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Israel Adesanya has systematically destroyed veteran Brad Tavares for his biggest win to date.
Adesanya (13-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) almost leveled a shutout on Tavares (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) on the scorecards of the judges, winning two 50-45 scorecards while a judge awarded him a 49-46 in his third UFC victory.
Adesanya said after delivering a message in his native Nigerian language.
The middlewewight fight was the main event of the TUF 27 Final broadcast today at the Pearl Theater at the Palms in Las. Vegas. Twitter reacted to Israel 's bloody and dominant victory over Brad Tavares at TUF 27 Finale
. It was Adesanya' s first poster head since she 's joined the ranks of the UFC, and the opportunity came after a worker-type decision on Marvin Vettori in April. Initially, the style that thwarted Vettori did not put Tavares into phase, whose striking conventional attacks scored in the first two rounds.
Finally, however, Adesanya began to catch the tempo of Tavares, avoiding power shots. The melee was an effective position, allowing him to pull the knees in the middle. Meanwhile, he strained Tavares' head leg with kicks. Tavares has increasingly struggled to find a way inside.
In the third round, Adesanya cracked Tavares' chin with one knee, and the native of Hawaii demoted, obviously injured. Adesanya increased her tempo and looked for finishing with sharp elbows. Tavares's iron chin helped him survive, but he began to look for takedowns more and more.
Then, at the fourth, an elbow opened a cut that blew into Tavares' eye, obscuring his vision. With the sheer unpredictability of his opponent, he further narrowed Tavares' options in the cage.
In the last round, Tavares was a shell of his former self, desperately trying to demolish while Adesanya was separating him with combinations, looking for the coil-highlight knockout. Tavares slumped in his back after a failed grounding attempt, and he had a knee to the chin when he returned to his feet.
For one last show of strength, Adesanya concluded the fight with a guillotine attempt at Adesanya, who praised Tavares' tenacity and said that he has even more tricks in his sleeve. Whatever it is, they will be seen on a bigger stage at his next outing.
Adesanya remains undefeated as a professional with 13 wins. Tavares, the No. 13 fighter in the US TODAY Sports / MMAjunkie MMA average rankings, sees a run of four broken battle victories.
TUF 27 Final last-minute results include:
- Israel Adesanya def. Brad Tavares by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
- Mike Trizano def. Joe Giannetti by split decision (29-28, 2-28, 29-28) – to win "TUF 27" light tournament
- Brad Katona def. Jay Cucciniello by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) – to win "TUF 27" featherweight tournament
- Alex Caceres def. Martin Bravo by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
- Roxanne Modafferi def. Barb Honchak via TKO (elbows) – 2nd part, 3:32
- Alessio Di Chirico def. Julian Marquez by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
- Montana De La Rosa def. Rachael Ostovich via submission (naked rear strangulation) – Round 3, 4:21
- Luis Pena def. Richie Smullen via submission (guillotine choke) – Part 1, 3:32
- John Gunther def. Allan Zuniga by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
- Bryce Mitchell def. Tyler Diamond by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
- Steven Peterson def. Matt Bessette by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Gerald Meerschaert def. Oskar Piechota via technical submission (naked rear strangling) – Round 2, 4:55
For complete coverage of The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale, see the UFC Events section of the site.
(Mike Munkjunkie's Bohn, John Morgan, and Ken Hathaway contributed to this report on the Las Vegas site.)
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