Rising bantamweight contender, Payton Talbott has seen his unbeaten skilled blended martial arts file conquered tonight by Brazilian veteran, Raoni Barcelos — who confirmed off his creating grappling chops en path to a unanimous resolution shutout win on the preliminary card of UFC 311.
Talbott, who entered tonight’s featured preliminary conflict with perennial bantamweight contender, Barcelos boasting an unbeaten 9-0 skilled file, dropped his first loss in blended martial arts tonight in a unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) shutout defeat to Barcelos.
Regularly scuffling with the grappling and offensive wrestling from Rio de Janeiro native, Barcelos — Talbott who entered tonight’s featured preliminary conflict with the 37-year-old as a serious betting favourite throughout the board, solely managed to indicate off his hanging skill late within the third spherical.
And awarded place from the highest in full guard after Barcelos grabbed the Octagon fence, Talbott was unable to beat an early two spherical deficit on the choose’s scorecards, handing Talbott his first-ever Octagon loss.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Raoni Barcelos’ win over Payton Talbott at UFC 311
