Kody Steele found the on-off switch.
with punches in the second round of their lightweight showcase on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Steele brought it to a close 4:07 into Round 2.Blair went tit for tat with the Texan and held his own for a time. Steele applied merciless pressure, let fly with heavy punching bursts and put visible damage on his opponent across the first five minutes.
He pressed forward with supreme confidence and connected with a sweeping left hook the liver that felled Blair at the base of the cage. Steele pounced on his turtled adversary and unleashed one final volley of punches that necessitated the stoppageVakhitov was forced to recalibrate after a tepid start. Masraf proved to be the aggressor initially, crowded the Kill Cliff Fight Club export in the clinch and made him defend takedowns. Vakhitov had all the answers.
Dulatov weaponized his aggression and overwhelmed the Brazilian from the outset. The UFD Gym standout had Antunes reeling inside the first 90 seconds with multi-punch volleys, mixed in knees when the mood arose and eventually dragged him to the canvas. Once they returned to an upright position, Dulatov made his move. He angled off the fence, stepped into range and drove his elbow into the side of Antunes’ head. Out went the lightsin an all-Australian three-round flyweight encounter. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 29-28 for Gauci .
Drilich jumped out to a lead in the first round, where efficient high-volume punching, body kicks and an occasional elbow strike tipped his spear. Gauci upped his activity level in the middle stanza, started to target the midsection of the Scrappy MMA rep and completed two takedowns. He picked up where he left off in Round 3 and tied a bow on his performance by pairing a late takedown with some elbow-laced ground-and-pound.
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