Mentioned Nurmagomedov and Vinicius Oliveira, UFC Saudi Arabia face-off Credit score: Youtube/UFC
UFC bantamweight Mentioned Nurmagomedov made his return to the octagon after greater than a yr away and welcoming him again was Vinicius Oliveira at UFC Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Nurmagomedov (18-3) handled a collection of accidents and withdrawals from opponents earlier than lastly making it to the cage with Oliveira. He got here into the combat having gone 4-1 in his final 5 with wins over Cody Stamann, Douglas Silva de Andrade, and Muin Gafurov.
Oliveira (21-3) regarded to remain undefeated in his UFC run coming in with wins over Ricky Simon and Benardo Sopaj.
Spherical 1 Nurmagomedov got here in with some fireplace as he landed pictures on Oliveira together with a spinning again kick that rocked the Brazilian. Oliveria wasn’t sitting on his fingers he allow them to fly together with some nasty and fast kicks up high. A fast eye poke stopped the motion, however Nurmagomedov didn’t take a lot relaxation.
Quickly because the ref stated go Oliveira went to work touchdown kicks up high, however then Nurmagomedov touchdown a nasty flying knee to the chin that drive Oliveira to shoot. Getting the takedown slowed the motion, and the spherical ended on the fence with Oliveira touchdown knees to the legs.
Spherical 2 a lot slower tempo to begin this spherical with Oliveira working spinning again kicks to the physique and Nurmagomedov throwing that lead head kick. Each males tried takedowns, however Oliveira scored his holding Nurmagomedov down for about 40 seconds earlier than they made their method again to the rise up.
Nurmagomedov scored one other couple of takedowns, however Oliveira proved to be very tough to carry down. At this level Nurmagomedov was clearly drained and Oliveira tried to take benefit.
Spherical 3 Nurmagomedov was clearly drained, however Oliveira stored pointing to his ribs within the nook so each males clearly compromised going into the third spherical. Throughout an change Nurmagomedov slipped and Oliveira took benefit getting on high and dealing his strikes
Nurmegomedov was in a position to get ahold of a single leg, however Oliveira expertly stored him on the defensive on the bottom. Once they lastly got here to the toes each males threw what they might, however they have been each clearly very drained.
The remainder of the spherical Nurmagomedov tried desperately to take Oliveira down, however couldn’t do it. The combat ended on the bottom, and the judges acquired one other combat to attain.
Official Outcome: Vinicius Oliveira def. Mentioned Nurmagomedov by way of Unanimous Choice (29-28×3)
