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It seems Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier failed to quash their beef at UFC 281 tonight. After a history of back-and-forths on social media and in-person, the duo finally met in the Octagon and delivered a contender for fight of the year. In a wild,…
It seems Michael Chandler and Dustin Poirier failed to quash their beef at UFC 281 tonight. After a history of back-and-forths on social media and in-person, the duo finally met in the Octagon and delivered a contender for fight of the year. In a wild, back-and-forth first round, Chandler landed huge bombs on Poirier and…
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UFC 281 delivered on fan expectations as one of the best fight cards of the entire year. The event saw a promotional record of seven fights end inside the first round, and there were only three bouts that made it to the scorecards. With so many notable…
UFC 281 delivered on fan expectations as one of the best fight cards of the entire year. The event saw a promotional record of seven fights end inside the first round, and there were only three bouts that made it to the scorecards. With so many notable performances to choose from, the UFC elected to…
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Conor McGregor has reacted to Nate Diaz’s iconic Stockton Slap claiming yet another victim. Following the conclusion of an absolutely stellar UFC 281 card, Diaz was caught on film as he got into a heated altercation with close confidant of Conor …
Conor McGregor has reacted to Nate Diaz’s iconic Stockton Slap claiming yet another victim. Following the conclusion of an absolutely stellar UFC 281 card, Diaz was caught on film as he got into a heated altercation with close confidant of Conor McGregor and Bellator fighter Dillon Danis, along with members of his entourage. Paradigm Sports…
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Israel Adesanya loses at 185 lbs for the first time ever at UFC 281 UFC 281 was a truly spectacular, one of a kind event that showcased 14 fights. 11 of those ended in finishes, including the final eight-straight bouts of the night. Heading into our UFC middleweight championship main event between Israel Adesanya and […]
UFC 281 was a truly spectacular, one of a kind event that showcased 14 fights. 11 of those ended in finishes, including the final eight-straight bouts of the night.
Heading into our UFC middleweight championship main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, we’d already seen a title change hands in the strawweight division, where Weili Zhang became a two-time champion by defeating another two-time champion in Carla Esparza.
Adesanya nearly KO’d Pereira at the very end of the opening round, before ultimately losing the second. After dominating the third and fourth rounds, Adesanya was going into the fifth up 3-1. All he had to do was not get finished by a fatiguing Pereira.
But, it appears Pereira was just reserving his energy, as he came out and TKO’d Adesanya in the fifth and final round to claim the UFC middleweight championship in just his eighth professional fight, defeating the no. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter on the planet in the process.
This also saw him improve to 3-0 in his series against Adesanya (2-0 kickboxing, 1-0 MMA).
The former champion was asked what his emotion was like following defeat at the UFC 281 post-fight press conference:
“I’m grateful. What a life, what a moment. F*cking crazy, isn’t it? Like, similar to the last time, same story.”
Adesanya was then asked if it will be more challenging going into the rematch:
“No, I know what I can do. I mean the fight was going my (way), he hit my peroneal nerve. So that’s when my footwork was compromised. Even when I tripped and did the backwards roll, I had to do a fucking rolly polly ’cause I was like, ‘oh shit I just tripped over,’ and it’s not like me, so kudos to him for investing in those calf kicks ’cause yeah it cost me.”
Adesanya on the standing TKO stoppage: “My ego would say at least let me go out on my shield, but I don’t think I would’ve gone out ’cause I was still there. I’ve seen worse stoppages, f*cking bring back Steve Mazzagatti. Bring back Steve Mazzagatti, I would’ve been fine. He might’ve won that round but I’d still be champion.”
Ironically enough, fellow former UFC champion, fellow pound-for-pound great, and fellow Nigerian Kamaru Usman also lost his belt earlier this year via knockout in the fifth round of a fight he was winning. Adesanya stated that he doesn’t know when he’ll be back to rematch the new champion, but did make it clear he’s next in line.
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UFC 281 was one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, and somehow the event still managed to surpass its own lofty expectations. Following the upset wins, huge knockouts, and wild fights, a few of the fighters chose to share some interesting…
UFC 281 was one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, and somehow the event still managed to surpass its own lofty expectations. Following the upset wins, huge knockouts, and wild fights, a few of the fighters chose to share some interesting thoughts during their post-fight interviews. Kowalkiewicz Considered Retirement The win was…
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Dustin Poirier gets back to his winning ways at UFC 281 UFC 281 was truly a special event. Of the 14 fights that went down tonight, 11 ended in finishes, including the last eight-straight. One of those incredible finishes came in our feature bout of the evening between former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier […]
UFC 281 was truly a special event. Of the 14 fights that went down tonight, 11 ended in finishes, including the last eight-straight. One of those incredible finishes came in our feature bout of the evening between former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier and former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler.
After Chandler hurt Poirier badly multiple times in the first three or so minutes, Poirier began tagging Chandler up and stunning him repeatedly to finish the round strong. The second was a very clear round for Chandler, as he was able to slam Poirier down to the mat twice and overall just maul him for nearly five minutes, much of it spent with Chandler on Poirier’s back.
Then we had the third and final round, where Poirier was able to take Chandler’s back and sink in the rear naked choke finish, becoming the first man to ever submit the former Bellator champion; former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira even had Chandler’s back and couldn’t submit him.
Poirier stated that he was impressed with Chandler’s toughness and durability tonight at the UFC 281 post-fight press conference:
“His durability surprised me, yeah. I thought that if I hurt him, for sure I’d get him out of there. And I think if I had a couple seconds added to that (first) round I would have got him out of there. But I hit him with a few really good shots that he survived, that was surprising. He gets hurt a lot, and I just thought when I did hurt him I’d get him out of there.”
Poirier continued: “Getting submitted by a rear naked choke in my last fight, you know, coming in here and submitting a former world champion with a rear naked choke, that feels good. “
Poirier was then asked if he had to fight differently tonight, this being his first three round encounter since UFC 211 in 2017:
“I kind of fight like that if it’s a five round fight. I was more worried because after the second, now it’s 1-1, whoever wins this round wins the fight. Usually you have a little more cushion there to get into a rhythm and try to pick the guy apart. It was a little bit more scary.
“Not that I ever take rounds off, but when you’re fighting (in) a three round fight, round one and round two is so important. You have to start off fast.”
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