UFC Prague Results: Petr Yan Shows Up John Dodson

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John “The Magician” Dodson will meet Petr “No Mercy” Yan in a pivotal bantamweight contest on UFC Prague‘s main card.

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Dodson (20-10) has alternated between winning a fight and losing a fight since May of 2015. The 34-year-old veteran hopes that trend holds true as he is coming off of a loss in his last outing last September.

As for the 26-year-old Yan (11-1). He will make the walk to the Octagon for the fourth time in Prague and the hopes to add to his six-fight winning streak.

Round One

Yan takes the center of the Octagon. Dodson blitze forward and drops Yan with a flurry of punches. Yan gets up quickly. The pace slows as the men appear to be measuring each other. Dodson goes to the body of Yan. Yan answers with a high kick but Dodson catches his leg and nearly gets a trip. Yan lands a big overhand right hand and then another for good measure. Dodson clinches to slow the action as he is hurt. He looks for a takedown but nothing there. Dodson gains a body lock on Yan but Yan is able to muscle out of the hold. Dodson throws a push kick but Yan lands a left-right-left combo. Then he lands another overhand right hand. Dodson shoots a desperate takedown to no avail. Yan cracks Dodson on the chin as the round ends.

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Round Two

Dodson lands push kick to start the round. Yan takes the center of the cage. The fighters briefly clinch then separate. The fighters play patty-cake with their lead hands momentarily. Yan throws a sweeping body kick that Dodson brushes off and counters with a flurry of hands to Yan’s face. Yan cracks Dodson’s chin with a clean right hand. Dodson moves backward and lands an inside low kick. He drops Yan with a right hand. Yan gets back to his feet as Dodson pressures. Nice defense by Yan, he appears to be fully recovered. Yan now chases Dodson and lands a slicing left hook. Dodson circles off the cage but ends up back on the cage as Yan clinches and lands a hard knee in the clinch. Yan cracks him with a right, Dodson falls. He gets up and falls again. The round ends.

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Round Three

Yan takes the center. Dodson pops the jab, Yan misses a sweeping right hook. Dodson clips Yan with a counter left hand. He lands a low leg kick. Yan stalks forward and lands a straight right hand. Dodson doubles up with his left hand. Dodson nearly lands a takedown but Yan muscles through it. Yan goes to the body as he parry’s Dodson’s lead hand. He moves forward and cracks Dodson with a right hand. Dodson grabs his leg and lands a quick takedown but Yan pops right back up. Yan lands a right hand and an uppercut. He stuffs Dodson’s takedown and spins to Dodson’s back. He lands a hard left on the break. Dodson looks for a desperate takedown but Yan shuts it down. The fight is over.

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Petr Yan defeats John Dodson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)