![]() ![]() Magny, 33, had won five of seven overall coming in. Most recently the New York native, who lives and trains in Colorado, impressively defeated former champion Robbie Lawler in August by unanimous decision. Magny (24-8) had a three-fight winning streak snapped. "But I've got work to do and I've got fights to take. "We've gotta let this division play out a little bit," Chiesa said. Chiesa, 33, has won seven of nine overall. The Washington native is now 4-0 since his move to the welterweight division from lightweight in 2018. The card took place at Etihad Arena in front of a small crowd, only the second time the UFC has had ticketed fans in attendance since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic.Ĭhiesa (18-4) has won four straight and was coming off a unanimous-decision win over former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in January 2020. Chiesa ended the fight in full mount in the fifth.Ĭhiesa was successful on 4-of-6 takedown attempts and had 15:21 control time on the ground, according to UFC Stats. Magny had an inverted triangle almost locked in at the end of the fourth round as his best offense, but Chiesa was never in any real trouble. Chiesa landed a beautiful left hand straight into a takedown to begin the fourth and it was more of the same: Chiesa on top and Magny figuring out a way to defend or get up. ![]() But quickly, Chiesa was able to fight his way up and into top position himself, then mount. In the third, Magny actually came out with a successful takedown and got to Chiesa's back. When Magny went for a slam in the second round, Chiesa shifted his weight and ended up on top, where he landed big elbows. In the first round, he worked for a kimura from half guard, but Magny escaped. He got Magny down in every round and won just about every scramble on the ground, ending up on top. Magny is one of the toughest outs in the division and Chiesa, at times, made it look easy. There was one name he mentioned, afterward: former interim champion Colby Covington. By beating Magny, a stalwart in the 170-pound division, Chiesa has surely earned a contender fight next. 10 in the world at welterweight coming into the bout. "If I wasn't about to push through five rounds, I couldn't talk about being a champion."ĮSPN had Chiesa ranked No. ![]() "I knew he was a good test for me," Chiesa said in his postfight interview. In perhaps the best performance of his career, Chiesa dominated Neil Magny on the ground over five rounds en route to a unanimous-decision victory (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Michael Chiesa has added his name to the list of elite welterweights in the UFC. UFC Fight Night results: Michael Chiesa officially a welterweight contender Whereas Jorge Masvidal is coming off of a unanimous decision loss to Stephen Thompson at UFC 217.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Magny is coming off a fourth-round knockout loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in the UFC Fight Night 140 headliner in November. I’m just waiting on a fight I need to get paid where you at? #easymoney Jorge Masvidal took to Twitter to call out Neil Magny.Įverybody waiting on me to respond. Once things make sense for everybody in that they actually have some fighters that they respect and I respect, we can try and come to a deal and do a show. “ I have a lot going on trying to manage a few different businesses. Jorge Masvidal moves on to Neil Magny for UFC 235 in the face of Nick Diaz’s reluctance to fight If anybody wants to fight me they know where to find me. “ I think it’s rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I’m training for a fight,” Diaz said. ![]() Meanwhile, Jorge Masvidal had agreed to fight and had reportedly signed his bout agreement. If Diaz had accepted the fight, it would have been his first in nearly four years but Nick Diaz told ESPN that he didn’t appreciate UFC lowballing him. With Diaz showing no interest in fighting, Masvidal has moved on to the next big thing which is Neil Magny. UFC offered Nick Diaz to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 235 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but it didn’t look like the elder Diaz bro was interested to fight. ![]()
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