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Michel Pereira Submits Zelim Imadaev After Three Dominant Rounds

PereriraThe next fight on the main card is between Michel Pereira Lima and Zelim Imadaev. Round 1: Pereira opens with a front kick to the body before missing with a jab. The two continue to read eachother, before Pereira attempts to land a high kick. Pereira connects with a stiff jab. Imadaev puts on the […]

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The next fight on the main card is between Michel Pereira Lima and Zelim Imadaev.

Round 1: Pereira opens with a front kick to the body before missing with a jab. The two continue to read eachother, before Pereira attempts to land a high kick. Pereira connects with a stiff jab. Imadaev puts on the pressure attempting to land a jab of his own. Pereira fakes a flying knee. Imadaev lands a low kick. Pereira gets backed to the cage and explodes with a jab. the two exchange as Pereira lands a flying knee on the break. He then lands a hard right hand before attempting a showtime kick that partially lands. Pereira continues the pressure landing a nice one two, he then backs Imadaev to the cage with a jab before knocking him down with a right hand in teh centre of the octagon. He continues to showboat before landing another one two. The right hand continues to land before Imadaev throws back a heavy low kick. Pereira lands a nice body kick before some showboating and closing the round with a knee.

Round 2: Pereira pressure Imadaev to the cage who lands a nice counter right hand. The two exchange front kicks to the body before Pereira attempts a flying knee that is stuffed by a low kick. Pereira attempts to roll into an up kick but is quick to return to the feet. Pereira lands some open-handed strikes. Imadaev attempts a takedown taking Pereira to the cage before having the position reversed. The two separate and Imadaev attempts a flurry of heavy shots. The two begin to trade in the center of the octagon. Pereira lands a heavy jab dealing with some visible damage to the nose of Imadaev. The final seconds of the round sees the two trade in the center of the octagon.

Round 3: Imadaev opens with a low kick, Pereira lands to the body. Pereira puts a combination together on the feet before landing a superman punch continuing with a flurry of strikes against the cage. Imadaev recovers and begins to presure Pereira to the cage. Pereira lands a massive overhand slap. Pereira continues to find a home for his jab. Pereira lands a heavy right hook on Imadaev. He continues to pressure Imadaev to the cage landing some heavy shots to the body. The showboating continues as Pereira lands more open handed strikes. Pereira secures a takedown on Imadaev. He then locks in a rear naked choke to secure a submission victory.

Official Result: Michel Pereira Lima def. Zelim Imadaev via SUB (Rear Naked Choke) 4:39, R3

Brian Kelleher Submits Ray Rodriguez In Round One

KelleherUp next is a short notice match-up between Brian Kelleher and Ray Rodriguez. Round 1: Rodriguez opens with a leg kick before going to the body. Kelleher attempts to counter with a left hook. Rodriguez continues the pressure taking Kelleher to the cage. Kelleher secures a guillotine as Rodriguez shoots for the takedown. This secures […]

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Up next is a short notice match-up between Brian Kelleher and Ray Rodriguez.

Round 1: Rodriguez opens with a leg kick before going to the body. Kelleher attempts to counter with a left hook. Rodriguez continues the pressure taking Kelleher to the cage. Kelleher secures a guillotine as Rodriguez shoots for the takedown. This secures him the submission victory as Rodriguez taps.

Official Result: Brian Kelleher def. Ray Rodriguez via SUB (Rear Naked Choke) 0:39, R1

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai Results

OvereemLowKickMMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai results throughout tonight (Sat. 5th Sep, 2020) from the UFC Apex, Las Vegas. In the main event, two ranked Heavyweights will do battle as Alistair Overeem attempts to take out rising contender Augusto Sakai. Coming off a victory over Walt Harris earlier this year, […]

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LowKickMMA will be bringing you UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai results throughout tonight (Sat. 5th Sep, 2020) from the UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

In the main event, two ranked Heavyweights will do battle as Alistair Overeem attempts to take out rising contender Augusto Sakai. Coming off a victory over Walt Harris earlier this year, Overeem has cemented himself as a top contender in the division who is looking to make one final run at the title. After entering the UFC in 2018, Sakai has put together a four-fight win streak most recently defeating Blagoy Ivanov in May. In the co-main event, we will see a rebooked matchup between Ovince Saint Preux and Alonzo Menifield. A fight that was meant to take place a few short weeks ago, this bout had to be rebooked due to Saint Preux testing positive for COVID-19. Not that the fighter is in the clear the pair will face off in the light heavyweight division.

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UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai Results

Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+ 8 p.m. ET)

  • Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem vs. Augusto Sakai
  • Light-Heavyweight: Ovince Saint Preux vs. Alonzo Menifield
  • Welterweight: Michel Pererira Lima vs. Zelim Imadaev
  • Lightweight: Thiago Moises vs. Jalin Turner
  • Featherweight: Brian Kelleher vs. Kevin Natividad

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Women’s Flyweight: Viviane Araujo vs. Montana De La Rosa
  • Middleweight: Andre Muniz vs. Bartosz Fabinski
  • Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov vs. Marcos Rogerio De Lima
  • Bantamweight: Cole Smith vs. Hunter Azure

Aleksandar Rakic Dominates Anthony Smith – UFC Vegas 8 Results

Aleksandar RakicIT’S TIME! The UFC Vegas 8 main event is about to go down. One-time light-heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith looks to get back in the win column. He faces European standout Aleksandar Rakic. The winner moves back into title contention. The loser has some work to do. Who’ll emerge victorious? Let’s find out… Round 1: […]

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IT’S TIME! The UFC Vegas 8 main event is about to go down. One-time light-heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith looks to get back in the win column. He faces European standout Aleksandar Rakic. The winner moves back into title contention. The loser has some work to do. Who’ll emerge victorious? Let’s find out…

Round 1: Both men trade leg kicks early. Aleksandar Rakic nails Anthony Smith to the body. They go back to leg kicks. This is some really heavy shots landing right now. Rakic lands another and Smith drops to the floor. His left leg buckled bad. Rakic is on top dropping shots. Smith manages to take advantage of the scramble and take the back of Rakic. He isn’t able to maintain the position and quickly falls off. Rakic is back on top. The Serbian is in the guard – not a lot is happening right now. Smith is using his legs to prevent Rakic from posturing up or advancing position. Smith is backing up to the fence. Rakic stands up and eats a shot from ‘Lionheart’ who remains on the seat of his pants. Rakic engages again on the floor just beforethe horn sounds to end the round.

Round 2: Rakic goes straight back to the leg kicks. Smith is trying to close the distance. He lands a huge right hand. They clinch up and Rakic manages to throw his opponent to the floor and take top position once again. Smith throws up a triangle, but it’s easily shook off. Rakic is content to maintain top position. He’s staying busy with short shotS but not a lot is happening right now. Smith again throws his legs up, this time for an armbar but the submission is once again easily avoided by Rakic. The Serb postures up and lands a few more pop shots at the end of round two.

Round 3: Rakic again opens with the leg kick. He goes high and seems to hurt Smith. Rakic is swarming right now. He gets the fight back to the floor and is back into the top position where he has spent most of this fight. Rakic is content to maintain top position and throw short shots. Smith is slowly trying to climb back to his feet but he’s struggling. Rakic is hammering Smith’s thigh with huge knees. Smith almost gets up again but is pulled back down again with just one-minute left on the clock. Rakic postures up with some ground and pound. Smith finally gets back to his feet with five seconds left. Rakic is already celebrating as the horn sounds to end the round and the fight.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Aleksandar Rakic def. Anthony Smith via unanimous decision

Neil Magny Wrestles His Way To Dominant Decision Win Over Robbie Lawler – UFC Vegas 8 Highlights

neil magnyIn arguably the best performance of his long stint at welterweight, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny picked up a mostly one-sided unanimous decision win over former division best, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler. With the victory, the Elevation Fight Team trainee moves closer to Georges St-Pierre’s record for most wins in the history of the welterweight division, […]

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In arguably the best performance of his long stint at welterweight, ‘The Haitian Sensation’ Neil Magny picked up a mostly one-sided unanimous decision win over former division best, ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler. With the victory, the Elevation Fight Team trainee moves closer to Georges St-Pierre’s record for most wins in the history of the welterweight division, needing just two more to equal the former champion.

Displaying his wrestling chaps early and often, Magny scored four successful takedown attempts opposite short-notice replacement, Lawler – controlling the veteran former gold-holder on cue from the top. Landing significantly more total strikes, Magny almost setup a twister in the second-frame – with Lawler defending expertly.

Even in the third round, Magny, shrewdly pulled-guard following a decent counter from Lawler, forcing a reset. Popping a constant jab and a blood summoning step-in knee, Magny picked up his third consecutive win in 2020 with a 30-27 (x3) unanimous decision win.

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Neil Magny Outclasses Robbie Lawler – UFC Vegas 8 Results

Neil MagnyIn the UFC Vegas 8 co-main event former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler returns to the octagon for the first time in more than a year. ‘Ruthless’ is hoping to snap a three-fight losing streak against perennial contender Neil Magny who is aiming to stretch his winning run to three in a row. Round 1: Robbie […]

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In the UFC Vegas 8 co-main event former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler returns to the octagon for the first time in more than a year. ‘Ruthless’ is hoping to snap a three-fight losing streak against perennial contender Neil Magny who is aiming to stretch his winning run to three in a row.

Round 1: Robbie Lawler is putting the forward pressure on early. Neil Magny is using the kicks to keep the former champ at bay. Lawler shoots for a takedown but Magny stays upright. He grabs onto Lawler’s head and ends up in the top position. Lawler eventually stands back up to his feet but Magny has his back. ‘The Haitian Sensation’ is stuck to Lawler like glue here. He eventually drags the fight back to the mat but is reversed by Lawler who tries to land ground and pound. Magny pops back up but maintains the clinch. He drops down for a takedown and gets it. Lawler scrambles but he ends up in the same position he started. Magny is on top reigning down with heavy body shots as round one ends.

Round 2: Lawler begins round two with his patented forward pressure. He’s being smart though and not jumping in too much. Magny throws a head kick before securing a takedown. He quickly moves to Lawler’s back. He’s got so much time to work right now.Magny is ambitiously trying to set up a twister submission right now – Lawler is wise to it. ‘Ruthless’ almost got back up but Magny drags him back to the mat. Lawler is trying to us the fence to stand up but he’s eating shots. He eventually gets up but it stuck in the clinch. He lands a couple elbows before eating a few knees. They separate – Lawler is chasing his man now with 30 seconds left in round two. The horn sounds before the former 170lb champ can get any offence off.

Round 3: Magny rattles off a leg kick at the start of round three. Lawler lands a big shot and Magny appears to choose to drop to the floor. Lawler is in his opponent’s guard. Magny is clamped onto him and ultimately get the referee to stand them up. Lawler is getting aggressive now. He’s throwing and landing big shots. Magny pushes him back to the fence and eventually gets the takedown. Lawler gets back to his feet but eats a knee for his troubles. They separate and go back to the centre. Lawler is putting the pressure on but seems a bit gun shy. Magny is picking him off with nice punches and knees. He’s also using the clinch well – Lawler doesn’t know how to deal with it. Into the final minute and Magny is feeling himself right now. Lawler is still trying but he’s unable to get anything effective off. Magny utilizes the jab to withstand the late onslaught from Lawler and surely pick up a decision win.

OFFICIAL RESULT: Neil Magny def. Robbie Lawler via unanimous decision