Joshua Van handed newcomer Rei Tsuruya his first profession loss at UFC 313.
Van considerably outstruck Tsuruya within the opening spherical, however it was the 2 takedowns and almost two minutes of management time that considerably closed the hole between the 2 within the first.
Simply previous the one-minute mark of the second spherical, Tsuruya secured a slick takedown and received Van in a aspect headlock. Sadly, Tsuruya wasn’t in a position to do a lot with the place and Van fought his method again up a minute later. Tsuruya continued to try to take issues to the mat, a lot to the chagrin of the reside crowd, however Van did a very good job of keeping off every try.
Van landed a pleasant knee up the center with 30 seconds to go. That prompted Tsuruya to reply with a strong spinning again fist that received a response out of the group.
Van began to take over the third spherical and landed a nasty kick up the center that had Tsuruya clutching his cup. After a short stoppage to try the replay, it was clear that the kick landed clear and the combat was instantly restarted.
Van took yet another shot at getting a late stoppage, however he was unable to place away Tsuruya, taking us to the scorecards within the night’s featured prelim.
Official End result: Joshua Van def. Rei Tsuruya by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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