UFC 248 Highlights: Alex Oliveira Edges Out Max Griffin

Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira went the distance.  The two fighters met in a welterweight bout at the UFC 248 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (March 7, 2020) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a solid fight with both guys mix…

Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira went the distance.  The two fighters met in a welterweight bout at the UFC 248 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (March 7, 2020) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a solid fight with both guys mixing up strikes while working in the clinch to take the […]

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Alex Oliveira Edges Max Griffin – UFC 248 Results

Oliveira GriffinKicking off the UFC 248 main card is a welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin. Round 1: Griffin opens with a right that misses. He is clearly the aggressor early on. Oliveira lands a right of his own. They clinch up against the fence. They separate and return to striking. Griffin lands a […]

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Kicking off the UFC 248 main card is a welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin.

Round 1: Griffin opens with a right that misses. He is clearly the aggressor early on. Oliveira lands a right of his own. They clinch up against the fence. They separate and return to striking. Griffin lands a big strike that seems to have hurt Oliveira. They clinch before Griffin trips him and is on top. Griffin lands strikes but doesn’t do anything effective as Oliveira eventually gets up. Griffin still has his back and takes him down. Oliveira reverses with a partial kimura before they scramble up. The round comes to an end.

Round 2: Griffin opens with a jab. Oliveira responds with a body kick followed by two leg kicks. Griffin is bleeding from his face but appears fine as he lands a stinging jab. Griffin clinches and tries to take Oliveira down but the latter reverses and is now going for his own takedown. Griffin is bleeding a lot more and the fight is temporarily stopped. It appears it was a result of an uppercut from Oliveira. The fight continues. Oliveira lands a leg kick. Oliveira continues to land leg kicks and follows it up with a right hand. The two start to exchange more. Griffin looks for a takedown but Oliveira defends and reverses him onto the cage. He attempts a spinning elbow on Griffin. Oliveira defends another takedown attempt and has Griffin clinched up against the fence. Oliveira is looking for a takedown. Griffin defends it and they separate. Oliveira is landing some big kicks to the body. Oliveira attempts a takedown but it’s defended by Griffin as the round ends.

Round 3: The duo return to striking before they clinch up again. Griffin attempts a takedown as Oliveira lands a couple of elbows to his head. They separate and Oliveira takes him down and has Griffin mounted. Griffin does well to get out of it but Oliveira still has the half guard position. Griffin is struggling with the blood pouring into his eyes. Oliveira gets the mount and lands strikes. Griffin tries to scramble and reverses the position and is now on top. He’s not landing many strikes but remains on top. The fight comes to an end.

Official result: Alex Oliveira defeats Max Griffin via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Alex Oliveira vs. Max Griffin In The Works For UFC 248

A welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin is set for UFC 248. That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed the news with two people close to the situation. The fight is not official yet but an announcement should be expected soon. Oliveira is on a three-fight losing streak and will be looking to […]

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A welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin is set for UFC 248.

That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed the news with two people close to the situation. The fight is not official yet but an announcement should be expected soon.

Oliveira is on a three-fight losing streak and will be looking to end the skid against Griffin. His most recent loss was a unanimous decision defeat to Nicolas Dalby at UFC Copenhagen in September.

As for Griffin, he is also coming off a loss to Alex Morono and has suffered defeat in four of his last six outings.

UFC 248 takes place March 7 in Las Vegas and is currently headlined — though, not officially — by a women’s strawweight title fight between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. However, it is possible that Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Yoel Romero on the card too.

Here is how the card is looking as of now:

  • Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  • Jared Cannonier vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti
  • Polyana Viana vs. Emily Whitmire
  • Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
  • Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
  • Calvin Kattar vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira

What do you think of the fight?

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Alex Oliveira vs. Max Griffin In The Works For UFC 248

A welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin is set for UFC 248. That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed the news with two people close to the situation. The fight is not official yet but an announcement should be expected soon. Oliveira is on a three-fight losing streak and will be looking to […]

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A welterweight bout between Alex Oliveira and Max Griffin is set for UFC 248.

That’s according to MMA Junkie who confirmed the news with two people close to the situation. The fight is not official yet but an announcement should be expected soon.

Oliveira is on a three-fight losing streak and will be looking to end the skid against Griffin. His most recent loss was a unanimous decision defeat to Nicolas Dalby at UFC Copenhagen in September.

As for Griffin, he is also coming off a loss to Alex Morono and has suffered defeat in four of his last six outings.

UFC 248 takes place March 7 in Las Vegas and is currently headlined — though, not officially — by a women’s strawweight title fight between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. However, it is possible that Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Yoel Romero on the card too.

Here is how the card is looking as of now:

  • Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  • Jared Cannonier vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti
  • Polyana Viana vs. Emily Whitmire
  • Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
  • Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
  • Calvin Kattar vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira

What do you think of the fight?

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Mickey Gall vs. Alex Oliveira Removed From UFC Norfolk

The UFC has announced that the welterweight scrap between Mickey Gall and Alex Oliveira at UFC Norfolk has been canceled. The fight will not be replaced. UFC Norfolk will go down from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29. The show will be headlined by a bout for the vacant flyweight title between […]

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The UFC has announced that the welterweight scrap between Mickey Gall and Alex Oliveira at UFC Norfolk has been canceled. The fight will not be replaced.

UFC Norfolk will go down from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29. The show will be headlined by a bout for the vacant flyweight title between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo. There was no reason given as to why Gall vs. Oliveira was canceled. The fight was only announced less than two weeks ago. It’s the second fight that Gall has had called off after his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC DC fell through.

Check out the updated UFC Norfolk card below.

UFC Norfolk Card:

  • Flyweight: Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
  • Women’s featherweight: Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont Viana
  • Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
  • Featherweight: Jordan Griffin vs. T.J. Brown
  • Women’s featherweight: Felicia Spencer vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos
  • Featherweight: Steven Peterson vs. Aalon Cruz
  • Bantamweight: Gabriel Silva vs. Kyler Phillips

What do you think about Gall and Oliveira being removed from UFC Norfolk?

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Alex Oliveira vs. Mickey Gall Added To UFC Norfolk

UFC Norfolk has its first official bout as Alex Oliveira meets Mickey Gall in a welterweight contest. The fight was announced by the promotion on social media on Thursday: Oliveira will be desperately looking to snap a three-fight losing streak. “Cowboy” most recently suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Nicolas Dalby back in September. As […]

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UFC Norfolk has its first official bout as Alex Oliveira meets Mickey Gall in a welterweight contest.

The fight was announced by the promotion on social media on Thursday:

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Oliveira will be desperately looking to snap a three-fight losing streak. “Cowboy” most recently suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Nicolas Dalby back in September.

As for Gall, he will be looking to make it two wins in a row and climb up the ranks. His last outing was in August where he outpointed Salim Touahri over three rounds.

Although this is the only bout made official by the UFC, there are a number of other fights that have been announced for the event:

  • Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
  • Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva
  • Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese

There is no main event as of now but expect developments in the coming weeks.

UFC Norfolk takes place February 29 at the Chartway Arena. Last year’s event was headlined by a lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje.

What do you think of Oliveira vs. Gall? Who takes it?

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