Can Aspinall prove he’s ‘the baddest man on the planet’ against Gane at UFC 321?
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A great light-heavyweight contest up first
The unbeaten Azamat Murzakanov takes on the seventh-ranked Aleksandar Rakic.
The Main Card starts shortly…
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UFC Heavyweight title
Tom Aspinall (15-3) v Ciryl Gane (13-2)
UFC Strawweight title
Virna Jandiroba (22-3) v Mackenzie Dern (15-5)
Bantamweight contest
Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1) v Mario Bautista (16-2)
Heavyweight contest
Alexander Volkov (38-11) v Jailton Almeida (22-3)
Light Heavyweight contest
Aleksandar Rakic (14-5) v Azamat Murzakanov (15-0)
Aspinall delighted to be returning to Octagon
‘I love it’ – Aspinall revelling in pressure of undisputed title bout
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An historic night as Tom Aspinall makes his first defence of his undisputed heavyweight title live on TNT Sports Box Office.
The Main Card is next
Headlined by you know who…
Salkilld knocks out Haqparast in Round 1
A ridiculous high kick from Salkilld knocks out Haqparast before he hits the mat face down. Salkilld is treated by officials and thankfully he responds to treatment.
The final prelim of the night…
This sees Nasrat Haqparast take on Quillan Salkilld in a lightweight contest.
Aliskerov wins by unanimous decision
He takes the fight 30-27 on all three cards.
Aliskerov-Park: Round 3
The fight takes a similar pattern, with Park landing more early but the round changes when Aliskerov takes him down to the mat. He takes Park’s back and though he can’t lock in a rear-naked choke he has control until the final buzzer sounds.
Aliskerov-Park: Round 2
Park lands more blows early in the round and gets a thirty second breather for a low-blow from a kick. Aliskerov then brought Park down to the mat landing many blows and bloodying the Korean’s nose again while trapping his left leg in a vice.
Aliskerov-Park: Round 1
A patient round with both landing strikes, though not hurting the other, in the first three minutes of the round, before Aliskerov takes his opponent down. Park gets back up but it may have been enough to get the Russian the round.
Middleweight clash in the Octagon now
Park Jun-yong (19-6) of South Korea comes out to the Rocky soundtrack, he takes on the dangerous Ikram Aliskerov who boats a 16-2 record – with his two defeats coming against former champions.
Klein wins majority decision!
He took the fight 29-28, 28-27, with a third calling it a judge 28-28.
Klein says “I think I broke my ankle.”
Klein-Rebecki: Round 3
Rebecki takes Klein down a couple of times and the second time he follows up with some brutal ground and pound, using his head to control his opponent and land elbows from there. Klein’s elbows from on his back open up more cuts on Rebecki and a deluge of blood emanates from his forehead.
He tries a crucifix which Klein blocks before landing more elbows and left hands on his opponent who survives and by virtue of the first two rounds may get the verdict – though this could easily be a 10-8 round.
The pair end the bout with their torsos covered in blood. Klein cannot stand suggesting his ankle may be broken.
Klein-Rebecki: Round 2
Both land big shots at the minute mark of the first round but it is Klein’s which has the more impact, with the Pole once more looking like he might go over before regaining his equilibrium. Rebecki did bring Klein down but after eating a couple of big elbows which open a nasty cut around the eye, the Pole is forced to let him back up.
Rebecki won’t stop coming forward and forces the fight until the end of the round but in each exchange he gets the worst of it.
Klein-Rebecki: Round 1
With his first left hand Klein marks Rebecki’s face and a second one rocks him and Rebecca just manages to stay on his feet.
Both have some success from this point on, with a knee lift from Klein being heard around the arena and a kick in the head near the end of the round.
Lightweights up next…
Slovakia’s L’udovit Klein takes on Poland’s Mateusz Rebecki – no relation to Toadfish.
He is some character the Clean Monster
Walker makes Sutherland tap in Round 1!
Both land early calf kicks before Sutherland just misses a right hand and is taken down by a right afterwards. After an outside heel hook, Sutherland rolls over but Walker follows him and the Londoner cannot escape the lock and has to tap out.
That is Walker’s fourth-straight submission via this method.
The Vanilla Gorilla up first…
London heavyweight Louie Sutherland is making his UFC debut against Valter Walker.
Sutherland (10-3) promises to make a huge splash tonight against the 15th-ranked heavyweight (14-1) in the UFC.
Can’t wait for this one!
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