Nakamura landed a solid elbow on the break from the clinch. Nakamura landed a counter right within the first minute of the second round. Touahri appeared to throw more but it was a toss-up round. The first round didn’t feature a lot of action. KEITA NAKAMURA (33-9-2, 1 NC) VS SALIM TOUAHRI (10-2) – WELTERWEIGHT Kara-France has been fighting since 2010 and this was his sixth win in a row in his UFC debut. He was dropped in the first round as Garcia displayed glimpse of hope, but it was the Kai-Kara France show. This was an entertaining performance from Kara France with a solid performance. WINNER: KAI-KARA FRANCE BY UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-25, 30-25, 30-26) Kara-France landed lots of shots to end the fight and it was another 10-8 round and 30-25 for Kara-France overall on my card. Garcia was barely in the fight with Kara-France overwhelming him with more than 100 significant strikes landed. Kara-France dropped Garcia with a right hand in the third round. Garcia survived the round, but barely and Kara-France was up 20-17 after two rounds. Garcia had no defense except grabbing for the single leg. Kara-France began to dominate with his ground and pound as Garcia’s corner told him to move. Kara-France landed with elbows and punches by the cage on top. The second round saw both trade big shots and then Garcia went for a triangle and shifted to an armbar attempt, which Kara-France scrambled out from as the audience cheered. Kara-France was vicious with his ground and pound with lots of pressure to end the round and won it 10-9. Kara-France got top position and started landing clean shots and got Garcia’s back. Garcia dropped Kara-France with a right hand, but he was up quick. He was exhausted in the post-fight interview.ĮLIAS GARCIA (6-1) VS KAI-KARA FRANCE (17-7, 1 NC) – FLYWEIGHT Giagos left the UFC in 2015 and returned in September this year where he was submitted by Charles Oliveira. This was not a great fight, neither of the two Fight Pass fights was very entertaining. WINNER: CHRISTOS GIAGOS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28, 29-27, 30-28) The third round may have gone to Hirota and I would score it 29-28 Giagos. Hirota mounted Giagos in the final seconds but could not do much with the position as time expired. Giagos held on and was still able to get takedowns. Both men were tired as the fight wore on. Hirota reversed a takedown and briefly had side control before Giagos reversed and got on top. Nothing of note happened into the round until the final minute when Hirota got up and they traded several strikes. Giagos got a takedown to start the second round and was happy attacking Hirota in his closed guard. Giagos took Hirota down and won the first round. Giagos stunned Hirota early on with a right hand and connected with a follow-up knee. MIZUTO HIROTA (19-9-2) VS CHRISTOS GIAGOS (15-7) – LIGHTWEIGHT It was his twelfth victory in a row dating back to 2015.Įven under the new rules, I didn’t feel the rounds were 10-8 but Ismagulov did control Gorgees for the whole fight. Ismagulov said he is going to cut down to featherweight moving forward. WINNER: DAMIR ISMAGULOV BY UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-25, 30-26, 30-26) It was another round for Ismagulov and I had him winning the fight 30-27. In the third round, Ismagulov was a bit looser with his striking and clowning around for Gorgees before taking him down and went back to half-guard. Ismagulov controlled him in half-guard for the rest of the round and was up 20-18 after two. Ismagulov started the second round with a body kick and takedown. Ismagulov won the first round through his striking along with several takedowns. In the first round, Ismagulov hit a solid overhand right and used a trip to get the takedown by the cage. Gorgees is from Sydney and replaced Joseph Duffy on short notice for this fight. Ismagulov came in as a minus 500-favorite. Tai Tuivasa by TKO at 2:30 of Round 2ĪLEX GORGEES (7-0) VS DAMIR ISMAGULOV (16-2) – LIGHTWEIGHT Mark Hunt by unanimous decision (29-28 all) Jake Matthews by Anaconda choke at 1:19 of Round 3 Suman Mokhtarian by TKO at 2:14 of Round 1 Ben Nguyen by unanimous decision (30-27 all) John Gooden and Dan Hardy called the event. The UFC was in Adelaide, Australia on Saturday at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre for a Fight Night special.
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