This is the UFC 180 undercard live blog for the UFC 180 event at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City.
There will be six fights on the UFC 180 undercard. Yair Rodriguez vs. Leonardo Morales, Alejando Perez vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez, Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith, Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Brown, Enrique Briones vs. Guido Cannetti, and Marco Beltran vs. Marlon Vera will be featured on the prelims.
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Yair Rodriguez vs. Leonardo Morales
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Alejandro Perez vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez
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Jessica Eye vs. Leslie Smith
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Gabriel Benitez vs. Humberto Brown
Round 1: FOX Sports 1 prelims underway. Mexico is 2-0 so far tonight, let’s see if Benitez can keep the good vibes going. Mario Yamasaki is our referee. They touch ‘em up and we’re off. Benitez firing early. Brown goes low, then wades inside and hoists Benitez over his head. Brown looking for a slam, but Benitez snatches a guillotine before it can happen. Don’t see that often. Brown hesitates, then methodically works out of it. Benitez in bottom position now, and he goes for the guillotine again. No dice. Brown trying to land short shots from guard, but Benitez is staying busy with submission attempts. First an armbar, then a triangle, neither of which are close. Brown stands, trades, and eats a big knee. Boom, there’s a knee to the nuts of Benitez. We’re back, and Benitez jumps immediately on another guillotine. Brown escapes into side control. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 Benitez.
Round 2: Benitez’s corner asks him to stop fishing for the guillotine. Brown whiffs on a body kick, then connects on a hard counter right. They start potshotting, and Brown kicks Benitez right in the nads again. Yamasaki takes a point away from Brown this time. Benitez comes out on fire but can’t connect. Brown dives low hunting for a single. He gets it, but only briefly. Brown transitions to a double. He can’t get it. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-8 Benitez.
Round 3: Benitez unloads off the break then latches onto a guillotine as Brown bull rushes inside. Whoa, this one is tight. Benitez clenches with everything he has and Brown falls backwards. He’s completely out. Wow.
Gabriel Benitez def. Humberto Brown via submission (guillotine choke) at :30 of R3
Enrique Briones vs. Guido Cannetti
Round 1: Connection issues inside Arena Ciudad de México delayed our ability to publish tonight’s undercard live blog. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Round 2: Cannetti hanging back, waiting for his offense. Briones stalking, but he eats a hard shot inside the clinch. Cannetti lunges inside and eats a huge counter right uppercut! He drops! Briones swarms with punches. Cannetti gives up his back and Briones jumps on it. That’s all she wrote. Rear-naked choke.
Enrique Briones def. Guida Cannetti via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:44 of R1
Marco Beltran def. Marlon Vera via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)