UFC on FOX 4 – Manny Gamburyan earns a hard-fought unanimous decision win over Michihiro Omigawa
UFC featherweight, Manny Gamburyan earned a much needed win inside the octagon tonight on the UFC on FOX 4 card in Los Angeles, California, defeating Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision after an entertaining back-and-forth affair.
Omigawa circles Gamburyan who takes the center of the octagon. Leg kick from Gamburyan lands. Flying knee from Gamburyan lands but Omigawa brushes it off. Omigawa with a nice left drops Gamburyan to a knee but the fight is soon back standing. Big right from Gamburyan, soon followed by a body shot. Omigawa starts to open up but fails to land anything significant. The two men land decent shots before Gamburyan looks for a takedown. Omigawa steps away from it. MMABay scores the round 10-9 Omigawa.
Omigawa pushes forward but eats lefts and rights. Omigawa is the one pressing the action early in this second round. Gamburyan looks for a takedown but Omigawa defends nicely including using a choke. Gamburyan stays on him and eventually scores with a single leg. Omigawa back to his feet but Gamburyan slams him right back down. Omigawa pops up once again. Nice knees from Gamburyan before dragging his opponent to the ground and takes the back. Gamburyan gives up the back but winds up in the guard of his opponent. Omigawa back up once again and steps away from the clinch up against the fence. Low kick from Omigawa lands. Head kick from Gamburyan is blocked. MMABay scores the round 10-9 Gamburyan.
Big head kick from Gamburyan lands which wobbles Omigawa. Gamburyan pushes forward looking for the finish and lands another big shot. Omigawa somehow recovers and a minute in is the one pressing the action. Omigawa starts to light Gamburyan up whilst having him pinned against the fence. Gamburyan looks to be tiring after trying to finish the fight earlier in the round. Gamburyan clinches and looks for the takedown. He gets it but Omigawa is soon back to his feet. This time Omigawa drops to his back looking for a choke but Gamburyan escapes. Both men back to the feet but Gamburyan slams Omigawa back to the ground. Again Omigawa gets to his feet and again Gamburyan slams the Japanese fighter. Omigawa regains his feet and looks for a neck crank. Both men back up and Gamburyan again looks for the head kick. MMABay scores the round 10-9 Gamburyan.
The judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 in favour of Gamburyan.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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