Brazilian Vitor Petrino remains undefeated in his professional career and this Saturday (2) he claimed another victim. In the co-main fight of UFC Vegas 87, the Brazilian beat Australian Tyson Pedro, in the light heavyweight category (up to 83.9kg). In three rounds, the Brazilian didn’t have much difficulty and won by unanimous decision from the judges.
There are four bouts and four victories in the UFC. Even though Petrino has won 11 times in his career, he has never experienced defeat. Even competitor Tyson Pedro was retired as a result of the triumph since Saturday. After 15 professional fights, the 32-year-old Australian declared his retirement from the Octagon. Vitor Petrino is happy with the outcome and the organization’s morale, so he used the opportunity to challenge Anthony Smith, a previous contender for the title, following the fight.
— Dana, I showed that I’m ready to be among the top 15 in the division. I saw that Anthony Smith is there, he is the next guy I want to target, the top of the category, who knows how to become champion. So Anthony, let’s make this happen — said Petrino after the fight.
Vitor Petrino dominates and defeats Australian in UFC
From the first minutes of the fight, Brazilian Vitor Petrino didn’t have much difficulty controlling the confrontation, despite the fight starting slower. With a very studied start, the two fighters exchanged few punches, with the Brazilian taking control of the actions.
In the second round of the fight, Petrino decided to hammer a little more. I went more aggressive and took actions. On the other hand, the Asturalian tried to shorten the distance to take the Brazilian to the ground, but without much success. Even so, the combat continued to be slow and without many actions.
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In the final round, it seems that both fighters decided to accelerate the pace. The miner tried more aggressive strikes. The highlight of the round came when the Brazilian ‘threw’ his rival to the ground, adding a good fall to the judges’ decision. From then on, the Brazilian controlled the grappling fight and managed a few more takedowns that guaranteed the judges’ unanimous decision.
Brazilians at UFC Vegas 87
Three Brazilians competed in the octagon at UFC Vegas 87, in addition to Vitor Petrino. In the second round of the battle, British Christian Leroy Duncan managed to knock out São Paulo native Claudio Ribeiro, the only one who lost their duel. Leroy Duncan, who had a stronger reach than the Brazilian, dominated the first few minutes of the match, according to Claudio.
After suffering three losses—two consecutive—in his first four fights in the UFC, Claudio’s future in the promotion appears to be jeopardized with this loss. This was due to the fact that the Brazilian was now in a worse negotiating position because this was the final bout left on his original contract.
To be sure, Petrino’s victory in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 87 was exciting, but the Brazilians’ night was topped off by the vicious knockout of Vinicius ‘LokDog’ Oliveira. Vinicius won the fight of the night and performance of the night trophies after defeating Albanian Bernardo Sopaj in the third round of action with an amazing flying knee.
All UFC Vegas 87 results
Main Card
Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeated Shamil Gaziev by technical knockout
Vitor Petrino beat Tyson Pedro by unanimous referee decision
Muhammad Mokaev defeated Alex Perez via unanimous referee decision
Umar Nurmagomedov defeated Bekzat Almakhan via unanimous referee decision
Steve Erceg beat Matt Schnell by KO in the 2nd round
Preliminary Card
Eryk Anders defeated Jamie Pickett via unanimous referee decision
Vinicius ‘Prego’ beat Benardo Sopaj by knockout (knee) in the 3rd round
Aiemann Zahabi beat Javid Basharat via unanimous referee decision
Christian Leroy Duncan defeated Claudio Ribeiro by technical knockout in the 2nd round
Ludovit Klein defeated AJ Cunningham via TKO in the 1st round
Loikd Radzhabov defeated A. Al-Selwady via 3rd round knockout
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