W. Alves won again after two defeats (Photo: Reproduction Instagram ufc_brasil)
The two Brazilians in action at UFC Poland fought in the preliminaries of this Saturday's event (21), with different results. While Felipe Sertanejo had a tough return to featherweight, losing to Josh Emmett in the decision, the welterweight Warlley alves returned to winning ways after experiencing his first two career defeats, by overcoming the surprising newcomer Salim Touahri, who played a tough game, but was unable to overcome the momentum of the X-Gym athlete.
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In addition to the fights involving Brazilians, the preliminary card had highlights such as the debut of Aspen ladd. The bantamweight started her UFC career with a beautiful technical knockout victory over Lina Lansberg. The American showed an excellent takedown game, putting the Swede down and using ground and pound to end the fight.
the duel between André Fili and Artem Lobov was also quite busy. With the support of the superstar Conor McGregor, the Russian-Irish Lobov had some good moments, but ended up being overcome by Fili's variation, who landed an excellent high kick in the first round and then used takedowns to secure the victory by decision. However, the most lively fight in the preliminary portion was between the North American brian kelleher and the Polish Damian Stasiak. Despite having difficulties with the host's takedowns, Kelleher soon began to counterattack the entries with a guillotine choke and achieved a technical knockout in the third round with great dominance.
Warlley surpasses Polish in experience
Despite being younger than Touahri (26 years old versus 28), Warlley alves is already established in the UFC. And it was this experience in the octagon that helped the Brazilian get back on the path to victory after two consecutive defeats. Salim Touahri surprised with his ability to absorb blows and his creativity in the clinch. Even though he entered fight week, replacing Jim Wallhead, Touahri valued Warlley's triumph.
The Brazilian, however, showed all his superiority, especially in the first round. Alternating hard punches and kicks with takedowns, Alves dominated the first round and seemed on the way to a quiet victory. However, Touahri came back better in the second round, even landing a punch that opened Warlley's eyebrow. Even so, the Brazilian knew how to maintain the pressure game, deliver hard blows at the right time to reach the final two rounds and win again.
Sertanejo is dominated in his return to featherweight
Opening the event this Saturday afternoon (21), Felipe Sertanejo, who came from bantamweight, ended up hurting himself with his promotion as he faced a fighter who was coming down from lightweight. Josh Emmett He showed superior strength from the beginning of the fight, cornering the Brazilian against the fence and forcing him to move laterally, making his attacks easier. That's how the North American landed a blow to take Sertanejo to the ground.
Despite the first knockdown, the Brazilian returned to his feet, but became an easy target. In the first round alone, Chute Boxe fighter Diego Lima fell another three times due to a blow. Despite being dizzy, Sertanejo managed to come back well in the second round, using his most creative combinations and knees to bother his opponent.
However, the Brazilian's energy seemed to have been used up in the second round, as he returned to the last round visibly slower, and Emmett took the opportunity to put even more pressure on him and achieve victory by unanimous decision.
UFC Poland results
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight: Marcin Held won Nasrat Haqparast by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Bantamweight: brian kelleher beat Damian Stasiak via TKO in R3
Average weight: Ramazan Emeyev won Sam alvey by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Feather weight: André Fili beat Artem Lobov by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Welterweight Weight: Warlley alves beat Salim Touahri by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight: Aspen ladd beat Lina Lansberg by technical knockout at 2:33 of R2
Feather weight: Josh Emmett won Felipe Sertanejo by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-25)
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