The finishes were thick and quickly due to the early action on UFC 314 in Miami.
Four of the first five fights in the Kaseya Center ended on 12 April without the need for the score cards with a few explanation that was finished on the way.
Tresean Gore was left for a Takedown on Marc Goddard after he had been stopped by Marco Tulio in the first middleweight match of the night.
Not to be surpassed, recent fighting nerds convert Michal Oleksiejczuk produced a first round finish at 185 pounds when Sedrieken Dumas protested against the interruption.
While Fight fans expected a lot of action in the UFC 314 Prelim opener between Julian Erosa and Darren Elkins, the matchup eventually became one-sided from an early stage of the competition.
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Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier say that Darren Elkins has never been restored after a huge kick by Julian Erosa
Julian Erosa produced his ninth victory in the Octagon at UFC 314 when he recorded his third consecutive first round.
'Juicy J' recorded 41-Vecht veteran and featherweight staples each other who was at the momentum of back-to-back victories in 40 years old.
During his career, Elkins is known for a lot of damage with its resilience and ruthless cardio have long been his two largest weapons.
He did not keep 'the damage' without reason, but it was not long before everyone's wrong was in the end of a fight -changing strike.
Everyins insured a relatively easy Takedown early in the first round, but Erosa could offer some offense from his back by throwing different stairs.
In particular, a kick flush landed when the experienced Elkins fell into the guard of his opponent before both men returned.
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It was immediately clear that the shot had hurt the veteran who visibly struggled to recover when he withdrew from his opponent without having his balance.
Erosa continued to pick up Elkins who went a few more Takedowns, but it only felt like a matter of time before the 35-year-old produced a finish because of the condition of his opponent.
Several unanswered hammer fists forced referee Mike Beltran to step in and wave the action away with many fans criticized his call to let the fight continue as long as it was in poor condition.
Commentators Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier both believed that everyone had not been able to recover from the Up -kick that had landed early in the fight.
“Here Darren Elkins is touched with this storage,” Cormier said when viewing the repetitions. “Here, afraid! It hurts him, it skips him a bit on the side of the head. You know that it is the worst, but I mean, everything he was touched was just a problem … He never recovered. I mean, four minutes later and he was not recovered from an up -staircase.”
Fans call on Darren Elkins to retire after a worrying performance at UFC 314
The sustainability for which Darren Elkins is known for during his UFC career was simply not there in Miami on April 12.
With 30 octagonal performances under his belt, the 40-year-old has raised a lot of damage over the years, as a result of which fans wondered whether it has overtaken him after he could not recover in this fight.
Many reactions to the competition spoke about how difficult it was to look with Elkins as a sitting duck in the shooting line for most of the first round.
“Dog Darren Elkins has to retire … love” the damage “, but that was sad to watch”, a fan wrote in response to another finish on UFC 314.
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