Joel Alvarez continued his unbelievable end streak after blasting Elves Brener with a barrage of knees to attain a 3rd spherical knockout at UFC Abu Dhabi.
After practically wrapping up a D’arce choke within the opening spherical, Alvarez saved his excellent ending report in tact after he cracked Brener with a left hand that put the Brazilian on wobbly legs. From there, Alvarez grabbed the again of Brener’s head and simply began unloading knees in succession.
Brener finally crumbled from the injury finished with the referee lastly swooping into cease the struggle at 3:36 within the closing spherical with Alvarez scoring his twenty first end in 21 wins.
“I really feel good,” Alvarez mentioned after his newest win. “I’m one of the crucial harmful of this division. I’m an excellent striker. I all the time have a number of religion, a number of belief in my hanging and my kickboxing.”
With the power to dish out punishment in each side of the sport, Alvarez was an offensive machine from the primary second of the struggle till the final. Brener simply had no reply for the facility and variety of strikes coming from Alvarez, who all the time saved him guessing.
Although he had a peak and attain benefit, Alvarez was the one closing the gap and simply unloading punches and kicks to chip away at Brener.
Whereas his hanging was on level, Alvarez bought Brener all the way down to the canvas within the opening spherical the place he locked up a nasty D’arce choke however the Chute Boxe fighter was in a position to survive to the ultimate horn.
He wasn’t practically as fortunate within the third spherical after Alvarez snapped off a lightning fast left hook that instantly had Brener in hassle. Smelling blood within the water, Alvarez grabbed onto the clinch and began unleashing his knee strikes till Brener lastly collapsed to the bottom.
It was one other spectacular end from Alvarez, who already had designs on his subsequent opponent.
“My place is in high 15 rankings however I like a struggle, solely respect, for King Bobby Inexperienced,” Alvarez shouted. “King, let’s go, right here in Abu Dhabi, October.”