Brett Johns and Pedro Munhoz to Meet at UFC 227

Brett Johns and Pedro Munhoz will both look to rebound from a loss as UFC officials have announced that Brett Johns and Pedro Munhoz will square off at UFC 227 in Los Angeles in the Staples Center. Pedro Munhoz has a record of 15-3-1, with his only thr…

Brett Johns and Pedro Munhoz will both look to rebound from a loss as UFC officials have announced that Brett Johns and Pedro Munhoz will square off at UFC 227 in Los Angeles in the Staples Center. Pedro Munhoz has a record of 15-3-1, with his only three losses in the UFC coming to highly […]

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Sterling-Johns, Two Other Bouts Booked For UFC Fight Night 128

Aljamain Sterling and Brett Johns have a date to throw leather. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials have confirmed to Newsday that Sterling vs. Johns is set for UFC Fight Night 128 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC Fight Night 128 takes plac…

Aljamain Sterling and Brett Johns have a date to throw leather. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials have confirmed to Newsday that Sterling vs. Johns is set for UFC Fight Night 128 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC Fight Night 128 takes place inside the Boardwalk Hall on April 21. In his last outing, Sterling was on […]

TUF 26 Finale Bonuses: Championship War Takes ‘Fight Of The Night’

“The Ultimate Fighter 26” Finale emanated tonight (Friday, December 1, 2017) from the Park Theater in Paradise, Nevada. The night was main-evented by the inaugural women’s flyweight title fight between Nicco Montano and late-replacement fill-in Roxanne Modafferi. The upstart Montano, ranked #14 in the show’s tournament, would take a unanimous decision to become champion in […]

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“The Ultimate Fighter 26” Finale emanated tonight (Friday, December 1, 2017) from the Park Theater in Paradise, Nevada. The night was main-evented by the inaugural women’s flyweight title fight between Nicco Montano and late-replacement fill-in Roxanne Modafferi.

The upstart Montano, ranked #14 in the show’s tournament, would take a unanimous decision to become champion in a battle that was fought tooth-and-nail. Modafferi had her moments as the pair traded punches liberally throughout the fight. “The Happy Warrior” even appeared to stagger Montano on two occasions. But the new champion was able to secure well-timed takedowns, win scrambles for top position, and thwart all of Roxy’s submission attempts, including a tight Hail Mary armbar in the fifth that Montano was able to slip out of.

Both women will go home $50,000 richer for their efforts, as their war of attrition won Fight of the Night honors.

The Performances of the Night went to finishers on the main card. The first was bantamweight Brett Johns pulling off an insanely slick calf slicer off a Joe Soto single-leg attempt. Johns reached down and wrapped up one of Soto’s legs, fell to his back, figure-foured his own legs around Soto’s, and pulled down on the foot for the tap. Soto looked in extreme pain. The end came in just 30 seconds.

The other Performance of the Night went to middleweight Gerald Meerschaert for his pulverizing body kick finish of Eric Spicely. “GM3” had to survive a harrowing first frame in which Spicely took his back and fished for the choke for the second half of the round. Once back on his feet in the second, Meerschaert wasted little timing slamming kicks into Spicely’s body. One particularly powerful one folded Spicely in half in obvious agony. No follow-up shots were necessary.

Both Johns and Meerschaert will find an extra $50,000 in their bank accounts come Monday.

Keep it locked to LowKickMMA for all your TUF Finale and UFC 218 news, notes, and analysis.

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Video: Rarely-Seen Calf Slicer Submission Kicks Off TUF 26 Finale

On a night full of amazing submission wins, UFC bantamweight contender Brett Johns attempted to top all of them when he met veteran Joe Soto on the opening bout of tonight’s (Fri., December 1, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 26 Finale main card from the Park Theatre in Las Vegas. Johns was able to use some […]

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On a night full of amazing submission wins, UFC bantamweight contender Brett Johns attempted to top all of them when he met veteran Joe Soto on the opening bout of tonight’s (Fri., December 1, 2017) The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 26 Finale main card from the Park Theatre in Las Vegas.

Johns was able to use some exceptionally slick jiu-jitsu to lock up a rarely-seen calf slicer submission on Soto, who was left with no choice but to tap when his leg was in significant danger only 30 seconds into the bout.

It was a statement win on a card that was already full of them just one bout into the main card and could propel Johns into a much bigger bout his next time out to the Octagon. For now, check out his impressive submission win right here:

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Brett Johns Looking for a Quick Stoppage Against Joe Soto

Wales’ Brett Johns is hoping that he can push into the UFC bantamweight rankings with a victory in Las Vegas over Soto The Ultimate Fight Finale is set to go down on Friday night and the unbeaten fighter is confident that he can produce the goods…

Wales’ Brett Johns is hoping that he can push into the UFC bantamweight rankings with a victory in Las Vegas over Soto The Ultimate Fight Finale is set to go down on Friday night and the unbeaten fighter is confident that he can produce the goods in Las Vegas: “It’s a tough match-up, because stylistically […]

Brett Johns Says he Was ‘Broken’ Before UFC Fight Night 113 Win

Brett Johns says a tough 20-week camp was worth it. Johns took on Albert Morales inside The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The bout was part of the UFC Fight Night 113 card. “The Pikey” won the fight by unanimous decision to improve his professional mixed martial arts record to 14-0. Speaking to the media after […]

Brett Johns says a tough 20-week camp was worth it. Johns took on Albert Morales inside The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The bout was part of the UFC Fight Night 113 card. “The Pikey” won the fight by unanimous decision to improve his professional mixed martial arts record to 14-0. Speaking to the media after […]