The opening two main card bouts at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi have wrapped up, and the action got started with a surprisingly dominant performance by Carlos Diego Ferreira against heavy favorite Mairbek Taisumov, while Curtis Blaydes tore through Shamil Abdurakhimov to continue his march towards a heavyweight title shot. Here’s how the fights played out.
Curtis Blaydes def. Shamil Abdurakhimov by TKO (strikes) at 2:22 of round 2 - Heavyweights
Blaydes immediately shot and took Abdurakhimov down in side of 30 seconds. Abdurakhimov got back to his feet, but went for a ride again and into side control.