UFC Vegas 18 – Overeem Vs Volkov<\/p>\n
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Volkov continue to press towards a title challenge with a comprehensive victory over Alistair Overeem, winning by a TKO in the second round.\u00a0 Whilst the future looks increasingly bright for Volkov, by the end of the month Overeem has now been released by the UFC to continue his career elsewhere<\/p>\n
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Other notable mentions on this card were Frankie Edgar returning against Corey Sandhagen,\u00a0 with the latter coming out victorious by way of a flying knee in the first round;\u00a0 and the veteran Clay Guida up against Michael Johnson \u2013 Guida was able to use all that experience to take the unanimous decision<\/p>\n
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UFC 258\u00a0 Usman Vs Burns<\/p>\n
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Defending his 170 lbs belt, Kamaru Usman showed his impressive strength and power in a battle against Gilbert Burns that many would have liked to have seen go more than the 3 rounds it did, when it was finished due to a TKO.\u00a0 Maycee Barber and Kelvin Gastellum were both also victorious, both winning by unanimous decisions<\/p>\n
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UFC Vegas 19 Blaydes Vs Lewis<\/p>\n
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Curtis Blaydes must surely be the only contender now for the heavyweight title, following a vicious knock out of Derrick Lewis in the second round<\/p>\n
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UFC Vegas 20 Rosenstruik Vs Gane<\/p>\n
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In what was probably one of the poorest UFC cards in quite a while, in terms of excitement, Jiarzinho Rosenstuik got the win over Cyrille Gane \u2013 progressing him up the contender ladder.\u00a0 On this card – which did have the fight between Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder cancelled at late notice due to COVID protocols – saw 8 out of the 9 remaining bouts go to a decision.\u00a0 However nothing can take away from Rosenstruik\u2019s power and it will be interesting to see how he performs next time out \u2013 which is likely to be for the title.<\/p>\n
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Looking Forward<\/p>\n
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The double header between Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson and Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya promises to deliver some serious action, with a packed undercard too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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