It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, July 14, 2018) will come from in the form of UFC Boise. Headlining the card are Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Eddie Wineland vs. Alejandro Perez in a bantamweight bout closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1 in what should be an interesting fight.
Darren Elkins vs. Alexander Volkanovski is next in a featherweight bout.
Justin Scoggins vs. Said Nurmagomedov is next in a flyweight bout.
Kurt Holobaugh vs. Raoni Barcelos in a featherweight bout opens the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts.
Liz Carmouche vs. Jennifer Maia in a female flyweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.
Mark de la Rosa vs. Elias Garcia is next in a bantamweight bout.
Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is Jessica Aguilar vs. Jodie Esquibel in a women’s strawweight bout. In round 1, Aguilar with a brief single leg takedown off the cage. Esquibel back up, but Aguilar working to pull her down again… can’t quite get it. Back to the clinch and Aguilar drops for a nice double leg again. Esquibel able to scramble and reverse the body lock, but it’s on her to out-work Aguilar here. Right now Aguilar is doing all the throwing and work. Esquibel starting to let her hands go with combinations now. She’s the better boxer and harder puncher. She has to keep that output up. Big clinch knee lands for Aguilar. Esquibel throwing a 3 punch combo that falls short, Aguilar immediately jumps in with a pair of stiff right hands. Esquibel runs forward with a combo and lands something on the end of it. In round 2, Aguilar pushes forward with a right hand, but Esquibel answers back with a solid combo. Aguilar would do well to work the clinch again, that’s where Esquibel appears to really check out. Couple clinch strikes for Aguilar and she gets caught reaching for it again. She’s not setting up her clinch entries, just putting both arms out, which leaves her chin exposed. Front kick from Esquibel and they’re trading single shots. Brief clinch by Aguilar but she’s falling behind this round as Esquibel has filled more space with volume. Clinch knee from Aguilar, and a long right hand. Nice jab too. But Esquibel likely has the edge this round so far. Good clinch knee from Aguilar again. And another. Esquibel goes for the double but ends up in the clinch where both women trade knees. In round 3, both women trade jabs and Aguilar lands a right as she eats a body kick. Both women happy to take their turn striking. Nice clinch knee from Aguilar and she’s got Esquibel on the fence where she can peck away with knees to the body. Esquibel breaks the clinch with a hard knee and lands an uppercut. Aguilar catches her coming in with a clinch knee and lands a right hand. Esquibel dives back in with a combo. squibel with a shot and tries to come over with a hook. Aguilar clinches, puts her on the fence and they trade knees to the body. The judges gave the win to Aguilar.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)
Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland vs. Alejandro Perez
Featherweight: Darren Elkins vs. Alexander Volkanovski
Flyweight: Justin Scoggins vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Featherweight: Kurt Holobaugh vs. Raoni Barcelos
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6:30 p.m. ET)
Female Flyweight: Liz Carmouche vs. Jennifer Maia
Bantamweight: Mark de la Rosa vs. Elias Garcia
Strawweight: Jessica Aguilar def. Jodie Esquibel via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
This article first appeared at LowKickMMA.com
