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UFC Fight Island 8 Results: Chiesa vs. Magny

ChiesaLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny results throughout the afternoon (Wed. 20th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Taking main event status on short-notice in what could prove to be a pivotal welterweight clash, The Ultimate Fighter 15 victor, Michael ‘The Maverick’ Chiesa meets with 170-pound mainstay, […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny results throughout the afternoon (Wed. 20th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Taking main event status on short-notice in what could prove to be a pivotal welterweight clash, The Ultimate Fighter 15 victor, Michael ‘The Maverick’ Chiesa meets with 170-pound mainstay, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny, with both hoping to earn a matchup against a top-five contender next, as they offer up three-fight win streaks, respectively.

Making his Octagon return for the first time in a year, submission threat, Chiesa has been flawless since his move to welterweight, besting former WEC and interim UFC welterweight champion, Carlos Condit, and one-time lightweight title chaser, Diego Sanchez to kickstart a two-fight rise. Co-headlining UFC Fight Night Raleigh last January, Chiesa defeated former 155-pound gold holder, Rafael dos Anjos via a unanimous decision.

Elevation Fight Team staple, Magny has himself witnessed a purple-patch of late. Amassing three wins on the trot, the Brooklyn native has taken three consecutive unanimous decision wins over Li Jingliang, Anthony Rocco Martin, and an August victory over former welterweight kingpin, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler.

A pair of 170-pound talents also feature in the co-main event as The Ultimate Fighter 3: Brazil victor, Warlley Alves meets with Tunisian striker, Mounir ‘The Sniper’ Lazzez.

Hoping to rebound to the winner’s enclosure, Alves battled opposite Randy Brown at UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo in November 2019, and makes his Octagon return off the back of a second-round triangle loss.

10-1 as a professional, Lazzez made his promotional bow at UFC Fight Island 1 in July, featuring against renowned knockout-ace Abdul Razak Alhassan, picking up a unanimous judging win over the power-puncher over three-rounds.

UFC Fight Island 8: Chiesa vs. Magny Results

Main Card: (ESPN+ 12 p.m. ET)

Welterweight: Michael Chiesa vs. Neil Magny

Welterweight: Warlley Alves vs. Mounir Lazzez

Light Heavyweight: Isaac Villanueva vs. Vinicius Moreira

Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Viviane Araujo

Flyweight: Matt Schnell vs. Tyson Nam

Featherweight: Lerone Murphy vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 9 a.m. ET)

Middleweight: Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese

Bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Gaetano Pirrello

Flyweight: Su Mudaerji vs. Zarrukh Adashev

Middleweight: Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Markus Perez

Flyweight: Francisco Figueiredo vs. Jerome Rivera

Lightweight: Mike Davis vs. Mason Jones

Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Sergey Morozov

Flyweight: Victoria Leonardo vs. Manon Fiorot

Max Holloway Shines In Masterful Decision Win Over Calvin Kattar – UFC Fight Island 7 Highlights

HollowayFormer UFC featherweight champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway is back in the winner’s enclosure — possibly eclipsing his incredible 2018 outing against Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega to boot, snapping a two-fight rise of the number-six ranked Calvin Kattar in a five-round battering. Blasting out the gate early, Holloway looked incredibly sharp with his hands in the early […]

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Former UFC featherweight champion, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway is back in the winner’s enclosure — possibly eclipsing his incredible 2018 outing against Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega to boot, snapping a two-fight rise of the number-six ranked Calvin Kattar in a five-round battering.

Blasting out the gate early, Holloway looked incredibly sharp with his hands in the early exchanges of the opening round. Landing a couple of nasty calf kicks, Kattar stifled some of the Hawaiian’s early pressure, sticking well behind his jab as the latter pushing forward as his customary. Landing a couple of decent spinning back-kicks to the midsection before the first round buzzer, Holloway’s sheer activity won him the opening frame.

In an absolutely massive round for the former champion, Holloway split Kattar’s guard with a massive, slicing elbow on two separate occasions, drawing a sizeable cut on the forehead of the Matheun native. Almost scoring a similar buzzing beating high-kick knockdown, Holloway clipped Kattar behind the ear to close the second frame.

Having some better moments in the third round, Kattar landed well with that straight right on occasion, however, it was just more of the same from the onset from Holloway — scoring a series of lengthy combinations with aplomb with some of the best volume striking of his career.

In what’s sure to hold up as a Round of the Year contender, Holloway and Kattar bit down on their respective mouthpieces at the fence, swinging wild hooks and elbows for the majority of the fourth round. Holloway settled the pace in the first of two championship rounds towards the end, taking yet another frame in this one.

Taking the final round as well in one of the best displays in his carer, Holloway took home a unanimous decision win — even landing some incredible ‘no-look’ strikes on Kattar in the final minutes of the round. With Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega slated for UFC 260 in late March — Holloway should most definitely face the victor.

Below, check out the highlights from Holloway’s blitzing of Kattar over five-rounds.

Li Jingliang Scores Massive KO Win Over Santiago Ponzinibbio – UFC Fight Island 7 Highlights

JingliangWell, it’s not the Octagon return surging Argentine finisher, Santigao ‘Gente Boa’ Ponzinibbio had in mind. Upsetting the odds, Tacheng native, Li Jingliang is back in the winner’s enclosure via a shocking opening round one-punch knockout win over the streaking contender. Dropping a unanimous decision defeat to common-opposition, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny at UFC […]

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Well, it’s not the Octagon return surging Argentine finisher, Santigao ‘Gente Boa’ Ponzinibbio had in mind. Upsetting the odds, Tacheng native, Li Jingliang is back in the winner’s enclosure via a shocking opening round one-punch knockout win over the streaking contender.

Dropping a unanimous decision defeat to common-opposition, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny at UFC 248, Jingliang saw his eye-catching three-fight run stopped.

Matching with the 34-year-old La Plata native, Ponzinibbio on short-notice replacing Muslim Salikhov, Jingliang dealt with the wild style of the returning Argentine in the early goings, before launching a massive left-hook counter, dropping Ponzinibbio out cold.

It’s now four wins in five for the Chinese finisher, adding Ponzinibbio to prior victories over Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, fellow UFC Fight Island 7 feature, David Zawada, and Daichi Abe.

Below, check out Jingliang’s massive KO victory to snap the seven fight rise of Ponzinibbio.

Punahele Soriano Stops Dusko Todorovic With First Round Strikes – UFC Fight Island 7 Highlights

SorianoEarning the first stoppage of the UFC’s 2021 schedule, Hawaiin standout, Punahele ‘Puna’ Soriano remains undefeated via his late opening-round knockout win over fellow highly-touted prospect, Dusko Todorovic. Improving to 8-0 and handing the Serbian his first professional loss, Soriano, a product of Dana White’s Contender Series back in June of 2019, the 28-year-old moves […]

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Earning the first stoppage of the UFC’s 2021 schedule, Hawaiin standout, Punahele ‘Puna’ Soriano remains undefeated via his late opening-round knockout win over fellow highly-touted prospect, Dusko Todorovic.

Improving to 8-0 and handing the Serbian his first professional loss, Soriano, a product of Dana White’s Contender Series back in June of 2019, the 28-year-old moves along in the middleweight ranks, adding Todorovic to a prior opening round knockout win over Oskar Piechota at UFC 245 in December of 2019.

Failing to make a single Octagon appearance last year, Soriano seen bouts with both grappler, Eric Spicely and Anthony Hernandez fall to the wayside. With tonight’s knockout win over the unmatched, Todorovic — the Hawaii native rebuilds a head of steam ahead of his next UFC walk.

Below, check out the highlights of Soriano’s technical striking blitz throught Todorovic.

UFC Fight Island 7 Results: Holloway vs. Kattar

HollowayLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 7: Holloway vs. Kattar results throughout the night (Sat. 16th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Opening up the UFC’s 2021 schedule, former undisputed featherweight titleholder, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway makes his return to ‘Fight Island’ in his first non-title outing since 2016, as he draws […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Island 7: Holloway vs. Kattar results throughout the night (Sat. 16th. January 2021) from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Opening up the UFC’s 2021 schedule, former undisputed featherweight titleholder, Max ‘Blessed’ Holloway makes his return to ‘Fight Island’ in his first non-title outing since 2016, as he draws the surging New England Cartel mainstay, Calvin Kattar. Title implications certainly on the line for the tonight’s main event victor.

Hoping to snap a two-fight losing run, Hawaii fan-favourite, Holloway dropped his undisputed crown to incumbent division best, Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski at UFC 245 in December of 2019. Unsuccessfully prying the title back from the Aussie in the co-main event of UFC 251 in July last, Holloway dropped a razor-thin split decision loss to the City Kickboxing staple.

In a breakout year for the Methuen native, Kattar took home two victories in 2020. Featuring at UFC 249 in May, the Massachusetts striker stopped veteran knockout ace, Jeremy ‘Lil’ Heathen’ Stephens via a perfectly-timed step-in elbow before massive ground-and-pound ended the Iowa native’s night.

Headlining UFC Fight Island 1 in July, Kattar took main event honours for the second time in his Octagon stint, managing a unanimous judging victory over Holloway’s compatriot, ‘Dynamite’ Dan Ige over five-rounds in a competitive back-and-forth.

In a rescheduled pairing, veteran welterweight finishers, ‘The Natural Born Killer’ Carlos Condit and ‘The Immortal’ Matt Brown meet in an exciting matchup on paper. Recently snapping a lengthy skid, New Mexico native, Condit, a former WEC and interim UFC welterweight champion also makes his return to ‘Fight Island’ — having bested Court McGee over three-rounds via a unanimous decision.

Seen his two-fight rise snapped by uber-prospect, Miguel Baeza, perennial contender, Brown had beaten both Ben Saunder and The Ultimate Fighter 1 victor, Diego ‘The Nightmare’ Sanchez.

UFC Fight Island 7: Holloway vs. Kattar Results

Main Card: (ESPN+, ABC 3 P.M. ET)

Featherweight: Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar

Welterweight: Carlos Condit vs. Matt Brown

Welterweight: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Li Jingliang

Middleweight: Joaquin Buckley vs. Alessio Di Chirico

Middleweight: Punahele Soriano vs. Dusko Todorovic

Preliminary Card: (ESPN+ 12 P.M. ET)

Bantamweight: Yu Wanan vs. Joselyne Edwards

Heavyweight: Carlos Felipe vs. Justin Tafa

Welterweight: David Zawada vs. Ramazan Emeev

Bantamweight: Sarah Moras vs. Vanessa Melo

Featherweight: Jacob Kilburn vs. Austin Lingo

Report – Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Ciryl Gane Agree To Meet At Mar. 13 UFC Event

RozenstruikFresh from a pair of high-profile knockout victories over former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Junior ‘Cigano’ dos Santos, top-ten heavyweight contenders, Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boy’ Rozenstruik and Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane have agreed to tangle next. Gane had previously suggested a pairing with Rozenstruik for his next Octagon outing. Targeted to feature beneath a welterweight main event […]

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Fresh from a pair of high-profile knockout victories over former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Junior ‘Cigano’ dos Santos, top-ten heavyweight contenders, Jairzinho ‘Bigi Boy’ Rozenstruik and Ciryl ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane have agreed to tangle next. Gane had previously suggested a pairing with Rozenstruik for his next Octagon outing.

Targeted to feature beneath a welterweight main event of surging contenders, Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards and Khamzat ‘Borz’ Chimav, heavyweight finishers, Rozenstruik and Gane would meet at the UFC’s Fight Night event on March 13 — with a location or venue still yet to be nailed down for the showcase. 

Per a report from French outlet, La Sueur, both Rozenstruik and Gane have verbally agreed to meet at the March 13 event, as the pair look to inch closer toward the top of the heavyweight division with a win. 

Fresh off a rebound win over dos Santos at UFC 252 in August, Suriname striker, Rozenstruik managed to stop the Brazilian veteran in the second-round via strikes. 

Bettering Rozenstruik’s effort against dos Santos in quicker fashion, Factory X mainstay, Gane nabbed his most high-profile victory to date in his seven-fight undefeated career. Stunning the American Top Team mainstay at the fence, the French uber-prospect then laned a right elbow just behind the ear, and despite complaints from dos Santos that the strike was illegal, Gane picked up a second frame knockout.

Sitting at 11-1 as a professional since his bow back in 2012, Rozenstruik has managed five wins and a sole loss during his Octagon stint so far. Recovering from a knockout loss to one-time title chaser and number-one contender, Francis Ngannou back in May at UFC 249, Rozenstruik saw a winning run which included stoppages of Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski, Allen Crowder, and Junior Albini snapped. 

One of the most exciting talents to emerge within the promotion’s heavyweight ranks in recent years, 30-year-old La Roche-sur-Yon native, Gane is undefeated from his first four promotional walks. Ahead of the biggest test of his still-young career against Rozenstruik, Gane has bested Raphael Pessoa, Don’Tale Mayes, and Canadian contender, Tanner Boser prior to his win over dos Santos.