Marcio Ticotô won by knockout at UFC Winnipeg. Photo: UFC / X
Marcio Ticotô showed why he was the big favorite of the night right in his UFC Winnipeg debut, held this Saturday (18). The Brazilian entered the action in the last fight of the preliminary card and, with a cross similar to that of Alex Poatán, deleted Dennis Buzukja with just over a minute of fighting.
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With the victory, Marcio Ticotô reached 18 wins and made a winning debut in the UFC. Buzukja, on the other hand, suffered his sixth career defeat, his fourth inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon.
Marcio Ticotô debuts with a knockout at UFC Winnipeg
Marcio Ticotô started the fight by ceding the center of the octagon to his rival. The Brazilian relied on feints to maintain distance until, in a moment of closure, he landed a precise left cross, taking... Dennis Buzukja to the ground immediately.
BRUTAL: Brazilian Márcio “Ticoto” Barbosa's knockout of American Dennis Buzukja In the first round of the UFC fight, just now, in Canada.
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Melissa Croden throws a party for the homeowners.
In a very exciting duel in the bantamweight division (up to 61,2 kg), Melissa Croden defeated Daria Zhelezniakova by unanimous decision and became the first Canadian to win on Saturday night (18). The result was the fighter's first victory without interruption, so she managed to recover from the setback suffered against Luana Santos in December last year.
Determined to secure the first victory of the night for the Canadians, Croden succeeded by locking her opponent's neck in a Muay Thai clinch and forcing the Russian to move laterally to avoid more direct exchanges. However, Daria knew how to create angles and respond to her opponent's attacks intelligently, to the point that the Canadian returned to her corner with a nosebleed.
Aware of the need to change the course of the fight, Melissa began to impose herself physically from the second half of the middle round. She secured takedowns from the clinch against the cage and landed good short elbows from that position. The round ended with the Canadian connecting with a powerful combination of punches and a head kick.
Croden continued to use the same strategy in the final part of the fight, and even having to deal with the Russian's attempts to escape positions by grabbing the cage, she caused significant damage with ground strikes, and came very close to securing a stoppage in the final seconds.
In a controversial jury decision, Jamey-Lyn Horth loses at home.
In the flyweight category (up to 56,7 kg), JJ Aldrich He managed to impress the judges and win. Jamey-Lyn Horth By unanimous decision, marking the Canadians' second defeat of the night. With the result, the American defended her 14th position in the category ranking and now has her second consecutive victory, while the home athlete lost again after two consecutive wins.
Fueled by the crowd, Horth took the lead in the fight, attacking with crosses and knees to the head, forcing Aldrich to back away and adopt a more defensive stance. Physically smaller, the 14th-ranked fighter began to use feints to try and confuse and slow down her opponent's aggressive pace from the second round onwards. Despite having some good moments landing counter punches and low kicks, the American struggled to cope with the difference in power between their strikes.
Aware of the likely advantage built up in the previous ten minutes, Jamey began to manage the advantage with a lot of movement and control of the distance, slowing the fight down, something that only changed in the final seconds of the fight after JJ showed more aggression in her search for the knockout.
With the end of the third round, all the judges scored it a victory for JJ Aldrich by a score of 29 to 28, in a surprising decision that was contested by commentators at the event.
The catchweight bout ends in a draw.
John Castañeda and Mark Vologdin faced off at UFC Winnipeg. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram.
In combat at a catchweight of 63 kg, John Castaneda and Mark Vologdin finished in a majority draw after 15 minutes of intense fighting. The result marked the American's third consecutive fight without a win in the Ultimate. As for the Russian, who turned 26 this Saturday (18) and won the contract through the Contender Series last year, he still doesn't know what it's like to win in Dana White's biggest event.
Shorter and with less reach than his opponent, Vologdin dominated the center of the octagon from the start of the fight and began attacking with strong combinations of punches to the body and head. He even managed to injure his opponent's nose during the first round, in addition to threatening him with quick spinning kicks. Casteñeda adapted in the second round and began to impose himself with the use of straight punches and front kicks to the body.
However, the American ended up losing a point for landing two blows to his opponent's groin during the final part of the second round. Faced with this, he adopted an increasingly aggressive stance, switching stances amidst combinations of punches, and trying to find the right time to connect with knees to Vologdin's head. Casteñeda dominated most of the third round, but despite cornering the Russian against the cage on several occasions, he couldn't finish the fight.
At the end of the 15-minute match, two judges scored it 28-28, while another judge saw Castañeda win 29-27.
American puts a damper on Canadians' beer.
John Yannis in victory at UFC Winnipeg. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram.
In the first fight of the night, John Yannis spoiled the Canadian party by defeating Jamie Siraj via technical knockout in the first round, in a bantamweight bout (up to 61,2 kg). With this result, the American recovered from his defeat against... Austin Bashi in August of last year and finally achieved his first victory in the world's largest MMA organization.
The fight unfolded relatively quickly. More comfortable in the striking exchanges, Yannis moved very well and managed to confuse his opponent with good feints. Moments later, he began landing strong combinations of punches, to the point of taking Siraj to the ground with a powerful right cross.
The Canadian initially recovered, but was forced to attempt a takedown after suffering constant attacks from his opponent. He ended up on the bottom and, after being hit by several punches and elbows, forced the referee to stop the action when the clock showed two minutes and 43 seconds.
In the interview inside the octagon with Paul felderHe said he was happy with the victory and showed respect for his opponent, avoiding generating antipathy with the audience.
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