Pezão (photo) knocks out Browne and scores his first victory in the UFC – Photo: Esther Lin
Travis Browne didn't know what it was like to lose in MMA, but just over three minutes in front of Antonio Pezão so that the North American could go to the ground and experience the first knockout of his career. The Brazilian's victory was the main attraction of UFC on FX 5, an event held on Friday night (05), in Minneapolis, in the United States.
The show's fight program brought three more Brazilians into action: Diego Nunes opened the proceedings by defeating Bart Palaszewski, however Carlos Prater He ended up having a tough fight against Marcus LeVesseur, but was defeated by unanimous decision from the judges. Already Jussier formiga he made a bad debut in the organization and was knocked out by John Dodson.
Pezão wins first UFC victory
In his Ultimate debut Antonio Pezão failed to show his game in front of Cain Velazquez, but in his second appearance the Brazilian showed that he can be very competitive in the heavyweight division.
Facing Travis Browne, Pezão managed to contain the initial momentum of his opponent who tried to surprise with some round kicks and counter punches. But after entering the fight, the Brazilian showed all his strength.
After closing the distance, Pezão almost took down Browne, who had to hold on to the fence to avoid falling to the ground. However, when trying to step on the Tupiniquim athlete's knee, Travis felt an injury to his knee. Taking advantage of the opportunity and the rival's change of base, Pezão went up and hit a powerful direct hit on Browne's chin, who fell to the ground. Without wasting time, the Brazilian connected four more blows to his opponent on the ground until the referee ended the fight.
With the triumph, Pezão, who achieved his 17th victory in MMA, celebrated a lot, climbed into the octagon and almost broke one of the posts that supports the fence.
“I'm very happy with my victory, I trained a lot. I hadn't been able to fight in my debut with Cain (Velasquez) and now I've shown what I'm capable of”, said the Brazilian, in an interview after the duel.
Formiga is knocked out and loses the chance for belt
Considered the greatest Brazilian hope in the newly created flyweight division, the Brazilian Jussier formiga he didn't have the debut he expected in the UFC.
The athlete from Rio Grande do Norte, who arrived at the organization already close to fighting for the belt in case of victory at UFC on FX 5, was further removed from the title fight when he was knocked out by John Dodson.
Formiga even started the fight better, using his greater wingspan to hit the North American, who was moving a lot, in the counterattack. But in the second round, the punishment came.
Despite the difference in wingspan, Dodson found the distance and began to land strikes. The left punch led to Formiga being knocked down.
The Brazilian even managed to recover and return to the stand-up fight, but at the end of the round John landed a combination of punches to the body and chin that once again knocked Formiga down, who still suffered from several punches on the ground until he was knocked out.
challenging of John Dodson, who was TUF 14 bantamweight champion, won the right to challenge the champion Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight division belt.
Diego Nunes beats Palaszewski and makes peace with victory
First Brazilian to climb into the octagon, Diego Brandao He entered the fight against Bart Palaszewski under pressure to win, as he had suffered two defeats in his last three appearances. However, right at the beginning of the dispute, the Brazilian showed his aggressive striking style.
Better at striking in the three rounds, the Brazilian took his opponent to a knockdown on two occasions and worked with takedowns and punches from above on several occasions. After 15 minutes, Diego Nunes won the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 30×27, 30×27).
Check out the complete UFC on FX 5 results below:
Main Card
Antonio Pezão defeated Travis Browne via TKO in R1;
Jake ellenberger defeated Jay Hieron via unanimous decision;
John Dodson derrotou Jussier formiga by technical knockout in R2;
Justin Edwards submitted Josh Neer with a guillotine choke in R1;
Michael Johnson defeated Danny Castillo by knockout in R2;
Preliminary Card
Mike Pierce defeated Aaron Simpson by knockout in R2;
Marcus LeVesseur defeated Carlos Prater in the judges' split decision;
Jacob Volkmann submitted Shane Roller via rear naked choke in R1;
Diego Nunes defeated Bart Palaszewski via unanimous decision;
Darren Uyenoyama submitted Phil Harris with a rear naked choke in R2;
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