Cezary Oleksiejczuk used his ground game to grind out a decisive victory over César Almeida at UFC Vegas 112.
Oleksiejczuk dominated much of the first round, scoring an early takedown and notching more than three minutes of control time during the five-minute period. Almeida eventually fought his way back, but by then, there wasn’t enough time to get his offense going.
Almeida came out slinging calf kicks in the second and clipped Oleksiejczuk with a big right hand. That prompted Oleksiejczuk to shoot for another takedown. Oleksiejczuk succeeded in his task, putting Almeida on his back in the center of the Octagon.