UFC 291 Review : A fight night to remember
UFC 291: Porier vs Gaethje 2
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2, which took place on July 29,
2023, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a night to remember for
UFC fans. The event was packed with exciting fights, with several knockouts and
close decisions.
The highly anticipated rematch between Dustin Poirier and
Justin Gaethje for the vacant BMF title lived up to the hype. Both fighters
came out aggressive, throwing heavy punches and kicks. Gaethje landed a hard
leg kick early on that seemed to hurt Poirier, but the Diamond battled back and
dropped Gaethje with a right hand in the second round. However, Gaethje wasn't
done yet. He came back strong in the third round and landed a brutal high kick
that knocked Poirier out cold. Gaethje was awarded the BMF title in a thrilling
and dramatic main event.
CO-MAIN EVENT: BLACHOWICZ vs. PEREIRA
The co-main event between former light heavyweight champion
Jan Blachowicz and kickboxing standout Alex Pereira was another exciting fight.
Pereira, making his light heavyweight debut, showed his power early on, landing
several hard shots on Blachowicz. However, the experienced Blachowicz used his
wrestling to control the fight and grind out a close split decision victory.
OTHER NOTABLE FIGHTS
The rest of the card was filled with exciting fights,
including:
- Derrick Lewis's brutal TKO victory over Marcos Rogerio de Lima in the first round.
- Bobby Green's impressive submission win over Tony Ferguson in the third round.
- Kevin Holland's quick submission win over Michael Chiesa in the first round.
- Roman Kopylov's highlight-reel KO of Claudio Ribeiro in the second round.
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