Making his return to motion tonight following his current most important occasion debut, middleweight contender, Chris Curtis was left annoyed in his most important card conflict with Russian striker, Roman Kopylov — wherein he was stopped with only a single second remaining within the third spherical at UFC Vegas 101.
Curtis, a perennial contender on the middleweight restrict, made his return to motion tonight in opposition to Kopylov following a rematch defeat to fellow contender, Brendan Allen final yr, struggling a knee harm within the closing spherical of their shut, hard-fought back-and-forth on the Apex facility.
And returning tonight on the primary card of UFC Vegas 101 within the first occasion of the annum for the promotion, Chris Curtis traded back-and-forth over the course of three rounds with Kopylov, with the latter warned twice following a pair of eye and groin strike blemishes.
And seemingly dealing with a choose’s resolution, Curtis was unable to see the scorecards — which had each males tied on a spherical win apiece, with Kopylov touchdown a flush proper high-kick with simply seconds remaining within the conflict, earlier than referee, Mark Smith would name a halt to the motion with only a single second remaining within the spherical, awarding the latter with a TKO victory.
Under, catch the highlights from Roman Kopylov’s late win over Chris Curtis
