Calvin Kattar vs. Jeremy Stephens was a memorable fight at UFC 249.
The two fighters met in a featherweight bout at the UFC 249 pay-per-view event on Saturday night from Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The first round was a teaser and then the big finish took place in the second round.
Kattar landed a huge elbow strike that dropped Stephens. He followed up with a punch and then a nasty elbow strike that sliced open Stephens, who was bleeding badly. Kattar earned the KO win.
Peep the highlights of the fight courtesy of the UFC’s official Twitter account:
Kattar entered this fight after dropping a decision loss to Zabit Magomedsharipov at the UFC Moscow event. In his previous fight, Kattar blitzed Ricardo Lamas his way to victory at the UFC 238 pay-per-view event from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois where he won by TKO.
Stephens has gone 0-3-1 in his last four fights. Prior to UFC 235 where he lost to Zabit Magomedsharipov by decision, he dropped a first-round TKO loss to former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo back in July 2018. He then went to a non-contest and then lost to Yair Rodríguez by decision at the UFC Boston event from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
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