On February 13, Beijing time, the UFC 271 tournament was held in Houston, USA. Today's grand finale is the UFC MiddleWeight Champion Golden Belt Championship, where current champion Adi Saya and challenger former champion Whitaker are in a two-legged match, and the two sides fought fiercely for five rounds to win the final Adisaya points to defend the title again.
Today's joint home match is a heavyweight duel between two KO-capable super-finishing powers, derek Lewis (26-9, 21 K, 1 S, 1 N) vs. Ty Tuvaza (14-3, 12 K, 0 S), which did not disappoint the audience. In the first round, Lewis's heavy punch was strong, and Tuvaza was beaten a little badly. In the second round, Tuvaza adjusted his state, Lewis's continuous punch output continued to suppress, the two sides were close to each other from a distance, Tuvasa punched back, and then tuvasa swung an elbow to knock down Lewis when he was close to the body, and Tuvaza won 1 minute 40 seconds KO in the second round. After the game, Tuvaza continued his signature "drinking shoes" to celebrate the victory, Tuvaza won five consecutive victories from 2020 and all KO ended the opponent, successfully reaching the top five of the official UFC rankings.
In the headline home, current UFC midweight champion Isley Adisaya (22-1, 15 K, 0 S) played a second game against former champion Robert Whitaker (23-6, 9 K, 5 S). The first meeting between the two sides was in October 2019, when Adisaya won ko in the second leg. This time Whitaker learned the lesson of the last game, not daring to fight Adisaya's close-range boxing, but also playing more conservatively. Both sides played more cautiously, and in the first set Adi Saya slowly suppressed it with his fists and legs, and also knocked down a punch. In the next few rounds, although Whitaker had several hugs and back controls, it was unfortunate that Adisaya managed to escape and get up and return to standing. In the end, the two sides played five rounds, and Adisaya won by a unanimous score of (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) with the advantage of standing effective strikes and control, defending the UFC middleweight champion Gold Belt for the fourth time.
In the other three home games, Jared Canonier (15-5, 10 K, 2 S) elbowed KO Derek Brunson (23-8, 12 K, 4 S) in the second leg at 4:29. Renato Mocano (16-4-1, 0 K, 9 S) was left naked behind the second set to surrender Alexander Hernandez (13-5, 6 K, 2 S). Bobby Green (29-12-1, 10 K, 8 S) unanimously defeated German rookie Nasrat Harparast (13-5, 9 K, 0 S).
There are also two high-profile matches in the secondary, with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Alovsky (33-20, 17 K, 3 S, 2 N) dividing to narrowly decide to win rookie Jared Vandra (12-7, 7 K, 3 S). Australian rising star Kathy O'Neal (9-0, 3 K, 2 S) disagreed to narrowly beat American veteran Roxanne Modaferry (25-20, 4 K, 5 S) to go unbeaten in the UFC with four straight wins.
Contest Results:
Mains:
UFC MiddleWeight Championship Tournament:
Israel Adesanya beat Robert Whittaker to unanimously decide (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) for 5 rounds
Heavyweight Competition:
Tai Tuivasa beat Derrick Lewis KO (elbow) 2 rounds - 1:40
Middleweight Competition:
Jared Cannonier beat Derek Brunson KO (elbow) 2 rounds - 4:29
Lightweight Competition:
Renato Moicano beat Alexander Hernandez to surrender (back hanging naked) 2 rounds - 1:23
Bobby Green beat Nasrat Haqparast unanimously decided (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) for 3 rounds
Secondary:
Andrei Arlovski wins Jared Vanderaa(29–28, 28–29, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
Casey O'Neill wins roxanne Modafferi's divisive decisions (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Hatchweight Competition:
Kyler Phillips defeated Marcelo Rojo to surrender (arm delta twist) 3 rounds - 1:48
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Carlos Ulberg wins Fabio Cherant and unanimously decides (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) for 3 rounds
Ronnie Lawrence wins Leomana Martinez unanimously (29–27, 29–27, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Jacob Malkoun wins A.J. Dodson) unanimously decided (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 rounds
Douglas Silva de Andrade wins Sergey Morozov surrender (back naked) 2 rounds - 3:24
Sub-middleweight competitions:
Jeremiah Wells wins mike Mathetha to surrender (back hanging naked) 1 round - 4:38
Maxim Grishin beat William Knight unanimously decided (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) for 3 rounds