Doo Ho Choi and Renan Barao won’t be trading leather on April 15 after all. Yesterday, the official website of the Sprint Center claimed that Choi and Barao would headline the April 15 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card in Kansas City. News of the match-up was debunked when a UFC official informed John Morgan of […]
Doo Ho Choi and Renan Barao won’t be trading leather on April 15 after all. Yesterday, the official website of the Sprint Center claimed that Choi and Barao would headline the April 15 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card in Kansas City. News of the match-up was debunked when a UFC official informed John Morgan of […]
According to the official website for Kansas City, MO’s Sprint Center, the headliner for the upcoming UFC on Fox 24 will be a featherweight bout between “The Korean Superboy” Doo-ho Choi and former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao. The event was officially announced Saturday night during UFC 208. However, the main event was not announced […]
According to the official website for Kansas City, MO’s Sprint Center, the headliner for the upcoming UFC on Fox 24 will be a featherweight bout between “The Korean Superboy” Doo-ho Choi and former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao. The event was officially announced Saturday night during UFC 208. However, the main event was not announced […]
Former UFC champion Renan Barao picked up his first win at featherweight, besting a game Phillipe Nover in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 95 Saturday night.
Earlier this year, Bar…
Former UFC champion Renan Barao picked up his first win at featherweight, besting a game Phillipe Nover in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 95 Saturday night.
Earlier this year, Barao was defeated by Jeremy Stephens in his debut at 145 pounds. He lost the bantamweight belt to TJ Dillashaw and a subsequent rematch, prompting his move to featherweight after issues cutting weight.
Surprisingly enough, Cris “Cyborg” Justino did not add to her impressive list of first round victories Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95.
But she didn’t suffer defeat either.
Just…
Surprisingly enough, Cris “Cyborg” Justino did not add to her impressive list of first round victories Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 95.
But she didn’t suffer defeat either.
Justino bruised Lina Lansberg in the first before finishing her in the second round with vicious ground-and-pound, improving to 2-0 inside the Octagon. The reigning Invicta FC featherweight champion bested Leslie Smith earlier this year.
The co-main event featured Renan Barao earning a decision over Phillipe Nover, while Roy Nelson knocked out Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in a featured main card bout.
However, Nelson’s win will be remembered more for his post-fight antics, as “Big Country” appeared to kick referee John McCarthy because he felt the stoppage was late.
Here are complete results:
Cris “Cyborg” Justino def. Lina Lansberg via TKO (strikes) at 2:29 of Round 2
Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao continued his quest to reinvent his once-surging career at featherweight when he met fellow formerly touted prospect Phillipe Nover in the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., September 24, 2016) UFC Fight Night 95 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil. It may not have been the dominant stoppage we’re used
Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao continued his quest to reinvent his once-surging career at featherweight when he met fellow formerly touted prospect Phillipe Nover in the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., September 24, 2016) UFC Fight Night 95 from Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil.
It may not have been the dominant stoppage we’re used to from him, but with the weight of his hometown fans both supporting him and making his bout with Nover a must-win, ‘The Baron’ delivered for his many Brazilian fans. Controlling the pace with a strong mix of takedowns and striking, Barao picked up an important decision win over Nover.
Check out the highlights of Barao’s first UFC win at featherweight here:
UFC Fight Night 95 (also called UFC Brasilia) went down from Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil tonight (September 24, 2016). Headlined by Cristiane ‘Cyborg” Justino’s second bout in the UFC, the event featured a plethora or Brazilian talent. The main event went down according to the script. Justino’s opponent, UFC newcomer Lina Lansberg, lasted
UFC Fight Night 95 (also called UFC Brasilia) went down from Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia, Brazil tonight (September 24, 2016). Headlined by Cristiane ‘Cyborg” Justino’s second bout in the UFC, the event featured a plethora or Brazilian talent.
The main event went down according to the script. Justino’s opponent, UFC newcomer Lina Lansberg, lasted longer than many expected, making it to the second round. But she had to withstand a hellacious beating to do so. Lansberg could mount no meaningful offense, and spent the entire fight in survival mode before the referee finally intervened.
The co-feature saw former bantamweight champion Renan Barao get back on the winning track in his second fight at 145 pounds. He battled former Ultimate Fighter finalist Phillipe Nover, taking a unanimous decision after three relatively uneventful rounds.
And finally, the third from the top billing saw the heavyweight slugfest with the outcome most expected. Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva duked it out for the better part of two rounds before Nelson found the chin of his Brazilian counterpart and then finished it on the ground. Most of the chatter about the fight centered on what happened next.
Upset that referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy had not stopped the fight sooner, Nelson made his displeasure felt. After walking away in frustration at being forced to hit his friend Silva more than he felt necessary, Nelson came back and kicked McCarthy in the butt as the latter tended to the prone Brazilian.
Check out Twitter’s reaction to these fights below:
This chicks walk in looks like the walk in the Green Mile #UFCBrasilia
