FULL FIGHT - KAAN OFLI VS MAIRON SANTOS - UFC FIGHT NIGHT

coming up next it's a UFC featherweight division fight well pretty much every time out in the UFC DC this man has put on a striking clinic and that is his methodology coming in here tonight he'll try to keep the fight on the field and that's why we tune in right that's why we tune in we tune in to see guys that are dynamic we tune in for the speed we tune in for the knowledge of the Striking game the ability to set traps the ability to find the jab the ability to find the right hand the right kick the left kick the knees the elbows he truly uses every weapon that he has in his Arsenal to try and finish his opponent you make one mistake night's over you cannot make mistakes against a guy that has the Striking acument of this guy right here and the jab is not as underutilized a weapon as it was in I may say five or seven years ago but he's got as good a jab as anyone in the business and that is where all of his striking flows off of we'll see how it goes for him in this matchup tonight well there is no denying this man striking credentials prevailing wisdom is he's going to try to keep this fight standing tonight he has to you know this is what got him to the show it was being able to use the hands to set up the kicks we all talk about the high Lev boxing background of this young man but as he's developed he's developed great knees yeah he's developed great timing great counter skills and also the beautiful right high kick the right high kick is something he hides very well as he follows with a jab right hand left hook high kick comes over the top and he can put it to sleep no doubt about it he will try to put on a striking Clinic once again here tonight all right now let's get you the tail of the tape for this featherweight tilt both Fighters are 27 and they have the same height and reach Let's Get It Started here's Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this fight is three rounds in the UFC featherweight division introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner this man is a kickboxer making his professional debut here tonight he hands 5' 11 in tall weighing in at 136 lb fighting out of Las Vegas deada USA [Music] abilon and now introducing his opponent fighting out of the Red Corner this man is a kickboxer making his professional debut here tonight he stands 5' 11 in tall weighing in at 139 lb fighting out of Las Vegas TOA [Music] brand and with the attributs our referee in charge Herb Dean Herb Dean has drawn the assignment here all right so here we go as round one gets underway two world class level Strikers here and the expectation is we're going to get a kickboxing match here in Ro yes we are going to get a striking match one guy is very good at kicks the other guy has unbelievable hands let's see what type of attack is going to win the Battle of two great standup Fighters oh beautifully placed hook G's connected on a few of them so far here in this one he sets him up beautifully he always pivots he turns on the front foot and he drives his entire body into that hook good series of strikes for him there staying busy and staying accurate I mean the accuracy is [Applause] unbelievable all right he'll engage in a single collar tie just out of range with that right hook big Power Punch land now he gets back in range hug block there nice job with that follow-up shot as well beautiful body big knee lands there both of these guys going all out High action fight here nice liver shot RS oh straight right oh PLS a nice one two good right here wow really timing his shots nicely good Tempo very accurate finding the range with relative East yeah he's doing a great job of really overwhelming his opponent with [Applause] activity all right he's been very clean with his hooks on the feet here tonight and it's the way he set it up that has really impressed yeah it's very impressive to see him pop the jab pop the right hand just touch touch touch and then boom sit down on that hook he's going to be trying to find it again you can see him setting up his opponent trying to get the hands drop so he can drop that hook over the top oh big head [Applause] [Music] kick big kick land on that punch right there his opponent's compromis DC it's one thing to land a hard shot it's another thing completely to land a perfect shot that was a perfect shot man DC his hands look good a lot of volume lot of accuracy tonight he's doing a great job being accurate but he's also very fast look at the hand speed right big punch lands over the top how's he going to follow this and both guys really throwing with authority oh man you could hear that one from here as he continues to punish his opponent with that hook Are No Nonsense referee almost stepped in there he almost stepped in because when you start thriling around the Octagon know that the ref has to he has to it is his job to save you if you don't want to be on the receiving end of too many of this guy's hook punches your Boy George Allen might have stepped in and stop my guy you know all swagged out George Allen all swagged out stopping fights all right so a lot of highlights over those previous five minutes DC take us through the replay if you will a lot of good action but punching led the dance punching was the thing that stood out to me that allowed him to take control of the Run listen that was awesome I need more of that I want you to go out at the beginning of this round and be aggressive round two underway look at how he turned his hip into that leg kick oh he lands another strike to the body really starting to connect on a lot of shots to the midsection and these will take their toll as this fight goes into the latter rounds effective strike there by havalo another powerful kick there lot of volume with the feet tonight for him it's unbelievable to wa make kicking the base of their fighting style he has shown us that it's possible he's throwing every part of himself into these big leg kicks that was a beautiful hook it landed perfectly and it hurt his opponent very bad and he landed the right hand there nice onew there oh shot right on the shot that the most debilitating shot in all the fighting it is very difficult to recover single collar tie now right hand punch from M Clin continues to mix it up going to the Head mix him in some body shots all right so there it is again much like he did in the previous round able to land that oh he didn't like that left hand he's got him hurt here oh FS upstairs land when they land perfect that is the reaction you're hoping to get that one landed perfect in this fight maybe stopped very soon oh back to the feet oh oh he's looking to set up that head kick no good kabo lower John now starting to show signs of who oh he's hurt oh got him oh he wiped the ball well another highlight for the real DC as we look back back at that scintillating knockout yeah but the whole fight he was Landing great strikes kicks punches he was doing everything right until eventually he found the shot that ended the fight we said it inside the Octagon Bruce Buffer has the official decision ladies and gentlemen referee her G called a stop to this contest at 3 minutes 18 seconds of round number two playing the winner by KN BR well he's smiling ear to ear and why not after a knockout like that I need to take it to the after party tonight I mean this is what dreams are made of you dream of The Knockout like this and then the party after where you and all your coaches get to celebrate the Great handywork