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ROUNDTABLE: What, if anything, breeds interest on the UFC Fight Night 51 card?
Sep 10, 2014 - 6:05:31 PM ROUNDTABLE: What, if anything, breeds interest on the UFC Fight Night 51 card?

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What, if anything, are you interested in on the UFC Fight Night 51 card from Brasilia for UFC Fight Pass on Saturday night, and why?


RICH HANSEN, MMATORCH COLUMNIST

Absolutely nothing about this card interests me, and I can't imagine watching any of it under any circumstance. I read the lineup two days ago, and literally can't remember anything about it other than the pathetic main event, and the fact that Gleison Tibau is in the co-main. I actually think that the fact Tibau is in the co-main might be enough to make me cancel my Fight Pass subscription.


FRANK HYDEN, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR

There's a few fights I'm mildly interested in, but nothing that stands out as being must-see. I'm hoping for a good night of fights but that could come from anywhere. I don't think there's any fights that you can count on to deliver, but there's a chance they all do. This could end up being a very entertaining card. At worst this card is likely average. A large part of that is the UFC's oversaturation leading to low expectations, but we have to play the hand we're dealt.


KALE HAVERVOLD, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR

I'm interested to see if Arlovski really has anything left in the tank as he looked terrible in his return against Schaub.


TOM STRONG, MMATORCH UK CONTRIBUTOR

UFC Fight Night 51 isn't a card that interests me much, though any event in Brazil stacked with Brazilian fighters in front of a packed arena will always make it a worthy card. The fans for me make these cards special. I'm not sure there are any better places in the world you can get the reaction that these fans give you.

What does interest me is the bantamweight bout and rematch between Rani Yahya and Johnny Bedford. Their first fight in April was called a non contest after an accidental clash of heads seconds into the first round.

Yahya is rarely in a boring fight, and has the style of fighting everyone should enjoy watching. Still, he's up against a very tough opponent in Bedford. None of Bedford's losses have come via decision, eight via knockout and three via submission where Yahya excels.

Both fighters are desperate to get back to winning ways, and with this fight being the first fight of the night, we could be in for fireworks.