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MMA Twitter Reacts To Kevin Holland Submitting Tim Means At UFC Austin

Kevin Holland continues to impress at welterweight after making easy work of Tim Means in the co-main event of UFC Austin tonight. Holland looked sharp as he earned an impressive submission victory against Means. In round one, Means dominated in the clinch and landed a few takedowns, however Holland rocked Means several times with some…

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Kevin Holland continues to impress at welterweight after making easy work of Tim Means in the co-main event of UFC Austin tonight.

Holland looked sharp as he earned an impressive submission victory against Means. In round one, Means dominated in the clinch and landed a few takedowns, however Holland rocked Means several times with some devastating combinations.

In round two, Holland landed a huge right that wobbled Means, who then attempted a takedown that Holland used to his advantage, locking in a D’Arce choke that had Means tapping in seconds.

Holland is now two for two since stepping back down to the 170-pound division, having previously defeated Alex Oliveira via TKO in March. In his post-fight interview, Holland called out #9 ranked welterweight Sean Brady.

You can catch all the highlights of the co-main event below.

This was Holland’s second successive win as a UFC welterweight.

Now, let’s see how MMA Twitter reacted to Holland’s victory over Means at UFC Austin.

UFC Austin: Kattar vs. Emmett Results & Highlights

MMA News is providing ongoing coverage of UFC Austin. We’ve got you covered with live results, video highlights, and post-fight tidbits.

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Josh Emmett Squeaks Out Close Decision Win Over Calvin Kattar – UFC Austin Highlights

Josh EmmettEdging his fifth consecutive victory as part of an eye-catching winning spree, UFC featherweight contender, Josh Emmett rounds out tonight’s UFC Austin card with a close, split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) win against the #4 ranked, Calvin Kattar at the Moody Center. Entering tonight’s event — which came as his second in a headlining bout […]

Josh Emmett

Edging his fifth consecutive victory as part of an eye-catching winning spree, UFC featherweight contender, Josh Emmett rounds out tonight’s UFC Austin card with a close, split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) win against the #4 ranked, Calvin Kattar at the Moody Center.

Entering tonight’s event — which came as his second in a headlining bout for the organization, Josh Emmett had managed to land another close victory over common-foe, Dan Ige at UFC 269 back in December of last year.

Sharing a tentative opening round tonight, however, Emmett was forced to deal with a cut just to the left of the same side eye courtesy of a consistent jab from Kattar in the opening round — with the laceration increasing in size off the back of a spinning elbow from the Massachusetts native.

Despite a bright start from Sacramento native, Emmett in both the first, second, and third rounds — Kattar managed to rally well in the fourth and fifth, landing both frames, arguably, however, it proved too little, too late for the slick New England Cartel mainstay, who suffers his fourth Octagon loss in a hugely close back-and-forth.

Below, catch the highlights from Josh Emmett’s nail-biting split decision win over Calvin Kattar

Fighters React To Rodrigues Finishing Marquez After One-Round War

UFC middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Julian Marquez fit a lot of action into just over three minutes of fight time at UFC Austin, and Rodrigues eventually came out on top. The Brazilian’s striking was on point early as he carefully picked his shots in order to hurt Marquez without wasting too much energy. Marquez eventually…

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UFC middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Julian Marquez fit a lot of action into just over three minutes of fight time at UFC Austin, and Rodrigues eventually came out on top.

The Brazilian’s striking was on point early as he carefully picked his shots in order to hurt Marquez without wasting too much energy. Marquez eventually started swinging back with big punches, but “Robocop” finished the fight with a right hand.

Watch Rodrigues send Marquez to the canvas below.

Fans had already been spoiled with a number of great finishes at UFC Austin, but that didn’t stop fighters from getting excited about Rodrigues’s win.

Rodrigues rebounds from his first UFC loss after he dropped a split-decision to Armen Petrosyan earlier this year.

The former LFA middleweight champion missed a chance to earn a UFC contract on Contender Series 2020, but the Brazilian persevered and joined the promotion in 2021. He quickly earned victories against Duško Todorovi? and Jun Yong Park that year and is now 3-1 in the UFC after beating Marquez.

UFC Austin tied the record for knockouts at a single UFC event, and MMA News has all of the results and highlights here.

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Kevin Holland Submits Tim Means With D’Arce Choke In Impressive Victory – UFC Austin Highlights

Kevin HollandStreaking striker, Kevin Holland continues his 100 percent finish rate since his welterweight division return, tonight, submitting Tim Means with a slick second round D’Arce choke in the co-main event of UFC Austin at the Moody Center. Taking co-main event honors on short notice, Holland looked incredibly sharp against veteran Albuquerque native, Means — landing […]

Kevin Holland

Streaking striker, Kevin Holland continues his 100 percent finish rate since his welterweight division return, tonight, submitting Tim Means with a slick second round D’Arce choke in the co-main event of UFC Austin at the Moody Center.

Taking co-main event honors on short notice, Holland looked incredibly sharp against veteran Albuquerque native, Means — landing decent strikes in the pocket and fighting long against the New Mexico veteran.

Returning to welterweight back in March at UFC 272, Holland stopped promotional veteran, Alex Oliveira with second round strikes — turning in his second consecutive second round finish tonight against Means.

Locking up a slick D’Arce choke in the early goings of the frame, Holland stung Means with a straight right, before immediately jumping to a submission — quickly forcing a tap.

Setting sights on remaining active, Holland offered to fight promotional perfect grappler, Sean Brady at a UFC event in September in his next Octagon outing.

Below, catch the highlights from Kevin Holland’s D’Arce choke win against Tim Means

Gregory Rodrigues Sleeps Julian Marquez With Brutal KO After Wild Clash – UFC Austin Highlights

Gregory RodriguesDisplaying his ever-improving striking chops, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Gregory Rodrigues manages to lodge his third Octagon victory — running through Julian Marquez with a brutal first round knockout after a wild back-and-forth exchange on the main card of UFC Austin. Rodrigues, an alum of LFA, entered tonight’s showdown against Marquez off the back of […]

Gregory Rodrigues

Displaying his ever-improving striking chops, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Gregory Rodrigues manages to lodge his third Octagon victory — running through Julian Marquez with a brutal first round knockout after a wild back-and-forth exchange on the main card of UFC Austin.

Rodrigues, an alum of LFA, entered tonight’s showdown against Marquez off the back of a split decision loss to Armen Petrosyan, had began his UFC tenure with a series of back-to-back victories against both Dusko Todorovic, and Jun Yong Park.

A staple of Black House MMA, Rodrigues, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt managed to hurt Marquez during an exchange on a card jam-packed with brutal and often knockout finishes, sending his opponent reeling toward the Octagon fence.

Following up with a series of uppercuts in the clinch, Marquez eventually forced some separation, however, was once again stunned during an exchange, allowing Rodrigues to patiently pick a massive overhand right shot — sending him to the Octagon canvas.

Below, catch the highlights from Gregory Rodrigues’ dominant KO win against Julian Marquez

Adrian Yanez Hands Tony Kelley Dominant TKO Loss – UFC Austin Highlights

Adrian YanezStreaking bantamweight prospect, Adrian Yanez turned in an impressive hometown performance in his Octagon return to open the main card of UFC Austin — stopping the controversial, Tony Kelley with a one-sided first round knockout victory courtesy of a series of blistering boxing combinations. Improving to 16-3 as a professional, Yanez extends his stunning undefeated […]

Adrian Yanez

Streaking bantamweight prospect, Adrian Yanez turned in an impressive hometown performance in his Octagon return to open the main card of UFC Austin — stopping the controversial, Tony Kelley with a one-sided first round knockout victory courtesy of a series of blistering boxing combinations.

Improving to 16-3 as a professional, Yanez extends his stunning undefeated promotional run to five straight fights, scoring his fourth knockout victory since his move to the UFC.

Sharing the Octagon with the outspoken, controversial, Kelley at the Moody Center in his native Texas, Yanez forced the Louisana native to fight from the fence throughout the first round, countering with a blistering left hook upstairs and down a floor on cue.

Rocking Kelley with slick boxing strikes, Yanez dropped his opponent in the center of the Octagon during the finishing sequence, before laying waste to Kelley with a combination of ground strikes in a heated main card opener.

Below, catch the highlights from Adrian Yanez’s first round TKO win against Tony Kelley