Brutal! Alessandro Costa wins by knockout with a beautiful body shot at UFC Vegas 115.

Alexander Costa In victory at the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/X.

In a duel valid for the flyweight category (up to 56,7 kg), Alexander Costa He put on a show and won. Stewart Nicoll By knockout in the final seconds of the second round. The result marked the third victory for the Brazilian based in Mexico, who recovered from his defeat against Alden Coria last September, while the Australian now suffered his third loss in the organization.

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Alessandro Costa was very aggressive from the start of the match.

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Alexander Costa In an interview at the UFC. Photo: Reproduction.

While Costa dominated the center of the octagon with a more assertive stance, Nicoll moved laterally and attacked with leg and body kicks. As time went on, the Australian began attacking with punches and spinning kicks, but the most powerful blow in the first few seconds was a strong calf kick delivered by the Brazilian. After establishing distance, Alessandro began to attack with combinations of punches, working well with body shots and landing a powerful right cross to his opponent's chin.

More corpulent, Costa had little difficulty defending against Nicoll's takedown attempts, who became more aggressive as the round progressed. However, the Brazilian succeeded in landing a strong punch to his opponent's body, who recoiled and for a few seconds seemed to be in danger of being knocked out.

Alessandro returned with his trademark aggression in the second round, quickly hurting his rival with a good calf kick before going for a takedown and dominating Nicoll's back. The Australian remained very calm defending the position and returning to the feet, only to be cornered again by the Brazilian, who once again defended a takedown attempt and began punishing his opponent with strong punches to the head. After stunning him on his feet, he once again transitioned to the back, but couldn't stabilize himself and the fight returned to striking.

That's when the duel came to an end. With great skill, Alessandro landed a perfect left hook to Nicoll's liver, sending him crashing to the ground and forcing the referee to stop the fight at four minutes and 56 seconds.

Darrius Flowers injures veteran's rib with brutal piledriver.

Darrius Flowers gets it. Slams for damage should be intentional and trained. pic.twitter.com/6qfdDZoaBL

— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) April 4, 2026

Darrius Flowers won Lando vannata by technical knockout in the second round in a lightweight bout (up to 70,3 kg) in ufc vegas 115The triumph was the fighter's first positive result in the world's largest MMA organization, who had been on a run of three consecutive losses in the last four years and saved his job with the performance this Saturday (4). The veteran, on the other hand, suffered his third consecutive defeat.

While Flowers tried to be the aggressor, Vannata moved laterally and attempted to be evasive, not only to avoid his opponent's attacks but also to land good punches and try to take the fight to the ground. Despite not seeming affected by the impact of the blows while standing, Flowers ended up being knocked down after having a kick caught by the veteran.

With a merely bureaucratic ground and pound, Lando was nearly submitted with a triangle choke, and upon returning to his feet, he was taken down in a wide-amplitude takedown that injured his right ribcage and almost ended the fight. However, despite surviving the final part of the first round, the end came a few minutes later. Flowers secured the takedown and, after landing some punches from the top, referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 52 seconds of the middle round.