D. Elkins (left) beat H. Hioki in the only fight decided by the judges in the UFC Fight Night 27 preliminaries (Photo: Esther Lin/MMA Fighting)
This Wednesday's fight night started off hot. In the six fights of card UFC Fight Night 27 preliminary round, there was no shortage of knockouts, submissions and even controversy due to an illegal strike.
In the first fight of the event, Abel Trujillo e Roger bowling They had a busy fight, but Trujillo threw knees at his fallen opponent. The first hit the plexus, but the referee considered that the second hit Bowling in the face, who still received a strong punch before falling. The doctor entered the octagon and announced that Bowling would not be able to return. As the referee considered the illegal blow unintentional, the fight was no contest.
Then two consecutive finishes. Former TUF 17 Zack Cummings caught the former TUF Smashes Benny Alloway in an inverted hand triangle on the first round. Then it was time to Jason high crash James head in a guillotine, also in the round initial.
In a well-fought fight, with alternations of dominance, the North American Darren Elkins became the first featherweight to achieve six UFC victories. He passed by the Japanese Hatsu Hiōki by unanimous decision, after the three side judges scored 29-28 on their scorecards.
Debuting for UFC, Brandon thatch did what he does best: decimate an opponent in the first round. With a very aggressive approach, he was not aware of Justin Edwards and achieved his tenth career victory, all in the round initial.
O card preliminary ended with an upset. The Swedish naturalized Congolese Papy Abedi dominated the first two rounds the fight against the Australian Dylan Andrews. In the third, Andrews connected violent uppercuts which led to the opponent being knocked out.
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