UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 [12-02] Results

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Fight card
Middleweight Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Robert Whittaker
Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa
Middleweight Jared Cannonier vs. Derek Brunson
Bantamweight Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
Lightweight Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast

Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa
Women's Flyweight Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O'Neill
Flyweight Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
Light Heavyweight William Knight vs. Maxim Grishin

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Leomana Martinez vs. Ronnie Lawrence
Lightweight Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano
Light Heavyweight Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant
Middleweight A.J. Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
Bantamweight Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
Welterweight Jeremiah Wells vs. Mike Mathetha

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_271

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Happening this Saturday.

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Very fun main card. Maxim Grishin in the UFC? when did that happen and how old is that guy now? i remember M1 challenge hyping the hell out of this guy what seems like 20 years ago lol.

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apparently this is his fourth fight in the UFC. shrug.

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Full Results
Main Card
Israel Adesanya def. Robert Whittaker via UD
Tai Tuivasa def. Derrick Lewis via second-round KO (1:40)
Jared Cannonier def. Derek Brunson via second-round TKO (4:29)
Renato Moicano def. Alexander Hernandez via sub (RNC) (R2, 1:23)
Bobby Green def. Nasrat Haqparast via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Preliminary Card
Andrei Arlovski def. Jared Vanderaa via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Casey O’Neill def. Roxanne Modafferi via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Kyler Phillips def. Marcelo Rojo via sub (triangle armbar) (R3, 1:48)
Carlos Ulberg def. Fabio Cherant via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Ronnie Lawrence def. Mana Martinez via unanimous decision (29-27 x2, 29-28)
Jacob Malkoun def. AJ Dobson via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Douglas Silva de Andrade def. Sergey Morozov via sub (RNC) (R2, 3:24)
Jeremiah Wells def. Blood Diamond via sub (RNC) (R1, 4:38)
Maxim Grishin def. William Knight via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

www.mmafighting.com/2022/2/12/22929613/ufc-271-results-adesanya-vs-whittaker-2

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Saw the highlights of Adesanya/Whittaker and based on that it could've gone either way. Whittaker really gave Adesanya a lot of trouble with his grappling and landed a surprising amount of left hands. Adesanya probably looked most dominant in R1 and it was very much back and forth after that.

Tuivasa scored a nice KO in a very sloppy brawl on Derrick Lewis.
A bit surprised Lewis got KO'd, but an elbow like that will do it.

Also cool to see Arlovski still picking up wins in the UFC.

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Maxim Grishin in the UFC?!? Since when?? Lol jk. I missed everything but the main event. It was close, but thought the right decision was made. I cant put a lot in to the take downs as he got nowhere with them. it just paused the action imo.