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Four Fighters, Including Rachael Ostovich, Pull Out Of UFC Uruguay

Women’s flyweight Rachael Ostovich is among four fighters to have recently pulled out of the upcoming UFC Uruguay event on August 10. The first fighter was Taila Santos, with a wrist injury pulling her out of her women’s flyweight fight with Ariane Carnelossi according to MMA Fighting. Then it was announced by the UFC that […]

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Women’s flyweight Rachael Ostovich is among four fighters to have recently pulled out of the upcoming UFC Uruguay event on August 10.

The first fighter was Taila Santos, with a wrist injury pulling her out of her women’s flyweight fight with Ariane Carnelossi according to MMA Fighting.

Then it was announced by the UFC that Polyana Viana would replace Ostovich for her flyweight bout against Veronica Macedo. Ostovich last competed in January, suffering a submission defeat to Paige VanZant. The reason for her withdrawal is undisclosed as of now.

The promotion later announced that Rodrigo Vargas would replace Rafael Fiziev against Alex da Silva in a lightweight contest.

Finally, Laureano Staropoli suffered a broken nose, resulting in him withdrawing from his welterweight bout with Alexey Kunchenko. Luckily for the UFC, former lightweight Gilbert Burns will reportedly be stepping in and making his welterweight debut in the process.

Amazingly, all of these pullouts occurred on the same day. Luckily, there’s still over a week to go for UFC Uruguay so all was not lost.

UFC Uruguay Card

UFC Uruguay takes place in Montevideo and will be headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between champion Valentina Shevchenko and Liz Carmouche.

Below is the full card as of now:

  • Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche
  • Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
  • Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi
  • Luiz Eduardo Garagorri vs. Humberto Bandenay
  • Oskar Piechota vs. Rodolfo Vieira
  • Raphael Pessoa vs. Ciryl Gane
  • Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Mofett
  • Tecia Torres vs. Marina Rodriguez
  • Raulian Paiva vs. Rogerio Bontorin
  • Ariane Carnelossi vs. TBD
  • Alex da Silva vs. Rodrigo Vargas
  • Alexey Kunchenko vs. Gilbert Burns
  • Veronica Macedo vs. Polyana Viana
  • Chris Gutierrez vs. Geraldo de Freitas

What do you think of the card?

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UFC Adelaide Preliminary Card Live Results

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UFC Adelaide preliminary card results are underway as the Las Vegas-based promotion holds this latest event on television for fight fans around the world to watch the show.

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, December 1, 2018) will come from in the form of UFC Adelaide. Headlining the card are Junior Dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

Alexey Kunchenko vs. Yushin Okami in a welterweight bout closes the preliminary card on FOX Sports 1.

Ben Nguyen vs. Wilson Reis is next in a flyweight bout.

Keita Nakamura vs. Salim Touahri is next in a welterweight bout.

Kai Kara France vs. Elias Garcia in a women’s flyweight bout opens the FOX Sports 1 preliminary bouts.

Christos Giagos vs. Mizuto Hirota in a lightweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.

Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is Alex Gorgees vs. Damir Ismagulov in a lightweight bout.

Here are the results:

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Alexey Kunchenko vs. Yushin Okami

Flyweight: Ben Nguyen vs. Wilson Reis

Welterweight: Keita Nakamura vs. Salim Touahri

Women’s Flyweight: Kai Kara France vs. Elias Garcia

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Christos Giagos vs. Mizuto Hirota

Lightweight: Alex Gorgees vs. Damir Ismagulov

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UFC Moscow Highlights: Kunchenko Earns Decision Over Alves (Video)

Alexey Kunchenko had a successful Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut. Kunchenko went one-on-one with Thiago Alves in the opening main card bout on the UFC Moscow card. Alves had some success with the leg kicks, but Kunchenko ended up landing mo…

Alexey Kunchenko had a successful Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut. Kunchenko went one-on-one with Thiago Alves in the opening main card bout on the UFC Moscow card. Alves had some success with the leg kicks, but Kunchenko ended up landing more strikes. He sealed the deal in the third round as he was able to […]

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UFC Moscow Results: Alexey Kunchenko Outlasts Thiago Alves

UFC Moscow results: Thiago Alves vs. Alexey Kunchenko

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The premier mixed martial arts promotion touched down in mother Russia for the first time in company history today (Sat., Sept. 15, 2018). Kicking off the main card was veteran UFC fighter Thiago Alves, who took on UFC newcomer Alexey Kunchenko.

The 34-year-old Alves entered the night losing three out of his last four fights. He most recently lost to Curtis Millender earlier this year at UFC Fight Night 126. A win for Alves would be his first in a year and a half.

The undefeated Kunchenko enters the UFC after dominating his competition in M-1 Global. Boasting an 18-0 record, some prognosticators have anointed Kunchenko the next Russian star. He first had to get past a very game Alves.

 Round One

The fight begins with both guys being cautious. Alves eventually throws a leg kick and follows it up with some weak jabs. Nothing significant landed, however. Both fighters throwing a number of faints trying to get the other man to bite. Kunchenko occasionally throws a single leg kick but he is spending much of round one trying to figure out Alves. Neither man did much in the opening round but Alves did land a few more punches and thus should’ve done enough to win the round.

Round Two

Both fighters pick up the pace in round two. Alves comes up with a nice combo and Kunchenko follows with one of his own. Alves attempts a switch high kick that nearly lands. Kunchenko evades and lands a nice body kick to Alves. Kunchenko has had octagon control for most of round two and he has picked up his pace significantly. Alves lands a couple of hard leg kicks in the last 60 seconds of the round. Alves follows with a hard body kick. Close round, did Alves do enough to steal it?

Round Three

Alves has a knot on his left shin to start round three. However, Alves throws that left high kick to start the round. Kunchenko has done a great job at landing strikes while backpedaling all fight and continues in the final round. Again, Kunchenko owns the octagon this round and continues to lead the dance and be the aggressor. He is countering Alves’s leg kicks nicely in the final round. Kunchenko takes an incidental eye poke. The last two minutes were largely the Russian’s as he briefly knocked down Alves and took him down. Kunchenko should win this round and the fight.

Alexey Kunchenko defeats Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

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