The Octagon returned to Rio de Janeiro for tonight’s UFC 301 occasion, a thirteen-bout combat card headlined by Alexandre Pantoja vs. Steve Erceg.
The extremely anticipated males’s flyweight title combat resulted in an exciting five-round conflict. Alexandre Pantoja acquired off to a scorching begin in spherical one, however the second spherical proved to be extremely aggressive. Spherical three seemed to be in favor of the Brazilian, however the Aussie stormed again to simply take-home spherical 4. It was the fifth and closing around the Pantoja was capable of dig deep and seemingly come out forward on all three of the judges’ scorecards due to a late takedown and floor & pound.
UFC 301 was co-headlined by a bantamweight bout between former featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo and streaking contender Jonathan Martinez. The competition proved to be a one-sided affair. Jose Aldo was capable of make the most of his large boxing abilities to overwhelm Jonathan Martinez all through their three-round combat, hurting ‘The Dragon’ with an enormous left hook within the third spherical. After fifteen minutes of motion, ‘The King of Rio’ was awarded a unanimous choice victory.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking residence efficiency bonuses.
Efficiency of the evening: Michel Pereira earned an additional $50k for his first-round submission victory over Ihor Potieria on tonight’s UFC 301 primary card (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Caio Borralho pocketed an additional $50k for his second-round knockout victory over Paul Craig (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Mauricio Ruffy earned an additional $50k for his first-round TKO victory over Jamie Mullarkey (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Alessandro Costa pocketed an additional $50k for his second-round TKO victory over Kevin Borjas.
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