This is the UFC 165 undercard live blog for the UFC 165 event at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
There will be eight fights on the UFC 165 undercard. Mike Ricci vs. Myles Jury
Ivan Menjivar vs. Wilson Reis, Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson, Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura, John Makdessi vs Renee Forte, Jesse Ronson vs. Michel Prazeres, Roland Delorme vs. Alex Caceres, and Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omielanczukwill be featured on the prelims.
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Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omeilanczuk
Round 1: Dan Miragliotta the third man in the cage. The heavyweights exchange high kicks early. Both guys using kicks in volume. Guelmino throwing follow-ups with his right, but nothing doing. They tie up on the fence and after a stalemart, Miragliotta separates them. Back to the fence they waltz. Once again Miragliotta separates the heavies they get back to work. Omeilanczuk with a brief takedown, but Guelmino able to use the fence to get back up. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Guelmino.
Round 2: Omeilanczuk out early in the second, and is coming on offensively. He lands a big show and shoots for a double-leg. Finally able to dump Guelmino near the fence, and he begins some ground and pound. Now Nandor is able to reverse, and he goes to work on the ground. They scramble for a moment, and Guelmino nearly gives up the position, but then rolls and is back on top. Guelmino with some elbows, but Omeilanczuk able to minimalize the damage Omeilanczuk actually fishing for submissions from the bottom there, and was staying active. Close round, but goes to Guelmino. MMA Fighting has it 20-18 overall for Guelmino.
Round 3: Third round. Both fighters lumber forward and start with kicks, just as they did to open the fight. Guelmino breathing pretty hard, and keeping his hands down. Omeilanczuk rumbles into him and pushes him up against the fence. He, too, is bushed. Miragliotta brings them back to center and both guys huff and walk slowly there. More kicks. Not a lot behind those kicks on either side. Again Omeilanczuk just pushes him up against the fence, and the action halts. Each man trying to get his breath. Miragliotta warns them, and once again breaks the action. Crowd antsy. Omeilanczuk momentarily loses his mouthpiece. Then he puts it back in and BOOM. Omeilanczuk lands a big left hand and down goes Nandor! Follow-up shot with the left on the ground, but Guelmino was already out.
UFC 165 official results: Daniel Omeilanczuk def. Nandor Guelmino via KO at 3:18 of R3.
Roland Delorme vs. Alex Caceres
Round 1: Very quick turnaround between fights. Here we go. Spinning backfist from Bruce Leeroy early, and it glances off of Delorme. Cacares in southpaw stance, and using his right jab. He comes over the gop with a right, and Delorme storms forward with a combination. Very little connecting flush. Big right hook by Delorme drops Caceres! Delorme swarms in for the finish, but Cacares recovers, and reverses to get his back — momentarily. Now it’s Delorme who reverses. He’s going for a rear naked choke, but Cacares rolls out. Delorme with body lock, and now cranking Cacares’ neck. He flattens him out for a moment, but again Cacares able to squirm out. He’s still in trouble, though. Delorme still with back control, and sticking on Cacares. Finally it’s Cacares who is able to wiggle out and back to the feet they go. Wow. Crazy moments in the scramble in that first round. Cacares with a nifty escape from the back crucifix, but he spent the bulk of the round fighting out of trouble. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Delorme.
Round 2: Back to the middle, they trade combos. Delorme trying to time out that counter right when Cacares moves in, but it has missed a couple of times. Cacares very active with his movement, changing levels and staying outside. He strafes Delorme with a couple of good jabs and then attempts a flying knee. Doesn’t land flush. Delorme was pushed down to the mat there, and that gives Bruce Leeroy a moment on his back. But Delorme frees himself and back to the middle of the cage we go. Again, a crazy scramble where things are ceded as fast as they’re attempted, and each bounces back to the feet. Delorme with a single leg wheels Cacares around. Nothing doing. Slow left jabs from Cacares. They are landing, but they aren’t doing much. He continues to rinse Delorme with jabs. This time Delorme ducks under and lands an uppercut. Nicely done. He rolls forward and momentarily gets Cacares down; Cacares able to use fence to get back up. Along the fence, Cacares with a good knee and a follow-up left. Close round there, in what’s been a scramble frenzy. MMA Fighting scores R2 10-9 for Delorme (20-18 overall)
Round 3: They slap five as they enter the final round. A good left from Delorme got through, and Cacares slips a little bit. But they circle back into the cage, Cacares the outer body. Cacares wrangles Delorme in along the fence, and Delorme attempts a throw which doesn’t work. Cacares briefly had Delorme’s back there, but they circle out and back to center. Cacares with slower, more deliberate strikes. Delorme eats a couple, but has had enough of it. He rolls in for a takedown. Cacares sprawls well, which spills the fight momentarily back into a scramble. Cacares briefly with Delorme’s back, but nothing there. They reset. Spinning kick from Cacares missed, but Delorme counters and rocks Cacares. Now he falls into Cacares’ guard and runs his shoulder high through the chin. Cacares trying to fish out a triangle, but it’s not there. Fight ends with Cacares on his back. Even with that, Cacares looked better as the fight went on. MMA Fighting scores the third 10-9 for Cacares, (29-28 for Delorme overall).
UFC 165 official results: Alex Cacares def. Roland Delorme via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Jesse Ronson vs. Michel Prazeres
Round 1: Yves Lavigne makes his first appearance as the referee for this one. Prazeres in nifty purple trunks. They touch them up. Straight jab from Ronson right off as Prezeres moves in. Now Prazeres shoots in, and works for the takedown on fence. He finally gets it and is immediately into side control. Ronson trying to better his position with his feet on the fence, and, with a pesky Prezeres on him stands up briefly. Not for long. He’s dumped back down, and again Prazeres presses his shoulders into Ronson. Side control again, too, this time with Ronson’s feet away from the fence. A Ronson chant breaks out here in Toronto. Prazeres trying to flatten Ronson out, riding his back. After a mile of set up, he goes from the rear naked choke, and for a moment it looked good, but Ronson rolls. Prazeres continues to land punches from Ronson’s back. Ronson frustrated as he walks back to his corner at round’s end. MMA Fighting scores R1, 10-9 for Prazeres.
Round 2: Ronson with some early leg kicks, in what must feel like an acre of space after that last round. But that all ends immediately as Prazeres moves in for the takedown. Ronson back up, but just as fast he’s fending off another one on the fence. Prazeres tenacious. He drives forward using his strong upper body to constrict Ronson. Ronson able to keep a knee planted as he stands up to avoid eating a knee from Prazeres, and he’s back up. Once again, after a scant couple of leg kicks from Ronson, Prazeres back into the bulldozer. He tracks Ronson down and, with control of his side on the fence, takes a glance at the clock. Ronson doing his best to throw anything in these tight quarters (knees, elbows), but not much there. Finally, they break and back to the center the action goes. Ronson throws a jab-uppercut combo, and Prazeres, no longer worried about telegraphing his intentions, drops his head and rushes in. Back to the fence we go. They break as the round ends. MMA Fighting scores R2, 10-9 for Prazeres (20-18 overall).
Round 3: Courtesy high five from Prazeres, as he and Ronson get back to it. Ronson moves in and lands a sneaky uppercut clean. That must have felt good after the things he’s seen through two rounds. Prazeres now walking the perimeter and surveying. He might be slowing a little here. Ronson doing leg kicks; misses on that one and pirouettes back to the middle. Now Prazeres content to let his leather fly from distance, and a left cross glances Ronson. Prazeres willing to trade here a little more. Ronson charges in with an uppercut that goes errant, and finally Prazeres goes back to what he knows. He tries to take Ronson down. Ronson doesn’t go down, however, and now it’s Prazeres lying on his back. Ronson with rare opportunity to work in new space. He sends some kicks in to the supine Prazeres, but eventually tells Lavigne to bring him up. Now they are toe-to-toe again, and Ronson using the right jab. Prazeres waits for Ronson to commit to a combo and shoots in and dumps Ronson on the mat. Back to the toil. Prazeres looks at the clock, and sticks on Ronson’s shoulder. Ronson with a big slam late and he goes for broke with punches. But it’s too little too late. He let’s out a roar, both for his frustration and that he finally got a moment to fight. MMA Fighting scores R3 for Ronson, for a 29-28 overall score for Prazeres.
UFC 165 officials results: Michel Prazeres def. Jesse Ronson via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).
John Makdessi vs. Renee Forte
Round 1: Todd Anderson is your referee for this final Facebook prelim. They touch them up. Forte the slight aggressor early, moving forward cautiously with his offense. Makdessi lands a spinning back kick into Forte’s abdomen. Doesn’t seem to have bothered him much. Makdessi figthing with his fingers splayed open. And just like that, Makdessi lands a counter-right that drops Forte. He slipped a punch, and dropped the bomb right on top of the ear. Right behind the ear. He then moves in and finishes the job with a flurry of rights.
UFC 165 official results: John Makdessi def. Renee Forte via TKO at 2:01 of R1.
Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura
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Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson
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Mike Ricci vs. Myles Jury
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