Making his return to motion tonight following his latest important occasion debut, middleweight contender, Chris Curtis was left pissed off in his important card conflict with Russian striker, Roman Kopylov — through which he was stopped with only a single second remaining within the third spherical at UFC Vegas 101.
Curtis, a perennial contender on the middleweight restrict, made his return to motion tonight towards Kopylov following a rematch defeat to fellow contender, Brendan Allen final 12 months, struggling a knee damage within the ultimate spherical of their shut, hard-fought back-and-forth on the Apex facility.
And returning tonight on the primary card of UFC Vegas 101 within the first occasion of the annum for the promotion, Chris Curtis traded back-and-forth over the course of three rounds with Kopylov, with the latter warned twice following a pair of eye and groin strike blemishes.
And seemingly dealing with a choose’s resolution, Curtis was unable to see the scorecards — which had each males tied on a spherical win apiece, with Kopylov touchdown a flush proper high-kick with simply seconds remaining within the conflict, earlier than referee, Mark Smith would name a halt to the motion with only a single second remaining within the spherical, awarding the latter with a TKO victory.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Roman Kopylov’s late win over Chris Curtis
