MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week (2/26 – 3/4)

Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The clear highlight of last week’s MMA calen…

Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The clear highlight of last week’s MMA calendar was UFC 285, and several of the most significant results from that…

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Jake Matthews Edges Bojan Velickovic, Snaps Two-Fight Skid

Jake Matthews is back in the win column with a split nod over Bojan Velickovic. Two UFC Fight Night 121 main card bouts had passed, leaving Matthews and Velickovic to throw leather in the third sport. They did battle inside the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Matthews immediately threw a punch and shot in. […]

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Jake Matthews is back in the win column with a split nod over Bojan Velickovic.

Two UFC Fight Night 121 main card bouts had passed, leaving Matthews and Velickovic to throw leather in the third sport. They did battle inside the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Matthews immediately threw a punch and shot in. Velickovic landed a couple of elbows with his back against the fence. Eventually, Matthews got the takedown. Velickovic found himself defending a takedown again. Matthews dumped his opponent back to the mat. The round ended with Matthews in control.

Matthews moved in and landed a right hand in the second stanza. Matthews sensed danger and shot in. Velickovic looked for a guillotine in mount. Matthews popped his head out, but his opponent maintained mount. Matthews had his back taken. Matthews was able to escape and went for a takedown.

Matthews took down Velickovic early in the final round. Velickovic turned the tables and went for a choke. He lost control and Matthews ended up gaining the grappling advantage again.

Two of the three judges scored the fight for Matthews, awarding him the win.

Final Result: Jake Matthews def. Bojan Velickovic via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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UFC Fight Night 115 Preliminary Live Results

It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 2nd, 2017) will come from in the form of UFC Fight Night 115. Headlining the card are Stefan Struve and Alexander Volkov, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the […]

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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 2nd, 2017) will come from in the form of UFC Fight Night 115. Headlining the card are Stefan Struve and Alexander Volkov, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.

Darren Till vs. Bojan Velickovic closes the preliminary card on Fight Pass.

Mairbek Taisumov vs. Felipe Silva is next.

Michel Prazeres vs. Mads Burnell is next.

Rustam Khabilov vs. Desmond Green is next.

Francimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar Rakic is next.

Mike Santiago vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov is next.

Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Abdul-Kerim Edilov is next. In round 1, Edilov follows a right hook into a big clinch knee, steps back, then back in with a combo. He drops for a takedown and gets it. Edilov working short punches from guard. Mihajlovic is bleeding near his left eye. Edilov content to rain blows from guard.  Edilov landing at will to head and body. Mihajlovic pushes him off but ends up in turtle w Edilov pounding him. Bojan survives the round. In round 2, Edilov gets an easy single leg with four minutes left in the round. He gets right back up in guard. Edilov finally gets arm position to land 10-12 unanswered head shots and the referee waves it off.

Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is Thibault Gouti vs. Andrew Holbrook. In round 1, they trade body kicks. Holbrook is staying busy while Gouti looks to set up big single shots. A head kick drops Holbrook. Gouti swarms him with strikes and that’s a wrap.

Here are the results:

Darren Till vs. Bojan Velickovic

Mairbek Taisumov vs. Felipe Silva

Michel Prazeres vs. Mads Burnell

Rustam Khabilov vs. Desmond Green

Francimar Barroso vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Mike Santiago vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov

Abdul-Kerim Edilov def. Bojan Mihalovic via TKO (strikes) at 2:32 of R2

Thibault Gouti def. Andrew Holbrook via TKO (strikes) at 4:28 of R1

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Bojan Velickovic on Finishing Nico Musoke: ‘I’m Really Happy That I Did That’

Bojan Velickovic’s comeback victory over Nico Musoke is one he won’t soon forget. Musoke looked to be up two rounds when a shot from Velickovic had him on wobbly legs. Velickovic would finish the fight and improve his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) record to 15-4-1. It was “Serbian Steel’s” 12th stoppage win. After the […]

Bojan Velickovic’s comeback victory over Nico Musoke is one he won’t soon forget. Musoke looked to be up two rounds when a shot from Velickovic had him on wobbly legs. Velickovic would finish the fight and improve his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) record to 15-4-1. It was “Serbian Steel’s” 12th stoppage win. After the […]

UFC Fight Night 109 Bonuses: Main Event Is ‘Fight Of The Night’

UFC Fight Night 109 went down today (Sunday, May 28, 2017) from the Ericcson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The headliner saw top light heavyweights Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira lock horns in a homecoming bout for the Swedish “Mauler”. They would each go home $50,000 richer for their Fight of the Night. Both men were […]

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UFC Fight Night 109 went down today (Sunday, May 28, 2017) from the Ericcson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The headliner saw top light heavyweights Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira lock horns in a homecoming bout for the Swedish “Mauler”. They would each go home $50,000 richer for their Fight of the Night.

Both men were bloodied inside the first two rounds. Teixeira had superior one-punch power that had Gustafsson on his heels, often forcing him to turn his back and run to get back to open space. But the Swede’s superior hand speed and boxing skill gradually took over. His right uppercut was devastating in particular. Gustafsson closed the show in the fifth and final round with three of them in quick succession. A final cross sent a dazed Teixeira crashing to the canvas.

Two surprising preliminary knockouts earned Performance of the Night. After getting controlled on the mat for the first two rounds by Bellator vet and grappling specialist Marcin Held, Damir Hadzovic brought the fight to an abrupt end with a kill-shot knee in round three. Held appeared to be executing an ill-advised Imanari roll that “The Bosnian Bomber” met with a perfect knee strike. Follow-up blows came but were ultimately unnecessary. Hadzovic pocketed an extra $50,000 for his come-from-behind win.

Later on, Bojan Velickovic battled Nico Musoke in a close back-and-forth fight before ending it suddenly at the very end of round three. Musoke pressed aggressively forward, trying to put a final stamp on the fight to seal up a decision he seemed likely to earn. A counter right hook from a retreating Velickovic took away Musoke’s equilibrium and put him on roller skates. Unable to regain solid footing, Musoke fell to his back where Velickovic met him with coffin-nail standing-to-ground punches that sealed. Possibly fighting for his UFC roster spot, Velickovic emerged $50,000 richer with his Performance of the Night.

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Video: Bojan Velickovic Makes Nico Musoke do The Stanky Leg Before Finishing Him

Bojan Velickovic pulled through in a tough contest today (May 28). In the first bout on the FOX Sports 1 portion of the UFC Fight Night 109 prelims, Velickovic took on Nico Musoke. The hometown advantage went to Musoke, as the bout was held in Stockholm, Sweden inside the Ericsson Globe. After two rounds that […]

Bojan Velickovic pulled through in a tough contest today (May 28). In the first bout on the FOX Sports 1 portion of the UFC Fight Night 109 prelims, Velickovic took on Nico Musoke. The hometown advantage went to Musoke, as the bout was held in Stockholm, Sweden inside the Ericsson Globe. After two rounds that […]