UFC Fight Night Max Holloway versus Yair Rodriguez: Results and investigation
LAS VEGAS - Fresh off consecutive numbered occasions the beyond about fourteen days, the UFC will fold directly into a gigantic featherweight headliner on Saturday inside the Apex.
Previous 145-pound champion Max Holloway (22-6) will take on Yair Rodriguez (13-2) at UFC Fight Night. For Holloway, 2021 will check the principal schedule year starting around 2015 in which he didn't contend in a UFC title battle. However, a success this evening would very likely set that up for him in 2022. With respect to Mexico's Rodriguez, Holloway addresses the greatest trial of his vocation, and a chance to satisfy the potential he has displayed starting around 2014, when he won The Ultimate Fighter Latin America series.
Notwithstanding the high-profile headliner, UFC Fight Night highlights welterweight prospect Miguel Baeza, who is hoping to bounce back from the principal loss of his profession against an individual striker in Khaos Williams. A bantamweight matchup between Song Yadong and Julio Arce likewise stands apart as the primary card opener.
Track with as Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi and Jeff Wagenheim recap the activity after each battle or watch UFC Fight Night on ESPN+.
Coming up straightaway:
Ladies' flyweight: Cortney Casey (9-9, 5-8 UFC; - 240) versus Liana Jojua (8-4, 1-2 UFC; +200)
Rafael Alves secured a guillotine gag and immediately procured an accommodation triumph over Marc Diakiese. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
Lightweight: Rafael Alves (20-10, 1-1 UFC) def. Marc Diakiese (14-5, 5-5 UFC) by first-round accommodation (guillotine) | Watch this battle on ESPN+
Alves isn't the sort of fellow you need to commit an error against.
Subsequent to wobbling Diakiese with a left hand, Alves ran in for a flying knee. Diakiese had the option to get Alves and go for a takedown - however Alves took hold of a guillotine. Alves secured in the stifle as he and Diakiese hit the ground and Diakiese tapped out. The accommodation finish for Alves came at 1:48 of the first round.
"Dana, I'm here to be a hero," Alves said in his postfight talk with, alluding to UFC president Dana White. "I'm destined to be a boss."
Alves, 31, from Brazil, gotten his first UFC triumph with that great grouping. He is a Dana White's Contender Series alum and the previous Titan FC interval lightweight boss. Diakiese, a 28-year-old Congo local battling out of the United Kingdom, has lost two straight and five of his last seven.
Da-Un Jung started off Saturday's UFC Fight Night activity with a major elbow that took out Kennedy Nzechukwu in the first round of their lightweight battle. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
Light heavyweight: Da-Un Jung (15-2-1, 4-0-1 UFC) def. Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-2, 3-2 UFC) by first-round KO | Watch this battle on ESPN+
Da-Un, of South Korea, taken out Nzechukwu with standing elbows along the fence at the 3:04 characteristic of the opening round. The completion came after Da-Un hurt Nzechukwu on the feet, strolled him to the fence and dropped him with elbows over the top.
It was a definitive completion for Da-Un and somewhat of a perplexing presentation by Nzechukwu, who scarcely endeavored any strikes and for the most part stood straightforwardly before Da-Un in a guarded stance. It is Nzechukwu's first misfortune in quite a while. Da-Un improves to 4-0-1 in the UFC.
Coming up soon:
Men's featherweight: Max Holloway (22-6, 18-6 UFC; - 625) versus Yair Rodriguez (14-2 NC, 8-1 NC UFC; +450)
Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell (39-13, 9-7 UFC; - 160) versus Marcos Rogerio de Lima (18-8-1, 7-5 UFC; +135)
Ladies' featherweight: Felicia Spencer (8-3, 2-3 UFC; - 300) versus Leah Letson (5-2, 1-0 UFC; +240)
Welterweight: Miguel Baeza (10-1, 3-1 UFC; - 150) versus Khaos Williams (12-2, 3-1 UFC; +125)
Men's bantamweight: Song Yadong 17-5-1, 6-1-1 UFC; - 135) versus Julio Arce (17-4, 4-2 UFC; +115)
Lightweight: Thiago Moises (15-5, 4-3 UFC; - 260) versus Joel Alvarez (18-2, 3-1 UFC; +210)
Ladies' flyweight: Cynthia Calvillo (9-3-1, 6-3-1 UFC; - 130) versus Andrea Lee (12-5, 4-3 UFC; +110)
Men's featherweight: Sean Woodson (8-1, 2-1 UFC; - 330) versus Collin Anglin (8-2, 0-1 UFC; +260)
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