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Marc RaimondiESPN
Prior to Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Smith stepping into the Octagon for today’s UFC Fight Night main event in Stockholm, Sweden, there are 11 other fights at the Ericsson Globe. Here’s how the fights are going down:
Darko Stosic def. Devin Clark by unanimous decision
In a back-and-forth light heavyweight slugfest, Clark outlasted Stosic, sealing the unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) victory by landing bigger shots in the third round. Clark started fast, dropping Stosic in the first. But Stosic came back to rock Clark with a right hand in that round and landed a big slam in the second. Both men were tired in the third, but Clark did a bit more to earn the win, getting through with clubbing right hands.
Clark (10-3) has won three of five, while Stosic (13-2), the protégé of Mirko Cro Cop, had a nine-fight winning streak snapped.
Joel Alvarez def. Danilo Belluardo by second-round TKO
Alvarez got trapped on the bottom in the first round of the lightweight opener, but did not let that happen again in the second. After a Belluardo takedown, Alvarez got a sweep, trapped Belluardo’s arm and dropped hard elbows to his face. The finish came at 2:22.
Alvarez (16-2) bounced back from a loss in his UFC debut, while debutante Belluardo (12-4) had a six-fight winning streak snapped.
Still to come …
Women’s bantamweight: Bea Malecki vs. Duda Santana
Lightweight: Nick Hein vs. Frank Camacho
Lightweight: Stevie Ray vs. Leonardo Santos
Women’s bantamweight: Tonya Evinger vs. Lina Lansberg
Welterweight: Rostem Akman vs. Sergey Khandozhko
Men’s featherweight: Daniel Teymur vs. Sung Bin Jo
Lightweight: Damir Hadzovic vs. Christos Giagos
Men’s featherweight: Makwan Amirkhani vs. Chris Fishgold
Light heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Light heavyweight: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Smith