This is the UFC 190 live blog for Reginaldo Vieira vs. Dileno Lopes, a bantamweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Struve, who has won four of his past five fights, will face Lopes, who has won five straight fights, for the TUF: Brazil bantamweight title on the main card.
Check out the UFC 190 live blog below.
Round 1: Osiris Maia is the referee. Lopes is southpaw, Vieira is orthodox. They’re banging away and Lopes fires a dozen body shots from the clinch before they break. Vieira scores with a right and jumps guillotine, but Lopes passes to the opposite side to escape. Vieira lets go and Lopes jumps guillotine and he escapes. They’re trading bombs and Vieira drops, so he shoots and Lopes jumps guillotine again. Vieira escapes again. Both fighters are just trading wild punches. It’s hard to tell who is getting the worst of it all.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Lopes
Round 2: Stinging right hand from Vieira from the outside. Lopes connects with his own. Another right hand scores for Vieira, but he eats a slapping body kick. Hard inside leg kicks finds a home for Vieira. Vieira scores another right, but not before eating a hard body kick. Lopes times a takedown after a punch and works from Vieira’s guard. The referee stands them up for inactivity.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Vieira
Round 3: Vieira opens the frame with a jab and hard outside leg kick. Lopes times a double and puts Vieira on his back halfway through the round. Vieira secures an underhook, so Lopes tries to jump guard again. Eventually, Vieira escapes and the two exchange hammerfists back and forth. That was rather terrible.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Vieira and the fight 29-28 Vieira