Marlon
Vera picked up a statement win against Dominick
Cruz in the main event of UFC
on ESPN 41.
The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion got off to
a quick start, blitzing Vera (20-7-1) with punches and getting in
and out. However, the power of Vera was also apparent, as „Chito“
dropped Cruz (24-4) despite getting outstruck most of the round. „The Dominator“ would stay out of any danger and easily control
Round 2. The tide would turn as Vera would land his best punch of
the fight in the third round, an overhand right that dropped Cruz,
and battled back into the main event.
The next round would see Vera close out the show with a sensational
head kick that knocked Cruz cleanly out.
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The stoppage for Vera came at 2:17 of Round 4.
Landwehr Wins Brawl Over Onama
The co-main event saw featherweights Nate
Landwehr and David Onama
clash. It looked like Landwehr (10-2) was in for a long night after eating
a big right hand from Onama (16-4) in the first round. However,
after taking his back and landing several damaging blows, Landwehr
would reverse position and survive the dangerous first frame.
Despite taking damage, Landwehr was the fresher fighter and was
able to take over the fight, outstriking and dominantly controlling
his opponent. Landwehr would continue his assault in the final
round but showboating allowed Onama to land several moments and
rally back late.
After 15 minutes, the judges awarded Landwehr a majority decision
win with scores of 28-28, 29-27 and 29-27.
Jauregui Outstrikes Lucindo
It was a positive Octagon debut for strawweight Yazmin
Jauregui.
Neither Jauregui (9-0) or Iasmin
Lucindo showed any nerves in their respective debuts as both
women came out swinging and kept an active page. After a
back-and-forth first frame, Jauregui would hurt Lucindo (13-5) in
Round 2 to gain a decisive edge. The pace didn’t lessen in the
final five minutes with both women having their moments.
After 15 minutes, Jauregui took a unanimous decision with scores of
30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.
Murzakanov Outclasses Clark
Azamat
Murzakanov dominated Devin Clark
to stay undefeated inside the UFC.
The striking and grappling of Murzakanov (12-0) proved to be simply
too much for Clark (13-7) to deal with. „The Professional“ came
close to finishing the fight in the second round, but finally
showed his true potential in the final round. The Russian landed a
beautiful left hook to the body in Round 3 and then unleashed
dozens of punches until the fight was stopped.
The fight was stopped at 1:08 of the third frame.
Cachoeira Smashes Lipski
Priscila
Cachoeira is coming into her own at bantamweight.
„Zombie Girl“ needed just 65 seconds to dispatch Ariane
Lipski. Cachoeira (12-4) walked through Lipski (14-8) and
hurt her badly with a left hook. A barrage of punches followed to
secure a stoppage a minute and five seconds after the fight
began.
Cachoeira has now won two straight fights.
Meerschaert Guillotine Chokes Silva
Gerald
Meerschaert proved that he’s a level above Bruno
Silva.
Meerschaert (35-15) started the fight strongly on the feet as he
repeatedly hurt Silva (22-8) on the feet. This would continue until
Round 3, which saw
Meerschaert drop Silva with a gorgeous left hook. Rather than
following up with punches, „GM3“ snatched a guillotine choke that
forced the Brazilian to tap at 1:39 of the third
frame.
Meerschaert has now won four of his last five fights inside the
UFC.
UFC on ESPN 41 Prelim Results:
The featured prelim saw Angela Hill
(14-12) get a comeback unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
against Lupita
Godinez (8-3); Martin
Buday (11-1) win a split decision over Lukasz
Brzeski (8-2-1, 1 NC) with scores of 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28;
Nina
Nunes (11-7) retire after earning a split verdict over Cynthia
Calvillo (9-5-1) with scores of 28-29, 29-28 and 30-27;
Gabriel
Benitez (23-10) stop Charlie
Ontiveros (11-9)
with punches at 3:35 of Round 1; Tyson Nam
(21-12-1) tremendously knockout Ode
Osbourne (11-5, 1 NC)
after a failed flying knee at 2:59 of Round 1;
Josh
Quinlan (6-0, 1 NC) starch Jason Witt
(19-9)
with a left hook after just 2:09 of action; and
Da’Mon
Blackshear (12-4-1) and Youssef
Zalal (10-5-1) battled to a majority draw (29-28, 28-28,
28-28).