Beneil Dariush secures a back fist KO win over Holtzman; Misses weight for the first time
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Beneil Dariush has proved himself once again. Although he missed his weight for the first time, he still registered his 2nd walk-off KO in 2020. Additionally, it extended his win streak to 5 in a row.
He is really the multi black belt King of MMA. In the fight, he improved to 19-4-1. His spinning back fist finish, which actually wound up being more of a forearm; was the 8th in UFC history.
Beneil Dariush registers a back fist KO win
Initially, the fight didn’t went great for Dariush. He suffered two eye pokes from Scott Holtzman under a minute and a half. However, neither of the two were nasty.
Later, the Iranian born fighter landed a right hand. But Holtzman answered it with a solid body kick. Getting irritated by back to back, “Hot Sauce” applied some serious pressure and pushed the action along the cage. Along the cage, the black belt in Muay Thai cracked Holtzman with massive knees. After separation, he got to punching combos which eventually opened a cut under Holtzman’s left eye.
Scott felt the pressure and went for a takedown in desperation. But Dariush stuffed that and wobbled Holtzman from one side to the other. Holtzman was still standing until Dariush wmet for a spinning a back fist. The fist totally crumbled Holtzman in the center of the cage. The referee Herb Dean waved off the at 4:38 then.
Dariush then got the 3 fight of the night bonuses but because of the missed weight is uneligible to win one. However, it was still worth the extra $50 thousand. After the fight, the 14th ranked lightweight refused to call out any other fighter. He had a chance to wind up shortly by facing an Al Iaquinta or even Paul Felder who were at the cage side.
With this win, Beneil Dariush ended the Holtzman’s 2 fight win streak.
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