Brando Pericic brutally knocked out Russian standout Shamil Gaziev at UFC Perth on Saturday.
Gaziev tied up early and put his opponent in opposition to the fence, however after a few minutes of stalling, the referee separated them. That gave Pericic the chance he wanted.
Pericic let his fingers go and had Gaziev backpedaling, however the Russian in the end survived the onslaught and tied up in opposition to the fence as soon as once more. That led to a different separation, however this time, Gaziev would discover Pericic’s chin through a booming uppercut adopted by a left hook.
With neither fighter capable of finding the knockout blow in spherical one, we headed to the second, the place each fighters would proceed to slug it out.
After three and a half extra minutes of slugging it out, Gaziev clinched up and took the chance to catch his breath earlier than being separated by the ref but once more. Gaziev took a deep breath as Pericic moved in and clocked him with a proper hand, adopted by one other that lastly despatched the Russian crashing to the canvas.
At that time, the referee had seen sufficient and promptly stopped the competition, stopping Gaziev from absorbing any pointless injury.
Official End result: Brando Pericic def. Shamil Gaziev through KO (proper hand) at 3:44 of Spherical 2.
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