With the right to a show, Renan Barao This Saturday he proved why he is the interim bantamweight champion. In the second most important fight of UFC 165, an event held this Saturday (21), in Toronto, the Brazilian knocked out Eddie Wineland and successfully defended the 61,2 kg division's interim belt. Now, he waits for the injured man to recover. Dominick Cruz, linear champion of the category, to unify the titles.
The fight
The fight against Eddie Wineland It started out balanced. The North American found a good distance and walked forward the entire time, forcing the Brazilian to move backwards and not release his game. The native still tried to take him down, but was unsuccessful. However, if the first round was disputed, the second was a Tupiniquim show.
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As soon as the duel resumed Renan walked towards his rival. With a spectacular round kick, which connected with Wineland's chin, the Brazilian managed the knockdown. Without wasting time, he connected two more punches on the ground and achieved the knockout.
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Excited after the triumph, Barão stated that he is waiting for Dominick to unify the titles. "Let it come Dominick Cruz, let whoever comes. This belt is mine”, said an excited champion.
Schaub erases Mitrione
In the show's heavyweight duel, better Brendan Schaub. In the fight against Matt Mitrione, the American started a frank exchange of blows in the first round and got the crowd excited.
Schaub landed a good sequence of punches that hit Mitrione. Despite this, Matt laughed at Brendan's blows and ended up being knocked down. On the ground, the jiu-jitsu brown belt locked in a hand triangle and obliterated his opponent.
Check out the UFC 165 results below:
main card
Jon Jones derrotou Alexander Gustafson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Renan Barao derrotou Eddie Wineland by knockout in R2;
Brendan Schaub submitted Matt Mitrione with a hand triangle in R1;
Francis Carmont defeated Costa Philippou in a unanimous decision by the judges;
Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Pat Healy via unanimous decision;
Preliminary Card
Myles Jury defeated Mike Ricci via split decision;
Wilson reis defeated Ivan Menjivar by unanimous decision of the judges;
Stephen Thopmson defeated Chris Clements via TKO in R2;
Mitch Gagnon submitted Dustin Kimura with a guillotine choke in R1;
John makdessi derrotou Renee Forte by knockout in R1;
Michel Tractor derrotou Jesse Ronson in the judges' split decision;
Alex Caceres defeated Roland Delorme via split decision;
Daniel Omielanczuk defeated Nandor Guelmino by knockout in R3;
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