Kuramagomedov showed a well-rounded attack. He made it ugly when he needed to and avoided the fight-finishing abilities of the heavy-handed Musaev. In the championship rounds, Kuramagomedov absorbed a brutal illegal knee that was believed by the broadcast to have caused a significant arm injury. Still, Kuramagomedov persisted. When the dust settled, he was champion and he can add a PFL title to a trophy case that already housed Bellator gold.<\/p>\n
Nominee: Carlos Leal def. Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night 267<\/p>\n
Carlos Leal and Chidi Njokuani delivered on expectations in their welterweight bout with tenacious exchanges at many points throughout their 15-minute affair.<\/p>\n
In the end, the judges felt Leal (23-7 MMA, 2-2 UFC) had the more effective damage and offense. Njokuani (25-12 MMA, 5-5 UFC) fought well and pushed forward through some difficult moments, but he couldn’t fend off the might of Leal, who left with the unanimous decision<\/a> triumph.<\/p>\n <\/a>Nominee: Regina Tarin def. Ernesta Kareckaite at UFC Fight Night 268<\/p>\n Regina Tarin (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) didn\u2019t have a UFC deal when she got to Mexico City, the story goes. She simply was hoping someone might fall off the card. Then it happened.<\/p>\n Tarin (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) jumped in for a 130-pound fight instead of flyweight, and beat\u00a0Ernesta Kareckaite (6-2-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) for a unanimous decision<\/a> in a fight with a combined 219 significant strikes landed between the pair.<\/p>\n Nominee: Imanol Rodriguez def. Kevin Borjas at UFC Fight Night 268<\/p>\n Imanol Rodriguez and Kevin Borjas battled for nearly two full rounds in a chippy brawl with twists and turns.<\/p>\n Despite being tagged around the cage early, Rodriguez (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) rallied to finish<\/a> Borjas (10-5 MMA, 1-4 UFC) with punches at the 4:21 mark of Round 2.<\/p>\n The winner: Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Fight Night 266 Michal Oleksiejczuk kept rolling since he joined the Fighting Nerds team in Brazil.<\/p>\n Oleksiejczuk (22-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) put on a 15-minute slugfest with Marc-Andre Barriault (17-11 MMA, 6-10 UFC) and won for the third straight time after a stretch of four losses in five fights.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Both men dug in from the outset, connecting with hard kicks and punches but refusing to back down. Oleksiejczuk admitted post-fight that he was in awe of his Canadian foe’s toughness, and it was obvious Barriault didn’t intend to go home with a defeat in this one.<\/p>\n Ultimately he did, because he could not muster enough effective offense as Oleksiejczuk was awarded the unanimous decision win<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3-ozNc5MVS0\/maxresdefault.jpg\")