On the morning of February 6, Beijing time, the first phase of the Lunar Year of the Tiger was held as scheduled in the top UFC halls in Las Vegas. There were six main matches, two of which came to an end. In the headline main event, a middleweight top ten player who likes to turn on the "talk mode" during the competition continued to play the triumphant song, and while winning six consecutive victories, he also took a solid step towards the championship challenge.
Headlines Main Race Middleweight
Sean Strickland disagreed to win Jack Hermanson
Hermanson is a classical wrestler, and ground fighting is his strong point, but all the wrestling in this game is prevented, and he can't bring the fight into his own field, so he has to constantly wrestle with his opponents in terms of standing blows. Although his grip was always held high, Strickland's jab was like a sharp knife, piercing his defense again and again from the beginning to the end, and continuing to shoot him in the head.
Strickland made patient moves, no bells and whistles, one punch and one leg targeted, basic and effective. Even though Hermanson's aggressive swing hit him many times, the actual damage was not much, and the game was still dominated by him, that is, he looked inferior to his opponent in the initiative of the attack. After playing five rounds, he won the game by divergent decisions (49-46, 47-48, 49-46).
United Mains Middleweight
Nick Maximov disagreed to win Punakhel Soriano
Maximov's tactics are clear, that is, to control the situation with a fight, so as soon as he comes up, he actively dives down and falls, even if he does not fall, he must jump on the opponent's back to control, and the three rounds are non-stop, like a perpetual motion machine. Soriano was able to play a high-quality counter-attack in the first leg, but he was tired of coping in the last two legs. At the end of the match, he was divided (28-29, 30-27, 29-28) defeated.
Sub-moderate
Shafkat Rakhmonov TKO ends Carlston Harris
Because the opponent is also tall and arm-length, Rakhmonov first occupies the cage center in the opening, slightly testing the firepower, and then he takes the initiative to jump to the knee, and the two sides go to the cage to start an inner struggle, he launches a stumbling throw to throw Harris to the ground, but failed to form a suppression. Returning to standing, he reached the knockdown with a slalom kick, followed by a ground punch to make up for it, ending the game in the first leg.
Light heavyweight
Brandon Allen Naked Hanging Surrender Sam Alvey
Allen was steady, he initially tried to hold the fall slightly, but Alvi was in place to prevent the fall, so he focused on fighting instead, and the strategy was quite effective, almost finishing at the end of the first round. By the second round, he continued to compress the strike distance, seized a perfect opportunity to hit his opponent with a left hook fist, entered the ground with the trend, and directly arranged the naked twist, unable to break free at all, and could only clap his hands and concede defeat.
Intermediate
Brian Baitou unanimously won over Trison Gore
Gore has the ability to explode, and Bai Tou did eat two terrifying heavy punches in the second round, and his whole head seemed to be knocked out, but he did not panic from beginning to end. He couldn't win with one shot, but the combined attack was noticeably better, and although he failed to successfully hold the fall, he pressed his opponent to the edge of the cage for a long time. In the end, he won by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Featherweight
Julian Erosa disagreed to win Steven Peterson
Erosa always kept her hands down on the stand and pressed her opponent with high intensity throughout the game, but she also received many heavy punches in the pursuit, especially Peterson's over-the-top right fist, which hit him hard many times. However, his output was more intense, like a wild wave, and he completed a key kick in the third round. In the end, he won by divergence (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
Bonuses
Best Performance:
Chidi Njokuani
Shafkat-Rakhmonov
Best Competition:
Julian Erosa vs Steven Peterson