UFC Fight Night 106 News

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A key lightweight tilt between Edson Barboza and Beneil Dariush took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 main card in Brazil. Round one begins and Dariush throws a high kick that is blocked. The fighters trade low kicks. Dariush with a left hand. Both men landing kicks early. Barboza moving well. He fires a high kick that partially lands. Dariush is landing some good shots. Barboza fires back with a leg kick. He is moving well, but Dariush is chopping away with low kicks and punches. Barboza finally lands a big low kick. Dariush fires back with a big left. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A key flyweight tilt between Ray Borg and Jussier Formiga took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 card in Brazil. Round one begins and Borg starts out quickly with a combination. That fighters clinch up and both men exchange good knees inside before eventually breaking. Formiga with a hard leg kick. Borg presses forward and lands a left jab. Formiga retreats and then throws a low kick that connects with Borg’s groin. The referee steps in to let Ray recover. He does and we restart. Borg charges forward but misses with a left hand. The fighters clinch and Ray lands a good knee inside. Formiga presses him up against the cage. The fighters exchange knees. They break and Borg is able to connect with a hard uppercut. Formiga circles and Borg presses forward. Jussier connects with a beautiful counter right. Both men lands right hands now. Formiga with a nice combination to close out round one.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A women’s bantamweight bout between Bethe Correia and Marion Reneau took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 main card in Brazil. Round one begins and Reneau starts off quickly with a front kick. Bethe catches a second kick and delivers a couple of punches. Marion pulls her leg free and attacks with another kick. Bethe replies with a counter right hand. Both women seem more than happy to exchange on their feet. Marion with a left, Bethe replies with a right hand. Both women are connecting with good shots. Reneau lands a combination and then a hard leg kick. Bethe replies with a crisp right. She is only landing one shot at a time however while Reneau is landing some combos. Bethe scores a late takedown and winds up in half guard. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A welterweight clash between Tim Means and Alex Oliveira kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 main card in Brazil. Round one begins and Oliveira lands a body kick to start. Means presses forward but misses with a kick of his own. Tim chases after Alex and presses him against the cage. Oliveira turns off the cage and scores a trip. Means working from his back. Oliveira scores with an elbow. Means scrambles and gets to his feet. Oliveira jumps on the back and he lifts Means up and slams him to the floor. Means scrambles up, but Oliveira again drags him to the floor Means rolls and winds up in side control with a little less than 90 seconds left. Means with some short shots but nothing big. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A welterweight scrap between Sergio Moraes and Davi Ramos took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 prelims in Brazil. Round one begins and Ramos quickly takes the center of the octagon. He leaps forward with a combination. Moraes fires back with a right hand. He leaps in with a knee that misses the mark. Sergio with a nice kick to the body but Ramos is quick to counter with a right hand. Davi with the forward pressure now. He lunges forward with a knee that misses the mark. Moraes circles and lands a jab to the body. Ramos fires off a combination but those shots are blocked by Sergio. Moraes misses with a high kick attempt. Ramos fires back with a hard low kick. He lands another and then presses forward with a right. Moraes counters nicely with a left hand and then a kick to the body. One minute remains in round one. Both men are pawing with their jabs now. Ramos misses with an overhand right. Moraes attempts but misses with one of his own. Davi circles back after eating a combo from Moraes. He charges forward with a right that is blocked and round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A bantamweight scrap between Joe Soto and Rani Yahya took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 prelims in Brazil. Round one begins and Yahya charges forward with a high kick and then a flurry of punches. Soto blocks most of the strikes but Rani partially catches him with another high kick. Joe circles out and then blasts Yahya with a right hand that floors him. Rani immediately pops back up but eats a left hand from Soto. Yahya with a good left hand of his own. Soto shakes it off and presses forward. Rani with a good kick to the body but Joe counters that with a right hand. Yahya retreats but then lunges forward with a combination. Rani follows that up with a takedown attempt but it is not there. Joe is using a lot of forward pressure here but is having trouble finding his range. Rani leaps in with a combo. He gets Soto to the floor. Joe wraps up a guillotine choke but Yahya quickly escapes the hold. Rani working from half guard now. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A welterweight scrap between Josh Burkman and Michel Prazeres kicked off the UFC Fight Night 106 prelims on FS1. Round one begins and Prazeres starts off quickly. He lands a hard shot and Burkman is in trouble. Prazeres with a big combination that sends Burkman stumbling backwards against the fence. Michel is al over him here. Big shots against the cage. Burkman is doing his best to stay up but is in all sorts of trouble. He breaks off the cage but Prazeres quickly takes him to the floor. Michel locks up a north-south choke and seconds later Burkamn taps out. What a performance from Prazeres.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

A featherweight scrap between Rony Jason and Jeremy Kennedy served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 Fight Pass prelims in Brazil. Round one begins and Jason comes forward with a leaping right hand. Kennedy goes upstairs with a head kick which is partially blocked. Kennedy circles and pops a nice jab. Jason charges forward but Jeremy avoids him and then connects with a leg kick. Rony comes forward and lands a nice jab to the body. He continues to press forward and lands a right hand. More pressure from Rony and he lands a flying knee. The strike knocks Kennedy to the floor but he seems to be ok. Jeremy quickly works his way back up and then presses Jason against the fence. Kennedy scores with a takedown. He lands some ground and pound before Jason returns to his feet. The stand-up is short-lived as Kennedy drags Jason back to the canvas. Good shots from the top by Jeremy. Jason scrambles and gets back up but Kennedy immediately brings him back to the floor. Kennedy with a nasty elbow from the top. He works some short shots and then a couple of hard elbows. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - March 11, 2017

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 106 event in Fortaleza, Brazil? BJPENN.com has you covered. Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from tonight’s event. UFC Fight Night 106 is headlined by a middleweight fight between former UFC champion Vitor Belfort and rising star Kelvin Gastelum.

Tom Taylor - March 7, 2017

https://youtu.be/HKY9GiJgUHw This weekend, former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort will return to the Octagon. He will do so in his native Brazil, where he will be taking on former welterweight contender Kelvin Gastelum in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night 106.

Tom Taylor - March 6, 2017

With UFC 209 now in the rear-view mirror, the next UFC event on the horizon is UFC Fight Night 106. This event, which will emanate from beautiful Fortaleza, Brazil this Saturday night, will be headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, and former welterweight contender Kelvin Gastelum.