Manuwa wins main event UFC London. Photo: Josh Hedges / UFC
Jimi Manuwa entertained the English fans at UFC London, an event held this Saturday afternoon (18), in the English capital. In the main fight of the show, the 'Poster Boy', as he is known, took no notice of the North American Corey anderson and knocked out his rival with a beautiful cross in the second round. With the result, the fourth place in the light heavyweight rankings scores his second victory in the series and once again dreams of a chance at the category title.
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O UFC London It also brought two Brazilians into action. On the preliminary card, Fracimar Bodão put an end to the controversy with Darren Stewart and won the decision. Vicente Luque ended up defeated by Leon Edwards also in the decision
Manuwa beats Anderson with a beautiful knockout
Corey anderson knew exactly what to do. Avoid Jimi Manuwa's precise boxing. And that's exactly what the North American did in the first round. He worked by moving a lot, striking and getting out of Manuwa's range of action. However, in all his takedown attempts, he ended up frustrated, without the best distance to take the fight to the ground. But the first chance he had to land a clean blow, Manuwa didn't let it go. The Englishman landed a short left hook that knocked Anderson out.
Gunnar Nelson finishes off Jouban
Icelandic Gunnar Nelson also did well on the main card of the UFC London. Connor McGregor's training partner, who specializes in ground fighting, also showed progress in striking. After a balanced first round, the Icelander decided to stop at the beginning of the second round.
Nelson landed a sharp punch to Jouban's face, which shook him. The Icelander landed a high kick before taking Alan Jouban to the ground and applying a guillotine to end the contest.
UFC London results:
MAIN CARD
Light heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa defeated Corey anderson by knockout at 3m05s of R1
Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson submitted Alan Jouban with a guillotine choke 46 seconds into R2
Bantamweight: Marlon Vera derrotou Brad pickett by technical knockout at 3m50s of R3
Feather weight: arnold allen derrotou mawan amirkhani in the judges' split decision (30×27, 30×27, 28×29).
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight: Joe Duffy defeated Reza Madadi by unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)
Light Heavyweight: Francimar Bodão derrotou Darren stewart in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Heavyweight: Tim Johnson defeated Daniel Omielanczuk via split decision (30×27, 28×29, 29×28)
Welterweight Weight:Leon edwards derrotou Vincent Luque in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Lightweight: Marc Diakiese defeated Teemu Packalen by knockout 30 seconds into R1;
Average weight: Tom Breese x Oluwale Bamgbose fight canceled
Bantamweight: Ian Entwistle x Brett johns fight canceled
Middleweight: Brad Scott defeated Scott Askham via split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
Bantamweight: Lina Lansberg defeated Lucie Pudilova in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
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