Brazilian lightweight Vitor Morais dominated his opponent for the first thirty seconds of their fight before ending the bout with a brutal walk-off head kick. Facing fellow Brazilian Jean Carlos at Max Fight 24, Morais put Carlos on the defensive early before dropping him with a right hand. Carlos managed to clinch up as he…
Brazilian lightweight Vitor Morais dominated his opponent for the first thirty seconds of their fight before ending the bout with a brutal walk-off head kick.
Facing fellow Brazilian Jean Carlos at Max Fight 24, Morais put Carlos on the defensive early before dropping him with a right hand. Carlos managed to clinch up as he got to his feet but was immediately taken down in the center of the cage.
Vitor Moraes surgically picks apart Jean Carlos then ends him with the walk-off head kick just 33 seconds into the fight. Just damn.#MaxFight24pic.twitter.com/ebOuH7JUDt
Morais didn’t waste any time in Carlos’ guard and quickly stood up to resume his pressure on the feet. A left hand forced Carlos to cover up before Morais landed a head kick and walked away as his opponent hit the canvas.
The 25-year-old Morais improved his overall record to 8-3 with this win and snapped a two-fight losing skid. Of his seven stoppage wins, six of them have come inside the first round.
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Former World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski landed a huge uppercut that required no follow-up in the main event of KSW 70. Facing former KSW middleweight champion Micha? Materla at the event in ?ód?, Poland, Pudzianowski needed less than two minutes to finish his Polish countryman. After Materla blocked a huge overhand right, “Pudzian” loaded up…
Former World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski landed a huge uppercut that required no follow-up in the main event of KSW 70.
Facing former KSW middleweight champion Micha? Materla at the event in ?ód?, Poland, Pudzianowski needed less than two minutes to finish his Polish countryman.
After Materla blocked a huge overhand right, “Pudzian” loaded up a thunderous uppercut that sent Materla falling backwards.
Pudzianowski followed “Cipao” as he fell to the mat and landed one hammer fist before the ref jumped in to wave the fight off.
The 45-year-old Pudzianowski improved his record to 17-7 (1 NC) with the win. This was his fifth win in a row, which is the longest win streak of his MMA career. “Pudzian” has finished all 5 of his opponents during that stretch.
This finish was the fourth first-round stoppage in a row to cap off the main card of KSW 70. Of the full event’s scheduled 9 fights, 7 of them ended via stoppage.
What’s your reaction to this knockout from the former World’s Strongest Man?
Sergio Cossio delivered one of the coldest knockouts you will ever see in the main event of Lux Fight League 22. Facing Edgar Delgado in a five-round fight for the LFL lightweight belt, “Drako” made sure that only one round was needed to crown a champion. The Mexican fighter dropped Delgado with a right hand…
Sergio Cossio delivered one of the coldest knockouts you will ever see in the main event of Lux Fight League 22.
Facing Edgar Delgado in a five-round fight for the LFL lightweight belt, “Drako” made sure that only one round was needed to crown a champion.
The Mexican fighter dropped Delgado with a right hand late in the first round and followed up with hammer fists on the ground. With only a few seconds remaining, Cossio stood up and appeared content to let the round end. He would then create a new phrase to the MMA lexicon: “A Walk-back KO.”
MY GOD. Sergio Cossio acted like he was letting Edgar Delgado off the hook. Knocks him out cold at the bell.#LUX022pic.twitter.com/lCo8ErrqFO
“Drako” turned and landed another huge right hand as Cossio got to his feet, sending the Costa Rican to the canvas and the Mexico City crowd into a frenzy just as the bell sounded for what would have been the end of the round.
In addition to picking up his sixth straight victory, Cossio also reclaimed the LFL lightweight title that he originally won in 2020. The 31-year-old is 23-8-1 overall in his career, and he’s finished five of six opponents on this current winning streak.
What’s your reaction to this last-second knockout from Sergio Cossio at Lux Fight League 22?
Russian bantamweight Vyacheslav Svischev flashed some deadly striking accuracy over the weekend at Open FC 19 in Samara, Russia. Scheduled as the fourth fight of a six-fight main card, Svischev entered the cage opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Belek Aliev. After the two bantamweights exchanged on the feet early, the southpaw Svischev backed Aliev up with a jab…
Russian bantamweight Vyacheslav Svischev flashed some deadly striking accuracy over the weekend at Open FC 19 in Samara, Russia.
Scheduled as the fourth fight of a six-fight main card, Svischev entered the cage opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Belek Aliev.
After the two bantamweights exchanged on the feet early, the southpaw Svischev backed Aliev up with a jab followed by a left straight to the body. The Russian fighter then landed a perfectly timed left uppercut as Aliev ducked in before following up with a left straight to the head as Aliev was falling to the canvas.
The 28-year-old Svischev improves his record to 9-2 with this win. Now on a four-fight win streak, Svischev has finished all four of those opponents via strikes and all of his career victories have come via stoppage.
Svischev’s win was the third of what ended up being four-straight KO/TKO finishes on the Open FC 19 main card. Light heavyweight Vladimir Seliverstov stopped his opponent in less than thirty seconds following Svischev’s victory, and in the heavyweight main event Yuriy Fedorov won a unanimous decision over Shamil Abasov.
What’s your reaction to Vyacheslav Svischev’s knockout?
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson is finally making his return to the UFC octagon after over three years away, despite how he feels about fighters not knowing when to walk away. The former two-time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger retired after his second defeat to Daniel Cormier at UFC 210 in April of 2017. Since retiring, Johnson began […]
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson is finally making his return to the UFC octagon after over three years away, despite how he feels about fighters not knowing when to walk away. The former two-time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger retired after his second defeat to Daniel Cormier at UFC 210 in April of 2017.
Since retiring, Johnson began bodybuilding, and not long after became an ambassador for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). But now he’s got the itch again, and at 36-years-old, he doesn’t have much time left to make a comeback. More or less, now’s the perfect time.
The one very unfortunate thing about this however, Jon Jones announced he’s vacating his UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship, and that’s one dream fight we never got to see.
‘Rumble’ was supposed to face Jones for the title at UFC 187 in May of 2015, but this was one of the many times Jones got suspended, and he ended up facing Daniel Cormier instead. We’ve seen twice that Cormier’s the better man, but he’s not around anymore either, and Johnson’s the scariest light-heavyweight this sport has seen.
That doesn’t mean he’s the most technical or best fighter out there, but the pure raw power he possesses is truly scary. Of his 22 wins, he has 16 knockouts and six decisions, and ten of those knockout wins were KO’s. Better yet, he went 6-2 in his recent return to the UFC and scored five knockouts with four KO’s then, with the only TKO being over Alexander Gustafsson.
His manager, Ali Abdelaziz announced that he’s back in the USADA testing pool, which means he’ll be eligible to compete soon.
If he can come back at his best, it’s going to be incredibly exciting to see what happens, the 205 lb division is thriving beautifully right now. When asked at the BKFC 12 press conference earlier today why now is the right time to return to the UFC, ‘Rumble’ had the following to say on the matter:
“Honestly, I missed the sport, you know what I mean? I missed the sport, I miss competing. So I knew at one point, I was against guys coming back from retirement. You know, you usually see them get mopped up. You know, BJ Penn came back and got mopped up. I’ve seen everybody that came back out of retirement get mopped up.
“I just don’t wanna be one of those guys that gets mopped up, but I still feel good, I have no injuries. While I was in the UFC, I didn’t really get hit much unless I lost, and that wasn’t often. But, you never know. You know, I got a couple more fights on my contract with the UFC, and then after that you know, I may fight for Dave (Feldman).”
Who would you like to see ‘Rumble’ fight upon returning to the octagon?
Gegard Mousasi still has some lofty goals for his Bellator run, but they’re more financially driven than anything else. Speaking to MMA Fighting ahead of his return at Bellator 223 tomorrow (Sat. June 21, 2019), Mousasi explained that he’s fighting for money at this point in his career, not the love of the sport: “I’m […]
Gegard Mousasi still has some lofty goals for his Bellator run, but they’re more financially driven than anything else.
Speaking to MMA Fighting ahead of his return at Bellator 223 tomorrow (Sat. June 21, 2019), Mousasi explained that he’s fighting for money at this point in his career, not the love of the sport:
“I’m fighting to get paid,” Mousasi said. “I’m not doing this because I love the sport so much. I’m not a crazy person. The motivation if I beat these guys, if I keep winning, my paycheck will go up eventually after my contract is done. That’s the motivation for me. It’s my job.
“The better you do, the more you make. It’s the same for a doctor or lawyer. If you’re a better lawyer, you’re going to make more money. That’s what I’m trying to do. I want to be the best fighter that I can be to beat these guys and then I get a better contract. That’s the whole thing that keeps me going. Fighting is not my life.”
Mousasi will be defending his Bellator middleweight championship against Rafael Lovato Jr. in tomorrow night’s main event. The show goes down from the SSE Arena in London, England.
Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson is finally making his return to the UFC octagon after over three years away, despite how he feels about fighters not knowing when to walk away. The former two-time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger retired after his second defeat to Daniel Cormier at UFC 210 in April of 2017. Since retiring, Johnson began […]