NEW YORK — Israel Adesanya was knocked out in his second kickboxing fight by Alex Pereira despite controlling most of the bout until the finish. On Saturday in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, history repeated itself. Adesanya was controlling the fight, hurt Pereira twice and was seemingly on the way to a decision victory. Then, out of nowhere, the hard-hitting Pereira cracked Adesanya with a combo and the course of UFC history was changed. The first right hand hurt… Source link
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Pedro Campa became Teofimo Lopez’s first victim in the 140-pound division. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — Teofimo Lopez is a 25-year-old young man whose boxing career has mostly been an expression of joy. He became a star with not only his boxing skill and his punching power, but with his radiant personality and his love for what he was doing. Things changed, dramatically, in November. He struggled to make the 135-pound lightweight limit for a bout with… Source link
Read More »Rafael Fiziev puts lightweights on notice with 5th-round TKO of ex-champion Rafael dos Anjos
Rafael Fiziev earned his sixth straight win in the UFC Saturday with a late knockout of Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 58 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) LAS VEGAS — The list of contenders in the lightweight division keeps growing. The latest to establish himself as a bona fide contender is Rafael Fiziev, who knocked out ex-champion Rafael dos Anjos 18 seconds into the final round Saturday at Apex in the main event of UFC Vegas 58. The next step for him, Fiziev said, is to… Source link
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MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 24 results: Robert Whittaker outclasses Kelvin Gastelum in main event It was a rough road, but the UFC Vegas 24 results came in on Saturday night having dropped two bouts in the final 48 hours leading up to the event. The night’s main event between former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and perennial top ten contender Kelvin Gastelum took place, but two supporting bouts were scratched. The UFC Vegas 24 co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose was… Source link
Read More »Dustin Poirier scores brutal TKO of Conor McGregor at UFC 257
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 23: (R-L) Dustin Poirier punches Conor McGregor of Ireland in a lightweight fight during the UFC 257 event inside Etihad Arena on UFC Fight Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Dustin Poirier said repeatedly during the build-up to his rematch with Conor McGregor on Saturday at UFC 257 that he wasn’t the same fighter that McGregor knocked out in the first round in 2014. He proved that… Source link
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