UFC Prague: Thiago Santos Continues Climb up The 205 Ranks

Thiago Santos continued his climb up the light-heavyweight ranks today at UFC Prague, as the punishing striker took out top contender, Jan Blachowicz.

Both light-heavyweights came out firing jabs and kicks. As the first round neared its end, Santos landed a couple of hard punches, and Blachowicz responded with a takedown attempt. Round two saw more of the same, but both men fired heavier punches more often. Just before the tightly contested round ended, Santos narrowly missed with a wheel kick.

Moments into round three, a charging Blachowicz was floored with a right-left counter from Santos. The latter hammered down shots from above and the fight was stopped. The Brazilian’s memorable rise up the 205 ranks continues.

Here are the results for UFC Prague.

Thiago “Marreta” Santos def. Jan Blachowicz via TKO (punches) R3, 0:39
Stefan Struve def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima via submission (arm-triangle-choke) R2, 2:21
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gian Villante via KO (liver punch) R1, 1:34
Liz Carmouche def. Lucie Pudilova via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Petr Yan def. John Dodson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Magomed Ankalaev def. Klidson Abreu via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Dwight Grant def. Carlo Pedersoli Jr. via TKO (punches) R1, 4:59
Chris Fishgold def. Daniel Teymur via submission (rear-naked-choke) R2, 1:10
Gillian Robertson def. Veronica Macedo via submission (rear-naked-choke) R2, 3:27
Damir Hadzovic def. Marco Polo Reyes via TKO (punches) R2, 2:03
Ismail Naurdiev def. Michel Prazeres via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Diego Ferreira def. Rustam Khabilov via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Damir Ismagulov def. Joel Alvarez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)