Coming off a defeat to the North American Nate marquardt, the brazilian Rousimar Toquinho returned to winning ways at UFC on Versus 3, an event held on Thursday night, in Louisville, in the United States. Acting on the preliminary card, the black belt submitted the North American Dave Branch with a kneebar in the second round, and secured his fifth victory in seven UFC appearances. The other Brazilian on the fight program wasn't as lucky: Thiago tavares was doing well in the fight against Shane roller, but a strong right hand applied by the opponent ended up knocking out the fighter from Santa Catarina. In the main fight of the night, welterweights Diego Sanchez e Martin Kampmann They had an electrifying fight full of alternations, with Sanchez coming away with the victory in a unanimous decision from the judges.
Diego Sanchez Kampmann beats
In the initial round, Kampmann imposed his game and was superior, where he took advantage of his size and connected the best blows, even taking down the North American athlete. In the second round, Sanchez recovered and, showing a lot of determination, went on the attack, trying to take down and landing good punches. In the last and decisive round, both fighters put on a show inside the octagon. Diego went on the attack, while Kampmann waited for his opponent to land and counterattacked with good boxing strikes. At the end of the duel, both fighters received a standing ovation from the audience at the KFC Yum Center. In the sum of the slips, the three judges declared the victory of Diego Sanchez. With the triumph, the winner of the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC reality show, has 23 wins and just four losses in his career.
Mark Munoz knocks out C.B. Dollaway
At the beginning of the fight, Dollaway started connecting the best blows and took down Mark Munoz, but the Filipino athlete managed to recover and get up. In the exchange, Munoz connected with a direct encounter and took CB to a knockdown. On the ground, Mark landed two more powerful punches and forced referee Mario Yamazaki to stop the fight, with a technical knockout being declared.
Chris Weidman surprise Sakarae wins by decision
the american Chris Weidman he was physically prepared to defeat the favorite Alessio Sakara in a unanimous decision by the judges. Right at the beginning of the fight, Weidman surprised the Italian by taking risks in his striking and connecting several blows. In the second and third rounds, when Sakara began to loosen up in the fight, Chris put his takedown game into practice and dominated his opponent during the final two rounds to win by unanimous decision from the judges. As a result, Chris Weidman remains undefeated in MMA and has five victories in his career.
Brian Bowles “erases” Damacio Page
In the first fight on the main card, Damacio Page started the fight better, landing the most powerful blows at medium distance. But Bowles, who is a former WEC champion, managed to close the distance, land more blows and take his opponent to the ground. On top, Brian worked with punches and landed a tight guillotine choke. Damacio Page didn't give up and ended up deleting
Thiago tavares is knocked out
At the beginning of the fight, Thiago tavares had difficulties with Shane Roller's size, but the Brazilian athlete managed to find the distance and have the best moment in the first round, when he connected a great combination with punches and kicks to my waist, which made the North American almost go to knockdown . In the second round, however, Shane Roller managed to recover. After being knocked down, the North American landed a powerful straight right that led to the Brazilian's knockout.
Toquinho finishes North American
First Brazilian to climb into the octagon, Rousimar Toquinho He started the fight against Dave Branch by taking the fight to the ground, but the American defended all of the black belt's submission attacks well. In the second round, however, Toquinho started from the beginning to define the fight. The Brazilian Top Team athlete applied a beautiful takedown to the North American and attacked with his specialty: the kneebar. Brach had no alternative but to give up the fight. With the triumph, Toquinho returns to the race for the middleweight division belt, currently held by the fellow Brazilian Anderson Silva
Main Card
Diego Sanchez defeated Martin Kampmann by unanimous decision of the judges;
Mark Munoz defeated CB Dollaway via TKO in R1;
Chris Weidman defeated Alessio Sakara via unanimous decision by the judges;
Brian Bowles submitted Damacio Page with a guillotine choke in R1;
Preliminary Card
Danny Castillo defeated Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision;
Cyrille Diabate defeated Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision;
Shane Roller defeated Thiago tavares by knockout in R2;
Takeya Mizugaki defeated Reuben Duran via split decision;
Dongi Yang defeated Rob Kimmons via TKO in R2;
Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares submitted Dave Branch with a kneebar in R2;
Igor Pokrajac defeated Todd Brown via TKO in R1;
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