It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, January 20th, 2018) will come from in the form of UFC 220. Headlining the card are Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Kyle Bochniak vs. Brandon Davis in a featherweight bout closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1.
Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi is next in a welterweight bout.
Dustin Ortiz vs. Alexandre Pantoja is next in a flyweight bout.
Julio Arce vs. Dan Ige in a featherweight bout opens the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts.
Enrique Barzola vs. Matt Bessette in a featherweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. In round 1, Hard leg kick for Barzola, again. Bessette hits a counter right as Barzola charges in with an overhand. Another Barzola leg kick. A Besstte head kick just misses and Barzola tries one. Bessette pressuring with long kicks but they’re glancing or falling short. No shot from Barzola yet. Left hand, body kick for Barzola. Bessette backs Barzola to the cage and hits a nice right hand. Left hook, body kick again for Barzola. Bessette snuck in a high kick. Barzola tries tying up as Bessette comes into the pocket but he’s shucked off. Now Barzola gets Bessette on the cage, picks him up, dumps him. Bessette threatening a leg lock game and forces Barzola off. Barzola is standing over him and lands some nice shots. Bessette pops up. In round 2, Bessette is trying to set up an uppercut, pushing Barzola back to the cage. Barzola keeps him at bay with front kicks but Bessette is looking for question mark kicks around his guard. Barzola doing a good job so far hiding his chin behind his shoulder in the pocket, but his hands are worryingly low. He picks Bessette up and dumps in center cage. Barzola shoots once more against the cage. He dumps Bessette once more before the bell. In round 3, Barzola opens with a leg kick but Bessette comes forward throwing hands viciously. He doesn’t connect on much. Body jab, kick for Bessette. Barzola tries tying up but Bessette shucks him off before he gets to the cage. Barzola leg kick then nice 2-3. Bessette left hook to body. A glancing left lands for Bessette, then they trade lefts. They are crashing into each other and shoving off after these combos. Barzola in on a shot on the cage. Barzola picked up the decision win.
Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is Islam Makhachev vs. Gleison Tibau in a lightweight bout. In round 1, Tibau sends a couple of right kicks toward Islam. Makhachev fires back by landing a sick overhand left hand to drop Tibau and finish the fight.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Featherweight: Kyle Bochniak vs. Brandon Davis
Welterweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi
Flyweight: Dustin Ortiz vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Featherweight: Julio Arce vs. Dan Ige
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Featherweight: Enrique Barzola def. Matt Bessette by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight: Islam Makhachev def. Gleison Tibau via KO (punch) at 0:57 of Round 1
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