Calvin Kattar suffers knee injury and loses to Arnold Allen in the main fight of UFC Las Vegas 63

A. Allen in victory in UFC Las Vegas 63. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Total anticlimax. In the main fight of UFC Las Vegas 63, an event that took place this Saturday, Calvin kattar He felt his leg after an attempted flying knee and was unable to continue the fight. The North American tried to come back, but received a kick from arnold allen and fell injured. The fight was valid in the featherweight division (up to 65,7kg.)

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Kattar, who was injured, feels the 'bitter taste' of his seventh defeat as an MMA professional, while he also has another 23 victories. On the other hand, Allen is getting closer to his chance at the belt and updates his record to 19 positive results and one negative result in his career.

The fight

The confrontation was marked by the beginning of a lot of study between the two athletes, with Allen achieving the same distance by shortening and cornering Kattar next to the fence. The Englishman followed through with jabs and straight shots. It was then that Calvin tried to take a knee and felt an injury to his right knee. At the same moment, the North American ended up giving up during Brendan's submission attempt. The judge, however, did not see the move and the fight went to the end.

Kattar was unable to stay on his feet and fell to the ground immediately after the first kick from Allen, who tried to put pressure on him. Herb Dean, however, was already watching the game and declared the Englishman's victory.

UFC Las Vegas 63 results

MAIN CARD

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): arnold allen derrotou Calvin kattar by technical knockout (injury) at 7s of R2

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Max griffin derrotou Tim means in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Waldo Cortes-Acosta derrotou Jared Vanderaa in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Middleweight (up to 83,9kg): Tresean Gore defeated Josh Fremd by submission (guillotine) at 49s of R2

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Khalil rountree Jr defeated dustin jacoby in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Roman Dolidze derrotou phil hawes by knockout (punches) at 4m09s of R1

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Marcos Foot finished Andrei Arlovski with a rear naked choke 1m50 from R1

Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Jun Yong Park finished Joseph Holmes with a rear naked choke at 3m04s of R2

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Steve Garcia Jr. defeated Chase Hooper by technical knockout at 1m32s of R1

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): cody durden derrotou Carlos Motta in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Christian rodriguez submitted Joshua Weems with a hand triangle 4m07s into R1