UFC Vegas 97 Highlights: Andre Lima defeats Felipe Dos Santos by locking down his movement

Published: Sep 07, 2024 Duration: 00:02:47 Category: Sports

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[Music] highly touted flyweights Andre Lima and Felipe do Santos brought some Brazilian on Brazilian action at UFC Vegas 97 on Saturday night Lima 9 to 0 continued his run at 125 lbs coming into this fight with two consecutive victories over eigor sevino and Mitch Roso this year the unfortunate recipient of a bite from sevino he was able to show his skill set at UFC 3002 and came out Victorious dos Santos 8 to1 had an unfortunate start to his career with two fights falling out to begin his UFC run a loss to Manel Cape at UFC 293 gave the rough start an even Bleaker look but a win over Victor altamirano in February put him back on track an ie poke stopped the action about a minute in with Lima given some time to recover back underway it was Lima putting the pressure on before a couple of wild punches were exchanged do Santos then opted to pursue a takedown the Lima was able to fight that off do Santos blocked a Lima head kick the pair then settled down a little moving and fainting throwing the odd punch late in the round do Santos would land a bit of a suplex takedown hoisting Lima up a few times before getting him down Lima however was able to reverse though do Santos was soon back to his feet in the second do Santos fired a big knee before Lima tied things up while do Santos would free himself mere moments later Lima landed a takedown with apparent ease he was almost immediately into Mount and the question of whether do Santos had tired himself out with his takedown efforts in the first round weighed heavy despite the dominant position do Santos would survive the round with Lima perhaps taking a little too much time getting his offense going Lima had the back early in round three with the pair on the ground with a body lock secur just 30 seconds into the frame Lima was hunting a rear naked choke and had it in deep for a moment but do Santos was able to peel the hands away Lima adjusted his grip only for Felipe dos Santos to fight him off again Andre would hold on to the body lock for the rest of the Round And while do Santos stayed alive to the final horn it was Lima's fight [Music]

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