UFC Fight Night 135 ‘Blachowicz vs. Santos’ – Play by Play Updates & LIVE Results

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Magomed Ankalaev defeated Klidson Farias de Abreu via Unanimous Decision

Light Heavyweights Magomed Ankalaev and De Abreu put on a fierce fight as they kicked off the main event in Prague. Despite taking this fight on four weeks short notice, Abreu gave a tough time to Ankalaev who struggled to put away the Brazilian. Ankalaev landed a quick short right uppercut which broke Abreu’s nose in the first round and completely changed the track for the next two rounds. Both light heavyweights continued to stand and trade but it was Ankalaev who got the best in the standup. Abreu at times tried to take the fight to the ground, but continued to make the same error of dropping his head which led Ankalaev easily land some nasty short punches. Ankalae neutralized his take downs and continued to batter his face.

Petr Yan defeated John Dodson via Unanimous Decision

When bantamweight John Dodson is in the octagon, it is sure to be a fast paced fight mostly from his side of the attack. But Peter Yan brought the fight to Dodson with his constant pressure and relentless movement leading him to dominate Dodson in the standup. Dodson scored an early knockdown but Peter quickly regained his senses. From there on, Peter amped up his pressure and made sure Dodson was on his backfoot the entire remaining fight. Landing clean shots after shots Peter cornered Dodson against the cage and gave no room for him to retaliate. Peter continues his dominant run in the UFC as he picked up his fourth win.

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Liz Carmouche defeated via Lucie Pudilova via Unanimous Decision

With the entire crowd in her favour and the home soild to her advantage, Lucie Pudilova fell short of a much deserved victory over the very tough Carmouche. A very close fight between these two flyweights who slugged it out right from the first round. Lucie quickly hurt Liz and had her wrapped in Guillotine in the first round. But Liz pushed the pace and scored some heavy shots that got Lucie’s attention. Lucie came back stronger in the second round as she roughed up the former title challenger with her striking and taedown. The final round was contested on a very close range and could have gone either way as both the fighters had their chance to finish the fight. The judges scored the fight in the favour of Liz but it could either have been a split decision.

Michal Oleksiejczuk defeated Gian Villante via TKO in Round 1

From the looks of it, Gian Villante had all the weight advantage over Michal but it did not help him in any way. Michal took some time to let loose but when he did, he made sure it was a done deal. A solid left body shot straight to the liver dropped Villante who went down cringing. Michal needed just 1:34 secs of the opening round to continue his undefeated win streak.
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Stefan Struve defeated Marcos Rogerio de Lima via Submission in Round 2

Stephan Struve finally gets back to the win column after almost eighteen months and losing three fights in a row. After taking a solid blow in the opening seconds of the first round and landing on the canvas, Struve managed to stay in the fight and turn the tables on the Brazilian veteran De Lima. After 39 fights and numerous wars, Struve announces his retirement tonight after getting his hands raised.

Thiago Santos defeated Jan Blachowicz via TKO

Thiago Santos looks like an unstoppable force at this point of his career with his third TKO win in the last six months. It was a cautious approach by both the light heavyweights who knew each others knockout power and stayed away from being over zealous. Once the fight moved into the third round, Maretta landed two solid hooks as he moved to counter the forward moving Blachowicz and dropped him on the canvas.

 

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