Charles Oliveira’s first protection of his UFC light-weight title was price remembering.
The Brazilian native took on Dustin Poirier, one of many hardest fighters within the sport and defeated him in a wild bout on the most important occasion of UFC 269 in Las Vegas on Saturday night time.
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The stoppage time was 1:02 of the third spherical as Oliveira (32-8) introduced Poirier (28-7) with a standing rear-neck choke, including to his UFC submission file along with his 14th.
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The first spherical was a panoramic occasion, as Poirier hit the heaviest photographs. But Oliver repeatedly kicked the entrance and each knees landed on the torso. The impression of these kicks took maintain in second, as Oliveira overtook Poirier and completed in high spot, the place he rained closely elbows over the course of a number of minutes.
Oliveira wasted little time sinking into the profitable choke in third to register his tenth consecutive win.
“I am the world champion,” mentioned Oliveira. “I’m a man. They talk, I do.”
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The different title combat of the night resulted in one of the vital surprising ups and downs in combined martial arts historical past.
Chicago’s Juliana Pea, the equal of -1100 underdogs on some sportsbooks, defeated Amanda Nunes to win the UFC ladies’s bantamweight title. Pea (11-4) gained through rear-neck choke submission at 3:26 of the second spherical.
South Florida’s Nunes (21-5), who introduced a 12-fight profitable streak to the bout and held the title since July 2016, twice dropped Pea within the opening spherical. However, Pea held on, and within the second spherical, she took the combat to Nunes and began capturing large.
Nunes started to load with heavy counters. But she gasped and Pena saved pouring it. Pea dropped Nunes and nearly instantly bought in place for a rear-naked choke.
“I told you, never doubt me again,” mentioned Pea. “Willpower, strength and determination will give you space.”
Nunes nonetheless holds the featherweight title, which he gained in December 2018.
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