Fast-rising Davis awaits Nogueira at UFC Fight Night was far from dominating, but the rapid growth opportunities by Phil Davis got what he expected to fight UFC 24 main event Saturday night with veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight: test.
Nogueira first filled all the attempts to dismantle his opponent with his fists and fought against it, but Davis finally worn down to the vet, carried out his plan against the direction of play, and fell some ground pounds to effective decision victory unanimous.
The battle, which marked the first Davis featuring UFC, was held in Seattle KeyArena and shown on Spike TV.
After a rapid ascent to become the champion of UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones, MMA world has been quick to anoint Davis, a former NCAA champion Penn State, his only viable challenger. But Nogueira shows (like Davis, and freely acknowledges), still have hard work ahead before it is ready for title shot.
Ultimately, however, Davis walked away from UFC Fight Night 24 with his greatest victory yet: a unanimous decision victory over Nogueira scores of 30-27 on all three scorecards.
Davis has tried to use the body kicks and punches to set up the first takedown lunge battle. But Nogueira filled every one of them in the first round, although Davis secured with both feet. Nogueira himself taking a series of counter-punches that forced Davis to extend the distance of the second round. However, later on, around and throughout the Third, has found success in one attempt to remove the legs, to avoid strong play subjugation of the opponent, and downloaded a solid ground and pound with fists, elbows and knees the body .
Davis, replacing the injured fighter Tito Ortiz, thanked God for not making even a fight.
"I was falling apart when I was in training camp," he said. "I do not know if I could do this fight. But I [asked]. ... I had all kinds of injuries."
Davis (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) relies on his unbeaten with the win, while Nogueira (19-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) gave up his second consecutive year.
Once the head of Johnson establishes easy victory
It was not a stand-up fight, he promised, but Anthony Johnson, otherwise dominated by its main event welterweight Dan Hardy met and gained a lopsided unanimous-decision victory.
Johnson, who fought for the first time in 16 months because of injuries, set the tone early with a head shot to left that sent Hardy to the mat. Johnson followed him on the canvas - and has spent much of the next 15 minutes in a familiar position.
Johnson finished the first round with ground and pound, and scored takedowns frequent and continuous supreme control in the other. In the third and final image newcomer takedowns with ease, but Johnson could not convert the triangle of the arm and try to crank the neck.
Johnson did not get off, but he won every round to win 30-27 on all three judges' cards.
With the victory, Johnson (9-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) improved to 4-1 in his last five fights, and should get another first row of 170 pounds in his next fight.
Hardy (23-9 MMA, 4-3 UFC), meanwhile, faces uncertain times after his third defeat in a row inside the Octagon.
Johnson taps due to strikes Sadollah
After losing Duane Ludwig and James Wilks to injury, Amir Sadollah finally got a book with fellow welterweight DaMarques Johnson. Despite the delay in the opinion, Johnson has been an opponent of gambling, but an offensive attack in the second round secured the victory for Sadollah.
The first round was heavy fighting on Thai Mauy both "TUF" veteran associated with a stroke of the pick and mixed in an array of kicks and knees. But in the second round, Sadollah stammered his opponent during a clash against the cage and then battered him to the ground and pound time on the mat.
In fact, after taking a dominant position on the ground, Sadollah Johnson caught one arm and leaned over his face. Sadollah then rained punches and blows to the forearm especially energetic Johnson finally forced to resign.
Transmission of victory was nearly 3:27 mark.
Sadollah said he just wants to win moved him to a ladder.
"I'm not here just to look good," he joked. "I want to be the best, and I want to fight.'s Why I'm here."
Sadollah (5-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC), the winner of "TUF 7" has won four of their last five fights. Johnson (12-9 MMA, 3-3 UFC), "TUF 9" runner-up, now dropped two of three.
Jung took his revenge, trials with a touch GarcĂa
After a controversial split decision loss to Leonard Garcia in his first meeting at WEC 48 issue, Chan Jung Sung Korean pen is out of the hands of the judges at the second meeting and stopped the fight with Jackson team a slick second round submission.
Since their first meeting, which earned the 2010 World MMA Award for "Fight of the Year", and Jung Garcia launched another case going back and forth through the first 10 minutes of the rematch. But Jung, who took the fight as a late replacement for the injured Nam Phan, won the fight to the mat at the end of the second round.
Once there, Garcia gave his card back. Jung took a dominant position, not even able to get his return, he used the side position to make a tornado, which put pressure on Garcia, neck and spine. It equips many painful forced to type with one second left in the round.
According to the broadcaster Joe Rogan UFC, was the first tornado to the end to fight for the UFC.
"He kept an eye on Eddie Bravo videos on YouTube in a long time and he kept saying into practice in the team Top Korean Twister ... he will do in the UFC one day , "said Jung interpreter referral Bravo, 10 Planet specialist submission jiu-jitsu. "He finally got the chance. Hopefully we will have" Submission of the Night '(bonus) with one. "
Jung (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who is perhaps best known as the "Korean Zombie", the nickname, staples out of the skid with a 1-3 victory. Garcia (01/07/15 MMA, 2-3 UFC) drops to 2-3-1 over its last six matches, which included the leadership of the WEC.
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Main card
Phil Davis def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira via unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson via unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Amir Sadollah def. DaMarques Johnson via submission (strikes) - Round 2, 3:27
Jung Sung Chan def. Leonard Garcia via Submission (Twister) - Round 2, 4:59
Undercard
Mike russowii final. Jon Madsen, via TKO (doctor lock) - Round 2, 5:00
Macken Semerzier def. Alex Caceres via submission (rear naked choke) - Round 1, 3:18
John Hathaway def. Kris McCray via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Michael McDonald def. Edwin Figueroa by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Christian Morecraft final. Sean McCorkle via webcast (guillotine choke standing) - Round 2, 4:10
Johny Hendricks def. TJ Waldburger TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:35
Aaron Simpson def. Mario Miranda by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Nik Lentz def. Waylon Lowe, via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 3, 2:24
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