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UFC 231 Results: Thiago Santos And Jimi Manuwa Go To War In Toronto

With two title fights on tap the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada will be rocking as the Octagon is in town. We have all of the UFC 231 results here. When the world leader of MMA travels to their neighbors in the north they always come proper. UFC 231 is no exception. With 13 […]

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With two title fights on tap the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada will be rocking as the Octagon is in town. We have all of the UFC 231 results here.

When the world leader of MMA travels to their neighbors in the north they always come proper. UFC 231 is no exception. With 13 fights in total, two of which are highly anticipated title fights, tonight could prove to be a pivotal night of fights for the William Morris Endeavor promotion.

Right out of the gate the PPV main card gets started off with a banger. As two light heavyweight sluggers meet in the Octagon.

Brazilian slugger Thiago Santos looks to continue his rise when he takes on the UK’s Jimi Manuwa. 

Santos has won two straight since moving to 205 pounds. He most recently defeated Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 back in September.

As for Manuwa, he has dropped three of his last five including his last two. Some have called this fight a make or break for Manuwa who at 38 years old may be on the chopping block with another loss.

Round One

The fighters meet in the center of the cage. Santos clips Manuwa early and the Brit falls. He rovers but Santos his him again with a short uppercut. Manuwa stumbles and grabs Santos. Santos hits him again and Manuwa is clinging for dear life. Jimi clinches Santos and regains his composure. He clips Santos now with a right hand. Santos fires back and connects with a hard knee. Manuwa lands a hard right elbow. Both fighters swinging wildly with Santos throwing a spinning back fist. The fighters finally take a breather against the cage with Santos throwing some short knees to Manuwa’s midsection. Manuwa steps back and crushes Santos with a left hook. The Brazilan retreats. Manuwa kicks Santos leg out and rides the round out on top.

Round Two

The second round starts with Santos landing a left jab. Santos lands a left hook. Manuwa is in trouble. Santos closes the distance and flattens Manuwa with a left uppercut followed by a hook.

  • Thiago Santos defeats Jimi Manuwa via knock out at 41 seconds of round two

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UFC 231 Results: Thiago Santos And Jimi Manuwa Go To War In Toronto

With two title fights on tap the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada will be rocking as the Octagon is in town. We have all of the UFC 231 results here. When the world leader of MMA travels to their neighbors in the north they always come proper. UFC 231 is no exception. With 13 […]

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With two title fights on tap the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada will be rocking as the Octagon is in town. We have all of the UFC 231 results here.

When the world leader of MMA travels to their neighbors in the north they always come proper. UFC 231 is no exception. With 13 fights in total, two of which are highly anticipated title fights, tonight could prove to be a pivotal night of fights for the William Morris Endeavor promotion.

Right out of the gate the PPV main card gets started off with a banger. As two light heavyweight sluggers meet in the Octagon.

Brazilian slugger Thiago Santos looks to continue his rise when he takes on the UK’s Jimi Manuwa. 

Santos has won two straight since moving to 205 pounds. He most recently defeated Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 back in September.

As for Manuwa, he has dropped three of his last five including his last two. Some have called this fight a make or break for Manuwa who at 38 years old may be on the chopping block with another loss.

Round One

The fighters meet in the center of the cage. Santos clips Manuwa early and the Brit falls. He rovers but Santos his him again with a short uppercut. Manuwa stumbles and grabs Santos. Santos hits him again and Manuwa is clinging for dear life. Jimi clinches Santos and regains his composure. He clips Santos now with a right hand. Santos fires back and connects with a hard knee. Manuwa lands a hard right elbow. Both fighters swinging wildly with Santos throwing a spinning back fist. The fighters finally take a breather against the cage with Santos throwing some short knees to Manuwa’s midsection. Manuwa steps back and crushes Santos with a left hook. The Brazilan retreats. Manuwa kicks Santos leg out and rides the round out on top.

Round Two

The second round starts with Santos landing a left jab. Santos lands a left hook. Manuwa is in trouble. Santos closes the distance and flattens Manuwa with a left uppercut followed by a hook.

  • Thiago Santos defeats Jimi Manuwa via knock out at 41 seconds of round two

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Referee Responds To UFC Sao Paulo Main Event Criticisms

The referee presiding over the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 from São Paulo, Brazil, has responded to some criticisms of the fight’s stoppage. Longtime referee Marc Goddard saw a strange scenario during the fight. Eryk Anders’ mouthpiece fell out during the third round of his battle with Thiago Santos. […]

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The referee presiding over the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 from São Paulo, Brazil, has responded to some criticisms of the fight’s stoppage.

Longtime referee Marc Goddard saw a strange scenario during the fight. Eryk Anders’ mouthpiece fell out during the third round of his battle with Thiago Santos. Santos had been landing far more power strikes throughout the fight. Anders, meanwhile, controlled the grappling department with many takedowns, making the fight a closely-contested main event.

Anders was attempting another one when Goddard stopped the action towards the end of the third frame. The referee awarded Anders position back, but it didn’t end in his favor.

Santos began unloading an assault of elbows and punches to Anders’ temple (watch highlights here). The tiring replacement fighter was wobbled badly. Anders concerningly fell three times after the round ended. Goddard called the fight off as a result.

At least one fighter had an exception with the ref’s decision. Top-ranked lightweight contender Kevin Lee is that man. Lee immediately called out Goddard on Twitter after the fight:

Goddard Responds

Goddard responded shortly thereafter that he did the right thing by giving Anders his position back. He only returned the fighters to their original position, which he insisted was the right call:

The rising middleweight may have lost but earned an extra $50,000 for a “Fight of the Night” bonus in a bout he was hospitalized for afterward. For his part, he had a rather nonchalant reaction.

Anders wants to fight again rather soon despite taking an insane amount of damage at the end of the third round. It was a great fight, and he must have been cleared at the aforementioned medical facility.

Goddard did the best thing he could have done. The controversy seems a bit of a moot point right now. Do you believe Goddard impacted the violent end of the fight with the decision?

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Eryk Anders Reacts To Brutal UFC Sao Paulo Loss

Usual middleweight Eryk Anders took a big chance when he replaced Jimi Manuwa and battled Thiago Santos in the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. Anders ultimately lost via vicious ground and pound from the brutal striker Santos (watch highlights here). […]

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Usual middleweight Eryk Anders took a big chance when he replaced Jimi Manuwa and battled Thiago Santos in the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.

Anders ultimately lost via vicious ground and pound from the brutal striker Santos (watch highlights here). ‘Ya Boi’ did earn a well-deserved $50,000 for the card’s ‘Fight of the Night’ along with ‘Marreta.’

But the former Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker can’t hang his hat on the performance in a fight that was a back-and-forth war. True, he lost in a somewhat scary fashion after collapsing following the third round. Anders ended up in the hospital because of it.

You couldn’t tell by his post-fight reaction, however. Despite being hospitalized, ‘Ya Boi’ had a relaxed reaction to his short-notice loss. He vowed to be back in action before year’s end:

He’ll most likely return to middleweight. It was frightening to see him collapse after absorbing a nonstop torrent of elbows from Santos. However, he seems to be fine. He goal is to continue building a reputation as one of the most active fighters in the UFC.

Should he take more time off after the scary loss?

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Thiago Santos Turns His Attention Back to Jimi Manuwa

Thiago Santos turns his attention back to Jimi Manuwa following his UFC Sao Paulo victory. Last night (Sept. 22), Santos went one-on-one with Eryk Anders in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo. The action was held inside the Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Pa…

Thiago Santos turns his attention back to Jimi Manuwa following his UFC Sao Paulo victory. Last night (Sept. 22), Santos went one-on-one with Eryk Anders in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo. The action was held inside the Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Santos ended up scoring a TKO victory over Anders, who could not get […]

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Thiago Santos Targets Jimi Manuwa After UFC Sao Paulo Win

Santos has made it clear who he wants to fight next.

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Thiago Santos targets a fight with Jimi Manuwa after getting his hand raised in his latest fight inside of the Octagon under the UFC banner.

How We Got Here

It was revealed on earlier this week that Manuwa was forced to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Santos in a light heavyweight bout. As a result, the UFC needed to find a short-notice replacement to serve as the opponent for Santos and to save this main event. Thus, they got Eryk Anders.

Manuwa is coming off of back-to-back losses to Jan Blachowicz and Volkan Oezdemir. Prior to those losses, he was on a two-fight win streak where he knocked out both of those opponents.

Thiago Santos Targets

As seen in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Sao Paulo event that aired on FOX Sports 1, Santos defeated Anderson via TKO at 5:00 of the third round. This came right after Anders collapsed multiple times trying to get to his stool and as a result, the referee stepped in to stop the fight.

Following the fight, while speaking with media members, Santos made it known that he hasn’t forgotten about Manuwa and seeks a fight with him next.

“I’m going to send him a message right now,” Santos said to MMAJunkie. “I hope he recovers really well, and as soon as possible. And I hope to meet with him in December so we can fulfill the contract we signed.”

“Eryk was holding the cage so he wouldn’t fall,” Santos said. “So the ref pulled me apart and told me to come back. So I went and came back. I thought he was going to stop the fight, but he told me to continue.

“The whole time my trainers were talking about the time, and I knew it was almost up, so I tried to throw a lot of strikes so the fight would end, or he would finish the round hurt, and that’s what happened. I got tired, but it’s normal to get tired in a fight as intense as that,” Santos said. “But I felt conscious of whatever was happening. I felt power in my punches, but I was a little bit slower. So I’ll sit down with my coaches, and we’ll see what will be done.”

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