G. Napão (photo) won by knockout. Photo: Josh Hedges
Gabriel Napao promised and fulfilled. The Brazilian stated before UFC 166 that he would seek a knockout against Shawn Jordan and needed just 93 seconds to reach his goal.
As soon as the fight started, Napão took over the center of the octagon and marked the North American's movement. Jordan tried to take the initiative in the fight with boxing blows, but they were always blocked and responded to by the Brazilian.
In one of the counterattacks came the attack that defined the fight. Shawn threw a sequence of two punches that stopped in Napão's guard. Then, Gabriel applied a right cross that hit his rival's chin.
Quickly, the Brazilian landed two more blows on the ground, which forced the referee to end the fight.
Melendez and Sanchez bring the audience to their feet
Mind-blowing! Thus Gilbert Melendez and Diego Sanchez They fought one of the most exciting fights in recent times in the UFC.
Gilbert entered the Octagon as the favorite, but was almost submitted early in the fight. Diego soon landed a good blow, which unbalanced his rival and gave him the opportunity to get to his back, almost securing a rear-naked choke.
But after escaping the choke, Melendez took charge of the fight. Landing the best blows, the former Strikeforce champion opened his rival's eyebrow.
In the final seconds of the first round, the athletes opened the game and unleashed a mind-boggling sequence of blows. The public went wild at this moment.
In the second half, Melendez was also better, opening a cut above Sanchez's face, which had to be attended to by a doctor.
At a disadvantage in the fight, Diego showed his old warrior spirit. The winner of the first season of TUF, in the United States, opened the game and began to exchange blows openly. Gilbert accepted the open game and was almost knocked out.
After a punch hit Melendez's chin, Diego again knocked his opponent down and went for punishment on the ground. With strength, Gilbert managed to recover, leave the ground and return to striking.
As in the first part, Diego Sanchez and Gilbert Melendez exchanged punches in a maddening manner until the bell sounded to the delight of the public and even the central referee who separated the athletes and applauded the fighters.
In the end, Gilbert Melendez won the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 30×27, 29×28).
John Dodson shines and knocks out Montague
the american John Dodson debunked the story that athletes in the flyweight division don't have knockout power. In addition to the traditional movement of the category, Dodson showed the strength of his fists to knock out Darrell Montague.
Check out the complete UFC 166 results below:
Main Card
Cain Velazquez derrotou junior gypsy by knockout in R5;
Daniel Cormier derrotou Roy Nelson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Gilbert Melendez defeated Diego Sanchez in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Gabriel Napao defeated Shawn Jordan via TKO in R1;
John Dodson defeated Darrell Montague by knockout in R1;
Preliminary Card
Tim Boetsch defeated CB Dollaway via split decision;
Hector Lombard defeated Nate Marquardt via TKO in R1;
Jessica Eye defeated Sarah Kaufman via split decision;
KJ Noons defeated George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision;
Adlan Amagov defeated TJ Waldburger via TKO in R1;
Tony Ferguson submitted Mike Rio with a hand triangle in R1;
André Fili defeated Jeremy Larsen via TKO in R2;
Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Dustin Pague via TKO in R2;
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