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About Matt Bricker - RotoBaller
I've been involved in and a fan of martial arts from a very early age. Since May 2018 I've been writing for MMA outlets as well as on boxing. I also train in boxing with an amateur debut soon to come! Follow me on Twitter @LAknockoutMMA
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Glover Teixeira Loses Championship In Main Event
Glover Teixeira's 41st professional bout and first title defense of the UFC light-heavyweight championship did not go to plan as he lost his championship via fifth-round submission in Saturday's main event of UFC 275. In 24:28 of total action, Teixeira tallied 159 significant strikes (two more than Jiri Prochazka) while only landing five of his... Read More
Jiri Prochazka Captures Championship Saturday
Though the co-main event saw the champion remain the same, the main event had a different outcome with Jiri Prochazka capturing the UFC's light-heavyweight title via fifth-round submission. In 24:28 of action, Prochazka tallied 120 significant strikes (157 total strikes) while stuffing 12 of Glover Teixeira's 17 takedown tries on the night. The end came... Read More
Taila Santos Takes Split-Decision Loss
Taila Santos came to fight Saturday in UFC 275's co-main event, narrowly being defeated by the women's flyweight champion. In 25 minutes of battle, Santos tallied 55 significant strikes (128 total strikes), but it was her ground work that really put her opponent, Valentia Shevchenko, in danger on several occasions. Sustaining a broken orbital from... Read More
Valentina Shevchenko Escapes Co-Main Event With Championship
It has been a while since we have seen Valentina Shevchenko dominate, but she was able to pull out a unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC 275 against a very game Taila Santos on Saturday. Statistically, Shevchenko scored well by tallying 77 significant strikes (234 total strikes), good for 9.36 total strikes per... Read More
Joanna Jedrzejczyk Rides Into The Sunset
Suffering a second-round knockout loss and her third loss in four matchups, Joanna Jedrzejeczyk, a former strawweight champion, laid down her gloves in the Octagon after UFC 275's matchup on Saturday and retired from the sport. She ate a spinning back fist from Weili Zhang at the 2:28 mark of the second round that instantly... Read More
Weili Zhang Shines In UFC 275 Matchup
Weili Zhang fought as we expected, earning a huge knockout win on the main card of UFC 275 on Saturday night. In the second round of action against former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Zhang landed a huge spinning back fist 2:28 into the round, instantly ending the contest. In 7:28 of action, Zhang tallied 69 significant... Read More
Andre Fialho Takes A Loss After Back-To-Back KO Wins
With all the momentum on his side after back-to-back first-round knockout wins, Andre Fialho was unable to continue that hot run into UFC 275 on Saturday, suffering a second-round knockout loss to Jake Matthews in a matchup that was moved at the last minute to the main card. In 7:24 of action, Fialho was only... Read More
Jake Matthews Takes Advantage Of Late Main-Card Showing
As a late replacement to the main-card portion of UFC 275, Jake Matthews made the best of the situation and earned a second-round knockout over Andre Fialho on Saturday. In 7:24 of total action, Matthews tallied 47 significant strikes compared to the 18 of Fialho. The two were engaged in a very close back-and-forth striking... Read More
Ramazan Emeev Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss
With his first-round knockout loss Saturday at UFC 275, Ramazan Emeev has now lost back-to-back bouts in the UFC. In 2:32 of action, Emeev tallied only seven significant strikes. Early in the round, Emeev almost caught Jack Della Maddalena in a choke. After taking a body shot, Emeev was floored, and it eventually led to... Read More
Jack Della Maddalena Impresses Again
Jack Della Maddalena continues to be as advertised, scoring a first-round knockout in Saturday's main-card opener of UFC 275 against Ramazan Emeev. In 2:32 of action, Maddalena tallied 18 significant strikes. After a solid left hook to the body, Emeev fell to the mat and Maddalena followed up quickly with strikes that led to the... Read More
Glover Teixeira Set For First Title Defense
The 42-year-old Brazilian legend Glover Teixeira (33-7) is set to defend his UFC light-heavyweight title for the first time in the main event at UFC 275 on Saturday against a very dangerous striker in Jiri Prochazka. Teixeira would no doubt prefer this matchup to stay on the ground, as 11 of his career wins have... Read More
Jiri Prochazka Has Chance At UFC Gold
Former RIZIN FF light-heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1) will get his chance to capture UFC gold when he battles Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC 275 on Saturday night. Currently on a 12-fight winning streak, Prochazka is 2-0 in the UFC with two second-round TKO finishes. Always a dangerous striker, a staggering 25... Read More
Taila Santos Looking For The Upset Of The Year
Since losing her UFC debut in February of 2019, Taila Santos (19-1) has won four fights in a row, finding herself in the co-main event of UFC 275 on Saturday contending for the women's flyweight championship against Valentina Shevchenko. With three of those four wins coming by decision, her last victory was a first-round submission... Read More
Valentina Shevchenko Looks To Continue Reign Of Dominance
The women's pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter in the UFC, Valentina Shevchenko (22-3), will defend her crown yet again in the women's flyweight division in the co-main event of UFC 275 on Saturday. Looking for her ninth straight victory, Shevchenko will defend her title against Taila Santos. With finishing ability even at a smaller weight class,... Read More
Weili Zhang Set For Showdown With Former Champion
Former strawweight title contender Weili Zhang (21-3) will look for her first win since the first time she battled Joanna Jedrzejczyk back in March of 2020. Back-to-back losses have been obtained by the Chinese star against champion Rose Namajunas. With a controversial split-decision loss in her last outing, Zhang will look to avenge her recent... Read More
Joanna Jedrzejczyk Returns To Action After Two-Year Layoff
It is not often an unranked fighter gets a shot at the second-ranked fighter, but Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) will get that opportunity when she rematches Weili Zhang on the main card of UFC 275 on Saturday night. It has been over two years since we have seen Jedrzejczyk in the Octagon. In their first matchup... Read More
Rogerio Bontorin Faces Difficult Task At UFC 275
With losses in three of his last four Octagon appearances, Rogerio Bontorin (17-4) won't get any breaks as he is set to face the streaking Manel Kape on the main card of UFC 275 on Saturday. Though he is in a bit of a slump, Bontorin has the ground game to end a contest quickly,... Read More
Manel Kape Looking For Third Straight Win
It looked like Manuel Kape (17-6) made a bad decision by leaving Rizin FF, as he dropped his first two UFC appearances by decision. Since then, Kape has turned it around big time with two first-round knockout victories, including in his most recent outing in December of last year. The former Rizin FF bantamweight champion... Read More
Jack Della Maddalena Hoping To Capitalize On Stunning Debut
Coming off of the Contender Series with a first-round knockout in January, Jack Della Maddalena (11-2) is set to open up the main card of UFC 275 against a tough opponent in former M-1 middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev on Saturday. A dangerous finisher, 10 of his 11 professional victories have come via the finish, with... Read More
Ramazan Emeev Set To Open UFC 275 Main Card
On a main-card set with two title fights, Russia's Ramazan Emeev (20-5) will kick of UFC 275's main card against Jack Della Maddalena on Saturday. The former M-1 middleweight champion will make his eighth UFC appearance and is looking to avenge a split-decision loss to Darren Stewart in October of last year. Able to mix... Read More
Jairzinho Rozenstruik Takes First-Round Loss Saturday
Saturday's main event did not go as planned for Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who suffered a first-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkov. After being dropped by a right hand, Volkov followed up with a handful of strikes before the bout was called to a stop at the 2:12 mark of the first round. In 2:12 of action,... Read More
Alexander Volkov Has A Big First-Round TKO Victory
Less than half a round is all it took for Alexander Volkov to pull off a stunning first-round knockout in Saturday's main event of action. In 2:12 of total action against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Volkov tallied 21 significant strikes while only absorbing six strikes. After eating a couple of big strikes from Rozenstruik, Volkov recovered almost... Read More
Dan Ige Unable To Turn Things Around
It was not the way 10th-ranked featherweight Dan Ige wanted Saturday to go, as he lost the night's co-main-event bout to Movsar Evloev. Ige has now lost three fights in a row and three of his last four contests. All three of those losses have come by decision. In Saturday's 15 minutes of action, Ige... Read More
Mike Trizano Unable To Turn It Around
After starting his professional career 7-0, it's been a rough ride for Mike Trizano since joining the UFC and experiencing an uptick in competition. Trizano has lost three of his last four fights, including suffering a third-round TKO loss to the debuting Lucas Almeida on Saturday. In 10:55 of action, Trizano tallied 31 significant strikes... Read More
Lucas Almeida Shines In Debut Saturday
The finishes continued to roll on the main card with Lucas Almeida making it a perfect 4-for-4 to that point on Saturday's card by earning a third-round knockout victory over Mike Trizano. Earning the stoppage at the 55-second mark in the third round, Almeida tallied 75 significant strikes (94 total strikes) in 10:55 of total... Read More
Poliana Botelho Has Night Ended With First-Round Submission
The struggle continues for Poliana Botelho, who has now lost three fights in a row and four of her last five bouts. On Saturday, she suffered a first-round submission loss to the debuting Karine Silva on the main card of action. In 4:55 of action, Botelho secured 19 significant strikes but was taken down and... Read More
Karine Silva Impresses In Debut With First-Round Submission
The third main-card bout of Saturday night saw a third straight first-round finish, this time being led by Karine Silva. Earning the first submission on the main card, Silva earned the D'Arce choke at the 4:55 mark of Round 1 against Poliana Botelho. In 4:55 of total action, Silva collected 17 significant strikes (23 total... Read More
Zarrukh Adashev Suffers First-Round Knockout Saturday
The road in the UFC may have come to a dead end for Zarrukh Adashev after he suffered a first-round knockout on Saturday's main card of action. The end came just 1:01 into the bout with Ode Osbourne ending the contest. In 61 seconds of action, Adashev only landed seven significant strikes. Adashev tried to... Read More
Ode Osbourne Secures First-Round Knockout
Kicking off the main card with back-to-back first-round knockouts, Ode Osbourne earned a quick victory on Saturday by knocking out Zarrukh Adashev in 1:01. In that time frame, Osbourne tallied seven significant strikes. The win gave Osbourne his second win in three bouts, with two of those wins coming via first-round knockout. Osbourne has fought... Read More
Askar Mozharov Suffers Defeat In UFC Debut
It was not the debut he hoped for, but Askar Mozharov made his UFC debut in his 36th career professional fight on Saturday. 4:40 is all it took for Alonzo Menifield to secure a TKO over Mozharov, in which Mozharov only collected two significant strikes (11 total strikes) and was taken down twice. Mozharov has... Read More
