UFC Vegas 41 went down yesterday (Sat., Oct. 23, 2021) from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the principle occasion of the night, Marvin Vettori defeated Paulo Costa through unanimous resolution after 5 rounds of motion (see it again here). Within the co-headlining act, Grant Dawson and Rick Glenn fought to a majority draw.

Largest Winner: Marvin Vettori

All through the entire ugly weight drama that Paulo Costa put UFC and Vettori by, “The Italian Dream” stayed calm and dealt with every little thing like a professional. Positive, he fired some pictures over at Costa, however these had been warranted and, if he selected to, might have gone full throttle together with his verbal venom on the hulking Brazilian and it will’ve been warranted. As a substitute, he stored his cool and when struggle evening rolled round he delivered and took house the win. Whereas he gained’t get right into a title shot immediately, it has to really feel good for Vettori to get again within the win column, silence Costa all whereas taking house 20-precent of his purse. To high it off he additionally went house with a $50,000 post-fight bonus award. Not a foul evening and week for “The Italian Dream.”

Runner Up: Alex Caceres

Caceres took an enormous unlawful knee to the face within the first spherical from Seung Woo Choi, leading to a degree deduction. After taking the time to get well from the laborious shot, Caceres got here again with a vengeance and wound up submitting Choi — who had gained three in a row — with a rear-naked choke in what was actually an amazing comeback victory. That’s now 5 straight wins from Caceres who might discover himself within the High 15 following his newest, highly-impressive win. There was loads of hype for Caceres when he first stepped foot within the Octagon 9 years in the past however he by no means actually acquired a lot going. Quick ahead to current day and “Bruce Leeroy” finds himself with the longest win streak of his profession.

Largest Loser: Paulo Costa

Naturally this spot has to go to Costa as a result of the person merely had a horrible week after shamelessly coming in heavy, blaming it in on a bicep damage. What a bicep has to do with slicing weight is past me, however that’s his story and he’s sticking to it. By way of all of it, UFC and Vettori gave him what he wished, in the end ensuing a Mild Heavyweight struggle. Whereas he did have some shining moments come struggle evening, he seemed gassed half of the time and in the end wound up on the improper finish of the judges scorecards. He has now misplaced two straight and his desires of capturing the Middleweight title are gone for good. And it has nothing to do together with his shedding streak as a result of Dana White has said he’ll now have to fight at 205 pounds moving forward.

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