Davey Grant and Ramon Taveras, UFC Tampa ceremonial weigh-ins on the Amalie Enviornment, Dec. 13, 2024 Credit score: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press
Bantamweights Davey Grant and Ramon Taveras have been the second battle in at UFC Tampa on the Amalie Enviornment on Saturday.
Grant, identified for action-packed, bonus-winning affairs, was the second task for Taveras within the UFC. A 2023 Contender Sequence winner, Taveras was on the lookout for his second win within the promotion; Grant was coming off a loss to Daniel Marcos, and preventing for the primary time this yr.
Spherical 1 started with Grant main the dance with an assortment of kicks that made Taveras a bit hesitant early. Grant went in on attacking the physique with fingers and kicks. The physique kicks undoubtedly did some harm and Taveras started to should guess a bit greater than he’d prefer to.
Taveras started to make use of his energy figuring that Grant would go for quantity, however certainly one of his photographs bought countered with a completely disgusting head kick that he ate prefer it was nothing. Not lengthy after Grant landed a nut shot that gave Taveras time to recuperate and relaxation.
Taveras used the strain to maintain Grant on the surface, however Grant was simply high quality with that. The spherical ended with a stable proper hand from Grant.
Spherical 2 the spherical started the identical method as the primary, however Taveras had one thing for Grant as he countered certainly one of his kicks with an enormous proper hand. The shot dropped Grant, however Taveras refused to go to the bottom with him and compelled him to face.
Grant recovered rapidly and realized he higher put his foot on the gasoline to match Taveras. Each males had their rhythm down and started to sit down on their strikes for max harm.
Spherical 3 each males went in with an opportunity to win the battle by taking the third. Grant was throwing all his photographs with as a lot energy as potential. Taveras used his protection very nicely, and minimized the harm early, however Grant was scoring.
Taveras boxing fashion left him a bit restricted as Grant continued to land just about any photographs he needed. The exercise degree was clear between each males as Grant almost tripled the quantity of strikes Taveras landed.
On the finish of the battle each males emptied the tank and raised their arms to an appreciative UFC Tampa crowd.
Official Outcome: Davey Grant def. Ramon Taveras by way of Unanimous Determination (29-28, 30-27×2)
