5 biggest winners from UFC Fight Night: Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad

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#4. Andre Fialho – defeated Miguel Baeza in a UFC welterweight bout

Andre Fialho impressed in his knockout win over Miguel Baeza

If you rewind to the start of 2021, few young fighters in the UFC had quite as much hype around them as Miguel Baeza. ‘Caramel Thunder’ was 3-0 in the promotion and had taken out all three of his opponents in violent fashion.

However, after last night, Baeza is now 0-3 in his last three bouts, and while it’s unlikely that he’ll be released, the bloom is certainly off the rose in terms of his status as a prospect. That status may now attach itself to his opponent last night, Andre Fialho.

Fialho made his octagon debut earlier this year in a losing effort against Michel Pereira but showed enough to be kept around. Last night, the native of Portugal proved exactly why there should be some hype on his name.

He took out Baeza in violent fashion, absorbing some heavy strikes before abusing ’Caramel Thunder' with uppercuts from the clinch, leading to a nasty fight-ending combination.

It’s clear that Fialho isn’t the finished article – he needs to improve his defense and stop getting hit so much if he wants to progress – but he’s definitely a fighter to watch in the loaded welterweight division. This victory made him one of last night’s big winners.

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#3. Pat Sabatini – defeated TJ Laramie in a UFC featherweight bout

Pat Sabatini might be a dark horse contender at 145lbs

While he didn’t pick up a finish last night, featherweight prospect Pat Sabatini basically whitewashed an overmatched opponent in the form of TJ Laramie. The fact that the win moved him to 4-0 in the UFC means he’s one of the night’s biggest winners.

Sabatini was too good for Laramie in all areas, but it was on the ground where he really dominated ‘The Truth’. Time after time, he was able to find dominant positions, and on more than one occasion, he came close to locking in fight-ending submissions.

Laramie did well to escape them all, of course, and defended well. However, had Sabatini really gone to town with his ground-and-pound in a particularly one-sided second round, there’s every chance he could’ve sealed the deal.

As it was, Sabatini’s performance was never going to win him a $50k bonus, but it did make it clear that he’s ready for a shot at better fighters in the division.

Based on what we saw here, his grappling skills should be enough to worry anyone at 145lbs. While he remains unheralded, there are at least one or two top 15 fighters he’d be favored to defeat. Overall, this was an impressive performance from him.