UFC News & FeaturesUFC Vegas 103 Prelims: Unbeaten Mario Pinto Flattens Austen Lane in Debut
Mario
Pinto entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight
division with a bang.
The undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series graduate punched out Austen Lane in the second round of their featured UFC Fight Night 253 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A former Levels Fight League titleholder, Pinto (10-0, 1-0 UFC) drew the curtain 39 seconds into Round 2.
Lane (13-6, 1-3 UFC) dropped his adversary with a straight right in
the first round, but his inability to finish came back to bite him
mere minutes later. Early in Round 2, Pinto tagged the American Top
Team representative with a left hook and followed it with a
devastating overhand right. Lane was unconscious before he hit the
canvas.
Meanwhile, Elevation Fight Team standout Jose Mariscal climbed another rung on the 145-pound ladder with a unanimous decision over Ricardo Ramos in a three-round featherweight scrap. The surging Mariscal (18-6, 5-0 UFC) swept the cards with 30-27 scores across the board.
Mariscal, 32, will enter his next assignment on the strength of seven straight victories.
Deeper into the preliminary draw, Cub Swanson protégé Danny Silva withstood a late surge and eked out a split decision against onetime Jungle Fight champion Lucas Almeida in their three-round featherweight duel. All three cageside judges turned in 29-28 scorecards: Michael Bell and Ron McCarthy for Silva, Anthony Maness for Almeida.
The 28-year-old Silva (10-1, 2-0 UFC) forced the Brazilian onto the back foot with consistent pressure and crisp combination punching through two rounds. Almeida, who missed weight for the match by two pounds, answered in the third, where he battered the inside and outside of his opponent’s lead leg with kicks, unleashed a few flying knees and cut loose with sweeping hooks from both hands. His rally ultimately fell short.
Silva now finds himself on a four-fight winning streak.
Elsewhere, J.J. Aldrich leaned on basic one-twos and effective counterattacks, as she outstruck Karate Mafia rep Andrea Lee to a unanimous decision in their three-round women’s flyweight clash. Aldrich (14-7, 10-6 UFC) swept the scorecards with 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 marks from the assigned judiciary.
Lee (13-11, 5-9 UFC) stayed competitive from start to finish, but her lack of dimension proved costly. Aldrich showed little regard for her counterpart’s arsenal—it consisted mostly of kicks to the head and body—and never strayed far from the game plan her team set forth, throwing in intermittent jabs and standing elbows to keep “KGB” off-guard. Lee made a desperation pass at a guillotine choke in the third round, but once those efforts proved futile, her fate was sealed.
The 36-year-old Lee has suffered six consecutive defeats.
Finally, Muravov Fight Team export Ramazonbek Temirov rode multi-punch body-head combinations and the occasional spinning attack to a unanimous decision over former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Charles Johnson in a three-round flyweight tilt. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 29-28 for Temirov (19-3, 2-0 UFC), who has rattled off 11 straight victories.
Johnson (17-7, 6-5 UFC) did not get himself in gear soon enough. Temirov built a lead through the first 10 minutes, then managed to stay out of harm’s way in the third round. Johnson upped his aggression and output down the stretch, as he often closed the distance, pinned the Uzbekistan native to the fence and racked up points with close-range punches. By then, however, he had dug too deep a hole on the scorecards.
The setback snapped a four-fight winning streak for Johnson.
The undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series graduate punched out Austen Lane in the second round of their featured UFC Fight Night 253 prelim on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A former Levels Fight League titleholder, Pinto (10-0, 1-0 UFC) drew the curtain 39 seconds into Round 2.
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Meanwhile, Elevation Fight Team standout Jose Mariscal climbed another rung on the 145-pound ladder with a unanimous decision over Ricardo Ramos in a three-round featherweight scrap. The surging Mariscal (18-6, 5-0 UFC) swept the cards with 30-27 scores across the board.
Ramos (17-7, 8-6 UFC) mustered only sporadic offense, his patented
spinning back elbow included, but lacked the necessary output to
keep pace with the former Hoosier Fight Club titleholder. Mariscal
did his best work in the middle stanza, where he overwhelmed the
Brazilian with volume and even managed to land a flying side kick
to the face in the closing seconds. While he dialed back the
violence in the third round, “Chepe” held on to his lead without
much issue.
Mariscal, 32, will enter his next assignment on the strength of seven straight victories.
Deeper into the preliminary draw, Cub Swanson protégé Danny Silva withstood a late surge and eked out a split decision against onetime Jungle Fight champion Lucas Almeida in their three-round featherweight duel. All three cageside judges turned in 29-28 scorecards: Michael Bell and Ron McCarthy for Silva, Anthony Maness for Almeida.
The 28-year-old Silva (10-1, 2-0 UFC) forced the Brazilian onto the back foot with consistent pressure and crisp combination punching through two rounds. Almeida, who missed weight for the match by two pounds, answered in the third, where he battered the inside and outside of his opponent’s lead leg with kicks, unleashed a few flying knees and cut loose with sweeping hooks from both hands. His rally ultimately fell short.
Silva now finds himself on a four-fight winning streak.
Elsewhere, J.J. Aldrich leaned on basic one-twos and effective counterattacks, as she outstruck Karate Mafia rep Andrea Lee to a unanimous decision in their three-round women’s flyweight clash. Aldrich (14-7, 10-6 UFC) swept the scorecards with 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 marks from the assigned judiciary.
Lee (13-11, 5-9 UFC) stayed competitive from start to finish, but her lack of dimension proved costly. Aldrich showed little regard for her counterpart’s arsenal—it consisted mostly of kicks to the head and body—and never strayed far from the game plan her team set forth, throwing in intermittent jabs and standing elbows to keep “KGB” off-guard. Lee made a desperation pass at a guillotine choke in the third round, but once those efforts proved futile, her fate was sealed.
The 36-year-old Lee has suffered six consecutive defeats.
Finally, Muravov Fight Team export Ramazonbek Temirov rode multi-punch body-head combinations and the occasional spinning attack to a unanimous decision over former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion Charles Johnson in a three-round flyweight tilt. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 29-28 for Temirov (19-3, 2-0 UFC), who has rattled off 11 straight victories.
Johnson (17-7, 6-5 UFC) did not get himself in gear soon enough. Temirov built a lead through the first 10 minutes, then managed to stay out of harm’s way in the third round. Johnson upped his aggression and output down the stretch, as he often closed the distance, pinned the Uzbekistan native to the fence and racked up points with close-range punches. By then, however, he had dug too deep a hole on the scorecards.
The setback snapped a four-fight winning streak for Johnson.
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