LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 15: (L-R) Kevin Vallejos of Argentina faces SeungWoo Choi of South Korea in a featherweight battle in the course of the UFC Struggle Night time occasion at UFC APEX on March 15, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Two-time Contender Sequence alum Kevin Vallejos lastly made his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday, taking over Seung-Woo Choi in a featherweight battle.
The bout kicked off the Struggle Night time occasion’s fundamental card, and located Choi coming in off a loss in opposition to Steve Garcia.
The battle kicked off with Choi throwing a number of kicks. Vallejos was extra conservative however you may see that he was loading up when he did hearth again. Choi was doing a superb job of preventing at vary with the calf kicks and straight proper nevertheless.
The few leg kicks landed by Vallejos have been touchdown with extra impression. Kevin Vallejos was inching his strikes in little by little, as was the case along with his leg kicks and physique work, whereas countering properly. As soon as he discovered his timing, he slipped a proper hand to land a proper of his personal. That dropped Choi and the unanswered floor n’ pound caused an finish to the battle.
He took a setback after which a return to kind to get right here, however Kevin Vallejos arrived in fashion within the UFC on Saturday. He referred to as for a bonus following the end, although he’ll have some stiff competitors on that entrance.
Official Consequence: Kevin Vallejos def. Choi Seung-woo by TKO (Proper hand and GNP), spherical 1, 3:09