Not everyday that one fighter comes out of retirement to send another there. Miesha Tate made her comeback after a five year absence from the Octagon to win impressively by TKO. Now Tate is very much a submission specialist as evidenced by her take down stats, three take downs out of six which made itContinue reading “UFC FIGHT NIGHT:TATE VS RENEAU”
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT:MAKHACHEV VS MOISES
Thiago Moises of Brazil had all the advantages going into this flyweight main event on Sunday night against Russia’s Islam Makhachev. He had youth and reach in his favor but that came to knot at the end as Islam made Thiago tap out. First round had a look of a sparring match with both sizingContinue reading “UFC FIGHT NIGHT:MAKHACHEV VS MOISES”
UFC 264:POIRIER VS MCGREGOR
Now on to the next monkey that needed to come off a back. Connor McGregor of Ireland lost miserably to Dustin in their second bout earlier this year so he needed a powerful showing here. Connor starting the round rather well landing decent enough kicks on Dustin but nothing to knock him off his feetContinue reading “UFC 264:POIRIER VS MCGREGOR”
UFC 263:ADESANYA VS VETTORI
The Nigerian born New Zealander Middleweight Champ outlasted Italian Stallion or Dream whichever you like.Marvin to win on judges decision. Marvin can be proud of his performance even in defeat. Vettori was every bit the mat technician in this one. He attempted 14 takedowns and succeeding in four of them. Watch at the very startContinue reading “UFC 263:ADESANYA VS VETTORI”
UFC:ROZENSTRUIK VS SAKAI
Two South American heavyweights. No mat specialists here just pound for pound punching, kicking, a bout of attrition most strongest wins. Big Jai likes to know them out quick and simple and did just that. One got the feeling if Augusto was to win this one he had to take Jai all the way. NowContinue reading “UFC:ROZENSTRUIK VS SAKAI”
UFC :FONT VS GARBRANDT
Rob Font showed that you don’t need to use sheer muscle to beat your opponent but if you use your head you achieve the same results. Rob outlasting Cody in this Bantamweight fight on Sunday. This came after a more even stevens first round in which both fighters more than matched each other in termsContinue reading “UFC :FONT VS GARBRANDT”
UFC 262:OLIVEIRA VS CHANDLER
The reigning , defending UFC lightweight champ Charles Oliveira Da Silva made light work of American challenger Mike Chandler. Charlie was technically superior in a lot of respects. He was quite impressive on the mat. Watch the takedown that Mike tried to counter and busting himself up in the process. I am actually surprised whenContinue reading “UFC 262:OLIVEIRA VS CHANDLER”
UFC:RODRIGUEZ VS WATERSON
It was Mother’s day Sunday and one future mother’ and a current mom were doing their thing in the Octagon in Vegas. Marina Rodriguez got the better of Michelle Waterson on a judges scorecard. Michelle is more of a kick boxing style fighter. Disappointingly she did not lend a lot of significant punches and kicksContinue reading “UFC:RODRIGUEZ VS WATERSON”
UFC: REYES VS PROCHAZKA
This UFC Fight Night Main event in Las Vegas was between two light heavyweight competitors Dom Reyes from the USA and Jiri Prochazka from Czech Republic.Jiri knocked out Reyesin the second round .Impressive Helluva kicking by Jiri good particularly to the midriff of Reyes in Round 1. Reyes was visibly shaken at the start ofContinue reading “UFC: REYES VS PROCHAZKA”
UFC 261:USMAN VS MASVIDAL
Whether you are a boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist,you feed off the reaction of the crowd to get pumped up during bouts so having fans back in the arena was awesome. No one is better at defending and dishing out takedowns than Kamaru Usman. The Nigerian using every single kilo of his welterweight and shorterContinue reading “UFC 261:USMAN VS MASVIDAL”
