Stevie Ray ntaus Anthony Pettis dua, nce mus rau Championship

Anthony Pettis tau tshwm sim rau qhov kev tshwm sim tseem ceeb tab sis "Showtime" tsis ua.

Pettis - uas tau txais nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws monicker los ntawm nws hnub ua tus yeej UFC - poob rau Stevie Ray hauv kev txiav txim siab tsis sib haum xeeb, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, Hnub Friday tsaus ntuj ntawm kev ua yeeb yam hauv Hulu Theatre ntawm Madison Square Garden hauv Cov Kev Sib Tw Sib Tw Sib Tw Sib Tw Sib Tw semifinal.

Nws yog zaum ob hauv rau lub lis piam uas Ray yeej Pettis. Thawj zaug tuaj rau lub Rau Hli thaum Ray (25-10) xa Pettis (25-14) nrog aa lub cev daim duab peb sab.

Rau qhov kev sib tw, tus qub UFC tus yeej tau cog lus me ntsis ntxiv razzle-dazzle tab sis nws tsuas yog tsis tshwm sim.

Ray ntawm Scotland smothered Pettis 'tawg thiab tsis tu ncua coj kev sib ntaus rau hauv pem teb. Thaum lub sijhawm kawg ntawm ib puag ncig ib puag ncig, Ray xav tias nws muaj Pettis npaj los coj tawm thaum nws cinched rau sab qaum teb-sab qab teb choke. Tab sis Pettis squirmed dawb vib nas this ua ntej lub horn.

"Kuv paub tseeb tias nws yuav mus pw," Ray hais. “Kuv nyem. Tab sis kuv xav tias kuv tau tso kuv tus kheej tawm me ntsis. "

Taug mus rau qhov kawg puag ncig - thiab tej zaum paub tias nws xav tau kev nres rau qhov yeej - Pettis tau tswj hwm los tiv thaiv Ray qhov kev sim tshem tawm thiab tshem tawm qee qhov kev tawm tsam loj. Kev ncaws pob rau Ray sab ceg tau xa tus Scot mus rau hauv daim lev. Tab sis nws lig dhau rau Pettis. Sijhawm dhau los sai. Thiab nws yog Ray uas tau ua kev zoo siab, paub txog nws txoj kev taug kev mus rau qhov sib tw sib tw thiab qhov khoom plig $ 1 lab yuav txuas ntxiv mus.

Ray, ib tug 10-bout UFC qub tub rog, hais tias nws npaj yuav ua kev zoo siab rau nws yeej, tiam sis tsis nrog ib tug neeg laus haus. Nws hais tias "Kuv tsis yog haus ntau, yog li kuv yuav ua kev zoo siab nrog pizza," nws hais.

Ray ntxiv: "Kuv nyuam qhuav yeej Anthony Pettis ob zaug, tab sis tam sim no kuv muaj kuv qhov kev sim loj tshaj plaws tom ntej."

Nws qhov kev xeem tom ntej yuav yog Olivier Aubin-Mercier hauv kev sib tw. Aubin-Mercier yeej Alexander Martinez ua ntej yav tsaus ntuj nrog kev txiav txim siab 30-27, 30-26, 30-26.

Tsis tas li ntawd rau hnub Friday, lub teeb hnyav Rob Wilkinson KO'd Delan Monte ntawm 1:37 ntawm thawj puag ncig ntawm kev sib ntaus uas yog qhov kev sib tw zoo siab tshaj plaws ntawm daim npav tseem ceeb.

Wilkinson yuav ntsib Omari Akhmedov hauv kev sib tw npe. Akhmedov tau qhab nia kev txiav txim siab humdrum, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28, dhau Josh Silveira ntawm Lub Vaj. Wilkinson hloov 2021 tus yeej Antonio Carlos Jr., uas tau rub tawm nrog cov ntawv tshaj tawm torn ACL.

Ob daim npav PFL ntxiv rau lub hlis no yog teem rau Cardiff, Wales, thiab hauv London.