UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs Holland aired stay in Asia on April 11 from the UFC Apex Arena in Las Vegas. The thirteen-fight card featured a slew of entertaining prospects, capped off with dramatic motion in the featherweight and middleweight divisions. The Main Event middleweight contenders bout between #6 Marvin Vettori and late discover opponent #10 Kevin Holland opened with vicious exchanges and closed with spherical after spherical of wrestling dominance by Vettori. After getting the unanimous determination win, Vettori stated, “Hats off to him, because he was sharper today than his last fight. I strive for perfection, but sometimes I fall short. I still had a dominant performance. I’m still happy and I want Adesanya next. This October, I think I’m next in line… I’m already the best in the world. I keep focusing on myself and working on everything. I’m a very complete fighter.”
The Co-Main Event that includes prime featherweight prospects #10 Sodiq Yusuff and #11 Arnold Allen delivered an action-packed, tactical three rounds. Allen had massive moments with two knock downs in opposition to a tricky Yusuff which swung the choice in his favor on the scorecards. Allen stated,
“I haven’t had a knockout finish in a while. I know how hard I hit, but I haven’t proven it to the world yet. I need to prove it… When I fight people, I don’t think they give me a lot of respect. Do I get the respect off this fight?”
Asia represents:
South Korea’s Da-un Jung nailed repeated takedowns in opposition to William Knight in their mild heavyweight bout and dominated with prime place wrestling and strikes all through all three rounds. Jung earned a well-deserved unanimous determination victory that could be launching him into the sunshine heavyweight rankings. Jung stated,
“The game plan was to actually jab and low kick all day long but he didn’t meet me in the middle. He kept backing up. So I had to change it up really quick. I’m very comfortable in the clinch, so I got the takedowns from there… [next] I’ll fight anyone ranked higher than me.”
Main Event
The Main Event match between middleweight contenders #6 Marvin Vettori and #10 Kevin Holland opened with vicious exchanges, together with robust kicks from Holland and powerful wrestling from Vettori. Vettori went for the takedown early in the second spherical and managed Holland with floor and pound. As it labored so effectively, Vettori went to his clinch and takedown sport plan once more to dominate the entire remaining rounds for the well-earned determination win.
Co-Main Event
In the Co-Main Event, prime featherweight prospects #10 Sodiq Yusuff and #11 Arnold Allen engaged with excessive stage putting and scrambles. Allen edged out spherical one with a knock down and cage management, and delivered one other knock down by head kick in spherical two throughout a really aggressive stanza. In the ultimate spherical, Allen put Yusuff straight to the cage and he responded together with his personal strain. Allen’s massive moments scored him the victory in a tactical action-packed struggle.
Main card motion:
Julian Marquez welcomed Sam Alvey again to the middleweight division with damaging punches then took some in return to shut the primary spherical. Alvey started to search out his timing in the second, however Marquez surged with huge combos and a knockdown which allowed him to slap on a again choke that put Alvey to sleep.
Women’s strawweight #5 Nina Nunes and#11 Mackenzie Dern shortly engaged with their putting, then Dern hit the bottom and methodically superior positions to isolate an arm. She secured the armbar and compelled Nunes to faucet for the first-round submission victory, cementing Dern’s climb up the rankings.
Mike Perry and Daniel Rodriguez opened up the primary card with the anticipated fireworks as they engaged shortly and furiously. Rodriguez began sturdy with mixtures and low kicks, so Perry responded with a slam and floor management. The course of repeated in the second spherical, however Rodriguez’s jab more and more paid dividends. His one-two stole the third, giving Rodriguez the unanimous determination on all scorecards.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: VETTORI VS HOLLAND
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Fight of the Night:
Sam Alvey vs. Julian Marquez
Performances of the Night:
Mackenzie Dern
Mateusz Gamrot
Main Event
Marvin Vettori defeated Kevin Holland through unanimous determination
Co-Main-Event
Arnold Allen defeated Sodiq Yusuff through unanimous determination
Main Card
Julian Marquez defeated Sam Alvey through second-round submission
Mackenzie Dern defeated Nina Nunes through first-round submission
Daniel Rodriguez defeated Mike Perry through unanimous determination
Prelims
Joe Solecki defeated Jim Miller through unanimous determination
Mateusz Gamrot defeated Scott Holtzman through second-round KO
John Makdessi defeated Ignacio Bahamondes through a cut up determination
Jarjis Danho defeated Yorgan De Castro through first-round KO
Jack Shore defeated Hunter Azure through cut up determination
Luis Saldana defeated Jordan Griffin through unanimous determination
Da-Un Jung defeated William Knight through unanimous determination
Impa Kasanganay defeated Sasha Palatnikov through second-round submission
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