Without winning a victory in the UFC for three months, Brazil broke the uncomfortable fast at UFC on Fuel 3, an event held this Tuesday (15), in Fairfax, in the United States. With four Brazilians on the fight program, Johnny Eduardo e Rafael dos Anjos left the octagon with victory, while Carlos Prater and Fábio Maldonado ended up defeated by their opponents.
In the main fight of the night, Chan sung jung put on an electrifying fight against Dustin poirier, and after four rounds of dispute, the “Korean zombie” finished the North American with a triangle hand.
Johnny Eduardo wins his first fight in the UFC and breaks Brazilian fast in the organization
In an even fight, Maldonado is defeated
In the most balanced fight of the night, Fábio Maldonado and Igor Pokrajac fought a duel with a lot of alternations. Right at the beginning of the dispute, the Croatian athlete took down the Brazilian and worked on top for more than half the round. However, after managing to return to striking, Maldonado showed the power of his boxing. With several blunt blows applied to his opponent, Fábio made Pokrajac walk backwards and bend his knees.
In the second round, the fight spent most of the time in the clinch, where Maldonado threw short punches at Pokrajac's body, who responded by dominating the neck and delivering dangerous knees. Even so, in moments of open fighting, Maldonado was more forceful in his attacks.
But in the third round, already tired, the Brazilian seemed to feel the rhythm of the dispute, and was unable to work on his striking. Furthermore, the Croatian connected good blows on the Brazilian, who chose to spin and try to respond on the counterattack.
At the end of the dispute, the three side judges gave the victory to Igor Pokrajac (30×27, 29×28, 29×28). However, Dana White, president of the UFC, said on his Twitter that, in his count, the Brazilian won the fight by two rounds to one (29×28).
Carlos Prater is dominated by TJ Grant
After debuting in the UFC with the controversial victory over Erick silva, when the capixaba ended disqualified for applying blows to the back of the head of the opponent, Carlos Prater he was looking for another triumph in his career against TJ Grant. But with good movement, the Canadian athlete canceled out all of the Brazilian's entries.
Better at striking, TJ even took the fight to the ground on two occasions, when he had the chance to end the fight with an arm-bar, but Carlo was saved by the bell. In the end, TJ Grant won the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)
Rafael dos Anjos puts on a show and finishes “Príncipe da Pércia”
Away from the octagon since July last year, Rafael dos Anjos showed that he did not feel the lack of fighting rhythm. Facing Kamal Sharolus, the Brazilian needed just 40 seconds to end the dispute.
Right at the beginning of the fight, Rafael connected a powerful kick to the head of the “Prince of Pércia”, which resulted in knockdown. Without wasting time, the Brazilian landed several punches on his opponent, until he was warned by the referee for punching him in the back of the head. At this moment, Rafael went for the submission, and after reaching his back, he managed a fair rear naked choke and ended the dispute.
Johnny Eduardo breaks taboo and wins first in UFC
First Brazilian to climb into the octagon, Johnny Eduardo He had two responsibilities on his shoulders. Win your first fight in the UFC and avoid the risk of dismissal and break the uncomfortable streak of Brazilian victories in the UFC, which lasted three months or six fights. And with all this extra load, the Nova União athlete lived up to expectations and left the Octagon with victory.
Facing Jeff Curran, the Brazilian used powerful low kicks to undermine his opponent's movement. Furthermore, the Brazilian avoided his opponent's takedown attempts and controlled the fight in the first two rounds. In the third round, Johnny's only scare in the fight. Curran tried to apply a jab, but got his finger in the Brazilian's eye, who felt it and asked the referee to stop. However, the fight mediator did not see the irregularity and the fight continued. At this point, the Brazilian athlete lost his focus and ended up losing the third round, but it was too late.
At the end of the regulatory 15 minutes, Johnny Eduardo beat Jeff Curran via unanimous decision (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Check out the complete UFC on Fuel 3 results below:
Main Card
Chan sung jung finished Dustin poirier with a hand triangle on R4;
Amir Sadollah defeated Jorge Lopez via split decision;
Donald Cerrone derrotou Jeremy Stephens in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Yves Jabouin defeated Jeff Hougland via unanimous decision;
Igor Pokrajac defeated Fábio Maldonado in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Tom Lawlor defeated Jason MacDonald by knockout in R1;
Preliminary Card
Brad Tavares defeated Dongi Yang by unanimous decision of the judges;;
Cody McKenzie submitted Marcus LeVesseur via guillotine choke in R1;
TJ Grant defeated Carlos Prater in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Rafael dos Anjos submitted Kamal Shalorus with a rear naked choke in R1;
Johnny Eduardo defeated Jeff Curran via unanimous decision;
Francisco Rivera defeated Alex Soto in a unanimous decision by the judges;
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