UFC 173: Chiesa dominates Massaranduba and beats Brazilian on preliminary card

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The Brazilian Renan Barao is the main attraction of UFC 173, an event that takes place this Saturday (24), in Las Vegas. But on the preliminary card, another Tupiniquim athlete stepped into the octagon. The Piauí Francisco Massaranduba had a difficult mission before Michael chiesa and after three rounds he ended up being defeated by the judges' unanimous decision.

The fight

The fight between massaranduba and Chiesa started studied, with the two athletes keeping their distance without entering the range of action. The North American avoided the open exchange of blows and simulated some boxing attacks to try for the takedown. After landing a kick to Chiesa's waistline, massaranduba had his best moment in the fight, but he couldn't take advantage. After two failed takedown attempts, Chiesa finally took the fight to the ground and opened up the front. He calmly passed the guard, arrived in mount and punished the Brazilian with several punches from above. The Brazilian athlete just struggled to survive the arsenal of punches that came from the mount until the end of the round.

In the second part massaranduba he managed to start better and after hitting his rival in the face he tried to end the fight with a guillotine, but Chiesa managed to free himself and once again came out on top in the ground fight. In the ground fight, he scored points and opened up an advantage.

The story of the previous two rounds was repeated in the third round. Michael chiesa he avoided the exchange, got the takedown and worked on top. At the end, massaranduba He even tried to get an armbar from the guard, but the North American managed to free himself to win the fight in a unanimous decision by the judges (30×26, 30×26, 30×27).

Check out the complete results from the UFC 173 preliminary card below:

Michael chiesa derrotou Francisco Massaranduba in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Tony Ferguson defeated Katsunori Kikuno via TKO in R1;

Chris Holdsworth defeated Chico Camus via unanimous decision;

Mitch Clarke finished To the fifth with a hand triangle on R2;

Vinc Pichel defeated Anthony Njokuani via unanimous decision;

Sam Sicilia defeated Aaron Phillips via unanimous decision;

Li Jiangliang defeated David Michaud via split decision;