UFC Vegas 43 (Co-Main): Sean Brady stays undefeated as he dominates Michael Chiesa to the biggest victory of his career


UFC Vegas 43 (Co-Main): Sean Brady stays undefeated as he dominates Michael Chiesa to the biggest victory of his career

Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady

Michael Chiesa was challenged heavily by the up and coming prospect Sean Brady is and the latter kept his undefeated record to himself at UFC Vegas 43. Brady defeated Chiesa via unanimous decision. Look at how Brady dared enough to win the rounds by wrestling a seasoned wrestler in Chiesa.

Round 1: Chiesa and Brady take the centre of the octagon. Chiesa and Brady try to bait with their jabs. Chiesa accidentally pokes Brady’s eye. Fight continues. Brady goes for outside leg kicks. Chiesa tries to control’s Brady’s lead hand but Brady returns with a good overhand. Another eye poke by Chiesa and the fight loses its momentum. A stern warning from referee Herb Dean. The fight goes.

Sean Brady is looking to throw a powerful rear hand. Brady catches Chiesa’s body kick and goes for the first takedown of the fight. Chiesa gets back, only to be taken down by Brady again. Brady gets Chiesa’s back. Brady’s nose seems busted a bit from one of Chiesa’s previous punches. Chiesa escapes Brady’s trap of taking the back. The fight gets back striking. Brady is aiming for more pressure despite lesser reach. Chiesa is trying to make some distance. FirsrSportz scores this round 10-9 Brady.

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Round 2: here’s an intense moment of finding a mistake from both sides so that opponents could capitalise. Chiesa lands a nice combination. The fighters are not wasting much energy and therefore waiting for the right time to exchange. Another exchange followed by a left straight from Chiesa. Another left cross followed by a right hook from Chiesa.

Brady gets in for another takedown. Chiesa is doing a good job of not allowing Brady to take control of the former’s hips so far. Brady gets to takedown and within seconds, a back position as well. Both the fighters are hand scrambling. Brady is looking for the rear-naked choke. Brady has controlled for very long in this round. FirsrSportz scores it 10-9 Brady

Michael Chiesa Sean Brady UFC Vegas 43

Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady
Michael Chiesa and Sean Brady

Round 3: Chiesa is trying to look for dominating striking distance. He goes for a flying knee on Brady. Brady closes the distance for brief cage wrestling. Chiesa is now emptying the tank on striking volumes of punches on Brady. Brady is now wrestling Chiesa back and gets the takedown, following with the back position for another time.

Brady’s back control is insane enough to keep a seasoned wrestler like Chiesa under pressure. The hand scrambling goes on. Brady’s body triangle is locked. 5 minutes of control time so far. 5 takedowns by Sean Brady so far. Chiesa gets back on the feet only to throw another flurry of punches, gets for takes down and finally goes for ground and pound in the final seconds. FirstSportz scores the final round as 10-10 draw.

Official Results: Sean Brady defeated Michael Chiesa via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3)

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