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UFC Minneapolis Highlights: Eryk Anders Brutalizes Vinicius Moreira

What a card UFC Minneapolis has turned out to be thus far. Eryk Anders continued the trend of finishes as the preliminary card draws near it’s end, knocking out Vinicius Moreira in the first round of their light heavyweight matchup. Anders came out and landed some bombs clean on Moreira’s chin, dropping him to the […]

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What a card UFC Minneapolis has turned out to be thus far. Eryk Anders continued the trend of finishes as the preliminary card draws near it’s end, knocking out Vinicius Moreira in the first round of their light heavyweight matchup.

Anders came out and landed some bombs clean on Moreira’s chin, dropping him to the canvas. The former college football player followed up with some vicious ground-and-pound, even getting in a few unnecessary shots on what looked to be an already unconscious Moreira due to poor officiating, to pick up the finish.

Check out the impressive knockout here:

Our coverage of UFC Minneapolis rolls on throughout the night. Follow along with us at this link here.

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UFC Minneapolis Highlights: Eryk Anders KO’s Vinicius Moreira

Eryk Anders returned in a big way when he violently beat Vinicius Moreira. The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Minneapolis event from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the first round of this fight, Moreira tried t…

Eryk Anders returned in a big way when he violently beat Vinicius Moreira. The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Minneapolis event from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the first round of this fight, Moreira tried taking Anders down but Anders rocks and drops Moreira. It was a […]

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Eryk Anders on Theodorou Release: He Doesn’t Sell Tickets

Elias Theodorou was released from the UFC following his loss to Derek Brunson at UFC Ottawa last month. Since then, there has been speculation as to what led to the 8-3 fighter being released from the promotion. Dana White expressed that Theodorou show…

Elias Theodorou was released from the UFC following his loss to Derek Brunson at UFC Ottawa last month. Since then, there has been speculation as to what led to the 8-3 fighter being released from the promotion. Dana White expressed that Theodorou showed no potential of being a top 5 fighter, but the consensus is […]

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Eryk Anders Returns At UFC Minneapolis

Eryk Anders returns to competition as he has next fight booked at the upcoming UFC Minneapolis event. It was officially announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion on Friday night through AL.com that Anders will take on Vinicius Moreira in a light heavyweight fight. Anders is currently on a three-fight losing streak. He suffered a TKO […]

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Eryk Anders returns to competition as he has next fight booked at the upcoming UFC Minneapolis event.

It was officially announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion on Friday night through AL.com that Anders will take on Vinicius Moreira in a light heavyweight fight.

Anders is currently on a three-fight losing streak. He suffered a TKO in the third round to Thiago Santos at UFC Sao Paulo. The finish of the fight was after Anders collapsed multiple times trying to get to his stool and as a result, the referee stepped in to stop the fight.

Then, he dropped a split decision loss to Elias Theodorou at UFC 231 and then a unanimous decision loss to Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 236.

On the flip side, Moreira has a 9-2 pro record and is fresh off a TKO loss to Alonzo Menifield in January.

UFC Minneapolis (also known as UFC on ESPN 3) is set to take place on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The main card will air on ESPN. The preliminary card will be split broadcasted on ESPN and the TV network’s streaming service, ESPN+.

A rematch between former UFC welterweight champions Tyron Woodley and Robbie Lawler will headline this show. In their first fight, Woodley defeated Lawler by first-round knockout at UFC 201 in July 2016 to claim the welterweight belt.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks. Here’s the updated card:

Tyron Woodley vs. Robbie Lawler

Jussier Formiga vs. Joseph Benavidez

Roman Dolidze vs. Vinicius Moreira

Drew Dober vs. Marco Polo Reyes

Chas Skelly vs. Jordan Griffin

Demian Maia vs. Anthony Rocco Martin

Paul Craig vs. Alonzo Menifield

Eryk Anders vs. Vinicius Moreira

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UFC 236 Results: The Real Winners and Losers

If it feels odd for a sporting competition to serve as a palate cleanser to the actual sport, well, welcome to MMA . UFC 236 was a great card. Not a good one. A great one…

If it feels odd for a sporting competition to serve as a palate cleanser to the actual sport, well, welcome to MMA . UFC 236 was a great card. Not a good one. A great one…

UFC 236 Results: Khalil Rountree Batters Eryk Anders

A light heavyweight match up that is sure to entertain will unfold next at UFC 2236 as Eryk Anders and Khalil Rountree meet in the center of the Octagon. As always, Lowkickmma will have you covered with all the results from UFC 236 as they happen. Anders (11-3) is a fighter’s fighter. “Ya Boy” will […]

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A light heavyweight match up that is sure to entertain will unfold next at UFC 2236 as Eryk Anders and Khalil Rountree meet in the center of the Octagon.

As always, Lowkickmma will have you covered with all the results from UFC 236 as they happen.

Anders (11-3) is a fighter’s fighter. “Ya Boy” will take a fight in either the middleweight division or the light heavyweight division like he is doing on Saturday night. Eight of Ander’s wins have come via stoppage.

As for Rountree (7-3), “The War Horse” has had an up-and-down UFC career. The TUF season three vet has won four of his last five fights. His only blemish in that stretch was to rising Brazilian fighter Johnny Walker.

Round One

Anders moves forward. Rountree has a noticeable Thai stance. He throws a light leg kick. Anders looks a bit confused here early on. Rountree blasts a hard leg kick, then another. He cracks Anders with a right, then a body kick. Rountree is smashing Anders lead leg with kicks. Anders has yet to land a strike, less than two minutes to go in round one. Again, Rountree slams a leg kick home, then again. Anders is in a bad way. He throws a spinning elbow, but Rountree smashes two more leg kicks into his leg. The round ends.

Round Two

Rountree moves forward with a blitz. He drops Anders with a straight left hand. He throws a hammer fist and dives in. He lets him back up. Anders can hardly stand. Roundtree lands a left hook and a kick. Anders falls. Rountree toys with him, then he lets him up. Rountree lands a right hand then a knee to the body. Anders tries to answer but Rountree drops him with a left hand. Anders gets up as Rountree lets him up. Anders eats a body kick. Rountree floors Anders with a right hook. He stands over Anders and lets him up. Rountree moves in with a one-two. The horn sounds.

Round Three

The fighters touch gloves. Rountree moves up and down looking for an opening. He lands a hard leg kick. Anders fires a straight left hand. Rountree lunges in with a right hand, then a left. Anders fires a left hand. Rountree goes back to the leg kicks. He blasts a couple hard kicks for good measure. Anders wings a left hand. Less than two minutes to go in the fight. Rountree throws a push kick, Anders throws a lazy high kick. Rountree throws a high-low-high combo.

Khalil Rountree defeats Eryk Anders via unanimous decision (30-26×3)

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