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The UFC 253 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Tournament was held on the island of Iasi in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, culminating in a huge fight for the UFC World Middleweight Champion Belt between a 31-year-old Nigerian. . Israeli Adesanyos (20-0) and 29-year-old Brazilian Paulo Costs (13-1). The fight did not live up to the expectations of the fans: P. Costa looked very pale and already lost a TKO late in the second round.
This time, the Nigerian held back before the fight and didn’t have an extravagant exit to the cage, which everyone was already used to. I.Adesanya started the fight with several successful kicks while P. Costa stayed in the middle of the cage. Brazil was quite passive and waited for opportunities to attack. In the middle of the round, Costa clasped his hands behind his back, demanding more active actions from I. Adesanya, although at the time the Nigerian was clearly leading the round. In this round, the Brazilian had only episodically reduced the distance to the opponent, but also did not do anything special during that time.
In the second round, the picture was similar. I.Adesanya continued his dominance with kicks and P.Costa looked very poor. Brazil has never tried to take down an opponent, nor has it staged more threatening attacks. Adesanya shed Brazilian blood, and when the round came to an end, Costa simply stumbled and blindly defended himself on the ground. The referee stopped the fight right here and the Nigerian won with a technical knockout.
Impact statistics:
I. Adesanya became the 2019 UFC World Champion on October 6, when he was knocked out Robert Whittaker. Later he faced a fierce battle with Yoeliu Romero and defended the belt. During the first 12 fights, P. Costa knocked out 11 opponents and finished off one opponent with choke action. The series of early victories ended only in the fight against Y. Romero himself, when all 3 rounds were needed, and P. Costa won by decision of the judges.
In this tournament, 50 thousand. Both participants of the title fight, I. Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz, won prizes in US dollars for the best performances of the night. Another 50 thousand. The dollars will be brought home by Brandon Royval and Kai Kara-France for the best fight of the night.
All UFC 253 tournament results:
Israel Adesanya beat Paulo Costa with a beautiful knockout – Round 2, 3:59
Jan Blachowicz def. Dominick Reyes with TKO (rounds) – Round 2, 4:36
Brandon Royval defeated Kai Kara-France in a guillotine choke – Round 2, 0:48
Ketlen Vieira defeated Helyra Eubanks by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Hakeem Dawodu defeated Zubair Tuchugov by decision of different judges (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Brad Riddell defeated Alex da Silva by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jake Matthews defeated Diego Sánchez by unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Ludovit Klein defeats Shane Young with a knockout – Round 1, 1:16
William Knight defeated Aleksa Camura by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Juan Espino defeats Jeff Hughes in an arm triangle choke – Round 1, 3:48
Danilo Marques defeated Khadis Ibragimov by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
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