UFC Fight Night México: Sertanejo is defeated in a busy duel

Perez overcame Sertanejo in a close fight. Photo: Disclosure

Brazilian fighters left the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night México, on Saturday night (5), with one defeat and one victory. Felipe Sertanejo he had a fierce duel with Erik Perez, but ended up being defeated by the judges in a split decision. Already Douglas D'Silva He shone in an electrifying fight and returned to action with a beautiful knockout.

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Sertanejo and Perez fought a fast-paced fight in the octagon. The Brazilian seemed to have the better of his feet at practically every moment, but the Mexican knew how to make the difference with takedowns at precise moments.

That's what happened in the first round, when “El Goyito”, as he is known, took down Sertanejo and worked on top. The Brazilian managed to reverse, but still ended the round on the bottom after attempting a failed submission.

The second round was again busy on the ground. Perez took Sertanejo to the ground and got to mount, but the Brazilian was agile in escaping the position, taking his back and almost submitting his opponent with a rear naked choke. Just as happened in the first round, the Mexican finished the action on top.

Perez took down Sertanejo again in the third round, although the Brazilian escaped the inferior position more quickly. Standing up, Sertanejo undermined Perez and scored a knockdown in the final seconds, and almost ended the fight with a katagatame. However, Perez was saved by the bell, which led to the fight being decided by the judges.

Two of the judges pointed to victory for the Mexican, enough to guarantee him a positive result. Thus, Perez wins his third victory in a row, while Sertanejo sees a sequence of two victories in a row interrupted.

D'Silva returns to the UFC with a beautiful knockout

Douglas shone on the preliminary card. Photo: Disclosure

After three fights decided by the judges in the UFC Mexico, Douglas D'Silva He made a point of ending his participation with style. The man from Pará, who had been away from the Octagon since February 2015, returned to action with a beautiful knockout against Henry Briones.

The fight took place entirely standing up. From the beginning, Douglas bothered his opponent with straight shots and crosses, but, as time went by, Briones found his distance and started to make good use of his greater wingspan.

As he began to take control of the fight, Briones was surprised by a counterattack at the end of the second round, which almost led to his knockout. Then, with the fight already in its final round, the Brazilian settled the bill: he applied an elbow in the counterattack and annihilated his rival, already groggy, with a round punch.

With this, D'Silva gets his second victory in three fights in the UFC. Briones, who was coming off a defeat to the future challenger for the belt, cody garbrandt, is knocked out for the first time in his professional career.

UFC FN Mexico preliminary card results:

Erik Perez defeated Felipe Sertanejo in the split decision of the judges (29 to 28, 28 to 29 and 29 to 28)

Joe Soto submitted Marco Beltran (heel hook) 1min37s into R1

Max griffin defeated Erick Montaño by technical knockout (punches) at 54 seconds of R1

Douglas D'Silva knocked out Henry Briones (rolling punch) at 2min33s of R3

Sam alvey defeated Alex Nicholson via unanimous decision (triple 29 to 28)

Marco Polo Reyes defeated Jason Novelli via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Enrique Barzola defeated Chris Avila via unanimous decision (triple 30 to 26)