UFC Vegas 99: Michel Pereira is knocked out by Anthony Hernandez

The UFC is back in action this Saturday (19th) in Las Vegas for another event at APEX. A Brazilian, Michel Pereira, was one of the protagonists of the main match of the evening, facing Anthony Hernandez. Unlike other fights, where his acrobatic strikes lifted the crowd and led him to victory, […]

The UFC is back in action this Saturday (19th) in Las Vegas for another event at APEX. A Brazilian, Michel Pereira, was one of the protagonists of the main match of the evening, facing Anthony Hernandez.

Unlike other fights, where his acrobatic punches lifted the crowd and guided him to victory, the ‘Paraense Voador’ suffered at the hands of ‘Fluffy’ throughout the five rounds of the fight until the American managed to pull out the KO and reach his sixth triumph. of Ultimate

The fight

The start of the fight belonged to the Brazilian, who tried to attack and tried to scare Hernandez with a nice kick, as well as trying to defend the American’s takedowns well. But ‘Fluffy’ soon found himself in the octagon to annoy Michel with his takedown-based game

Hernandez managed to knock the Brazilian to the ground and from there he began to control the pace of the fight. Michel Pereira saw his attempts to impose his strength blocked by the American. Especially in the third and fourth rounds, with ‘Fluffy’ imposing himself offensively so much so that victory was practically assured,

Needing to prove his worth in the final part of the fight, Michel had to get up and went for his knee, but Hernandez managed to take advantage of the Brazilian’s attempt to bring him back to the ground. Demonstrating his superiority, he used ground and pound well to win the fight and end the Brazilian’s eight-fight winning streak in the UFC.

Jean Matsumoto ‘saves’ Brazil

In addition to Michel Pereira, three other Brazilian representatives headed to the Octagon at UFC Vegas 99 this Saturday. Of these, only Jean Matsumoto had reason to smile in his fight against Canadian Brad Katona. The São Paulo native of Bragança Paulista, undefeated in professional MMA, suffered in the first round against the two-time champion of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, but began to find his form starting in the second round and dominated this part of the meeting. Although the pace dropped in the third round, his performance was enough to give him his second win in two UFC fights as per the judges’ decision.

Matheus Nicolau tried to stop Asu Almabayev to end a two-game losing streak in Ultimate. The first round of this fight was rather hot and without great emotions, but the Brazilian in the second part of the fight had a chance to unsuccessfully seek the guillotine. The Kazakh’s response came in the third round, when an uppercut almost ended the fight. Although he survived, he was unable to stop Almabayev’s dominance and defeat, which could have hindered him in the flyweight division.

Also coming off two consecutive defeats, Tamires Vidal faced Joselyne Edwards of Panama. A frustrating start for the Brazilian, dominated on her feet by her rival and finding herself the target of every attack that Edwards can throw at her. Part of the second round went in the same direction, but “Tratora” had her moment when she fought the cage, but was then taken to the floor. In the third round, Tamires tried the roundhouse punch and was knocked down by the Panamanian, who had no major problems submitting and winning.

UFC Vegas 99 Results: Hernandez x Pereira

Main card

Anthony Hernandez defeats Michel Pereira by TKO (2:22 by R5)

Rob Font beat Kyler Philips by unanimous decision

Charles Johnsob beat Su Mudaerji by unanimous decision of the judges

Cameron Smotherman defeated Jake Hadley by unanimous decision

Darren Elkins defeated Daniel Pineda by unanimous decision

Preliminary paper

Asu Almabayev beat Matheus Nicolau by unanimous decision of the judges

Jean Matsumoto defeated Brad Katona by unanimous decision of the judges

Joselyne Edwards defeated Tamires Vidal via submission (4:33 of R3)

Elise Reed beats Jessica Penne by unanimous decision

Melissa Martínez defeated Alice Ardelean by unanimous decision of the judges

Austen Lane beat Robelis Despaigne by unanimous decision

Source: Terra

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