Andre Petroski got here by means of as an underdog with a shock stoppage of Mantas Kondratavicius.
The middleweight battle befell on the prelims of UFC Struggle Evening 293 on the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Regardless of oddsmakers seeing Kondratavicius (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) as the favourite to win, Petroski (14-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) weathered an early storm to attain a stoppage at 4:39 of Spherical 2.
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The primary spherical was tough at instances for Petroski. Kondratavicius was choosing his pictures effectively, touchdown damaging mixtures. Nonetheless, Petroski and his staff felt that the primary spherical could be the Lithuania-born fighter’s greatest spherical, and certain sufficient, it was. Petroski was in a position to get the battle to the bottom in Spherical 2, and as soon as he did, he stored it there. After patiently securing place, Petroski unloaded ground-and-pound till the referee noticed sufficient.
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Petroski snapped a three-fight skid, whereas scoring his first end since submitting Nick Maximov in Could 2022. Kondratavicius falls to 1-1 within the UFC, strolling away along with his first loss following a call win over Antonio Trocoli in his March debut.
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Up-to-the-minute UFC Struggle Evening 293 outcomes:
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Andre Petroski def. Mantas Kondratavicius through TKO (strikes) – Spherical 2, 4:39
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