Spectacular debut! Lerryan Douglas confirms his status as favorite and knocks out his rival at UFC Seattle.

Lerryan celebrates his UFC victory. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

In his first fight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the Brazilian came into the bout as the athlete with the best chance of winning. UFC Seattle. The event, held this Saturday (28), featured a lightning duel, where julian erosa He couldn't keep up with Lerryan Douglas's frenetic pace in the stand-up fight. Before the bout began, the bookmakers were placing odds of... The 'rookie' had odds of 1,30, while the American appeared with odds of 3,50. The 30-year-old from Paraná arrived with a bang at Dana White's company, showing that he's not there to be just another competitor.

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In the first and only round, the fight began with good strikes from both fighters. Lerryan Douglas landed some good punches on his opponent in the first two minutes of the duel. julian erosa He tried to pressure the Brazilian at 2m25sec, but Douglas resisted, retaliating with a good sequence of shots.

At 1 minute and 50 seconds, Douglas initiated an absurd sequence of punches with a beautiful jab on the American and ended the fight at 1 minute and 27 seconds via technical knockout in the first round.

With a stylish debut, the Brazilian now has 14 wins and five losses in his professional record. On the other side, julian erosa He updates his record to 31 wins and 13 losses.

UFC Seattle Results

MAIN CARD

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): joe pyfer derrotou Israel adesanya by technical knockout (punches) at 4:18 of R2

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Alexa grasso derrotou Maycee barber by knockout (punch) at 2:42 of round 1

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Michael chiesa derrotou Niko Price via submission (rear naked choke) at 1min03s of R1

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Lerryan Douglas derrotou julian erosa by knockout (punches) at 3:33 of R1

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Yousri Belgaroui derrotou Mansur Abdul-Malik by technical knockout (punches and knee strike) at 1:21 of round 3

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): terrance mckinney derrotou kyle nelson by technical knockout (high kick and punches) at 24 seconds of round 1

PRELIMINARY CARD

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Tofiq Musayev derrotou Ignatius Bahamondes by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)

Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Lance Gibson Jr. defeated Chase Hooper by technical knockout (punches and kicks) at 2:04 of round 1

Heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg): Fortuna Tyrrell defeated Marcin tybura by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Casey O'Neill defeated Gabriella Fernandes by knockout (punches) at 3:11 of R1

Light heavyweight (up to 92,9 kg): Navajo Stirling derrotou Bruno Lopes by technical knockout (punches) at 4:05 of R2

Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Ricky simon e Adrian Yanez It ended in a majority tie by the judges (29-28, 28-28, 28-28).

Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Alexia Thainara derrotou Bruna Brazil by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)