Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira came into his co-main event against late replacement Carlo Pedersoli at last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, with the momentum of a win over a former champion. He kept that momentum rolling, and it didn’t take him long. Oliveira caught a […]
Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira came into his co-main event against late replacement Carlo Pedersoli at last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, with the momentum of a win over a former champion.
He kept that momentum rolling, and it didn’t take him long.
Oliveira caught a kick from Pedersoli early and fired back with a strong right hand, flooring Pedersoli. From there it didn’t take long as Oliveira poured on the damage to score a second straight victory.
Watch the full fight video highlights here – which are essentially the whole fight:
Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders went to all-out war in the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. There’s just no other way to put it. The original headliner for the event was supposed to be Jimi Manuwa vs. Glover Teixeira. Teixeira […]
The original headliner for the event was supposed to be Jimi Manuwa vs. Glover Teixeira. Teixeira withdrew due to injury and usual middleweight Santos replaced him. Manuwa then withdrew and Anders – also a middleweight – replaced him at light heavyweight. But although the fighters were ‘replacements,’ they fought like champions in Sao Paulo.
The hometown competitor came out winging his trademark powerful offense. He landed straight punches, knees, and massive kicks to the body. But Anders attempted to neutralize “Marreta” with a relentless onslaught of takedown attempts. Some were successful but he was unable to ground the Brazilian striker for too long. That is until he took Santos’ back and threatened with a rear-naked choke.
The Brazilian survived and even reversed position. He found his kicking range again, but the action was halted by an eye poke. When Anders sought another takedown after a brief break, Santos began unloading a nonstop torrent of short elbows and punches that left Anders battered as the bell sounded on the third round. He fell to the mat three times in a concerning scene, awarding Santos the win in an absolutely awesome fight that won “Fight of the Night” as it deserved to.
Watch the highlights of the action-filled bout here:
This evening’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 is in the books from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. Now it’s time to watch the aftermath in the post-fight press conference. In the main event, middleweights Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders squared off at light heavyweight. Jimi Manuwa and Glover Teixeira both […]
This evening’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 is in the books from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. Now it’s time to watch the aftermath in the post-fight press conference.
In the main event, middleweights Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders squared off at light heavyweight. Jimi Manuwa and Glover Teixeira both previously dropped out of the fight due to injury. The two replacement fighters put on a rousing three-round fight with Santos taking home a vicious referee stoppage.
In the co-headliner, Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira secured a brutally fast stoppage over Carlo Pedersoli. Neil Magny was his original opponent. Oliveira took out his anger quickly on his late replacement, flooring him with a huge punch in the first round and finishing the fight quick.
Overall, the event was a bit short on big-name value. However, it more than made up for that with the retirements of two longtime veterans. It was also an event to remember due to its wide variety of impressive finishes by several fighters. Santos was the obvious one, but there were many other worthy finishes.
There’s a good amount to unpack from Sao Paulo, so join us for the post-fight press conference streaming live after the main card here:
The UFC is back in Sao Paulo, Brazil tonight (Sat. September 22, 2018) from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera. The card has seen several changes to its main event over the course of the last month. However, tonight it will be Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders in t…
The UFC is back in Sao Paulo, Brazil tonight (Sat. September 22, 2018) from the Ginásio do Ibirapuera. The card has seen several changes to its main event over the course of the last month. However, tonight it will be Thiago Santos and Eryk Anders in the headliner at 205 pounds. Also, in the co-featured bout of […]
Tonight (Sat. September 22, 2018) the UFC is in Sao Paulo, Brazil for an epic night of mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. In the main event of the evening, Thiago Santos will take on Eryk Anders in the Brazilian’s 205-pound debut. The main event for this card has seen a ton of shuffling, but it […]
Tonight (Sat. September 22, 2018) the UFC is in Sao Paulo, Brazil for an epic night of mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.
In the main event of the evening, Thiago Santos will take on Eryk Anders in the Brazilian’s 205-pound debut. The main event for this card has seen a ton of shuffling, but it looks like we finally have the headliner set in stone. Also, Alex Oliveira returns to the Octagon in the co-main event against Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
The card features other big Brazilian names such as Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Renan Barao, Charles Oliveira, and many more. Check out the UFC Sao Paulo full fight card, start time, and information on how to watch here:
Main Card (FS1, 10:30 P.M. ET):
Light heavyweight: Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders
Welterweight: Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli Jr.
Light heavyweight: Sam Alvey vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Catchweight (141.5 pounds): Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
Women’s strawweight: Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez
Prelims (FS2, 8:30 P.M. ET):
Lightweight: Charles Oliveira vs. Christos Giagos
Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo vs. Evan Dunham
Light heavyweight: Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
Heavyweight: Augusto Sakai vs. Chase Sherman
UFC Fight Pass Exclusive Prelims (6:30 P.M. ET):
Welterweight: Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
Women’s flyweight: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Gillian Robertson
Middleweight: Thales Leites vs. Hector Lombard
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Luigi Vendramini
Women’s strawweight: Livia Renata Souza vs. Alex Chambers