vs Randy Brown is your main event for UFC Vegas 111 today. These guys have razor-close striking stats, but Brown enjoys a significant reach advantage as usual. Bonfim is the favorite with the ground game (high takedown average and submissions), and Brown has 2

Matt Schnell vs Joseph Morales is your co-main event at UFC Vegas 11 today. Morales is a huge favorite against the veteran Schnell, who just got back to his winning ways. The younger Morales is on his second UFC stint after winning his way back to the UFC through the Ultimate

Muslim Salikhov vs Uros Medic is going down at UFC Vegas 111 today. Both these experienced strikers are coming off great recent KOs. We are likely in for a great striking battle in this one. Oddsmakers are giving it to the younger fighter, but Salikhov hasn't looked his age

Chris Padilla vs Ismael Bonfim is happening (for now) at UFC Vegas 111 today. There's some drama going into this one as Bonfim, whose brother is headlining the card, missed weight by 5 pounds. At lightweight, this is massive and would point to something wrong. That, and the

Christian Leroy Duncan vs Marco Tulio opens the main card for UFC Vegas 111. Two high-level middleweight fighters are clashing in this one. They are both on winning streaks and looking for a showcase performance to break into the top 15 next. It should be a nice technical

Hyder Amil vs Jamall Emmers closes out the prelims at UFC Vegas 111 today. Amil is coming off his first-ever loss, and Emmers has been a 'lose one, win one' fighter in the UFC – coming off a win. In this one, it's worth noting that both guys have extremely high volumes. It

Ricky Simón vs Raoni Barcelos is going down at UFC Vegas 111 today. Another little treat of a match-up for an Apex card, and again, only the prelims. A lot of people are sleeping on both of these guys because they have had a few losses over the years, but they've each fought a