On March 13, Beijing time, the 203rd session of the UFC Fighting Night was held in Las Vegas, USA. There are several highly anticipated new stars in the lineup of this competition, among which the joint main match is Song Yadong, a "kung fu monkey" who has attracted the attention of Chinese boxing fans.
The headline home match was brazilian striker Thiago Santos (22-10, 15 K, 1 S) against Russian rising star Mohammed Ankaraev (17-1, 9 K, 0 S), a game that was more negative and conservative. At the beginning of the game, both sides were very cautious and rarely moved, Ankaraev kept pressing step by step, and Santos was always pressed to the edge of the cage to counterattack. In the final second few second seconds, Santos had a heavy punch to bring down Ankaraev but it didn't end. In the third set, Ankarayev continued to steadily and slowly suppress, the next three rounds were basically ankaraev's punches, and there was a successful hug, Santos had several attempts to hit hard but did not hit. In the end, the two sides played five rounds, and Ankaraev won by unanimous judgment (49–46, 49–46, 48–47), which is also his eight consecutive wins since 2018.
In the Joint Home Tournament, Song Yadong (19-5-1, 8 K, 3 S, 1 N) against Brazilian Humbold Marlon Morales (23-10-1, 10 K, 6 S), Morales is currently in the UFC official rankings in the tenthweight and has been a former UFC championship challenger, it can be said that Morales is the strongest opponent Song Yadong has faced so far in his career. At the beginning of the game, Song Yadong did not passively test, but pressed the fist to attack step by step, several times song Yadong played very strongly, facing the strength of the veteran Morales Song Yadong played with ease, 2 minutes later Song Yadong a set of combination punches to end the opponent with a beautiful upper hook punch on the spot, the game took 2 minutes and 06 seconds to end the battle.
After this battle, Song Yadong will enter the top ten of the official UFC rankings, and he is also the first Chinese male player in the history of the UFC to enter the top ten of the official rankings. After the game, Song Yadong said that he wanted to challenge former UFC welterweight champion Dominick Cruz, "I have a lot of respect for him, I watched him when I was young, but I wanted to play with him more. ”
In the other four home games: Rising star Sodik Yusov (12-2, 6 K, 0 S) unanimously defeated "Royal Bruce Lee" Alex Cáceres (19-13, 3 K, 7 S, 1 N). Carril Rantree (10-5, 6 K, 0 S, 1 N) TKO Carl Robertson (9-5, 2 K, 4 S) in the second set. Drew Dober (24-11, 11 K, 6 S, 1 N) came back-in with a strong first-leg TKO TKO McKinney (12-4, 5 K, 7 S). Kickboxing champion Alex Pereira (5-1, 4 K, 0 S) unanimously beat Bruno Silva (22-7, 19 K, 0 S) with strong standing strike technique.
Contest Results:
Mains:
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Magomed Ankalaev beat Thiago Santos unanimously decided (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) for 5 rounds
Hatchweight Competition:
Song Yadong wins Marlon Moraes KO (boxing) 1 round - 2:06
Featherweight Competition:
Sodiq Yusuff beat Alex Caceres with a unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Khalil Rountree Jr. wins Karl Roberson TKO (kick body and punch) 2 rounds - 0:25
Lightweight Competition:
Drew Dober wins Terrance McKinney TKO (knee and boxing) 1 round - 3:17
Middleweight Competition:
Alex Pereira beat Bruno Silva to decide (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) for 3 rounds
Secondary:
Sub-middleweight competitions:
Matthew Semelsberger beat AJ Fletcher to unanimously decide (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
JJ Aldrich beat Gillian Robertson unanimously decided (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) for 3 rounds
Javid Basharat beat Trevin Jones with a unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) for 3 rounds
Damon Jackson wins Joshua Culibao surrender (arm delta twist) 2 rounds - 4:42
Miranda Maverick wins sabina Mazo to surrender (back hanging naked) 2 rounds - 2:15
Cody Brundage wins Dalcha Lungiambula to surrender (guillotine) 1 round - 3:41
Guido Cannetti wins Kris Moutinho TKO (boxing) 1 round - 2:07
Azamat Murzakanov wins Tafon Nchukwi KO (Flying Knee) 3 rounds - 0:44