Shi Ming received the Highway to UFC strawweight match with one of the crucial brutal head kicks in current reminiscence towards Feng Xiaocan at UFC Macau on Saturday.
Issues bought off to a comparatively sluggish begin, however issues picked up late within the opening spherical when Shi managed to attain a takedown. Nonetheless, Feng was in a position to sweep Shi with relative ease, placing her proper into the mount. To Shi’s credit score, she defended properly and labored her method again up earlier than the tip of the spherical, however Feng’s success on the mat doubtless received her the spherical.
Issues started to choose up on the ft within the second stanza with Shi being the extra aggressive fighter regardless of Feng having a definite benefit in size and attain.
With the struggle doubtlessly tied up, Shi got here out swinging and landed a fully brutal head kick lower than a minute into the spherical. Shi moved in shortly and dropped just a few ground-and-pound strikes, forcing the referee to step in and name for the stoppage.
Official Consequence: Shi Ming def. Feng Xiaocan through KO (head kick) at 0:46 of Spherical 3.
Although it was not proven in the course of the broadcast, Feng Xiacan needed to be taken out of the Octagon on a stretcher. Thankfully, Feng was acutely aware and talking with the medical workers whereas being carried out.