This Is How The MMA World Reacted To UFC Vegas 8

30th August 20201st September 2020 Leon Jennings

UFC Vegas 8 went down this weekend at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card proceeded with only four fights, after Ion Cutelaba tested positive for COVID-19 just hours ahead of his light heavyweight clash against Magomed Ankalaev. This is the third time the rematch has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus. The UFC has since confirmed that it will be rescheduled for a later date.

In the main event, Aleksandar Rakic dominated Anthony Smith for three rounds to earn a unanimous decision win and in doing so, put himself in the title picture in the light heavyweight division. The co-main event also saw a one-sided fight as Neil Magny dominated the former champion Robbie Lawler for fifteen minutes.

Elsewhere on the UFC Vegas 8 main card, Alexa Grasso beat Ji Yeon Kim via unanimous decision in her flyweight debut, and Ricardo Lamas defeated Bill Algeo by way of unanimous decision. In the prelims, the first four fights of the night all finished in submission wins.

You can see the full results from the UFC APEX here, and the Performance of the Night bonus winners here.

This is how the MMA world reacted to UFC Vegas 8:

Anthony Smith vs Aleksandar Rakic

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Job done ???? . . #ufc #mainevent #lasvegas #rocket #contender #mma

A post shared by Aleksandar „Rocket“ Rakic (@rakic_ufc) on Aug 29, 2020 at 11:09pm PDT

Rakic has more to lose in this one. Let's see how he handles the pressure trying to crack the top 5.
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Rakic
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) August 30, 2020

?
— BONY (@JonnyBones) August 30, 2020

I've seen that chest tat on quite a few females. JS ?????
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

These guys legs are going to be butchered after this fight! #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Those leg kicks ? ? ??
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) August 30, 2020

3 round main event? Hmm weird
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Great kicks to start for Rakic, smart adjustments from smith and another switch from Rakic to finish the round.
— michael (@bisping) August 30, 2020

The ol ball up on the ground technique
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Smith has come back from worst let’s see what he brings the last round
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Clinging onto the fence ?
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

The just bleed in me is hoping Rakic loses somehow for making that choice in round 2
— Justin Gaethje ?? (@Justin_Gaethje) August 30, 2020

I knew Rakic way superior but one question but why not finish the fight standing back up?
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) August 30, 2020

Rakic really just needs to stand up. That leg of Smith is compromised and he can get the finish if he wants to #UFCVegas8
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 30, 2020

Need to start seeing some urgency from Anthony on getting up this round! #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Those knees!! Dead leg for sure #UFCVegas8
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) August 30, 2020

Not the greatest Fight IQ should prolly break and smash him
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Lame!
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Should wait to the bell to celebrate.
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Guy won but the domination was without risking. So, good win, not like, wow what a win! My view #UFCVegas8
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) August 30, 2020

Rakic showed out against a top competition. It's really hard to finish the Lionheart but Rakic showed how well rounded his game is ?? #UFCVegas8
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 30, 2020

Smith looking like a middleweight tonight #ufcvegas8
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

Yeah he's great at getting beat up super tough
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Rakic did a great performance against a top contender. Shut him down. The division looks very interesting right now #UFCVegas8
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

If this was contender series dana wouldn’t give him a contract
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Winner its me! ?
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

https://twitter.com/DomReyes/status/1299912667985883136?s=20

In all seriousness tho. Good fight Rakic
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Neil Magny vs Robbie Lawler

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It's an amazing feeling when years of hard work begins to pay off. You guys wouldn't believe the obstacles I had to over come to get to this point ? #ag2g

A post shared by Neil Magny (@neil_magny170) on Aug 30, 2020 at 8:21am PDT

Soooo pumped for this next one! #UFCVegas8
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) August 30, 2020

This next one is intriguing
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Ok, here we go!!!!
— michael (@bisping) August 30, 2020

If you don’t get excited about a @Ruthless_RL fight….you don’t have an mma pulse in your body. #ufcvegas8
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) August 30, 2020

Let’s go @Ruthless_RL
— glover teixeira (@gloverteixeira) August 30, 2020

Robbie shooting? This is interesting
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Great defence from Robbie. He’s seen it all before #UFCVegas8
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

Great defence from lawler. Almost Askren’d
— michael (@bisping) August 30, 2020

Magny is a problem grappling lol
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

Magny looking like the stronger man in there….
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) August 30, 2020

Keep cookin em, and that Twister will come. ?
— Bryce Mitchell (@ThugnastyMMA) August 30, 2020

Me when Robbie Lawler shoots a takedown in round 1 #UFCVegas8 pic.twitter.com/0VjBqUy9ME
— Jimmy Crute (@CruteJim) August 30, 2020

Great performance by magny. #UFCVegas8 tough to watch lawler get beat up like that.
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

Sadly, I don't think we're ever going to see Robbie Lawler take anyone's soul again.#UFCVegas8
— Leon – Asian Persuasion MMA (@Leon_APMMA) August 30, 2020

Good win @NeilMagny See you soon ??
— Geoff (handzofsteel) Neal (@handzofsteelmma) August 30, 2020

Great work @NeilMagny ?
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

#UFC pic.twitter.com/76MQYRpBIO
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) August 30, 2020

Big win for Magney there looked good lawler hasn’t been able to pull the trigger last two fights
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Huge win for the big lil bro!
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) August 30, 2020

Awesome win over the legend Lawler by Magny. Won every facet of the game. Smart performance!
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) August 30, 2020

Very smart game plan by Magny ?? #UFCVegas8
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 30, 2020

Congrats to my guy @NeilMagny! Great win @ufc #UFC
— Darren Elkins (@DarrenElkinsMMA) August 30, 2020

???? To Robbie tough one to watch I’m his teammate and his being one of my favorites fighters! So much respect for a nice guy he is #UFCVegas8
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) August 30, 2020

What a performance. Congrats on the win @NeilMagny ?? https://t.co/OdKoZN68XS
— Alistair Overeem (@Alistairovereem) August 30, 2020

Alexa Grasso vs Ji Yeon Kim

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.. Sometimes I think sitting on trains Every stop I get to, I'm clocking that game Everyone's a winner, we're making our fame.. ?? #WalkOut

A post shared by Alexa Grasso (@alexa_grasso) on Aug 30, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT

I’m excited to see how Grasso does in her flyweight debut. #UFCVegas8
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) August 30, 2020

Let’s go @AlexaGrasso !!!! ????????
— Julia Avila (@RagingPandaMMA) August 30, 2020

Dang! Peep the reach on Ji Yeon Kim! ?
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) August 30, 2020

Get it @AlexaGrasso ?
— rachaelostovich (@rachaelostovich) August 30, 2020

I love stand up fights #UFCVegas8
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) August 30, 2020

I think @AlexaGrasso will be ranked top 15 after this fight! #UFCVegas8
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) August 30, 2020

Grasso looking good. Great movement and defence #UFCVegas8
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) August 30, 2020

Alexa Grasso looks soooo good at 125lb! What a dominant performance #UFCVegas8
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 30, 2020

Alexa looked awesome tonight ?
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

Great sportsmanship and great performance @AlexaGrasso #UFCVegas8
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) August 30, 2020

Congrats @AlexaGrasso #UFCVegas8
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) August 30, 2020

Alexa Grasso looking beast at flyweight! ?
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) August 30, 2020

Ricardo Lamas vs Bill Algeo

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Good day at the office. ?? #ufc #mma #training #boxing #muaythai #capoeira #wrestling #jiujitsu #ufcgymnaperville #ufcgymricardolamas #ufcgym #weareufcgym #traindifferent #thebully #bullylife @matthewkuschert

A post shared by ricardolamasmma (@ricardolamasmma) on Aug 30, 2020 at 10:02am PDT

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Took an L against a legend @ricardolamasmma with 6 days notice. Did cool shit and the ppl were entertained… FOTN bonus makes it a little better. Thanks to @koreps for setting up the opportunity. Happy to work for the @ufc

A post shared by Bill Algeo | MMA Coach (@senor.perfecto) on Aug 30, 2020 at 1:58pm PDT

Algeo looking good those calf kicks are adding up from llamas though
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

This is good scrap so far! Both men showing their trickery! #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Loving this scrap right now! Algeo and Lamas are bringing it an intense pace! #UFCVegas8
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) August 30, 2020

My opponent is super hurt, I'm gonna take him down ????
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) August 30, 2020

https://twitter.com/ThugnastyMMA/status/1299880421489102848?s=20

Really enjoying @ElSenorPerfecto confidence #UFCFightNight #phillyphilly #gfy
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) August 30, 2020

This fight is insane! FOTN for sure! #UFCVegas8
— Cody Stamann (@CodyStamann) August 30, 2020

If you’re a vet in the fight game, you better be ready to match the young relatively unknown opponent’s intensity. These young people are hungry !!! #UFCVegas8
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 30, 2020

Algeo is game! This last round is gonna be gooooooood ? #ufc#ufcvegas8 @ElSenorPerfecto @ko_reps
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) August 30, 2020

I’m a little tipsy but looks like @ElSenorPerfecto up 2-0 #UFCFightNight
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) August 30, 2020

Can someone screenshot the face Lamas made when he imitated Algeo? ??? hilarious ???
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) August 30, 2020

Wild pace right now is this fight!!! ??? #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Great fight! Hell of a win Lamas
— Josh Emmett (@JoshEmmettUFC) August 30, 2020

Huge round 3 for lamas that’s fotn forsure
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 30, 2020

Lamas came with the Thunder in the third!!! #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

Great fight! ? Welcome to the @ufc @ElSenorPerfecto #UFCVegas8
— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) August 30, 2020

OMG #FOTH ????
— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) August 30, 2020

Great fight boyz!!! ?????? #UFCVegas8
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 30, 2020

What a fight congrats @RicardoLamasMMA ????????
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) August 30, 2020

Bad ass fight
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) August 30, 2020

Shit @ElSenorPerfecto looked great tonight. FOTN for sure #UFCVegas8
— Jared Gordon (@JFlashGordonMMA) August 30, 2020

Great fight @RicardoLamasMMA
— Dan “50k” Ige (@Dynamitedan808) August 30, 2020

Ricardo Lamas. 38 years old & a lighter weight guy … impressive ! #UFCVegas8
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) August 30, 2020

Ricardo Lamas is so Gritty! Congrats ?? #UFCVegas9
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) August 30, 2020

Heck of a fight by @RicardoLamasMMA and Bill Algeo. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there, but glad that the result was such a great fight by both and vintage performance by Ricardo.
— Ryan Hall (@ryanhall5050) August 30, 2020

We will continue to add more social media posts in the upcoming days, as more fighters react to UFC Vegas 8.

The UFC returns next week with UFC Vegas 9, headlined by a top ten heavyweight contest between Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai.

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This Is How The MMA World Reacted To UFC Vegas 8