Saturday (18) was, once again, full of excitement in the UFC, with Las Vegas hosting the best of MMA and a Brazilian, Edson Barboza, starring in the main bout.
Saturday (18) was, once again, full of emotions in the UFC, with Las Vegas hosting the best of MMA and a Brazilian, Edson Barboza, protagonist of the main fight, in which he faced the Englishman Lerone Murphy at APEX
A kick while he was on the ground gave Barboza hope, but Murphy managed to withstand the pressure and dominated the duel from start to finish, curbing the offensive momentum of one of Ultimate’s best attackers, becoming the winner by decision of the judges,
Fight
A kick from Barboza to the Englishman’s lower regions was the first noteworthy move of the UFC Vegas 92 main event. Murphy was doing good stand-up as the Brazilian aimed to use low kicks to wear down the Englishman. The first round was pretty even on the feet, but the fight only ended on the ground, with the Brazilian getting knocked down before a kick from the veteran hit the Englishman, who managed to keep his composure.
The scenario followed the same way in the second round, with Murphy attacking shots well and the Brazilian trying to kick his rival’s leg. The Englishman began to grow in the fight and had a great opportunity to win when a sequence of punches ended up shaking Barboza, who almost found himself knocked out in the fight, managing to survive the pressure of his opponent.
The punch remained strong in the third round, with the Englishman increasing the pressure and landing as many punches as he landed, and the same happened with Barboza. After twice trying to take down the Brazilian, a roundhouse kick caught the Brazilian, who tried to grab the Englishman, but continued to hit hard and control the actions of the fight.
Lerone Murphy left no room for the Brazilian to feel comfortable in the fight, managing to take every punch he could get, as a nice sequence of punches from the Englishman. The Brazilian responded with a strong roundhouse kick that hit Murphy’s body, but he didn’t seem to feel it and found himself on top of Barboza.
Needing to get a knockout to win the fight, Barboza tried to give it his all in the final round of the fight, managing to keep his kicks as ideal strikes to trouble Murphy. The Englishman, however, continued to prove himself much better at striking and at one point even managed to take the fight to the ground. Barboza resisted until the end, but was unable to overcome the dominance of his rival, who achieved his sixth victory in seven fights
Melissa Gatto and Ariane Carnelossi ‘save’ Brazil
Seven more Brazilians appeared at UFC Vegas 92, and most of them left the Octagon with negative results. However, Melissa Gatto and Ariane Carnelossi managed to ‘save’ the Brazilian honor and raised their arms at the end of their respective matches
Melissa Gatto won the match between her compatriots of the evening, facing Tamires Vidal. After a good start in striking, Melissa ended up being taken down and nearly submitted by the guillotine, managing to escape and use ground and pounding well. In the second round, Tamires managed to use good sequences to put her rival in difficulty, but she was knocked down and Melissa Gatto had a chance to finish, also unsuccessfully. In the third round, a punch given to the opponent’s chest, which showed that she felt strong in the area, opened space for the Campinas native to go up and start striking to close the fight and win another one in the UFC.
Ariane Carnelossi, however, achieved a victory that, perhaps, she did not appreciate. Facing the Venezuelan Piera RodrÃguez, ‘Sorriso’ started the fight well and scared Piera with a cross, causing her rival to take the fight to the ground, but suffering the blows of the Brazilian. In the second half, a new takedown attempt by the Venezuelan required Ariane’s work to be able to defend herself and remain standing. After a strong sequence of shots. Ariane received a headbutt from her rival, who demanded that the fight be stopped. After being treated by doctors, the Sao Paulo native demonstrated that she was no longer capable of fighting and the referee gave her the victory as she deemed Piera’s headbutt to be intentional, thus disqualifying her from the fight.
The stumbles
To try to find victory again, VinÃcius Salvador faced Adrian Yanez. The “Phenomenon” even started the fight well, landing a powerful left cross and good shots. But as he started to find his rhythm, a low kick attempt ended with a right cross from the American that caused him to fall to the ground and watch his opponent strike until the fight was stopped, leading to the his third consecutive defeat in the UFC.
Facing veteran Angela Hill, Luana Pinheiro looked to bounce back from her loss to Amanda Ribas. The ParaÃba native suffered the series of ‘Overkill’ takedowns, which managed to take her down, although Luana tried to submit with a guillotine in the first takedown. . In the second part of the fight, Luana bet on jabs, but the Brazilian saw her rival take advantage of a spinning blow to go back, get another takedown and go for the guillotine from the mount, which Hill managed to dodge and win .
Veteran Warlley Alves faced German-based Russian prospect Abusupiyan Magomedov. ‘Abus’ showed the characteristics of a fighter to be noticed in the future by dominating the Brazilian and winning by judges’ decision. Kleydson Rodrigues also had his good moments against Heili Alateng, but was outdone by the Chinese in the fight and also in the eyes of the judges.
UFC Vegas 92 Results: Barboza x Murphy
Main card
Lerone Murphy beat Edson Barboza by unanimous decision of the judges
Khaos Williams defeats Carlston Harris by KO (1:30 of R1)
Themba Gorimbo defeated Ramiz Brahimaj by unanimous decision of the judges
Adrian Yanez defeats VinÃcius Salvador by TKO (2:47 of R1)
Angela Hill defeats Luana Pinheiro by submission (4:12 of R2)
Preliminary paper
Tom Nolan defeated Victor Martinez by TKO (3:50 by R1)
Oumar Sy defeated Tuco Tokkos via submission (3:43 of R1)
Melissa Gatto defeats Tamires Vidal by TKO (0:37 of R3)
Abusupiyan Magomedov defeated Warlley Alves by unanimous decision
Ariane Carnelossi beats Piera RodrÃguez by disqualification (illegal headbutt in the second round)
Heili Alateng beat Kleydson Rodrigues by unanimous decision of the judges
Vanessa Demopoulos beat Emily Ducote by split decision
Source: Terra
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