It wasn’t pretty, but Kennedy Nzechukwu managed to put away Karl Roberson in the third round of their UFC Vegas 58 fight tonight (Sat., July 9, 2022) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nzechukwu was larger than Roberson by a ridiculous amount and used that size to bully Roberson to the ground at the start of every round. For 2.5 rounds he tried to land rear-naked chokes on Roberson to no success. A head- and arm-choke in round three looked closer with Roberson clearly exhausted.
Two minutes into the third round and Nzechukwu finally abandoned the sloppy submission attempts and just started unloading elbows to the back of Roberson’s neck. Yeah, they were a bit iffy. The strikes that didn’t look borderline back of the head were even worse, landing right on Roberson’s neck.
Referee Herb Dean didn’t seem too bothered by them, though, waving the fight off at 2:19 and declaring Nzechukwu the winner via technical knockout. Watch the finish below:
Kennedy Nzechukwu with the ground-and-pound TKO #UFCVegas58 pic.twitter.com/jpthsqqvX3
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 9, 2022
Ohhhhhh. Very Nasty.#UFCVegas58 pic.twitter.com/yie0QCjPEg
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) July 9, 2022
Another very one-sided fight. Damn. pic.twitter.com/Jf7Purs4oH
— MS (@UFC_Obsessed) July 9, 2022
Controlled the fight from start to finish!
— UFC (@ufc) July 9, 2022
BIG win for Kennedy Nzechukwu!! #UFCVegas58 pic.twitter.com/aF7kJcLzyg
#UFCVegas58 Official Scorecard: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Karl Roberson
— UFC News (@UFCNews) July 9, 2022
All Tonight's Scorecards: https://t.co/dvx55hiuDD pic.twitter.com/fLcdH3HLRy
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