UFC 282

As Till walks away from another fight with another potential injury, it's hard to see how "The Gorilla" rebounds from his submission loss at UFC 282 last ...

He cannot make Welterweight in healthy fashion, nor can Till handle the physicality of men like du Plessis. It frustrated Till to no end. He scored a couple cool trips, a trademark technique of the English striker. Till continuously tried to score reversals, attempting switches and butterfly elevations rather than just f—king sprawl and jam du Plessis’ head toward the canvas. Till was injured and in poor physical form, and Brunson is a darn good wrestler. Till feints with his lead side, but it hasn’t actually done anything that interesting since he side kicked Thompson’s knee and tore some ligaments.

The final report card is in for the judges, headliners and rising phenom Raul Rosas Jr.

After subbing Mitchell in the second round of their bout, he is on a collision course with the featherweight title. It was no surprise that Topuria’s striking was sharp, as that was expected to be an advantage, but he was also more effective on the ground. The third round was tough to judge, but it was a real surprise to see Pimblett win by unanimous decision. While Pimblett is certainly charismatic, he is nowhere near the dominant force McGregor was in the cage. He was in a position of control, but he could not allow Ankalaev to take him down. Ankalaev made incredible adjustments after both of his legs were compromised by Blachowicz’s leg kicks, and it looked like he definitively won the fight with his grappling.

The best facts and figures to come out of UFC 282, including a rare title-fight draw, an 18-year-old winner and a historic knockout.

[Cameron Saaiman](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/cameron-saaiman) (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned six of his seven career victories by stoppage. Brown](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/t-j-brown) (17-9 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has earned 14 of his 17 career victories by stoppage. [Erik Silva](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/erik-silva) (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by submission. [Steven Koslow](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/steven-koslow) (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had his six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career. [Chris Curtis](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/chris-curtis) (30-9 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned 17 of his 18 career stoppage wins by knockout. [Alex Morono](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/alex-morono) (22-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC) has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout. [Santiago Ponzinibbio](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/santiago-ponzinibbio) (29-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) has earned 22 of his 29 career victories by stoppage. [Joaquin Buckley](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/joaquin-buckley) (15-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout. [Alexander Hernandez](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/alexander-hernandez) (13-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) was unsuccessful in his featherweight debut. [Paddy Pimblett](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/paddy-pimblett)’s (20-3 3MMA, 4-0 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at lightweight is tied for the sixth-longest active streak in the division. The pair [fought to a split draw](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/12/ufc-282-results-jan-blachowicz-magomed-ankalaev-fight-to-surprising-split-draw) in the vacant title headliner, which is a rarity in UFC history. Betting favorites remained 24-16 in UFC headliners this year.

Darren Till needs some time to "rethink stuff" after falling to a three-fight losing skid with his defeat at UFC 282.

I want to fight soon. I give my all to this sport. But when I step there in the octagon, I just can’t seem to put things together. I entered in the UFC in 2015. “I tried to come and put a show on. But I’m on a bit of losing skid at the moment, I really am.

All the best, most interesting, and unquestionably coolest fights the UFC needs to book following their latest event in Las Vegas, NV.

Fights with Sodiq Yusuff or Lerone Murphy wouldn’t be a bad idea to that end, but Julian Erosa has a bout coming up with Alex Caceres and the winner of that seems like they’d provide one hell of a scrap to a man like Quarantillo. Speaking of which, a fight against Roman Dolidze wouldn’t be the worst way for the UFC to go coming out of Curtis’ latest win. This was almost always the way this fight was going to have to go for Chris Curtis. Exactly the fight Rozenstruik needed to jump back on the horse in the heavyweight division. Martinez has had a little success already in the UFC and is coming off a hard won bout against Brandon Davis. That said, there’s a big difference between being set up to do a thing and actually performing in the moment. For a fighter like Rosas, who really thrives in back-takes out of scrambles, a fighter like ‘The Joker’ was always gonna be there for him to work his A-game. A fighter who clearly has the technical skill as a striker, the physical tools to compete at a very high level, and who has put a ton of work in to round out his game. The youngest ever fighter to hit the Octagon has started his UFC career off with a win. Got a great stylistic matchup for his intro to the big show, in flat footed brawler Jay Perrin. Even if the UFC isn’t going to put the title back on the line, the bout was originally intended to be a top-contender’s fight for the winner of Prochazka vs. Is the UFC going to start throwing Pimblett in the deep end of the pool?

UFC 282: Paddy Pimblett earns controversial decision win over Jared Gordon ... It was a disappointing ending to a brisk, entertaining fight. 18h ago.

Dana White was not happy with the performances from Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev after they battled to a split draw in the UFC 282 main event.

What are you going to do? “What are you going to do?” White said. What are you going to do?” You took him to the ground. “What do you want me to do? More than anything, though, White’s anger toward the main event wasn’t necessarily about the result but rather the performances from Ankalaev and Blachowicz.

See whom Paddy Pimblett should fight next after his controversial win over Jared Gordon in the UFC 282 co-headliner.

What mattered most at UFC 282 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings … 5. History for Raul Rosas Jr. MMA Junkie. 283K subscribers.

Paddy The Baddy Pimblett claimed controversial unanimous decision against experienced American Jared Gordon at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.

I don't know if I lost the fight, but for sure I'm not the winner," Blachowicz added. I'll need that X-rayed," he said. "Jared is tough, he's a tough man," Pimblett said.

Darren Till needs some time to "rethink stuff" after falling to a three-fight losing skid with his defeat at UFC 282.

The top two fights of UFC 282 went to the judges, and both are sure to draw scrutiny.

Fighting for the championship was nothing new for Blachowicz, who claimed the belt in September 2020 with a technical knocking of Dominick Reyes. [Dana White](https://wwos.nine.com.au/news/dana-white) could provide him with a $73,500 bonus so he could buy his mum a minivan to shuttle him to the UFC Performance Institute. [Raul Rosas, 18, became the youngest UFC fighter to win a match](https://wwos.nine.com.au/combat-sports/mma-news-2022-raul-rosas-jr-vs-jay-perrin-ufc-282-preview/cf24c453-3594-4875-b987-050396a67f72) when he caused fellow American Jay Perrin, 29, to submit by rear naked choke at 2:44 of the first round of the bantamweight bout. Again in the fifth, Ankalaev came out as the aggressor by throwing punches and quickly getting Blachowicz to the floor, where it became a wrestling match the rest of the way. The fight was even through the first two rounds, but Blachowicz began to get the upper hand in the third with his kicks. [Paddy Pimblett](https://wwos.nine.com.au/combat-sports/news-ufc-paddy-the-baddy-pimblett-delivers-emotional-mens-mental-health-message-after-win-and-friends-suicide/963adde6-ecdf-40c4-9ed5-aa9c9b8dfb10) in the co-main fight. Ankalaev took Blachowicz back to the floor with a little more than three minutes left and kept him there for the remainder of the fourth, but wasn't able to get a submission. Blachowicz (29-9-1) said he didn't think he won the fight and that Ankalaev (18-1-1) deserved the belt. The brash 27-year-old has become a polarising figure in the UFC but has backed up his words with his performances in the cage, even getting a major benefit of the doubt from the judges over Gordon (19-6). [Aussie's 'monstrous' win after 'stripper' sledge](https://wwos.nine.com.au/combat-sports/boxing-news-2022-ebanie-bridges-beats-shannon-oconnell-knockout-video-fight/6fa2eb0f-ffec-4ec0-8b65-f8a9ed0c2ff9) [](https://wwos.nine.com.au/football/fifa-world-cup-2022-morocco-stun-portugal-reach-semifinals/2a7f15bf-aeea-44e8-823f-15e78c7857e1)But even much of the crowd had trouble believing the decision, with many booing Pimblett (20-3) winning 29-28 on all three judges' cards. [UFC](https://wwos.nine.com.au/ufc) 282 went to the judges, with both calls already drawing intense scrutiny. [Ronaldo in tears as World Cup reality hits home](https://wwos.nine.com.au/football/ronaldo-fails-again-in-likely-last-chance-to-win-world-cup/31ece71f-b716-4dd6-9b9c-8856971d2baa)

'Everyone's got an opinion': Joe Rogan can't hide his reaction to UFC star's 'highway robbery'

I deal in facts lad and I won a unanimous decision,” Pimblett said in the post-fight interview. “I knew I’d won the first two, people don’t have to tell me, in the cage I thought he’d won the third,” Pimblett said. Pimblett also responded to the criticism and said he would fight “whoever’s name is on the contract next”. Speaking post-match, the lightweight fighter was certain he was the winner and pointed to the unanimous verdict. Pimblett and Gordon’s fight was the first of UFC 282 to go to a decision, with the three judges scoring it 29-28 to the undefeated lightweight. The fight was handed to the Liverpudlian by unanimous decision and as Pimblett began his celebrations Rogan tilted his head back, shocked by the result which was dubbed a “highway robbery”.

For just the fifth time in UFC history, a title fight ended in a draw – but this one leaves the light heavyweight division without a champ.

Well, that happened. The year's final UFC pay-per-view was supposed to provide some clarity to the light heavyweight division; instead, Jan Blachowicz and ...

[Raul Rosas Jr.](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/6132/raul-rosas-jr), who at 18 years old, became the youngest winning fighter in UFC history with a poised-beyond-his-years destruction of [Jay Perrin](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3670/jay-perrin) on the prelims. Between Topuria, [Arnold Allen](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3289/arnold-allen), and [Movsar Evloev](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4892/movsar-evloev), the future of 145 pounds is stupidly bright, with a combined 21-0 UFC record held between the trio. [Brandon Thatch](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1554/brandon-thatch) waves hello.) But young fighters should also pay attention, because everything about how Shahbazyan handled the past 13 months? [Danny Sabatello](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5524/danny-sabatello) at [Bellator 289](https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1338/bellator-289-stots-vs-sabatello) on Friday. Confidence is king in the fight game, and we’ve seen a downward spiral like the one Shahbazyan endured sink plenty of prospects in the past. [Jiri Prochazka](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3464/jiri-prochazka) and [Glover Teixeira](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/388/glover-teixeira) gifted us with one of the greatest UFC title fights of all-time. [Dricus Du Plessis](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5478/dricus-du-plessis) after getting massacred for the opening five minutes. But at this point, if his fate is to get upset by an unknown in the first round of a PFL tournament by 2024, would anyone really be surprised? In the immortal words of Bart Simpson, [you could actually pinpoint the second when the man’s heart ripped in half.](https://youtu.be/7bPbhCWtZmM) [Jan Blachowicz](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/620/jan-blachowicz) and [Magomed Ankalaev](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4326/magomed-ankalaev) fought to a split draw, the belt remained vacant, and suddenly a brand new title matchup has already sprung to life for January. [Jamahal Hill](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/5050/jamahal-hill) on Saturday night. Even UFC president [Dana White](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2230/dana-white) couldn’t be bothered to fake any excitement for his 205-pound division.

The Liverpudlian lightweight was booed as the scorecards were read out, before the main event ended as a draw with the vacant light heavyweight title on the ...

LAS VEGAS — Even a casual MMA fan has heard UFC president Dana White exhort his fighters dozens of times over the years, “Don't leave it in the hands of the ...