Eryk Anders earned a hard-fought victory over Brad Tavares at UFC Vegas 114 on Saturday.
Whereas the opening spherical began slowly with Anders spamming takedown makes an attempt, issues picked up within the remaining minute of the stanza when Anders unleashed a flurry that had Tavares on the ropes.
Unable to safe the first-round end, we head into the second, the place Tavares would swing issues into his favor with a wonderfully timed counter proper that despatched Anders crashing to the canvas. Nevertheless, it was Anders who would find yourself on prime, raining down floor strikes as Tavares went fishing for a triangle choke.
Anders bounced again within the second, however the knockdown he suffered doubtless despatched us to the third and remaining spherical with the struggle deadlocked at 1-1.
The ultimate 5 minutes didn’t provide a lot in the best way of fireworks as Anders managed a lot of the interval, securing his 18th profession win and climbing again into the win column.
Official End result: Eryk Anders def. Brad Tavares through unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Following the victory, Anders introduced that he was formally hanging up his gloves. He retires with a document of 17-9, with 10 of these victories coming contained in the Octagon.
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