Round 3 – Zalal looking more active here than the prevous rounds. MMA Junkie scores the round 10-9, Blackshear. The bell rings as Blackshear had a tight rear-naked choke. Blackshear gets the back mount while standing. Blackshear reverses the position and he’s now the one pressing Zalal against the cage. these two are very even in the grappling. They scramble and are now against the cage with Zalal doing the pressing. Zalal now loses the back and ends on bottom. Zalal threaten with a choke, but doesn’t get it. Zalal now on top and immediately gets the back in a scramble. The back control was very brief, as he was too high. He gets the takedown and is able to get back mount.
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He then shoots for a takedown and pins Zalal against the cage. Round 2 – Nice right hand starts things here in the second round for Blackshear. Blackshear secures the back mount and keeps control until the bell. Zalal escapes, but he ends up on the bottom during the exchange. And Blackshear goes for a leg lock, looks promising. Zalal opening up a bit more with ground-and-pound. Blackshear is working on a triangle, and gets some promising positions, but Zalal is able to get out. Zalal unable to get meaningful offense on top. Nice elbows from the bottom by Blackshear. He’s working to pass Blackshear’s guard now. And Zalal shoots for a takedown a minute in and gets it. Blackshear with a kick heavy attack right off the bell. Round 1 – Here we go with the first fight of UFC on ESPN 41. You can also get behind-the-scenes coverage and other event notes from on-site reporters Simon Samano ( and Ken Hathaway ( on Twitter.
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To discuss the show, be sure to check out our UFC on ESPN 41 discussion thread. ET for the prelims on ESPN/ESPN+ and 7 p.m. In the featherweight co-feature, Nate Landwehr (15-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets David Onama (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC).įollow along with our round-by-round updates and official results beginning at approximately 4 p.m. In the main event, former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (24-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on Marlon Vera (21-7-1 MMA, 13-6 UFC). The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+. UFC on ESPN 41 takes place at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. SAN DIEGO – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 41 event, and you can join us for live play-by-play and official results beginning at 4 p.m.