Lee won the UFC OKC main event. Photo: Reproduction / Facebook / UFC
Kevin Lee e Michael chiesa They exchanged a lot of provocations before facing each other, but inside the octagon the controversy was due to Brazilian referee Mario Yamazaki. In the main duel of UFC Oklahoma, held on Sunday night (25), Lee was close to submitting Chiesa with a rear naked choke in the first round, but when the fighter seemed to free himself from the blow, the Brazilian mediator ended the dispute hastily and angered the entire audience present at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, in Oklahoma City (watch the video of the controversy below).
In addition to the controversy in the main fight, UFC Oklahoma brought defeats to former champions John hendricks e B.J. Penn and the loss of Brazilian Vitor Miranda against Marvin Vettori in the preliminary program
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The expectation of a big fight seemed to come true. Kevin Lee e Michael chiesa They exchanged insults during the UFC Oklahoma promotion and the duel got off to a hot start. Chiesa started better and soon landed a good high kick. Then came the fall, but without being able to keep the contest on the ground.
When the stand-up fight resumed, it was Lee's turn to take down his rival in a plastic way. He lifted Chiesa and pinned him to the ground. From then on he got to the back and went for the rear naked choke, Michael even defended the choke on two occasions. The third time Lee went for the choke, Chiesa also seemed to get out of the attack, but Brazilian referee Mário Yamasaki stopped the fight and deeply irritated the fighter.
“I was trying to take his arm away with the elbow down. But I'm not going to say anything about the judge. Now, Kevin, I’m going to see you in December, in Detroit,” said an irritated Michael chiesa.
Was it a legitimate finish? Kevin Lee with a submission on Michael chiesa that we'll be talking about for awhile! #UFCOKC https://t.co/mOFBUonnem
- FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) June 26st, 2017
Tim Boetsch sinks Johny Hendricks even further
Former welterweight champion, John hendricks live your astral hell. After being forced to leave the welterweight category (up to 77,1 kg.) and move up to middleweight (up to 84 kg.) for not making weight, the North American failed to weigh in at UFC Oklahoma in the new division. To complete the problems, Hendricks had a lackluster performance and was knocked out by Tim Boetsch.
The 'Barbarian' triumph came in style. He landed a beautiful right high kick, which shook the former champion. Afterwards, Boetsch went up, threw several hooks and crosses at Hendricks, who couldn't resist and fell. With no reaction from Johny, the referee was forced to end the dispute and declare a technical knockout.
BJ Penn loses another one
Considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, B.J. Penn He is not experiencing the best moments of his career. The Hawaiian, former lightweight and welterweight champion, faced Dennis Siver and suffered his fifth consecutive defeat. On Sunday night, the 'Prodigy' suffered with the pace of the fight and lost by majority decision by the judges (28-28, 29-28, 29-27)
Far from his best moments, BJ suffered at the beginning of the fight. Siver, with more movement, hit the Hawaiian with a lot of speed. The Russian based in Germany connected with good knees and good hand strikes to open up the fight.
In the second round, the dispute seemed to follow the same path, but Penn had a glimpse of his best days when he landed a right bomb on Dennis, who fell. Afterwards, BJ went up, landed some blows, but was unable to end the dispute.
With the duel balanced, Siver returned to the third round already recovered from the blows suffered in the previous round. He set his pace with speed and worked good combinations against Penn. On the other hand, the former champion showed a lot of fatigue and could barely defend himself. Dennis pressed BJ against the bars with punches and several kicks and was close to the knockout. In the end, Dennis Siver won with a unanimous decision from the judges.
UFC Oklahoma results
MAIN CARD
Lightweight: Kevin Lee finished Michael chiesa with a rear naked choke at 4m37s of R1
Middleweight: Tim Boetsch defeated John hendricks by technical knockout at 46s of R2
Straw weight: Felice herrig defeated Justine Kish via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)
Light Heavyweight: Dominick reyes defeated Joachim Christensen by technical knockout 29 seconds ago. from R1
Welterweight Weight: Tim means defeated Alex Garcia via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight: Dennis Siver defeated B.J. Penn in the majority decision of the judges (28-28, 29-28, 29-27)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight: Clay guida defeated Erik Koch via judges' decision (29-28, 29-26, 30-27)
Average weight: Marvin vettori derrotou Vitor miranda in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Straw weight: Carla esparza derrotou Maryna moroz in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight: Darrell Horcher defeated Devin Powell via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Feather weight: Jared gordon defeated Michel Quiñones by technical knockout at 4m22s of R2
Lightweight: Tony Martin defeated Johnny Case via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Light heavyweight: Jeremy Kimball defeated Josh Stansbury via TKO at 1:21 of R1
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