UFC Atlantic City prelims: Emmers appreciation week

UFC Atlantic City’s main card is a pretty good offfering even if that portion only has a single ranked fight on it. The same can be said for the prelims, as they carry the only other ranked fight on the card, and it is also a women’s bout, this time between Virna Jandiroba and Lupita Godinez. Both women have been enjoying successful runs over their last few fights, so it gets no complaints from us.

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In the featured prelim spot, Jamall Emmers will be taking on the uber-tough Nate Landwehr. Emmers has begun to take on the Andre Fili “win-one-lose-one” vibe, having alternated wins and losses over his last seven fights. Landwehr is coming off a loss to Dan Ige last June. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top here, as both men are insanely tough and durable.

UFC Atlantic City Prelims

* Nate Landwehr  vs.  Jamall Emmers 145 lbs

* Virna Jandiroba  vs.  Lupita Godinez 115 lbs

* Julio Arce  vs.  Herbert Burns 145 lbs

* Connor Matthews  vs.  Dennis Buzukja 145 lbs

* Ibo Aslan  vs.  Anton Turkalj 205 lbs

* Melissa Gatto  vs.  Viktoria Dudakova 125 lbs

* Andre Petroski  vs.  Jacob Malkoun 185 lbs

* Angel Pacheco  vs.  Caolán Loughran 135 lbs

UFC Atlantic City Fun Factoids

* Ranked fights: 2

* Ranked fighters: 5

* Fighters coming off losses: 14

* Contender Series alumni: 10

* Fighters coming direct from Contender Series: 2

* TUF alumni: 2

* Debuting fighters: 2

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