A pair of sunshine heavyweight contenders met within the UFC Vegas 50 fundamental occasion on Saturday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. No. 5 ranked Thiago Santos confronted No. 6 ranked Magomed Ankalaev within the featured battle
Ankalaev entered the bout driving a seven-fight successful streak. The lone loss on his file got here in his promotional debut in March 2018. Santos rebounded from a three-fight skid in his earlier outing defeating Johnny Walker by unanimous choice in October.
Within the opening spherical, each fighters have been cautious leading to a low output for each males. Ankalaev linked with the extra vital strikes, however the stats have been shut.
Within the second spherical, Santos scored a knockdown within the closing moments of the body. He landed a counter left hand that sat Ankalaev down. Ankalaev appeared to get well effectively between rounds.
The third spherical look so much like the primary body with low output and single-shot exchanges. Within the last two rounds, Ankalaev closed the space and tied Santos us alongside the cage. Within the last seconds of the fourth spherical, Ankalaev slammed Santos to the canvas.
Within the last spherical, Ankalaev was capable of get to the clinch place and managed Santos many of the spherical towards the fence whereas delivering knees to the physique and legs.
After 25 minutes, the judges scored the battle for Ankalaev by unanimous choice. The scorecards learn: 49-46, 49-46, and 48-47.
UFC Vegas 50 live results: Thiago Santos vs. Magomed Ankalaev
“I wished to battle 5 rounds and see if I’m prepared to check myself, if I’m able to go all the way in which to the highest,” Ankalaev stated following the win. “I used to be anticipating him to be extra aggressive and grapple extra, however he didn’t. He was very cautious.”
Now that he’s prolonged his successful streak to eight consecutive fights, Ankalaev believes that he deserves to battle for the 205-pound championship.
“I really feel that I deserve a title battle however after all it is going to rely upon the UFC of who my subsequent opponent shall be, however I really feel that I deserve a title battle,” Ankalaev stated.
