"Gautier (11-1, 5-0 UFC)-now on an impressive 10-fight tear-peppered the onetime Legacy Fighting Alliance titleholder with leg kicks, right uppercuts and one-twos to the head and body. He countered a jab from Diaz with devastating consequences early in the second round. Gautier floored the Cobra Team rep with an overhand right and moved in for the kill just as referee Gary Copeland stepped in to call for the stoppage."
"Meanwhile, former Bellator MMA champion Yaroslav Amosov dispatched Joel Alvarez with an arm-triangle choke in the second round of their welterweight confrontation. Tapped for the first time in his 27-fight career, Alvarez (23-4, 8-3 UFC) met his end 1:13 into Round 2. Amosov (30-1, 2-0 UFC) held his own on the feet but made his gains with rinse-and-repeat tie-ups and takedowns."
"He eventually broke Alvarez's spirit. Amosov slammed the Spaniard to the mat early in the second round, transitioned immediately to the arm-triangle and compressed the neck to the point of no return. The setback snapped Alvarez's four-fight winning streak."
"Deeper into the undercard, American Top Team's Grant Dawson disposed of ex-Fight Exclusive Night champion Mateusz Rebecki with a rear-naked choke in the third round of their back-and-forth lightweight encounter. Rebecki (20-5, 4-4 UFC) waved the white flag 4:42 into Round 3. Dawson (24-3-1, 12-2-1 UFC) rattled his counterpart with a beautifully timed head kick in the first round, opening a significant cut near the Pole's left eye."
Ateba Abega Gautier competed in the UFC middleweight division and defeated Osman Diaz in the second round of a featured prelim at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Gautier used leg kicks, right uppercuts, and combinations to control the fight, then countered Diaz’s jab with an overhand right that dropped him. Gautier followed with follow-up offense as the referee stopped the bout 70 seconds into Round 2. Yaroslav Amosov defeated Joel Alvarez in a welterweight matchup by arm-triangle choke 1:13 into Round 2, after takedowns and control on the mat. Grant Dawson later submitted Mateusz Rebecki with a rear-naked choke in the third round.
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