On the morning of March 27, Beijing time, a new phase of the Fighting Night event ended at the National Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, which was the first time in nearly two years that a fighting night event was held in a city outside the United States outside of Las Vegas. There were six main matches, two of which came to an end. In the headline main event, fans witnessed a wrestler showing his impressive progress in his striking skills.
Headlines Main Race Heavyweight
Curtis Bretz TKO ends Chris Dakos
There is a consensus for Bretz that he is a typical wrestler, after all, the record for the most successful wrestling in the history of the UFC heavyweight belongs to him. But in this game, he never made a single attempt to hold a fall, and in the first round he relied on his pace and arm span to perform a wandering tactic, playing and circling, so that Dakos could not launch his own comfortable melee punch.
It is estimated that the disadvantage of the first leg makes the mentality become anxious, and in the second round, Dakos rushes forward with a fist as soon as he comes up, causing the middle road to open widely, and the result is directly put down by a heavy punch. Bretz immediately pounced on the ground to make up for the knife, even if the opponent desperately held his head to defend, he could not stop his rainy elbow combo, the referee had to call off the game, and he won two consecutive victories.
United Mains Women's Flyweight
Alexa Grasso Naked Stranded Surrender Joanne Wood
Grasso found his rhythm immediately after the start, and the combined attack quickly greeted the opponent. Wood saw the situation, took the initiative to try to enter the lower position, to no avail, got up and continued to stand and fight each other, but made a mistake when making a turning blow, and was thrown to the ground. When she was taken on the back, her neck was instantly strangled, and despite her efforts to dismantle the handle, she still could not open the buckle, and could only clap her hands and concede defeat in the first round.
Sub-moderate
Brian Baverena disagreed to win Matt Brown
Brown showed a strong will to fight, he had many beautiful hugs, but unfortunately he never formed a long-term ground control. He was also unequivocal in terms of standing blows, and had been hardening against his opponents, but the later he went, the more obvious his physical decline became, and he was chased by Baverena at the end of the game. After the battle, he lost by divergent decisions (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Fly magnitude
Kay Carla-Frans wins unanimously against Aska Askalov
Askalov took the initiative, using a tangle to hold his back in the first round, arranging a naked hanging surrender suit, and almost took shape. Since the second round, Frans's anti-fall performance has become more and more in place, not only repeatedly destroying the attempt to hold the fall, but also constantly casting powerful heavy blows with his rapid combo moves, giving the opponent's head a significant displacement. By the end of the third round, he had won by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Neil Magney disagreed to win Max Griffin
Magni was out of the way, his strike speed was clearly inferior in the first round, and he was knocked down once. From the second round, he continued to strengthen his attack, constantly compressing the distance, pushing his opponent to the edge of the cage, entering the inner circle he was good at, completing the hug and falling in the third round, holding Griffin to launch a punch. In the end, he won by divergence (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Lightweight
Mark Diakesi unanimously decided to win Vyacheslav Borshev
Borshev is a former kickboxer who specializes in standing strikes, so Diakesi's strategy is very clear, that is, to use wrestling to bring the fight to the ground. He dives shortly after the opening, and although his opponents were able to defend himself at first, they fell to the ground after wave of hugs, and were suppressed by him for three rounds. In the end, he won by unanimous judgment (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Bonuses
Best Performance:
Chris Gutierrez
Curtis-Bretz
Best Competition:
Matt Brown vs Brian Baverena