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A.J. McKee Submits Patricio Pitbull, Wins Featherweight Grand Prix – Bellator 263 Highlights

McKee18-0. The new undisputed Bellator featherweight champion. The featherweight World Grand Prix victor. A.J. ”The Mercenary’ McKee has realized the dream on home soil — submitting Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire with a wicked opening round standing guillotine at Bellator 263. Massive ovation for McKee early in the opening minute as the Long Beach native looks to […]

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18-0. The new undisputed Bellator featherweight champion. The featherweight World Grand Prix victor. A.J. ”The Mercenary’ McKee has realized the dream on home soil — submitting Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire with a wicked opening round standing guillotine at Bellator 263.

Massive ovation for McKee early in the opening minute as the Long Beach native looks to target Pitbull’s orthodox lead left with a series of kicks.

Launching a massive left high-kick, McKee wobbled and then dropped Pitbull before latching onto a standing guillotine choke — submitting the reigning champion in the very first round.

Check out the highlights from McKee’s championship-winning effort below.

Sean Strickland Secures Decision Win Over A Bloodied Uriah Hall- UFC Vegas 33 Highlights

UFC Vegas 33It’s now five consecutive victories for the #11 ranked, Sean ‘Tarzan’ Strickland who met with Uriah ‘Prime Time’ Hall at UFC Vegas 33. And with the help of a concise and composed gameplan, outstruck the dynamic kicker from pillar to post for five rounds. Strickland starting aggressively as expected early, closing distance and firing off […]

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It’s now five consecutive victories for the #11 ranked, Sean ‘Tarzan’ Strickland who met with Uriah ‘Prime Time’ Hall at UFC Vegas 33. And with the help of a concise and composed gameplan, outstruck the dynamic kicker from pillar to post for five rounds.

Strickland starting aggressively as expected early, closing distance and firing off shots each time Hall attempts to set up some shots of his own.

Continued pressure from Strickland who walks Hall down and sticks a very heavy jab into the Spanish Town native’s face. Some urgency from Hall toward the end of the first frame, however, Strickland’s pressure and output from the opening klaxon should see him lift that frame 10-9.

Another impressive opening couple of exchanges for Strickland who has managed to mitigate and stifle the striking of Hall with that jab and forward locomotion. An inadvertent leg kick from Strickland catches Hall on the cup resulting in a brief stoppage in the action. Wheel kick attempts goes close for Hall before the klaxon but that’s another 10-9 for Strickland.

Some real positive grappling from Strickland sees him trip a wilting Hall at the fence before assuming half guard and working to side-control.

Hall showing some urgency in the fourth in a quite positive round for him which includes some good Octagon control from the dynamic striker with Strickland’s output quite limited.

Hall likely in need of a finish in this fifth and final round. Strickland really poured on some pressure in the closing minute of the fourth, bloodying the striker.

More of the same in the fifth and final round as Strickland manages to evade winging hooks from Hall and impose that heavy and stiff jab up and until the final klaxon.

Catch the highlights from Strickland’s impressive unanimous decision victory below.

Khasan Magomedsharipov Stops Jonathan Quiroz, Wins Bellator Debut – Bellator 263 Highlights

MagomedsharipovKhasan Magomedsharipov, the younger brother of UFC featherweight standout, Zabit Magomedsharipov has successfully landed in the Bellator MMA cage with a victory — stopping Jonathan Quiroz with an eventual second round ground-and-pound stoppage at Bellator 263. Utilising some dynamic movement early in the opening round as well as clinching effectively, Magomedsharipov managed to take home […]

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Khasan Magomedsharipov, the younger brother of UFC featherweight standout, Zabit Magomedsharipov has successfully landed in the Bellator MMA cage with a victory — stopping Jonathan Quiroz with an eventual second round ground-and-pound stoppage at Bellator 263.

Utilising some dynamic movement early in the opening round as well as clinching effectively, Magomedsharipov managed to take home an eventual second round ground-and-pound stoppage victory over Quiroz to score a stoppage win in his first bout under the Scott Coker-led Bellator MMA banner.

With the victory, the Dagestani improves to 6-0 as a professional mixed martial artist. The stoppage comes as the Makhachkala native’s fifth in the sport.

Below, catch the highlights from Magomedsharipov’s stoppage win over Quiroz.

T.J. Dillashaw Takes Split Judging Win Over Cory Sandhagen In Back-And-Forth Battle – UFC Vegas 32 Highlights

DillashawFormer two-time UFC bantamweight champion, T.J. Dillashaw is back from his two-year USADA suspension — and back in the winner’s enclosure, via a close, back-and-forth split decision victory over the #2 ranked contender, Cory Sandhagen to headline UFC Vegas 32 at the UFC Apex facility. Some early pressure from former champion, Dillashaw sees him run […]

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Former two-time UFC bantamweight champion, T.J. Dillashaw is back from his two-year USADA suspension — and back in the winner’s enclosure, via a close, back-and-forth split decision victory over the #2 ranked contender, Cory Sandhagen to headline UFC Vegas 32 at the UFC Apex facility.

Some early pressure from former champion, Dillashaw sees him run right into a flying-knee from Sandhagen, who then attempted to set up a reverse triangle to which the former champion defended. Cut on the bridge of the nose of Dillashaw.

Some real interesting scrambles in the opening round as Sandhagen Granby rolls through Dillashaw’s takedown attempts and looks to lock up an armbar or heel hook. Multiple stern warnings from Herb Dean for fence grabs from Dillashaw before the end of the round.

Dillashaw dealing with some issues with his left knee off the back of a heel hook attempt from Sandhagen in the first as he enters the second frame. Patient circling approach from the #2 ranked contender as he drops the former champion with a short left hook.

Dillashaw suffered a rather large laceration to his right eye as a result of a right hook from Sandhagen, resulting in a brief stoppage as the Octagon-side doctor checks the cut. Second round in the books, most likely for Sandhagen to boot.

Some whipping right-hand counters from Sandhagen get the attention of Dillashaw in the third, who is noticeably wiping away the blood leaking into his right eye. A good end to the round for Dillashaw sees him pressure Sandhagen, forcing a miscued takedown attempt from the Aurora native — prior to a late shot after the buzzer from Sandhagen.

More pressure from the former champion in the fourth round, although Sandhagen most certainly having a better going in this frame as he sticks on the outside and looks to pick Dillashaw apart. Massive spin at the end of the round clips Dillashaw as Sandhagen launches a back-fist.

Some more control for Dillashaw in the fifth as the former champion takes Sandhagen’s back and forces him back to the fence as he managed to do so often tonight. Another hugely close round as Dillashaw pressures and pressures Sandhagen who continues to stick on the outside and attempt to land counters.

Take a look below as Dillashaw scores a comeback win over Sandhagen.

Adrian Yanez Rallies, Stops Randy Costa With Second Round Strikes – UFC Vegas 32 Highlights

YanezDully delivering on pre-fight acclaim, tonight’s main card opener of UFC Vegas 32 delivered in abundance as Adrian Yanez rallied from a one-sided opening round to finish the dynamic, Randy Costa with a nasty body shot combination in. the second frame. Starting quickly, the now 6-2 Costa managed to build quite a considerable lead in […]

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Dully delivering on pre-fight acclaim, tonight’s main card opener of UFC Vegas 32 delivered in abundance as Adrian Yanez rallied from a one-sided opening round to finish the dynamic, Randy Costa with a nasty body shot combination in. the second frame.

Starting quickly, the now 6-2 Costa managed to build quite a considerable lead in regards to total head strikes landed, utilising a lightening-fast jab as well as mixing in dangerous high kicks in numerous combinations from the opening exchange.

Dropping the opening frame, Yanez began to press Costa back to the fence during the opening exchanges of the second round, countering with polished jabs of his own as Costa attempted to score his own strikes upstairs. Clearly fatigued and under the kosh, Costa was forced to his knees after Yanez ripped to the body with a right hook and left uppercut, before splitting the guard with a right uppercut upstairs. Unleashing a barrage, Yanez forced the issue inside the two minute mark of the second with Chris Tognoni waving off the bout.

Below, catch the highlights from Yanez’s rallying win over Costa.

Mickey Gall Finishes Jordan Williams With First Round Rear-Naked Choke – UFC Vegas 32 Highlights

Grappling standout, Mickey Gall has turned in his fifth successful submission victory under the UFC’s banner — stopping prospect, Jordan Williams with an expertly applied rear-naked choke in the opening round of their UFC Vegas 32 preliminary clash. Gall, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under David Adiv improves to 7-3 professionally with his first round […]

Grappling standout, Mickey Gall has turned in his fifth successful submission victory under the UFC’s banner — stopping prospect, Jordan Williams with an expertly applied rear-naked choke in the opening round of their UFC Vegas 32 preliminary clash.

Gall, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under David Adiv improves to 7-3 professionally with his first round stoppage win over Williams, following a unanimous decision defeat to Mike Perry at UFC Vegas 4 in June of last year.

The 29-year-old New Jersey native managed to grab Williams’ attention early with a stinging and stumbling right-hand shot, before attempting to wrap up a high-elbow guillotine attempt early.

Taking Williams’ back during a seated scramble later in the round, Gall patiently hand fought before eventually finding his way under the latter’s neck and prying him back to the canvas forcing the stoppage from referee, Herb Dean.

The stoppage win comes as Gall’s fifth submission success in the UFC following prior rear-naked choke triumphs against Mike Jackson, CM Punk, Sage Northcutt, and George Sullivan.

Check out Gall’s submission victory over Williams, below.