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\nAaron Pico picked up his first UFC win in Miami. |
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Aaron In a battle of former Bellator standouts, Pico (14-5, 1-1 UFC) Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The first round was competitive, but there were some nervous During that period, Pico showcased his superior handspeed, tagging Pico has been victorious in four of his last five pro outings, Kevin Former KSW champion Mateusz Ribovics struggled to remain upright, as Gamrot was masterful at Tatiana It was an inauspicious beginning for Suarez (12-1, 9-1 UFC), who Chris Padilla was consistent over the course of the 15-minute affair, One of the UFC\u2019s top finishers at welterweight, Vicente Gastelum led the dance early, but that quickly changed when Luque Charles Prado got off to a good start, as he rattled his adversary with a Radtke did encounter some adversity in the final stanza. Early on, Aaron Pico picked up his first UFC win in Miami. | Getty\/UFC Aaron Pico looked every bit like a fighter who was once one of the sport\u2019s most highly-touted prospects on Saturday night in Miami. In a battle of former Bellator standouts, Pico (14-5, 1-1 UFC) shook off a slow start to pull away for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPico<\/a> looked every bit like a fighter who was once one of the
\nsport\u2019s most highly-touted prospects on Saturday night in
\nMiami.<\/p>\n
\nshook off a slow start to pull away for a unanimous decision
\ntriumph against Patricio
\nFreire<\/a> (37-9, 1-2 UFC) in the featured UFC 327<\/a>
\npreliminary bout. All three cageside judges scored the
\nfeatherweight fight in favor of Pico: 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28. Pico
\nrebounds from a first-round knockout loss to Lerone
\nMurphy<\/a> in his promotional debut at UFC 319 this past
\nAugust.<\/p>\n
\nmoments for Pico, who was buckled by a jab and stumbled by a
\ncounter right in the frame. The 29-year-old Californian kept his
\ncomposure, however, and truly began to assert himself over the
\nfinal 10 minutes of the bout.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cPitbull\u201d repeatedly with punching combinations to the head and
\nbody. Freire, a former Bellator champ and arguably the now-defunct
\norganization\u2019s most accomplished talent, was rocked by a variety of
\noffense that included left hooks, uppercuts, straight rights and
\nbody shots. Pico did well mixing in the threat of the takedown and
\nthe occasional kick to keep his opponent off balance, but it was
\nthe boxing that left the Brazilian\u2019s face a bloody mess by the time
\nthe final horn sounded.<\/p>\n
\nwhile Freire has dropped four of his last six.<\/p>\nHolland Outduels Brown<\/h2>\n
\nHolland<\/a> earned a unanimous decision triumph against Randy Brown<\/a>
\nin a battle of rangy welterweights. All three judges submitted
\ntallies in favor of the Texas native: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27. Brown
\n(20-8, 14-8 UFC) has lost back-to-back fights for the first time in
\nhis professional career.
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Holland (29-15, 1 NC, 16-12, 1 NC UFC) authored the majority of the
\nbout\u2019s most memorable moments. After battering Brown\u2019s lead leg in
\nthe opening stanza, \u201cTrailblazer\u201d trapped his adversary in a tight
\nbrabo choke in Round 2. Brown was somehow able to escape the
\npredicament, but he elected to engage in the clinch rather than go
\non the attack in the final frame. Though \u201cRude Boy\u201d occasionally
\nlanded hard left hooks \u2014 both to the body and head – when he sat
\ndown on his punches and blasted Holland with an upkick late from
\nhis back in the second round, his overall body of work over 15
\nminutes wasn\u2019t enough to earn the scorecards against a more active
\nfoe.<\/p>\nGamrot Overwhelms Ribovics<\/h2>\n
\nGamrot<\/a> (26-4, 1 NC, 9-4 UFC) rode a smothering performance to a
\nsubmission victory against Dana White\u2019s Contender Series alum
\nEsteban
\nRibovics<\/a> (15-3, 4-3 UFC). Gamrot ended the lightweight contest
\nwith an arm-triangle choke 4:19 into the opening frame. \u201cGamer\u201d
\nrebounds from a loss to Charles
\nOliveira<\/a> in his last outing at UFC Rio this past October.<\/p>\n
\nexploiting small openings to get the fight to the canvas. After
\nneutralizing Ribovics with his grappling for much of Round 1,
\nGamrot took advantage of an overswing by his adversary in the
\nsecond period to land a relatively easy takedown. Utilizing a quick
\nmat return, heavy top pressure and intelligent advancements, the
\nPolish standout eventually moved into position for the arm-triangle
\nchoke. Though Ribovics held out for as long as he could, eventually
\nhe had no choice but to ask out of the fight.<\/p>\nSuarez Survives Scare, Chokes Godinez<\/h2>\n
\nSuarez<\/a> weathered a rough start and rallied to submit Lupita
\nGodinez<\/a> in a matchup of ranked strawweights. The former title
\nchallenger forced Godinez (14-6, 9-6 UFC) to tap out to a
\nrear-naked choke 2:29 into Round 2 to secure her second consecutive
\nvictory. Godinez was submitted for the first time in her
\nprofessional tenure.<\/p>\n
\nwas rocked by a Godinez right hand during an early exchange. The
\nLobo Gym MMA standout blitzed for the finish with a flurry of
\npunches on the canvas and also executed a powerful slam, but Suarez
\nwas able to maintain her wits. The American wrestler began to turn
\nthe tide when she landed a takedown and spent much of the rest of
\nthe opening stanza in top position. That theme continued into Round
\n2, where the Milennia MMA member put Godinez on ground again, took
\nthe back and gradually found an opening for the fight-ending choke.
\nSuarez\u2019s five finishes are tied for the second most in UFC
\nstrawweight history.<\/p>\nPadilla, Mederos Battle to Majority Draw<\/h2>\n
\nPadilla<\/a> and MarQuel
\nMederos<\/a> dueled to a majority draw in a preliminary lightweight
\npairing. Two judges scored it 28-28, while a third saw it 29-27 for
\nPadilla (17-6, 5-0-1 UFC). Initially there was an tabulation error
\non the scorecards, as Padilla was announced as a majority decision
\nwinner in the Octagon. Later on the UFC 327 broadcast, however, it
\nwas revealed that the official result of the bout was a majority
\ndraw.<\/p>\n
\nmoving forward behind a blend of straight punches, kicks to the
\nlegs and knees and elbows in close quarters. Mederos (11-2, 3-1
\nUFC) appeared to land the heavier strikes at times \u2014 including an
\nelbow that cut his opponent over the eye in Round 1 \u2014 but his
\noutput didn\u2019t match that of his opponent. Padilla was also deducted
\na point in the final frame for multiple eye pokes.<\/p>\nLuque Taps Gastelum<\/h2>\n
\nLuque<\/a> (24-12-1, 17-8 UFC) proved that those skills also
\ntranslate to 185 pounds. The 34-year-old Brazilian snapped a
\ntwo-bout skid, as he submitted \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter 17\u201d winner
\nKelvin
\nGastelum<\/a> (20-11, 1 NC, 14-11, 1 NC UFC) with an anaconda choke
\nat the 4:08 mark of Round 1. Luque\u2019s 15 career finishes are tied
\nfor fifth most in promotion history.<\/p>\n
\ndropped his foe with a counter right uppercut. The Kill Cliff FC
\nproduct then dropped some elbows from top position and escaped an
\narmbar threat before transitioning to the fight-ending maneuver.
\nOnce Luque adjusted the position, Gastelum had no choice but to
\nquickly tap to the squeeze.<\/p>\nRadtke Controls Prado<\/h2>\n
\nRadtke<\/a> (12-5, 5-2 UFC) sent Francisco
\nPrado<\/a> (12-5, 1-5 UFC) to his fourth consecutive Octagon defeat,
\nearning a unanimous decision triumph in a welterweight affair. All
\nthree judges scored the contest in favor of the Valle Flow Striking
\nrepresentative: 30-26, 30-26 and 30-26. Radtke has won three of his
\nlast four outings within the Las Vegas-based promotion.<\/p>\n
\npair of left hooks and a kick to the body, but that success was
\nshort lived. For most of the contest, \u201cChuck Buffalo\u201d imposed his
\nwill through takedowns and positional control, taking his foe\u2019s
\nback on multiple occasions. When Prado reversed into top position
\nlate in Round 2, Radtke made him pay by slicing his forehead open
\nwith an elbow from his back.<\/p>\n
\nhe suffered a deep eye poke that resulted in a pause and a point
\ndeduction for Prado. When Radtke landed a takedown once the bout
\nresumed, he found himself ensnared in a tight guillotine from his
\nArgentinian opponent. Radtke was able to free himself and close out
\nthe rest of the frame in control. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"