Khandozhko delivers a brutal blow 💥
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April 24, 2022
The featured
UFC Fight Night 205 prelim bout saw Sergey
Khandozhko make a statement against Dwight
Grant.
Grant (11-5) opened the fight aggressively and swung wildly at
Khandozhko (27-6-1). However, it would be Khandozhko that would
floor Grant with a nasty left hook early in Round 1. Despite the
adversity, Grant would battle back into the fight and managed to
crack the Russian as well. Grant would be the busier fighter in
Round 2, but Khandozhko would clip the American with a left hook
that clearly hurt. Khandozhko would then unload with punches until
the fight was stopped at 4:15 of Round 2.
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Khandozhko improves to 2-1 inside the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Pedro Demolishes Villanueva
The second light heavyweight bout of the evening saw Tyson Pedro
make his comeback against Octagon veteran Isaac
Villanueva. Pedro (8-3) started slowly against Villanueva (18-14) and needed
time to shake off the ring rust after being out for over three
years. The first round would see Pedro knee Villanueva in the groin
right after landing a clean right hand. Pedro would begin hurting his opponent with leg kicks and one
would sweep Villanueva off his feet. A few punches later and the
fight was stopped with just five seconds left in Round 1.
This marks the first win for Pedro since 2018.
Aori Batters Else
The night’s lone bantamweight bout saw Qileng Aori
go up against Cameron
Else.
Aori (23-11) wasted no time as a left hook to the body hurt Else
(10-6). Aori followed his opponent to the ground and began throwing damaging punches from the back of
his opponent. Else had little defense and the fight was stopped
after Aori continued to batter his opponent. The stoppage
officially came at 2:48 of Round 1.
Aori picks up his first UFC win in three appearances.
Parsons Steamrolls Debuting Elder
Short-notice replacement Evan Elder
made his UFC debut against Preston
Parsons but wasn’t able to keep his undefeated record
intact.
Both welterweights came out swinging with Parsons (10-3) landing
the harder punches and then landing a takedown to end the round in
mount position. Parsons would take the debuting fighter down
several times in Round 2, and locked in a tight arm-triangle choke
that put Elder in serious danger. Despite largely dominating the
fight, Parsons was the more tired fighter in Round 3, which allowed
Elder to find more success on the feet. However, Parsons took the
fight to the ground and was able to ride it out to a unanimous
decision win with scorecards of 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27 in his
favor.
After suffering his first career defeat, Elder is now 7-1.
Lins Successful in Move to Light Heavyweight
Philipe
Lins moved down to light heavyweight for a bout against
Marcin
Prachnio.
The first round was largely contested on the feet, where Prachnio
(15-6) had an advantage by landing damaging kicks. Lins (15-5)
occasionally mixed in takedown attempts but couldn’t keep his foe
on his back. Lins would find a lot more success on the feet in
Round 2 as he started to land heavy hooks and hurt an increasingly
tired Prachnio. The final frame also started well for the Brazilian
as he immediately landed a takedown and kept an advantage once the
fight went back to the feet. Ultimately, Lins was awarded a
unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 from all three judges.
The loss for Prachnio snaps a two-fight win streak.
Barry DQ’d for Eye Gouging
The prelims kicked off with a foul-filled welterweight bout between
Mike
Jackson and Dean
Barry.
The Irish fighter quickly showed an advantage on the feet,
repeatedly clipping Jackson (1-1, 1 NC) with well-timed hooks. A
spinning low blow would pause the action, but Barry (4-2) picked
right back where he was after the fight was restarted. However,
a blatant eye poke that saw Barry stick two fingers
into Jackson’s right eye would stop the assault and end the fight
after the American was unable to continue. The fight was
stopped at 3:52 and Jackson was awarded the winner by
disqualification.
Jackson advances to 1-1 with one no-contest inside the Octagon.