The main card of UFC Fight Night 29, an event that takes place this Wednesday (09), in Barueri (SP), had it all. Submission, knockout and decision fights. Highlight for the quick completion of Rousimar Toquinho against Mike Pierce and Dong Hyun Kim's devastating knockout over Erick silva.
With a big turnaround, the South Korean erases Erick
South Korean Dong Hyun Kim threw cold water on the Brazilian fans. With perfect tactics in the first round and a spectacular knockout in the second round, the Asian athlete erased the Espírito Santo Erick silva and silenced the fans present at Arena Barueri.
Right at the beginning of the fight, the Brazilian took the initiative, but ended up taken down and kept on the bottom for a good part of the first round. Erick even tried a kneebar, but to no avail.
In the second half, the Brazilian opened the game and landed good blows on his rival. In two moments, Dong Hyun Kim even bent his knee and Silva was close to victory. But with good assimilation, the Asian managed to survive. But when the South Korean seemed overpowered, he delivered the fatal blow.
With a right blow, Dong Hyun managed to land a punch on Erick's chin that sent him to the ground, unconscious.
Toquinho runs over Mike Pierce
Couldn't even get out! The American Mike Pierce spoke, provoked, but was unable to resist the final heel hook from Rousimar Toquinho. In just 31 seconds, the Minas Gerais fighter forced his rival to give up the fight.
Right at the beginning of the dispute, the North American closed the distance and worked with a sequence of two punches, but the Brazilian dodged and was then knocked down. But quick on the trigger, he attacked the leg. Pierce got up and walked away from the hit. But quick on the trigger, the Brazilian didn't give up on the blow, caught Mike's heel and forced his rival to give him three taps.
Thiago Silva beats Hammil
In a fight without great emotions, Thiago Silva managed to score his second consecutive victory in the UFC. After failing to make weight on Tuesday, the Brazilian entered the Octagon with added pressure. But with good takedown defense and landing the best blows in the stand-up fight, the São Paulo native left the octagon with the triumph.
Despite the Brazilian's victory, the one who started better was the North American. He soon closed the distance and managed a takedown, but Thiago Silva He got up quickly and managed to keep the fight going.
In striking, Thiago worked with low kicks and hard boxing blows to open up the advantage. In turn, Hammil, who hadn't fought since September 2012, felt a lack of rhythm and came close to giving up the fight at times due to fatigue.
In the end, victory Thiago Silva in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 29×27).
Maldonado suffers, but beats Beltran
Fábio Maldonado had promised a massacre against Joey Beltran, but that wasn't exactly how the third fight on the main card took place. Although he clearly got the better of his opponent, the Brazilian had a difficult time in some moments of the fight. Despite this, the “Caipira de Aço” disagreed with the only judge who gave victory to Beltran on the cards. Fortunately for Maldonado, the other two referees deemed him the winner and he ended up winning via split decision.
Assunção and Dillashaw open the main card in style
At the opening of the UFC Fight Night 29 main card, Raphael Assunção e TJ Dillashaw lived up to a fight between top-10 of the bantamweight category. The fighters fought an open fight with good chances for both sides. Raphael came close to achieving a submission in the second round, while Dillashaw, in turn, managed to hit his opponent with good blows. In the end, the Brazilian won by decision shared by the judges.
Check out the full results of the event below:
main card
Demian Maia vs. Jake Shields;
Dong Hyun Kim defeated Erick silva by knockout in R2;
Thiago Silva defeated Matt Hamill via unanimous decision;
Fábio Maldonado defeated Joey Beltran via split decision;
Rousimar Toquinho submitted Mike Pierce with a heel hook in R1;
Raphael Assunção derrotou TJ Dillashaw in the judges' split decision;
Preliminary Card
Igor Araújo defeated Ildemar Marajó in a unanimous decision by the judges;
Yan Cabral defeated David Mitchell via unanimous decision by the judges;
Chris Cariaso defeated Iliarde Santos by technical knockout in R2;
Alan Nuguette defeated Garett Whiteley via TKO in R1;
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