The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 147: Till vs. Masvidal

Modified Mar 17, 2019 09:51 GMT

Jorge Masvidal picked up a huge win over Darren Till last night

#3 Best: Reyes toughs it out to take a big win

Dominick Reyes gutted out a tough win over Volkan Oezdemir

I’m probably in the minority here but I loved the Light-Heavyweight clash between Dominick Reyes and Volkan Oezdemir. It didn’t go down how I expected – I picked Reyes to steamroll the Swiss fighter – but in the end ‘The Devastator’ toughed it out after a tricky first round and picked up the biggest victory of his UFC career to date.

Judging by this, Reyes definitely isn’t ready for Jon Jones just yet – he took some huge shots from Oezdemir in the first round in particular, allowing ‘No Time’ to get into range far too easily, but by the end of the fight it was clear who was the predator; Reyes was hitting Oezdemir with some huge shots to the body in particular and opening up with some nice combinations to hurt the former title challenger too.

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In an aging division, Reyes is still young at 29 years old, and if he ever wants to break into real title contention – or hold the title in fact – he’ll need to get through tough gutter-wars like this one and last night was an indication that he’s capable of doing that – he isn’t just a front-runner and a flashy finisher.

It wasn’t the greatest fight of all time, but Reyes vs. Oezdemir was a pretty strong effort from both men and it showed a side to ‘The Devastator’ that we hadn’t seen before. Works for me!

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