UFC 269 Results: Kai Kara-France Defeats Cody Garbrandt’s Flyweight Open with Big TKO

Cody Garbrandt’s UFC flyweight debut resulted in a huge knockout. Unfortunately, Garbrandt received the end of Kai Kara-France’s powers. Kara-France closes in on Garbrandt on the way to the first round of TKO on UFC 269 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Garbrandt, a former UFC bantamweight champion, managed to take the lead over UFC flyweights with a win over Kara-France (6th). Kiwi intends to punch her ticket to the title with Garbrandt’s name value. Kara-France dropped Garbrandt twice in the second half of Round 1. Garbrandt scored a brief knock that delayed him, but Kara-France would not be denied. City’s Kickboxing boxer tied Herb Dean’s arm with another big knock to win a 3:21 TKO of the first round.

“I told you I was going to answer a lot of questions tonight and that’s what I did. I was the best in the world,” Kara-France said. “Defeating a former champion gets me in line for a title. I’ll be watching Brandon Moreno and [Deiveson] Picture. I want the winner of that war. 2022, you’ll see the new flyweight champion right here. ”

Garbrandt (12-5) seems like an old shell of a young boxer, who overtook Dominick Cruz on his way to winning the UFC bantamweight title in December 2016. “No Love” failed to reap the rewards. any success since that match. professional 10-0 record to 1-5 in his last six games. Four of those five losses ended in knockouts or TKOs in the first two innings.

Kara-France (23-9, 1 NC) is returning to a winning streak with successive shots from Garbrandt and Rogério Bontorin. The 28-year-old is poised for a much better UFC title than this time last year, following a loss to Brandon Royval that resulted in a 2-2 draw for the New Zealander. He improves to 6-2 overall in the UFC.

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