ladies and gentlemen here we go live around the world from the UFC Apex here in the entertainment Capital Las Vegas Nevada this is the main event five rounds scheduled this in the UFC middleweight division sanctioned by the Nevada State athletic commission the executive director Jeff Mullen with chairman Dallas H the three judges scoring at octagon side Z Deo Chris Lee and Ron McCarthy and inside the Octagon your referee in charge of the action Dan mergana and Now ladies and gentlemen the judges are ready and the fighters are ready Las Vegas Make Some Noise if you are ready introducing to you first finding out of the blue Corner this mixed martial artist stand 6' 1 and 1/2 in tall he weighed in at the midle weight limit 186 lb and holds a professional record standing at 16 victories one defeat and one no contest fighting out of s Louis Maro Brazil here is Kyle the [Applause] natural and across the Octagon his opponent fighting out of the Red Corner a striker wrestler standing 5T 11 in tall he weighed officially 184 lbs and holds a record of 17 victories with seven defeats he is the UFC's number five ranked middleweight contender in the world fighting out of Glendale Arizona here is the killer gorilla Jared [Applause] kir all right gentlemen we've been through the rules of lock want you sp my commands at all time you protect yourselves at all time you touch gloves already good luck to both of you back to your point Kyle just said Thank you to Jared caner for accepting the challenge a lot at stake for caner who's five fighting number 12 Balo beat Paul Craig in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 301 back in May and he called out Jared caner wanting to test himself among the best in the sport touch of the gloves and we're underway caners in black balos in white so straight away we see Balo a kind of karate stance he's always very very light on the [Music] feet be interested to see what the strategy is here oh man stiff job hard job that's going to put caner on notice yeah right away you know right away long time member of the MMA lab team Glendale Arizona just outside of Phoenix John Crouch the head coach watch those fingers see Jared trying to kir trying to Corral B yeah throwing a little faint there as well as if he's going to shoot a double leg Tak down I don't think that's going to be the method I said okay you got to keep point it up all right no mornings the fingers are outstretched a lot did maybe that's one thing the fighting know need to work on closing your hands ah yeah can't outstretch your fingers like that I did I did luckily it appears that caner just needs time to recover not too bad of a hope no not the worst eyo C but still you get time so you know that oh right into the thil as well that could have been bad take your time take your time luckily he wasn't throwing with force it was more just there and caner kind of moved into it yeah and that's why you yeah yeah all right time keeper ready D just said next time regardless accident or not it's a point off so straight away both from both men see the the fainting that's what Jared's got to do he got a a much better read on that jab this time B oh that's a nice stances and then landed that kick is very very smooth in every one of his movements whereever it's a take down a flying knee whatever it is oh wow two hard C kicks sits him down both times and you see Jared switch stances now as well yeah but he he at least he switch stances gave him one right back yeah but he's not moving too well on that rear leg oh and you see that the swiftness of that rear head Ki so fast that leg is compromised that lead leg right now the left leg look is compromised another stiff jab there from B just got to watch the fingers does not want to lose a point in this round he's looked great so far under two minutes in the opening round Dan mergl with another warning to both to close the Fists watch your fingers yeah his reaction is to he's sticking those fingers straight out on that right side going to find some respect here he's going to start fainting offering more of a threat because so far he's just allowing baralo to control the action oh nice knee [Music] [Applause] yes shot you hear the power kind of there Let It Go that that left H you heard the nowo reverses things and forces Canon ear behind the black line oh there it is again to the same leg step on that second third andir puts his forward with a two-punch combination again and that's his best attack so far you see the speed of that when he really committed and Let It Go he was dangerous but he's got to have more of that so far