UFC Orlando results: Biggest winners, a loser from ‘Thompson vs. Holland’ last night

UFC Orlando went down the previous evening (Sat., Dec. 3, 2022) from inside Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., highlighting a welterweight coordinate that saw Stephen Thompson rout Kevin Holland through fourth-round TKO later “Pioneer’s” corner tap out before the fifth round. In additional activity, Sergei Pavlovich took out Tai Tuivasa in only 54 seconds. Furthermore, Rafael dos Anjos choked Bryan Barberena in the second round through a back-exposed gag.

Biggest Winner: Stephen Thompson

Can we be honest for a moment; any fundamental card warriors might have procured this spot since they generally excitingly finished their rivals. Yet, we’ll offer the distinctions to Thompson since he had maybe the best vocation execution by out and out of dismantling Holland for five rounds.

“Wonderboy” got what he needed, a man able to stand and exchange with him. He made the most of it, using his unrivaled kicking game to pepper and damage “Pioneer.” And he tossed everything at him: turning kicks, switch kicks, liver kicks also, pretty much every hit he launched with his legs tracked down its imprint. Moreover, he stirred up his boxing, eventually driving a fourth-round stoppage from Holland’s corner.

The success for Thompson was essential since it halted the draining of a two-battle series of failures.

Runner Up: Sergei Pavlovich

Pavlovich didn’t have the best UFC debut, getting taken out by Alistair Overeem in 2018. From that point forward, the Russian enormous man has been man moved by, five straight battles, all through first-round knockout.

Maybe Pavlovich had for some time been the neglected man in the 265-pound division, and he hasn’t been discussed as a powerhouse or real competitor. In any case, his assemblage of work over his new run has shown that he has a place with the first-class power-hitters in the game, and his obliteration of Derrick Lewis and Tuivasa in consecutive trips has placed the Main 5 on notice.

One can hardly comprehend where Pavlovich would be in the dominance hierarchy had he not had that 2.5-year break from 2019 to 2022 because of injury and visa issues.

Biggest Loser: Tai Tuivasa

Tuivasa was wanting to eradicate the memory of his knockout misfortune to Ciryl Gane at UFC Paris recently by getting success over Pavlovich. All things considered, things went from awful to more regrettable for “Bam” hustle, losing in under one moment subsequent to getting labeled over and again by the overbearing influences of Pavlovich.

When the ref finished the slaughter, Tuivasa was a disheartened and ridiculous wreck who presently needed to return home (and to the planning phase) subsequent to experiencing consecutive knockout misfortunes.

He quickly returned pleasantly to win five straight subsequent to persevering through a vocation-long three-battle series of failures from 2018-2019, yet it’s impossible to tell how he will recuperate and return after these two severe losses.

UFC Orlando takeaways: ‘Wonderboy’ still has it, but should he jump right back

Stephen Thompson demonstrated he actually has title goals after a ruling execution over Kevin Holland in the headliner of UFC Battle Night. In any case, others in Orlando, Florida, likewise tracked down their method for sparkling. Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, and Jeff Wagenheim take a gander at the main minutes from an activity-pressed occasion in Florida.

“Wonderboy” is a sad kid any longer. He hasn’t been for a long while. In any case, this variant of Stephen Thompson, as the gaudy striker moves toward his 40th birthday celebration, actually has a considerable amount of significant worth to the UFC.

On Saturday night, in the headliner of UFC Orlando, Thompson beat Kevin Holland through a fourth-round technical knockout in one of the year’s best battles. This romping, thrill-ride issue saw the two men get injured and fight back until the smooth; tricky Thompson just turned out to be a lot on the feet for Holland, who harmed his hand early. Holland’s mentor Weave Perez waved things off before the fifth and last casing.

Thompson tossed different methods with his legs, from snare kicks to sickle kicks to liver kicks. He could have even hit Holland with Shawn Michaels’ “Sweet Idle chatter” at a certain point. Keeping track was hard. Holland, in the meantime, broke Thompson in the principal round with a cylinder-like right cross and kept things engaging all through, notwithstanding the hand issue.

This is all to say that the expression of Thompson’s up-and-coming end was exceptionally exaggerated. Everything revolves around matchups. On the off chance that Wonderboy can keep giving exhibitions like this, there’s not an obvious explanation he ought not to be in UFC Battle Night headliners like this or on pay-per-view fundamental cards a couple of times each year. Thompson said he actually feels like he’s 25 years of age in his postfight interview,

UFC on ESPN 42 Bonuses: ‘Wonderboy’ vs. Holland Easy Choice for ‘Fight of the Night

The welterweight soldiers were compensated for their endeavors, as they got “Battle of the Evening” respects and $50,000 each on Saturday night at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. In a session that was challenged for the most part on the feet, “Wonderboy” pulled away because of a flexible striking weapons store, eventually constraining Holland’s corner to stop the battle after four engaging rounds.

Somewhere else, flooding heavyweight competitor Sergei Pavlovich stashed a $50,000 “Execution of the Evening” grant thanks to a fast completion of Tai Tuivasa in a highlighted session. Pavlovich overpowered his Australian enemy with strong punches to get his fifth back-to-back KO/technical knockout triumph only 54 seconds into Cycle 1.

At long last, an innovative completion procured Roman Dolidze the night’s other $50,000 “Execution of the Evening” check. The 34-year-old Georgian utilized a calf slicer to immobilize rival Jack Hermansson. He then constrained a stoppage with punches from the back mount at the 4:06 sign of Cycle 2 in their primer middleweight conflict.

UFC Orlando Results: Thompson vs. Holland

MMA Battling has UFC Orlando results for the Thompson versus Holland occasion, a live blog of the headliner, and more from the Amway Center on Saturday night.

In the headliner, Stephen Thompson will face Kevin Holland in a welterweight challenge. Thompson is hoping to end a two-battle slip, while Holland is attempting to return from his misfortune to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279 a long time back.

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