Rising bantamweight contender, Payton Talbott has seen his unbeaten skilled blended martial arts report conquered tonight by Brazilian veteran, Raoni Barcelos — who confirmed off his growing grappling chops en path to a unanimous choice shutout win on the preliminary card of UFC 311.
Talbott, who entered tonight’s featured preliminary conflict with perennial bantamweight contender, Barcelos boasting an unbeaten 9-0 skilled report, dropped his first loss in blended martial arts tonight in a unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) shutout defeat to Barcelos.
Frequently battling the grappling and offensive wrestling from Rio de Janeiro native, Barcelos — Talbott who entered tonight’s featured preliminary conflict with the 37-year-old as a significant betting favourite throughout the board, solely managed to point out off his putting capability late within the third spherical.
And awarded place from the highest in full guard after Barcelos grabbed the Octagon fence, Talbott was unable to beat an early two spherical deficit on the choose’s scorecards, handing Talbott his first-ever Octagon loss.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Raoni Barcelos’ win over Payton Talbott at UFC 311
