The fight sports activities world is usually a fickle mistress, which a former UFC headliner continued to find Friday.
Alex Oliveira made his bareknuckle boxing debut at a REN TV Combat Membership occasion in Russia. He was knocked down twice within the first spherical and suffered a TKO loss to Igor Ionov.
Take a look at the brutal stoppage beneath, after which Oliveira gave the impression to be making an attempt to work his nostril again into place.
Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira loses his naked knuckle debut through 1st spherical TKO pic.twitter.com/DGu9Yiyp6X
— Matysek (@Matysek88) September 20, 2024
After a 3-1 begin to his UFC profession, Oliveira headlined UFC Combat Evening 83 in opposition to one other “Cowboy,” Donald Cerrone. And although he was submitted within the first spherical, “Cowboy” Oliveira went on a critical 6-1 run after that, together with three post-fight bonus awards.
However a first-round submission loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov in October 2020 began a four-fight skid within the UFC, together with three stoppage losses, and he was let go in 2022.
The 36-year-old Oliveira has gone 3-4 in MMA fights since then with three first-round TKO wins, but additionally 4 stoppage losses. This newest setback is his third straight fight sports activities loss.
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