Overeem consoles Walt Harris after KO end at UFC Battle Night time 172
UFC Battle Night time 172 from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Enviornment in Jacksonville, Florida didn’t have a storybook ending. With a lot of the MMA neighborhood behind Walt Harris, whose daughter was murdered in 2019, the heavyweight contender fell in need of a victory over Alistair Overeem in the principle occasion.
Harris almost stopped Overeem within the first spherical, however the veteran did sufficient to guard himself and to outlive. He used a slip from Harris to realize a prime place the place he drained his vitality and pounded him to complete the body. Within the second spherical, Overeem landed a head kick that dropped Harris and he completed him from prime place.
Harris remains to be a winner to compete after enduring such a tragedy, however within the Octagon, it was Overeem’s evening, and Sunday is his birthday. This isn’t a foul current to himself.
UFC Battle Night time 172 Outcomes
Here’s a take a look at the entire outcomes from UFC Battle Night time 172 from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Enviornment in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira def. Don’Story Mayes through SUB2 (Rear-Bare Choke)
- Cortney Casey def. Mara Romero Borella through SUB1 (Arm Bar)
- Nate Landwehr def. Darren Elkins through UD (30-27, 29-28×2)
- Giga Chikadze def. Irwin Rivera through UD (30-27×2, 30-26)
- Kevin Holland def. Anthony Hernandez through TKO1 (Knees and Punches)
- Miguel Baeza def. Matt Brown through TKO2 (Punch)
- Tune Yadong def. Marlon Vera through UD (29-28×3)
- Krzysztof Jotko def. Eryk Anders through UD (30-27, 29-28×2)
- Dan Ige def. Edson Barboza through SD (29-28×2, 28-29)
- Claudia Gadelha def. Angela Hill through SD (29-28×2, 28-29)
- Alistair Overeem def. Walt Harris through TKO2
Rodrigo Nascimento Faucets Don’Story Mayes
In his primary roster debut with the UFC, highly effective Brazilian Rodrigo Nascimento confirmed some stunning talent on his toes earlier than locking within the rear-naked choke to submit Don’Story Mayes together with his vaunted grappling skill.
Cortney Casey Takes the Determination Out of the Judges Palms
Cortney Casey has had a behavior of shedding shut choices within the UFC. On Saturday evening, she let her grappling decide the end result towards Mara Romero Borella.
Casey was on the underside by the primary spherical, however late within the body, she secured this armbar end to get the victory by submission.
Kevin Holland Punishes Anthony Hernandez
With an enormous elbow and a follow-up knee to the abdomen, Kevin Holland scored a 39-second TKO win over Anthony Hernandez. Check out the destruction:
Holland is thought for his in-Octagon rhetoric. He didn’t give himself time to speak on this one.
Miguel Baeza Places in Star-Making Efficiency
Everybody is aware of how gifted Miguel Baeza is as an total blended martial arts expertise, however we received an opportunity to see a few of his toughness on Saturday evening towards Matt Brown.
Baeza was stung by a proper hand from Brown within the first spherical, however he rebounded together with his personal pictures to shut the spherical, after which within the second body, he destroyed the veteran with this left hook:
This was an evening that didn’t have a ton of finishes, however there have been nonetheless some very attention-grabbing battles total.
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