Michael Wyke/Connected Press
Jiri Prochazka feeble UFC Vegas 25 to let Dominick Reyes and the comfort of the gentle heavyweight division know he’ll be a spot. The 28-300 and sixty five days-feeble defeated Reyes in the principle tournament by knockout in the 2d spherical Saturday.
Prochazka went on the prowl early. The unconventional striker used to be in Reyes’ grill along with his arms down early darting internal and out earlier than uncorking an correct hand that wobbled him.
The Devastator answered in the starting up by utilizing some wrestling to provoke the clinch. However soon he used to be becoming a member of in on the relaxing of the striking exchanges, answering support Prochazka’s mixtures with some counterpunches of his dangle.
If Prochazka used to be apprehensive of running out of steam, he in truth didn’t earn it known. He came out fair appropriate as aggressive in the 2d spherical and landed some serious shots.
The entirely thing that did dead him down used to be Reyes stinging him with a straight after which latching on to a guillotine. The previous gentle heavyweight title challenger wasn’t ready to capitalize, although, and the struggle got support to the toes.
That used to be immoral news for Reyes, who permanently went on Prochazka’s spotlight reel.
Prochazka hasn’t been in the UFC long, however he’s in truth made his presence felt. He now holds support-to-support wins over Volkan Oezdemir and Reyes, each were knockout wins in the 2d spherical.
His profitable scoot now entails 10 straight knockout wins and 12 wins in a row total. The previous Rizin champion is making it onerous to enlighten he must always own a gamble at UFC gold soon.
Main Card
- Jiri Prochazka def. Dominick Reyes by blueprint of KO at 4: 29 of Round 2
- Giga Chikadze def. Cub Swanson by blueprint of TKO at 1: 03 of Round 1
- Ion Cutelaba vs. Dustin Jacoby is a ruin up blueprint (29-28, 28-29, 28-28)
- Sean Strickland def. Krzysztof Jotko by blueprint of unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
- Merab Dvalishvili def. Cody Stamann by blueprint of unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Prelims
- Luana Pinheiro def. Randa Markos by blueprint of DQ (illegal upkick) at 4: 16 of Round 1
- T.J. Brown def. Kai Kamaka by blueprint of ruin up decision (29-28 x2, 27-30)
- Luana Carolina def. Poliana Botelho by blueprint of ruin up decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
- Loma Lookboonmee def. Sam Hughes by blueprint of unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Andreas Michailidis def. KB Bhullar by blueprint of unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
- Felipe Colares def. Luke Sanders by blueprint of unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Giga Chikadze def. Cub Swanson
In a night time that used to be marred by several fights going to a decision, Giga Chikadze made clear he stood out with a well-known-spherical knockout take dangle of over Cub Swanson in the co-well-known tournament.
Fighting for the first time in 2021, Chikadze had some issues to expose in his first struggle towards a recognizable name. His 5-0 open up in the UFC used to be impressive through taking care of commerce, however Swanson used to be seriously greater competition.
It didn’t matter. The Georgian used to be ready for the moment. Reasonably no longer up to a minute into the struggle, he unleashed a liver kick that doubled Swanson over. Just a few punches later, and the struggle used to be called off.
It used to be fair appropriate the 2d time that Swanson has misplaced by knockout or TKO. Jose Aldo also knocked out Swanson in 2009.
That is a testomony to the make of power he has in those body kicks. It used to be Chikadze’s ninth first-spherical take dangle of in his profession.
After that efficiency, it be stable to claim that Chikadze is ready for an perfect higher struggle subsequent day day out.
Ion Cutelaba and Dustin Jacoby Strive towards to Spoil up Scheme
In a uncommon incidence, Ion Cutelaba and Dustin Jacoby battled it out for three rounds to a ruin up blueprint.
As is expounded old for Cutelaba, The Hulk got off to a scorching open up. He dominated the first spherical, tying a gentle heavyweight document residing by Jimmy Crute for takedowns in a spherical with eight. How the judges would secure that spherical grew to turn into significant with the ability of a 10-8 spherical.
The subsequent two rounds were remarkable extra evenly matched. With Cutelaba testing his dangle gas tank, Jacoby used to be ready to earn support into the struggle and arguably won the next two rounds.
It used to be a worldly struggle to secure, as evidenced by the scorecards. Each and each fighter had one deem who belief they won 29-28, whereas the third deem seen it as a 28-28 blueprint.
It would no longer be the worst thing for these two to bustle it support. The struggle used to be bright, and neither appears to be like to be on a immediate tune to higher and greater issues.
Sean Strickland def. Krzysztof Jotko
Sean Strickland and Krzysztof Jotko were each middleweights who had establish collectively good runs going into Saturday night time. It used to be Tarzan’s take dangle of scoot that used to be preserved, although, as Strickland soundly took a unanimous decision over Jotko.
Stickland’s striking used to be the contrast. With neither fighter looking to exhaust the different down, this one featured hundreds of kickboxing, and Strickland clearly held the advantage. He bigger than doubled Jotko’s strikes landed whereas genuinely throwing much less.
He used to be even bright between rounds, as he used to be buzzing along in a stable day day out.
After lacking all of 2019, Strickland is making up for misplaced time. He has now won four fights in a row and continues to undercover agent greater day-after-day day out. Jotko has make of demonstrated his ceiling, however it be silent onerous to tell fair appropriate how far Strickland can skedaddle at this point.
Merab Dvalishvili def. Cody Stamann
In a struggle of the bantamweight grapplers, it used to be Merab Dvalishvili who used to be ready to impose his will extra frequently in a unanimous-decision take dangle of over Cody Stamann.
As is in general the case, the struggle between the 2 wrestlers turned accurate into a striking match. Dvalishvili used to be ready to notch 5 takedowns, however it entirely ended in fair appropriate over a minute-and-a-half of of alter time. Stamann conversely used to be ready to stick fair appropriate one takedown however had practically three minutes of alter.
Within the waste, the contrast used to be Dvalishvili’s quickness and ability to mix issues up.
Stamann used to be never ready to earn too delighted as the Georgian did a upright job of altering levels and combining his striking and wrestling.
The take dangle of affords Dvalishvili six in a row after he misplaced his first two UFC fights. It might most likely perhaps well well also very nicely be time to undercover agent him earn a bounce up in competition.
