Undisputed! UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya took on Marvin Vettori in a rematch of their earlier contest in 2018, and the champ made it a decisive one. Adesanya’s offence was very good from the skin as he added up the leg kicks and picked his pictures, and his defence towards Vettori’s combos was a showcase of head motion and footwork, whereas he defended nicely on the bottom. After 5 rounds, Adesanya earned the unanimous choice by way of the scorecards and remained the UFC middleweight champion.
UFC WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
And new! The rematch of the final flyweight title combat between UFC world champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno was one other blockbuster and ended with the belt altering arms. Moreno got here out with improbable composure and placing within the first, grappling scrambles made spherical two a thriller, and within the third, Moreno sealed the take care of a takedown, again take, and rear-naked choke to turn into the primary Mexican-born UFC world champion.
MAIN CARD ACTION
Veterans ship a enjoyable thriller: The return of fan-favourite Nate Diaz towards 3 ranked Leon Edwards was the primary non-main occasion, non-title bout 5-rounder and it went the space. Edwards made the distinction with damaging leg kicks, splitting placing, and earned takedowns. The showman fashion of Diaz was in full impact and his fight-ending rally was a thriller, but Edwards deservedly took the unanimous choice.
The puzzle of the grappling ace is solved: welterweight Belal “Remember the Name” Muhammad weathered the shoots and dogged cage work of legendary grappler Demian Maia to mount an offence with punches at the middle point of the bout. Muhammad negated all of Maia’s takedown efforts took the third round on significant strikes and got the win by unanimous decision.
A snap instead of a tap: Light heavyweights Paul Craig and Jamahal Hill engaged in a true grappler versus striker match up, and grappling won hands down. In the first round, Craig pulled guard and worked off his back and locked up the arm of Hill in multiple positions. Hill did not tap, but the damage was done, and the referee was forced to step in to stop the fight, giving Craig the TKO victory.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
UFC WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Israel Adesanya defeated Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision
UFC WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Brandon Moreno defeated Deiveson Figueiredo via third-round submission
MAIN CARD
Leon Edwards defeated Nate Diaz via unanimous decision
Belal Muhammad defeated Demian Maia via unanimous decision
Paul Craig defeated Jamahal Hill via first-round TKO
PRELIMS
Brad Riddell defeated Drew Dober via unanimous decision
Eryk Anders defeated Darren Stewart via unanimous decision
Lauren Murphy defeated Joanne Calderwood via split decision
Movsar Evloev defeated Hakeem Dawodu via unanimous decision
Pannie Kianzad defeated Alexis Davis via unanimous decision
Terrance McKinney defeated Matt Frevola via KO, round 1, 0:07
Steven Peterson defeated Chase Hooper via unanimous decision
Fares Ziam defeated Luigi Vendramini via majority decision
Carlos Felipe defeated Jake Collier via split decision
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