UFC 146: Cigano runs over Mir and defends belt

junior gypsy promised and fulfilled! As he had announced at the press conference, the Brazilian was not aware of Frank mir and knocked out the North American impetuously in the second round in the main fight of UFC 146, an event that takes place this Saturday (26), in Las Vegas, in the United States. With the victory, the Brazilian defended the UFC heavyweight belt for the first time.

Despite Cigano's victory, the event was not good for the other Brazilians on the card. Glover Teixeira even debuted in Ultimate with a victory over Kyle Kingsbury, but Antonio Pezão, Diego Brandao e Edson Barboza ended up defeated by Cain Velazquez, Darren Elkins and Jarmie Varner, respectively

junior gypsy took no notice of Frank mir and defended the UFC belt. Photo: Josh Hedges

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 Cigano defends belt
With the responsibility of defending the UFC belt for the first time, junior gypsy showed that he did not feel the pressure and was not aware of Frank mir, opponent who won Rodrigo Minotauro, his mentor, on two occasions.

In the first movements of the fight, Mir wanted to avoid Cigano's striking and soon looked for the takedown. But using the railing as support, the Brazilian managed to avoid being knocked down and soon after began the punishment. With the already known boxing style, Júnior connected well on Mir's waist line and face.

At the end of the first round, the Brazilian's first big moment came. With a series of punches, Mir went to the ground and Cigano, aware of Frank's dangerous jiu-jitsu, ordered his opponent to get up. In the second round, Júnior continued to dominate the contest and managed two more knockdowns on Mir, who already looked beaten.

After taking down his opponent, Cigano turned his back and told the American to get up. As Frank got up, feeling the blows, the Brazilian returned to the punishment from above and forced the referee to end the dispute.

Velasquez dominates fight and beats Pezão
 Cain Velazquez he provoked at UFC 146 because he is one of the best heavyweights today. Before Antonio Pezão, who was hastily called in to replace Frank mir In the second most important fight of the night, the American of Mexican descent took no notice of the Brazilian.

Pezão started the fight by releasing a kick, which was blocked by Velasquez who then went for the takedown. From this moment on, Cain threw several elbows at the Brazilian. With the Tupiniquim athlete bleeding profusely due to the blows he suffered, the referee interrupted the dispute and asked doctors to analyze the wound.

Back in the fight, Velasquez continued the punishment. Unable to see Cain due to the blood in his eye, Pezão was easy prey for the powerful elbows. In the only moment that Pezão tried to get up, Velasquez took advantage of the moment, reached his back and continued the punishment until the referee interrupted the dispute.

Diego Brandao starts with everything, but Elkins recovers and wins
After winning TUF 14, the UFC's reality show, Diego Brandao it started with everything going for Darren Elkins. With the right to show, the Brazilian connected powerful blows, flying knees and even a superman punch (flying punch). But a mistake in the second round could have cost the Manaus athlete the fight.

Diego tried to throw a kick and ended up slipping. At this moment, Elkins went up and stayed on top throughout the second round. The North American changed positions, set up and applied several blows to the Brazilian.

In the third round, Elkins followed the recipe from the previous round. All Diego had to do was try a kick to grab the Brazilian's leg and take him down. Darren kept the fight on top until the final moments of the fight. With 40 seconds left, Diego managed to reverse the position and threw strong punches from the top. But the reaction started too late. At the end of 15 minutes, the three side judges gave the victory to Darren Elkins (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)

Edson Barboza is surprised by Varner
Coming off impressive victories in the UFC, Edson Barboza saw his rise in the organization stop before Jamie Varner. The Brazilian started kicking Varner's leg, who was not intimidated and responded with a neat boxing. After a combination of punches, the American knocked Barboza down and got on top, throwing a few punches, but when the Brazilian tried to get up, punishment came. Jamie took advantage of the moment and threw several punches at Edson, who fell again.

With several punches from above, the referee interrupted the dispute and declared a technical knockout in favor of Jamie Varner.

Glover makes his UFC debut on the right foot
The first Brazilian to step into the octagon waited a long time for this moment. After struggling to obtain a visa to enter the United States, Glover Teixeira He showed why he deserved the opportunity to fight in the UFC.

Facing Kyle Kingsbury, the Brazilian didn't give the North American a chance. Right at the beginning of the fight, Glover applied a powerful uppercut that knocked Kungsbury down. Without wasting time, the Brazilian went up, passed guard and landed a fair katagatame. Without defense, the American gave up and Glover made his debut in the UFC on the right foot.

Check out the complete UFC 146 results below:

Main card:
junior gypsy derrotou Frank mir by technical knockout in R2;
Cain Velazquez derrotou Antonio Pezão by technical knockout in R1;
Roy Nelson defeated Dave Herman by knockout in R1;
Stipe Miocic defeated Shane Del Rosario via TKO in R2;
Stefan struve submitted Lavar Johnson with an armbar in R1;

Preliminary card:
Darren Elkins defeated Diego Brandao by unanimous decision of the judges;
Jamie Varner defeated Edson Barboza by technical knockout in R1;
CB Dollaway defeated Jason Miller via unanimous decision;
Dan Hardy defeated Duane Ludwig via TKO in R1;
Paul Sass submitted Jacob Volkmann with a triangle choke in R1;
Glover Teixeira submitted Kyle Kingsbury with a katagatame in R1;
Mike Brown defeated Daniel Pineda by unanimous decision of the judges;

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