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I guess we’re on to Cannonier-Adesanya.

Who ya taking?

Props to Roxy on a long, hard fought career. A pioneer for women in the sport. And all around cool person. Cheers.

Great finish there to a good fight. Back and forth first as Moicano was sharp and able to land a couple of big takedowns. But it looked like he was slowing down as he got to the end of the round and Hernandez started taking over. Moicano realized that Hernandez was vulnerable off those clinch breaks and off his jab. Ducked under that jab, attacked the body and then came upstairs and rocked Hernandez. Also might have landed the accidental headbutt when he came back upstairs. Followed him back to the fence and got to his back and got the choke.

Gross. Anyway, Brunson came out with the right plan. Stick to the wrestling. Keep the pace high and don’t give Cannonier time to plant his feet and counter. Problem is Brunson could not keep the pace. Unlike Shahbazian, Cannonier is actually a pretty good defensive wrestler and is brick house strong. Plus he’s got an engine. So those tie ups that Brunson pushed for started working against him. Cannonier managed to create enough space and cracked Brunson. From there it was a rather quick fall for Derek as he skated around before Cannonier caught him again and finished him on the ground.

Long live Arlovski fights where nothing happens.

Lewis was fighting a great fight until Tai Tuivasa decided it was time to just plant and throw. For what it is worth, I think Lewis is better at the type of fight that Tuivasa likes to have but it didn’t matter in the end because Tuivasa landed the big one first. Lewis got off to a solid first round. Both guys were trying to find their preferred clinch position but Lewis managed to land a slick inside trip that took Tuivasa down. While he didn’t stay down, Lewis tagged him hard 4 or 5 times. Lewis would take him down again before the end of the round. He also rocked Tuivasa in the 2nd as they started to exchange but Tuivasa sold out hard on a right hand that staggered Lewis. As Lewis was stumbling around, Tuivasa landed a huge elbow that put Lewis out cold and won him the fight. Good on Tuivasa for not throwing the follow up blows when he realized Lewis was done.

Still needs to find the body or the legs of Izzy.