Lemos wins by UD.
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ESPN app. Amanda
Lemos simply had more weapons at her disposal.
The former Jungle
Fight champion deepened her footprint in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight division, as she
took a unanimous decision from Mizuki
Inoue in the featured
UFC on ESPN 15 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
All three judges scored it 30-27 for Lemos (8-1-1, 2-1 UFC), who
won for the third time in four appearances.
Lemos floored the Japanese standout with a chopping right hand in
the first round and landed the cleaner strikes throughout the
15-minute battle. Inoue (14-6, 1-1 UFC) responded with a stifling
clinch and trapped her Brazilian counterpart along the fence
repeatedly, but she failed to do enough damage in close quarters to
curry favor with the judges.
Undefeated Wright Stops Villanueva
Dynamix MMA rep Jordan
Wright forced a cut-induced doctor stoppage against Isaac
Villanueva in the first round of their light heavyweight
pairing. A late replacement for Jorge
Gonzalez, the undefeated Wright (11-0, 1-0 UFC) drew the
curtain 1:31 into Round 1.
Villanueva (17-11, 0-2 UFC) never got out of the starting block.
Wright knocked him down with a wheel kick inside the first 30
seconds, lured the
Fury Fighting Championship titleholder into the clinch and
connected a series of devastating knees to the face, one of
which split open the brow above his right eye. Blood poured from
the gaping wound, and referee Jason Herzog motioned for the
cageside physician. Soon after, Villanueva was declared unfit to
continue.
Wright, 28, has delivered 10 of his 11 career wins via first-round
finish.
Newcomer Semelsberger Outpoints Minus
Bursts of power punches, damaging kicks and superior grappling
carried Crazy 88 MMA export Matt Semelsberger to a unanimous
decision over Carlton
Minus in a three-round welterweight encounter. All three
cageside judges scored it for Semelsberger (7-2, 1-0 UFC): 30-26,
30-27 and 29-28.
Minus (10-2, 0-1 UFC) answered his opponent’s aggression with some
of his own, but he lacked the necessary zip. Semelsberger wobbled
him in the first round and dropped him with a right hook in the
second, where he advanced to the back and secured his position with
a body triangle before fishing for a rear-naked choke. Though Minus
withstood his efforts and returned to his feet, he failed to turn
the tide in his favor. Round 3 was closely contested, but
Semelsberger drew the
Professional Fighters League alum into wild exchanges where his
power advantage held sway.
The 27-year-old Semelsberger has rattled off four straight
victories.
Replacement Jones Shocks Valiev
Former Pacific
Xtreme Combat champion Trevin
Jones put away Timur
Valiev with punches in the second round of their catchweight
clash at 140 pounds. A short-notice substitution for Mark Streigl,
Jones (13-6, 1-0 UFC) brought it to a shocking conclusion 1:59 into
Round 1.
The heavily favored Valiev (16-3, 0-1 UFC) dominated the first five
minutes with jabs, sharp right hands and kicks to the head, body
and legs. He doubled over Jones with a front kick to the solar
plexus, flurried with punches in a bid to finish and had the
Guamanian teetering on the brink along the fence. Jones managed to
survive, settled in after his brush with adversity and uncorked a beautiful counter right hook in the
second round. Valiev hit the deck, where he was showered with
punches and hammerfists until referee Chris Tognoni had seen
enough.
The loss snapped Valiev’s six-fight winning streak. 
