UFC fighter Anthony Hernandez defeated Brendan Allen at the UFC Seattle in the co-main event.
The bout showcased Hernandez’s superior grappling skills as he out wrestled his opponent through out the match. Hernandez consistently took his opponent down round after round and tried for a choke to end the bout with a submission but his opponent was reslient. Allen came into the cage with a head kick that rocked his opponent and he immediately went in for a tackle. Hernandez successfully switched position and secured a takedown.
He tried for a submission but couldn’t find that hold and Allen soon reversed his position. He went in for a ground and pound and elbow shots and went in for a rear-naked choke but his opponentb found an opening and wriggled through. Allen was persistent and tried to regain his earlier position but Hernandez offered no leeway and soon had Allen in a rear-naked choke. The two continued their grappling, each looking for a submission.
The rest of the round went the same way with both opponents seeking a takedown and grappling to get ontop or remain in full mount. The bout eventually came to an end with Hernandez landing elbow shots and blows and earning the victory.
“I got to prove what I knew that I could shut him down this time,” Hernandez said after his latest performance. “It’s good to come out and show what I can do. Last time he f*cked me up with the kicks so I didn’t want that to happen again. He kept fighting. He’s a tough motherf*cker. Whoever’s ahead of me. Give me someone that’s going to prove I’m ready for the title.”
Hernandez’s latest win is his second over Allen and it marks his seventh consecutive victory in the octagon.
Hernandez’s win was not only the achievenmet of the night as four fighters walked away with $50k bonus following their performance. Alonzo Meinfield and Julius Walker won Fight of the Night thereby earning $50k each. Next two winners were Jean Silva and Ricky Simon who won Performance of Night and earned $50k.
Main Card
Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo via Technical decision
Anthony Hernandez def. Brendan Allen via unanimous decision
Rob Font def. Jean Matsumoto via split decision
Jean Silva def. Melsik Baghdasaryan via first-round TKO
Alonzo Menifield def. Julius Walker via split decision
Preliminary Card
Ion Cutelaba def. Ibo Aslan via first round submission (arm-triangle)
Melquizael Costa def. Andre Fili via first round submission (guillotine)
Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Nick Klein via round two TKO (punches)
Ricky Simon def. Javid Basharat via first-round KO (punch)
Austin Vanderford def. Nikolay Veretennikov via round two TKO
Nursulton Ruziboev def. Eric McConico via round two TKO (punches)
Modestas Bukauskas def. Raffael Cerqueira via first round KO (punch)
