Pinas promotes UFC event. Photo: Press release/Instagram/thebabayagashow_ufc
Damian Pinas arrived with a bang in the biggest MMA organization in the world. At UFC Mexico , an event held this Saturday (28), the pupil of Dedé Pederneiras at the Nova União academy impressed and gave Wes Schultz no chance . The athlete needed only one round to punish and knock out the American.
With a perfect debut, 23-year-old Pinas confirms the hype and shows that he is a promising fighter in the UFC middleweight division (up to 83,9 kg). Now, the representative of Aruba in MMA has reached his ninth career victory, all by stoppage (eight by knockout and one by submission), and has only one defeat.
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Precision and power in the octagon.
Pinas started by hunting down Schultz and landing powerful low kicks. Calmly, Pinas scored a knockdown with a straight punch to Schultz's face. Recovering, Schultz clung to Pinas and attempted a takedown, but ended up on the bottom.
On top, Pinas applied a powerful ground and pound and attempted a choke, but failed to secure the submission. Then, Pinas scored a second knockdown with an uppercut on Schultz. Not satisfied, Pinas knocked his opponent down with another straight punch, forcing the referee to stop the fight.
Check the results of the UFC Mexico
Main Card
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Lone'er Kavanagh defeated Brandon Moreno by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): David Martinez defeated Marlon Vera by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29, 29-28)
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Bobby Green defeated Daniel Zellhuber by technical knockout (punches) at 4:55 of round 2.
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Edgar Chairez defeated Felipe Bunes by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Imanol Rodriguez defeated Kevin Borjas by technical knockout (punches) at 4:21 of round 2.
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Santiago Luna defeated Angel Pacheco by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card
Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Ryan Gandra defeated Jose Daniel Medina by technical knockout (punches) at 41 seconds of round 1.
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Ailin Perez defeated Macy Chiasson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Cristian Quiñonez defeated Kris Moutinho by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Javier Reyes defeated Douglas Silva de Andrade by technical knockout (punches) at 4:59 of round 1.
Catchweight (up to 58,9 kg): Regina Tarin defeated Ernesta Kareckaite by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Francis Marshall defeated Erik Silva by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:29 of Round 1.
Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Damian Pinas defeated Wes Schultz by knockout (punch) at 2:30 of round 1.
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