UFC Fight Night 135 Prelims: James Krause Wrecks Warlley Alves
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— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) August 26, 2018
James Krause moved from lightweight up to welterweight and by the looks of things, it was a wise decision.
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The end came officially at 2:28 of the stanza, allowing the TUF 25 veteran to improve to 26-7.
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Sandhagen Shows Grit in Beatdown of Alcantara
Surging prospect Cory Sandhagen put the bantamweight division on blast by tearing apart longtime veteran Iuri Alcantara (35-10) in what was arguably the round of the year.
The Colorado fighter nearly had his left arm snapped in half when Alcantara locked in a deep armbar, but Sandhagen refused to tap, even when his arm was bent backwards. Alcantara then switched to a triangle-armbar but Sandhagen was able to slither out and from there, he never looked back.
Sandhagen (9-1) turned the tides by slamming down punches from on top and raining blood onto his counterpart. Alcantara was rocked badly but survived the round. Sandhagen ripped into the Brazilian immediately into the second, sending him to the canvas from punches to head and never stopped throwing until referee Brandon Pfannenstiel finally intervened, ending the beautiful display of violence 61 ticks into the second.
Sanchez Rights the Ship
“The Ultimate Fighter” 23 winner Andrew Sanchez had lost two in a row entering Saturday’s middleweight contest, but the New Jersey-based fighter changed his fortunes. “El Dirte” withstood several kicks to the head and body from opponent Markus Perez to close the gap, control the pace and rock the Brazilian on multiple occasions with punches.
“Maluko” kept the American honest throughout, but all three judges favored Sanchez (10-4) via tallies of 29-28 across the board. Perez fell to 10-2.
Gall Rebounds with Fast Win
Mickey Gall bounced back from his first ever career loss in the pro ranks by easily dispatching George Sullivan.
The first bout of the FS2-televised prelims, Gall scored a simple takedown almost as soon as the duel began and quickly seized The Silencer’s back. Gall took his time, applied a body triangle and then proceeded to latch on a textbook rear-naked choke. Sullivan (17-7) tried to escape out of it, but eventually had to bail, tapping out in just 69 seconds.
The win allowed Gall (5-1) to win the welterweight battle of New Jersey; it was his fifth career win by rear-naked choke.
Calderwood Earns First Submission Win
Joanne Calderwood dropped her last two bouts and had been reeling, desperately in need of a win. Standing in her way was muay Thai striker Kalindra Faria, who took “JoJo” down within seconds of the bout starting. Faria dominated the flyweight contest from that point forward, but Calderwood never crumbled under the pressure.
With time running out in the opening round, the Scottish fighter slipped Faria (18-8-1) into a basic triangle choke attempt off her back, but she couldn’t seal it. However, just as the frame was about to end, Calderwood (12-3) switched her sub to the triangle-armbar and forced the Brazilian to tap out. The end officially came at 4:57 of the first, allowing Calderwood to get back into the win column.
Dober Outpoints Tuck
Hometown fighter Drew Dober returned to the lightweight division and wrecked John Tuck’s afternoon.
Dober did whatever he pleased against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Guam, beating him to the punch -- and kick -- on the feet and pounding him into dust on the canvas. Dober (20-8) utilized his strength to overpower the “Super Saiyan,” using a punishing ground-and-pound assault in rounds two and three. In the end, Tuck (10-5) couldn’t get things going and withered away under Dober’s pressure.
Two cageside judges saw the match 30-26 while the other saw it 30-27 for Dober, who has won three in a row.
Yahya Catches Sanders Quickly
Brazilian submission ace Rani Yahya got things started off nicely by dispatching rising contender Luke Sanders (12-3) in just 91 seconds.
Yahya rocked the Nashville fighter with a straight right punch to the face, and after dragging “Cool Hand” Luke to the canvas, he ended the battle. Yahya latched on a textbook heel hook on the American, forcing the tap.
The submission win allows Yahya to improve to 26-9.
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