![]() Records: Joseph Holmes (8-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Junyong Park (15-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) Joseph Holmes via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:04 Holmes extends his hand again – and this time he taps! That’s it. Park remains patient and works to Holmes’ back again. Holmes puts his hand out, almost as if a tap is coming – but he breaks out by turning into his opponent. That looks tighter than his past attempts. This time, he works his arm under the chin of Holmes. Holmes shoves Park back into half guard, but only momentarily. He grips Holmes from behind and drags him to the ground. Round 2 – In the opening seconds, Park grabs hold of Holmes standing. He lands some punches as the round expires. Holmes defends multiple rear-naked choke attempts and breaks the leg-grip of Park. Park gets a second hook and pulls Holmes into him. Park smacks Holmes in the face, then works for a rear-naked choke. Holmes, against the cage, tries to spin into Park but can’t. ![]() Park takes Holmes down and gets one hook in on the back. Park goes body-head, then catches another Holmes kick. After a brief timeout, the action resumes. Holmes lands a pair of leg kicks and then a right punch. Let’s bounce up a few weight classes, why don’t we? Both men jab. Judging: Adalaide Byrd (30-27) Ben Cartlidge, Tony Weeks (29-28, scoring Round 3 for Mota) MMA Junkie scores the fight 30-27 Durden. Durden remains calm as the clock ticks off its final seconds. Mota tries another leg submission and ends up on top. Mota defends, but Durden is relentless in his attempts. The fight is back on the feet with about 100 seconds left in Round 3. Mota stands up and tells Durden to do the same. Mota rolls and rolls and lands on top in guard. Durden flattens Mota out in back mount and lands short shots. Durden works to Mota’s back and gets both hooks in – then the body lock. They’re in a pretzeled position on the ground. Mota tries to duck under him for a heel hook. Mota tries to step out of it, but Durden won’t let go of his foot. Mota gets confident and Durden shoots on a low single leg. The round ends after some short strikes from both men. This one looks like the most solid attempt yet – but still Durden escapes. Once again, Mota fires his legs up for an armbar. Durden gets half guard right in front of his own corner, which includes former UFC fighter Dhiego Lima. Durden stands up to rain down ground-and-pound. The submission was quickly shut down by Durden, who grinds his head on Mota’s. Mota lands a nice elbow from the bottom, then shoots for an armbar. Eventually, Durden simply muscles him to the canvas. Mota defends again, but Durden won’t let go. He needs to make sure Durden doesn’t get him down again. Round 2 – Luckily for Mota, every round starts back standing. Durden rides out the rest of the round on top. Mota is dodging, but unable to reverse position or stand up. Constantly trying to explode for punches. Durden pops out and passes to half guard. Durden posts up and tries a big ground-and-pound punch. A nice multipunch combination sat Mota down, who grabs hold of Durden. Durden drops Mota in one of the opening exchanges. That sounds great and all, but this being on short notice against a skilled guy like Durden could be a difficult first assignment. ![]() For those who don’t know, Mota was one of the best free agent flyweights prior to his UFC signing. Records: Christian Rodriguez (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Joshua Weems (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) Joshua Weems via submission (anaconda choke) – Round 1, 4:07 ![]() Nice victory for the Fight Ready MMA product. It just seems like a matter of time – and there’s the tap! Rodriguez has his first UFC win and it’s a first-round submission. Weems, eyes wide open, circles away clockwise. Weems leaves his neck exposed and Rodriguez snatches an anaconda choke. Weems catches his back and takes Rodriguez down. Rodriguez fires a kick, then a spinning elbow. Rodriguez, in Weems’ guard, decides to stand up. Rodriguez rolls away and works his way up. Weems reverses position and trips Rodriguez to the canvas. A nice combination finishes off with a hook that may have slightly wobbled Weems, the five-day notice replacement sporting dyed blue cornrows. Eleven fights of action from Las Vegas coming at you. ![]()
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