Kevin Lee suffers brutal 55 second guillotine loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov in Octagon return – UFC Vegas 76 Highlights

Kevin Lee suffers 55 second loss in UFC return Rinat Fakhretdinov HighlightsFormer interim lightweight title challenger, Kevin Lee has kicked off his second tenure under the UFC banner in less than ideal circumstances, suffering a stunning 55-second guillotine choke loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov in their featured preliminary bout at UFC Vegas 76. Lee, a former interim lightweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, made […]

Kevin Lee suffers 55 second loss in UFC return Rinat Fakhretdinov Highlights

Former interim lightweight title challenger, Kevin Lee has kicked off his second tenure under the UFC banner in less than ideal circumstances, suffering a stunning 55-second guillotine choke loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov in their featured preliminary bout at UFC Vegas 76.

Lee, a former interim lightweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, made his second Octagon bow in tonight’s welterweight scrap with the highly-touted, Fakhretdinov — immediately facing adversity in the opening exchanges.

Staggered and dropped following a massive right-hand shot from Fakhretdinov, Lee fell into a guillotine choke attempt from the former — who managed to stop the previous interim title chaser inside just 55-seconds of the very first round, chocking Lee unconscious with referee, Herb Dean calling a halt to the matchup inside the opening minute.

Below, catch the highlights from Rinat Fakhretdinov’s win over Kevin Lee

Song Yadong defeats Ricky Simon with fifth round knockout in headlining slugfest – UFC Vegas 72 Highlights

Song Yadong stops Ricky Simon with fifth round knockout at UFC Vegas 72 HighlightsBouncing back to the winner’s enclosure off the back of a dominant loss of his own against Cory Sandhagen, Chinese bantamweight contender, Song Yadong retains his slot within the promotion’s top-10 rankings tonight against Ricky Simon — landing an eventual fifth round TKO victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 72. Yadong, who had […]

Song Yadong stops Ricky Simon with fifth round knockout at UFC Vegas 72 Highlights

Bouncing back to the winner’s enclosure off the back of a dominant loss of his own against Cory Sandhagen, Chinese bantamweight contender, Song Yadong retains his slot within the promotion’s top-10 rankings tonight against Ricky Simon — landing an eventual fifth round TKO victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 72.

Yadong, who had chalked up other notable victories over the likes of Marlon Vera, Casey Kenney, and former title challenger, Marlon Moraes during his Octagon tenure, managed to land a series of impressive, late knockdowns against Simon in both the third and fourth round of tonight’s short-notice main event clash.

Managing to clip Simon once more in the early goings of the fifth and final frame, Yadong, 25, flattened Simon to the Octagon canvas once again, before shoring up his victory with a series of follow-up ground strikes as referee, Herb Dern called a halt to the action.

Below, catch the highlights from Song Yadong’s win over Ricky Simon

Muhammad Mokaev survives kneebar scare, submits Jafel Fialho to remain unbeaten – UFC 286 Highlights

Muhammad Mokaev submission win over Jafel Fialho UFC 286Undefeated UFC flyweight challenger, Muhammad Mokaev was forced to grit through a late, third round kneebar attempt from Dana White’s Contender Series alum, Jafel Fialho — submitting the Brazilian himself in the dying embers of their UFC 286 preliminary card matchup with a rear-naked choke effort. Mokaev, who had landed a trio of victories in […]

Muhammad Mokaev submission win over Jafel Fialho UFC 286

Undefeated UFC flyweight challenger, Muhammad Mokaev was forced to grit through a late, third round kneebar attempt from Dana White’s Contender Series alum, Jafel Fialho — submitting the Brazilian himself in the dying embers of their UFC 286 preliminary card matchup with a rear-naked choke effort.

Mokaev, who had landed a trio of victories in the Octagon since his transition to the promotion back in March of last year, debuting with a submission win over Cody Durden — before besting Charles Johnson, and then Malcolm Gordon in further decision and submission wins, respectively.

Wrestling his way toward a likely decision win over Fialho, Mokaev’s undefeated record was in great jeopardy midway through the final round, with the Brazilian threatening and almost finding is way through with a taut kneebar.

Fully extended in the submission attempt, Mokaev managed to survive and grit through — despite suffering some visible damage, before wrapping up his own rear-naked choke win with less than half a minute remaining in the preliminary card pairing.

Below, catch the highlights from Muhammad Mokaev’s submission win at UFC 286

MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week (2/5-2/11)

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. Last week was a busy one on the MMA calendar, with…

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. Last week was a busy one on the MMA calendar, with plenty of regional action going on in addition to…

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MMA Fighters React To Islam Makhachev Outlasting Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284

Islam Makhachev made the first defense of his lightweight strap with a unanimous decision against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 tonight. An early contender for fight of the year, the early rounds saw Volkanovski wobble Makhachev several times. But t…

Islam Makhachev made the first defense of his lightweight strap with a unanimous decision against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 tonight. An early contender for fight of the year, the early rounds saw Volkanovski wobble Makhachev several times. But the Russian soon replied to do the same and land several takedowns that saw him take…

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Fighters React To Jimmy Crute And Alonzo Menifield’s Wild Fight

Alonzo Menifield and Jimmy Crute thrilled the Australian crowd with a fantastic fight to kick off the main card of UFC 284. The expectation going into the matchup might have been that both light heavyweights would stand and trade, but after an early ex…

Alonzo Menifield and Jimmy Crute thrilled the Australian crowd with a fantastic fight to kick off the main card of UFC 284. The expectation going into the matchup might have been that both light heavyweights would stand and trade, but after an early exchange Crute decided to bring things to the mat. That strategy appeared…

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