the capixaba Erick silva saved the Brazilian night at UFC on FX 3, an event held this Friday (08), in Sunrise, in the United States. With four Brazilians on the fight program, only Erick managed to leave the Octagon with victory, submitting the tough Charlie Brenneman at the end of the first round. Bernardo Trekko, on the other hand, Gaius Monster and Carlos Eduardo “Tá Danado” were surpassed by Henry Martinez, Buddy Roberts and Mike Pierce, respectively.
Erick silva (photo) saves the Brazilian night at UFC on FX 3. Photo: Josh Hedges
In the main fight of the night, valid for the semifinals of the flyweight tournament, Demetrius Johnson put an end to the controversy and defeated Ian McCallque by unanimous decision from the judges. With the result, Johnson faces Joseph Benavidez in the fight for the unprecedented category title.
Erick silva finishes Charlie Brenneman
In his first performance outside Brazil, Erick silva He showed that he was not intimidated by the pressure and the opposing fans, who supported the American Charlie Brenneman. At the beginning of the dispute, the local fighter started at a blistering pace, trying to close the distance to take down Erick.
In turn, the Brazilian managed to defend himself well and whenever he was knocked down he managed to recover and return to striking.
After managing to escape the ground fight, Silva applied a good sequence of round kicks and punches, which made Brenneman feel and look for a takedown. But Erick did the sprawl and went to the North American coast. From then on, the Tupiniquim athlete passed on his winnings and managed a fair rear-naked choke to end the dispute.
Johnson beats McCall and disputes unprecedented belt
After the controversy in the first duel, when Demetrious Johnson was declared the winner, but after the scores were recalculated and Ian McCall was guaranteed a draw, the athletes faced each other again in the main fight of UFC on FX 3. And this time, Johnson made a point of dispelling any doubts.
At a fast pace, Demetrious set his pace from the start, with takedown attempts and powerful boxing strikes. At the end of the first round, Johnson scored a knockdown and had the advantage in this round.
In the second round, McCall sought recovery and worked on the same tactics as his opponent, with takedown attempts and pinning his opponent against the bars. In the third and decisive round, Demetrious came back with everything and once again regained control of the dispute to take the win in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 29×28, 29×28).
Check out the complete UFC on FX 3 results below:
Main Card
Demetrious Johnson defeated Ian McCall via unanimous decision;
Erick silva submitted Charlie Brenneman with a rear naked choke in R1;
Mike pyle defeated Josh Neer by knockout in R1;
Eddie Wineland defeated Scott Jorgensen via knockout in R2;
Preliminary Card
Mike Pierce defeated Carlos Eduardo “Tá Danado” Rocha in the judges' split decision;
Seth Baczynski defeated Lance Benoist via split decision;
Matt Grice defeated Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision;
Dustin Pague submitted Jared Papazian with a rear naked choke in R1;
Tim means defeated Justin Salas via TKO in R1;
Buddy Roberts defeated Caio “Monster” Magalhães in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Henry Martinez defeated Bernardo Trekko Magalhães in the judges' split decision;
Sean Pierson defeated Jake Hecht via unanimous decision;
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