With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the finest battles from October 2022: Here are the 5 candidates, noted in sequential order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for October.
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Nominee: Daniel Santos def. John Castaneda at UFC Fight Night 211
It wasn’t an simple win for Daniel Santos (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) after John Castaneda (19-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) put him in problem early with sharp strikes on the feet, and heavy ground and pound. The action was so much in favor of Castaneda the referee started to action in closer to display the action.
Not just did Santos rapidly shift the momentum of the bout, he triggered the aggressive Castaneda to go into retreat mode. In the 2nd round, Santos letloose a furious mix of punches and landed a squashing knee versus the fence that dropped Castaneda for the interruption.
THAT WILL DO IT!!
What a surface, what a battle 👏 #UFCVegas61 pic.twitter.com/UGwTV6egyH
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2022
Nominee: A.J. McKee def. Spike Carlyle at Bellator 286
A.J. McKee’s (19-1 MMA, 19-1 BMMA) relocation up to the light-weight department began with a bang, since Spike Carlyle (14-4 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) provided him an amusing brawl that had the fans going wild.
McKee, a previous Bellator featherweight champ, leapt up a weight class to take on a grizzled veteran enemy in Carlyle, who has contended for different companies. Carlyle went right after McKee and made it a unpleasant and bloody affair, however eventually McKee’s abilities were sharper as he landed muchbetter strikes and protected exceptional grappling positions en path to the consentaneous choice win.
No holding back!#Bellator286 is LIVE on @SHOsports 👇 pic.twitter.com/SJwTR2GkwE
— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) October 2, 2022
Nominee: Dusko Todorovic def. Jordan Wright at UFC Fight Night 212
Dusko Todorovic (12-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and Jordan Wright (12-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) were tabbed as capacity Fight of the Night competitors going into the middleweight bout. It was a matter of who was going to fade veryfirst and fade moredifficult, and it was obvious going into the 2nd round who that would be.
After Wright’s gas tank fell off a cliff following a competitive veryfirst round, Todorovic put the pressure on standing, and completed the battle with the ground and pound. He got into install, split Wright open with punches and elbows and kept putting it on upuntil the referee called it off.
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