Athlete accused of cartel fraud suffers first-round knockout in debut at UFC Las Vegas 56

A. Menifield (right) knocked out A. Mozharov (left) in UFC Las Vegas 56. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Collector of controversies in his career in MMA, Askar Mozharov debuted with a tough defeat in the UFC Las Vegas 56, held this Saturday (4). Accused of tampering with the cartel during the week, the Ukrainian was unable to overcome Alonzo Menifield and ended up defeated with a knockout in the first round. The athlete entered the octagon under suspicion from spectators and the specialized press.

A representative of the light heavyweight division (up to 93kg), Mozharov had few chances to show whether he would be competent to join the Ultimate squad. In the opening seconds, the Ukrainian was taken to the ground and controlled by his opponent.

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Still in the first round, Askar got to his feet and took the risk of a frank confrontation. Menifield, however, controlled his emotions and, once again, took down his rival.

On top, Alonzo bet on ground and pound. The athlete managed to neutralize his opponent and, with a sequence of clean elbows to the Ukrainian's face, forced the referee to stop the fight.

After the fight was stopped, the atmosphere was tense in the octagon. A UFC security guard even went up to the stage with the intention of preventing any confusion, and Menifield's team did not hide their disgust at the controversies surrounding Mozharov.

Still in the octagon, Alonzo did not hide his irritation with the confusion involving his opponent.

“The guy had like three different records,” said Menifield.

With the triumph, the North American returns to the path of victory. The athlete stumbled in front of William knight, in December 2021. Mozharov, in turn, had a streak of three positive results ended.

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UFC Las Vegas 56 results

MAIN CARD 

Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Alexander Volkov derrotou Jairzinho Rozenstruik by technical knockout at 2m12s of R1

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Movsar Evloev derrotou Dan Ige in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-26, 30-27)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Lucas Almeida derrotou Mike Trizano by technical knockout at 55 seconds. from R3

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Karina Silva finished Poliana Botelho with a hand triangle at 4m55s ​​from R1

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Ode Osbourne defeated Zarrukh Adashev by knockout at 1:01 of R1

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Alonzo Menifield defeated Askar Mozharov by technical knockout at 4:40 of R1

PRELIMINARY CARD 

Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Karolina Kowalkiewicz finished Felice herrig with a rear naked choke at 4m01s of R2

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Joe Solecki derrotou Alex Leko in the majority decision of the judges (28-27, 28-28, 29-27)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Damon Jackson defeated Daniel Argueta via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Benoit St. Dennis finished Niklas Stolze with a rear naked choke at 1m32s of R2

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Tony Gravely defeated Johnny Muñoz by knockout at 1m08s of R1;

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Jeff Molina derrotou Zhalgas Zhumagulov in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Welterweight (up to 77kg): Rinat Fakhretdinov derrotou Andreas Michailidis in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)

Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Erin Blanchifield submitted JJ Aldrich with a guillotine 2m38s from R2

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