Garbrandt (left) did not meet Thominhas at UFC FN 88. Photo: Josh Hedges
A night to forget. This is how Brazilian participation in UFC Fight Night 88 can be summarized, an event held this Sunday (29), in Las Vegas (USA). With four fighters from the country in action, all left the octagon with defeat.
In the main fight of the night, in a duel of undefeated men, the São Paulo native Thomas almeida suffered a brutal knockout from cody garbrandt and saw his unbeaten streak of 20 fights fall. The North American added his ninth victory in his career and was close to the chance to compete for the bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg).
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Still on the main card, Renan Barao did not make a good debut at featherweight and was defeated by Jeremy Stephens, While Vitor miranda ended up dominated by Chris Camozzi. In the preliminary program, Alberto Uda debuted in the octagon losing to Jake Collier
Garbrandt runs over Thominhas
After weeks of provocations through social media, the Brazilian Thomas almeida and the North American cody garbrandt they settled the score in the octagon set up at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas. And in less than three minutes of fighting, the fighter from São Paulo went to the canvas in a brutal knockout.
The duel began with Garbrandt applying his boxing game and punching Thominhas' head hard. In turn, the Brazilian didn't seem to find the distance to unleash his Muay Thai, combining kicks and punches, and agreed to exchange hand blows.
In his specialty, Cody connected the combination of punches in the first minute and left the Brazilian's face quite red. Almeida tried to respond with a counterattack, but the attacks stopped in his rival's guard.
Completely uncomfortable with the North American's pressure, Thomas tried to attack in a frantic manner and in one of these attacks he was caught by Garbrandt. The North American landed a right hand bomb in the counterattack and the São Paulo native was already knocked out (watch the video below).
Video of Cody Garbrandt's knockout over Thomas Almeida
cody garbrandt GOT HIM. Down goes Thomas almeida in the first!#UFCVegas https://t.co/Qiu0RnA8px
- FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) 30 May 2016
Barão loses to Stephens and is not surprised by a bad phase
The premiere of Renan Barao in the featherweight division (up to 65,7 kg.) he went with his left foot. Former champion of the bantamweight division (up to 61,2 kg.) fought a tough fight against Jeremy Stephens, but ended up defeated in a unanimous decision by the judges. The setback extended the Potiguar's negative series to just one victory in the last four fights.
Despite the defeat, Barão started the fight well. He avoided the open exchange of blows, maintaining medium distance or the duel in the clinch. In turn, Stephens tried to find the best distance to connect with his powerful right blow.
From the second round onwards, Stephens managed to put his strategy into action. He managed to avoid the Brazilian's clinch and keep the fight within reach.
The American had his best moment when he connected with a left cross and rocked Renan. From there he launched a sequence with an uppercut and cross, which made the Brazilian bend his knee. Barão still took the fight to the clinch and pressed Jeremy against the bars, but he quickly reversed the position.
In the final seconds, the Nova União athlete still managed to take Stephens down, but with no time to work on the ground, the fall did little good.
With the duel tied, the third round would be responsible for defining the winner. And the partial was the most balanced of the dispute.
Renan avoided the American's right hand and tried to keep the fight between the clinch or medium distance. However, two left bombs made the Brazilian wobble. Barão felt the pressure and looked for the takedown. However, he was unable to keep Stephens on the ground, who quickly got up.
In the final seconds, the Brazilian attempted the takedown again, but out of time he received three more hand blows.
The gong sounded and the two athletes held hands. However, in the official decision Jeremy Stephens He won with a triple 29×28 in the judges’ decision.
Vitor Miranda loses and sees his winning streak broken
First Brazilian to enter the octagon on the main card, Vitor miranda was surprised by Chris Camozzi and saw his streak of three consecutive victories in the octagon ended.
The North American avoided the exchange of blows with Vitor's greater reach and fought a tactical fight, avoiding the Brazilian's best game, using takedowns well in important moments to open the front.
Camozzi started the fight by taking initiative and throwing hand strikes, but without exposing himself to the Santa Catarina native's boxing. After scoring well on a shot from Camozzi, Vitor applied the takedown, tried to take the back, but made a mistake and left his leg as a gift to his opponent.
From the second round onwards, the North American took control of the fight. He blocked a shot from Vitor and took the contest to the ground. From then on, Camozzi landed several punches to the face and opened a deep cut on Miranda's face.
In the third round, already quite worn out by the punishment he suffered, Vitor tried to open the game on the feet. But Camozzi took advantage of the Brazilian's wrong movement, caught his back and took him down. On the ground, Camozzi landed some blows, but Vitor got up in the final half.
Miranda tried for the knockout with high kicks, but, already tired, the blows were blunt and easily blocked by the North American. At the end of the dispute, the three judges scored 30×27 for Chris Camozzi.
UFC Fight Night 88 Las Vegas results:
MAIN CARD
cody garbrandt derrotou Thomas almeida by knockout at 2m53s in R1;
Jeremy Stephens derrotou Renan Barao in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Rick Story defeated Tarec saffiedine in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 30×27)
Chris Camozzi defeated Vitor miranda in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)
Lorenz Larkin defeated Jorge masvidal in the judges' split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
Paul felder defeated Josh Burkman via unanimous decision (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Sara McMann derrotou Jessica Eye in the unanimous decision of the judges (30x,27, 30×27, 30×27);
Abel Trujillo defeated Jordan Rinaldi via unanimous decision (29×28, 29×28, 29×28);
Jake collier derrotou Alberto Uda by technical knockout 1m06s of R2;
Erik Koch submitted Shane Campbell with a rear naked choke at 3m02s of R2;
Bryan caraway derrotou aljamain sterling in the judges' split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28);
Adam Milstead defeated Chris de la Rocha via TKO at 4:01 of R2.
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