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The most beautiful moment of the tournament is considered an impressive knockout, which was performed by Kevin Holland, who achieved the fifth victory in a row (21 wins in his career and 5 losses).
28-year-old American in the first round, in 1 min. 45 seconds, he knocked out Brazilian Ronaldo Souz, 41 (26 wins and 9 losses). The winner began the decisive shower of blows lying down impressively: he avoided the opponent’s attempts to break through and ended the fight with powerful blows to the head.
Only champion Israel Adesanya currently has a longer series of victories in the middleweight category (9), and the Netherlands want to claim the sixth consecutive victory this year; the athlete has stated that he is determined to fight Chamzat Chimayev a week later, whose opponent Leon Edwards fell ill with COVID. 19.
Probably the most famous participant of the UFC 256 tournament Tony Ferguson disappointed the fans this time. The 36-year-old American suffered his second loss in a row for the first time in his career.
T. Ferguson (25 wins and 5 losses), who lost to Justin Gaethje in March for the interim champion title, this time fell short against Charles Oliveira (30 wins and 8 losses) by unanimous decision of the judges, for whom it was his seventh consecutive victory.
The 31-year-old Brazilian had already had a painful arm fracture in the first round, but T. Ferguson was able to survive. Later, Ch. Oliveira dominated the court throughout the fight and left the opponent with no chance of winning.
Before this year’s losses, Ferguson had recorded a series of 12 wins. He lost in the UFC only in 2012, when he lost to Michael Johnson.
The main battle of the tournament also required all rounds, with the judges recording the ties. After five rounds of draws, Daveon Figueiredo (20 wins and 1 loss) and Brandon Moreno (18 wins and 5 losses) reconciled.
It was a fight for the belt of the world lightweight champion (up to 56.7 kg), who was saved by the 32-figure Brazilian D. Figueiredo thanks to a draw.
In the second round, the fight was called off when D. Figueiredo accidentally stuck a finger in Moreno’s eye, but the latter successfully continued the fight and repeatedly knocked the opponent to the ground. Although the 27-year-old Mexican took the lead in the final rounds and under accentuated shots, the champion, who finished the fight carefully, avoided defeat.
WHAT A FIGHT! WE ARE NOT WORTH 🏆 # UFC256 pic.twitter.com/2HRN9eBhtz
– UFC (@ufc) December 13, 2020
All the heart on display tonight 🏆 # UFC256 pic.twitter.com/Ai6Sx7JZ8N
– UFC (@ufc) December 13, 2020
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