Derrick Lewis accomplished a stacked UFC Vegas 19 with an exclamation level, putting off Curtis Blaydes in a first-rate tournament that followed an night pudgy of finishes.
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Derrick Lewis lands epic-tying knockout on Curtis Blaydes
Derrick Lewis changed into once ranked No. 4 in the UFC heavyweight division coming into Saturday night. He’ll transfer up not lower than one space after blasting No. 2 ranked Curtis Blaydes.
Blaydes kept his distance early and for factual reason. As rapidly as he moved in, Lewis landed a hard punch that posthaste staggered him. After getting his legs support, Blaydes approached extra cautiously, darting inside and exterior of Lewis’s punching energy.
Lewis got off balance halfway by diagram of the round and Blaydes took advantage, hitting him with a pair punches and a few leg kicks that backed him up.
Lewis sooner or later came forward, but ate about a hard photos from Blaydes, staggering some distance from him. Blaydes pressed on, driving a knee to the chin and following with an arching elbow.
Moral as Blaydes looked as if it might possibly well possibly possibly be doing a little bit injury in the waning moments of the major round, the motion changed into once halted after he by likelihood caught Lewis with a finger to the tag.
Blaydes shot early in round two, but couldn’t ranking the takedown. He took the center of the Octagon, Lewis gingerly backing away.
Assured from his earlier shot, Blaydes attempted but one more takedown, this time working straight real into a Lewis uppercut. The explosive punch sent Blaydes crashing to the canvas. Lewis dropped a pair extra punches to the head of his downed opponent sooner than referee Herb Dean stepped in to pause the fight.
With the knockout of Blaydes, Lewis tied Vitor Belfort for most knockouts in UFC ancient previous with 12.
So what’s next? Lewis isn’t obvious.
“I heard Jon Jones is creating. So it ain’t create no sense for me to express I’m combating for the title. So we’ll simply judge about,” he acknowledged after the fight.
If he were given a shot on the winner of the upcoming fight between UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and No. 1 ranked Francis Ngannou, Lewis has a desire.
“Stipe. I suppose Stipe. I delight in them wrestlers,” Lewis acknowledged, having simply knocked out a fighter that changed into once supposed in tell to out-struggle him.
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Yana Kunitskaya takes hard fought nod over Ketlen Vieira
Yana Kunitskaya, ranked No. 7, took a huge step up the UFC bantamweight rankings with a possibility victory over No. 6 ranked Ketlen Vieira.
Vieira came out firing with punches, which location up an early takedown. Kunitskaya posthaste regained her toes, but Vieira all over again took her to the canvas. Vieira smothered her for nearly the total round, searching for to attain to pudgy mount, but had to pick for the dominant space in half of guard, as Kunitskaya defended properly from the backside.
Round two changed into once the different of the major frame. Vieira all over again stormed Kuntiskaya, but this time Kunitskaya got adjust in the clinch and took top space in Vieira’s guard as they hit the canvas. Kunitskaya ground and pounded Vieira, who returned to her toes on several events, handiest to have Kunitskaya build her support on the canvas.
Toward the tip of round two, Kunitskaya took top side space, driving knees and elbows into Vieira’s side.
Round three began with both females being a little bit extra hesitant to storm the varied, but then Vieira scored a double-leg, posthaste taking half of mount. She moved to pudgy mount halfway by diagram of the round. Kunitskaya tried to atomize out, but Vieira moved to her support, repeatedly attacking and punching.
Kunitskaya sooner or later grew to change into the tables, ending the closing frame with some heavy punches from inside Vieira’s guard.
When the scores were learn, all three judges seen it 29-28 in favor of Kunitskaya.
Kunitskaya admitted after the fight that she felt delight in she had carried out sufficient to grab, but wasn’t assured that the judges would judge about it the identical formulation. “I truly feel delight in I did invent my job.”
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Darrick Minner routes Charles Rosa
Darrick Minner build on the most spectacular efficiency of his occupation, as he dominated Charles Rosa from bell to bell.
All three rounds, Minner came out swinging for the fences, taking a survey to grab Rosa’s head off. He rocked Rosa, but changed into once unable to ranking the knockout that he changed into once searching for to fetch.
Despite that, when the fight hit the canvas, which changed into once anticipated to be Rosa’s world, Minner persisted his domination.
Even supposing Rosa searched for submission after submission at some level of the fight, Minner maintained adjust, bludgeoning Rosa alongside with his ground and pound attack.
By the tip of the fight, Rosa’s face changed into once bloodied, and Minner fresh he had the victory. The judges agreed, scoring the fight unanimously in his favor.
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Chris Daukaus stakes his claim in the UFC heavyweight division
Relative newcomer Chris Daukaus scored the most arresting victory of his occupation on Saturday night. He changed into once already 2-0 in the Octagon with two first-round finishes, but made it three for three alongside with his first-round stoppage of No. 10 ranked heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 19.
Oleinik, who has 46 occupation submission victories to his credit ranking, straight away tried to position Daukaus on the canvas. He changed into once unable to invent so. Daukaus fended off the takedown makes an are attempting and cracked Oleinik with a simply hand.
He followed the simply hand with a good deal of punches, unloading till the referee stepped in and stopped the fight at 1: 55 of the major frame.
With little extra than seven minutes of time in the Octagon, Daukaus improved to three-0 below the UFC banner, likely forcing his formulation into the UFC heavyweight rankings.
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Phil Hawes takes a majority nod over Nassourdine Imavov
Phil Hawes got out to an early initiate, controlling the fight in opposition to Nassourdine Imavov in rounds one and two. He looked as if it might possibly well possibly possibly be properly forward going into the third frame, when Imavov grew to change into the tide. Imavov rocked Hawes, had him wobbled, but couldn’t build him away.
In the tip, not getting the attain tag Imavov the fight. The judges scored it 28-28 on one card, while the varied two judges notched it in Hawes’s favor, handing him a majority possibility.
UFC Vegas 19 outcomes: Tom Aspinall submits venerable champ Andrei Arlovski
Tom Aspinall, 15 years youthful, took the fight to venerable heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski.
He backed Arlovski to the fence in round one, unloading with punch after punch, unable to position him away. In round two, Aspinall straight away took Arlovski to the canvas, where he posthaste transitioned to a rear-naked choke for the submission attain.
TRENDING > Belal Muhammad steps up to face Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Evening 187 on March 13
UFC Vegas 19 Outcomes
UFC Vegas 19 Significant Card
- Significant Occasion – Heavyweight Bout: Derrick Lewis def Curtis Blaydes by KO (punch) at 1: 26, R1
- Co-Significant Occasion – Ladies folks’s Bantamweight Bout: Yana Kunitskaya def Ketlen Vieira by unanimous possibility (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Featherweight Bout: Darrick Minner def Charles Rosa by unanimous possibility (30-26, 30-27, 29-27)
- Heavyweight Bout: Chris Daukaus def Aleksei Oleinik by TKO (punches) at 1: 55, R1
- Middleweight Bout: Phil Hawes def Nassourdine Imavov by majority possibility (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Heavyweight Bout: Tom Aspinall def Andrei Arlovski by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1: 09, R2
UFC Vegas 19 Prelims
- Featherweight Bout: Jared Gordon def Danny Chavez by unanimous possibility (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight Bout: Drakkar Klose vs Luis Pena— CANCELED- Bantamweight Bout: John Castaneda def Eddie Wineland by TKO (punches) at 4: 53, R1
- Featherweight Bout: Julian Erosa def Nate Landwehr by TKO (flying knee) at 0: 56, R1
Featherweight Bout: Rafael Alves vs Patrick Sabatini— CANCELED- Ladies folks’s Flyweight Bout: Casey O’Neill def Shana Dobson TKO (punches) at 3: 41, R2
Featherweight Bout: Chas Skelly vs Jamall Emmers— CANCELED- Bantamweight Bout: Aiemann Zahabi def Drako Rodriguez by KO (punch) at 3: 05, R1
- Heavyweight Bout: Serghei Spivac def Jared Vanderaa by TKO (punches) at 4: 32, R2
