Jeremiah Wells outworked Themba Gorimbo, scoring a decisive unanimous determination victory at UFC Vegas 110 on Saturday.
Gorimbo got here out instantly trying to flex his floor recreation. He labored Wells right down to the mat and moved into full mount. Wells in the end fought his approach again up, however not earlier than surrendering greater than three and a half minutes of management time to Dwayne Johnson’s favourite fighter.
Gorimbo went again to the grappling in spherical two, however practically discovered himself in a guillotine choke. After warding off the try, Gorimbo settled into his opponent’s guard.
Earlier than lengthy, Wells labored his approach upright as soon as once more, practically cinching in a d’arce choke. Once more, Gorimbo defended, however discovered himself together with his again to the mat, surrendering a takedown to Wells with practically two minutes to go within the stanza. Wells moved into the mount whereas fishing for an arm triangle, however the fence prevented him from getting the right positioning.
Ultimately, Gorimbo survived the spherical and even reversed positions within the closing seconds, however Wells’ late-round efficiency was seemingly sufficient to tie up the struggle 19-19.
Gorimbo went again to the effectively (no pun meant) as soon as once more within the third, nevertheless it was Wells who’d find yourself on prime, resuming his full mount and trying to lock in an arm triangle. Gorimbo averted being submitted, however surrendered a lot of the third spherical, and thus the struggle, to Wells.
Official Consequence: Jeremiah Wells def. Themba Gorimbo by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
