Sunday, March 10, 2019

UFC Wichita - Lewis vs Dos Santos Produces Solid Night of Stoppages

Niko Price got a TKO stoppage after getting wobbled over the always tough Tim Means.

Kunitskaya looked like a zombie after a very broken nose bled everywhere but got the Win.

Moraes lost to Kayla Harrison's boyfriend in a fight where he'd have been better suited shooting a bit more often earlier in the rounds as his opponent could be found with his heels/back against the cage.

Dariush got tagged with some heavy punches from Drew Dober, but locked down a back triangle as Dober looked to extricate the arm. Impressive bite from Dariush to get the tap. He's dropped some fights to guys that are dangerous and even a last minute replacement/UFC debut.

Blagoi Ivanov backpedaled against the stalking Rothwell and picked up a close decision as neither guy could've complained had he gotten the nod from the judges.

Dos Santos punished Lewis with a bodykick and later finished him with punches. A decent fight

Akhmedov picked up a debatable decision win over Boetsch in which Boetsche never looked outclassed but would have easily dispatched the pretty formulaic/generic Akhmedov just a couple years ago in his career.

Zaleski dos Santos is a guy I've been hyping since his debatable UFC debut loss. He's got a bunch of stoppages, is always entertaining, and shows a nice mix of skillsets in different ranges of the fight. Millender looked outclassed as soon as Zaleski was on his back and the end looked pretty predictable once the hooks were in, TBH.
Millender's considerable stand-up will get him wins over a lot of mid level guys in the division, but this hole in his game is now known and he'd better be doing some real drilling and work to patch it up as this division has a lot of guys who want to drag you down to the mat and fight grinding fights.

Greene and Hughes threw a ton of spinning kicks and other stuff, and got to scrappin' there at the very end with Greene evening the score by picking up a decision win.

Next Weekend we get Till vs Masvidal on an early afternoon/evening card in the UK with Gunnar Nelson returning to action after his last win over Cowboy Oliveira (which was his return fight from knee surgery/injury). 

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