UFC Vegas 67 Live Results (January 14th)Strickland Vs. Imavov Starts Now

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#UFCVegas67 Official Result: Sean Strickland (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) defeats Nassourdine Imavov by unanimous decision.

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Great showing in the final round, which was probably too close to call. Overall it looks like a comfortable victory for the American Strickland. we await the judges.

Every time Imavov gets something going, Strickland gets in his face and stifles it.

Imavov swinging for the fences, but to no avail thus far, as Strickland is being far more accurate.

Another 10-9 round for Strickland, and Imavov needs a stoppage in the final round to win. This could get exciting.

Imavov is pinned up against the fence with under 2 minutes to go in the third. He is going to have to try something new if he wants to get back into this one.

Strickland has started landing with ease, and looks like he has plenty left in the tank.

Strickland looks to be ahead on the scorecards, and Imavov's corner has told him as much.

Last minute of the third, and things have slowed dramatically. Strickland is still throwing more than Imavov.

Strickland's pace is getting testing for Imavov here.

A minute in, and they are trading shots. Things are getting wild.

Imavov began handing and scoring at the end of the round, but too little, too late.

The second round is over. Although the numbers are close, Strickland has pressed the action. 10-9 Strickland.

Strickland scores a brief takedown, but Imamov gets up with his back to the cage.

Strickland lands a good three-shot combo on mid-way through the second.

At 205 pounds, it will be interesting to see if Strickland's usually ever-present cardio will hold-up.

Imavov looked as though he may have an easy night in the beginning, but by the end of the round, Strickland may have done enough to secure it. 10-9 Strickland.

Strickland looks to have found his feet, and looks much more comfortable going forward in the late first round.

Imavov landing hard in the early going.

Strickland immediately applies pressure, Imavov retorts with a few stiff leg-kicks.

This bout takes place at 205 due to the short-notice nature of the fight.

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Strickland Vs. Imavov

It is time for the main event at the UFC Apex.

The second is much more assertive from Ige, who brutally knocks out Jackson with a body-head hook combo that drops his advisory and leaves him unable to continue.

First round complete, 10-9 Ige.

Action back under way here, but Jackson still seems to be troubled by the eye that was hurt.

Ige pressing the action, but Jackson has the bout stopped momentarily for an eye poke.

Ige, almost instantly, walks across the cage and drops Jackson, what a start.

Co-Main Event

In the second to last, we have Dan Ige taking on Damon Jackson. This looks set to be a war from the outset.

The Russian though, begins blasting body kicks, and hurts Soriano, which in turn invites Kopylov to pour on a barrage of punches, forcing the referee intervention.

The second round starts frantically, with Soriano beginning to find his range.

Kopylov scores a late takedown, but does nothing much with it. Another close round to start the bout

Soriano by contrast, is preferring to attack in bursts of four strikes at a time.

Kopylov is using his jab much better than Soriano is.

Both men look on edge, with a knockout just around the corner at any moment.

Next up we have Soriano vs Kopylov at 185. This one looks set for fireworks.

Pennington gets the nod in a very close affair.

Vieira controlled almost the entire third round, hard to say what the judges have on there ever important scorecards.

Vieira has controlled the first two minutes against the cage.

The third round gets underway with an exchange of leg kicks. Close fight and the third round means everything, as Vieira picks up the pace.

As we head into the third, the stats suggest Pennington won the first due to a higher landing rate of strikes (46% to 32%)

As the second round closes, the bout has turned into a more grueling grappling affair. A high effort is being produced by both ladies.

Both women are bleeding from the head lightly now.

The fighters seem content to trade punch for punch in the center of the cage to commence round two.

Round one goes by fairly even, although Pennington is lunging a little more as Vieira maintains distances for the most part. Close round.

Post-fight, Nurmagomedov called for a bout in March. UFC 286, the much-spoken-of UK PPV return of the UFC takes place on March 18th, and Nurmagomedov could definitely add weight to a promised-to-be-stacked card.