Andre Petroski scored a sizeable upset at UFC Vegas 102, incomes a unanimous choice victory over the closely favored Rodolfo Vieira.
Regardless of being a battle of two world-class grapplers, the opening spherical was contested totally on the ft. Nonetheless, that was not for a scarcity of attempting, notably on Vieira’s half who launched his first takedown try 90 seconds into the scrap, solely to get met with a test left that momentarily put him on the mat.
Vieira tried a pair extra occasions to get Petroski down, however couldn’t full any of his 4 takedown makes an attempt within the first.
Whereas Vieira continued to battle with the takedowns within the second stanza, his arms proved greater than able to going toe-to-toe with Petroski. All through the spherical, Vieira pumped his jab and lit up his opponent with some well-timed combos.
With the battle probably even, Petroski began to open up a bit extra within the third. That resulted in him surrendering his first takedown of the battle, however Petroski shortly scrambled again to his ft and bloodied Vieira with an enormous one-two. Vieira shot in for a last-minute takedown however was unable to complete it earlier than the ultimate horn.
Official Consequence: Andre Petroski def. Rodolfo Vieira by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
