October was a memorable month for MMA fans. With two numbered events and three belts up for grabs, including the light heavyweight title Alex Poatán, fans were treated to unforgettable duels in the UFC octagon.
With that in mind, the team at SUPER FIGHTS got together and chose the three best fights of the tenth month of the year in the Ultimate.
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3) Brandon Royval x Tatsuro Taira – UFC Las Vegas 98
The main fight of UFC Las Vegas 98 was worth to the winner a probable guarantee of fighting for the flyweight belt (up to 56,7 kg) against the winner of the fight between Alexandre pantoja and Kai Asakura, scheduled for the UFC 310, in December. Protagonists of the night, Brandon royval e Tatsuro Taira made clear the importance of the fight for both of them.
Over the course of five rounds, Royval and Taira fought a true battle marked by alternating dominance. While the American had the upper hand for most of the fight on his feet, with a great level of boxing, the Japanese fighter proved to be dangerous in the grappling fight and almost finished him.
At the end of 25 minutes, an important victory for Brandon royval in the judges' split decision to defend the first position in the category ranking and pave the way for a new chance at the belt.
2) Alex Poatan x Khalil Rountree – UFC 307
Many faced Khalil rountree as an easy prey for Alex Poatán in the main fight of UFC 307. What we saw, however, was, by far, the Brazilian's biggest challenge as light heavyweight champion (up to 93 kg).
The 'War Horse' won the first two rounds in the opinion of two of the three judges responsible for scoring the fight and managed to rock the Brazilian with a powerful blow in the second round. From the third round onwards, however, the champion took control of the fight and manhandled the challenger to achieve the technical knockout in the fourth round.
1) Mateusz Rebecki x Myktybek Orolbai – UFC 308
The first place on our list was not a fight between potential challengers, much less a title fight, but it secured the highest position on the podium with a lot of sweat and a lot of blood. In the preliminary card of UFC 308, Mateusz Rebecki e Myktybek Orolbai they put on a show of violence in the octagon.
Anyone who watched the end of the first round would have had a hard time imagining that the fight would last three rounds. That's because at the end of the first five minutes, Orolbai already had a swelling the size of a tennis ball under his eye.
Despite the injury, the Kyrgyz athlete put up a tough fight and came close to beating the Polish athlete Mateusz Rebecki, who finished the fight covered in blood, with cuts on his face, but came out on top in a split decision by the judges in a memorable duel for the fans.
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