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Joe Pyfer puts Abdul Razak Alhassan to sleep with slick arm triangle choke – UFC Vegas 80 Highlights

Joe PyferDWCS alumnus Joe Pyfer scored his third-straight win inside the Octagon on Saturday night in the UFC Vegas 80 co-main event. Pyfer came out looking to end things early in the opening round of his fight with Abdul Razak Alhassan. The first round was nothing short of a slugfest with Pyfer nearly locking in a […]

Joe Pyfer

DWCS alumnus Joe Pyfer scored his third-straight win inside the Octagon on Saturday night in the UFC Vegas 80 co-main event.

Pyfer came out looking to end things early in the opening round of his fight with Abdul Razak Alhassan. The first round was nothing short of a slugfest with Pyfer nearly locking in a standing triangle choke early on. Alhassan successfully defended the hold and began pummeling Pyfer’s lead leg, but it wasn’t enough to stop Pyfer from practically taking Alhassan down at will.

Just past the 90-second mark of the second round, Pyfer picked up Alhassan against the fence and slammed his man to the mat. Pyfer immediately began fishing for another triangle choke and managed to lock it in and position himself to put as much pressure on Alhassan as possible. Two minutes into the round, Alhassan appeared to tap out but did so with a fist preventing the referee from stepping in and calling for the stoppage until it was clear that Alhassan was unconscious.

Official Result: Joe Pyfer def. Abdul Razak Alhassan via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:05 of Round 2.

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Drew Dober scores brutal first round KO of Ricky Glenn – UFC Vegas 80 Highlights

Drew DoberPhotogenic fan favorite Drew Dober got back into the win column at UFC Vegas 80, delivering another highlight-reel knockout against Ricky Glenn in the opening round. Determined to bounce back from a loss to Matt Frevola in his last outing, Dober delivered another stunning first-round KO against Iowa native Ricky Glenn as part of the […]

Drew Dober

Photogenic fan favorite Drew Dober got back into the win column at UFC Vegas 80, delivering another highlight-reel knockout against Ricky Glenn in the opening round.

Determined to bounce back from a loss to Matt Frevola in his last outing, Dober delivered another stunning first-round KO against Iowa native Ricky Glenn as part of the evening’s main card. Dober came out looking to end things early with his left hand and he did exactly that, landing a nasty overhand left that put Glenn on the mat nearly the halfway point of the opening round.

Smelling blood in the water, Dober dove in and delivered some hellacious ground and pound forcing referee Chris Tognoni to step in and call for the stoppage.

Official Result: Drew Dober def. Ricky Glenn via TKO (strikes) at 2:36 of Round 1. 

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Bobby Green makes shocking cheating accusation in UFC: ‘The Russians be cheating right now, no disrespect’

Bobby Green makes shocking cheating claim in UFC the Russians are cheating no disrespectSlated to headline UFC Vegas 80 this weekend ahead of a blockbuster UFC 294 card next week in Abu Dhabi, UAE, lightweight staple, Bobby Green is picking former-foe, Islam Makhachev to defend his title successfully in the Middle East – for the sole reason that according to him “Russians be cheating” under the promotional banner. […]

Bobby Green makes shocking cheating claim in UFC the Russians are cheating no disrespect

Slated to headline UFC Vegas 80 this weekend ahead of a blockbuster UFC 294 card next week in Abu Dhabi, UAE, lightweight staple, Bobby Green is picking former-foe, Islam Makhachev to defend his title successfully in the Middle East – for the sole reason that according to him “Russians be cheating” under the promotional banner.

Green, a former opponent of recently crowned undisputed lightweight champion, Makhachev, makes his return to the Octagon this weekend atop UFC Vegas 80, taking on the streaking American Top Team product, Grant Dawson over the course of five rounds.

Last time out, Green snapped a losing skid with a one-sided victory over former interim champion, Tony Ferguson back in July at UFC 291, landing a third round arm-triangle submission win over the Oxnard veteran.

And dropping a first round TKO loss to Makhachev back in February of last year, Green made some outlandish claims regarding the power and ability of the former, bordering on claims of malpractice and nefarious doping.

“I found this little video and it said Islam had a little trouble with drugs, but I don’t see people talking about him,” Bobby Green said. “He was saying that when he first came over that his school that he trained at in Russia, they just gave him vitamins. They’d been doing this since who knows when – when you start training.”

“Imagine if you give someone steroids from the age of 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 – how strong you would be,” Bobby Green continued. “People are like, ‘He was really strong.’ It makes sense now. There’s two people that I’ve moved around with and I was like, that’s interesting. I’ve moved with thousands of guys, that was interesting. I told my coach, ‘There’s something interesting about Islam.’ I felt it. That’s just not human. It makes sense.”

Bobby Green claims Russian fighters under the UFC are “cheating”

And appearing to double down on those accusations ahead of his return this weekend, Green claimed that as a whole – Russian fighters under the banner of the UFC are cheating and have been cheating for some time.

“I’m gonna go with Islam (Makhachev) [to beat Charles Oliveira] and the only reason I’ll say that is – you should be on the motherf*cker,” Bobby Green said on the Jaxxon Podcast. “You should see behind the scenes. Why do they [the UFC] keeping sending ‘em over to Abu Dhabi, you know what I mean?”

“The Russian be cheating right now,” Bobby Green explained. “No disrespect to none of the Russian people if you my fans. I f*ck with you, but I be seeing some funny sh*t that I’m like, ‘Oh.’ Because I know people all around and in different sections and stuff. For instance, Khabib (Nurmagomedov) and Islam and them, they go to a mosque. They train in some place where you can’t be – USADA can’t go, you can’t come in here. For months they can do whatever they wanna do.” 

What are your thoughts on Bobby Green’s bold claims this week?

Report – Bobby Green books UFC Vegas 80 main event fight with Grant Dawson in October return

Bobby Green vs. Grant Dawson set for UFC Vegas 80 main event in OctoberVeteran lightweight staple, Bobby Green is reportedly set for just his second-ever headlining fight under the banner of the UFC on October 7. – booking a main event clash at UFC Vegas 80 against the surging, Grant Dawson in ‘Sin City’. Green, who most recently featured at UFC 291 back in July in Salt Lake […]

Bobby Green vs. Grant Dawson set for UFC Vegas 80 main event in October

Veteran lightweight staple, Bobby Green is reportedly set for just his second-ever headlining fight under the banner of the UFC on October 7. – booking a main event clash at UFC Vegas 80 against the surging, Grant Dawson in ‘Sin City’.

Green, who most recently featured at UFC 291 back in July in Salt Lake City, Utah, turned in an impressive win over former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson, submitting the faltering veteran with a third round arm-triangle choke win in ‘The Beehive State’.

As for Dawson, the surging lightweight staple who has prevailed in eight of his last nine Octagon walks, attempts to likely crack the division’s top-10 ranks with a victory over veteran San Bernardino striker, Green next month.

Bobby Green makes October return in headliner against Grant Dawson

News of Bobby Green’s second headlining outing against main event debutante, Grant Dawson was initially reported by Fight Bananas.

“Grant Dawson is set for his first UFC main event against Bobby Green on October 7th in Las Vegas per sources.” 

A veteran fan-favorite, Green, 36, made his first-ever headlining outing under the banner of the Dana White-led promotion back in February of last year, dropping a one-sided first round ground strikes TKO loss to current undisputed lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev in a short-notice catchweight clash.

Boasting a 30-14-1(1) professional record, veteran puncher, Green has turned in notable victories over the likes of Charles Bennett, Daron Cruickshank, James Krause, Pat Healy, Josh Thomson, Clay Guida, Lando Vannatta, Al Iaquinta, and Tony Ferguson during his professional career.

Himself carrying a hugely impressive 20-1-1 professional record into his premiere headliner under the UFC banner, Dawson, a product of Dana White’s Contender Series back in 2017, has won eight of his first nine Octagon outings – with his sole blemish coming in the form of a 2021 majority decision draw against Ricky Glenn.

During his tenure to date, Dawson has defeated the likes of Damir Ismagulov, Mark O. Madsen, Jared Gordon, Michael Trizano, and Julian Erosa. 

Who wins at UFC Vegas 80 between Bobby Green and Grant Dawson?