Francisco Prado keeps 100 percent finish rate, TKO’s Ottman Azaitar at UFC Vegas 77
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, July 15, 2023, for UFC Vegas 77, going down live from the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada.
Headlining the event is a bantamweight clash between no. 3 ranked former champion Holly Holm (15-6) and no. 10 ranked Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1).
Co-headlining the event is a welterweight showdown between rising star, no. 14 ranked Jack Della Maddalena (14-2) and debutante Bassil Hafez (8-3).
Our feature fight of the evening came in the lightweight division between a pair of dangerous finishers in 33-year-old Ottman Azaitar (13-2) and 21-year-old prodigy Francisco Prado (12-1).
Both men came into tonight’s bout off the first defeats of their respective careers; Azaitar’s to Matt Frevola (KO) in November, and Prado’s to Jamie Mullarkey (UD) in February. Of Azaitar’s 13 wins, 12 came via finish with 10 knockouts and 2 submissions, while Prado had a 100% finish rate with 5 knockouts and 6 submissions.
Continue reading to see how this 155 lb affair went down:
Official Result: Francisco Prado def. Ottman Azaitar via TKO (punches) at 4:05 of round one
Prado finds the range with his leg kicks early on, before landing a spinning back elbow that drops Azaitar on his second attempt throwing it. Prado lands right in Azaitar’s half guard, where he reigns down some absolutely vicious hammerfists.
Though Azaitar never loses consciousness, he is busted open pretty badly and after a long enough onslaught the referee stops the action toward the end of round one.
Francisco Prado defeats Ottman Azaitar via TKO in the 1st
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Francisco Prado picks up his first promotional victory tonight with his first round stoppage victory over fellow finisher Ottman Azaitar at UFC Vegas 77.
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