The Octagon went back to France for today’s UFC Paris occasion, a 14-bout battle card headlined by Renato Moicano vs. Benoit Saint Denis.
The extremely prepared for light-weight centerpiece led to a ruthless one-sided pounding. Renato Moicano had the ability to get the battle to the ground in the opening seconds of the preliminary and continued to damage Benoit Saint Denis with a myriad of punches and elbows (see those here). In some way, ‘BSD’ had the ability to endure the attack and make it out of Round 1. While numerous anticipated Moicano to relocate for the kill early in Round 2, that didn’t show to be the case. Rather, the Frenchman had the ability to install some good offense, this while warding off the Brazilian’s takedown efforts. At the end of the 2nd round the physician was asked to come in and examine on Saint Denis. Upon his evaluation, the battle was waved off as ‘BSD’ might no longer see.
UFC Paris was co-headlined by a crucial middleweight bout including Brendan Allen handling Nassourdine Imavov. The contest showed to be a difficult backward and forward affair. Brendan Allen had the ability to use his grappling abilities to smother and manage the battle in round one. Nassourdine Imavov executed his sprawl to safeguard Allen’s takedowns in rounds 2 and 3 and was able to piece up the American in the standup. After fifteen minutes of action Imavov was granted a much-deserved consentaneous choice triumph from the judges in participation.
Following the conclusion these days’s occasion, UFC authorities revealed at the post-fight interview that 4 fighters would be taking home efficiency rewards.
Efficiency of the night: Fares Ziam made an additional $50k for his harsh third-round knockout success over Matt Frevola.
What a KO from Fares Ziam 💥 #UFCParis
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Efficiency of the night: Chris Duncan took an additional $50k for his first-round submission triumph over Bolaji Oki in today’s event-opening bout (see that here).
Efficiency of the night: Morgan Charriere made an additional $50k for his second-round knockout success over Gabriel Miranda (see that here).
Efficiency of the night: Bryan Battle filched an additional $50k for his second-round TKO success over Kevin Jousset (see that here).
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