Magomed Ankalaev

2022 - 3 - 12

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Magomed Ankalaev vs. Thiago Santos full fight video highlights (MMA Fighting)

UFC Vegas 50 took place March 12 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Light heavyweight contenders Magomed Ankalaev (17-1) and Thiago Santos (22-10) collided ...

Santos can’t get off the fence and Ankalaev appears happy to try and ride out a win here. And he then decides to go for it and eats a clean counter from Ankalaev. If Ankalaev simply committed to offense, he could probably start breaking Santos right now but he is still being very cautious. Round 5: By my card, this round will determine the winner and it appears that Ankalaev is the fresher fighter. Ankalaev again with the pressure and he lands a glancing head kick when Santos gets back to the cage. Both Santos and Ankalaev come out swinging this round and very quickly a brawl erupts! Santos backs up Ankalaev and goes for a jump knee! Short time in the round and Santos tries to get something going but Ankalaev counters back and they both come close to almost actually hitting one another. Good teep from Ankalaev to the body gets Santos moving again but another leg kick lands on Ankalaev. He is doing nothing to stop those. Round 2: Quicker pressure out of the gate from Ankalaev and more motion from Santos but still low on offense. Perhaps it will put a fire under Ankalaev to actually try and win the fight. Ankalaev really takins his time here and Santos is waiting for him to commit to something so he can counter. Tons of feints from Santos and Ankalaev is just trying to find his way in.

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Magomed Ankalaev defeats Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night (Ottawa Sun)

Magomed Ankalaev improved to 17-1 with a unanimous decision over Thiago Santos on Saturday night at the main event of UFC Fight Night. Advertisement 2. Story continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

“I feel that I deserve a title fight,” Ankalaev said in his postfight interview through an interpreter. It was Ankalaev’s eighth win in a row. Magomed Ankalaev defeats Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night Back to video

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A massive light heavyweight showdown is set to take place in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Visit SportsLine now to get detailed top picks on UFC Fight Night, all from the insider who's up more than $10,000 on MMA picks the past two years, and find out. It's a tough fight to call, much tougher than the odds suggest, which would tell you Ankalaev is a lock as a force at the top end of the division. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including a complete preview of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas below. Ankalaev has shown a susceptibility to leg kicks in recent fights and Santos can leg kick with the best in the division. That run of success landed Santos in the Octagon against Jones that July where he would go on to give the champion nearly all he could handle before coming up short on two of the three official scorecards. After starting his Octagon career as a middleweight, Santos jumped to the light heavyweight division in 2018.

Ankalaev weathers Santos' power, wins decision (unknown)

Magomed Ankalaev continued his rise up the UFC light heavyweight ranks, scoring his eighth straight win with Saturday's unanimous decision over Thiago ...

That loss came via submission in the last second of the final round after Ankalaev was winning the bout basically the whole way. The fifth mostly featured Ankalaev using the clinch to keep Santos pressed up against the cage. "I was expecting him to be more aggressive and grapple more," Ankalaev said. Santos had success in the middle rounds with his leg kicks, opening up a cut and beginning swelling on Ankalaev's right leg. Santos is one of the most feared knockout artists in the division. Ankalaev is on an eight-fight winning streak, tied for the second longest in UFC light heavyweight history, behind only longtime champion and all-time great Jon Jones (13),

Magomed Ankalaev extends winning streak with a dominant win over Thiago Santos (unknown)

Top-ranked light heavyweights lock horns in Saturday's UFC Fight Night headliner as former title challenger and No. 5-ranked Thiago Santos meets No.

Good job by Ankalaev in backing Santos to the cage and controlling where the action occurs. Rountree lets Roberson up and unloads the kitchen sink to send Roberson to the mat one final time for the stoppage victory. However, Dober used his experience to not force anything and was able to get out of trouble. Left cross lands for Ankalaev. A power shot lands for Ankalaev. He gets Santos up against the cage and secures a takedown with about 30 seconds remaining. Santos just can't find a way to get out of the clinch and try to make something happen. Yadong has three in a row and four of his last five. It should be a victory for Ankalaev. Time to head to the judges' scorecards. Santos with the slight advantage. Santos is against the cage, and Ankalaev rushes in, smothers him, and fires knees to the body. Santos counters with a combination. Ankalaev (17-1) feels his current run warrants a crack at the winner of the light heavyweight title fight at UFC 275 between champion Glover Teixeira and Jiří Procházka. Left by Ankalaev and then a left cross to the body.