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UFC 276 took place tonight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main event saw Israel Adesanya defend his middleweight crown against Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier, while in the co-main, Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski and Max “Blessed” Holloway met in a trilogy bout for the featherweight title.
Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Over five rounds, Adesanya dominated a formidable exchange with Jared Cannonier, who was really struggling to collect any kind of permanent offense against the champion. By the end of the battle, the Las Vegas mob was letting the fighters hear Boz's voice, but regardless of the emotion, Adesanya did much to ensure a unanimous victory.
The judges scored a fight for Adesanya 49-46, 49-46 and 50-45, which gave Canonnier and his team credit for working well with the strategy that led them to do so. He hoped it would be a great show.
"I'll tell you one thing, they had a great game plan," Adesanya later said. "It was really hard to keep up with my follow-up. I'm going to the second stage because they had a good game plan."
Adesanya called out to Alex Pereira. "As we all know who the next competitor is, believe me, the first time I told you, it was a mistake on my part to spam the right hand and he was in kickboxing."
Volkanovski vs. Holloway
In the co-main event, Volkanovski - who trains in city kickboxing with Adesanya - swept cleanly in his trilogy with Max Holloway.
Volkanowski recounted his feat of retaining the gold medal in 2020 before beating Holloway in 2019 to win the featherweight title. Many fans disagreed on Australia's second victory over Hawaii, but the champion left no doubt after winning all five rounds on the three judges' scorecards on Saturday.
The figures reflect Volkanovski's brilliant offense and defensive display, which portrayed Holloway as a UFC novice rather than a fighter who was seen by some as the greatest featherweight ever. ۔
The result extended Volkanovski's winning streak to 22 and opened the door for the 33-year-old to challenge for the lightweight title to become the doubles champion.
Alex Pereira vs. Sean Strickland
Earlier in the night, former kickboxing champion Alex Pereira knocked out Sean Strickland in the first round to establish himself as a potential next challenger to the Adesanya title.
Pereira is a relative novice in mixed martial arts, having only two years of training, but he has gone 3-0 up in the UFC and has won two wins against Adesanya since his time as a kickboxer. Of In the second of their two clashes in the game, Brazil knocked out Adesanya.
Pereira finished off Sean Strickland early in the night and is doing his job at the Adesanya main event, all of which guarantees that former rivals will meet again but this time for the UFC middleweight title. is going.
The question now is, will Pereira be able to beat Adesanya now?
Will Adesanya Pereira take revenge on UFC?
UFC 276 MAIN CARD Results
Main Event – Middleweight Title Bout: Israel Adesanya def. Jared Cannonier via unanimous decision (49-46×2, 50-45)
Co-Main Event – Featherweight Title Bout: Alexander Volkanovski def. Max Holloway via unanimous decision (50-45×3)
Middleweight Bout: Alex Pereira def. Sean Strickland via KO: R1, 2.36
Welterweight Bout: Bryan Barberena def. Robbie Lawler via TKO: R2, 4.47
Bantamweight Bout: Pedro Munhoz vs Sean O’Malley results in a no contest (accidental eye poke): R2, 3.05
PRELIMS
Lightweight Bout: Jalin Turner def. Brad Riddell via submission: R1, 0.45
Welterweight Bout: Jim Miller def. Donald Cerrone via submission: R2, 1.32
Welterweight Bout: Ian Garry def. Gabe Green via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
Middleweight Bout: Dricus Du Plessis def. Brad Tavares via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
EARLY PRELIMS
Middleweight Bout: Andre Muniz def. Uriah Hall via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
Women’s Flyweight Bout: Maycee Barber def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (29-28×2, 30-27)
Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Julija Stoliarenko def. Jessica-Rose Clark via submission: R1, 0.42
