Las Vegas, NV – UFC Fight Night 67 closed out with a Unanimous Decision win from Sean Strickland on a week’s notice over Nassourdine Imavov. Dan Ige snapped his three-fight losing streak with a left hook from hell that floored Damon Jackson among a lot more action. The results and takeaways are below.
Takeaways
- Strickland can fight on a week’s notice and be an absolute monster. Guy has a winning style and fantastic fight prep.
- Imavov needs to work on his striking if he wants to move up the ranks; he looked really stiff against Sean.
- Umar Nurmagomedov deserves a top-five opponent. He handed Raoni Barcelos his first KO/TKO loss. Umar presents a striking threat that few have with such a wrestling-dominant background. He’s moving up in the bantamweight rankings.
- Dan Ige has the touch of death. If he catches someone clean, they’re going out, no question. He’s due for a bounce-back year pending matchmaking.
- Javid Basharat is going to be an issue; he needs a bit more work, but he has such crisp striking and he uses his range perfectly. He’ll be a perennial contender if he keeps it up.
- Bantamweight is still far and away the deepest division, victories by Nurmagomedov and Basharat prove it.
- Raquel Pennington is still an elite fighter and should rematch Irene Aldana as a title eliminator.
- Damon Jackson is a great fighter, but his striking needs significant work if he wants to climb the ranks.
- Kopylov is going through a career resurgence that few are able to achieve; he’s got back-to-back finish wins and should be someone to watch going forward.
- Abdul Razak Alhassan has cinder blocks for hands, and he really doesn’t like Joaquin Buckley, as evidenced by his post-fight interview.
- Mateus Mendoca will be ranked at some point despite the setback in losing his undefeated status. A bit more training at Chute Box to polish his game will show leaps and bounds.
- Mateusz Rebecki is scary and if he works on his cardio, he’ll be a menace at lightweight.
- Punahele Soriano can take an incredible amount of shots before going down Pokylov threw everything but the kitchen sink before that stoppage.
Results
- Middleweight (Light-Heavyweight because of short notice): Sean Strickland won via UD over Nassourdine Imavov
- Featherweight: Dan Ige KO/TKO’d Damon Jackson (RD2)
- Middleweight: Roman Kopylov KO/TKO’d Punahele Soriano (RD2)
- Bantamweight: Raquel Pennington won via SD over Ketlen Vieira
- Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov KO/TKO’d Raoni Barcelos (RD1)
- Bantamweight: Javid Basharat won via UD over Mateus Mendonca
- Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan KO/TKO’d Claudio Ribeiro (RD2)
- Lightweight: Mateusz Rebecki won via UD over Nick Fiore
- Flyweight: Alan Nascimento submitted Carlos Hernandez (RD1)
- Featherweight: Dan Argueta won via UD over Nick Aguirre
- Flyweight: Charles Johnson KO/TKO’d Jimmy Flick (RD1)
