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I'm gonna be honest, I just spent the last hour writing a blog for UFC 263 then all of a sudden this fuckin website just logged me out andddd It was all gone. So I'm gonna try to bring as much juice to this one as I had in the other one. It really was a great night of fights so let's re-cap it the best I can.....
MAIN EVENT- Israel Adesanya(C) Marvin Vettori Honestly this was just a classic Izzy fight. This was Adesanya's first fight since he suffered his first ever loss in his Light Heavyweight title fight v's Champion Jan Blachowicz. People wondered how Izzy would bounce back, turns out he's gonna be just fine. Adesanya is just so good at 185 it's incredible, his footwork, his head movement is just unmatched at middleweight. Vettori had no answer for anything Israel threw at him, Marvin had a couple takedowns in the first few rounds but nothing really came from any of them. Vettori almost seemed, like he had the fight won which is crazy, Izzy had a clean sweep on all three judges cards 50-45, he retains the Middleweight belt and I think a re-match with Robert Whitaker is a must net title defense for Izzy. CO-MAIN EVENT- Deiveson Figueiredo(C) v's Brandon Moreno This was a rematch the entire MMA community has been waiting for. These two fought to a draw in 2020 and could easily be talked about as the fight of the year. It was a back and forth war and both guys completely ate every fuckin shot the other guy threw. But Saturday night? Saturday night was Brandon Moreno's night. Moreno knocked down Figgy in the first round and was really just all Moreno after that. Moreno did whatever and whenever he wanted to the dominating Figueiredo. Then at the 2:26 mark of the 3RD round Moreno took Figueiredo's back to tap him out and become the NEW UFC Flyweight champ. There really isn't anyone out there who isn't happy for Moreno, quite possibly the most genuine and nice human being in the sport of mma. Moreno is the first Mexican born UFC champ ever and it couldn't have happened to a greater human being. CO-MAIN EVENT- Nate Diaz vs Leon Edwards Nate Diaz makes his long awaited return the octagon. Unfortunately it didn't go the way any of us wanted it to. Edwards is just on an incredible streak of wins right now and Diaz was forced to be apart of it. There is just something about Nate Diaz, if this dude could start the fight the way he ends fights? He honestly might be the best fighter in the world. Late in the fight Diaz hit Edwards with a phenomenal combo and completely stunned and wobbled Edwards, I'm not sure if Diaz realized it or not but he was seconds away from finishing Edwards. If this fight went a minute longer Diaz would have finished Edwards without a doubt, but there was no time left and Edwards won the fight clean on the judges scorecards 49-46. Edwards has to be next for the 170 title after Covington v's Usman. THE BEST OF THE REST: Belal Muhammad Defeats Damian Meia by Unanimous Decision. Belal finally get's his signature win against the legend Damian Meia. It's always tought to see someone like Meia go out like this but it seems his time is up in the UFC. He's 44 years old, his contract is up and is 3-5 in his last 8. I've been on the Muhammad train for awhile now and he deserves a top 6 fight next. Paul Craig Defeats Jamahal Hill by Armbar. Good lord, this was a disgusting armbar and it was made even more ridiculous by the fact Hill's arm wasn't actually broke. This is just something Paul Craig does apparently and just wins fights super late. Eryk Anders Defeats Darren Stewart by Unanimous Decision. Eryk Anders gets back in the winning column by defeating Darren Stewart in a rematch of their no-contest bout from March. Big win for Anders AKA a future guest on "From the Red Corner" Lauren Murphy Defeats Joanne Calderwood by Unanimous Decision. I have no clue how the fuck Murphy got the win on this one to be honest. It seemed to me Calderwood won this fight pretty convincingly. But it seems to be Murphy's MO by winning fights it seems to look like she lost. Unfortunately for her, her prize for this winning streak? Might very well be women's flyweight Champ Valentina Shevchenko. Terrance McKinney defeats Matt Frevola by KO. Jesus Christttttt. What a debut by McKinney, It took him just 8 seconds to win his first ever UFC fight with a violent KO if Matt Frevola. Such an amazing story and journey for this kid and couldn't be more happier for him. UP NEXT?????: UFC 264 MCGREGOR VS POIRIER III
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