UFC Adelaide: Junior Cigano knocks out Tai Tuivasa and challenges Alistair Overeem to rematch

J. Cigano knocked out the young fighter in the second round. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook @ufcbrasil

The main fight of UFC Adelaide on Saturday (01) in Australia had a plot worthy of Hollywood. The heavyweights Junior Gypsy e Tai tuivasa they measured strength from the first second. The home owner, supported by the fans, was close to victory, but the Brazilian, in a turnaround, connected with a cross that took the Australian to the ground. Thus, the Santa Catarina native beat the young fighter at 2:30 of the second round.

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“I knew he was tough, but not that tough! He kicked me really hard in the leg and I felt a lot. But I have knockout power and I can knock out anyone! I'll face anyone, but I think a rematch against alistair overeem it would be very good now”, said Cigano still in the octagon.

With the triumph, the Brazilian leaves the 'zica' aside and wins the second victory in a row on his record. From now on, Junior will once again go in search of the heavyweight belt.

The defeat at home leaves Tuivasa suffering the first defeat in his career as a professional MMA fighter.

The fight

The main fight between heavyweights got off to a tense start. The owner of the house, looking to close the bill in the first round, goes after Cigano. The crowd started shouting 'olé' as if the Australian was a bull and the Brazilian was a bullfighter. Tai's blows entered Junior's guard. The Santa Catarina native tried to move around the octagon so that the blows wouldn't come in with such force. The 'Bam Bam' Crusaders entered and the opponent felt it and shook. Santos tried to 'escape' the blows and pulled his opponent towards the cliché. Without more time, the first half comes to an end.

The second round began with the Australian chasing his rival in the cage. Tuivasa's blows came in and made the Brazilian wobble. Surprising his opponent, Cigano landed a right cross that made Tai fall to the ground. Junior went at it, hitting his opponent in the face with sledgehammers. Thus, Herb Dean declared the Brazilian's victory.

UFC Adelaide results

Main Card

Heavyweight: Junior Gypsy derrotou Tai tuivasa by technical knockout at 2m30s of R2

Light Heavyweight: Mauricio Shogun derrotou Tyson Peter by technical knockout at 43 seconds. from R3

Heavyweight: Justin Willis defeated Mark Hunt in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Welterweight: Tony Martin submitted Jake matthews with a hand triangle at 1m19s of R3

Feather weight: Sodiq Yusuf defeated Suman Mokhtarian via TKO at 2:14 of R1

Light heavyweight: Jim Crute submitted Paul Craig with a Kimura 4m51s from R3

Preliminary Card

Welterweight: Alexey Kunchenko defeated Yushin Okami in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Fly weight: Wilson reis defeated Ben Nguyen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Welterweight: Keita Nakamura defeated Salim Touahri via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Fly weight: Kai Kara France defeated Elias Garcia via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

Lightweight: Christos Giagos defeated Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-28)

Lightweight: Damir Ismagulov defeated Alex Gorgees via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)