UFC Fight Night results - Giga Chikadze, Sean Strickland power their way to wins
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He calls it the Giga Kick, and after what Giga Chikadze did on Saturday night, who s going to argue over ownership of a devastating technique?
Chikadze won his eighth straight fight and put on his most impressive UFC performance, knocking out Cub Swanson with a kick to the liver that collapsed the veteran just 1:03 into their co-main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas.
Damn! Liver kick!! Those never feel good! Georgia on fire tonight! #UFCVegas25 Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) May 2, 2021
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Tonight, entering the octagon for the main event, we had a Light Heavyweight clash between former two-time title contender, Dominick ‘The Devastator’ Reyes, who was coming at this bout off of two losses in 2020 to Jan Blachowicz and Jon Jones, preceded by a twelve-bout career win streak, giving him a 12-2 record; and his opponent tonight was former RIZIN Fighting Federation champion, Jiří ‘Denisa’ Procházka, who was coming off an eleven fight win streak, with a 27-3 career record. Tonight he was handed a huge opportunity to rocket into title contention
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The chaos of UFC 261 still lingers in the air, but it’s time for us to move on to a card that has the potential to match its action, if not its star power.
UFC Vegas 25 signals a return to the relatively subdued UFC APEX in Las Vegas following an eventful trip to a packed stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., and light heavyweights Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka have the responsibility of closing out a show that is going to have a strange vibe after seeing fans back int he seats again. They won’t be lacking in motivation, live audience or not.