It wasn’t a vintage performance, but former light-heavyweight title challenger Thiago Santos produced a vitally important decision win (48-47 x 3) over Johnny Walker in the main event on the final fight of his existing contract. Afterwards, he called out Jiri Prochazka (#2) – who is the alternate for this month’s championship fight between Jan Blachowicz and Glover Teixeira.
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UFC Vegas 25: Jiri Prochazka viciously flattens Dominick Reyes in title eliminator
Rising light-heavyweight Jiri Prochazka (#5) handed two-time title challenger Dominick Reyes (#3) his third straight loss with a second-round spinning back elbow knockout – the third in UFC history – asserting his credentials as a genuine title contender at 205lbs. Before a chaotic main event, there were big wins for Georgian duo Giga Chikadze and Merab Dvalishvili among others.
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UFC on ESPN 8: Alistair Overeem, Claudia Gadelha record important victories
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Alistair Overeem survived Walt Harris’ first-round onslaught to ultimately prevail in an important R2 TKO victory, while Claudia Gadelha improved to 17-4 with a much-needed split decision win over Angela Hill in the night’s co-main event. Continue reading
