Porier, Stephens, and Tavares impress in ION prelims at UFC 125
In a battle of two of MMA’s best young featherweights, the 21-year-old Dustin Poirier destroyed the 22-year-old Josh Grispi, winning…
In a battle of two of MMA’s best young featherweights, the 21-year-old Dustin Poirier destroyed the 22-year-old Josh Grispi, winning a unanimous decision on the Ion TV portion of the UFC 125 fight card.
It was a “star is born” type of performance for Poirier, who won 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards. And it was a major disappointment for Grispi, who was originally slated to face Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight title on this card, before Aldo had to drop out with an injury. Grispi has to go back to the drawing board, and clearly isn’t ready for title contention.
After two and a half rounds of fairly even, back-and-forth action, Jeremy Stephens landed a brutal right hand to the chin of Marcus Davis in the third round, winning a surprising and exciting third-round knockout at UFC 125.
The punch seemingly came out of nowhere, but it landed cleanly and gave Stephens the victory after two and a half minutes of the third round.
Bradley Tavares Vs. Phil “New York Bad Ass” Baroni
Fight was scheduled for 3 rounds (5x5x5)
Brad Tavares def. Phil Baroni via knockout (strikes) – Round 1, 4:20
Dustin Poirier Vs. Josh “The Fluke” Grispi
Fight was scheduled for 3 rounds (5x5x5)
Dustin Poirier def. Josh Grispi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens Vs. Marcus “The Irish Handgrenade” Davis
Fight was scheduled for 3 rounds (5x5x5)
Jeremy Stephens def. Marcus Davis vis knockout (punch) – Round 3, 2:33