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MMA Twitter Reacts to Hayishaer Maheshate’s KO At UFC 275

Hayishaer Maheshate announced his arrival in the UFC with a first-round KO of Steve Garcia at UFC 275. The Contender Series 2021 contract winner is undefeated since losing his first pro bout in 2019. At only 22-years old, Maheshate is now 7-1 and has finished 4 opponents by KO/TKO. The two lightweights got out to…

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Hayishaer Maheshate announced his arrival in the UFC with a first-round KO of Steve Garcia at UFC 275.

The Contender Series 2021 contract winner is undefeated since losing his first pro bout in 2019. At only 22-years old, Maheshate is now 7-1 and has finished 4 opponents by KO/TKO.

The two lightweights got out to a fast start from the opening bell. Just over a minute into the fight, Garcia overextended as he came forward and Maheshate slept him with a perfectly-timed right hand.

Check out the finish and Maheshate’s celebration below.

MMA Twitter was quick to react to the 22-year-old’s huge UFC debut.

The UFC’s lightweight division has no shortage of talented fighters, but Maheshate certainly put the division on notice with this debut.

MMA News has you covered with all of the results and highlights from UFC 275.

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UFC 275 Bonuses: 7 Different Fighters Earn Extra $50K

UFC 275 went above and beyond fan expectations and made a case as one of the best cards of the year so far. The event featured some action-packed fights and amazing finishes, prompting the UFC to hand out 5 Performance of the Night bonuses in addition to a Fight of the Night. Silvana Gómez Juárez…

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UFC 275 went above and beyond fan expectations and made a case as one of the best cards of the year so far. The event featured some action-packed fights and amazing finishes, prompting the UFC to hand out 5 Performance of the Night bonuses in addition to a Fight of the Night.

Silvana Gómez Juárez took home the first individual bonus thanks to her first-round knockout of Na Liang. Juárez rocked Liang with a straight right before following up with a combination that sent Liang to the canvas. The win was Juárez’s first in the UFC after losing her first two bouts via armbar.

Hayishaer Maheshate was awarded the second Performance of the Night bonus for his explosive debut against Steve Garcia. The 22-year-old fighter earned a contract on Contender Series 2021 and announced himself to the UFC with a perfectly-timed counter shot that stopped Garcia just over a minute into their fight.

Jack Della Maddalena picked up a bonus and his second UFC win when he stopped Ramazan Emeev in the opening fight of the main card. The Australian had a chance to show off a bit of his skill on the ground before teeing off on Emeev and landing a body shot that brought the Russian to his knees.

Originally scheduled as the featured prelim, Jake Matthews made the most of his main card fight with Andre Fialho and took home a bonus with arguably the biggest win of his career. The 27-year-old was able to out-strike Fialho through the first round and into the second before landing a right hand that finished the fight.

Former strawweight champion Weili Zhang took home a bonus for her performance in arguably the most-anticipated fight on the card. Taking on Joanna J?drzejczyk in a rematch of their 2020 title bout, Zhang landed a brutal spinning back fist about halfway through the fight that put the Polish fighter face-first on the canvas.

The final fight of the evening ended up taking Fight of the Night honors, as light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira and challenger Ji?í Procházka went to war in an instant classic. Both men had moments where they looked just seconds away from winning, with Teixeira eating some massive shots on the feet and Procházka somehow surviving on the ground.

Just when it seemed like things were bound for the scorecards, Procházka managed to grab a rear-naked choke and finish the fight with just under 30 seconds remaining.

What do you think of the bonuses for UFC 275? Do you agree with the UFC choosing to hand out extra ones for Performance of the Night?

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Jiri Prochazka Submits Glover Teixeira Late, Clinches Undisputed Gold – UFC 275 Highlights

Jiri ProchazkaAnd New. And in quite spectacular, surprising fashion — Jiri Prochazka — renowned as one of the most dangerous strikers in the light heavyweight division, submits grappling veteran, Glover Teixeira with a late, fifth round rear-naked choke — without hooks, to successfully land undisputed gold in a drawn-out, blood-and-guts UFC 275 headliner in Singapore. Maintaining […]

Jiri Prochazka

And New. And in quite spectacular, surprising fashion — Jiri Prochazka — renowned as one of the most dangerous strikers in the light heavyweight division, submits grappling veteran, Glover Teixeira with a late, fifth round rear-naked choke — without hooks, to successfully land undisputed gold in a drawn-out, blood-and-guts UFC 275 headliner in Singapore.

Maintaining his undefeated record in the Octagon and improving to 3-0 as a result, Prochazka and Teixeira constantly had each other in peril throughout the five round main event, with both rocking, stunning, and wobbling each other on cue throughout the back-and-forth headliner.

Rounding out a surefire contender for Fight of the Year, Prochazka, who becomes the first champion from the Czech Republic in the history of the organization — managed to lock up a rear-naked choke, without hooks on either side, forcing a submission from the Brazilian — as Prochazka mints himself as the new king of the light heavyweights.

Below, catch the highlights from Jiri Prochazka’s submission win and title coronation against Glover Teixeira

Fighters React to Valentina Shevchenko Holding Off Santos

Valentina Shevchenko is still your UFC women’s flyweight champion after just holding off Taila Santos at UFC 275. Shevchenko entered the fight with six successful title defenses as flyweight champion. “Bullet” has clearly established herself as one of the most dominant champions in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. However, she had her hands full with…

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Valentina Shevchenko is still your UFC women’s flyweight champion after just holding off Taila Santos at UFC 275.

Shevchenko entered the fight with six successful title defenses as flyweight champion. “Bullet” has clearly established herself as one of the most dominant champions in mixed martial arts (MMA) history.

However, she had her hands full with Santos tonight. Santos, the No. 4-ranked flyweight in the world, earned a title nod after putting together four-straight victories. Inside the Octagon tonight, she proved exactly why she deserved to share the cage with Shevchenko.

Santos outgrappled Shevchenko on the mat like nobody else has, with several close calls on rear-naked choke attempts. However, Shevchenko was able to pocket some rounds with smart striking, distance management, and strong groundwork of her own in the fifth round.

A nasty cut on Santos’ eye for half the fight certainly played a factor as well. Despite giving Shevchenko the most competitive fight of her championship run, Santos still came up just short, dropping a split decision loss to the champion.

Check out how the MMA community reacted to Shevchenko holding off Santos here.

How did you score the UFC 275 co-main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos?

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Valentina Shevchenko Tested In Split Judging Win Over Taila Santos – UFC 275 Highlights

Valentina ShevchenkoValentina Shevchenko remains the undisputed UFC flyweight champion post-UFC 275 — successfully landing her seventh successful title defense courtesy of a razor-thin split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) victory over the #4 ranked contender, Taila Santos in Singapore. Failing to start all that brightly against Santos in the opening round, Shevchenko was forced to fend off […]

Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko remains the undisputed UFC flyweight champion post-UFC 275 — successfully landing her seventh successful title defense courtesy of a razor-thin split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) victory over the #4 ranked contender, Taila Santos in Singapore.

Failing to start all that brightly against Santos in the opening round, Shevchenko was forced to fend off a rear-naked choke attempt on more than one occasion in the first frame, however, managed to survive and sweep on cue throughout the fight when tasked.

Countering well in the fourth round as well as the fifth, Shevchenko, a native of Kyrgyzstan, certainly did not have the bout all her own way throughout the twenty five minute distance against the Brazilian — who offered up a flurry of takedown attempts, grappling offensive manoeuvres.

Below, catch the highlights from Valentina Shevchenko’s close split decision win against Taila Santos

Joanna J?drzejczyk Retires After UFC 275 KO Loss, MMA World Reacts

Joanna J?drzejczyk has ended her mixed martial arts (MMA) career after her knockout loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275. J?drzejczyk vs. Weili was one of the featured bouts on the UFC 275 pay-per-view (PPV) main card. It was a rematch from their all-time classic back in 2020. In that fight, J?drzejczyk came out on…

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Joanna J?drzejczyk has ended her mixed martial arts (MMA) career after her knockout loss to Zhang Weili at UFC 275.

J?drzejczyk vs. Weili was one of the featured bouts on the UFC 275 pay-per-view (PPV) main card. It was a rematch from their all-time classic back in 2020. In that fight, J?drzejczyk came out on the wrong side of a split decision.

Their rematch tonight ended with a second-round knockout win for Weili, who was already dominating the fight with her wrestling and some devastating ground-and-pound. Weili landed a hellacious spinning backfist for the knockout win.

After the fight, J?drzejczyk took off her gloves and announced her retirement from MMA. As for Weili, she puts herself in prime position to challenge for the 115-pound title relatively soon.

You can check out J?drzejczyk’s retirement announcement, fight highlights, as well as some reaction from the MMA community, here below.

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