Anthony Hernandez believed cardio and tempo can be the distinction towards Michel Pereira and whereas the stoppage might have come later than he anticipated, his basic sentiment proved correct.
It took him almost 5 full rounds, however Hernandez (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) bought the job completed inside the gap as he completed Pereira (31-12 MMA, 9-3 UFC) with strikes Saturday within the UFC Struggle Night time 245 major occasion. The stoppage got here at 2:22 of Spherical 5 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Hernandez repeatedly took down Pereira, landed ground-and-pound and ultimately exhausted the Brazilian. Pereira’s protection was nearly sufficient to outlive for the whole thing of the combat, however nearly doesn’t depend.
FLUFFY IS RELENTLESS 😤@ILoveBamf delivers a TKO win in his first UFC major occasion! #UFCVegas99 pic.twitter.com/jIYDmpfFGg
— UFC (@ufc) October 20, 2024
The victory marks Hernandez’s first UFC major occasion win. The victory was his sixth in a row and his fifth stoppage in that stretch.
Pereira has an eight-fight profitable streak snapped. His earlier loss was to Diego Sanchez by disqualification in February 2020.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Struggle Night time 245 outcomes embrace:
- Anthony Hernandez def. Michel Pereira by way of TKO (strikes) – Spherical 5, 2:22
- Rob Font def. Kyler Phillips by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Charles Johnson def. Su Mudaerji by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Cameron Smotherman def. Jake Hadley by way of unanimous determination (30-26, 29-27, 29-27)
- Darren Elkins def. Daniel Pineda by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jean Matsumoto def. Brad Katona by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal by way of submission (rear-naked choke) – Spherical 3, 4:33
- Elise Reed def, Jessica Penne by way of unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Melissa Martinez def. Alice Ardelean by way of unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Austen Lane def. Robelis Despaigne by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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