#ufc313

Mauricio Ruffy KOs King Green in 1st round - UFC 313

LOL this is what you all get. You thought MMA was supposed to bring you joy? Nope! Ankalaev is the champion MMA fans deserve.

Ankalaev must be fast, accurate, and hit hard because he basically got Pereira to abandon throwing combinations instantly. Just from the rip, Pereira was fighting the fight Ankalaev wanted. Low output out fighting mixed with the occasional blitz into range. While Pereira was having success with leg kicks, it became harder and harder for him to get them off as Ankalaev kept pressing forward and trying to score takedowns (which he never did).

Pereira looked so unprepared for this type of fight, which is wild because this is the only type of fight Ankalaev ever has. Scored it 3-2 Pereira but not mad about how this one was scored (except for the judge who gave it to Ank 4-1, you're crazy).

Wow. Not even like a subtle set up or anything. Bahamondes is like 6'3, so those legs are long but that was way too easy. Bahamondes gets put on his back and decides he's good from there. Really works Turner over with elbows from the bottom before throwing up a triangle that forces the equally freaky long LW to tap.

UFC 313 going down tonight

Here are my most anticipated fights of the night

Gaethje vs Fiziev 2

Van vs Tsuruya

Pereira vs Ankalaev

Turner vs Bahamondes

Lemos vs Lucindo

Gutierrez vs Castaneda

Ruffy vs Green

Gaethje and Fiziev basically had the same fight again, which is fine since their first fight was fantastic.

Fiziev got off to another hot start, but chose to wrestle a bit. Scored two takedowns in the first. Didn't do anything with the first but was able to get to a reverse triangle position with the 2nd that saw him with top position on Gaethje. Rained down a bunch of 12-6 elbows to Gaethje's body from there. Back on the feet, much like the first fight. Fiziev's explosion of offense overwhelmed Gaethje early. He was battling in those clinches for knees. The body kick was landing really well. Gaethje dialed in in round 2 though. Got right after Fiziev with constant pressure, pouring on exchange after exchange as it became clear Fiziev was tiring out. Fiziev was giving up more space and not really firing back with the same intensity as the round moved on. Gaethje slapped a left hook up that he used to grab the neck of Fiziev and pull him into an uppercut that floored him. Landed some nice shots while Fiziev was down but he managed to get to his knees and battle back to his feet. Fiziev recovered in round 3 and really tried to get off to an early start. Started spamming kicks, landing like 3 or 4 body kicks in a row at one point. But Gaethje just stayed on him with clinch work and close exchanges. Just unrelenting. Started going to kicks himself when FIziev was switching stances looking for the head kick.