Goiti Yamauchi suffers injury in the first seconds of the fight and loses to Michael Page at Bellator 292

Michael Page derrotou Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 292 (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter)

The long-awaited duel between Goiti Yamauchi e Michael Page It ended in a completely anticlimactic way. In the first fight on the main card of Bellator 292, this Friday (10), a low kick from Page caused a knee injury to the Brazilian just 26 seconds into the fight, guaranteeing the Briton a technical knockout victory.

As a result, Michael Page recovers from the defeat suffered against Logan storley, in the dispute for the interim welterweight belt (up to 77kg), in May last year, and is qualified to face the lineal champion Yaroslav Amosov.

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On the other hand, the injury interrupts a winning streak that lasted three fights for Goiti Yamauchi. The Brazilian loses for the first time since April 2021.

THE FIGHT

With its traditional lateralized posture, Michael Page started the fight by kicking the base of Goiti Yamauchi. The Briton's second kick exploded on the Brazilian's knee, which fell and suffered a leg injury, forcing the referee's intervention.

Bellator 292 results

Data: March 10, 2023

Location: SAP Center, San Jose, United States

MAIN CARD (0 p.m. Brasília time)

Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Usman Nurmagomedov x Ben henderson – Fight for the belt – Lightweight GP

Lightweight (up to 70,3kg): Tofiq Musayev x Alexander Shabliy – Lightweight GP

Heavyweight (up to 120,2kg): Valentin Moldavsky x Linton Vassell

Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): Michael Page derrotou Goiti Yamauchi by technical knockout (kick) 26s into R1

PRELIMINARY CARD (21 p.m. Brasília time)

Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Enrique Barzola defeated Erik Perez via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantamweight (up to 61,2kg): Josh Hill defeated Cass Bell via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Middleweight (up to 83,9kg): Khalid Murtazaliev defeated Tony Johnson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Julius Anglickas x Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov defeated Julius Anglickas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Laird Anderson defeated Rogelio Luna by submission (rear naked choke) 2min41s into R1

Middleweight (up to 83,9kg): Theo Haig defeated Adam Wamsley by submission (guillotine choke) 3min01s into R1