UFC 166: Velasquez repeats the dose, dominates Cigano and defends heavyweight belt

Couldn't junior gypsy! The champion Cain Velazquez He proved to be the best heavyweight today and, just as he had done in the second duel between them, he dominated the Brazilian for five rounds and won by technical knockout at the end of the fight. The fight was the main attraction of UFC 166, an event held this Saturday (19), in Houston, United States.

The fight

The trilogy between Cain Velazquez e junior gypsy It started hot before the gong even sounded. When the Brazilian introduced himself, he went to the center of the octagon, looking fixedly at Cain and pointing to the canvas. But the American of Mexican descent was not intimidated and went towards the athlete from Santa Catarina. The fighters provided a tense confrontation.

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If the weather was hot before the fight began, as soon as the duel began the champion dominated the battle. Despite a good start from the Brazilian, going forward and trying to define the dispute, Cigano fell into a well-planned strategy on the part of Velasquez.

With a solid game of pinning Júnior against the bars and working with short strikes, Cain maintained the rhythm of the dispute without taking any risks. In turn, the Brazilian couldn't reach the distance to work on his boxing and was easily caught up in his rival's game.

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At ease in the fight and with total control of the dispute in the final half, Velasquez opened the game and started landing powerful punches on Cigano, who, in turn, tried to dodge without much success.

After suffering a knockdown in the third round, the Brazilian was knocked down again in the fourth and knocked out for the first time in his career in the fifth round. After attempting a takedown, Cigano hit his head on the ground and quickly lost consciousness. At this point, Cain landed a few more punches and referee Herb Dean interrupted the dispute.

With the result, Velasquez, who had already defeated Cigano at UFC 155, in December 2012, closes the trilogy with two victories and one setback. In the first fight between them, in November 2011, the Brazilian quickly knocked out in just over a minute of fighting.

Cormer dominates Nelson and announces category change

In the second most important fight of the night, Daniel Cormier maintained his unbeaten record in MMA and achieved his second triumph inside the Octagon. Before the charismatic Roy Nelson, the champion's training partner Cain Velazquez He dominated the fight from the beginning and took the win with a unanimous decision from the judges.

With a first round in the clinch, Cormier forced his rival's physical conditioning, who had to work hard to avoid being taken down. However, Nelson, already tired, was unable to impose his boxing in the following stages and ended up being an easy target for Daniel.

In the end, victory Daniel Cormier in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27).

After the triumph, Cormier announced that he will move down the light heavyweight division. “The guys in the heavyweight division are too big for me. I’m going to try to go down and make some noise at light heavyweight,” he said.

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;