Chris Daukaus is the only one who didn’t see
this KO coming a mile away pic.twitter.com/DU0xF2N9fA— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist)
December 19, 2021
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Derrick
Lewis stands alone in the Ultimate Fighting Championship record
book.
“The Black Beast” broke a tie with Matt Brown
and set the promotion’s all-time mark for knockout victories with
his 13th, as he battered Chris
Daukaus senseless in the first round of their
UFC Fight Night 199 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in
Las Vegas. Lewis (26-8, 17-6 UFC) drew the curtain 3:36 into Round
1, winning for the fifth time in six appearances.
Daukaus (12-4, 4-1 UFC) connected with a slashing right elbow and
did what he could to steer clear of one of the world’s most
dangerous men. Those efforts proved futile. Lewis clipped him with
a thudding left hook and flurried with power punches from both
hands. Daukaus tried to return fire, only to be met with a burst of
crushing right hands, the last of which separated him from his
senses.
The loss snapped Daukaus’ run of consecutive wins at five.
Relentless Muhammad Manhandles Thompson
Repeated takedowns, stifling control and hearty ground-and-pound
carried Belal
Muhammad to the most significant win of his career, as the
onetime
Titan Fighting Championships titleholder laid claim to a
lopsided unanimous decision over Stephen
Thompson in the welterweight co-main event. All three cageside
judges scored it for Muhammad (20-3, 11-3 UFC): 30-25, 30-26 and
30-26.
Thompson (16-6-1, 11-6-1 UFC) was shockingly ineffective. Muhammad
secured multiple takedowns in all three rounds, bled the
“Wonderboy” gas tank try and had the South Carolina-based karateka
searching for answers. He found none. With two rounds already in
the bank, Muhammad kept his foot on the accelerator in the third.
There, he grounded the soon-to-be 39-year-old Thompson again and
transitioned seamlessly from half guard and side control to the
knee-on-belly position, feeding him elbows all the while.
On a seven-fight unbeaten streak that has seen him go 6-0 with one
no contest, Muhammad has not tasted defeat since Jan. 19, 2019.
Lemos Edges Replacement Hill
Former Jungle Fight champion Amanda
Lemos eked out a contentious split decision over
Alliance MMA export Angela Hill
in a fiercely competitive three-round women’s strawweight skirmish.
Judges Douglas Crosby and Junichiro Kamijo struck 30-27 and 29-28
scorecards for Lemos, while Michael Bell saw it 29-28 for Hill.
The 34-year-old Lemos (11-1-1, 5-1 UFC) nearly finished inside the
first round, where she staggered the onetime
Invicta Fighting Championships titleholder with a front kick to
the face, drove her to the mat and tried to drown her with
follow-up punches. A short-notice replacement for Nina Nunes,
Hill (13-11, 8-11 UFC) withstood the assault, kept her composure
and made the most of the 60-second respite between rounds. Back and
forth they fought thereafter, and though Hill landed the most
impactful blow—she dropped the Brazilian with a spinning elbow in
the third round—across the final 10 minutes, the decision went
against her.
Lemos will ride a five-fight winning streak into her next
assignment.
Surging Simon Blasts Assuncao
Team Oyama’s Ricky Simon
cut through Raphael
Assuncao with punches in the second round of their bantamweight
feature. On a four-fight losing streak and winless since July 7,
2018, the fading Assuncao (27-9, 11-6 UFC) succumbed to blows 2:14
into Round 2.
Simon (19-3, 7-2 UFC) established his superiority in the first
round, where he executed two takedowns and neutralized the longtime
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt during the grappling exchanges that
ensued. The former
Legacy Fighting Alliance champion continued to control the real
estate in the middle stanza, sat down Assuncao in a slumped
position with a clubbing right hand and then mopped up what was
left with sweeping punches.
The 29-year-old Simon has rattled off four consecutive
victories.
Gamrot Knee Stops Ferreira
Former
KSW champion Mateusz
Gamrot put away Diego
Ferreira with a knee strike to the body in the second round of
their lightweight showcase. In visible distress after absorbing the
fight-ending blow, Ferreira (17-5, 8-5 UFC) asked referee Jason
Herzog to call for the stoppage 3:26 into Round 2.
Gamrot (20-1, 3-1 UFC) pushed a furious pace from the start and cut
of the Brazilian’s advances with a pair of takedowns in the first
round. Ferreira adjusted well in the middle stanza, started
stringing punches together and made life increasingly difficult for
the
American Top Team-trained Pole. However, Gamrot managed to
scramble behind him and fired a knee into his ribcage that resulted
in an apparent injury and led to the finish.
Ferreira, 36, has suffered three straight defeats.
Swanson Dismantles Damaged Elkins
World Extreme Cagefighting veteran Cub Swanson
struck down Darren
Elkins with a barrage of punches and a glancing wheel kick in
the first round of their featherweight attraction. Elkins (26-10,
16-9 UFC) checked out 2:12 into Round 1, his modest two-fight
winning streak having run its course.
Swanson (28-12, 13-8 UFC) was in rare form against an opponent who
seemed tailormade for him. He tore into Elkins with surgical
strikes in open space, put him on skates with a vicious multi-punch
flurry, steered clear of the desperate takedown attempts that
followed and reset in the center of the cage. Swanson then
closed in on the dazed and weary
Team Alpha Male rep, fired the kick and prompted referee
Herb
Dean to intervene.
The 38-year-old Swanson has won three of his last four fights.
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