Vick (left) used his reach to beat Massara. Photo: Reproduction / Twitter / UFC Brasil
The main card of ufc austin, an event held on Sunday night (18), will not bring good memories for Brazilian athletes. After the victory of Carlos Diego Ferreira in the preliminary program, Thiago Pitbull e Francisco Massaranduba were defeated by Curtis Millender and James Vick, respectively, in the main session.
In the main fight of the night, Donald Cerrone recovered from a three-fight losing streak and defeated Yancy Medeiros by technical knockout in the first round and became the athlete with the most victories in the octagon.
Massaranduba suffers from height and loses to Vick
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Francisco Massaranduba and James Vick dueled in ufc austin with an eye on the top-10 in the lightweight division. And, as expected, the balance marked the dispute from the beginning. But the North American made use of his greater stature to take the fight with a unanimous decision from the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
The duel of strategies became clear at the beginning of the dispute. Higher up, Vick tried to keep the fight standing, while Massara tried to take down his rival and work on the ground. The North American avoided the Brazilian's first takedown attempts and landed more blows in the stand-up fight. In the middle of the partial, when the Piauí native fired an overhand, Vick connected the counterattack in full and massaranduba, who fell. The North American went for the ground, but Francisco managed to recover and even managed to land a fair guillotine choke. James was close to being submitted, but escaped the choke in the final moments.
In the second round, massaranduba He tried to exchange punches with his rival, but with his greater reach, Vick connected the best attacks. The Brazilian even took down the North American, who quickly got up. With the fight in the center of the cage, James kept the fight at medium distance and connected more punches, which even without force, were important in adding points.
Behind the judges' papers, massaranduba He was ready to turn the fight around in the third round. The Brazilian walked forward and, despite the difficulty in entering his rival's range of action, landed the best punches. On the other hand, Vick worked well on his dodges to avoid being taken down and managed the advantage gained in the previous stages.
Pitbull doesn't meet and loses to newcomer
Known for his skill in stand-up fighting, Thiago Pitbull He even challenged for the welterweight belt with several knockouts. But in ufc austin, the Ceará native did not find himself in his specialty against Curtis Millender. With a greater reach, the North American worked better at distance, combined good blows and avoided all of the Brazilian's attempts to close the distance. The victory came by knockout in the second round, with a beautiful knee strike.
Millender's first good moment came right at the beginning of the dispute: he combined a jab with an upper, which knocked Pitbull down. The North American even celebrated the victory, but when he saw that the referee let the dispute continue. Curtis still landed good punches on the Brazilian on the ground, but Thiago showed courage, managed to get up and survived the punishment
In the second round, despite recovering from the blows suffered in the previous round, Thiago Pitbull he couldn't hit his rival. In turn, Millender moved and connected the best attacks. At the end of the partial, the North American threw a knee at him. The blow hit Thiago square in the head and he fell to the ground, already knocked out.
“I always go on the attack, and no matter what you bring to the octagon, I will counterattack. I’m here to fight anyone,” Millender said.
UFC Austin results
MAIN CARD (from midnight):
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Donald Cerrone defeated Yancy Medeiros by technical knockout at 4:58 of R1;
Heavy (up to 120 kg): Derrick Lewis derrotou Marcin tybura by knockout at 2m48s of R2;
Mild (up to 70,3 kg): James Vick defeated Francisco Massaranduba in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Curtis Millender defeated Thiago Pitbull by knockout at 4m17s of R2
Feathers (up to 65,7 kg): Brandon davis defeated Steven Peterson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)
Mild: Sage Northcutt defeated Thibault Gouti via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD (From 20h)
Mild (up to 70,3 kg): Carlos Diego Ferreira derrotou Jared gordon by knockout at 1:58 of R1
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Geoff neal submitted Brian Camozzi with a rear naked choke at 2m:48s of R1
Flies (up to 55,7 kg): Roberto Sanchez submitted Joby Sanchez with a rear naked choke at 1m50s of R1
Galos (up to 61,2 kg): Lucie Pudilova defeated Sarah Moras via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
Welterweight (up to 77,1kg): alex morono submitted Joshua Burkman with a guillotine 2m12s into R1
Medium (up to 84,0 kg): Oskar Piechota defeated Tim Williams by technical knockout at 1m54s of R1
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