UFC 168: Diego Brandão and Fabrício Morango lose in the opening of the main card

D. Brandão (photo) was knocked out in the opening of the UFC 168 main card. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Brazil did not start the main card of UFC 168 well, an event that takes place tonight (28), in Las Vegas, in the United States. In the warm-up for the long-awaited rematch between Anderson Silva e Chris Weidman, Brazilian athletes Fabrício Morango and Diego Brandao had difficulties and were unable to get through Jim Miller and Dustin Poirer, respectively. Previously, in the preliminary program, Gleison Tibau lost to Michael Johnson, While William Patolino took the country's only victory to date against Bobby Voelker

Strawberry starts well, but is finished

Fabrício Morango entered the octagon to face Jim Miller rated as a broad underdog. But with a good start, the Brazilian surprised his rival. Morango, who specializes in ground fighting, landed good strikes in his striking and scared the North American. Miller changed his tactics and went for the takedown, but Fabrício managed to get up and reverse the position, gaining superiority on the ground. However, it was time to Jim Miller surprise the Brazilian athlete.

With fair jiu-jitsu, Miller went on the attack via arm-bar. Even from below, he managed to adjust the armbar and force the Brazilian to give up the fight.

Diego Brandao is knocked out

before facing Dustin poirier, Diego Brandao had problems outside the octagon. He was in a car accident a few days before the fight and because of that he was unable to make weight in the featherweight division on the last night. With so many problems before the clash, the Brazilian was unable to put his game into action and ended up being knocked out by the North American.

The fight, which was surrounded by many provocations, began with a frank exchange of blows. Diego landed good crosses, but Poirier always responded forcefully. In the final of the partial, the Brazilian closed the distance, managed the takedown, but did not keep his rival on his back on the ground. After getting up, it was Dustin who launched the attack that ended the fight.

He landed three blows on the Brazilian against the bars, knocked the Manauara man down and hit the Tupiniquim athlete with several punches until the referee declared a technical knockout.

Check out the UFC 168 results below:

main card

Chris Weidman x Anderson Silva

Ronda Rousey x Miesha Tate

Travis Browne defeated Josh Barnett by knockout in R1;

Jim Miller submitted Fabrício Morango with an armbar in R1;

Dustin poirier derrotou Diego Brandao by technical knockout in R1;

Preliminary Card 

Uriah Hall derrotou Chris Leben by knockout in R1;

Michael Johnson derrotou Gleison Tibau by knockout in R2;

Dennis Siver defeated Manny Gamburyan via unanimous decision;

John Howard defeated Siyar Bahadurzada via unanimous decision;

William Patolino defeated Bobby Voelker via unanimous decision;

Robbie Peralta defeated Estevan Payan by knockout in R3;