Shara Magomedov delivered a Combat of the Night time contender in opposition to Canadian powerhouse Marc-André Barriault at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Whereas Barriault held his personal in opposition to Magomedov, pushing the tempo and doing a little strong clinchwork, the leg kicks of ‘Bullet’ had been the story of the primary stanza. That pattern continued within the second as Barriault struggled to shut the hole and get off any offense.
‘Powerbar’ lastly broke via close to the midway level of the spherical, touchdown a vicious proper hand that repositioned Magomedov’s nostril. From there, Barriault took over, touchdown one other huge proper earlier than muscling the Dagestani all the way down to the mat. Magomedov labored his method again up with lower than a minute to go, touchdown some strong elbows within the clinch.
Barriault appeared to have gassed himself out with the grappling, permitting Magomedov to tee off within the last 20 seconds.
Magomedov’s momentum from the top of the second carried over into the third. Barriault went again to working within the clinch whereas ‘Bullet’ lit him up with a wide range of strikes.
Magomedov capped off the spherical, taking the Canadian down and dropping some ground-and-pound simply earlier than the ultimate bell.
Official End result: Shara Magomedov def. Marc-André Barriault by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
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