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BETTING
PREVIEW | SCOUTING
REPORT | ODDS: Cornolle (-192), Cowan (+160)

Spherical 1

After dragging via various less-than-spectacular occasions,
a lot of them holed up on the UFC’s headquarters warehouse of the
Apex, the ultimate struggle card on this lengthy stretch will obtain the
royal therapy of types. Within the Kaseya Heart in Miami,
some 19,000-ish ravenous followers can be virtually frothing on the
mouth for consensual bodily fight. That motion commences within the
lone catchweight contest of the night, as France’s Cornolle (8-2,
2-1 UFC) clocked in a pound and a half over the bantamweight restrict.
Glad to be again within the cage for the primary time in almost two years,
Cowan (7-3, 0-1 UFC) accepted the 20% nice assessed to Cornolle to
enable the struggle to occur. The women can be joined within the Octagon
by referee Kerry Hatley, and a glove contact kicks off the night’s
hostilities. Cornolle will get proper to enterprise with kicks to each
legs and a lunging punch salvo. Cowan seems to reply, and
Cornolle catches her coming in the direction of her. Cowan makes use of the
Frenchwoman’s momentum in opposition to her, grappling her within the clinch and
urgent her in opposition to the fence. Cornolle frames off with a knee to
the physique, turning Cowan round however falling to the mat when Cowan
makes an attempt to take her down. The women slowly go to the mat, and
Cornolle wraps her leg up and round Cowan’s head to arrange an
armbar. Cowan stays composed and steps over to half guard to
concurrently break up the submission try, and she or he leans down
closely along with her shoulder. The group shouldn’t be thrilled by the
stalemate on the bottom, as Cowan shouldn’t be advancing any additional or
touchdown something, whereas Cornolle is caught on her again. Cowan
continues to grind, not inflicting any harm or doing something
past management. When the Texan seems to go, Cornolle explodes and
in the end offers up her again. The horn sounds to finish the spherical, as
nothing else comes of the again take.

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the spherical: 10-9 Cowan
Brian Knapp scores the spherical: 10-9 Cowan
Tristen Critchfield scores the spherical: 10-9 Cowan

Spherical 2

Annoyed from the dearth of exercise within the earlier spherical,
Cornolle comes out of her nook aggressively, swinging exhausting with
her legs and arms. Cornolle wraps a kick up excessive, and she or he follows
with an elbow. Cowan hunts for a visit, and when she throws the
Frenchwoman, she inadvertently falls to her seat and Cornolle leaps
over to take her again in a reversal of fortune. Cornolle is loudly
warned 3 times for grabbing Cowan’s glove—it seems Hatley is
carrying a microphone—and she or he resets and grabs maintain of a rear-naked
choke.
The hooks for “Marvel” are in, and she or he slides the forearm beneath
the chin to cinch it up. Cowan hand-fights to peel one arm off, however
Cornolle wraps it up additional behind her head to finish it.
Realizing there isn’t any method out, a upset Cowan surrenders simply
earlier than she fades to unconsciousness. Cowan seems to
exit as she faucets out, and Cornolle shoves her quasi-lifeless physique
off of her to embrace her nook. There is no such thing as a sick will between the
two, as they go on to hug it out after the mud settles.

The Official End result

Nora Cornolle def. Hailey Cowan R2 1:52 by way of Submission (Rear-Bare
Choke)

BETTING
PREVIEW | SCOUTING
REPORT | ODDS: Tulio (-355), Gore (+280)

Spherical 1

Carrying on with the prelims, two aggressive middleweights with
end charges above 75% will duel below the oversight of referee
Marc Goddard. Gore (5-2, 2-2 UFC) has solely fought as soon as since late
2022, and he may have the respect of welcoming Norma Dumont’s
accomplice Tulio (13-1, 1-0 UFC) to his sophomore UFC look.
Fists are positive to fly, however earlier than they do, they’re tapped collectively
sportingly. Tulio springs to the facet to fireside off just a few jabs and
low kicks, and he mixes in a entrance kick to maintain Gore guessing
early. Gore swings again, and Tulio takes a step again to wing a
spinning again kick. Tulio places out a one-two, and Gore defends the
punches however not the kick that follows and bumps into his cup.
Goddard acknowledges the foul, and Gore waves it off and desires to
maintain throwing leather-based. Tulio jumps at him with a flying knee, and
Gore instances him with a fabulous proper hand almost as damaging as
Fedor Emelianenko in opposition to Andrei Arlovski. Tulio continues to chain
huge punches and kicks into spinning strikes, and Gore is in shut
vary to stop the spins from attending to him. The facility from the
Brazilian mark Gore’s nostril up, and he hundreds up additional on energy
strikes together with a trio of vertical elbows from the Anderson Silva
playbook. Tulio retains a excessive tempo, and Gore walks via just a few
punches to zing a left hook that stumbles “Matuto.” When Gore tries
to proceed the assault, Tulio blasts him with an elbow that rocks
and cuts him on the similar time. Gore shakes out the cobwebs and
marches Tulio down, and he adjusts his leaking hose as Tulio turns
up the stress. Tulio rips the physique with a kick, and his fixed
jab is additional irritating Gore. Tulio drives residence just a few low kicks,
and he places collectively a singular mixture with a liver kick, a
flying knee and a spinning again kick. The Brazilian hammers his
opponent with spinning strikes and big punches, however it’s a quick
left hook that flooring Gore. “Mr. Vicious” scrambles to his toes,
steels himself and smashes Tulio within the face with a vicious proper
hand. Tulio seems to be exhibiting indicators of fatigue with lower than a
minute to go within the spherical, and he gathers a full head of steam and
rails Gore with a spinning wheel kick. Gore someway tanks it,
due to the wall behind him, and this positively mad spherical comes
to a detailed.

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the spherical: 10-9 Tulio
Brian Knapp scores the spherical: 10-9 Tulio
Tristen Critchfield scores the spherical: 10-9 Tulio

Spherical 2

One way or the other, these two flamethrowers bought out of the primary spherical, and
they’re nonetheless in good spirits and contact gloves. They proceed to
hammer each other on the lead leg, and Tulio follows one with a
blistering physique kick. To not be outdone, Gore offers him the identical
relax. Tulio prods out with a entrance kick, and he places two low
kicks behind it that draw a slight limp. Tulio splits the guard
with a punch, vegetation a spinning again kick on the midsection and
continues to work the pinnacle and physique. Gore swings wildly, and Tulio
slips it and places a jab in his face. Tulio wraps a left across the
guard, and proper goes to the sternum. Tulio jams a entrance kick to
the midsection, and the foot kilos squarely into the groin cup.
Tulio apologizes as Gore groans, and Goddard calls time. Regardless of
the influence of the kick, Gore solely takes about 20 seconds earlier than
getting again to enterprise. Tulio doesn’t let him off the hook,
persevering with to chain punches, kick and spinning strikes collectively a lot
to Gore’s disappointment. Tulio splits the guard with an uppercut,
and Gore’s chin is hard however he’s taking critical harm. Tulio
lastly cracks the chin with a crisp head kick, and Gore hits his
seat. Tulio jumps on prime and unloads a salvo of elbows, and he
pushes Gore flat to the bottom to proceed beating on him. Gore
wills himself to face up once more, and he really comes out
swinging. The Brazilian rifles off an influence jab, and Gore’s
expression utterly adjustments.
Tulio fires off a leaping change kick, utilizing it to shut the
distance, and he lands and vegetation a proper hand about as firmly on
the jaw as one can land. Gore’s legs give method beneath him, bloodied
and damaged, and he leans in opposition to the fence clinging to
consciousness. Goddard sprints in the direction of the downed
fighter to rescue him from his personal toughness, however earlier than he can
attain the fallen man, Tulio will get off one single damaging punch
to seal the deal. When Goddard will get between them, Tulio informs his
nook that his hand broke within the first spherical. It held up lengthy
sufficient to placed on a thriller of a efficiency, one simply worthy of
“Combat of the Night time” with the primary spherical within the dialog of
“Spherical of the Yr” in spite of everything that carnage. Middleweight has a brand new
title to be careful for now.