Pezao (left) was knocked out by S. Struve at UFC Netherlands. Photo: Josh Hedges
It didn't go well for the exit. The Brazilian Antonio Pezão entered the octagon to face the giant Stefan struve – biggest fighter in the history of Ultimate at 2m15cm – and all the Dutch fans. But in the first blow of the fight, the Dutchman followed up on the man from Paraíba and achieved the knockout in just 15 seconds of fighting. The fight was an attraction at UFC Fight Night Holanda, an event held this Saturday afternoon in Rotterdam.
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The UFC Fight Night Holanda fight program was not good for Brazilian athletes. In addition to Pezão, Yan Cabral was knocked out on the preliminary card by Reza Madadi and Francimar Bodão was submitted by the Ukrainian Nikita Krylov.
The fight
Before the fight, Antonio Pezão He showed anxiety for the start of the dispute, walking back and forth in his corner. As soon as the dispute began, the Brazilian went forward, but Struve took advantage of his size to land an uppercut on the Brazilian athlete's chin.
The Dutchman took advantage of the moment and followed up with a strong knee. Pezão felt it and tried to take down the giant anyway, but Stuve made the save and landed several punches on the Brazilian's head until the referee declared the technical knockout just 15 seconds into the contest, the second fastest in heavyweight history.
Overeem beats Arlovski and gets close to the belt
In the main fight of the night, the Dutch fans celebrated again. The heavy weight alistair overeem defeated the former champion Andrei Arlovski, scored his fourth consecutive victory and was close to a title shot.
Arlovski started the fight with pressure, putting Overeem against the bars. But the Dutchman avoided the initial pressure and began to unleash his game.
He began to stomp on Arlovski's knees and ended the partial with a takedown, with control on the ground.
In the second round, Overeem bet on high kicks, while Arlovski tried to use hand strikes. In one of the Dutchman's attacks, Alistair connected with a direct kick to the Belarusian's head, which went to the ground. The Dutchman took advantage of the moment, landed a few more punches on the ground and took the fight by technical knockout.
Bodão is submitted by Ukrainian
Brazilian Francimar Bodão entered the octagon in Rotterdam with high morale, as he had two consecutive victories in Ultimate. But it only took a few seconds for the Ukrainian Nikita Krylov thwart the plans of the Acre fighter.
With a more aligned stand-up game, Krylov landed powerful blows on the Brazilian in the first moments and frustrated Bodão. Francimar still tried to take him down on two occasions, but the leg attacks were not effective.
In the second round, the Ukrainian repeated his performance in the previous round and landed good blows on Francimar. Krylov still took down his rival. Francimar still tried his last breath by attacking with a triangle. But, without pressure, the European fighter got out of the fight and went to end the fight. He moved to the back and secured the rear naked choke at 3:11 of the second round.
UFC Netherlands results:
Main Card
alistair overeem derrotou Andrei Arlovski by technical knockout at 1m12s of R2
Stefan struve derrotou Antonio Pezão by knockout 15s into R1;
Gunnar Nelson submitted Albert Tumenov with a rear naked choke at 3m15s of R2
Germain de Randamie defeated Anna Elmose by technical knockout at 3:46 of R1
Nikita Krylov finished Francimar Bodão with a rear naked choke at 3m11s of R2
Karolina Kowalkiewicz defeated Heather Jo Clark via unanimous decision (29×28, 30×27, 29×28).
Preliminary Card
Rustam Khabilov defeated Chris Wade in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28);
Magnus Cedenblad defeated Garreth McLellan by technical knockout at 47 seconds. from R2;
Josh Emmett defeated Jon Tuck via split decision;
Reza Madadi defeated Yan Cabral by technical knockout at 1m53s of R3;
Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Neil Seery via unanimous judges' decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27);
Leon edwards defeated Dominick Waters via unanimous decision (30×27, 30×27, 30×27);
Yuta Sasaki submitted Willie Gates with a rear naked choke at 3m30s of R2;
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