The Octagon returned to New Jersey for tonight’s UFC 302 occasion, a twelve-bout battle card headlined by Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier.
The extremely anticipated light-weight title battle resulted in an exhilarating backwards and forwards affair. Islam Makhachev was capable of get off to a powerful begin within the opening spherical, dominating Dustin Poirier on the canvas. Nevertheless, ‘The Diamond’ had a significantly better second body and was capable of acquire some confidence. Spherical three resulted in one other good spherical for Makhachev, as he was as soon as once more capable of get the battle to the ground. Then, in spherical 4, ‘The Diamond’ was capable of finding success on the toes, opening up a foul minimize on the reigning champ. Regardless of his greatest efforts, Poirier wound up getting taken down within the fifth and ultimate spherical, which allowed Islam to lock up a fight-ending d’arce choke submission (see that right here).
UFC 302 was co-headlined by a key middleweight bout that includes former champion Sean Strickland taking up Paul Costa. The bout proved to be a tough fought five-round affair. Sean Strickland was the one making use of the strain all through the battle, touchdown his entrance kick and jab seemingly at will. Whereas Paulo Costa was capable of land some good low kicks and jabs to the physique, he by no means had ‘Tarzan’ in severe hazard. Then again, Strickland was capable of rating a number of knockdowns, together with an enormous head kick late in spherical 5.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that three fighters could be taking dwelling efficiency bonuses.
Combat of the evening: Light-weight fighters Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling struggle in tonight’s UFC 302 major occasion. Makhachev in the end received the competition by fifth-round submission, stopping ‘The Diamond’ with a d’arce choke.
Efficiency of the evening: Kevin Holland earned an additional $50k for his first-round technical submission victory over Michał Oleksiejczuk (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Islam Makhachev additionally pocketed an additional $50k for his fifth-round submission victory over Dustin Poirier.
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