LAS VEGAS – Asu Almabayev beat Matheus Nicolau with a unanimous resolution Saturday to shut out the preliminary card at UFC Combat Night time 245 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the combat with Almabayev, who gained for the seventeenth straight time.
Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau
Asu Almabayev
End result: Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Up to date data: Almabayev (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC), Nicolau (19-6-1 MMA, 7-4 UFC)
Key stats: Almabayev has had greater than 26 minutes of complete management time over the 45 minutes of his previous three resolution wins. However after touchdown 15 mixed takedowns his previous two fights, he had only one in opposition to Nicolau.
Almabayev on the combat’s key second
Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau, UFC Combat Night time 245 (through UFC)
“I’m comfortable. It’s not straightforward to win the combat. Each opponent’s doing laborious work and coming right here to combat and to win, so I’m very comfortable that I gained. (The sport plan) was simply to win. I wished to wrestle, however (Nicolau) is hard – he’s No. 7 within the rankings. Through the combat, I modified the sport plan a little bit.”
Almabayev on Nicoalu’s takedown protection
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 19: (L-R) Matheus Nicolau of Brazil punches Asu Almabayev of Kazakstan in a flyweight combat in the course of the UFC Combat Night time occasion at UFC APEX on October 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
“I used to be not stunned (at his takedown protection) as a result of each fighter is aware of that I’ll attempt to take them down. After the primary and second, I noticed that (he was good at stopping me). What can I do? So I attempted to enhance the positions on a regular basis.”
Almabayev on what he desires subsequent
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“I’ll come again residence and we’ll watch the combat once more. We have to be taught on a regular basis. Give me one likelihood for the belt (in opposition to champion Alexandre Pantoja).”
To listen to extra from Almabayev, try the video of the total post-fight interview above.
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