Randy Brown survived a scare on the bottom however delivered a pair of devastating knee strikes together with one which busted Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos huge open to assist him earn a unanimous choice at UFC 302.
A powerful begin and a powerful end helped Brown safe his third win in a row general, though he had a scare within the second spherical with Zaleski practically catching him with a submission. Nonetheless, Brown did way more injury over the course of the combat with all three judges scoring the competition 29-28 in his favor.
Now Brown is in search of one other veteran welterweight in a combat that would ship loads of fireworks on the ft.
“Nonetheless not completely happy, we’ve obtained work to do,” Brown stated about his efficiency. “Expertise pay the payments. Come on, Geoff Neal. It’s my time. I’m on a mission proper now. Geoff Neal, you’re the man proper now. Let’s do that.”
An early jab paid dividends for Brown as he used his size and attain to maintain Zaleski on the finish of his punches. A pair of eye pokes additionally slowed Zaleski down however in a weird second, referee Gaspar Oliver didn’t give him time to get better however as an alternative advised him to maintain combating.
Zaleski didn’t complain and stored transferring ahead however he obtained cracked by a knee up the center simply earlier than the opening spherical got here to an in depth.
Zaleski took benefit of the one minute relaxation time and got here out firing within the second spherical the place he blasted Brown with a punch the ended up with the welterweights hitting the canvas. From there, Zaleski seemed to use his grappling recreation however Brown resisted as he stored scramble to keep away from any potential submissions.
Zaleski ultimately obtained a physique triangle seemed on Brown, which led to him practically snatching a rear-naked choke submission. Brown resisted however he remained caught in a foul place with the Brazilian latched onto his again.
Simply when it seemed like Brown was going to experience out the spherical, he truly managed a slick reversal and he ended up taking Zaleski’s again. Brown seemed for a choke of his personal and he unloaded an enormous elbow that blasted Zaleski simply earlier than the horn sounded.
Each fighters slowed barely with 5 minutes remaining however Brown actually drew first blood when he threw one other nasty knee up the center that opened a lower on the aspect of Zaleski’s head. That led to a takedown try from the Brazilian however Brown resisted towards the cage with time working out earlier than Zaleski may mount a comeback.
Brown has arguably been his personal hardest critic throughout his present win streak however the outcomes at all times matter most. A showdown towards Neal may present an extremely thrilling combat with Brown making an attempt to name his shot for what comes subsequent in 2024.
