A flying knee from Gabriel Bonfim capped off a fast-paced welterweight main event at the expense of Randy Brown via second-round TKO at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Bonfim (19-1 MMA) already has a name in mind for his next fight, and it certainly is a step up in competition.<\/p>\n
“Colby (Covington), stop running away,” Bonfim said following the fight. ” … Give me the chance to take you out of the ranking right now. I’m going to retire him.”<\/p>\n
Brown (20-7 MMA) has lost two of his last three, having not won consecutive fights since June 2024.<\/p>\n
The co-main event saw flyweight Joseph Morales continue to deliver in his second UFC stint following winning “The Ultimate Fighter” in August. <\/p>\n
Saturday night saw the next leg of Morales’s journey continue with a first-round guillotine choke against Matt Schnell. Morales (15-2 MMA) extended his winning streak to seven, whereas Schnell (17-10 MMA) is heading in the opposite direction with six losses in his last eight fights. <\/p>\n
The start of Saturday’s card was loaded with stoppage action as well. Welterweight Uros Medic wasted no time with a 63-second first-round KO against Muslim Salikhov. Medic (12-3 MMA) has won back-to-back fights, as he halted Salikhov’s (22-6 MMA) three-fight winning streak that stretched back to July of 2024.<\/p>\n
Chris Padilla also earned a second-round TKO stoppage against Ismael Bonfim in a lightweight bout. Padilla (17-6 MMA) has won seven in a row dating to Jan. 2023, while Brazil’s Bonfim (20-6 MMA), who is Gabriel Bonfim’s brother, has dropped three of his last five fights.<\/p>\n
UFC Vegas 111’s main card started off in a big way with middleweight Christian Leroy Duncan of England landing a spinning back fist elbow, followed by punches, to secure a second-round TKO against Marco Tulio of Brazil. Duncan (13-2 MMA) extended his winning streak to three, while Tulio (14-2 MMA) had a 10-fight unbeaten run come to an end.<\/p>\n
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