Newcomer Magomed Tuchalov made his UFC debut earlier tonight at UFC Abu Dhabi towards Brendson Ribeiro, who was on a three-fight shedding skid.
Because the three-round gentle heavyweight contest commenced, each fighters spent the primary 4 minutes measuring distance, searching for openings, and weren’t sport to interact.
The largest underdog on the cardboard, Brendson Ribeiro, discovered success later in Spherical 1. The Brazilian started to dictate the tempo. He dropped the UFC debutant and opened a lower underneath the Russian fighter’s eye simply when viewers thought Tuchalov had managed to stun the Brazilian.
Spherical 2 was one other nice spherical for “The Gorilla,” till Tuchalov shocked him with an overhand proper after which took him down. The battle was briefly stopped as “Tiger” unintentionally poked the 29-year-old within the eye.
As soon as the bout resumed, Magomed Tuchalov as soon as extra shocked Ribeiro with a proper hand after which adopted it up with one other takedown. In the meantime, Ribeiro tried to stroll Tuchalov down however didn’t discover the identical stage of success in Spherical 2, as he appeared gassed out.
Spherical 3 was all Tuchalov, flaunting his judo, ragdolling Ribeiro, and driving the latter’s again for a kimura. Though the Russian newcomer didn’t safe a submission, he racked up sufficient floor management time to pocket the spherical and the battle.
Official resolution: Magomed Tuchalov defeated Brendson Ribeiro by way of unanimous resolution (29-28 x3) at UFC Abu Dhabi.
UFC Abu Dhabi: Magomed Tuchalov vs. Brendson Ribeiro: Highlights
