Pantoja (right) beat Seery (left) on the preliminary card (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter UFC)
The only Brazilian victory at UFC Scotland, held this Sunday (16), in Glasgow, came via flyweight Alexandre pantoja. In a very busy fight, the jiu-jitsu specialist defeated Neil Seery by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:31 of the third round, increasing his winning streak, now with 11 consecutive victories. This was Pantoja's second performance in Ultimate, having debuted by defeating Eric Shelton at UFC Denver in January of this year. Seery, in turn, announced his retirement from MMA. At 37 years old, the Irishman hung up his gloves with a record of 16 wins and 13 losses, 3-4 in the UFC.
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The fight
The fight started with both aggressive fighters in the center of the octagon. Pantoja landed a good right on Seery, who fell and quickly got up. The Brazilian started to focus on kicking the Irishman's leg. After a good sequence of blows, Alexandre shook Neil, who managed to survive the blitz imposed by his rival. Aware of the good moment, the Brazilian clinched and threw good knees to his opponent's body, who managed to recover and get out of the position. Pantoja continued to control the duel until the end of the round.
Pantoja returned for the second stage taking the fight to the clinch, putting pressure on the Irishman and throwing some knees. An elbow from the Brazilian opened a cut on Seery's right eyebrow, which started to bleed. The fight returned to the center of the octagon, with Sery connecting good blows on the Brazilian, who called him to fight. The two continued exchanging blows in the center of the cage, with Pantoja swallowing strong blows applied by the European, to the delight of the audience present.
Pantoja returned for the third stage, taking the Irishman to the ground in the first few seconds. In mount, the Brazilian worked on top and managed to catch Seery's back after the Irishman tried to get up. With the lock closed, it was a matter of time for Pantoja to lock in the rear naked choke and get the three taps to give up his opponent.
Amanda Lemos is knocked out in her UFC debut
Smith celebrates victory over Amanda (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter MieshaTate)
The debut of the Paraense Amanda lemos in the UFC he went with the 'left foot'. Opening the preliminary card of the show, the Brazilian started the fight well, but tired in the second stage and was knocked out by the American Leslie Smith at 2:53 seconds of the second round. This was the first defeat of Amanda's career, who now has six positive results and one negative result on her record. Smith, in turn, scored his second consecutive triumph in Ultimate. In total, he has 10 victories and seven setbacks.
In the post-fight interview, still in the Octagon, Smith took the opportunity to challenge Bethe Correia, who was recently knocked out by Holly holm. “The women's bantamweight division is open, it's a jungle, I have two bonuses and I'm waiting for the Bethe Correia. That middle finger is waiting for Bethe. Everyone was used by her, and now I want to use her to climb too”, said the fighter.
Amanda started the fight aggressively, landing good blows on Leslie. The Brazilian tried a beautiful round kick, but lost her balance and fell. Leslie quickly went into her rival's guard, but the fight went back to standing. The American grew in the fight and applied a good combination to Amanda, who clinched, took down and fell on top, with just a few seconds left before the bell sounded.
The Brazilian returned to the second stage with her guard down, as if provoking her opponent. Smith took advantage of the situation and threw strong punches at Lemos, who accepted the pace imposed by the American. Visibly tired, Amanda leaned her back against the fence and was harshly punished by Smith, who only stopped punching when the referee stopped the fight.
MAIN CARD
Welterweight Weight: Santiago Ponzinibbio defeated Gunnar Nelson by technical knockout at 1m22s of R1
Straw weight: Cynthia calvillo derrotou Joanne calderwood by unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 29×28)
Lightweight: Paul felder defeated Steven Ray by technical knockout at 3:57 of R1
Middleweight: Jack Marshman defeated Ryan Janes by unanimous decision judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Light Heavyweight: Khalil rountree derrotou Paul Craig by technical knockout at 4:56 of R1
Heavyweight: Justin Willis defeated James Mulheron by unanimous decision (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Welterweight Weight: Danny Roberts defeated Bobby Nash by knockout at 3:59 of R2
Fly weight: Alexandre pantoja defeated Neil Seery via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:31 of R3
Middleweight: Galore Bofando defeated Charlie Ward via TKO at 2:10 of R1
Feather weight: Danny henry defeated Daniel Teymur by unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×26)
Bantamweight: Brett johns defeated Albert Morales by unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×25)
Bantamweight: Leslie Smith defeated Amanda lemos by technical knockout at 2:53 of R2
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