Jordan Leavitt’s knockout slam earns UFC Vegas 16 efficiency bonus
Though the UFC Vegas 16: Hermansson vs. Vettori fight card took rather heaps of hits at some point soon of the last week, and even misplaced three bouts on the day of the match, the fighters that did compete delivered.
2020 has been a turbulent yr, to reveal the least, on many fronts. The area coronavirus pandemic has scuttle roughshod on everybody, and it certainly confirmed with the changes compelled upon UFC Vegas 16.
The predominant match acquired a shift no longer up to per week from fight day, whereas three other bouts acquired nixed actual hours forward of the fighters were anticipated to whisk to the cage.
Fight of the Night: Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori
Jack Hermansson used to be usual speculated to headline Saturday’s fight card on the UFC Apex reverse Kevin Holland. That promised to be a famous fight, however it certainly’s hard to think that it is going to also were any better than the war that Hermansson fought against Holland’s substitute, Marvin Vettori.
The two fought for 5 solid rounds, however it certainly used to be the Italian fighter that beat Hermansson to the punch for the upper section of the fight. He furthermore almost about made it an early night by shedding Hermansson in the first round.
Hermansson survived the early storm, however couldn’t fetch his method out of it, as the judges scored the bout unanimously in Vettori’s prefer.
Their blended efforts, nonetheless, earned Hermansson and Vettori the UFC Vegas 16 Fight of the Night honors.
Performances of the Night: Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez ate some early punishment from Justin Jaynes, his left mark wearing the abuse of a couple of Jaynes honest hands.
Benitez slowed Jaynes with a couple of highly effective leg kicks. Later in the gap round, he dropped Jaynes with a knee to the solar plexus and accomplished him off with a bunch of elbows to build a $50,000 Efficiency of the Night bonus.
Performances of the Night: Jordan Leavitt
Seemingly potentially the most comfy efficiency of the night used to be from UFC debutant Jordan Leavitt.
Leavitt punched his label to the UFC in August with a capture on Dana White’s Contender Series. He made potentially the most of his moment, opening the UFC Vegas 16 predominant card with a knockout slam of 26-fight outmoded Matt Wiman in precisely 22 seconds.
The victory moved Leavitt’s file to eight-0 and furthermore earned him a additional $50,000.
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