Alessandro Costa kicked off UFC 301 fairly actually Saturday as he defeated Kevin Borjas within the card’s prelim opener.
The TKO stoppage got here at 1:35 of Spherical 2 and started with a sequence of leg kicks by Costa (14-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) that killed the lead leg of Borjas (9-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC). The flyweight bout came about at Jeunesse Enviornment in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
With a fast-paced and back-and-forth Spherical 1 within the bag, the ending sequence started after the break. Costa discovered damaging success with leg kicks that sat Borjas down on the canvas. Borjas tried to energy by way of the dead-leg however finally was swarmed by Costa, who mounted him. A number of punches later, the referee noticed sufficient and waved off the battle.
Alessandro Costa begins #UFC301 off with a win for Brazil 🇧🇷 💪 pic.twitter.com/EJ3fjYOvNf
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) Might 4, 2024
Costa bounces again into the win column as he rebounds from a unanimous resolution loss to UFC 301 headliner Steve Erceg in November. The win was his second within the UFC, together with his first in opposition to Jimmy Flick in June.
Borjas comes up brief in his second UFC try. He debuted in November and misplaced a unanimous resolution to Joshua Van.
The up-to-the-minute UFC 301 outcomes embody:
- Alessandro Costa def. Kevin Borjas through TKO (strikes) – Spherical 2, 1:35
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