It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, December 17th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC On FOX 22. Headlining the card are Paige VanZant and Michelle Watson, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
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It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, December 17th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC On FOX 22. Headlining the card are Paige VanZant and Michelle Watson, but there’s a whole bunch of great fights also taking place on the preliminary section of the card.
Henrique da Silva vs. Paul Craig in a light heavyweight bout closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1.
Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota is next in a featherweight bout.
Bryan Barberena vs. Colby Covington is next in a welterweight bout.
James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono is next in a welterweight bout.
Josh Emmett vs. Scott Holtzman is next in a lightweight bout.
Leslie Smith vs. Irene Aldana women’s bantamweight bout opens the Fox Sports 1 preliminary bouts.
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Eddie Wineland in a bantamweight bout finished off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. Talk about a short night. Mizugaki on the back foot a bit kicking at range early. Wineland dropped him twice and the second time it was with a right hand. Wineland finished him on the ground with strikes.
Hector Sandoval and Fredy Serrano met in a flyweight bout. In round 1, Sandoval with the big early takedown and a couple clubbing shots. Serrano got to his feet. Serrano with a nice stepping knee strike. Sandoval has Serrano hurt again after landing a right hand. Doesn’t seem like Serrano has much idea what’s coming at him next. They exchanged to the bell. In round 2, Sandoval opens the round with a jumping guillotine but Serrano got out of it. Sandoval clinched with him up against the fence but they separated and exchanged to the end of the round. In round 3, Sandoval takes down Serrano again in this round and controlled him on the ground for the majority of the round. After a dominating performance, the judges gave Sandoval the decision win.
Bojan Velickovic vs. Sultan Aliev in a welterweight bout opened the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card. In round 1, they had a feeling our process early. Velickovic doing a lot more feinting than he is actually presenting meaningful offense. Aliev on his first takedown attempt and he’s got Velickovic down. Aliev works him over with strikes from guard with two minutes to go. Velickovic scrambles to his feet with seconds to go and they clinch to end the round. In round 2, after exchanging early in the round, Aliev scored a trip takedown midway through the round and worked him over with strikes from guard. Aliev kept him on the ground for the rest of the round but didn’t do much damage. In round 3, Aliev scored a takedown early in the round and got guard in top position. Velickovic with some good submission attempts but none have been so close to finishing the fight. Velickovic was landing some good shots off his back. Aliev kept him on the ground for the rest of the round. The judges award Aliev the decision win.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/5 p.m. ET)
Light Heavyweight: Henrique da Silva vs. Paul Craig
Featherweight: Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota
Welterweight: Bryan Barberena vs. Colby Covington
Welterweight: James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono
Lightweight: Josh Emmett vs. Scott Holtzman
Female Bantamweight: Leslie Smith vs. Irene Aldana
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/3:30 p.m. ET)
Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland def. Takeya Mizugaki via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:04
Flyweight: Hector Sandoval def. Fredy Serrano by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Welterweight: Sultan Aliev def. Bojan Velickovic via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
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