returns to its home base of the Apex in Las Vegas this weekend with a packed slate headlined by an electric middleweight rematch betweenConsider tonight’s event a dress rehearsal of next week’s gala event of UFC 300. The UFC will trot out 12 pairs of combatants inside of the UFC Apex to keep the seemingly indefinite streak of consecutive weekends going.
Cornolle drives a knee to the liver, and Mullins bends over, compromised from the body blow. Cornolle watches Mullins fold, and she boots her upside the head with her foot. Mullins wobbles back to the wall, trying to keep herself in the game, but Cornolle kicks her in the head again to force Mullins to turn around and physically surrender. As soon as Mullins drops to her knees, totally defeated, Tognoni steps in to save her from any further punishment.
Just like that, Mullins 0 has disintegrated, and Cornolle may be a ranked competitor at bantamweight next week despite missing weight.A pair of pickups from Dana White’s Contender Series’ 2023 Season will be making their debuts against one another. In the one corner, “The Mindless Hulk” Budka aims to display his above-average fight IQ while Almeida comes in with just four bouts on his ledger.
Budka begins the round again backing off to the outer reach of the fencing, and he takes a few distance strikes before blitzing ahead with a double that puts the Brazilian on his back. Almeida immediately worms his way back and climbs up with the chain links behind him, and in no time, Budka is on him going for a single.
Almeida slams elbows on the side of the head, and Budka’s legs crumble. Budka turns to his knees, in big trouble and trying to shell up, and Almeida lays waste to him with a number of right hands. With Budka nothing more than a punching bag at this point, Smith waves the fight offUFC Fight Night 240 Highlight Video: Nora Cornolle Punishes Melissa MullinsMontel Jackson vs.