The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to its home base of Las Vegas Saturday at 4 p.m. ET with UFC Vegas 99. The event is also known as UFC Fight Night 245.
While the Professional Fighters League vies for a share of the attention of fight fans today, the UFC counterprograms its main card with prelims of very little rankings significance. It remains to be seen who will win the battle of the eyeballs, but the UFC’s show starts off where PFL’s will end: with heavyweights. Big men combining for over 515 pounds of meat—not counting referee Mark Smith—will grace the cage to open the day.
The second round opens with Despaigne a bit more aggressive than before, as he attempts to strike early. Lane responds with a few looping hooks, and a particularly solid right hand makes Despaigne wipe his eye out of concern of some damage. The fighters are warned for outstretched fingers, and Lane lets fly a low kick and is countered over the top with a right. Despaigne chops down the front leg twice with nasty kicks, and a high kick is soon to follow and is blocked in time.
Reed leads the dance early in the round, scoring an early combination before getting driven back with a kick and a few punches. Reed kicks twice from her rear leg, and Penne lunges at her and punches her in the face. Penne kicks low and gets countered up top, and Reed does the same and gets swarmed with a few punches. Reed snaps out a jab, and as she overswings, Penne clinches her up to pursue a takedown. Penne whips her opponent around, but the throw is not successful.
Reed claims the middle of the Octagon to commence the final frame, where she fights behind a jab and a front kick. The kick stuns Penne for a second, and Penne gathers her thoughts and darts forward. Reed meets her with a few strong right hands, and she slaps the front leg with a kick and rolled with a right hand. Reed frowns and draws a little blood from Penne’s nose with her increasingly effective jab, and her head movement and footwork allow her to make Penne look sloppy.
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