This past Saturday, we got one of those rare daytime events when UFC on ESPN+ 3 went down in Prague.
And there was no shortage of highlights, either.
Thiago “Marreta” Santos (21-6 MMA, 13-5 UFC) took out Jan Blachowicz (23-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC) with a third-round TKO in the main event and made a serious case to be next in line for the light heavyweight title. Stefan Struve (29-11 MMA, 13-9 UFC) surirved a first-round knockdown and rough start to submit Marcos Rogerio de Lima (16-6-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC) in the second, then announced his retirement. Michal Oleksiejczuk (14-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) knocked out Gian Villante (17-11 MMA, 7-8 UFC) with a body shot.
And that was just on the main card – consecutively. On the prelims, Dwight Grant (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) knocked the mouthpiece out of Carlo Pedersoli Jr.’s (11-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) mouth, then stopped him with one second left in the opening round.
Clearly, the event was worth staying inside during the day for.
So in our latest Daily Debate, ahead of the card, we wondered if you were down with the occasional daytime MMA event like that to free up your Saturday night, or if you wanted to keep Saturday nights all right for fighting.
The results (via Twitter):
To hear MMAjunkie Radio hosts “Gorgeous” George Garcia and Brian “Goze” Garcia discuss the poll, check out the video above.
For complete coverage of UFC on ESPN+ 3, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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