Danylo
Voievodkin laughed within the face of the oddsmakers.
The 6-foot-3, 263-pound Ukrainian—a prohibitive 8-to-1 underdog on
some books—was one in all 5 hopefuls to nail down an
Final Preventing Championship contract throughout
Week 7 of
Dana White’s Contender Collection, as he turned away the closely
favored Bailey
Schoenfelder with a rear-naked choke within the first spherical of
their heavyweight showcase on Tuesday on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Schoenfelder (5-1, 0-1 DWCS) raised the white flag 73 seconds into
Spherical 1.
Voievodkin walked the previous College of Minnesota linebacker
backward and leveled him with a sweeping left hook. A
dazed-and-confused Schoenfelder was powerless to defend in opposition to the
follow-up assault. Voievodkin (7-0, 1-0 DWCS) wheeled to the again,
cinched the choke and elicited the tapout.
Featherweight Kevin
Vallejos, welterweight Daniel
Frunza, mild heavyweight Kevin
Christian and girls’s strawweight Alexia
Thainara are set to affix Voievodkin within the UFC rotation within the
not-too-distant future.
A Samurai Combat Home titleholder, Vallejos put away the beforehand
unbeaten Cam Teague
with punches within the first spherical of their featherweight attraction.
The overmatched Teague (7-1, 0-1 DWCS) succumbed to blows 2:23 into
Spherical 1.
It was a one-sided beatdown. Vallejos (14-1, 1-1 DWCS) ripped clear
energy punches to the pinnacle and physique, as he methodically broke the
Port Metropolis Fight Sports activities consultant’s resolve. He finally
pinned Teague to the fence behind a left hook to the physique and a
proper hook upstairs, then uncorked a collection of 20 unanswered photographs
that compelled his adversary right into a defensive shell. One ultimate left
hook to the pinnacle from Vallejos introduced it to an emphatic shut.
The 22-year-old Vallejos has received three fights in a row.
In the meantime, the resilient Frunza took out Academy MMA standout Vadim
Kutsyi with punches within the second spherical of their welterweight
characteristic.
Kutsyi (16-2, 0-1 DWCS) met his finish 3:30 into Spherical 2, struggling
his first setback in additional than eight years.
Frunza (9-2, 1-0 DWCS) weathered a harrowing first spherical through which
each males have been reeling at factors. Kutsyi floored the Miami-based
Romanian with a proper hook and battered him with standing-to-ground
punches, however all his work got here at a value. He emerged for the center
stanza with labored actions—a transparent signal his fuel tank had run
dry. Frunza took benefit. He pressed ahead with photographs from each
palms, drove Kutsyi to the canvas with a physique kick and uncorked a
sustained burst of unfettered punches to immediate the stoppage.
The 30-year-old Frunza has recorded 5 consecutive finishes since
his September 2021 submission defeat to Gary
Balletto Jr. beneath the CES MMA banner.
Elsewhere, Cosme
Junior Crew’s Christian disposed of Francesco
Mazzeo with a triangle armbar within the second spherical of their
mild heavyweight confrontation.
Christian (9-2, 1-0 DWCS) compelled the give up 4:17 into Spherical
2.
Mazzeo (4-1, 0-1 DWCS) executed a takedown within the first spherical,
utilized his ground-and-pound and shed an tried armbar from the
6-foot-7 Brazilian. Nonetheless, he retreated to his nook bleeding
from an elbow-induced reduce and visibly fatigued. Neither man did
a lot within the center stanza—up till the end. Mazzeo secured
one other takedown however wandered right into a triangle as exhaustion took
maintain. Christian bit down, remoted the Italian’s left arm and
utilized the mandatory torque to supply the tapout.
Christian finds himself on a six-fight profitable streak.
Lastly, Ribas Household’s Thainara known as upon a number of takedowns and
stinging leg kicks, as she laid declare to a unanimous resolution over
reigning Legacy Preventing Alliance champion Rose
Conceicao in a three-round ladies’s strawweight tiff. All three
cageside judges scored it the identical: 30-27 for Thainara (11-1, 1-0
DWCS).
Conceicao (7-1, 0-1 DWCS) had points with output all through the
15-minute encounter. Thainara took bites out of her decrease lead leg
with kicks, caught her off-guard with takedowns and fought hearth
with hearth at any time when the 2 ladies exchanged punches. She saved her
foot on the accelerator for the length and by no means as soon as regarded like
a fighter who was defending a lead.
The 26-year-old Thainara has rattled off 9 straight victories.
