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UFC Fight Night 223 results: Song knocked out Simon, Russian Ronda won ahead of schedule

In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, UFC Fight Night 223 took place, the main event of which was a bantamweight bout between Yadong Song and Ricky Simon.

The representative of China had an advantage in the duel, which took place in the standing position, and in the last second of the fourth round knocked down the American with a side kick from the left, but did not have time to build on his success.

After the break, Song again sent Simon to the canvas with a left hook, but this time he had enough time and finished off the shocked opponent, forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight in the 70th second of the final five-minute period.

In an interview after the fight, Yadong Song stated that he would like to see Sean O’Malley or Marlon Vera, whom he defeated by unanimous decision three years ago, as his next opponent.

In the second-highest event of the event, Brazilian middleweight Cayo Borrallo took his fourth straight UFC victory, finishing with a rear-naked choke in the second round of Pole Michal Oleksiychuk.

Among other results, we note the successful debut in the strongest league in the world of Russian Irina Alekseeva, known under the nickname “Russian Ronda”, who already in the first round ended the fight with the representative of Switzerland Stephanie Egger with a knee lever.

Also, early victories were won by Rodolfo Vieira, Fernando Padilla and Marcus McGee.

All results of the UFC Fight Night 223 tournament.

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