Don'Tale Mayes can be out of a job after a crooked loss at UFC des Moines.
A teammate of UFC Heavyweight Champion Jones, the UFC veteran weighed on Friday at 259 pounds for his 12th performance in the Octagon. There Mayes would find that alumni Thomas 'The Train' Petersen meets.
The 6'6 ″ Mayes were five centimeters longer than Petersen, but his opponent wore a considerable wrestling advantage in their fight because he was a double champion in the state of Minnesota.
Mayes joined the UFC Heavyweight Division in 2019 and had lost three of his last four periods since he defeated former champion Andrei Arlovski, tried to return from back-to-back to SHAMAM Gaziev and Valter Pernesen would have nothing to do with that.
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Don'Tale Mayes handed 30-25 Scorecard in the event of loss of the third consecutive
The wrestling references of Petersen were the story of the fight with the heavyweight that Mayes brought down in the first 30 seconds.
Petersen scored another Takedown relatively simple, landed short elbows from the top and controlled Mayes of sidewalk control and full mount, almost to submit Mayes with an arm triangle.
Mayes would endure a heavy second and third round and survived a combination on the feet by immediately throwing back a flying knee. Petersen would bring Mayes Agin down and check him 13:49 from 15:00 in total with nine Takedowns.
Mayes and Petersen went the distance with all three jury members who donated scores of 30-25, 30-26, 30-26 gave one judge who scored two rounds 10-8 because of how dominant they were with land and pounds.
The UFC record of Donale Mayes drops to 4-7 (1 NC)
With this, his loss on the third consecutive, there is a chance that Mayes will look at a future outside the Octagon.
Mayes is 2-5 (1 AD) in his last seven fights and has not been able to go on a winning series since 2021.
Mayes fought one of the best in the world in the heavyweight division, including former interim champion Ciryl Gane in his debut, but with the most important promotion that veterans such as Brad Tavares have lately, Mayes could be very good at the chopping block after a matte version.
Regarding the Victor Petersen, this is the second UFC victory of the wrestler, hoping to build some momentum.