UFC Vegas 12: Thiago Moises def Bobby Green via UD


UFC Vegas 12: Thiago Moises def Bobby Green via UD
Bobby Green and Thiago Moises

In the first match of the main card at UFC Fight Night Hall vs Silva, Bobby Green (8-6-1) took on Thiago Moises (3-2). This is Bobby’s fourth fight of the year and he entered the Octagon to keep his winning streak going on but Thiago has some other plans today. Both of the fighters didn’t even touch gloves and the first round started right away.

Round 1: Moises started the round with an extremely heavy kick right away. He is looking very aggressive right from the beginning. He is landing leg kicks after leg kicks, Green is playing in his natural hands down stance Moises shoots a takedown and gets control over Bobby, he also tries to apply guillotine but his clinch is broken by a hard knee to the body by Green.

They both get up and the slugfest continues. Green holds his eye and signals he got pocked. But the referee didn’t see it and Moises lands another combination. With this the bell sounds, so far it looked like 10-9 for Green.

Round 2: Green lands a nice punch early in the round as soon as it started followed by a takedown attempt. Moises tries to get on his feet but Green is in the clinch, Moises drags him down and grabs hold of his leg. Both of the fighters brawled in-ground and Moises looks tired. Moises gathered his power and lands a steeping elbow followed by a beautiful combination. The horn sounds it looks like Green won this one too.

Moises turned fight in his favor at 3rd round

Thiago Moises

Round 3: The third round started, green comes out with his hands down. Moises lands a hard kick to score the first points in the round. Green countered him by a one-two combination. These two fighters are throwing a lot of high volume punches but most of them are missing the target.

Green ties Moises up with double under hooks and dump him against the mat on the cage. Green tries to pull down a Kimura by Moises avoided it. With 20 seconds left in the round to finish both guys throws. Green is bleeding, the round and the fight is over. It’s up to the judges now it looks so close.

Thiago Moises def Bobby Green via unanimous decision (29-28,29-28,29-28)

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