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Shavkat Rakhmonov Moves To 15-0 With KO Win Over Carlston Harris – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

Shavkat RakhmonovFormer M-1 Global welterweight champion, Shavkat Rakhmonov continues to look impressive throughout his brief Octagon tenure — improving to 15-0 tonight on the main card of UFC Vegas 47 with a first round knockout victory against Carlston Harris. Kazakhstan native, Rakhmonov, who has yet to see the judge’s scorecards over the course of his perfect […]

Shavkat Rakhmonov

Former M-1 Global welterweight champion, Shavkat Rakhmonov continues to look impressive throughout his brief Octagon tenure — improving to 15-0 tonight on the main card of UFC Vegas 47 with a first round knockout victory against Carlston Harris.

Kazakhstan native, Rakhmonov, who has yet to see the judge’s scorecards over the course of his perfect 15 fight professional run, managed to chalk up his eighth knockout win against Harris, adding to seven separate submission stoppages to boot.

Landing in the Octagon with a submission win over Alex Oliveira, Rakhmonov then laid waste to Michel Prazeres with a second round rear-naked choke before levelling Harris with strikes tonight.

Patiently working from the center of the Octagon, Rakhmonov spun with a well-timed wheel kick, clipping Harris before following up with a series of heavy straight strikes on the gound, rendering Harris unconscious with the first of two blasting blows.

Below, catch the highlights from Shavkat Rakhmonov’s third UFC victory and third stoppage win

Chidi Njokuani Crushes Marc-Andre Barriault With 16-Second Knockout – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

Chidi NjokuaniChidi Njokuani could likely not have drawn up a more impressive UFC debut — stopping Canada’s Marc-Andre Barriault with a stunning first round knockout just 16-seconds deep into his first outing under the promotion’s banner at UFC Vegas 47. Njokuani, an alum of Bellator MMA and Dana White’s Contender Series improves to 3-0 in his […]

Chidi Njokuani

Chidi Njokuani could likely not have drawn up a more impressive UFC debut — stopping Canada’s Marc-Andre Barriault with a stunning first round knockout just 16-seconds deep into his first outing under the promotion’s banner at UFC Vegas 47.

Njokuani, an alum of Bellator MMA and Dana White’s Contender Series improves to 3-0 in his last three with the finish, as well as snapping Barriault’s two-fight winning run.

Taking the center of the Octagon early, kickboxing talent, Njokuani slipped a shot from Barriault – landing a swift right hand straight counter, before following up with a series of ground strikes, forcing a stoppage win just 16 seconds deep into his promotional debut.

Below, catch Chidi Njokuani’s first round knockout win over Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Vegas 47

Philip Rowe Stops Jason Witt With Second Round Strikes – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

UFC Vegas 47UFC welterweight prospect, Philip Rowe has lodged his second UFC victory — and his second promotional win via strikes, rallying from an opening round wrestling performance from Jason Witt to stop the latter with a slick second round knockout at the Octagon fence. Rowe, a product of Dana White‘s Contender Series — initially debuted in […]

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UFC welterweight prospect, Philip Rowe has lodged his second UFC victory — and his second promotional win via strikes, rallying from an opening round wrestling performance from Jason Witt to stop the latter with a slick second round knockout at the Octagon fence.

Rowe, a product of Dana White‘s Contender Series — initially debuted in the UFC back in February of last year with a unanimous decision loss against Gabe Greene, before bouncing back to the winner’s enclosure and scoring his first Octagon with a second round knockout win over fellow prospect, Orion Cosce.

Improving to 9-3 as a professional, Brooklyn-born striker, Rowe backed Witt up to the Octagon fence with a straight shot, before landing with a well-placed left hook. Following up with some heavy hammer fists, Rowe forced a stoppage from referee, Chris Tognoni.

Catch the highlights from Philip Rowe’s second round knockout win over Jason Witt, below.

Francis Ngannou Unifies Titles With Decision Victory Against Ciryl Gane – UFC 270 Highlights

Francis NgannouFrancis Ngannou has successfully unified the UFC heavyweight championships — handing interim champion, Ciryl Gane his first professional defeat courtesy of a wrestling and grappling-heavy unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46). Some real notable clinch work in the opening round from Ngannou, who has managed to mitigate the forward motion from Gane who himself has elected […]

Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou has successfully unified the UFC heavyweight championships — handing interim champion, Ciryl Gane his first professional defeat courtesy of a wrestling and grappling-heavy unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46).

Some real notable clinch work in the opening round from Ngannou, who has managed to mitigate the forward motion from Gane who himself has elected to stick on the outside. Ngannou managed to find a home for some shots to the body during the break from a particular clinch exchange.

A good second round from the interim champion, Gane, who is now really starting to find his way into this fight. Showing his range and fluidity with some patented leg kicks, Gane spun notably upstairs with a wheel kick — clipping Ngannou without much more than a headshake from the Batie native.

Catching a wayward kick from Gane, Ngannou rushed forward and actually took the interim champion down, becoming the first to do so in the UFC.

Late in the third round, Ngannou would land a second takedown on Gane, beating his own previous record of one successful takedown in his Octagon tenure. Likely a third round for the Batie native.

Round four would see a stunning third and fourth successful takedown for Francis Ngannou, who managed to also establish some key control on top of Gane.

Once more winding up on top in the fifth round via a scramble, Ngannou almost found himself in dire straits courtesy of a heel hook attempt from Gane, who then inadvertently gave up full mount, and then half guard.

Successfully unifying the heavyweight championships, Francis Ngannou secures a unanimous decision victory (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) over Ciryl Gane.

Below, catch the highlights as Francis Ngannou successfully unifies the heavyweight championships

Calvin Kattar Slices Through Giga Chikadze In Dominant Decision Win – UFC Vegas 46 Highlights

Calvin KattarTalk about a triumphant return for Massachusetts striker, Calvin Kattar. Enduring a brutal beating at the hands of former featherweight champion, Max Holloway just a year ago — the #5 ranked contender returned to the Octagon tonight with a vengeance, bloodying, slicing, and battering the promotional-perfect, Giga Chikadze over five gruelling rounds to land his […]

Calvin Kattar

Talk about a triumphant return for Massachusetts striker, Calvin Kattar. Enduring a brutal beating at the hands of former featherweight champion, Max Holloway just a year ago — the #5 ranked contender returned to the Octagon tonight with a vengeance, bloodying, slicing, and battering the promotional-perfect, Giga Chikadze over five gruelling rounds to land his own unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-44) win at UFC Vegas 46.

Managing to capitalize on a slip from Chikadze who had previously landed some blistering kicks in the opening round, Kattar stole the first frame on all three judge’s scorecards with a well-timed takedown, in tandem with some top control.

From rounds two until five, however, the New England Cartel standout established and then further built up a considerable lead over his Kings MMA featherweight counterpart, slicing and bloodying with countless step-in and upward elbows.

Chikadze, hugely fatigued beyond the second round, attempted to fight back, but with constant pressure on the ticket from Kattar, the Tbilisi native faltered for the first time in his eight-fight UFC tenure, as The Bay State product returned to the winner’s enclosure in emphatic fashion.

Below, catch the highlights from Calvin Kattar’s bludgeoning of Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 46

Brandon Royval Takes Narrow Decision Win Over Rogerio Bontorin – UFC Vegas 46 Highlights

Brandon RoyvalUFC flyweight contender, Brandon Royval has snapped his two-fight losing run, courtesy of a close split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-29) victory over Rogerio Bontorin on the main card of UFC Vegas 46. Improving to 13-6 as a professional, Royval snaps a period of two consecutive stoppages losses to first, current division titleholder, Brandon Moreno, and […]

Brandon Royval

UFC flyweight contender, Brandon Royval has snapped his two-fight losing run, courtesy of a close split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-29) victory over Rogerio Bontorin on the main card of UFC Vegas 46.

Improving to 13-6 as a professional, Royval snaps a period of two consecutive stoppages losses to first, current division titleholder, Brandon Moreno, and then a submission loss to Alexandre Pantoja.

Forced the distance for the first time in his Octagon tenure, the #5 ranked flyweight contender almost forced the issue in the third round, going close with an armbar attempt from the bottom, with Bontorin defending stoutly, albeit in some considerable danger.

With the win, Royval now holds three under the promotion’s banner — following prior stoppages over Kai Kara-France, and one-time undisputed title chaser, Tim Elliott.

Below, catch the highlights from Brandon Royval’s close decision win over Rogerio Bontorin