![]() Buday was connecting with stinging leg kicks, but wasn’t really building off of them. His hands were faster, as well as his footwork. He was throwing leg kicks, but Buday was doing a great job of checking them and returning his own.īrzeski continued to be the quicker fighter in the second round. The speed advantage was clearly on the lighter fighter in Brzeski. The forward pressure of Buday slowed down, and Brzeski began his march forward behind his own punches. Brzeski was returning fire, but getting walked down. Lukasz Brzeski by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29): Heavyweightīuday was pressing forward behind his maximum weight punches. This was by far the most even round of the fight. They both failed at takedown attempts, but both succeeded at stopping the takedown. They were going blow for blow, with neither being able to take over. Hill pressured again in the third round, with Loopy sitting back looking to land counter punches. Hill clinched up and landed a takedown of her own, with some frenzied ground and pound, just before the bell. The fighters started to exchange jabs, but Hill was the one pressing forward. That prompted Godinez to blast a takedown, but Hill used a guillotine attempt to stand right back up. Hill busted open Loopy’s nose at the beginning of the second stanza. ![]() We had a fight by the time there bell sounded, but that round definitely seemed to belong to Loopy. As the round went long, Hill started to battle back and landed a couple of mean knees on the inside. Hill managed to recover rather quickly, but the fight was being dictated by Loopy. She wobbled Hill twice in the opening minute of the match. Godinez was cracking with her hands early. Lupita Godinez by unanimous decision (29-28 x3): 120-pounds Neither man gets a win bonus, which adds to the argument to do away with that archaic pay structure altogether. This was Zalal’s debut at 135-pounds, and Blackshear’s debut in the UFC. Blackshear won out the grappling exchanges to take the first two rounds, but Zalal let his strikes go in the third, dropping Blackshear with a body kick to earn a 10-8 from two of the three judges. The UFC San Diego card opened up with Youssef Zalal and Da’Mon Blackshear fighting to a majority draw. That’s baller status right there, and a perfect way to make your UFC debut. ![]() In a tremendous display of class and compassion, as Quinlan dove in for a followup ground strike, he realized that Witt wasn’t there and pulled back his punch to not cause any further damage. We got another wicked knockout on the prelims when Josh Quinlan annihilated Jason Witt with a monstrous left hook that melted Jason on impact. Nam has been fighting since 2006, and extends his record to 21-12-1. Nam was a big betting underdog coming in, but that didn’t seem to bother him at all as the veteran showed the division that he still has what it takes to finish fools. The flyweight division witnessed 37-year-old Tyson Nam produce an outstanding knockout of Ode Osbourne in the opening round. He followed up with an epic lifting slam, took full mount, and punched away until the referee said to atop. After navigating through a sea of axe kicks, Benitez was able to deliver a powerful left hand that staggered Ontiveros. There’s nothing better than seeing fighters leave the sport on their own terms, especially coming off of a win!Īlso on the prelims, Gabriel Benitez scored a sweet first round TKO on Charlie Ontiveros. She expressed her desire to coach and have more babies, and will be leaving the sport on a win at 11-7. In her post-fight interview, Nunes dropped her gloves in the center of the Octagon, and announced her retirement from competition. Nunes relied on her strikes, and showed off her takedown defense to prevent Calvillo from imposing her will. In a move up to 125-pounds, Nina Nunes won a split decision over the UFC’s #12 ranked flyweight, Cynthia Calvillo. Martin has extended his pro record to 11-1, but how did you score this one? This fight was close, with Brzeski landing the volume early on, and Buday rallying late with the power. In the heavyweight division, Martin Buday picked up a split decision over a game Lukasz Brzeski.
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