R. Paiva gets his first UFC victory
The Brazilian Raulian paiva He achieved his first victory in Ultimate on Saturday night (15). At the opening of UFC Rio Rancho, the Amapá native took a weight off his shoulders after two consecutive defeats in the organization. He fought a good fight against Mark De La Rosa and got a knockout in the second round.
The fight
The duel between Raulian and Mark had a balanced first round with the Brazilian taking advantage, who took the center of the cage and had an answer for all of his rival's attacks.
At the beginning of the second round, Mark tried to increase his volume of strikes. But the Brazilian athlete combined a good jab and straight sequence to send his rival to the canvas in a sensational way.
VIDEO: Watch Raulian Paiva's knockout over Mark De La Rosa at UFC Rio Rancho
Dodson gets a nice knockout
In another standout fight from the preliminary program, the former flyweight title challenger John Dodson managed to recover in the bantamweight division. After accumulating three defeats in the last four fights, the 'Magician' managed a beautiful knockout against Nathaniel Wood.
After losing the first round, Dodson managed to recover in the second round and won in the third round. With two crosses meeting, which caught Nathaniel square in the chin, he achieved victory in a brutal way.
UFC Rio Rancho results
MAIN CARD
Light heavyweight (93kg): Jan Blachowicz derrotou Corey anderson by knockout at 3m08s of R1
Welterweight (77 kg): Diego Sanchez derrotou Michael Pereira due to disqualification at 3m09s of R3
Flyweight (56,7kg): Mountain Rose derrotou Mara Romero Borella in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight (70,3kg): Brok Weaver defeated kazula vargas due to disqualification at 4m02s of R1
Flyweight (56,7kg): Ray Borg defeated Rogerio Bontorin in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-25, 30-27)
Light weight (70,3kg.): Lando vannata defeated Yancy Medeiros via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Welterweight (77kg): Daniel Rodriguez submitted Tim means with a guillotine 3m37s from R2
Bantamweight (61,2kg): John Dodson derrotou Nathaniel Wood by technical knockout at 16 sec. from R3
Light weight (70,3kg.): scott holtzmann derrotou Jim Miller in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Light heavyweight (93kg): Devin Clark defeated Dequan Townsend via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Bantamweight (61,2kg): Merab Dvalishvili derrotou Casey kenney in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-25, 29-28)
Bantamweight (61,2kg): Macy chiasson derrotou Shanna Young in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Flyweight (56,7kg): Raulian paiva defeated Mark De La Rosa by knockout at 4:42 of R2
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