The Octagon returned to Tennessee for a struggle card at UFC Nashville tonight, with 4 fighters snatching house efficiency bonuses.
Tonight’s occasion was headlined by a extremely anticipated heavyweight match between Derrick Lewis and Tarison Teixeira. The match did not final lengthy and introduced one of many more strange finishes in latest reminiscence. After claiming he had been appeared on the referee, Derrick Lewis rapidly circled and dropped Tarison Teixeira with a giant punch. “The Black Beast” rapidly continued on the bottom and kilos, however Teixeira nonetheless scrambled again to his toes. After touchdown one other shot, the referee inexplicably intervened and known as for a halt to the competition.
UFC Nashville was co-headlined for a welterweight match through which former title challenger Stephen Thompson received Gabriel Bonfim. The competition proved to be a carefully contested scrap. Gabriel Bonfim managed to drop Stephen Thompson within the second spherical, however “Wonderboy” fought and shook his counterpart with a giant head kick within the ultimate seconds of the identical spherical. After the third ultimate body earlier than and after, Bonfim was awarded the victory of the cut up determination. A ruling that did not sit properly with everybody (see particulars right here).
Following the tip of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced at a postwar press convention that the 4 fighters can be filming efficiency bonuses.
Night time Battle: Featherweight fighters Morgan Charliere and Nate Landwale every pocket $50,000 every for tonight’s thrilling warfare on the principle card card at UFC Nashville. Charliere finally received the competition in Spherical 3 through TKO (see right here).
Night time Efficiency: Valter Walker received one other $50,000 in his first spherical submission victory over Kennedy Nzechukwu (see right here).
Night time Efficiency: Fatima Klein pocketed the additional $50,000 for a three-round TKO victory over Melissa Martinez (see right here).
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