[Music] [Music] despite losing on the contender Series in 2023 Jose Medina had nonetheless landed a spot in the UFC making his debut off that dwcs loss on Saturday and UFC Vegas 96 there Medina was paired up with Zachary Reese one to one in the promotion and looking to build off his first win under the UFC Banner the middleweight pair appeared on the preliminary card at the UFC Apex with Medina a heavy Underdog per the oddsmakers when the bell sounded Reese blasted two body kicks and would crash forward with a knee Medina grabbed a hold of him but reys got the takedown huge right hands from Reese where Landing heavy Medina gave up his back and got to his feet but ate more punches on the way up they separated and REE landed another body kick he then went up top which was blocked another nasty body kick that hurt Medina followed Rees rushed in but Medina got a takedown Rees postured up and used a front headlock to sweep on top Rees stood up and waved Medina to his feet Rees landed a body kick and inside leg kick to end the round round in round two ree started off with a step in knee it missed but another body kick from Rees hurt Medina the body kick was there all day for Rees as he kept Landing it Rees was getting more confident and was Finding Success With His Hands Medina was just lost at range and couldn't get anything going a lot of toughness from Medina but the skills were lacking big time in comparison with a minute left in the round Medina did find some moments Rees slowed him down with a leg kick Medina responded with a big right hook but tried to follow up with a takedown that he couldn't land in the final round Medina needed a finish while Rees was visibly gassed Rees started with another body kick and switched it up by getting a takedown Medina was able to get Space to get back up but Reese got him right back down oddly enough Rees backed up and let Medina back to his feet Medina had some urgency and landed a big spinning elbow when doing so Reese got the back and slammed Medina to the mat Medina was able to work to his hip but Rees was too heavy probably more so that Medina was too gassed to get up Rees gave enough space for Medina to get to his knees and back up Rees still had control and dumped Medina back to the mat they finished out the round and the fight with the outcome never in question [Music]