Condit impressive in return, earns stoppage of Alves
The main event of UFC Fight Night 67 or UFC Fight Night Goias featured a welterweight scrap between two former number one contenders, Thiago Alves & Carlos Condit.
The main event of UFC Fight Night 67 or UFC Fight Night Goias featured a welterweight scrap between two former number one contenders, Thiago Alves & Carlos Condit.
At just over a minute into the second round, however, Condit landed a left hand that dropped Alves, hard. With the Brazilian arena crowd silenced, Condit followed Alves to the mat with big strikes that threatened to end the fight.
Condit took the full mount, then back, and then a modified leg-drag position, up against the cage while he landed big left punches to the face of Alves. From on top in the half guard, Condit landed hard right elbows and punches, pulling what amounted to a mask of blood out of Alves’ face.
Alves refused to give up or give in, got to his feet and swung hard at Condit, landing a jab. A big right hand followed from Condit, along with well-timed elbow strikes, and then a takedown.
Condit took the I-position on the mat, looked for an arm bar, before taking the back once more, with under two minutes left in the round. Condit trapped, or “killed” his opponent’s right hand with his own, and attempted to lock up a rear naked choke with his left.
Alves turned into the choke to defend it, but ended up eating punches from his back, again. The brave American Top Team fighter rose to his feet once more, with just over 30 seconds left in the round.
With his nose appearing to be pushed in, and up, and so much blood having poured out from his wounds that it covered not just Alves’ own face, but Condit’s as well, the former title challenger still stalked the American, and threw big punches. That is how the fight would end — with Condit clearly having done more damage, but Alves refusing to quit.
In between the second and what would have been the third round, the doctor examined Alves and decided that he should not fight on. The fight was called and Condit’s return to competition after over a year resulted in him making history.?
Official Result: Carlos Condit defeated ThiagoAlves by TKO (Doctor Stoppage, Round 2, 5:00)