Surprise! Dustin Poirier beat by knockout Conor McGregor in the second round to give the Irishman his first loss by that route in the main event of UFC 257 held at the Etihad Arena, located on Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates.
In the first round, Dustin Poirier got a takedown over Mcgregor, but the Irishman got up and punished Poirier with a strong right hand and an elbow to the face, however, for the second, the American He punished his rival’s right leg with low kicks and landed a series of blows to the face that put more the Irishman, who ended up falling knocked to the canvas after a powerful right cross that hit the jaw.
So, Pear tree improves his record to 27-6 and gets in line to return to meet Khabib Nurmagomedov, while Mcgregor He goes 23-4 and suffers his first knockout against in his entire career. In previous falls, he had been subdued.
Michel Chandler makes UFC debut with brutal KO
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In the co-star fight of the night, the debutante Michael Chandler defeated by knockout Dan Hooker, one of the best lightweights of the past two years to make a statement to the entire division after dominating all of his rivals while in Bellator.
Spectacular emotions on the stellar billboard
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In what turned out to be a real war in the stand-up fight, Joanne Calderwood defeated Jessica Eye by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 and 29-28) in a flyweight bout.
The first fight on the main card featured two Brazilian fighters, where Marina Rodriguez shocked the world by displaying great weapons in his standing fight and defeating by WHO a Amanda Ribas in the second episode before a terrible detention of the referee Herb Dean.
In a middleweight bout, the Uzbek-Czech Makhmud Muradov, proved he’s a real fighter by knocking out in the second round Andrew Sanchez.
Great fights in the preliminaries of UFC 257
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Before the spectacular fights that Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Dan Hooker and Michael Chandler gave us, the card started early in the morning. Etihad Arena, located on the Yas Island of the United Arab Emirates with a flyweight fight, where after a real war, the Egyptian Amir Albazi defeated by unanimous decision Zhalgas Zhumagulov.
In the second price of the night agreed to 150 pounds, Mosvar Esloev beat the experienced Nik Lentz via split decision, where he highlighted the power of the 26-year-old Russian prospect.
In a light heavyweight fight between two true knockers, the Pole Marcin Prachnio defeated by unanimous decision Khalil Rountree to the anger of the public, who considered that the American should have won the victory by connecting the most powerful blows during the contest.
Later, the Venezuelan Julianna Pena gave chair of his floor fight by defeating the experienced Sara McMann in the third episode.
In a duel between Brazilians, Brad Tavares showed his weapons in the standing fight to nullify an expert on the floor as Antonio Carlos Junior to take the win by unanimous decision with cards of 30-27. 30-27 and 29-28.
To close out the preliminary card, the Armenian prospect Arman Tsarukyan The 24-year-old engaged in a brutal trade fight to dominate and beat Matt Frevola by unanimous decision.
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