Las Vegas, February 4: Nassourdine Imavov jumped up the middleweight ranking with gruelling win over Roman Dolidze in the main event of UFC Vegas 85: Dolidze vs.
The 13-fight card saw 7 fights, including the main event, go the distance, while four fights ended in stoppages and one ended in No Contest. Among the 4 stoppage wins, 3 were either knockouts or technical knockouts and one was a submission finish.
A flyweight bout between Azat Maksum and Charles Johnson was awarded the fight of the night in UFC Vegas 85, also known as UFC Fight Night 235, while Molly McCann and Randy Brown pocketed performance bonuses for their respective stoppage wins. Here is the recap:
UFC Vegas 85 Recap
In the main event, a mauler of a middleweight bout saw No. 8 ranked Dolidze and No. 11 ranked Imavov go from start to finish with bad intentions. It was a chaotic five rounds in which each man stayed on the attack both standing, and at the end, on the canvas.
When No. 13 lightweight contender Renato Moicano and No. 15 ranked Drew Dober met in the Octagon in the co-main event, it was an immediate collision of exciting strikers, but Moicano imposed his way to fight on the ground.
The strategy paid off, and after the win on the scorecards, Moicano said, “My father is 62 years old, and he just had a baby. If he can populate the world, so can Moicano. Renato Moicano 3 is coming! I love America.
“After my green card is over, I’m going to be an American, and I’m going to become a policeman. When I was at 145 (pounds) I saw that guy knocking people out and said I’m glad I’m not 155. And today, I just beat him. Mad respect for Drew Dober.”