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Charles Oliveira Submits Dustin Poirier, Defends Lightweight Title – UFC 269 Highlights

And Still. Charles Oliveira remains the undisputed UFC lightweight champion — submitting the former interim gold holder and challenger, Dustin Poirier in the third round with a standing rear-naked choke to round out the UFC 269 card in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some substantial bodywork in the first round from Oliveira, however, the Brazilian appears to […]

Some substantial bodywork in the first round from Oliveira, however, the Brazilian appears to be struggling with the power output from the challenger, Poirier, Incredibly close opening round.

A hugely dominant second frame from Oliveira, who secures a position in Poirier’s closed guard via a scramble — where he rides out four minutes and lands a series of elbows as the challenger remains closed from the bottom.

Early in the third round, Oliveira manages to leap on the back of Poirier at the fence, before securing both hooks. After hand fighting with the Lafayette native for some time, Oliveira eventually locks up a standing rear-naked choke to submit Poirier and successfully secure the first defense of his lightweight crown.

Below, catch the highlights from Charles Oliveira’s submission win over Dustin Poirier

DUSTIN DROPS THE CHAMP!

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— UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2021

Kai Kara-France Drops, Stops Cody Garbrandt For First Round TKO – UFC 269 Highlights

What a performance from the #6 ranked UFC flyweight contender, Kai Kara-France who scored arguably the biggest victory of his career to date — in the form of a convincing first round knockout win over former undisputed bantamweight best, Cody Garbrandt on the main card of UFC 269. City Kickboxing mainstay, Kara-France, accompanied by teammate […]

City Kickboxing mainstay, Kara-France, accompanied by teammate and UFC lightweight, Dan Hooker in his corner, immediately forced flyweight newcomer, Garbrandt to fight from the fence in the opening exchanges, before timing the Ohio native and landing a flush shot — dropping him.

Chasing a wobbled Garbrandt down, Kara-France momentarily dropped Garbrandt again, before almost giving up a double leg takedown at the fence. Once again pressing the still rocked Garbrandt at the fence, the Auckland native knocked the former titleholder again, eventually forcing the finish and handing the latter his fifth loss in his last six UFC appearances.

Below, catch the highlights from Kai Kara-France’s win over Cody Garbrandt

Dominick Cruz Takes Decision Victory Against Pedro Munhoz – UFC 269 Highlights

Former two-time undisputed UFC bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz was forced to rally from an early first round knockdown against Brazilian division counterpart, Pedro Munhoz on the preliminary card of UFC 269 — before securing a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) victory. The former undisputed bantamweight kingpin locks up his second straight victory for the first […]

The former undisputed bantamweight kingpin locks up his second straight victory for the first time in five years courtesy of his victory over American Top Team trainee, Munhoz tonight, however, it did not come entirely plane sailing.

Utilizing his slick footwork and head movement to evade Munhoz, Cruz planted himself onto a winging left hook of Munhoz, resulting in an almost face-plant knockdown, before grabbing his witts and surviving.

Beyond the early round scare and subsequent follow up strikes, veteran California native, Cruz turned in a truly vintage performance with his striking arsenal to land his second decision success of the year following a March judging win over Casey Kenney.

Catch the highlights from Dominick Cruz’s impressive unanimous decision win over Pedro Munhoz, below.

Bruno Silva Stops Jordan Wright With Early Knockout – UFC 269 Highlights

Former M-1 Global middleweight champion, Bruno Silva has his third UFC victory since his debut just six months ago — stopping kickboxing talent, Jordan Wright with an early opening round knockout to open the preliminary card of UFC 269. Silva, a native of Pairava, improved to 22-6 as a professional tonight courtesy of his triumph […]

Silva, a native of Pairava, improved to 22-6 as a professional tonight courtesy of his triumph against Wright — adding the middleweight to a UFC winning run which includes prior knockout stoppages against both Andrew Sanchez, and compatriot, Wellington Turman.

Eventually clinching with Wright after the opening minute mark after taking a couple notable kicks, Silva clipped the former with a right hook on the exit of the clinch, before rushing forward and dropping the San Antonio native. Following a slew of subsequent ground strikes, Silva eventually forced Herb Dean to step in and halted the bout.

Below, catch the highlights from Bruno Silva’s first round knockout win over Jordan Wright

UFC 269 Results: Oliveira vs. Poirier

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier results throughout the night (Sat. December 11. 2021) live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event status, an undisputed lightweight title fight between the defending champion, Charles Oliveira, and the #1 ranked former interim gold holder, Dustin Poirier. Sao Paulo submission ace, Oliveira […]

LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier results throughout the night (Sat. December 11. 2021) live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event status, an undisputed lightweight title fight between the defending champion, Charles Oliveira, and the #1 ranked former interim gold holder, Dustin Poirier.

Sao Paulo submission ace, Oliveira attempts his first defense of the lightweight title following his championship coronation back in May via a second round knockout win over Michael Chandler to clinch the vacant crown.

For Poirier, the Lafayette native attempts to clinch the undisputed lightweight crown at the second time of trying, and enters off the back of a splendid 2020 which brought with it a pair of victories against former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor.

In the night’s co-headliner, the undisputed bantamweight championship is up for grabs as two-weight gold holder, Amanda Nunes returns to the limit for the first time in two years as she welcomes the #3 ranked contender, Julianna Pena in her first title surge under the promotion’s banner.

Nunes’ last outing came in March of this year back at UFC 259 where she stopped Megan Anderson with a first round triangle armbar win to secure her second featherweight title defense.

For Pena, the Washington native returned to the winner’s enclosure back on ‘Fight Island’ in January where she stopped Sara McMann with a third round rear-naked choke.

UFC 269 Results: Oliveira vs. Poirier

UFC 269 Results – Main Card: (ESPN+ PPV 10 p.m. ET)

Lightweight: Charles Oliveira (c) vs. Dustin Poirier

Bantamweight: Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Julianna Pena

Welterweight: Geoff Neal vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio

Flyweight: Kai Kara-France vs. Cody Garbrandt

Bantamweight: Raulian Paiva vs. Sean O’Malley

UFC 269 Results – Preliminary Card: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

Featherweight: Josh Emmett vs. Dan Ige

Bantamweight: Pedro Munhoz vs. Dominick Cruz

Heavyweight: Augusto Sakai vs. Tai Tuivasa

Middleweight: Jordan Wright vs. Bruno Silva

UFC 269 Results – Early Preliminary Card: (ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass 6 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Andre Muniz vs. Eryk Anders

Flyweight: Miranda Maverick vs. Erin Blanchfield

Featherweight: Ryan Hall vs. Darrick Minner

Bantamweight: Randy Costa vs. Tony Kelley

Catchweight: (129lbs) Gillian Robertson def. Priscila Cachoeira via first round (4:59) submission (rear-naked choke)

Darren Till Links Up With Reputed Irish Cartel Leader Daniel Kinahan In Dubai

UFC middleweight contender, Darren Till has recently shared a picture of himself alongside reputed Irish cartel leader, Daniel Kinahan, after a walk on the beach, describing the Dubliner as a “good pal” of his. Till, who is currently training in Dubai amid his most recent Octagon appearance which came in the form of a third-round […]

Till, who is currently training in Dubai amid his most recent Octagon appearance which came in the form of a third-round rear-naked choke loss to Derek Brunson in September, shared a snap alongside Kinahan, with the two smiling following a walk on a Dubai beach.

“Good stroll on the beach tonight in Dubai with one of me good pals,” Darren Till tweeted with a picture alongside Kinahan. “Daniel Kinahan is advising Eddie Hearn & Al Haymon is advising Leonard Ellerbe for Eddie Hearn & Leonard Ellerbe to fight. Wow!! Good luck Eddie I’m rooting for u son, @EddieHearn @LeonardEllerbe.”

Who Is Darren Till’s “Good Pal” Daniel Kinahan?

Kinahan, 44, has been named as a senior figure in organised crime in the High Court of Ireland and is the reputed leader of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, which specialises in drug and arms smuggling into Ireland, mainland Europe, and the United Kingdom.

The Kinahan Cartel or Organised Crime Group has been involved in a lengthy, ongoing feud with another Irish criminal organization, the Hutch gang, which has resulted in 18 deaths since September 2015 and more than 60 reported arrests.

The feud began in 2015 when Gary Hutch was murdered in Marbella, Spain, with An Garda Siochana seizing a reported 456 firearms, €64 million worth of drugs and a further €2.2 million in cash.

Kinahan was the target of a failed assassination attempt back in 2016 at a boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in Whitehall county, Dublin, which resulted in the murder of David Byrne. It is believed the attack was to carry out revenge for the murder of Hutch, with Kinahan the intended target.

In 2012, Kinahan, along with Irish boxer, Matthew Macklin founded MTK Global, before the organization reportedly cut ties with Kinahan in February 2017. Kinahan was, however, credited by WBC heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson Fury for brokering a two-fight deal for a proposed fight with Anthony Joshua back in 2020.

MTK Global currently represent a slew of professional mixed martial arts fighters including the aforenoted UFC middleweight, Till since December 2017, as well as other UFC fighters including Aleksandar Rakic, Taila Santos, Mounir Lazzezz, Sumudarji, and Josiane Nunes to name a few.

Despite confirming they had cut ties with Kinahan back in 2017, the organization have admitted that the Dubliner still provides “personal advice” and “advisory services” to fighters under the organization’s banner, as well as other “world boxing management companies” scrutiny.

“It is true that Mr. (Daniel) Kinahan provides some personal advice to a number of boxers managed by MTK Global and we are instructed that Mr. Kinahan also provides services to boxers who are managed by other worldwide boxing management companies too.”

In March of last year, Liverpool native, Till, and Kinahan, were also pictured alongside MTK Global’s Bahrain Brand Ambassador, Mohamed Bin Mansoor Al Arayedh in Dubai, UAE.

Earlier this month, Darren Till took to his official Instagram account where he reflected on a nine-year incident in which he was stabbed twice in a Liverpool nightclub, campaigning for an end to knife crime in his native Liverpool and the United Kingdom, as well as urging young people to join gyms across the country.

Do you think Darren Till is sending mixed messages about his thoughts on violent crime after campaigning against knife crime while getting chummy with a reputed cartel boss?