Y. Romero celebrates victory against Lyoto at UFC FN 70
The atmosphere was Brazilian party, but the Cuban Yoel romero gave the Tupiniquim fans a cold shower and knocked them out Lyoto Machida in the main fight of UFC Fight Night 70, an event held this Saturday night (28), in Florida. After the country's athletes scored five victories in five appearances on the show, Machida fought a tactical fight in search of rehabilitation in the octagon, but ended up being surprised and knocked out in the third round.
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The fight
The fight between Lyoto Machida, fourth in the middleweight rankings, and Yoel romero, sixth in the classification, started with a lot of study. The Brazilian controlled the distance and worked with kicks from the waist line, without much effectiveness. In turn, the Cuban had great difficulty finding his rival in the Octagon and seemed, at times, lost.
From the second round onwards, however, the Cuban began to find the distance. Machida already had difficulty moving and hitting without being hit. Romero worked with speed with short punches and despite not being forceful, he scored points.
In the final moments of round two, Yoel had a plastic moment. He walked over the bars of the cage, just like Anthony Pettis he had done in the now-defunct WEC, and tried a flying punch. Although the blow didn't land, he closed the distance to reach the Brazilian. He then attempted a takedown, but the bell sounded.
In the third round, however, the Cuban won. In the first minute of the partial, Romero closed the distance with a punch and got the takedown. With impressive speed, he threw several elbows at Lyoto who was unable to defend himself. With the Brazilian shaken, the referee declared a technical knockout at 1m37s of the round.
After the big victory, the Cuban showed respect to the Dragon: “”I have a lot of respect for Lyoto. I wanted to do this fight with him because I know he is a legend, he is very tough”, he said
'Argentine Gente Boa' suffers brutal knockout
the argentine Santiago Ponzinibbio and the American Lorenz Larkin provided an intense battle in Florida. The fighters had an open fight, with a frank exchange of blows and excited the crowd present at the Hard Rock Casino.
Larkin started the fight better with his striking, always connecting in the first rounds, but Santiago responded to each attack. The Argentine even tried to take the fight to the ground on two occasions, but without success.
In the second round, Ponzinibbio was recovering in the fight. He put Lorenz against the bars on several occasions and landed good punches on his rival. However, a combination of a left cross and a straight right took the Argentine to the ground. Without wasting time, he landed several more punches on top until referee Herb Dean ended the fight via technical knockout.
Cara de Sapato finishes in a duel between 'TUF champions'
Shoe finishes E. Gordon
The premiere of Antonio Shoe Guy at middleweight it was better than expected. Champion of TUF Brazil 3, among the heavyweights, the Brazilian dropped two categories and won the duel of 'champions' of the reality show against Eddie Gordon, who won the 19th edition of TUF in the United States.
The Paraíba native started the fight intelligently. He landed good blows while standing, putting pressure on his rival in the clinch until he took him down in the final minute. In the last seconds of the partial, Shoe Face he threw several elbows and opened up the advantage.
In the second round, the duel lost its movement and became more studied. Even so, the Brazilian showed good movement and connected some jabs and took down in the final moments, again, ending the partial on top.
With the advantage open in the first rounds, Antonio Shoe Guy ended the dispute. After taking the duel to the ground, he advanced the positions and reached the back. Eddie Gordon still defended himself on several occasions, but with 23 seconds remaining, the Brazilian secured the rear naked choke and forced three taps.
Thiago Marreta runs over in just 27 seconds.
Overwhelming! This can summarize the performance of Thiago Marreta at UFC Fight Night 70. The Brazilian needed just 27 seconds to land a high kick to Steve Bossé's head and achieve a stunning knockout.
As soon as the duel began, Marreta kicked his rival in the thigh. The blow opened the space at the top and Thiago released the high blow. With a left kick he connected with the Canadian's head, who was already knocked out.
UFC Fight Night 70 results:
MAIN CARD
Yoel romero derrotou Lyoto Machida by knockout at 1m38s of R3
Lorenz Larkin defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio by technical knockout at 3m07s of R2;
Antonio Shoe Guy submitted Eddie Gordon with a rear naked choke at 4m37s of R3;
Thiago Marreta defeated Steve Bossé by knockout 27 seconds ago. from R1;
Hacran Days x Levan Makashvili in the judges' split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Alex Cowboy defeated Joe Merritt via unanimous decision (30×27, 30×27, 30×27);
Leandro Buscapé defeated Lewis Gonzalez (30×27, 30×27, 29×27);
Tony Sims defeated Steve Montgomery by TKO at 2:34 of R1;
Sirwan Kakai defeated Danny Martinez via unanimous decision (30x27, 30x27, 30x27)
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