UFC 289: Marc-Andre Barriault out-paces and defeats Eryk Anders
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, June 10, 2023, for UFC 289, going down live from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Headlining the event is a title bout between longtime UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (22-5) and no. 5 ranked Irene Aldana (14-6).
Co-headlining the event is an epic lightweight contest between no. 1 ranked former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (33-9, 1 NC) and no. 4 ranked Beneil Dariush (22-4-1).
Opening up the main card tonight was a middleweight showdown between Marc-Andre Barriault (16-6, 1 NC) and Eryk Anders (15-8, 1 NC).
Continue reading to see how this middleweight bout went down:
Official Result: Marc-Andre Barriault def. Eryk Anders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Barriault sits Anders down with a well placed right hand 30 seconds into round one, and from here each man take turns beating the hell out of one another. Much of the first was spent in the clinch, each of them landing knees to the body and head, as well as punches to the body and head.
Barriault does land a good left hand that backs Anders up at the end of the round, and also handily stuffed all four of his takedown attempts through the first five minutes.
Anders has a much better second round. Securing his first takedown of the fight midway through the middle stretch, Anders really pushed the pace on Barriault in this round, which was surprising because that’s what Barriault is known for.
And just as Anders has a better round two, Barriault has a better third and final round as he really begins to pull away on the striking totals. He tags Anders with a number of solid combinations throughout whilst stuffing every takedown attempt coming his way.
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