But Gordon persevered through a difficult first round, in which he was taken down four times, and took control to earn his third win in a row. All three judges scored the bout , with two of them favoring Gordon, a year-old New Yorker who had an especially strong second round and carried a close Round 3 by being the busier striker and briefly taking the fight to the canvas.
Valentina Shevchenko is in need of some fresh challengers for her UFC women's flyweight title. She might have just gotten a glimpse of one from across the cage. Valentina was in the corner of her older sister for the bout.
O'Neill took Antonina down, got into mount and then landed big punches, elbows and hammerfists from there until referee Chris Tognoni saw enough. Took the under!!! O'Neill, a year-old prospect, is in the UFC with three finishes. The Scotland-born fighter, who trains out of Las Vegas, has four finishes in seven career wins. O'Neill is now tied for the longest active winning streak in the UFC women's flyweight division, behind Valentina Shevchenko 8.
Antonina Shevchenko, a year-old Kyrgyzstan native fighting out of Las Vegas, has dropped two straight and four of her last six. In Correia's final UFC fight, her Brazilian countrywoman ended up being the victor via unanimous decision, as judges scored the fight , and in a dominant performance. Correia was emotional walking to the cage, tears welling up in her eyes. Afterward, she sported a bruised left eye courtesy of Rosa's punches, elbows and knees.
Rosa, 26, has won six straight, including her first four UFC fights. Rosa's four-fight winning streak is the second longest active winning streak in the UFC women's bantamweight division, behind only champion Amanda Nunes 9. Correia, 38, had just two wins in her last nine fights, dating back to her UFC pay-per-view main event title fight against Ronda Rousey. Despite being beaten to the punch again and again by his quicker opponent in the first round, Mullarkey kept moving forward and bringing his power.
It paid off in Round 2, when he overwhelmed Smith with volume and got the finish at Silva de Andrade got his first finish since , and what a finish it was. The year-old Brazilian countered a kick with a sharp left hook that sent Pirrello crashing to the mat for a knockout into the fight.
Silva de Andrade has won two of his last three, while Pirrello, who is 29 and from Belgium, has lost both of his UFC bouts. Egger used takedowns in both rounds to control the fight, delivering a ground-and-pound beatdown in Round 2 to get the stoppage for her first UFC victory.
The year-old from Switzerland, who had dropped her Octagon debut a year ago, had to fend off a submission attempt from Young in the first round. But in the second, Egger's offense was too much for Young, and shortly after Egger dropped a big elbow to Young's face, referee Mark Smith jumped in at to end it. Perez had not fought since July , so he took a while to get going.
But after being taken down early in Round 2 and having to battle his way back to his feet, he turned things around quickly. Perez took Eduardo to the canvas and locked in a straight armbar to get the finish at The year-old Perez, who is from Mexico and fights out of San Jose, California, ended a two-fight losing streak.
Wow an armbar finish with the legs in the crucifix position. Very impressive. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. New Zealand vs Australia T20 Final. Shahid Afridi. India vs New Zealand Test World Cup Points Table. Walker is confident of delivering another knockout blow in the bout that headlines this weekend's fight night at the UFC Vegas Both fighters know they could move closer to a title challenge if they win.
In 23 career bouts so far, Walker has 18 wins, including 15 knockouts. He has registered two wins by submission and one by decision and lost on five occasions. Johnny Walker - That's an interesting name This is the name that my mom and dad gave to me. It's just very simple because it's similar to my mom's name. My mom's name is Joelma with J, and my sister's name is Joyce with J.
So she just decided to put John in there with something similar with J as well. And my dad's name is Walter. So, he just wanted to put something similar with his name and gave me the name Johnny Walker. The longest was his debut on Nov. He won Performance of the Night bonuses in each of the three fights and was the talk of the MMA world.
There was discussion — really — at the time whether he could defeat Jon Jones, who ground out a five-round decision over Anthony Smith on the same card that Walker blew away Cirkunov. Those were heady times for Walker, who on Saturday 6 p. After the win over Cirkunov, Walker was brought back to Earth with a thud.
Walker, who turned pro in , began to realize that it took more than just great athleticism to win at the highest level of the sport. Walker stopped Ryan Spann in the first round in September, so is looking to begin another winning streak by defeating Santos. Santos has faced far better opposition than Walker. He holds a win over reigning light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and has also defeated the likes of Smith, Jack Hermansson and Jimi Manuwa, among others.
Walker insists he gets that. One win against him would put me in a very good place. I know how tough this fight will be. While their styles suggest it should turn out to be a slugfest, Walker responds to that suggestion in a manner that indicates he really has finally grasped what it takes to fight the best fighters in the world.
Previously, Walker seemed just as excited to get to the after-party as he did to get back in the gym. If he transfers that attitude to the cage on a regular basis, those heady times from his early days in the UFC may just well return.
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