Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC The Etihad Arena on Yas Island, UAE was home to a great night of fights at UFC 257: McGregor vs. Poirier 2. The card saw three (T)KOs and seven decisions, including one split-decision.
The prelims opened with Amir Albazi taking a unanimous decision over Zhalgas Zhumagulov in an entertaining back-and-forth battle. That was followed up by Movsar Evloev taking a split-decision over Nik Lentz, then calling for a Top 15 opponent in the post fight interview. The result could easily have gone to Lentz, but the judges felt Movsar did enough to take it. Marcin Prachnio finally reversed his fortune inside the octagon when he defeated Khalil Rountree in a razor close fight. This…
