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Early on February 14. A 33-year-old Nigerian faced off in the main duel of the UFC 258 Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament held at the Apex facilities in Las Vegas (USA) in the morning. Kamaru Usmanas (18-1) Defending the UFC middleweight world champion belt against 34-year-old former teammate Brazil Gilberta burnsa (19-4).
Although Usman missed a strong punch and stumbled early in the fight, he then took advantage of his outstretched hands, increased his pace, and dropped Burns after a direct right-hand punch early in the third round and finished it off with punches. just 34 seconds after the start of the round. K. Usman defended the middleweight champion title for the third time.
All the attacks were prepared by G. Burns from the beginning, and half a minute later he delivered a fantastic forehand, after which K. Usman became a little dizzy and tripped. About a minute later, G. Burns found himself on his back, while K. Usman stood and kicked at the feet of G. Burns, and G. Burns himself aimed at the opponent’s knee. With just over 2 minutes to go in the first round, Burns finally managed to get to his feet and the fight continued to stall. Half a minute later, G. Burns fell on K. Usman’s lap, but could not organize anything dangerous. After the round, both fighters smiled widely and clashed hands.
In the second round, K. Usman made more successful use of his hands and often used straight punches, while many of G. Burns’ punches flew past. Midway through the round, K. Usman fired a big shot with his right hand and significantly stunned G. Burns and spilled his blood. A minute and a half after another blow, G. Usman stumbled and settled back, but K. Usman allowed the opponent to get up and wanted to continue the fight. At the end of the round, the fighters exchanged blows, and after the gong they no longer smiled and held their foreheads more aggressively until they were dismissed by the referee.
Just 20 seconds later, K. Usman knocked down G. Burns with his right hand and it was a decisive blow: after that, K. Usman attacked G. Burns with a barrage of blows and the referee had no choice but to stop the shot. Fight. .
After the fight, G. Burns shed blood and tears, while K. Usman was very excited and very proud of his victory. Finally, both fighters embraced and spoke.
Once friends, then enemies.
Usman & Burns embrace at the conclusion of # UFC258 🤝 pic.twitter.com/uwPdtWQfHT
– UFC (@ufc) February 14, 2021
#And yet! @ Usman84kg He is the baddest alive 🇳🇬 # UFC258 pic.twitter.com/kUw0sVaQGr
– UFC (@ufc) February 14, 2021
Usman noted that he would like to “kick Jorge Masvidal’s ass,” which he beat in 2020. July, but J. Masvidalis got into that fight just 6 days before it started.
“I will allow you to have a full training ground. I’ll kick your ass. Come see me, “said K. Usman.
“Come in here and look at me!”
🇳🇬 @ Usman84kg wants the one they call ‘Jesus of the street’ # UFC258 pic.twitter.com/7qVROzHd2Q
– UFC (@ufc) February 14, 2021
J.Masvidalis got in touch with K. Usmanas on a social network just a few days ago and wrote that “he broke his nose 6 days into the preparation. If you were 3 weeks old, you would take off your belt, and if you had a full training camp, you would take your head off. “
After the fight, K. Usman also noticed that this fight was very difficult.
“It was a very, very difficult fight for the whole situation with the gyms,” K. Usman said. “It just came to our attention then. We started together and it proved today.”
For the best performances of the night, 50 thousand each. Bonuses received in USD Anthony Hernandeas, Julianas Marquezas, Polyana viana Y K. Usmanas.
K. Usman has not suffered a loss since 2013. May and now has as many as 17 consecutive wins in a series, and the UFC organization is undefeated and has won 13 victories of the same number, of which 9 – by judges. In total, during his career, K. Usman has obtained 10 premature victories. K. Usman won the champion title in 2019. He fought Tyron Woodley and defended it against Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal and now G. Burns.
Burns had 6 straight wins prior to this fight and since 2019. He returned to the middleweight class in August, earning 4 straight wins, two of which received awards for “best night performance.” In this series, he defeated Alexy Kunchenko, Gunnar Nelson, Demian Maia, and T. Woodley.
All UFC 258 tournament results:
Kamaru Usman defeated Gilbert Burns with a TKO – Round 3, 0:34
Alexa Grasso defeated Maycee Barber by unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Kelvin Gastelumas defeated Ian Heinisch by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ricky Simon defeated Brian Kelleher by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Julian Márquez defeated Maki Pitolo in Anaconda Choke – Round 3, 4:17
Anthony Hernandez defeated Rodolfo Vieira in a guillotine choke – Round 2, 1:53
Belal Muhammad defeated Dhiego Lima by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Polyana Viana defeated Mallory Martin in painful action (arm bar) – Round 1, 3:18
Chris Gutierrez defeated Andre Ewell by unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 29-28, 30-27)
Gabe Green defeated Phil Rowe by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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