UFC Vegas 102 results: Biggest winners, loser from ‘Cannonier vs Robo Cop’ last night

UFC Vegas 102 went down final night time (Sat., Feb. 15, 2025) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, that includes an exhilarating Middleweight bout that noticed former 185-pound title contender, Jared Cannonier, knockout Gregory Rodrigues in within the fourth spherical (see it once more right here). Within the co-main occasion, Youssef Zalal defeated Calvin Kattar through unanimous choice … then issued a stern family-related warning at UFC Vegas 102’s post-fight press convention (watch that right here).

Largest Winner: Jared Cannonier

Coming off two straight “defeats,” Cannonier seemed to be headed towards his third straight loss within the opening spherical after getting dropped twice. He continued to get battered for the subsequent two rounds. Whereas “Killa Gorilla” hung powerful, it appeared the defeat was across the nook. Undeterred, the long-time veteran beginning to flip issues round within the closing seconds of spherical three, dropping his monstrous opponent with a nasty elbow. If he had a number of extra seconds to work, he greater than doubtless would have rating the end. No fret, as a result of as soon as spherical 4 began, Cannonier unloaded a barrage of mixtures that signaled the top for “Robo Cop,” giving “Killa Gorilla” a wild and spectacular comeback win. Except for snapping his two-fight skid, Cannonier earned the admiration of his colleagues, in addition to a cool $50,000 verify. Not a nasty night time on the the workplace for the 40-year-old “gatekeeper.”

Runner (s) Up: Youssef Zalal, Edmen Shahbazyan

After struggling a three-fight shedding streak in an eight-month span from Oct. 2020 to June 2021 — with a majority draw shortly thereafter — Zalal has now discovered his groove to the tune of racking up seven straight wins, which incorporates his huge victory over No. 10 ranked Calvin Kattar final night time. In consequence, “The Moroccan Satan” may very well be having fun with his first rating spot in his UFC profession come subsequent week. As for Shahbazyn, he locked down a much-needed win, and in spectacular vogue would possibly I add, by starching Dylan Budka in simply over 90 seconds within the very first spherical (see it once more right here). Now, “The Golden Little one” will look to make use of this momentum to be able to attempt to gather his first back-to-back wins in six years in his subsequent bout. He additionally collected simply his second $50,000 post-fight bonus award in his UFC profession for the beautiful end.

Largest Loser: Calvin Kattar

Coming into the occasion, “The Boston Finisher” earned our spot for the fighter we felt wanted a win essentially the most seeing as how he was coming into the occasion on a 3 battle shedding streak. However as an alternative of turning issues round, it solely went additional downhill for Kattar who got here up quick on the judges scorecards in opposition to Zalal, his seventh straight win, fourth contained in the Octagon. So far as the place Kattar goes from right here is de facto onerous to inform as a result of a fourth straight loss would doubtless be trigger for a launch for anybody. That mentioned, he now faces lots of uncertainty within the coming weeks since his final win got here three years in the past.

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