Vitor belfort knocked out Yoshihiro Akiyama in the second round
The Phenomenon is back! Showing the impressive speed at the start of his career, Vitor belfort didn't give a chance Yoshihiro akiyama and knocked out the Japanese fighter in a devastating way in the first round. The fight was one of the attractions of UFC 133, an event held this Saturday night (6) in Philadelphia, in the United States. The show's fight program featured, in addition to Belfort, two more Brazilians in action: Rafael “Sapo” Natal achieved his first victory in the organization by overcoming Paul Bradley in the judges' decision, but Rani Yaya saw his rise in the featherweight division stop before the American Chad Mendes. In the main attraction of the night, Rashad evans proved favoritism and knocked out Tito Ortiz in the second round.
Rashad evans knocks out Tito Ortiz
In the main fight of the night, which pitted two former champions of the light heavyweight category face to face, best for Rashad evans. Before the veteran Tito Ortiz, who accepted the challenge less than three weeks before the fight, the Imperial Athletics athlete confirmed he was going through a better moment and won the victory by knockout in the second round. At the beginning of the fight, Tito tried to take advantage of his better reach to unleash good boxing blows and high kicks, always blocked in Evans' guard. Halfway through the first round, the moment that marked the course of the duel: Ortiz closed the distance and attacked Evans' legs looking for the takedown. Unsuccessful, the “Bad Boy from Huntington Beach” wore himself out and ended up being easy prey for his opponent. Rashad took advantage of the moment and connected several blows on Tito, who ended up being knocked down, but survived until the bell sounded. In the second round, Evans again waited for the best moment to get a good takedown and work with punches from above. Tired, Tito, after being severely punished, even managed to get off the ground, but when he got to his knees, he was caught in a powerful knee to the waist and fell again. With hard-hitting ground and pound, Evans knocked out his opponent in the final moments of the second round.
Vitor belfort run over Yoshihiro akiyama
Vitor belfort showed that he was willing to recover from the defeat suffered by Anderson Silva and establish himself as one of the best athletes in the middleweight category. The Brazilian fighter, who guaranteed before the fight that he would knock out Yoshihiro Akiyama, kept his promise and didn't give the Japanese a chance. Right at the beginning of the fight, the “Phenomenon”, as he is known, went up and worked with powerful high kicks, which made Akiyama go backwards. After measuring the distance, Belfort went on the attack and took Yoshihiro to the ground with a cross. Without wasting time and remembering Vitor from the beginning of his career, he applied a sequence of blows to the Japanese man who was knocked out 1min: 52sec into the fight
Ebersole recovers and knocks out Hallman
The fight between Brian Ebersole and Dennis Hallman caught attention before the bell even sounded. Ebersole drew an arrow with his chest hair in the region above his navel, while Hallman climbed into the Octagon wearing very short swim trunks. But if the athletes were concerned about their appearance before the duel, the fight didn't disappoint either. As soon as the gong sounded, Dennis went all out and soon came to a fall. Hallman got to the back, but was unable to stabilize his position and was swept. With an advantage on the ground, Brian delivered an incredible sequence of punches that forced the referee to stop, and the technical knockout was declared.
Canadian revelation wins another in the UFC
In the first fight on the main card, Rory McDonald showed why he can be considered one of the revelations of the UFC welterweight division. Before Mike pyle, the Canadian athlete, just 22 years old, immediately attacked the American and managed to take down his opponent. With a powerful sequence of punches from above, MacDonald shook his opponent and forced the referee to stop the fight, declaring a technical knockout, just over three minutes into the fight.
Mendes defeats Rani and will have a chance at the belt
The Brazilian Rani Yaya faced the undefeated Chad Mendes and failed to score his second consecutive victory in the UFC. The North American abused his speed and boxing combinations, mixing it with good takedowns to nullify the Brazilian athlete's game. Free in the octagon, but without taking any risks, Mendes took down Rani, but knowing the Brazilian's dangerous guard, he got up quickly and the fight returned to the exchange. After the regulatory 15 minutes, the side judges gave the victory to Chad Mendes (30×27, 30×27, 30×27). With the victory, the American will be the next challenger for the featherweight belt, against the winner of the fight between Brazilian José Aldo, current champion, against Kenny Florian.
Rafael Sapo wins first in UFC
First Brazilian to climb into the octagon, Rafael Sapo This Saturday, he achieved his first victory in the UFC. After a defeat and a draw, the Tupiniquim black belt faced Paul Bradley and showed good takedown defense and better physical preparation to leave the Octagon with victory. With good combinations of low kicks and good boxing moves, Sapo had the advantage in the first round. In the second round, even with a hard blow to the chin, which took him to the ground, Rafael managed to recover and resume his actions in the fight. In the last round, the American fighter already felt the rhythm of the duel and posed no danger to the Brazilian athlete. With more physical fitness, Rafael controlled the duel and won the victory with a unanimous decision from the judges (30×27, 29×28, 29×28)
Check out the full results of the event below:
Main Card
Rashad evans derrotou Tito Ortiz by technical knockout in R2;
Vitor belfort defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama by knockout in R1;
Brian Ebersole defeated Dennis Hallman via TKO in R1;
Constantine Philippou defeated Jorge Rivera via split decision;
Rory McDonald derrotou Mike pyle by technical knockout in R1;
Preliminary Card
Alexander Gustafson defeated Matt Hamill via TKO in R2;
Chad Mendes derrotou Rani Yaya in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Ivan Menjivar defeated Nick Pace via unanimous decision;
John hendricks defeated Mike Pierce in a split decision;
Mike Brown defeated Nam Phan via unanimous decision;
Rafael “Sapo” Natal derrotou Paul Bradley in the unanimous decision of the judges
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