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Jared
Cannonier primarytained his footing Inside the centerweight division
by the slimmest of margins on Saturday Evening time.
“The Killa Gorilla” emerged from the
UFC Wrestle Night 216 headliner with a Chop up-choice triumph
in the direction of Sean
Strickland On the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, However it wasn’t precisely
The Sort of effort Which will propel the MMA Lab product again into
quick title rivalry. Nonetheless, a victory over a Prime 10 opponent
Isn’t insignificant, and it permits Cannonier To primarytain his No. 4
rating in Sherdog’s latest centerweight ballot. Strickland, after
dropping A selection That would have simply gone his method, additionally stays
put at ninth.
Meanwhereas, Arman
Tsarukyan authored a suffocating efficiency Inside the “UFC Vegas
66” co-primary event, using takedowns and clinch work To finish Damir
Ismagulov’s 19-fight expert worthwhile streak. Tsarukyan has
gained six of his final seven promovemental appearances — a streak that
might simply be seven in a row have been it not for a slfinisher loss to
Mateusz
Gamrot earlier this yr. As a Outcome of it stands, the 26-yr-previous Russian
strikes to Tenth Inside the scores, and there’s An excellent deal of room for
upward movement in 2023.
Elsewhere, each Manel Kape
and Amir
Albazi continued their momentum Inside the flyweight division. Kape
earned his third straight triumph at 125 kilos by knocking off the
beforehand Tenth-ranked David
Dvorak, whereas Albazi secured his fourth straight UFC triumph —
and fifth consecutive win general — with A third-spherical KO of
newcomer Alessandro
Costa. In consequence, each gained gspherical Inside The latest flyweight
divisional ballot.
Notice: Earlier scores listed in brackets.
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