Russia (bbabo.net), - Russian MMA fighter Maxim Grishin defeated American William Knight at UFC 271.
The fight between the two heavyweights took place in the preliminary card of the tournament, the main event of which will be a rematch between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker.
The 37-year-old Russian fighter seized the initiative from the first round. Knight, who is 4 years younger than his opponent, was inferior in both standing and wrestling. Grishin last fought in February last year and was defeated by Dustin Jacoby, so another setback could have a negative impact on his UFC career in the future.
The Russian dominated all three rounds and the judges unanimously gave him the victory with the same score of 30:27. For Grishin, the victory was the 32nd in his career with 9 failures. Two more fights ended in a draw.
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