The 37-year-old Brazilian famously fought Niklas Stolze lands a huge knee to the chin of Ramazan Emeev at the end of Round 1 of their bout at UFC Fight Night.Emeev used four takedowns and several spells of forward pressure to control the fight for all but a few moments and take the decision.The 33-year-old Dagestani, who lost in November to But Emeev seized back control of what turned into a slow fight at the start of Round 2, and other than absorbing the occasional low kick, jab or knee, kept the German on the defensive.Two judges scored the bout 30-27, and the other had it 29-28. All rights reserved. I wasn't rocked from his knee in the first round, and I felt that I dominated the fight. He got Evloev down in a precarious position up against the cage and looked for a choke.
And yet Trinaldo, who owns victories over the likes of Jesse Ronson submits Nicolas Dalby with a vicious strike to Dalby's face and a follow up rear-naked choke in Round 1.After a six-year absence from the UFC, Ronson stopped Dalby via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:48 of the first round of a welterweight bout.
A scramble was initiated, and Werdum ended up on Gustafsson's back. Please enter your email address. Newsletter Sign up Antigulov, 33, has dropped three straight.Alex Oliveira hurts Peter Sobotta early in Round 1 with a straight kick to the solar plexus.Oliveira has been known to fight like a wild man at times, but not this time. He paused again. I was looking for the victory for this my last UFC fight.
He just could not string together the kind of combinations that kept Wood, of London, a step ahead. First name is required. There's nothing better than going in and getting a quick knockout, picking up a bonus, those sort of fights, but it's nice to actually go in and have a fight, as such. WowOn Saturday, Chimaev ran across the cage, picked McKee up and took him down easily. Please enter your email address He came out aggressively and quickly closed the distance on the slick English striker, scoring a takedown, moving into half guard and threatening a couple of submissions.But Herbert, a former Cage Warriors champion who was making his UFC debut while riding a six-fight winning streak, defended well on the ground, and when he got the fight back to standing, he took advantage of his fast hands and constant movement.
Craig popped up from the ground bloodied, but his risky strategy worked. !respect to trianaldo he didn't want to continue to hit him and he didn't need toTrinaldo, a 41-year-old Brazilian, had missed the lightweight limit by four pounds at Friday's weigh-in, and his energy appeared to wane before the first round was done. It was total domination -- like it was against Phillips.Francisco Trinaldo drops Jai Herbert with an overhand left hook, then completes the finish.As the fight wore on, Trinaldo was getting lit up. My coaches said, 'Be the sniper, pick the shots, don't get here,' and that's what I've done.
"Everything that we trained happened in the fight -- it was awesome, exactly what we trained happened, we did everything right. The Russia native, a former M-1 champion, appears to be a legitimate prospect in the featherweight division. (0:54)One of the greatest MMA heavyweights of all time might have departed from the UFC with quite the bang.Gustafsson was returning from retirement and moving up to heavyweight for another run.
"I felt very confident that I could finish him couple of times," Emeev said. "Nathaniel Wood and John Castaneda trade massive blows in the middle of Round 2 of their bout at UFC Fight Night.Coming off a momentum-killing defeat earlier this year, Wood got himself right back into the flow with a poised and relentless attack.The 26-year-old, who saw an eight-fight winning streak ended by a Castaneda, 28 and from Minnesota, put on a strong performance in his UFC debut. So for me to have a 50-50 exchange with him, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and coming off a loss -- I couldn't afford to do that. He put on a poised performance from long range, using body kicks to keep Sobotta out of boxing distance and even hurt him a few times.The 32-year-old from Rio de Janeiro is back on track, winning his second straight fight after dropping three in a row.
"No matter how good your body is trained, if your mind is not in the right place it won't work, your body won't answer.
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Anthony Smith via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) Neil Magny def. Last name is required.
"It was nice to actually have a decision for a change.