On the morning of January 16, Beijing time, after the end of nearly a month's offseason, the octagon cage war was rekindled, and the first phase of the year was ushered in at the top UFC clubhouse in Las Vegas. There were six main matches in this edition, two of which came to an end. In the headline main game, a good boxer from New England returned with a big victory with a huge score disparity after a year away from the game.
Headlines Main Race Featherweight
Calvin Ketar unanimously won the Gyga Chikaze
Ketal was called the best boxer in mixed martial arts by Coach Javier Mendes, but this time his brilliant move was not a punch, he first completed a strong hug in the first round, and then in the second round of the confrontation with Chicaze, he performed a beautiful turn elbow, hitting a serious injury, and then always maintained pressure, chasing the opponent all the time, giving no breathing space, and firmly controlling the situation.
Chikaze's combination of combos is indeed sharp, but it is basically impossible to break the defense, his own physical strength is still declining, the speed of the blow is also weakened, in the middle and back of the game is difficult to get rid of the opponent's attack, hit a lot of heavy hits. In the fifth round, he fell to the ground after eating several close elbow blows. In the end, Ketal suffered his first UFC defeat by unanimous decisions (50-45, 50-45, 50-44).
United Main Division Heavyweight
Jack Collier Naked Stranded Surrender Chase Sherman
The two sides quickly began to fight each other after the start of the match, Collier's punches were both fast and fierce, hitting the opponent's head many times, but Sherman did not show weakness, kicked a low sweep at him, but unfortunately he fell down on his leg and was immediately suppressed by the back. He unleashed a ferocious elbow from the upper position, thus opening the void, pulling his arm into his neck, locking the handle, twisting naked, and winning the first round by surrender.
Fly magnitude
Brandon Royval Disagreed to win Rogerio Portorian
Potorion's strength advantage is obvious, his clasp buckle is tight and powerful, and the power of his heavy punch is visible to the naked eye, but the fight is not aggressive enough. On the other hand, Royval, first of all, is the output of the standing blow, and the second is to change the tricks on the ground, even in the lower position, he constantly tries to surrender him, like a loach. In the end, he was defeated due to disagreement (28-29, 29-28, 28-29).
Female flyweight
Caitlin Jokajian unanimously won Jennifer Maya
Just as the so-called one inch long and one inch strong, Jokajian made full use of her long arms and long legs to cover the middle and long distance into her fire network composed of left and right straight punches and front kicks, and the opponent had no choice but to fight. But even if she broke into the inner circle, Maya could not take advantage of it, and was suppressed by her holding and falling. After playing three rounds, she won by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Lightweight
Vyacheslav Borshev TKO ends Dakota Bush
Bush played very smoothly in the opening, launched a hug and a place in the flexible movement, and really achieved the combination of wrestling, which once made the opponent's situation very passive. However, Borshev was not impatient, he calmly coped on the ground, got rid of the control of the fight, returned to the standing state and saw the opportunity, hit the abdomen with his left fist on the side of the cage, directly knocked out, and then smashed the fist to chase, ending the game in the first round.
Featherweight
Bill Algio wins unanimously over Joanderson Brito
Brito played very aggressively, immediately pressing up after the opening, pushing the opponent to the edge of the cage, seemingly trying to dominate the game with a fight, but the result was that he touched a nose of ash, continued to be countered by Algio, and was also backed in the third leg. He had to return to standing competition, but he did not have the advantage in long-range strikes. In the end, he lost due to unanimous judgments (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Bonuses
Best Performance:
Vyacheslav-Borshev
Jack Collier
Best Competition:
Calvin Ketal vs Jiga Chikaze