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Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim
Joanne Calderwood rolled the dice in Las Vegas on Saturday night and lost her bankroll.
Calderwood current a fight against Jennifer Maia when her promised arena of Valentina Shevchenko changed into placed on care for for the reason that UFC ladies’s flyweight champion is indifferent making improvements to from a leg damage. Calderwood needed to advance to a decision between ready or staying stuffed with life. She chose to fight, and he or she saw her title shot evaporate when she changed into submitted in the well-known round of the co-well-known match of UFC Fight Night at the promotion’s Apex facility.
Maia (18-6-1, 3-2 in the UFC), who’s No. 9 in ESPN’s divisional rankings, changed into in expose from the initiating up, peppering Calderwood (14-5, 6-5 UFC) with factual hands after which one-two combinations till the fourth-ranked Scotswoman shot for a takedown midway via the round. Placed on her support, Maia lightly tied up Calderwood to prevent any floor-and-pound, then worked for a submission. She locked in an armbar and got the tapout at 4: 29 of Round 1.
Maia, 31, is a archaic Invicta FC champion from Brazil. She had a two-fight a hit poke snapped in November by onetime title challenger Katlyn Chookagian. Now she is support heading in the suitable route. Her eight most fresh fights had gone to decisions, nonetheless on Saturday, she got her ninth occupation enact.
Calderwood, who trains in Las Vegas, is typically a busy striker. She got here in with a charge of 6.67 foremost strikes landed per minute in the UFC, the excellent output in ladies’s flyweight historical previous. But on this night, she by no formulation got heading in the suitable route. She did land 26 foremost strikes to Maia’s 20, nonetheless many had been front kicks to the physique aimed to care for the fight at distance. It did not work, as Maia saved coming.
Survey you soon Jennifer Maia ??
— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) August 2, 2020
Calderwood hadn’t fought since Sept. 7, 2019, and he or she didn’t must inch over a year without combating — or a paycheck. And she wasn’t guaranteed the title shot.
“I repeatedly disclose reasonably about a jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai, nonetheless I confirmed I will establish each,” Maia acknowledged. “I inch to be ready wherever the fight goes. I had two alternate recommendations in my guard — inch for the sweep or submission. My coach started yelling at me to not let inch of the arm. I changed into ready to enact the armbar.
“I must fight with the champion. It be going to be a pleasure to fight her.”
— Wagenheim
Middleweight: Derek Brunson (21-7, 11-6) defeats Edmen Shahbazyan (11-1, 4-1) by third-round TKO
Doubtlessly the most handy formulation to the tip of the UFC’s middleweight division is via Derek Brunson. On Saturday, he slammed that door shut for a red-sizzling prospect.
Brunson stopped Edmen Shahbazyan via TKO at : 26 of the third round in the well-known match of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. The beforehand undefeated Shahbazyan had the entire hype coming in — he’s the archaic coaching accomplice of UFC memoir Ronda Rousey. But Brunson practically achieved him at the discontinue of the second, after which did so early in the third.
Welterweight: Vicente Luque (19-7-1, 12-3 UFC) defeats Randy Brown (12-4, 6-4 UFC) by second-round KO
Luque took a bow following a vicious enact. He deserved it.
With a decisive knee that led without extend from a artful setup, Luque stopped Brown by knockout at 4: 56 of the second round. Luque is now tied for second for the most knockouts in UFC welterweight historical previous (8) and is third for the most finishes in UFC welterweight historical previous (11).
Luque had Brown in a front headlock. Brown tried to attain down to touch the ground, which would enjoy made a knee to his head unlawful. Luque held Brown’s head up, so Brown changed into unable to touch his hand to the mat. Luque then landed a knee that dropped Brown and achieved with a flurry of punches on the ground. It changed into an very supreme sequence.
Man!! Disturbing one for my bro @TouchNgo_ , care for your head up killa. Appropriate care for working and evolving. Congrats to @VicenteLuqueMMA on one other enact to his belt! Both guys are world class warring parties/strikers and there can also handiest be one winner. #UFCVegas6 #ufcfightnight
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) August 2, 2020
“I saw, hiya, I will even establish a knee here,” Luque acknowledged.” … [I thought], ‘If I establish decided that his hands must not on the ground, I’m gonna knee him.'”
In a while, Luque called out Nate Diaz in his postfight interview.
“He handiest needs superfights, nonetheless if we’re gonna tumble in the rankings, I’m above him,” Luque acknowledged. “I in actuality enjoy reasonably about a appreciate for him. With our kinds, it’d be a banger of a fight.”
Luque dominated the well-known round. He slammed kicks to Brown’s left calf, which opened him a factual hand that dropped Brown. Luque landed one other laborious left later in the round that sent Brown reeling. Within the second, Luque dropped Brown with a calf kick early, nonetheless Brown won some momentum against the center of the round. Brown landed a spinning support elbow and a takedown.
With the round coming to a shut, Luque grabbed onto a clinch, then the front headlock. Luque acknowledged he could well enjoy gone for a D’arce choke, one among his celebrated tactics. But as a substitute, the knee changed into there.
Luque, 28, has won two straight and eight of his previous 9. The 28-year-passe Brazil native has lost handiest to top welterweights Stephen Thompson and Leon Edwards since 2015. Brown, a 30-year-passe Sleek York resident, had a two-fight a hit poke snapped.
— Raimondi
Light-weight: Bobby Inexperienced (25-10-1, 6-5-1 UFC, +130) defeats Lando Vannata (11-4-2, 3-4-2 UFC, -150) vs. by unanimous decision
In the end, there changed into a winner between these two.
Fair about three years after they fought to a diagram in a classic battle, Inexperienced and Vannata placed on one other stellar performance of support-and-forth combating. Inexperienced ended up getting the easier of this rematch by getting stronger because the fight wore on.
Familiarity is identified to breed contempt, nonetheless on this case, it brought a nonstop alternate of punches, kicks and trash focus on. And when every round ended, there changed into a fist bump out of appreciate.
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) August 2, 2020
After every man gave as vital as he took early on, Inexperienced scored a knockdown in the latter section of Round 1, and whereas Vannata got support up and fought on, he by no formulation regarded ready to care for with Inexperienced from that level on.
All three judges scored the bout for Inexperienced, a 33-year-passe out of Fontana, California, who has won two in a row. Two scorecards be taught 30-27, and the completely different had the fight 30-26.
When he changed into presented because the winner, Inexperienced yelled, “I fair paid off my home!”
Vannata, 28 and combating out of in Albuquerque, Sleek Mexico, has fair two wins in his previous eight bouts.
One fight at some stage in that stretch changed into the diagram with Inexperienced at UFC 216 in October 2017. Every man pocketed an further $50,000 that night, a hit fight of the night bonuses for a card that also featured the likes of Tony Ferguson, Demetrious Johnson and Fabricio Werdum. That first fight became on a level deduction for an unlawful knee from Vannata. This time, it changed into a natty victory for Inexperienced.
— Wagenheim
Men’s bantamweight: Jonathan Martinez (12-3, 3-2 UFC) defeats Frankie Saenz (13-7, 5-5 UFC) via third-round TKO
Martinez did reasonably about a damage with kicks to the pinnacle and physique over the well-known two rounds, nonetheless it changed into a knee to the chin that achieved the job in the third.
The 26-year-passe out of Plainview, Texas, softened up Saenz over the fight’s first 10 minutes, practically getting the enact in Round 2 after twice floor his opponent with head kicks. But Saenz, who turns 40 in 11 days, saved getting up and, whereas wobbly, survived the onslaught. When he got here out for the final round, though, he changed into a piece unsteady off the stool yet became aggressor, having a salvage out about to shut the gap and gain the bout to the canvas. As issues became out, he changed into the handiest one to hit the mat, as a knee to the chin from a withdrawing Martinez wrapped up the TKO at 57 seconds of the round.
Immense head kicks! Frankie has his hands up nonetheless with shrimp gloves every so often it indifferent will get via!
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) August 2, 2020
Martinez, who got here in 4½ kilos over the bantamweight limit on Friday and surrendered 30% of his purse to Saenz, won for the third time in his previous four fights.
Saenz, who fights out of Scottsdale, Arizona, has lost two in a row after having won his old two.
— Wagenheim
Men’s bantamweight: Nate Maness (12-1, 1-0 UFC) defeats Johnny Munoz (10-1, 0-1 UFC) defeats by unanimous decision
It didn’t inch as expected for Maness in his UFC debut. Long-established opponent Ray Borg withdrew about 36 hours sooner than the bout. And Munoz, the bogus, landed some sad blows in the bout.
But Maness changed into ready to establish sufficient to form a unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27).
After a dominant round for Munoz in the well-known, when he passe his wrestling and grappling to upend Maness, the tide became initiating in the second. Maness changed into ready to commence up a carve on Munoz’s hairline with an elbow and land the tougher blows.
Within the third, Munoz had a level taken away due to a second kick that fell below the belt. Maness persevered after, as soon as again being the easier striker in the round and even taking Munoz down unhurried. Munoz, from the underside, worked a uncommon calf crusher because the seconds ticked off the clock in the final round, nonetheless Maness changed into stable in the peculiar diagram and made it to the bell.
Maness, 29, has now won two straight, and this changed into his first UFC preserve shut. The Kentucky resident has handiest one occupation loss, to UFC primitive Taylor Lapilus in 2019 below the TKO banner. Munoz, a 27-year-passe California native, got here in on a day’s be conscious as an undefeated prospect. He is a archaic King of the Cage bantamweight champion.
— Raimondi
Men’s featherweight: Jamall Emmers (18-5, 1-1 UFC) defeats Vince Cachero (6-3, 0-1 UFC) by unanimous decision
Emmers confirmed off a multifaceted potential build — fair not — in striking on a commanding performance to form his first UFC victory.
Emmers, a 31-year-passe combating out of Redlands, California, worked a completely different assault in every round. Within the well-known, he punished Cachero to the physique, touchdown an unrelenting array of knees and kicks. Emmers went mainly with factual hands to the pinnacle in Round 2, touchdown some gargantuan ones. In neither round did Cachero stop curious forward, nonetheless.
Emmers, who lost his UFC debut to Giga Chikadze in March, went to takedowns in the final round, getting two on four tries and establishing submission attempts each cases. But Cachero, a 30-year-passe Hawaii native combating out of Los Angeles, defended affluent it to the final horn in his UFC debut.
All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Emmers, who has won 5 of six.
Cachero changed into a unhurried substitute for Timur Valiev, who withdrew from the fight earlier in the week due to visa concerns.
— Wagenheim
Men’s bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez (15-3-2, 3-1-1 UFC) and Cody Durden (11-2-1, 0-0-1 UFC) fight to a unanimous diagram
It does not occur recurrently, nonetheless unanimous draws establish exist in MMA. And this changed into a rather scored one.
That’s excellent !!
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) August 1, 2020
Durden dominated the well-known round with his wrestling, floor and pound and submission attempts. It changed into a 10-8 round, with Durden having Gutierrez’s support for far of the 5 minutes. Within the second and third, though, Gutierrez took over with his hanging. Gutierrez landed laborious kicks to the physique and calf of Durden, doing damage to each areas. Gutierrez dropped Durden twice in the third with kicks.
Durden, 29, changed into making his UFC debut on only a week’s be conscious. The wrestler from American High Crew in Georgia had a seven-fight a hit poke snapped. Gutierrez, a 29-year-passe Boston native, is unbeaten in four straight UFC fights and had won three in a row coming in. Gutierrez changed into a minus-310 celebrated.
— Raimondi
