You can't sit out here at this range and play
with McGregor.
Oh that leg's beat up, man.
Oh, my God.
Oh, God.
To start out the night, we had UFC women's straw
weight competitors, Marina Rodriguez and
Amanda Ribas. Rodriguez had previously turned
down a fight with Ribas because she wasn't
higher in the rankings.
So finally, when Ribas made her way up the
competitive ladder, Rodriguez accepted.
Straw weight
Fights usually don't have a reputation for
ending by knockout, but this fight went against
all expectations.
In round one, Ribas got Rodriguez on the ground.
While Rodriguez had a solid defense
things weren't looking good for Marina.
That all turned around less than a minute into
the second round.
And she did not make an attempt to - OH!
Knockdown for Rodriguez, Ribas nearly out, she is
hurt, she's hurt bad.
That's why Ribas -
It isn't over, Herb Dean hasn't stopped the
fight, Rodriguez believes she has.
But he touched her.
Well, what a circumstance there.
He made contact with the athlete, but he did not
stop the fight.
Oh, my goodness.
He said, oh!
Oh, my God.
Rodriguez landed a solid punch on Ribas that
knocked her to the ground.
Rodriguez landed some punches and walked off
when she thought the ref stopped the fight.
But Herb Dean didn't stop anything and
Rodriguez went right back in.
This time, Marina officially finished it
off with a huge elbow and hook.
Next up, we had middleweight fighters
Andrew Sanchez and Makhmud Murodov battle
it out in the octagon.
The first round started off with some heavy
strikes for Muradov. Landing
huge leg kicks. Muradov kept up the pressure and
continued landing huge combos on Sanchez.
With two minutes left in the third round, Murodov
landed a huge overhead right that stunned
Sanchez and quickly followed up with a
flying knee and a flurry of strikes.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Oh, another knee, could be the beginning of the
end here. That is it!
Makhmud Muradov with another third round
stoppage win.
The ref stepped in and Muradov was officially
victorious by TKO. This earned Muradov a
performance of the night award.
We can't wait to see who he takes on next.
Jessica Eye has been a regular fighter in the
UFC women's flyweight division and at UFC 257,
she would take on muay thai champion Joanne
Calderwood.
Right away.
Eye came out swinging in the first round, getting
into a clinch right away.
- Gets close.
She can tie her up, start to land her knees
from the inside and really brutalize.
Jessica Eye.
Calderwood had some good strengths, but Eye
clearly didn't want this to be much of a striking
match.
In the second round Calderwood's muay thai
background came out with a clean front kick to
Eye's face.
OH! - Front kick to the face.
For the rest of the round, Calderwood landed
huge knees and punches while Eye's face began
to swell. After a grappling-heavy third
round
Both women were feeling pretty good about their
chances.
But by the end Calderwood's hand would
be raised via victory, by unanimous decision.
Next up, former Belator champion Michael
Chandler would make his UFC debut against Dan
Hooker, both of these lightweights were eager
to prove themselves and maybe give Conor
McGregor a run for his money.
No time was wasted in this co-main event.
With three minutes left in the first round,
Chandler landed a huge right in a push kick.
This wobbled Hooker
And soon after Chandler came in with a small
slip and a hook to the face that put Hooker on
the ground.
And look at the immediate oh, big
knockdown for Michael Chandler!
Right hand, Dan's hurt.
Chandler!! Sticks the landing!
Chandler, bonafied UFC lightweight contender.
That's why you pay the big bucks to Michael
Chandler.
After some quick ground and pound, Chandler
officially scored a KO victory.
Thankfully, he didn't hurt himself
celebrating.
Finally, it was the main event of the night and
one of the most anticipated rematches of
all time, the notorious Conor McGregor was
taking on Dustin the Diamond Poirier. In
their last match McGregor had knocked
Poirier out in round one.
So the diamond was eager to prove himself early
in the first round Poirier scored a take
down, and McGregor was sure to get his back to
the cage. Once they were both standing
we got a couple of those famous McGregor's
shoulder strikes.
The first round had great exchanges from
both corners, but it would all come to an end
in round two. Conor started the round with
some powerful strikes.
But Poirier kept landing calf kicks and
eventually landed
a left that opened him up for multiple strikes.
McGregor was clearly rocked and finally
Poirier finished off the night with a decisive KO
victory.
Oh, solid left hand from Conor.
You just can't take him on the end of the
punches.
No man.
You can't sit out here at this range and play
with McGregor.
Oh, that leg's beat up man, Dustin Poirier -
OH!
He's got to go back to the - big left and now a
right! Hurt him bad!
Oh, my God.
Oh, God.
Oh, my God.
This left McGregor and Poirier with one win
each.
We can't wait to see him battle it out for a
third and final time
at UFC 264.
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