November 9, 2024 6:33 pm ET
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos didn’t want a lot time to complete his UFC Fight Night 247 battle, and his celebration was maybe flashier than the battle itself.
Within the penultimate preliminary bout on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, dos Santos (25-8-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC) made fast work of the beforehand undefeated Zach Scroggin, who stepped in for his UFC debut as a short-notice substitute for an injured Nicolas Dalby. Dos Santos recorded a TKO end by punches at 1:15 of Spherical 1.
The strike that led to the ending flurry didn’t seem like all that devastating at first, but it surely triggered Scroggin (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) to fold over and canopy up. Dos Santos shortly capitalized, unleashing a barrage of punches till the referee stopped the battle.
The victorious welterweight returned to the middle of the cage to have a good time, dwelling as much as his nickname “Capoeira” by displaying his expertise within the martial artwork, flipping across the octagon.
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With the win, dos Santos returned to the win column for the primary time since a cut up choice win over Abubakar Nurmagomedov final June. After, he drew with Rinat Fakhretdinov and misplaced a call to Randy Brown earlier than recording his first end since 2019.
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