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Holloway Wipes Out Pettis to Take Interim Featherweight Title

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Max Holloway ended the wait to get his hands on championship gold as he pummelled former lightweight king Anthony Pettis to secure the interim featherweight strap in Toronto.

The Hawaiian's tenth-straight win topped the bill at UFC 206 which was packed with breathtaking fights and tectonic knockouts: Donald Cerrone's destruction of Brown, Swanson's outgunning of Choi and Vannata's spinning kick to name a few.

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Following the event, a unification bout is in the works between undisputed champion Jose Aldo and newly crowned interim champion Holloway.

Lando Vannata put John Makdessi to the sword in devastating fashion to steal the headlines in the preliminary section of the card through a surefire knockout of the year contender. The blue-chip prospect executed a fatal spinning back kick to floor the veteran with no further action needed, following up a strong showing in his debut back in the summer.
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Elsewhere, Olivier Aubin-Mercier provided some more enjoyment for the Canadian attendance, dispatching Drew Dober with a second-round rear-naked choke, before there was another submission in store to close out the undercard, a statement making victory for Misha Cirkunov - swiftly taking the neck an cranking from a difficult angle.

"Valhalla" Emil Meek opened his UFC account in thrilling, energetic fashion as the Norwegian saw off home favourite Jordan Mein at the bottom of the main card. It was a brawl early on as they slugged it out on the feet, with the Canadian glancing a substantial elbow, while The Viking Brawler got some work done and made his opponent aware of the power. A brief takedown stint was unsuccessful from Mein, but Meek excelled in that department and really withered his counterpart, even gesturing to the crowd when he was the victim of an armbar attempt.

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Having been removed from the mammoth UFC 205 card a month prior due to a failed weight cut, Kevlin Gastelum found himself back in the middleweight division, a sector where he was crowned the youngest ever Ultimate Fighter champion. Sharing the cage with him was the returning veteran Tim Kennedy - but in a stunning development, he would be lit up by a striking masterclass. Things appeared to start out far differently, with the former serviceman scrambling all over him on the ground, but on the feet the gulf in class would soon emerge, with Gastelum's crisp combinations making a visible mark on his compatriot. Kennedy was wobbled and soon tired, with his takedown attempts now verging on desperation. In the third round, some more combinations including a bludgeoning left hand would crumble Kennedy to wrap things up.

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Cub Swanson came out the victor of one a certain fight of the year candidate by outpointing Doo-ho Choi over three breathtaking rounds. The Korean Superboy was living up to his name with some sensational striking to light up Swanson in the early stages, although he would be pushed with some frequent strikes to the legs and spinning attacks - before Choi once again landed on the button. But the experience of Swanson would begin to shine through when he cracked the chin of Choi, unable to dispatch him though with the Asian showing his pure toughness. Wild exchanges saw Choi backed up before then stunning his opponent to turn the tides, and both men were tired but continued to truck through, although it did make the young fighter susceptible to takedowns, an opportunity for Swanson to really get scoring. In the final 20 seconds, Choi appeared to be on the verge of being finished, a superman punch and a spinning attack the highlights as Cub turned up the heat - but Choi would not give in, and while there was a winner crowned in the American via unanimous decision, the Korean Superboy was no loser, having earned a ton of fans and a fight of the night bonus.

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In the evening's co-main event, Donald Cerrone superbly flattened Matt Brown in the third frame after a hard-fought battle. Cowboy started the fight by peppering the strikes, and landing flush with head kicks to leave The Immortal sporting cuts, but there was a slight momentum shift when Brown's kick attempt was denied, but he went down to the ground and locked in a triangle choke instead. After it almost was transitioned to an armbar, Cerrone was able to wriggle out, although by then his opponent had found some rhythm to finish strong with a thunderous right hand. That same instrument would come to work in the second, when a hook planted the former title challenger, but he got up to startle his counterpart with a high kick. Some elbows, more kicks and more wild strikes left a bloodied Brown and a Cerrone smelling the blood, despite the fight remaining well balanced. Having shunned the handshakes before and intensely staring down Cowboy at every opportunity, Brown finally touched gloves to start the third round, before going for the takedown. That wouldn't last, and nor would the fight, because when things were back up on the feet, Cerrone nailed a crushing head kick which put Brown out for good. Four out of four for him at 170 lbs, a force to be reckoned with.

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Then, to close out all that drama, Max Holloway tore through Anthony Pettis in the main event. Showtime was shutdown, but the featherweight division was "Blessed".

Anthony Pettis refused to touch gloves in the close-up before the fight, but he'd soon be feeling leather on his chin at the hands of some swift counter strikes from the Hawaiian. Before that, though, he was having some success with the kicks, targeting the open body with a spinning back kick to the torso and a combo of switch kicks. He would be sporting a cut on his right eye though with the right hands over the top and some hooks, and in the final seconds of the opening round Holloway was able to deny the takedown attempt.

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Max Holloway had a perfect start to the second round as he sent a right hand straight down the pipe to plant "Showtime" on the canvas - albeit momentarily. He soon got up and began to stalk the featherweight contender, soon attempting a cartwheel kick, throwing some kicks towards the body as well. Holloway though continued to play to his own strengths, working to counter with his punches, and keep it on the feet, stuffing a takedown attempt before fending him off on the clinch to close out he round. Interestingly, the former lightweight champion went back to his corner testing out his right hand, and telling his corner he believed he had broken it in the moments afterwards.

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Due to the injury sustained, Anthony Pettis was forced to adopt a kick-heavy approach but before he could get into his flow he'd be having to deal with other pain, after an unintentional knee landed to the groin in the clinch. "Blessed" was picking up steam as he swept the former 155 lbs kingpin on two occasions, then he adopted some body kicks and began to get some vicious combinations going - the beginning of the end. After a few body kicks, he went up high, and swarmed with a finished Pettis up against the fence trying to defence himself, and the referee waived it off. With that, a new interim champion was crowned.

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10 fights ago, Conor McGregor shut down Max Holloway over 10 rounds. Now, while McGregor may have moved on (speculation still rampant), the Hawaiian is just one win away from getting the unified belt once owned by The Notorious. His spectacular performance was fitting of a quite spectacular night of fights - a card that over-performed and then some. There probably is no such thing as a "weak card" in MMA.

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SportingMatrix • We Live For Sport: Holloway Wipes Out Pettis to Take Interim Featherweight Title
Holloway Wipes Out Pettis to Take Interim Featherweight Title
UFC 206: Max Holloway crowned interim featherweight champion with third-round stoppage of Anthony Pettis, setting up Jose Aldo unification bout. Elsewhere, Cerrone dismantles Brown, while Dooho Choi is beaten by Cub Swanson in a fight-of-the-year candidate
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