Louis Sutherland dominated Tai Tuivasa in Saturday’s UFC Perth primary card opener.
Sutherland scored an early takedown, however Tuivasa rapidly made him pay the worth, strolling the wall to his ft and catching his opponent with a brief elbow. However Sutherland rapidly countered with a slick spinning elbow of his personal, momentarily buckling Tuivasa.
Close to the midway level of the opening spherical, Sutherland slipped into full mount in a grappling change, then settled into half guard and managed the remaining stanzas on the mat.
It took simply 60 seconds for Sutherland to get Tuivasa to the mat within the second spherical. As soon as there, Sutherland duly hit “bang bang” for the subsequent three and a half minutes.
Tuivasa tried desperately to get again up with 90 seconds left within the spherical, however Sutherland promptly despatched him again to the mat, a lot to the chagrin of the reside Perth crowd.
The third one was comparable, with Sutherland rapidly returning Tuivasa’s again to the mat and settling into aspect management. Tuivasa had little left within the tank after giving up greater than seven minutes of management time within the earlier two rounds.
As time was operating out, the referee determined that Sutherland wasn’t doing sufficient harm from the highest and compelled each fighters to their ft. Tuivasa tried to profit from the chance, however after the ultimate gong, Sutherland landed a knee kick that in the end reduce the result in one level.
official outcomes: Louis Sutherland def. Tai Tuivasa wins by unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
