Kevin Holland dropped, however snaps Michal Oleksiejczuk

Kevin Holland returned to the middleweight division for the primary time since 2021, and practically took house the arm of his opponent Michal Oleksiejczuk.

Holland (26-11 MMA, 13-8 UFC) overcame an early scare, however finally completed Oleksiejczuk (19-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) at 1:34 in Spherical 1 of their middleweight bout on the UFC 302 predominant card at Prudential Heart in Newark, N.J.

Strikes started flying at a excessive clip after the pair touched gloves.

As Holland circled on the surface, Oleksiejczuk landed a tough left hand that despatched him to the canvas. Oleksiejczuk instantly rushed in for observe up punches, however Holland was nonetheless very conscious of the scenario.

As Oleksiejczuk tried to land floor and pound to complete the combat, Holland slapped on an armbar, and it was deep. Holland rolled Oleksiejczuk over, and actually started cranking on the armbar. Actually, he appeared to hesitate to wish to snap the limb. Nonetheless, Oleksiejczuk didn’t wish to faucet, so Holland cranked tougher, and certain sufficient, the arm appeared to crack, prompting referee Herb Dean to step in and cease the combat.

KEVIN HOLLAND WITH THE ARMBAR IN ROUND 1 🔒 #UFC302 pic.twitter.com/sZpB0iM5vx

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) June 2, 2024

Holland returned to the middleweight division for the primary time since 2021 in a combat in opposition to Kyle Daukaus that was dominated a no contest on account of an unintentional headbutt. He improves to 9-4 at middleweight, whereas 4-4 at welterweight.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 302 outcomes embrace:

• Kevin Holland def. Michal Oleksiejczuk through technical submission (armbar) – Spherical 1, 1:34
• Niko Worth def. Alex Morono through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Randy Brown def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Roman Kopylov def. Cesar Almeida through break up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
• Jailton Almeida def. Alexandr Romanov through submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 1, 2:27
• Grant Dawson def. Joe Solecki through unanimous resolution (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Jake Matthews def. Phil Rowe through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Bassil Hafez def. Mickey Gall through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Ailin Perez def. Joselyne Edwards through unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Andre Lima def. Mitch Raposo through break up resolution (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)

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