Nolan, Smith and Erosa lead the UFC Fight Night winners in Las Vegas
Tom Nolan beat Renato Moicano in the UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas and established himself among the lightweights. Jacobe Smith shut out Randy Brown on the scorecards, and Julian Erosa retired after knocking out JeongYeong Lee.
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O UFC Fight Night: Moicano x Nolan aconteceu no Meta APEX, em Las Vegas, em 31 de outubro, e a noite rendeu algumas atuações de peso.
Tom Nolan sobreviveu a um início difícil nas costas contra Renato Moicano, manteve a compostura e, quando a luta voltou para o jogo em pé, acendeu o veterano antes de finalizá-lo com golpes no chão. O australiano, de 26 anos, agora está firmemente entre os candidatos dos leves.
Jacobe Smith, ex-lutador de wrestling da Oklahoma State, dominou o veterano Randy Brown para um shutout nas papeletas, misturando potência e controle nos 170 libras; o invicto natural de Dallas busca as maiores lutas disponíveis.
Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani, conhecido como JPL, venceu o até então invicto Farman Hasanov para sua primeira finalização no UFC, impondo o ritmo sem parar e recusando ficar no chão quando derrubado. Ele ficou sem bônus de luta.
Julian Erosa se aposentou da melhor forma possível. Atordoado no início por um enorme cruzado de direita de JeongYeong Lee, da Coreia do Sul, o primeiro golpe da luta, ele se recuperou, trocou no pocket e então derrubou Lee com um golpe próprio antes de encerrar com golpes no chão.
Isso encerrou uma carreira de 45 lutas que incluiu três passagens separadas pelo octógono, e o deixou se aposentar nos próprios termos depois de uma vitória por nocaute.
Lucia Szabova, apelidada de "Silent Killer" e ex-campeã de duas divisões no OKTAGON, teve uma estreia sem nervos no UFC na primeira luta do card, travando Tainara Lisboa com o grappling antes de finalizá-la com golpes no chão no terceiro round; a peso-mosca de 125 libras faturou um bônus de Performance of the Night.
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