Deiveson Figueiredo needs to affix a really unique membership as a two-division champion after one other spectacular win over Marlon “Chito” Vera at UFC Abu Dhabi.
The previous flyweight king, who has now rattled off three straight wins at bantamweight, seemed sharp as soon as once more and he even turned the primary individual to ever rating a knockdown on Vera after dropping the one-time title contender with a punch within the last spherical. That knockdown just about sealed the deal for Figueiredo, who bought the nod with the judges scoring the struggle 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 to present him the win.
“Hey Chito, thanks a lot immediately,” Figueiredo stated after his newest victory. “Hey Dana [White], I beat this man tonight. Merab [Dvalishvili], [Sean] O’Malley, I need the title, I wish to be subsequent.
Decided to provide a quicker begin than regular, Vera took the middle of the cage after darting out of his nook however after lunging ahead for a mixture, Figueiredo was capable of counter with a well-timed takedown. Vera stayed affected person earlier than launching some enormous up kicks that allowed him to scramble free and return to his toes.
Vera finally exploded ahead with a leaping knee strike however Figueiredo was fast to seize the legs and rating one other takedown however he ran out of time earlier than he might do something with it.
On the restart, Figueiredo wasn’t capable of make use of his grappling as simply however Vera’s exercise nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to discourage him from attempting. Late within the spherical, Vera lastly began letting his fingers go extra, which is when he tagged the Brazilian with a number of stinging pictures.
Simply when it seemed like Vera was actually beginning to mount some harm, Figueiredo blasted him with a proper hand that dropped the previous title contender to the canvas. Vera bought again to his toes however that knockdown was enormous in a back-and-forth struggle the place each bantamweights had been discovering success at instances.
Figueiredo and Vera continued throwing heavy leather-based as they every tried for the knockout whereas buying and selling some enormous pictures proper as much as the ultimate horn. Whereas Vera had his moments, he simply couldn’t fairly catch as much as the quicker Figueiredo, who additionally displayed some critical energy after delivering that knockdown.
It’s robust to know if that win is sufficient for Figueiredo to get a title shot however he’s completely in that dialog after taking out Vera, who only in the near past fell to Sean O’Malley in his personal bid at turning into UFC bantamweight champion.
