Dustin Poirier shocked Conor McGregor in he 2nd round of their lightweight in Abu Dhabi.
McGregor had a solid round one with his strikes. In round two, Poirier started to get on track with Calf kicks. Poirier landed a hard shot that hurt McGregor. One more hard punch sent McGregor down, and the fight was stopped at 2:32.
Poirier, 156 lbs is 27-6 with 14 knockouts. McGregor, 155 lbs is 22-5.
Chandler Knocks Out Hooker in 1
Michael Chandler made a spectacular UFC debut with a 1st round stoppage over Dan Hooker in a lightweight bout.
Chandler dropped down with a left hand and then and drilled Hooker with some hard Ground-and-Pound and the fight was stopped at 2:30.
Chandler, 156 lbs is 22-5 with 10 stoppages. Hooker of New Zealand is 20-10.
Calderwood Decisions Eye
Joanne Calderwood won a unanimous decision over Jessica Eye in a flyweight fight
Calderwood outlanded Eye 214-104 and won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 15-4. Eye is 15-9.
Muradov stops Sanchez in 3
Makhmud Muradov stopped Jason Sanchez in round three of their middleweight bout.
In round three, Muradov landed a big right hand that hurt Sanchez and then he landed flying knee and that pushed Sanchez up on the cage Muradov landed a big flurry, and the fight was stopped at 3:00.
Muradov, 186 lbs of Tajikistan is now 25-6 with his 17th stoppage. Sanchez, 186 lbs is 12-6.
Rodriguez stops Ribas in 2
Mariana Rodriguez stopped Amanda Ribas in round two of their flyweight bout.
Rodriguez dropped Ribas with a hard right. Several Ground-and-Pound shots later, and the fight was stopped at 54 seconds.
Rodriguez, 116 lbs of Brazil is now 13-2 with six stoppages. Ribas, 116 lbs of Brazil is 10-2.
Arman Tsaryukyan won a unanimous decision over Matt Frevola in a lightweight bout.
Tsaryukyan landed 116 of 185 punches; Frevola landed 51 of 95.
Tsaryukan, 155.5 lbs of the Georgia Republic won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 16-2. Frevola, 155.5 lbs is 8-2-1.
Brad Tavares won a unanimous decision over Antonio Carlos Jr. in a middleweight bout.
Tavares landed 75 of 139 strikes. Carlos landed 58 of 143.
Tavares, 185.5 lbs won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 18-7. Carlos, 185 lbs of Brazil is 11-5.
Juliana Pena submitted Sara McMann in round three of their bantamweigh clash.
Pena was able to make McMann submit from a rear-naked choke at 3:40.
Pena, 136 lbs of Chicago is 11-4 with her 5th stoppage. McMann, 135 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 12-6.
Marcin Prochnio won a unanimous decision over Kahlil Rountree Jr. in a light heavyweight bout.
Prachnio landed 108 of 229 strikes; Rountree was 59 of 155.
Prachnio, 205 lbs of Warsaw, POL won by scores of 29-28 on all cards, and is now 14-5. Rountree, 206 lbs of Las Vegas is 9-5.
Movsar Evloev won a split decision over Nik Lentz in a catchweight bout.
Lentz had swelling under his right eye in the opening round. By the end of round three, Lentz’ face was a bloody mess.
Evloev landed 124 of 234 strikes; Lentz was 50-143.
Evloev won two cards 29-28. Lentz on the strength of a good 1st round where he almost was able to be successful on a couple of choke attempts, took a card 29-28.
Evloev, 150 lbs of Russia, won by scores of and is now 14-0. Lentz, 150 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL is 30-12-2
Amir Albazi won a unanimous decision over Zhalgas Zhumagulov in a flyweight bout.
Albazi landed 101 of 209 strikes; Zhumagulov was 72 of 149. Albazi had several near-miss choke opportunities in the 3rd round.
Albazi, 126 lbs of Iraq won by scores of 29-28 on all cards and is now 14-1. Zhumagulov, 126 lbs of Kazakhstan is 13-5.
