J. Stephens hits D. Choi at UFC St. Louis (Photo: Reproduction Facebook ufc)
Experience was victorious over youth in the first Ultimate event in 2018. In the main fight of UFC St. Louis this Sunday (14), Jeremy Stephens, who was fighting in his 41st professional fight, knew how to withstand the initial blitz from the young South Korean Doo Ho Choi and knocked him out in the second round, achieving his second consecutive victory, after triumphing over former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez.
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After the fight, Stephens challenged Brian ortega, an undefeated fighter who is coming off a submission victory over Cub swanson, the last fighter who had beaten Doo Ho Choi and was in the audience at the event.
In addition to the main fight, UFC St. Louis also had another important featherweight fight: Darren Elkins recovered from a bad first round to finish Michael Johnson and spoil the former lightweight's debut in the new division. With this, “The Damage” reached their sixth consecutive victory, a sequence that is only shorter than that of the current champion of the division, Max Holloway, with 11 fights without defeat.
Still on the main card, Kamaru Usman showed all his wrestling game to avoid Emil Meek's striking and achieve a good victory by unanimous decision, challenging Colby covington in the post-fight interview. Already paige vanzant He didn't have a good debut at flyweight. The American muse was dominated for two rounds on the ground by Jessica Rose-Clark and, despite winning the last round, she was unable to land any blows due to an injury to her right arm in the opening round.
THE FIGHT
Choi started the duel more methodically, choosing his strikes better and using low kicks, which have become Stephens' trademark in recent times. The American seemed frustrated at not being able to find his opponent, who was moving well and “sprinkling” his rival with jabs and low kicks constantly. “Lil' Heathen” launched hard rights, but most of his blows remained in the air, while Choi released a powerful right hook, well absorbed by Stephens.
In the second round, “Superboy”, who hadn't fought since December 2016, seemed to get tired and slowed down. Immediately, Stephens increased his volume of punches and started hitting Choi, who looked scared. In the final sequence, Stephens combined hard blows with both hands, taking down the South Korean and only getting off his rival with the intervention of the referee.
UFC St. Louis results:
MAIN CARD
Feather weight: Jeremy Stephens defeated Doo Ho Choi via technical knockout at 2:36 of R2
Flyweight: Jessica Rose-Clark defeated paige vanzant by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight Weight: Kamaru Usman defeated Emil Meek by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Featherweight: Darren Elkins defeated Michael Johnson via submission (rear naked choke) at 2m22s of R2
PRELIMINARY CARD
Welterweight: James Krause defeated Alex White via unanimous decision (3x 29-28)
Bantamweight: Irene aldana derrotou Talita Bernardo by unanimous decision (3x 30-27)
Lightweight: Marco Polo Reyes defeated Matt frevola by knockout 1m from R1
Bantamweight: Kyung Ho Kang defeated Guido Canetti via submission (triangle) at 4m53s of R1
Fly weight: Jessica Eye derrotou Kalindra Faria by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Straw weight: JJ Aldrich defeated Danielle Taylor by unanimous decision (3x 29-28)
Featherweight: Mads Burnell defeated Michael Santiago by unanimous decision (3x 29-28)
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