Movsar Evloev tops Dan Ige, moves to 16-0

LAS VEGAS – Movsar Evloev extra a signature earn to his fantastic history on Saturday when he defeated Dan Ige in the UFC Struggle Night 207 co-key function.

Evloev (16- MMA, 6- UFC) utilised a effectively-rounded assault centered mainly all around placing to bust up Ige’s (15-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) face above the training course of a few rounds in the featherweight bout at the UFC Apex. As a result, he left with a unanimous selection win by scores of 30-26, 30-27, 30-27.

Ige opened the fight with punching stress, but it only took a couple minutes for Evloev to get regard as he landed some good punches and a flying knee that staggered his opponent. Evloev managed Ige in the latter 50 percent of the spherical with waist-lock takedowns, but Ige prevented becoming held down for far too very long or caught in any submission positions.

Evloev ongoing his momentum in the 2nd round. He continued to assault the head and system of Ige with his punches and knees. He added in a late takedown and ground-and-pound, establishing a clear guide on the scorecards likely into the remaining body.

Soon after Ige’s cornerman Eric Nicksick of Xtreme Couture pleaded with his fighter to empty the fuel tank in the closing round, Evloev came out and obtained a takedown in just the very first 25 seconds of the frame. Ige was desperate to get up or scramble free of charge, but Evloev stuck to him like glue and burned minutes off the clock with using time. Ige has no responses down the extend, and Evloev cruised to a clear gain.

“Feeling excellent – thank you for most people,” Evloev claimed in his submit-battle interview with Paul Felder. “Thank you substantially and all my team and all my corners. I think me with my opponent ought to have Combat of the Evening, and following 1 I have to have a major name for a title shot. I am the up coming champion.”

Also, Evloev stated he would be happy to struggle “bullsh*t” male Arnold Allen future.

With 4 straight UFC wins at 145 pounds, Evloev has the fourth-longest active streak in the division at the rear of Allen (nine), Alexander Volkanovski (nine) and Bryce Mitchell (six).

Ige, in the meantime, has now dropped three consecutive fights and four of his past 5 due to the fact going on a seven-combat successful streak in the division.

Up-to-the-moment results of UFC Combat Evening 207 involve:

• Movsar Evloev def. Dan Ige via unanimous final decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
• Lucas Almeida def. Michael Trizano by using TKO (punches) – Spherical 3, :55
• Karine Silva def. Poliana Botelho by way of submission (D’Arce choke) – Spherical 1, 4:55
• Ode Osbourne def. Zarrukh Adashev by way of knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:01
• Alonzo Menifield def. Askar Mozharov by means of TKO (elbows) – Spherical 1, 4:40
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Felice Herrig by means of submission (rear-bare choke) – Spherical 2, 4:01
• Joe Solecki def. Alex Da Silva by means of bulk final decision (28-28, 28-27, 29-27)
• Damon Jackson def. Dan Argueta by means of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Benoit Saint-Denis def. Niklas Stolze through submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:32
• Tony Gravely def. Johnny Munoz Jr. by using knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:08
• Jeff Molina def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov through split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
• Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Andreas Michailidis by way of unanimous selection (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
• Erin Blanchfield def. JJ Aldrich by means of submission (standing guillotine choke) – Spherical 2, 2:38