Overcoming is the word that best defines the North American Zingano cat. The fighter, who lost the chance to compete for the UFC women's belt due to an injury, had to live shortly after with the suicide of her husband, Brazilian Maurício Zingano. In her first fight after the fatalities, Cat also had to overcome an overwhelming start from the Brazilian Amanda nunes to turn the fight around and win by technical knockout in the third round.
The fight between Amanda and Zingano opened the main card of UFC 178, an event held this Saturday night (28), in Las Vegas. In another highlight of the preliminary matches, Dominick Cruz He showed that the long time away from the Octagon didn't matter and that he can return to his reign in the bantamweight division by knocking out Takeya Mizugaki in just one minute.
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Amanda starts well, but falls to Zingano
Known for her takedown skills, Zingano was surprised by Amanda nunes and fell short in the ground fight. The Brazilian had to defend herself from an armbar, but, after stabilizing her position, she applied several blows from above to her rival.
Amanda took the lead in the round and only lost her superior position after trying to end the fight with a leg lock.
In the second round, however, Zingano began to change the story of the fight. With Amanda nunes Visibly tired, the North American dominated the Bahian athlete's neck and applied a beautiful sacrifice takedown. On top, Cat applied blows and tied the fight.
With one round for each fighter, the third round would be responsible for defining the winner. And it was Zingano cat who managed to stand out.
Just like he did in the second round, Zingano dominated Amanda's neck and managed a beautiful sacrifice takedown. On top, Cat advanced positions, reached mount and with several punches forced the referee to stop the fight and declare a technical knockout.
Dominick Cruz doesn't feel like time stands still and runs over Japanese
Not even the three years away from the Octagon weighed on him. Dominick Cruz. The former bantamweight champion showed that he is fully recovered from his knee injury and is fully capable of regaining the title in the under-62 kg division – a title that was taken from him after he was away from competition since 2011. Against Takeya Mizugaki, the 'Dominator' lived up to his nickname and needed just 61 seconds to knock out the Japanese.
As soon as the fight started, Cruz showed his already well-known movement to confuse his opponent. Mizugaki tried to work with counter strikes, but they all went blank. Dominick feinted with hand strikes and came in with a clear takedown.
On the ground, the former champion placed the Japanese against the bars, trapped one of Mizugaki's arms and with an arsenal of punches forced referee Chris Tognoni to declare a technical knockout.
Check out the UFC 178 results below
main card
Demetrious Johnson submitted Chris Cariaso with a Kimura in R2;
Donald Cerrone defeated Eddie Alvarez via unanimous decision;
Conor McGregor defeated Dustin Poirier via TKO in R1;
Yoel romero defeated Tim Kennedy via TKO in R3;
Zingano cat derrotou Amanda nunes by technical knockout in R3;
Preliminary Card
Dominick Cruz defeated Takeya Mizugaki via TKO in R1;
Jorge masvidal defeated James Krause via unanimous decision;
Stephen Thompson defeated Patrick Côté by unanimous decision of the judges;
Brian Ebersole defeated John Howard via split decision;
Kevin Lee defeated John Tuck by unanimous decision;
Manny Gamburyan submitted Cody Gibson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
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