Alexandre Pantoja made fast work of Kai Asakura with a second-round submission to defend his flyweight title in the principle occasion of UFC 310 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
“That is the extent, the UFC stage,” Pantoja mentioned after the win.
Pantoja (29-5) has gained seven in a row and defended his title for the third time.
Earlier than the submission, each males stored their distance and remained on their toes within the opening spherical. Regardless of an preliminary flying knee from Asakura, Pantoja landed 32 vital strikes to Asakura’s 17.
Asakura (21-5) was a two-time RIZIN bantamweight champion earlier than vacating the belt in June to affix UFC.
In welterweight motion, Shavkat Rakhmonov outlasted Ian Machado Garry to win by unanimous choice 48-47, 48-47, 48-47. It was the primary time in Rakhmonov’s profession {that a} match went the space. He improved to 19-0 and Garry fell to 15-1.
Rakhmonov is scheduled to face welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in his subsequent combat. Muhammad, who was on the bout Saturday, was initially scheduled to combat Rakhmonov earlier than Muhammad suffered a foot damage within the weeks main as much as the combat.
Heavyweight Ciryl Gane earned a split-decision victory over Alexander Volkov (38-11). The judges scored the bout 29-28, 28-29, 29-28. Gane (13-2) utilized two submission makes an attempt to stifle Volkov’s assault. Gane ended Volkov’s four-fight unbeaten streak.
The pair met in June 2021, with Gane successful the preliminary encounter by choice.
Regardless of a lackluster efficiency, featherweight Bryce Mitchell used a takedown and a number of elbows to earn a third-round TKO win towards Kron Gracie. It was Mitchell’s first combat in practically a yr as he improved to 17-3. Gracie (5-3) has misplaced his previous three fights.
Featherweights DooHo Choi and Nate Landwehr opened the principle card. Choi gave Landwehr little area to work, dominating a number of placing exchanges, which finally led to a late third-round TKO victory. Choi (16-4-1) has gained his previous two fights, whereas Landwehr (18-6) suffered his first loss since June 2023.
–Area Stage Media
