The welterweight division ought to be on excessive discover tonight, with Michael Morales extending his unbeaten document with a surprising opening spherical knockout win over former title challenger, Gilbert Burns of their most important occasion conflict at UFC Vegas 106.
Morales, an alum of Dana White’s Contender Collection, has so-far landed a formidable string of six consecutive victories since his transfer to the Octagon-proper again in 2022.
Final trip, the Ecuadorian would flip in a knockout win over Neil Magny, including to prior notable successes within the group in opposition to Max Griffin, and Jake Matthews.
And positive to possible eclipse Burns within the welterweight top-10 come subsequent week, Morales did so in some breathtaking style. Splitting the guard of the Brazilian veteran with an enormous proper hook, Morales would observe up forcing a second knockdown, having minimize Burns over his left eye.
Under, catch the highlights from Michael Morales’ knockout win over Gilbert Burns
