the american Dominick Cruz This Saturday he proved why he is the best bantamweight today. Faced with a quick Demetrious Johnson, the Ultimate champion encountered difficulties at the beginning of the fight, but managed to control the fight well and take the win with a unanimous decision from the judges. The fight was the main attraction of UFC on Versus 6, an event held in the city of Washington, in the United States. The show's fight program only brought one Brazilian into action, who ended up leaving the octagon defeated: Rafaello Tractor he even started well, but was knocked out by Yves Edwards second round.
Dominick controls Johnson and defends belt
With a disadvantage in size, Demetrious Johnson He started the fight with a lot of speed and variations of straight blows with takedown attempts, which seemed to have caught the champion by surprise. In turn, Cruz defended the challenger's attacks well and still managed to stay on top on the ground, from where he worked on some transitions, but without offering any danger to Jonhson.
In the second round, Demetrious continued working with speed and connected some punches on the champion. Having difficulty exchanging blows, despite the advantage in his wingspan, Dominick changed his strategy and tried to take down his opponent, using good judo takedowns. With good pressure from above, the champion controlled the fight, showing physical fitness, to defend his reign in the 61 kg division for the second time in the UFC. At the end of 25 minutes of fight, the side judges scored 50×45, 50×45, 49×46 for Dominick Cruz, which scores his eighteenth career victory.
Struve surprises and submits Barry
In the second most important fight of the night, Stefan struve He was considered the underdog against Patty Barry, but the Dutch athlete surprised the experts to leave the octagon with the victory. With a huge disadvantage in his wingspan, Barry was forced to shorten the distance to strike his opponent, who used to turn well and control the fight without taking any risks. After a first round, without much emotion, the Dutchman attempted the takedown, but ended up falling on the bottom. But with his long legs, he managed to regain his guard and create a tight triangle. Barry even tried a piledriver, but it was in vain, and the North American was forced to give up the fight.
Anthony Johnson runs over Charlie Brenneman
Charlie Brenneman arrived at UFC on Versus 6 ready for a big victory against Rick Story in his last appearance, but in front of Anthony Johnson the North American had no chance of achieving another triumph. Right at the beginning of the dispute, Brenneman attempted a takedown, which was well defended. Johnson held Charlie to the ground, where the punishment began. With a series of punches and knees to the body, Anthony punished his opponent. Brenneman still managed to get up, but with a beautiful high kick, which hit his face, he was taken to the ground again and the referee ended the fight.
Wiman defeats Danzing in decision
In the first fight on the main card, Matt wiman and Mac Danzig had a balanced and electrifying duel. The duel, which was a rematch of the fight that took place in 2010 and won by Wiman, started with Matt taking the initiative and taking the first round. But in the second round, Danzing recovered and controlled the fight well. However, in the final half of the last round, Wiman fell on top and applied several elbows to his opponent, which caused a huge bruise on Mac's forehead. After 15 minutes of fighting, Matt wiman took the dispute by unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Tractor is knocked out by Edwards
The only Brazilian in the fight program, Rafaello Tractor He entered the octagon pressured to win, as he was having a setback in his return to the UFC. Before Yves Edwards, the Brazilian started the fight accepting the dangerous striking of the North American, who used counterattacks to punish the Brazilian. After a very balanced first round, Trator started the second round better, but ended up being surprised by a blow from Edwards and was knocked down. The North American threw an incredible sequence of punches on the ground, where Rafaello still managed to get up and continue the duel. However, still shaken, the Tupiniquim athlete ended up getting hit and went to the ground again, where he was punished with a series of punches until the referee declared a technical knockout.
Main card:
Dominick Cruz derrotou Demetrious Johnson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Stefan struve submitted Pat Barry with a triangle choke in R2;
Anthony Johnson defeated Charlie Brenneman by knockout in R1;
Matt wiman defeated Mac Danzig via unanimous decision;
Preliminary card:
Yves Edwards derrotou Rafaello Tractor Oliveira via technical knockout in R2;
Paul Sass finished Michael Johnson with a kneebar on R1;
Mike Easton defeated Byron Bloodworth via TKO in R2;
Shane Roller submitted TJ Grant with an armbar in R3;
Josh Neer defeated Keith Wisniewski via TKO in R2;
Walel Watson defeated Joseph Sandoval via TKO in R1;
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