It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, May 9th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC 198. Headlining the card are Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Demian Maia (22-6) vs. Matt Brown (20-13) closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1 in a welterweight bout.
Francisco Trinaldo (19-4) vs. Yancy Medeiros (12-3) is next in a lightweight bout.
Thiago Santos (12-3) vs. Nate Marquardt (34-15-2) is next in a middleweight bout.
John Lineker (27-7) vs. Rob Font (12-2) opened the Fox Sports 1 preliminary card in a bantamweight bout at UFC 198. A one-sided fight to say the least. In the first round, Lineker was working the body and using a lot of jabs. Font with a lot of movement. Linker took him down and worked him over with strikes. In the second round, Lineker continues to stalk him and landing some good body strikes. Font was throwing strikes but couldn’t get things going. Lineker went for a takedown but couldn’t get it and they went back to striking. In the third round, Font went for it in this round but kept walking straight into Lineker’s strikes. Lineker stunned him and got him down to the ground and landed some big strikes up against the fence. Linker won the fight by decision.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Patrick Cummins in a light heavyweight bout finished off the UFC 198 UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. This one did not last long. Nogueira comes out and blitzes him. Nogueira with a big left hand that hurt him. Moments and several strikes later, the fight was stopped.
Sergio Moraes (10-2) and Luan Chagas (14-1) met in a welterweight bout at UFC 198. In the first round, Chagas dropped him twice in this round (head kick and straight right hand). In the second round, Chagas was blitzing him when he striked. Moraes was mixing up his body strikes with his head strikes. Moraes tagged him with a head kick. Moraes went for a jumping guillotine but couldn’t get it locked in and Chagas ended up on top. In the third round, Moraes took him down and landed some big strikes. Chagas got his back and worked him over with strikes. The judges scored the fight a split draw.
Opening the UFC 198 UFC Fight Pass prelims was Renato Moicano (10-0-1) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (19-3) in a featherweight bout. In round one, Tukhugov comes out with his hands low and was throwing big shots. Moicano stayed calm and was picking his shots and throwing a lot of leg kicks. Late in the round, Tukhugov pushed him down and got guard in top position. Moicano would later scramble to his feet. A very close fight in the second round. Moicano came out strong and was throwing some big shots. Tukhugov claimed he was hit low, but nothing happened. In the middle of the round, Tukhugov shot in for a single-leg, but it was stuffed. In the third round, Tukhugov picked up the pace despite being cut. After three rounds, the judges gave Moicano the decision win.
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Here are the results:
Preliminary Card: (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Welterweight Bout: Demian Maia (22-6) vs. Matt Brown (20-13)
Welterweight Bout: Warlley Alves (10-0) vs. Bryan Barberena (11-3)
Middleweight Bout: Thiago Santos (12-3) vs. Nate Marquardt (34-15-2)
John Lineker def. Rob Font by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 6:15 p.m. ET/3:15 p.m PT)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Patrick Cummins via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:52
Sergio Moraes vs. Luan Chagas declared split draw (29-28, 28-29, 28-28)
Renato Moicano def. Zubaira Tukhugov via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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