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Mixed Martial Arts-Usman, Namajunas score KO title fight wins at UFC 261

Published 25/04/2021, 05:52
Updated 25/04/2021, 05:54

By Philip O'Connor
April 25 (Reuters) - Kamaru Usman knocked Jorge Masvidal out
cold to retain his UFC welterweight belt while Rose Namajunas
pulled off a stunning first-round head kick KO to dethrone
strawweight champ Zhang Weili at UFC 261 in Jacksonville,
Florida on Saturday.
In the third title fight on the bill, women's flyweight
champion Valentina Shevchenko dominated Jessica Andrade as she
coasted to a second-round technical knockout victory to retain
her crown.
Famed for his powerful wrestling, 33-year old Usman came
into the main event on Masvidal's home turf on a 17-fight
winning streak, and he won the first round comfortably before
bringing the fight to a sudden halt in the second.
Usman uncorked a thunderous right hand a minute into the
second frame to deck Masvidal, who looked out before he hit the
canvas, silencing the boisterous home crowd and extending the
longest winning streak among active fighters in the UFC.
"Been a while since I've been extremely nervous for a fight.
But he elevated me. He made me go to the workshop and sharpen
all my tools to put on a performance like that," Usman said in
his post-fight interview, his daughter in his arms in the
octagon.
"I am the pound-for-pound best fighter on the planet right
now," he added.
In the co-main event Namajunas, who won the title in 2017
and had one successful defence before losing it to Andrade in
2019, landed a left high kick flush to the jaw to put the lights
out for Zhang after just a minute and 18 seconds of their title
fight.
Namajunas dived in to finish off her opponent but referee
Keith Petersen was quick to wave it off as the American snapped
her opponent's 21-fight winning streak and became the first
woman in the UFC to reclaim a title.

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