The Octagon returned to Miami for tonight’s UFC 314 occasion, and 4 fighters wound up taking dwelling efficiency bonuses.
The pay-per-view occasion was headlined by a males’s featherweight title battle that includes Alex Volkanovski taking up Diego Lopes. The competition proved to be an unimaginable backwards and forwards affair. Volkanovski got here out with a dominant opening spherical. He continued to manage the battle for almost all of spherical two, however within the remaining seconds was dropped by a proper hand from Lopes. Spherical three was one other good spherical for the Aussie, however Lopes confirmed his grit and willpower by taking up in spherical 4. The fifth and remaining spherical was very aggressive, however after twenty-five minutes of motion it was clear that ‘The Nice’ had outpointed Lopes and could be strolling away with the win.
UFC 314 was co-headlined by a extremely anticipated light-weight bout between Paddy Pimblett and Michael Chandler. The bout resulted in an absolute dominant efficiency from Pimblett. ‘The Baddy’ used his highly effective low kicks and fast jab to smother and management Chandler proper from the opening bell. After hurting ‘Iron’ with a knee early within the third spherical, Pimblett took the battle to the ground and promptly completed Chandler off with some heavy floor and pound. It was an incredible efficiency from the Liverpool native who appears sure for a prime contender battle subsequent.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking dwelling efficiency bonuses.
Struggle of the night time: Featherweight fighters Alex Volkanovski and Diego Lopes every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling conflict in tonight’s UFC 314 major occasion. Volk in the end gained the competition by the use of unanimous choice.
Efficiency of the night time: Jean Silva earned an additional $50k for his second-round submission victory over Bryce Mitchell (see that right here).
Efficiency of the night time: Paddy Pimblett pocketed an additional $50k for his third-round TKO victory over Michael Chander in tonight’s co-headliner (see that right here).
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