D. Poirier celebrates the victory over Diego Ferreira. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
With just one athlete on the UFC Fight Night 63 card, this Saturday (04), Brazil will leave the morning/afternoon fights in Fairfax (USA) empty. This is because the Tupiniquim representative Carlos Diego Ferreira ended up knocked out by Dustin poirier in the fight that opened the main card of the night.
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The fight started off quite lively, but with a disadvantage for Diego Ferreira in striking. Taking advantage of his greater reach, Poirier connected the best blows and managed two knockdowns consecutive. After the second, the North American went up and finished the fight in the ground and pound.
With the reverse, Carlos Diego Ferreira now he has two consecutive defeats, the only ones of his career. Poirier, who made his debut in the lightweight category, won again after being defeated by Conor McGregor in the fight that marked his farewell to featherweight.
In a warm fight, Carmouche beats Murphy
The fight that closed the preliminary card in Fairfax was marked by a lot of perspiration and little inspiration on the part of Lauren Murphy and little dedication, but good precision in the strikes and takedowns attempted on Liz Carmouche's side. This, however, meant that the combat was not the most lively.
After three rounds, Carmouche was declared the winner by unanimous decision by the judges to loud boos from the public, who seemed to have disliked both the fight and the final result. With the victory, the first challenger for the Ultimate women's bantamweight belt won again after two consecutive defeats and reached two victories and three defeats in the Octagon.
Former title challenger, Maynard loses another and gets complicated
Gray Maynard He was already one of the best lightweights in the world and had one of the most electrifying title fights in the history of Ultimate, when he drew with the then champion Frankie Edgar in 2011, but is currently going through a dark phase. Seeking rehabilitation in Fairfax, Maynard ended up suffering his fourth consecutive defeat, the fifth in six fights, and now sees his job at risk.
The North American even had a good first round against the Russian Alexander Yakovlev, but his chin ended up showing signs of fragility in the second round, when he suffered a hard knockdown after a precise direct. Showing that he felt the blow, Maynard had difficulty recovering and ended up dominating the rest of the fight. At the end of the fight, the judges declared Yakovlev the winner by unanimous decision, two of them even pointing out the Russian's victory in all three rounds.
Check out the UFC FN 63 results below:
MAIN CARD
Chad Mendes x Ricardo Lamas;
Jorge masvidal x To the fifth;
Michael chiesa x Mitch Clarke;
Julianna Pena x Milana Dudieva;
Clay guida beat Robbie Peralta by unanimous decision;
Dustin poirier won Carlos Diego Ferreira by TKO in R1.
PRELIMINARY CARD
Liz Carmouche won Lauren Murphy by unanimous decision of the judges;
Alexander Yakovlev won Gray Maynard by unanimous decision of the judges;
Timothy Johnson defeated Shamil Abdurahimov via TKO in R1;
Ron Stallings beat Justin Jones via unanimous decision.
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