Ready to put on a show in his Ultimate debut, Brendson Ribeiro paid the price for entertainment. Featured on the preliminary card of UFC 298, held this Saturday (17), in Anaheim (USA), the Brazilian had a good start in the confrontation against Mingyang Zhang, but succumbed after being surprised by a fatal combination from his opponent in the first round. The outcome came via technical knockout.
With the defeat, Ribeiro will have to wait for his next appointment to seek his first victory with the organization's gloves. The stumble marked the sixth defeat for the light heavyweight (up to 93kg) in 22 appearances in professional MMA.
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The price of aggressiveness
The fight started with Brendson taking the initiative with a low kick. The Chinese responded with a kick that exploded into the Brazilian's torso. Ribeiro didn't attack the attack and shook his opponent with a direct shot. After just over a minute, Zhang was already bleeding from his face. After a frank exchange, Ribeiro collapsed after receiving a cross from Mingyang. The Chinese delivered another blow and the referee ended the confrontation.
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The duel between Quinlan and Barlow began with a lot of study and some exchanges of blows between the athletes in the center of the cage. Showing fluid striking and a good reach, Barlow attempted some plastic strikes seeking a knockout over his rival. Taking a delay in the exchange, Quinlan started to move forward, trying to make Barlow uncomfortable in the exchange. In the final seconds of the round, Barlow tried a blitz, landed some good shots but was stopped by the sound of the bell.
In the second half, the panorama of the confrontation continued: Barlow used his striking to try plastic and pyrotechnic blows and Quinlan tried to pressure him, however, starting to explode with some blows to try to catch his rival off guard or in some counterattack. In the final minute of the second round, Barlow began to land good combinations of punches that landed cleanly on his opponent's face, who tried to change the level of the fight but was unable to do so.
Aware of the disadvantage after losing two rounds, Quinlan tried to take the loss and went all out against Barlow. However, with just over a minute of the fourth round, Barlow landed a cross and another sequence of blows on his rival who staggered, tried to resist, fought but the referee ended up interrupting the confrontation after the rain of blows applied by Barlow, who left. victorious by knockout.
Newcomer Oban Elliott beats Val Woodburn by judges' decision
Seeking to redeem himself from the defeat suffered by the star BoNickal in its debut, Val Woodburn He started the fight aggressively, cornering his rival and seeking the knockout. However, Elliott survived the Jamaican's initial momentum and soon took him down and got on his back where he stayed for around two minutes trying to finish. In the final minute, the Welshman switched to mount and began punishing Woodburn heavily with ground and pound. The Jamaican was literally saved by the bell.
In the second round, Woodburno returned with the same aggression as in the first round, however, he received a right blow to the face that scared him and made him retreat from his strategy. Quickly, Elliott got back to grips with the Jamaican and looked for a grappling fight again. Despite his dominance in the ground fight, the Welsh fighter was unable to finish the fight either by knockout or submission, which drew some boos from the audience in the final stretch of the second round.
At the beginning of the last round, Elliott started looking for a grappling fight from the first seconds to avoid bad luck, however, he appeared too tired to keep the fight in the clinch. Insistently, Elliott took down Woodburn and fought to just keep the Jamaican pinned to the ground and avoid the risk of suffering a scare. In the final seconds, Woodburn still got up but did not present any major danger to his rival until the bell sounded. At the end of the confrontation, Elliott won the unanimous decision of the judges.
In a warm fight, Andrea Lee defeats Miranda Maverick on points
The duel that opened the fight night of the UFC 298 It didn't exactly excite the MMA fan who arrived early at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California (USA). Flyweights (up to 56,7kg) Andrea Lee e Miranda maverick They fought the traditional duel of styles, with Miranda dominating the confrontation in the stand-up fight, in striking, while Lee tried to apply his traditional grappling, however, without much success.
In the final stretch of the confrontation, Miranda applied that traditional takedown to 'guarantee victory' and pinned her rival to the ground until the bell sounded. After 15 minutes, victory for Miranda maverick in the unanimous decision of the judges.
UFC 298 results
MAIN CARD
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Ilia Topuria derrotou Alexander Volkanovsky by knockout at 3m32s of R2- fight for the belt
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Robert whittaker derrotou Paulo borrachinha in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Ian Gary derrotou Geoff neal in the judges' split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Merab Dvalishvili derrotou Henry Cejudo in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): anthony hernandez finished Roman Kopylov with a rear naked choke at 3m23s of R2
PRELIMINARY CARD
Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Amanda lemos derrotou Mackenzie dern in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Marcos Foot derrotou Junior Tafa by technical knockout at 1m14s of R2
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Rinya Nakamura derrotou Carlos Vera in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Mingyang Zhang derrotou Brendson Ribeiro by technical knockout at 1m41s of R1
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Danny Barlow derrotou Josh Quinlan by technical knockout at 1m18s of R3
Welterweight weights (up to 77,1 kg): Oban Elliot derrotou Valentine Woodburn in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Miranda maverick derrotou Andrea Lee in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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