Raoni barcelos won Payton Talbott No. UFC 311. Photo: Twitter / UFC News
Put the brakes on the hype! Contrary to predictions, Raoni barcelos stepped into the octagon like a big 'underdog', dominated with his Jiu-Jitsu and took away the invincibility of Payton Talbott. The Brazilian bantamweight (up to 61,3 kg) came close to submission several times, but was awarded the victory by unanimous decision of the judges in the UFC 311, this Saturday (18).
At 37 years old, Raoni achieved his 19th career victory and is now experiencing a series of two consecutive positive results in the UFC, something that has not happened since 2020. Payton, at 26 years old, feels the bitter taste of defeat for the first time and breaks his streak of nine triumphs.
Raoni Barcelos imposes his Jiu-Jitsu and dominates Payton Talbott
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In the first few seconds of the fight, Raoni took advantage of a low kick and knocked Talbott down. When he tried to get up, the young man ended up turning his back and was almost finished with a rear naked choke. In the final stretch of the round, Raoni continued to exercise positional control, giving a true Jiu-Jitsu lesson.
In the second round, the strategies were already set: the Brazilian would seek the ground, while Payton would avoid grappling. Raoni managed three takedowns in the round, but in the second half, the fight ended up returning to the standing position, and the American managed to land some good blows.
In the last round, Talbott took advantage of the Brazilian's attempt to take him down and ended up reversing the position, landing on top. Without much action on the ground, the fighters returned to fighting standing up and, from that moment on, the fight turned into a war, with both throwing blows with all their strength. In the final stretch, Barcelos managed to take his opponent down and dominated him from above until the bell rang.
Guskov gets a scare at the beginning, but finishes as a debutant
In a fight valid for the light heavyweight category (up to 93kg), Bogdan Guskov faced the newcomer Billy Elekana. The debutant managed to scare people in the first moments with a takedown followed by a back grab. However, after getting tired, he was almost finished in the first round and was dominated in the standing fight until being finished in the second round by a choke.
With the victory, the fighter from Uzbekistan maintained his 13th place in the category and achieved his 17th positive result in his career. As for Elekana, who had accepted the fight at the last minute to replace Johnny Walker, suffered his second defeat in nine career fights.
Brutal debut: Azamat Bekoev knocks out Zachary Reese at UFC 311
Stepping into the world's most famous octagon for the first time, Azamat Bekoev took no notice of Zachary Reese and, still in the first round, he knocked down the American and applied a strong 'ground and pound' that forced the referee to stop the fight.
With the victory, the 29-year-old Russian achieved his 19th positive result in his career, being the ninth knockout. Reese, in turn, suffered his second defeat and had his two-fight winning streak in the UFC interrupted.
Check out all the results from UFC 311
MAIN CARD
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Islam makhachev derrotou Renato Moicano by submission (hand triangle) at 4min and 5sec of R1 – Fight for the belt
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Merab Dvalishvili derrotou Umar Nurmagomedov in the unanimous decision of the judges (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) – Fight for the belt
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Jiri Prochazka derrotou Jamahal hill by knockout (punches) at 3min and 1sec of R3
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Jailton Malhadinho derrotou Serghei Spivac by knockout (punches) at 4min and 53sec of R1
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Reinier DeRidder derrotou Kevin holland by submission (rear naked choke) at 3min and 30sec of R1
PRELIMINARY CARD
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Raoni barcelos derrotou Payton Talbott by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Azamat Bekoev derrotou Zachary Reese by knockout at 3min and 4sec of R1
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Bogdan Guskov finished Billy Elekana by submission (choke) at 3min 33sec of R2
Light weight (up to 70,3kg): Grant dawson derrotou Carlos Diego Ferreira by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Ailin Perez derrotou Karol Rosa by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Muin Gafurov derrotou Rinya Nakamura by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Benardo Sopaj derrotou Ricky Turcios by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Tagir Ulanbekov derrotou Clayton Carpenter by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
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