Former two-time champion loses his fourth straight bout after being stopped by Pyfer within the second spherical.
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Joe Pyfer despatched former Final Preventing Championship middleweight champion Israel Adesanya again to the drafting board in Saturday’s UFC Struggle Evening headliner in Seattle, stopping Adesanya at 4:18 of the second spherical to cap the evening.
Earlier than the technical knockout (TKO) end, each fighters exchanged their greatest punches in a stand-up battle till a Pyfer (16-3 MMA) takedown signalled the start of the tip.
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“I simply have this mentality the place I don’t care; I’m going to go looking and destroy,” Pyfer mentioned, following the stoppage, securing the end in prime management.
Adesanya (24-6 MMA), preventing out of New Zealand, has not gained a bout since regaining middleweight gold in April 2023 at UFC 287, and confirmed he has no plans to retire.
“I’m simply going to maintain going and going and going,” Adesanya mentioned.
Grasso dominates Barber in rematch
A rematch 5 years within the making commenced at flyweight as former champion Alexa Grasso made quick work of Maycee Barber with a TKO stoppage at 2:42 of the opening spherical. The Mexican used a left hook to down Barber earlier than leaping on prime of her instantly because the referee stepped in.
The 2 first met in February 2021, with Grasso incomes a choice. Grasso (17-5-1 MMA) snapped a two-fight dropping skid, whereas Barber (15-3 MMA) had not misplaced because the first assembly with Grasso, having gained her earlier seven fights.
In his closing MMA battle, welterweight Michael Chiesa (20-7 MMA) had a hometown send-off as he submitted Niko Value (16-11 MMA) with a first-round rear-naked choke. Chiesa wanted simply 63 seconds to place a bow on his UFC profession, one which spanned a decade-plus and included successful the fifteenth season of The Final Fighter in June 2012.
Chiesa ended his UFC profession at 15-7, whereas Value, who has been within the promotion for over a decade himself, now sits at 8-11, with two no contests within the Octagon and has dropped 4 straight fights.
The finishes had been a theme on the evening, as featherweight Lerryan Douglas (14-5 MMA) of Brazil wanted 3:33 of the opening spherical to ship a devastating TKO in opposition to Julian Erosa (31-13 MMA). Douglas has now gained his final six in a row whereas Erosa continues to battle at 9-9 within the UFC.
At middleweight, Yousri Belgaroui of the Netherlands scored a third-round TKO stoppage in opposition to Mansur Abdul-Malik by touchdown a superbly timed knee to finish the battle in a back-and-forth battle. Belgaroui (10-3 MMA) has gained 5 straight and stays undefeated within the UFC. Conversely, it was Abdul-Malik’s (9-1-1 MMA) first skilled loss, as he had gained seven of his 11 outings by KO/TKO.
The principle card received below method in emphatic vogue within the opener, with light-weight Terrance McKinney needing simply 24 seconds to dispatch Canadian Kyle Nelson with a sequence of punches following a head kick. McKinney (18-8 MMA) has gained three of his final 4, whereas Nelson (17-7-1 MMA) has misplaced two of his final three.
