UFC Battle Night time in Denver left nobody detached. Rose Namajunas hosted the principle occasion by dominating Tracy Cortez in a combat the place he went from much less to extra. Through the first three rounds particularly, ‘Thug Rose’ completely outlined what it means to be a whole martial artist, giving Cortez a lesson in each placing as on the bottom. Ultimately, Namajunas ended up profitable by unanimous choice to proceed climbing the ladies’s flyweight division.
Nonetheless, The night was additionally marked by controversy. Within the first of six fights that made up the principle card, Abdul Razak Alhassan and Cody Brundage They had been solely within the octagon for 37 seconds. Abdul got here out with every thing, damaging the American proper from the beginning, however A couple of blows to the again of Brundage’s head made it unattainable for him to proceed combating, forcing the referee to cease the combat with out giving a winner. This isn’t the primary time this has occurred to Cody, as in his combat towards Malkoun in 2023 His rival was disqualified for a similar purpose.
The opposite controversy of the evening got here within the co-main occasionthe place Muslim Salikhov gained by break up choice over Argentine Santiago Ponzinibbio. The South American was by no means joyful with the choice of two of the judges to present the primary two rounds to the Russian.
Jean Silva after profitable his combat final evening towards Drew Dober.UFC
Jean Silva is an actual hazard
Nonetheless, if there was one fighter who got here out stronger from this card it was the Brazilian Jean Silva, who pressured the referee to cease his combat towards Drew Dober for a minimize on the eyebrow to throw a warning to the light-weight division.
It was barely noticeable that he had fought two weeks in the past, displaying his energy from the primary minute and his broad repertoire of kicks, elbows and punches. Silva could be very enjoyable to look at, Along with having that charisma that some fighters have naturally, which is what makes them everybody needs to see him combat. Sooner or later, it will likely be the discuss of the city, much more than it already is.
UFC Battle Night time leads to Denver
- Rose Namajunas defeated Tracy Cortez by unanimous choice (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
- Muslim Salikhov defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio by break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Jean Silva defeated Drew Dober by medical stoppage within the second spherical
- Gabriel Bonfim defeated Ange Loosa by unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Julian Erosa defeated Christian Rodriguez by submission within the first spherical
- Cody Brundage vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan led to a no contest
Preliminaries - Carles Johnson defeated Joshua Van by TKO within the third spherical
- Jasmine Jasudavicius defeated Fatima Kline by unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Montel Jackson defeated Da’Mon Blackshear by KO within the first spherical after 18 seconds of combating
- Luana Santos defeated Mariya Agapova by submission within the first spherical
- Andre Petroski defeated Josh Fremd by unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Evan Elder defeated Darrius Flowers by submission within the second spherical
