UFC Fight Night Adelaide took place in the land down under, Australia, on Saturday May 9th. This fight card featured some great match ups. Not only were they stylistically appealing, but their records were almost exactly the same up and down the card. The exception was Mark Hunt and Stipe Miocic who happened to be the Heavyweight main event headliners.
Stipe Miocic def. Mark Hunt via TKO (Round 5, 2:47)
Everyone knew that both fighters possessed knockout power, Miocic is a wrestler and former Golden Gloves champion, Hunt a kickboxer and boxer. Round one began with an early takedown by Miocic but Hunt got right back up and they went back and forth exchanging punches and kicks. Miocic would get a take down and attempt a kimura, but Hunt was able to escape.
In Round 2 Miocic used his jab and standing elbows to keep Hunt at bay. Eventually Miocic would get a take down. Despite the fact that Hunt was able to get back up, we started to see that he was unable to keep up with Miocic’s cardio. Hunt did get a hard combo in very late in the round.
The remainder of the fight was like the first two rounds, rounds 3-5 were all Miocic, as he hit takedowns, and executed strong ground and pound as well as strong ground control. Whenever Hunt was able to get back to his feet, he wasn’t there long. While Hunt continued to show the heart and determination that have become his trademarks, Stipe Miocic was just to much for him. He eventually got the win via a TKO at 2:47 seconds into the 5th round via referee stoppage. Overall it was a very impressive performance tonight by Stipe Miocic
Robert Whittaker defeats Brad Tavares by KO (:44 of round one)
Brad Tavares took on Robert Whittaker and judging by their records and previous opponents, this was expected to be a pretty even match up. Tavares started the fight connecting with a few leg kicks. Both fighters through a punch, then Whittaker connected with some jabs. Finally Whittaker catches Tavares with a short left hook that drops him, Tavares gets back up and gets caught again with another left hook and he falls to the mat. Whittaker jumps on him and finishes the fight with a couple of right hands, just 44 seconds into round one.
Sean O’Connell defeats Anthony Person by TKO (:56 of round one)
Anthony Perosh went up against Sean O’Connell. O’Connell came out firing, with a flurry of punches that backed Perosh into the fence. Perosh was never able to recover, and with O’Connell pounding away he eventually got the TKO win by referee stoppage at 56 seconds of the first round.
James Vick defeats Jake Matthews by submission (4:53 of round one)
The undefeated young guns came to do battle. At the start of the first round, Matthews came out as the aggressor and connected early with a hard left. He was then able to drop down and get the takedown. Matthews gets the slam, his hands are flying and connecting with a crisp accuracy. After an eye poke by Vick to Matthews caused a short delay, Matthews comes back they go at it again, Vick throws a double knee strike that connected and hurt Matthews. Vick then gets the guillotine choke, locks it in and gets the win via submission at 4:53 of the first round.
Main Photo:
