The Final Combating Championship returns to us tonight, March 23, 2024, for UFC Vegas 89, taking place dwell from the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada.
Headlining the occasion is a girls’s strawweight bout between no. 7 ranked Amanda Ribas (13-4) and former two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas (11-6).
Co-headlining the occasion was a heavyweight bout between Karl Williams (10-1) and Justin Tafa (7-4).
Initially, Justin’s brother Junior was anticipated to face Williams at this occasion. Nonetheless, Justin was slated to face Marcos Rogerio De Lima in February at UFC 298; Justin withdrew from that contest the day of weigh ins because of a minor harm, and was changed by Junior.
In flip, the abuse Junior took to his lead leg in that battle in the end led to Justin taking this battle for him.
Fairly an uncanny and ironic flip of occasions actually.
Proceed studying to see how our co-main occasion of the night went down:
Official Outcome: Karl Williams def. Justin Tafa by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Williams appears to be like to get his proper cross going early on within the bout, simply lacking every try. Tafa landed a tough spherical kick to the physique, quickly after touchdown a vicious overhand proper that badly harm Williams. Tafa follows up with an uppercut earlier than going for a flying knee, which led to Williams’ first takedown of the battle.
Although Tafa was capable of work his approach again up, he was in the end taken down three extra occasions earlier than the primary spherical was over.
Tafa appeared good on the ft by means of the opening half of the second, stuffing Williams’ takedown try and asserting his dominance on the ft. However, he goes for a head kick in an alternate and finally ends up on his again once more, remaining on backside for the second half of the center stretch.
Tafa as soon as once more harm Williams firstly of spherical three, completely unloading on him in the hunt for the end.
Williams was capable of get him again down nevertheless, and saved him there for portion of the spherical. As soon as Tafa lastly returned to his ft with simply over a minute left within the battle, he was once more taken down in the hunt for the end.
Justin Tafa had his moments on this battle, however he wasn’t capable of safe a end and was in the end out-wrestled.
Karl Williams however improves to 3-0 contained in the octagon tonight at UFC Vegas 89.
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