Mateusz
Gamrot was awarded a technical knockout when Rafael
Fiziev suffered an obvious knee harm within the second spherical of
their
UFC Fight Night 228 headliner on Saturday on the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas.
Referee Herb Dean known as for the stoppage 2:03 into Spherical
2—an
unfortunate ending to what was shaping up as a compelling strategic
battle between two of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s premier lightweights.
Fiziev (12-3, 6-3 UFC) inched forward in a aggressive first spherical,
the place he leaned on multi-strike bursts, bulletproof takedown
protection and a heavy deal with the physique with punches and kicks.
Gamrot (23-2, 6-2 UFC) accomplished a takedown to begin Spherical 2, solely
to have these efforts negated quickly after. Fiziev scrambled to his
ft and moved to the protection of open house. The
Kill Cliff Fight Club collapsed after throwing a physique kick—his
left knee buckled as he pivoted—and turtled in noticeable misery,
clearly unable to proceed.
American Top Team’s Gamerot, a former two-division
KSW champion, will head into his subsequent task with wins in
six of his previous seven bouts.
Decided Mitchell Downs Ige
“The Final Fighter 27” semifinalist Bryce
Mitchell rebounded from his Dec. 10 defeat to Ilia
Topuria and outgrappled Dan Ige to a
unanimous determination within the three-round featherweight co-main occasion.
All three cageside judges scored it for Mitchell (16-1, 7-1 UFC):
30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.
Ige (17-7, 9-6 UFC) did appreciable injury to the Barata MMA rep’s
proper eye within the first and second rounds, opening a number of cuts and
inflicting an alarming quantity of swelling with thudding proper palms
and clear left hooks. Mitchell countered with takedowns and
positional dominance. He progressed to full mount in all three
rounds—he additionally superior to the again and flattened out the Hawaiian
at one level—and stymied Ige with stifling management, doing simply
sufficient to get by on the scorecards.
The setback snapped Ige’s modest two-fight profitable streak.
Dominant Rodriguez Brutalizes Waterson-Gomez
Marina
Rodriguez moved to 2-0 in her head-to-head collection with Michelle
Waterson-Gomez, as she wrecked the onetime Invicta Preventing
Championships titleholder with elbows and punches within the second
spherical of their girls’s strawweight rematch.
Rodriguez (17-3-2, 7-3-2 UFC) brought it to a close 2:42 into Round
2, although referee Kerry Hatley wouldn’t have been
criticized had he stopped it a lot sooner.
Waterson-Gomez (18-12, 6-8 UFC) executed a takedown contained in the
first 20 seconds however couldn’t corral the Dana White’s Contender
Sequence alum on the canvas. Rodriguez returned to her ft and
unleashed a hellacious barrage of close-range knee strikes and
elbows that left her counterpart with critical injury to her nostril
and a major minimize close to her proper eye. The cageside doctor
was introduced into study Waterson-Gomez at one level and cleared
her to proceed even supposing she had turned away from
contact greater than as soon as. Rodriguez picked up the place she left off in
Spherical 2, powered right into a full mount on a failed takedown try
from “The Karate Hottie” and uncorked elbows and punches till the
job was performed.
The 37-year-old Waterson-Gomez has misplaced 4 fights in a row.
Battle Coke Finishes Fletcher
“The Final Fighter” Season 29 winner Bryan
Battle disposed of Manufacturing unit X rep A.J.
Fletcher with a rear-naked choke within the second spherical of their
welterweight characteristic.
Battle (10-2, 5-1 UFC) drew the curtain 4:32 into Round
2, as he recorded his ninth victory in 10 outings.
Fletcher (10-3, 1-3 UFC) efficiently navigated a 10-inch attain
deficit within the first spherical, the place he crowded “The Butcher” and
floored him with a standing elbow off the break. Battle recovered,
pushed the struggle deeper and made the required changes. He
trapped Fletcher alongside the fence within the center stanza, slammed dwelling
knee strikes to the physique and assumed prime place after shedding a
guillotine choke. Battle then superior to the again and cinched the
choke.
A onetime Atlas Fights titleholder, Fletcher had by no means earlier than been
completed.
Jourdain Guillotine Faucets Ramos
Former TKO Main League MMA champion Charles
Jourdain put away Ricardo
Ramos with a guillotine choke within the first spherical of their
featherweight appetizer. In his first look since June 18,
2022,
Ramos (16-5, 7-4 UFC) checked out 3:12 into Round
1.
Jourdain (15-6-1, 6-5-1 UFC) minimize free with a straight left-right
hook mixture and adopted it with a knee, forcing the Brazilian
to have interaction him within the grappling division. Ramos shot for a
takedown, dodged a guillotine and handed to facet management. Jourdain
then set off a scramble, caught the guillotine on the transition
and squeezed his option to the submission.
The 27-year-old Jourdain has recorded back-to-back victories for
the second time since becoming a member of the UFC roster in 2019.
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