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Less than a minute into the contest, Fletcher pressed forward looking to close the distance and attack Nakamura, only for the Road to UFC tournament winner to stick his toes into the Brit’s midsection. Fletcher immediately lowered his arms and backed away, a sour look on his face. When Nakamura pressed forward, Fletcher toppled, forcing referee Kerry Hatley to halt the action.

This was a perfectly executive kick to the liver, with Nakamura digging his toes into Fletcher’s guts, with his body promptly and understandably shutting down from the blow. After getting bounced from the ranks of the unbeaten at the start of the year, this was an excellent showing for the Japanese bantamweight prospect.

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While the multiple-time Brazilian jiu jitsu world champion wasn’t able to get Gore to the canvas for any prolonged amount of time, Vieira was the much more active and effective of the two on the feet throughout. He worked behind his jab and maintained pressure on the former TUF finalist throughout, showing improvements in both his striking and his conditioning.

After dropping a decision to Andre Petroski earlier this year, Vieira righted the ship here, winning on the scorecards for the first time in his career. This was Vieira’s first camp training with the Fighting Nerds in Sao Paulo, so it will be interesting to see if that relationship continues and what kind of impact it has on the middleweight grappler going forward.

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Klein was his blue-collared self in the early stages, using his wrestling and high-pressure approach to grind on Pulyaev in the opening round, keeping things in close quarters for much of the fame. But the Russian was able to maintain space early in the second and got loose with his striking, cutting Klein with an elbow before burying a heavy kick into his midsection that folded him over, opening the door for Pulyaev to put the finishing touches on his initial triumph inside the Octagon.

This was a much better showing from Pulyaev following his debut loss to Christian Leroy Duncan, as he was much more fluid and open with his striking. The 27-year-old has earned finishing in eight of his first 10 wins, and gets himself trending forward in the improving middleweight ranks with this effort.

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The Michigan native and recent Contender Series grad took the fight to Yannis straight out of the gate, creating a grappling interaction where he was able to work around to the back and start hunting for finishing opportunities. Though Yannis worked to shed Bashi and made him work to get to his spot, the 23-year-old eventually settled on his back and sunk in a choke, drawing out the tap.

After losing his debut to Christian Rodriguez, Bashi gets things moving in the right direction again with a dominant showing. Featherweight is flush with talent and the now 14-1 featherweight is very much one to keep tabs on as he continues to garner additional experience inside the Octagon.

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Bunes had success in the grappling entanglements in the opening round, initially sprawling well before locking up and holding onto a buggy choke for more than 90 seconds to close out the frame. But in the second and third, Estevam was able to continue wrestling and establish dominant positions and control far more effectively, taking the fight to his compatriot as Bunes’ takedown defense waned.

Now 14-0 for his career and 3-0 in the UFC, the 28-year-old should be climbing the ranks and garnering greater opportunities each time out. Unfortunately for the Nova Uniao product, he missed weight by a considerable margin, the second time in three fights he’s failed to hit the limit, and sits as a heavy asterisk on this victory, pun intended.

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