Former undisputed bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt has two in two straight victories for the primary time since his 2016 championship coronation, face-plantting opponent, Brian Kelleher with a brutal opening spherical KO on the preliminary card of UFC 296 tonight in Las Vegas.
Garbrandt, a former undisputed bantamweight titleholder, most just lately featured at UFC 285 again in March, snapping is disappointing dropping skid with a one-sided unanimous determination win over Trevin Jones — exhibiting off his usually ignored wrestling within the course of.
And tonight in opposition to the returning, Kelleher, Ohio veteran, Garbrandt confirmed off his regular, lightning-quick blitzing model, wobbling the previous on the ft halfway by the opening spherical.
And dashing ahead, though extra composed than we’ve seen him prior to now, Garbrandt laid out Kelleher with a picture-perfect proper hand hook, dropping the previous face first to the Octagon canvas.
Following his knockout win over Kelleher, Garbrandt known as for a return to the Octagon in March or April of subsequent 12 months in opposition to latest divisional mover and former undisputed flyweight champion, Deiveson Figueiredo.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Cody Garbrandt’s win at UFC 296
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