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ZALESKI DOS SANTOS vs. GOOD

UNIONDALE, NY - JULY 22: (R-L) <a href='../fighter/lyman-good'>Lyman Good</a> punches <a href='../fighter/elizeu-zaleski-dos-santos'>Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos</a> of Brazil in their welterweight bout during the <a href='../event/UFC-Silva-vs-Irvin'>UFC Fight Night </a>event inside the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on July 22, 2017 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa)“ align=“center“/>Welterweights Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Lyman Good put on an action-packed show for fans at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island Saturday night, with dos Santos capping off the UFC Fight Night prelim card with a hard-fought three-round split decision victory.</p><p>“When you’re out of gas, heart is what makes the difference,” dos Santos said.</p><p>Scores were 30-27 twice and 28-29 for the Parana product, now 17-5. New York’s Good falls to 19-4 with 1 NC.</p><p>There were plenty of hard shots exchanged by Good and dos Santos in the opening frame, with the Brazilian the busier of the two while Good landed the more telling blows, particularly the one that opened a cut over the left eye of “Capoeira.”</p><p>Dos Santos continued to throw bombs in the second round, but Good took them all without flinching. Meanwhile, Good’s shots were coming less frequently, but they were taking a toll as the round progressed. Dos Santos did momentarily rock Good with a right hand in the final two minutes of the round, but he New Yorker just tapped his chin and asked for more. He got it in the form of a flying knee, and it was dos Santos’ busy attack that may have won him the round.</p><p>The third was a repeat of the previous two rounds in terms of gritty back-and-forth action, and while much of the frame was tough to call, dos Santos rocked Good in the closing minute, which may have been enough for him to win the round.</p><p><strong>ANDERS vs. NATAL</strong></p><blockquote class=

In case you missed it… that left hand tho @ErykAnders | #UFCLongIsland pic.twitter.com/l85ov4LpeL

— UFC (@ufc) July 22, 2017

Eryk Anders made a spectacular arrival to the UFC, knocking out veteran middleweight Rafael Natal in the first round.

Taking the fight on short notice, replacing the injured Tim Williams, the former University of Alabama linebacker looked cool, calm and collected in the biggest fight of his life, as he dodged the wild swings of Natal and waited for his opening to pounce. After a wild sequence in which Natal rushed face-first into the fence, the bout went to the mat and Anders began to open up with his strikes. Moments later, the two stood and Anders lowered the boom, with a left hand sending Natal to the canvas. Referee Keith Peterson then intervened at the 2:54 mark.

Anders moves to 9-0 with the win; Natal falls to 21-9-1.

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OLIVEIRA vs. LaFLARE

UNIONDALE, NY - JULY 22: <a href='../fighter/alex-oliveira'>Alex Oliveira</a> of Brazil celebrates after defeating <a href='../fighter/Ryan-LaFlare'>Ryan LaFlare</a> in their welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event inside the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on July 22, 2017 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)“ align=“center“/>Brazil’s Alex Oliveira rebounded from a tough first round against Farmingdale’s Ryan LaFlare, and once he was able to keep the welterweight fight standing, he lowered the boom with a walk-off second-round knockout victory.</p><p>LaFlare struck first, slamming Oliveira to the mat early in the opening round, and while “Cowboy” tried to scramble out of trouble, LaFlare was able to keep him grounded for the rest of the round.</p><p>Oliveira saw some daylight in round two, and he began tagging LaFlare with hard shots, one of which bloodied the Long Islander’s nose. That was soon to be the least of LaFlare’s troubles, as the Brazilian landed a flush right hand as LaFlare rushed in, sending him face first to the mat and bringing in referee John McCarthy to stop the fight at the 1:50 mark as Oliveira walked away.</p><p>With the win, Rio de Janeiro’s Oliveira ups his record to 17-3-1 with 2 NCs. The No. 14-ranked LaFlare falls to 13-2.</p><p><strong>SHERMAN vs. GRABOWSKI</strong></p><p><img class=Brad Pickett in London earlier this year with a submission victory over Selden’s Brian Kelleher in Long Island.

After a brief feeling out process, the two bantamweights locked up and looked to gain an advanyage. Vera quickly took an arm, and while Kelleher fought to get free as the two hit the mat, “Chito” wasn’t letting go, and as soon as he locked in the armbar, that was it for Kelleher, who was forced to tap out at 2:18 of the first round.

Ecuador’s Vera moves to 10-3-1 with the win. Kelleher falls to 17-8.

ALBINI vs. JOHNSON

UNIONDALE, NY - JULY 22: (R-L) <a href='../fighter/Junior-Albini'>Junior Albini</a> punches <a href='../fighter/timothy-johnson'>Timothy Johnson</a> in their heavyweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event inside the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on July 22, 2017 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)“ align=“center“/>Brazilian heavyweight Junior Albini made a spectacular UFC debut, knocking out No. 12-ranked contender Tim Johnson in the first round.</p><p>Johnson looked to getting off to a great start at range and in the clinch, as he controlled the action early on. But after the two broke from the fence, Albini fired off a solid combination that saw him land a knee to the body followed by a left and a right that sent Johnson tumbling to the canvas, with referee John McCarthy jumping in to stop the bout at the 2:51 mark of the first round.</p><p>With the win, Paranagua’s Albini improves to 14-2; Johnson falls to 11-4.</p><p><strong>BURGOS vs. PEPEY</strong></p><p><img class=

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