Missed fists: Wilson Reis is knocked out within 16 seconds

Welcome to the latest issue of Missed Fists, where we shed some light on fights from around the world that may have been overlooked in these hectic times, where there seems to be an MMA show every other day.

This week, the unforgiving pendulum of MMA swung the wrong way for one of the veterans of the match, when Wilson Reis found himself on the wrong side of a missed fist highlight. The last time we presented the one-time challenger of the UFC flyweight, he achieved his first victory since separating from the promotion by strangling a man unconscious.

On Saturday, he was not so happy.

Donny Matos vs. Wilson Reis

You know how the song goes. One day you fight for a UFC championship, the next day you become noticeable within 16 seconds by a traveler in Mexico.

Donny Matos hits Wilson Reis with a right hand on the button and that’s all she wrote for Reis during a recent Budo Sento championship show.

Reis (36) has now lost five of his past seven fights, but his previous four losses have been for the elite of the elite: Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo, John Moraga and Alexandre Pantoja. It could be a crossroads for him, so as he nears the end of his career, he will fend him off as he fights in the top five of his division, following an ominous start to his MMA career.

Ali Magomedov v Islam Abuev

It was a raid, so how about we brighten everyone’s minds with this lovely flying triangle courtesy of Ali Magomedov from an Eagle Fighting Championship event in Kaspiysk, Dagestan?

Slow down the one and look at the flexibility in the air. Can’t blame Abuev for being trapped in this one, who was trapped almost the moment they hit the mat.

Daniil Egorov vs. Ganisher Juraev

No matter how nice it was, it’s only fair that we also shine a lot on an outstanding defense. From a Kingdom Battle in St. Petersburg, Russia, Daniil Egorov shows here the best way to slip out of a knee brace.

We’ve said this several times in previous issues of Missed Fists, but hitting the F out of someone is always an effective antidote to even the most advanced jiu-jitsu techniques. Your opponent can make you type if they are unconscious. Think about it.

Giovanni Lopes vs. Lucas Ferreira

At Arena Global 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Giovanni Lopes gave us the Humpty Dumpty Prize winner this week at the expense of Lucas Ferreira.

As for Mr. Ferreira, if you make a full belly in the middle of the cage, you will go viral. Better luck next time.

Dmitry Bikrev vs. Goity Dazaev
Nariman Abbasov teen Shamil Amirov
Vagab Vagabov teen Eder de Souza
Magomedgadzhi Sirazhudinov teen Bakhodir Bakiev
Abdul Sami Wali Fayzi teen Sergey Denisov

The Russian AMC Fight Nights Global promotion held its 100th show in Moscow on Saturday (full fights available on YouTube) and the two best fights on the map were on the final end, albeit in different ways.

We show fast finishes so often that we forget to appreciate finishes that take place after the second round. For example, Dmitry Bikrev who came out of the gates hot during the main match and just wiped out Goity Dazaev was a sight to behold.

Bikrev entered this fight as the fighter of the Fight Nights welterweight, and he did not need another 15 minutes nor the judges to determine the outcome of the fight. Now make eight consecutive wins (excluding a no match) for the eight-year veteran.

Lightweight champion Nariman Abbasov also won his title with the much less experienced Shamil Amirov. Abbasov entered this match 25-3, while Amirov was only 4-1-1.

The action reflects the contradiction when Abbasov pulls away in the second round before doing everything in his power to end Amirov’s misery in the third round.

Another fighter with a flashy record, Vagab Vagabov, also showed up on Saturday and crumpled Eder de Souza with a sweet left hook.

Now 28-1, it’s a bit surprising that the former participant in the World Series of Fighting has yet to get another look from a major North American promotion. Even at 35, you have to find out that he will fit well for the PFL’s 2022 season or something like that.

Oh wait, I forgot about the time he went to do it monkeys * at a WSOF event. Ignore this suggestion.

Go ahead, here’s Magomedgadzhi Sirazhudinov achieving a TKO victory with a cut-and-you-missed-it capitalization.

Sirazhudinov (24) improved to 9-1 with the final score and has now won seven direct fights.

And because it would not be an MMA event in 2021 without having controversy with rules, look at Abdul Sami Wali Fayzi straight on a man’s face and almost get away with it.

Before you ask, yes, Fayzi did win a decision. Remember children: Always. Fraud.

Alfons Ap teen Rysanda Julio Dirgantara

The other lesson for emerging fighters? Do not be fooled by the ten-second valve.

I understand that many benefits only go to an automatic pilot once they are in combat and the slightest interruption can cause them to lose focus, but Alfons Ap lost almost more this past weekend than it did on One Pride MMA Fight Night 45 when he mixed. the valve up with the round clock.

I see many of the answers that say that Rysanda Julio Dirgantara just had to load his hardest strike and rather aimed it at Alfons ‘head, but he was probably confused by Alfons’ confusion and instinctively went for the back as it was presented. to him. He almost got the choking too. Somehow both guys were able to laugh off that incident.

In fact, Alfons would eventually get the last laugh, as he was later declared the winner when Dirgantara was unable to pull it off the stool for round three.

Bishop Le’i vs. Don McMillon
Efe Ajagba vs. Brian Howard

Boxer Bishop Le’i and Efe Ajagba gave us two of the best KOs of the week.

First, in Salt Lake City last Friday, it was Le’i who put the caper on a successful pro debut with a monster counter left that made Don McMillon fall into the ropes.

Pandemonium.

At a much higher level, Efe Ajagba continued his winning streak during a Top Rank show in Tulsa, Okla. If Ajagba sounds familiar, you can recognize him by the bizarre disqualification victory he achieved a few years back after his opponent Curtis Harper fled the ring as soon as the bell rang due to his terrible fear of Ajagba.

I’m not kidding. It was actually about a wage dispute. But Ajagba’s opponent on Saturday, Brian Howard, probably should have walked away before that happened to him in the third round.

Ajagba turned the man’s whole body around and maybe his whole life as well.

Janet Todd vs. Anne Line Hogstad

ONE Championship is currently getting a lot of exposure to the mainstream in the US with its TNT events, but I will be sad that I did not kick Janet Todd’s body crack head.

I spoke to Todd before the fight on Wednesday and she said she was dealing with cheat syndrome when she made her ONE debut two years ago. There is no doubt that she belongs now, after winning a kickboxing title and recording two spectacular muay Thai finishes (do not forget her crackling head kick from Ekaterina Vandaryeva).

It’s unclear what’s next for Todd, as current ONE muay Thai atomic weight champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues is sidelined due to pregnancy, but if the belt is removed or an interim title is introduced, you can bet Todd is one of the fighters will be competing for it.

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