Overflowing patriotism shown by the British fans who led almost all their representatives to victory. El Confidencial traveled to the O2 Arena in London and verified the deafening clamor of the more than 17,000 local fans. They left very happy to see how out of ten of their representatives, eight achieved victory, one tied and only newcomer St. Patterson had his UFC debut ruined by being knocked out in the first minute, while Muhhamad Mokaev was able to continue his unbeaten run to 10-0 by submitting Brazilian Jafel Filho in the third round.
But those who shone more than any were not the British fighters, far above them, both in the co-main fight between Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev, who took the bonus of the night in which the American cut the streak of six consecutive victories to the Azerbaijani. And the star between the former champion Kamaru Usman and the British Leon rocky Edwards who retained the title and won the trilogy from The Nigerian Nightmare in identical result, majority decision.
Jug of cold water for Usman who put up a very close fight and always went to the front. But winning on hostile ground in front of a booing crowd, and before the new champion who continues to improve in each fight that appears on the sceneit was mission impossible and could continue to hurt your winning mentality.
An unprecedented expansion
On this occasion there was no presence of Spanish wrestlers, but there were Latin Americans like the Venezuelan Verónica Macedo who opened the first preliminaries and who after an ordeal of injuries, and dragging a dangerous set of 3 losses in the UFC, he won the unanimous decision victory against the American Juliana Miller. The sour note for Spanish speakers was for Omar Morales, also from Venezuela, who, despite putting up a great fight against Englishman Chris Duncan, ended up being defeated by unanimous decision.
At the end of the event, a happy Dana White, president of the UFC, appeared at a press conference visibly moved by giving the profit numbers achieved in the capital of the United Kingdom. Once again, they are once again a success and that will guarantee that the North American company continues to come more and more to Europe.
In short, this numbered event both in the sports field and in the economic aspect had the perfect combination to continue to make it clear, because MMA continues to be the fastest growing sport on the planet. An unprecedented expansion that, for the moment, sees the ceiling very far.
Overflowing patriotism shown by the British fans who led almost all their representatives to victory. El Confidencial traveled to the O2 Arena in London and verified the deafening clamor of the more than 17,000 local fans. They left very happy to see how out of ten of their representatives, eight achieved victory, one tied and only newcomer St. Patterson had his UFC debut ruined by being knocked out in the first minute, while Muhhamad Mokaev was able to continue his unbeaten run to 10-0 by submitting Brazilian Jafel Filho in the third round.
